Becky's Weight Loss Journal

[CACruisin']

Glad I could help with fitday. I wish I were organized enough to put my daily food intake in before the day began, but I'm definitely not that organized. However, using fitday throughout the day does keep me "honest" and has saved me from cheating on more than one occasion. For overall lifestyle, I really like Bob Greene. I read his first first book "Make the Connection" and it really made sense to me. I need to get his new book. His philosophy really is about changing and maintaining a healthy lifestyle, not just a quick fix solution (all though I would definitely like an instant solution ) that is not maintainable.

Great job getting the walks in and finding someone to walk with you. That makes it a lot more fun.

 

[tbstein]

Trying to figure out my diet is definitely the hardest thing I am dealing with. I have the exercise thing down...I actually love to go to the gym, so that isn't really a problem.
Hope every one has a wonderful Tuesday & I'll report back either this evening or tomorrow morning.

Becky--I hear what you are saying. It seems that getting into a routine is easier than eating using guidelines.

Don't worry, it all will just get happening. It sems like I worked like had for years, and then, wham, it just all worked together.

Sending you the best!

Wendy

 

[becky_AK]

Good morning! I am so happy that today is Thursday & this week is almost over...one week closer to my trip to WDW!! Haha...pretty sad that I'm counting down already & I'm not even there until the end of Oct.

Yesterday was a great day. I walked during both of my breaks at work and I made it to the gym last night. My legs are a little sore still but I'm hoping that they'll start to feel better in the next couple days.

I think I have decided to do Weight Watchers. I have always had a hard time with nutrition & I think that being on a program that monitors my weight weekly and provides me with meal ideas is what I need to do to at least get started on this weight loss. I spoke with my aunt about it last night who is a lifetime WW member & she gave me some great information. I'm going to my first meeting on Sunday so I'll let everyone know how that goes.

Other then that I'm looking forward to my water aerobics class tonight & a day filled with lots & lots of work...work is so busy right now

have a wonderful day

 

[CACruisin']

Weight Watchers sounds like a great plan for you. It is a reasonable, sustainable program. There are many people on here that have had good success. Amy&Dan uses WW point system and KeenerCam uses the Core program. I'm sure you will find something that works well for you.

Great job with all your exercise!

 

[eeyore25]

Hi there and Welcome to WISH!!!! As you have seen this is a great place for support and help and a great bunch of people

Read through your journal and you are doing a great job with everything. Don't be too hard on your self when you mess up one day. I used to be very hard on myself, I still am to a degree, but I realized, (thanks to WISH) that we are very lucky, we get the chance to start over the next day and make it better. Just remember that....today is a new day!!!!

Keep up the great work!!!

Have a great day

 

[becky_AK]

Hi Eeyore25 Thanks for stopping by & adding a few words of encouragement. I love this site. I feel like I've met (*online) so many great people, I love it!!

Today went pretty good. I had a bowl of corn flakes for breakfast, a small banana and about 1c. of 1% milk. My breakfast points were 4.5.

At lunch I had 4 slices of turkey, a hard boiled egg (minus the yellow part... ) and some avocado. I didn't get a chance to look up the points for my lunch, but I don't think it was too high.

Snack I had about 12 baby carrots. I saw that baby carrots are 0 points. Yay!!!

I've got 2 minutes until it is 5 o'clock and I'm out of here for the night. Going to water aerobics class tonight & having dinner with my family who is visiting. I'll post more tomorrow.

Have a wonderful night!

 

[kimwim8]

Hey Becky! Congrats on choosing WW. I am also starting WW on Monday. My mom & sister started up this past week and I got all the points info from them. Sounds like you had a great day!

If you haven't already....check out dwlz.com. It's got a ton of WW pointers, recipes and has lots of points values for restaurants.

Keep up the great work!

 

[becky_AK]

Hey Becky! Congrats on choosing WW. I am also starting WW on Monday. My mom & sister started up this past week and I got all the points info from them. Sounds like you had a great day!

If you haven't already....check out dwlz.com. It's got a ton of WW pointers, recipes and has lots of points values for restaurants.

Keep up the great work!

