Week 5 Weigh- In

Weight loss this week  - 5
Total wt loss this challenge   - 15

Feeling pretty good about this week.  I hit a couple of personal goals.   I'm still working on the exercise goal though!   It has been pretty warm and muggy and I hate this type of weather. 

I have been drinking more water.  The thermos is helping. I still need to up the ounces though.
I've also got this cold or something that has been hanging on for about 2 -3 weeks now. I have a feeling it might be allergies, but I have never had allergies before. I've been using tons of kleenex. 

Hey!  You don't think that is where I have been losing weight, do you?   Snotting it out?   :)

Week 4 Weigh In

weight loss this week   - 3 lbs
total weight loss for the challenge   - 10 lbs

 I am at about the midway point of my challenge and my goal was to try and lose 20 pounds-- so I am right on track!   The weather has gotten warmer and I have been drinking more water.   
I really do need to get myself more motivated to do more moving and exercising.  I think that is where I need to start thinking towards.  Maybe my next challenge will be more movement oriented....    I'd like to maybe just get out and do some walking every day so that by the time June comes around I can really get serious about exercise.  I know I cannot just jump into something. 

This week someone made a comment about me losing weight.  It felt good.  This person does not know that I have been working on it--she ust noticed.  How nice to get some validation.

Week 3 Weigh In

Drum roll please......

Weight loss this week  - 3 lbs
total weight loss for the challenge   - 7 lbs.

Total weight loss this year   - 30 lbs

I purchased a water bottle this week made by Thermos. It was recommended for staying cold all day on a blog that I read.  We're going to give it a shot to help me get the water goal accomplished.

Weigh In Week 2 ( 9 Week Challenge)

Total weight loss this week:  - 4 
Total weight loss for the challenge:  -4 

Yeah for Me!  

I ate better this week-- like barely at all.  No pizza, no junk.   Had a nce bg salad that actually tasted really good.  Must have been  just what I needed.
 Stomach issues were better.   Now for my other goals :
Ugh.
24 Oz water daily:  Not met --might as well give up.  Or try for maybe 4 oz.   
Exercise 2 times a week: not met - sigh.  But I still have hope for this one.
Sleep at least 7 hours a night.  YES!   I got at least 7.5 hours of sleep a night this week.

This week I have a different schedule for work, so I am wondering what that will do for my routine.  Because I am a person of routine.  I might be able to get the exercise in.  But what will happen to the food?   I hope I can persevere.   I want to get myself a special water bottle to carry for my water consumption and I also want to pick up some kind of step counter this week.
New goals for next week:

Drink 8 oz of water
Exercise 2 times a week
Sleep 8 hours a night

Keeping fingers crossed.

Weigh In Week 1 of 9 WeekChallenge

Didn't do real well at keeping the food from the mouth this week.  After the Doctors appointment, I splurged and binged ate.  All those foods that I had stayed away from lately like pizza and girl scout cookies called my name and I decided to listen.  Felt good eating them, they tasted good but afterwards my stomach hurt and my energy was off.  That should be a lesson.  Take a mental note! 

Then I went out of town for work.  My schedule was messed up and I ate even when I wasn't hungry just because I was with a group of people and we were out eating or because it was time to eat and it was put in front of me and I didn't know the next time I would have the chance to eat.  How dumb is that? 
I continue to get some stomach distress after eating - can't really put my finger on it-- gas or something.  It is not pleasant. Maybe it is gall bladder?   Makes me feel like I never want to eat again.

Another two things I am noticing is that I have a very dry mouth.  I am not necessarily thirsty, but I always need to keep some water around or some coffee to keep my mouth moist.  I have also been extrememly tired this week, but today it occured to me that maybe it is not actually tiredness but perhaps it is my eyes being dry.  So today I have  been using eye drops to see if that is helping with the tiredness that I have been feeling. 

Of course, the tiredness could be from working too much and not getting enough sleep combined with not eating enough or not eating the right kind of foods.  So, I am going to try to get at least 7 hours of sleep a night this week. 

Goals for last week:
24 oz of water a day : not met
exercise 2-3 days: not met ( but I did walk a lot at the conference I went to)

weight loss this week   - 0
total for challenge  - 0

total weight loss in 2010   - 23

I'll try again this next week ---  and add the sleeping more to the goals

My New 9 Week Challenge

March 10th I went back to the Doctor for my check up.  My goal had been to lose 25 pounds.  According to my scale that morning, I had lost 25 pounds exactly.   By evening time  and on a different scale--a doctor scale  ( aren't those notoriously set higher? ) -- it showed I had lost 23 pounds since the last time I was there.    Either way, I consider that a goal met.   Yeah!  

Even the doctor gave me a pat on the back.  Better than a lecture anyday.  He also added that since the weather was warming up I should start getting outside and exercising, walking more.  Okay, okay.  I get the message. 

My blood pressure was uncharacteristically low for me this time.  I wonder if losing the 25 pounds had a part in that.  I really expected the blood pressure reading to up a little since I feel a lot of stress and pressure at work. 

I return to the doctor in 2 months and I would like to lose an additional 20 pounds in that time.  I haven't been keeping the food diary as I had wanted, but I am tracking my weight on a weekly basis.  I also need to add more vegetables to my diet and also up my water.  I seem to feel very dry most of the time. 

My new 9 week challenge :   

• lose 20 pounds 
• drink at least 24 oz water daily 
• do some kind of exercise at least 2 times a week 

I know we are to exercise more--but I figure if I start with baby steps-- I'll be more likely to make the goal.   I can always do more!   Same with the water.

Keeping the long term goal in mind, but focusing on a short term goal. 

What is something that you have done to help you stay motivated or helped you in your weight loss journey?   

Almost to goal!

I haven't written for a long time-- time seems to be going so fast.  I got stuck for a little while with not eating well and just staying stick at the same week.  But I think I am back on track!   Just in time too.  I go to the doctor for a checkup next week. 

Going to the doctor last November is what got me started about doing something more for my health.  I skipped the month of December, since I knew I could never give up all the Christmas goodies.  In fact, I didn't want to watch what I ate.  But I started religiously in January with my goal of losing 25 pounds.

I will set a new goal next week after checking in with the doctor.

Week 4-9 weight loss   - 11
Total weight loss         - 24

yeah me!