Weigh In Wednesday

Today is my WW weigh in day. I restarted WW on line 2/12/13 weighing in at 163.5. My weight today is 161.5. So I am down -2. I am satisfied. One pound per week. I have stayed on point and it hasn't been hard. Yesterday and today I actually did not use all my points. I wasn't hungry. But I just couldn't find anything that I wanted to eat to use   all my points. I was short 7 pts yesterday and 3 today. 

I went to my Yoga class on Monday night. But didn't make it tonight because of stomach issues. I started going to yoga in October. I normally go two times a week. I can tell a difference in my body. My arms are becoming more defined and my legs are getting toner. I love the Monday night class. It is a great stress reliever. I am sorry I missed it tonight. I am going to try and make it on Friday. 

I hope to start posting pictures soon. I have got to figure out how on this new phone. I wanted to be able to blog from my phone but I get the message that my carrier [Sprint]
isn't set up for this. So I need to check that out. 

I'm Back !!!

Well a lot has been going since July. Mostly me getting discouraged and stopping the food logging. I just could not lose any weight. I am back to logging my food as of 4 weeks ago. I re-joined Weight Watchers Online also. I was trying to do it without subscribing but that just wasn't working for me. So far I have been within my points for 2 weeks. But I have not lost any weight. But the main thing is I am not getting discouraged. it is early and I will have patience.

In January I was diagnosed with high blood pressure. I was not feeling well at work one day. A co-worker came into my office and I had my head on my desk. I told her I just felt funny. She told the office nurse and she checked my blood pressure. It was 175/120!.I was immediately sent to my family doctor. By this time I had a terrible headache and felt like my eyeballs were going to pop out of my head from the pressure. ?I saw a nurse practitioner because my doctor was unavailable. I just wanted the "usual shot" for my migraine but she refused. She prescribed 2 blood pressure medicines. So for 2 days I laid in the bed with a horrendous headache and high blood pressure. It took that long for my medicines to kick in. Once they started working I felt great. My pressure is back to normal. Since she put me on the medicine I feel so much better. I knew my pressure was running high but I was trying to control it myself because I didn't want to be on medicine. But I am so glad I am now.

I am so excited to be starting again on this journey. I want to clarify something. I don't want to 2beskinny. I want to be healthy and toned and eat better for the rest of my life.. I just didn't know what to name my blog. Ha. Ha.

Try, Try, Try Again

I have started logging my food once again. Very confusing. I have some friends that I grew up with that use My Fittness Pal. So I have joined that site to keep in touch with them. But my favorite site is still www.loseit.com . This is the site that is my "true" accountability. My husband and I have been logging our food and exercise since October 2011. A little time consuming but each site has different things that I like about them. I try to get both sites as accurate to each other as possible. Hubby says my OCD kicks in big time. I like to manually add each food, not use the database that comes with each site. And each site links up with my fitbit. It is really hard to get 10,000 steps each day.


Last month I met with a nutritionist. She worked out a meal plan for me that breaks down the calorie count for each meal. Also I am to do at least 30 minutes of exercise daily. I have just now got in the groove of this. One month later. See what I mean about being a procrastinator. My next meeting with her is in August. At that time we will retake my measurements and she will look at my food log. I am trying to find my exercise niche. Something that I like and will stick with. I am using the treadmill and elliptical at the present. I need to sit down with a calendar and get a routine established. I also have the KettleWorx DVDs. Let me tell you this will kick your butt. I did the introduction, 20 minutes and could not sit down without moaning and groaning. So I didn't do that for another 3 weeks. But I started it again this week and it is going much better. Maybe because I have done the elliptical and treadmill. I am building muscle and stamina I guess. Because I have only lost 2 more pounds.


My next project blogwise is to start adding pictures. Also I want to be able to blog from my mobile phone. All in all I am feeling better about this journey.


Until next time
2beskinnyagain

Why Am I Not Losing?