Kim~Thank you for that link If you need a WW buddy, just let me know & we can do this together to support eachother along the way. The point system is totally new to me so I'm learning as I go along, but so far I'm really enjoying it. I feel like I'm eating quite a bit & I'm not hungry during the middle of the day.

 

[LMO429]

WW is great my mom lost 45 pounds on it and has kept it off for 15 years!!! she is a lifetime member!!! anyone i know that does it seems to get tremendous results!!! sometimes i follow it myself.

I set some mini goals for myself today so i guess ill post them here and check back and see how i do.. i weighed 135 this morning my goal is to be 130 by the time i go to disneyworld on May5th (one pound a week for the next 5 weeks) and be 125 or less by the time i go to vegas the end of June....Vegas is my ultimate goal!!! i want to feel comfortable in my clothes when i go to all the clubs and my bikinis for when im by pool!!!!! As much as im sooo looking forward to disney, that week will be the hardest week for me ...this past oct when my boyfriend and i went we ate and drank EVERYTHING in site!!!! (no thanks to the food and wine festival) but this time Im def going to enjoy myself food wise but Im def not going to be able to eat everything and anything i want...i guess ill have stuff but in moderation...we will see!!!

37 days and Counting till my boyfriend and I are in WDW!

 

[eeyore25]

Hi there,

Your food looks great!!!! How did water aerobics go?

Hope all is well....keep up the great work

Have a great day/weekend

 

[becky_AK]

Hi Eeyore25~ Had a great weekend & went to water aerobics. It is soooo much fun. I never thought I would end up enjoying this class as much as I do. I'd addicted!!

The rest of the weekend has been pretty uneventful. I spent time at home cleaning the house and finishing up some homework for a class I am taking. My son who is 4 1/2 months old is teething, so we've had kind of a bad couple of days. He's been really fussy & crying a lot. I hate to see him cry but I just don't really know what to do. It breaks my heart to see him in that much pain.

I booked my trip & paid my deposit today!!! I'm sooooo excited. I didn't tell my DH that I paid the deposit yet, but he'll find out soon enough. Now I'm in the process of looking at different restaurants that we will be eating at while we are there. One thing I love about the website allearsnet.com (don't know if that is right???) is that they have all of the menus online. I've already started looking at different meals I can choose from. Although I will be on vacation I want to try & eat as healthy as possible. It's pretty funny I'm planning meals already & I'm not even at WDW until Oct/Nov

I've done a pretty good job of eating good foods this weekend & making healthy choices. I almost gave in this afternoon & had a milkshake, but I turned it down My DH went thru the drive through & got a burger & shake. At first I thought it sounded good, but I declined and afterwards I felt soooo good saying No. I know that I made the best choice & I went home and made a turkey wrap for lunch instead. I was proud of myself, that was hard to do...for me anyways

Well, I better run but I'll post more throughout the week.

Thanks for checking in everybody & take care. Have a wonderful weekend...what's left of it

 

[tbstein]

Hi Becky!

Great choice on WW.

So, are you going to do the Halloween party when you go to WDW? Where are you going to stay? We have a tenative date for Dec 10th to go. Right now we are booked at All Star Movies. DH's term is over, and we try to do something at the end of each one. It is hard sometimes to vacation around his teaching schedule, but he is usually free during at least one of the times that fall into value season!

Have an excellent week!

Wendy

 

[eeyore25]

Hi Becky,

Way to go on resisting the fast food. That is great!!!!! Glad that water areobics was fun too!!!!

That is great that you booked and paid your deposit...I need to get my stuff together and get that done as well. We leave in September.

Have a great day

 

[becky_AK]

Hi Becky!

Great choice on WW.

So, are you going to do the Halloween party when you go to WDW? Where are you going to stay? We have a tenative date for Dec 10th to go. Right now we are booked at All Star Movies. DH's term is over, and we try to do something at the end of each one. It is hard sometimes to vacation around his teaching schedule, but he is usually free during at least one of the times that fall into value season!

Have an excellent week!

Wendy

Hi Wendy, Sorry it's taken me forever to get back to you. Work this week has been CRAZY We are definitely going to do the Halloween party, I did it 2 years ago & it was so much fun. Only bummer this year is that we are there on Halloween night & it will be BUSY!! Oh well, it should still be a lot of fun. We are staying at POP century. I was debating between POP & Movies, but decided we'd do something new. We usually stay at Sports since my DH is a major sports fan...me too I guess. Anyway, I'm totally excited and can't wait. I'm trying to get DDP reservations organized & have been going over menus, there is so many neat places to try.

Hope you have a great week!! Take care

 

[becky_AK]

Hi Becky,

Way to go on resisting the fast food. That is great!!!!! Glad that water areobics was fun too!!!!

That is great that you booked and paid your deposit...I need to get my stuff together and get that done as well. We leave in September.

Have a great day

It has been hard, I swear I think I am addicted to food! But I stepped on the scale this morning before work & I was 2 pounds lighter!!! Yay

Since you will be there a month before me you'll have to post a trip report & pictures so that I can see how everything is before I get there, I can't wait

Have a wonderful day.

 

[goldcupmom]

I've been lurking, but not had time to post.

You're doing AWESOME!

Glad you like the Water Aerobics. I was ostracized from my local class by the 'blue hairs'. So, I swim laps!

GREAT job resisting those tempting foods!

Have a wonderful rest of the week!

 

[becky_AK]

Goldcupmom~Thank you & welcome to my weight loss journal!

The past few days have continued to go really well. I have been exercising regularly, following the WW point system, and have had a lot more energy. Life is good!

I also recently took a big jump and decided to work as an at home travel agent. I'm still going to work full-time at the college, but if my business can eventually take off I'd like to stay at home with my son. I'm specializing in Alaska & Disney Vacations/Cruises. This week I completed the Disney travel agent training & am now an official Disney destination specialist

So, if anyone is planning on taking a trip anywhere in the near future, I'd love to help you book your trips. Check out my website at www.beckyscruiseandtravel.joystar.com. I look forward to helping you all out, and also growing my business.

Anyway, back to the diet/exercise.....i got up this morning before work and stood on the scale just to see if anything had changed. Guess what!?!?!? 2 pounds lighter! I was so excited. I'm trying to stay motivated and keep up the hard work. At times it is really hard & I just want to give in and eat, but I'm trying to think of long term results and looking good for my trip to WDW in Nov.

 

[eeyore25]

Hi Becky,

Congrats on the loss...that is great!!! All your hard work is paying off.........keep it up

I will definilty do a trip report this year and I promise to get it done right when I get back. I started one last year after we got home (September) and I just finished it last week!! Opps!!!

Keep up the great work!!!

Have a good day

 

[becky_AK]

Today has been a great day so far! Got up early this morning, went for a walk and then went back home to get ready for work. Work has been fun today too. I started my career/leadership development program at the college which is a 2 week program that helps staff find what direction they want to pursue within the college. Since I'm in the process of starting my Masters Degree I chose that I wanted my ultimate goal to be as Registrar or Dean of Enrollment Services. I've worked in Student Services for about 6 years, so this is a natural transition for me. Anyway, I'm really motivated & hope that all the hard work will eventually pay off. I keep telling my DH that I want to transfer to UCF (Central FL) in Orland, although I don't know much about the university yet, so it is too early to decide

Today is also my 26th birthday! The ladies I work with took me out for lunch at the Spaghetti Factory & I orderd the best salad I have ever had. Yum!!!

Tonight my DH & I probably won't do much other then our normal routine of going to the gym. We'll try to do something this weekend though.

Anyway, the day is going great, I'm feeling wonderful, and really energized, so that is always good.

I'll write more later!

Have a good one!!

 

[tbstein]

Hello Becky

Happy Birthday!

It is great you are going to do the Halloween party again. We did once, about 6 years ago, and my DS(18) still talks about it.

Enjoy the rest of your day! Indulge in a treat, it is your birthday!

My DH is a college professor. He does orientations and acedemic counseling. He thinks its cool you are interested in that. A great challenge. He has worked at the same college for 18 years. He loves it.

Chat with ya later!

Wendy