It seems I have hit a plateau. I have not lost any weight since the initial 15 pounds. I would have thought that would come at a later date, not 15 pounds. I have stayed within my daily calorie allowance. The only thing I can contribute the non weight loss to is lack of exercise. I am so horrible at exercising. So inconsistent. I moved the eliptical trainer into the house a couple of weeks ago. I used it religiously the first 15 pound loss. But my knees hurt so bad that I backed off for a while. Wrong thing to do!This got me out of the exercise routine. Next step is to find a exercise that I can do that doesn't make my knees hurt anymore than they do. I have a couple of dvds I am going to try this week. When the weather permits I am going to resume walking around our neighborhood. I am not a cold weather outdoors person. I want to start uploading photos of what I eat. Also figure out how to blog from my mobile phone or tablet. I keep getting an error message. Hubby was home for less than 24 hours. Otherwise I would have him to get me started on the mobile blogging. I just hate to ask him when he needs to relax and regroup. Hopefully he will be home longer next weekend. He has done excellent on  his weight loss. Why is it that men lose quicker than women. It's not fair. But I am not giving up. I have an appointment with the dietician at the hospital next week. Hopefully she can give me some pointers. She asked me to bring my last four weeks of my food diary. She said to bring them and we would go over them to see if we can figure out a solution.

Until Next Time....
2beskinnyagain

Progress

I haven't blogged since Christmas. But I have stayed on track. Which is a big accomplishment for me. I am doing great on my weight loss. I have lost 14 pounds so far. I can't believe it. I have logged everything I have ate since December. I am using Lose It! to track my food and exercise. My husband bought us both a Fitbit pedometer. I like it because it downloads your steps to your Fitbit account. It even tracks your sleep pattern when you wear it at night. I try to exercise at least 4 times a week. Using the ellitiptcal is my favorite activity other than walking. And let me tell you that getting 10,000 steps daily is really hard for me at times. I also have the Kettleworx dvds . OMG when I do these it kicks my butt. I am so sore the next couple of days. So far I am enjoying this journey. I haven't gotten bored or discouraged. I am beginning to notice a change in the way my clothes are fitting also. My work uniform is getting really loose. I am going to have to buy a smaller pair of scrubs. This is a good thing. I hope to be down quite a bit before my son's wedding in July. I think that was the push I needed to get motivated. I do not want to look like the fat mother-in-law in the wedding photos. I am so excited that I am finally on track.


Until Next Time....

2beskinnyagain

Christmas Vacation

Wow, I can't believe I haven't posted since June. I lost my password for the blog. I finally got around to recovering it. I am such a procrastinator. But I am back on track. Since I posted in June I have gained, ugh, 3 pounds. So my weight is 183. My goal weight is 135. Hubby and I are headed to Myrtle Beach for vacation in a few days. We went last year at Christmas. It was so nice. Just the two of us. Great alone time. And for the first time in a very long time we had a white Christmas. I miss seeing my family and Son but I really enjoyed the time with my husband. We have decided to follow The 17 Day Diet.It is a Doctors plan designed for rapid weight loss. We saw it on Dr. OZ. It looks like it would be simple to follow. We bought the book and workbook. We plan to read it at the beach and get all the information we need and start when we get home. So excited. I couldn't get into Weight Watchers this time around. I am so looking forward to this new chapter in my weight loss journey.

 Until next time…

 2beskinnyagain

My First Weigh In

Today was my first official weigh in day. My coworker weighed me at work and I couldn’t believe it! I was down 3.5 pounds. I am very pleased with myself. I have tracked everything I ate. And it wasn’t hard. I make my lunch the night before and go ahead and put it in the tracker. My husband works out-of-town Monday thru Friday so it is easy for me to decide what I want. I really like the tracking feature that WW has. And I am getting adjusted to the new Points Plus system. My hardest days are when he is home because I have not gotten to the point where have to realize I CAN NOT eat the same portions as him. But he gently reminds me to be careful with my portions. I was surprised that I am not hungry during the day. I seem to be able to control my cravings more. I do stress eat a lot at work sometimes. But I am learning to control it by drinking a bottle of water. Then if I need something I have a piece of fruit or some carrots. I am learning to make better food choices. Also I have just about cut out all my Diet Coke. This is huge for me. I was drinking 4 to 5 a day. It doesn’t help that we have a drink machine in our break room at work. :) I have also noticed that when I drink a Diet Coke that I have a hot flash. Thank you menopause. But anyway my husband and I googled it and we couldn’t find any data on this. So since I have cut out the Diet Coke I have been taking unsweetened tea to work to drink when I need something besides water. I just need to get exercising.

That is my goal this week.

Until next time….

2beskinnyagain