Some of you asked that I pop in with updates, so here I am!
Is it worth starting a thread for those of us on a mission to lose weight to fit on Forbidden Journey so we're not overtaking another thread where this maaay not be appropriate? Thoughts?
Having a rough week with everything else, particularly feeling burnt out at work (I haven't taken any time off since the first week of April in an effort to save up PTO time for my Disney vacation - and now I'm feeling it, lol) but feeling better about the working out. Probably had my best workouts yet from Saturday to last night - I think since I didn't get all busy and miss a day like last week I'm still moving forward with building up my stamina, etc. I"m starting to kick some Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Shred butt! Also got up on Saturday and Sunday and did my 5 mile daily walk rather than sitting out the weekend (been walking 5 miles round trip to and from work each weekday).
Still eating healthy (and recently discovered SmartOnes for $1.99 each at Target - GODSEND: cheap, delicious and low-cal) except that the past few days I'm finding that I'm having a hard time getting ENOUGH calories - the past two nights I came back from work with between 650 and 800 calories to get in for the rest of the day (that's with breakfast, morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack) so I need to figure something out, cause having SmartOnes for dinner doesn'help as the highest one I found was 290. I don't want to get into any habit of starving myself NOR eating 1000 or under a day. That's not okay. Working on that.
The good news, I THINK, is that I seem to have lost 5 pounds. Maybe more. The thing is, I'm not sure if I trust the scale I bought. All of the sudden now it's not setting back to zero and is being a little wonky. I tried weighing my hand weights and it seems to be accurate, but like, every 3rd time I put them on there, it'll say it's just under the weight it is and then not set back to zero. Friday night immediately after working out I weighed myself and it showed no difference - it was maaaaybe showing one pound or half-ish. Then Saturday night right before bed, Sunday morning, Sunday before bed, and Monday morning I weighed myself and it showed that I weighted 5 pounds less. Now between Monday morning and just after working out last night and showering it was showing I think another 2 pounds, maybe 3 as lost. That can't be right, so I'm really confused.
Been trying to stop to really consider if things I'm wearing fit differently and I'm just not sure. My bra kinda feels different - the cup size seems a little too big right now but I can't be certain. I have one dress I've worn every Monday to get a feel for whether I'm losing weight but I realized yesterday it's the worst thing to have chosen, lol - it's a completely loose dress that's not form fitting anywhere but maybe in it's short sleeves, lol, so who knows. I guess I feel like it's so absurd that I'd have lost this much weight since last Sunday (I weighed myself August 15 last before the times mentioned above) and I feel like I'd feel more of a difference somehow - at least see it in my face. I'm just not sure though. Any tips on how else to tell? Should I get a tape measure or something and be taking my measurements as well?
Regardless, when I got on the scale Friday and it showed no loss since I started, I had already had a terrible week and was overwhelmed and on the verge of tears all day, but I didn't cry. Just said to myself "It'll happen, just keep going with it" rather than getting into a mindset of "all this has been for nothing so far" so...I'm sticking to that and we'll see what happens.
How's everyone else doing that's losing weight?
Is it worth starting a thread for those of us on a mission to lose weight to fit on Forbidden Journey so we're not overtaking another thread where this maaay not be appropriate? Thoughts?
Having a rough week with everything else, particularly feeling burnt out at work (I haven't taken any time off since the first week of April in an effort to save up PTO time for my Disney vacation - and now I'm feeling it, lol) but feeling better about the working out. Probably had my best workouts yet from Saturday to last night - I think since I didn't get all busy and miss a day like last week I'm still moving forward with building up my stamina, etc. I"m starting to kick some Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Shred butt! Also got up on Saturday and Sunday and did my 5 mile daily walk rather than sitting out the weekend (been walking 5 miles round trip to and from work each weekday).
Still eating healthy (and recently discovered SmartOnes for $1.99 each at Target - GODSEND: cheap, delicious and low-cal) except that the past few days I'm finding that I'm having a hard time getting ENOUGH calories - the past two nights I came back from work with between 650 and 800 calories to get in for the rest of the day (that's with breakfast, morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack) so I need to figure something out, cause having SmartOnes for dinner doesn'help as the highest one I found was 290. I don't want to get into any habit of starving myself NOR eating 1000 or under a day. That's not okay. Working on that.
The good news, I THINK, is that I seem to have lost 5 pounds. Maybe more. The thing is, I'm not sure if I trust the scale I bought. All of the sudden now it's not setting back to zero and is being a little wonky. I tried weighing my hand weights and it seems to be accurate, but like, every 3rd time I put them on there, it'll say it's just under the weight it is and then not set back to zero. Friday night immediately after working out I weighed myself and it showed no difference - it was maaaaybe showing one pound or half-ish. Then Saturday night right before bed, Sunday morning, Sunday before bed, and Monday morning I weighed myself and it showed that I weighted 5 pounds less. Now between Monday morning and just after working out last night and showering it was showing I think another 2 pounds, maybe 3 as lost. That can't be right, so I'm really confused.
Been trying to stop to really consider if things I'm wearing fit differently and I'm just not sure. My bra kinda feels different - the cup size seems a little too big right now but I can't be certain. I have one dress I've worn every Monday to get a feel for whether I'm losing weight but I realized yesterday it's the worst thing to have chosen, lol - it's a completely loose dress that's not form fitting anywhere but maybe in it's short sleeves, lol, so who knows. I guess I feel like it's so absurd that I'd have lost this much weight since last Sunday (I weighed myself August 15 last before the times mentioned above) and I feel like I'd feel more of a difference somehow - at least see it in my face. I'm just not sure though. Any tips on how else to tell? Should I get a tape measure or something and be taking my measurements as well?
Regardless, when I got on the scale Friday and it showed no loss since I started, I had already had a terrible week and was overwhelmed and on the verge of tears all day, but I didn't cry. Just said to myself "It'll happen, just keep going with it" rather than getting into a mindset of "all this has been for nothing so far" so...I'm sticking to that and we'll see what happens.
How's everyone else doing that's losing weight?
) it might just be the tipping point for me to walk another mile or 2 every day
. Problem is some people are just top/bottom-heavy or both, no matter how how weight they lose.
. CP employs the test seats outside many of their rides (seems to be a problem for mostly people with 'guts'
for lack of a better term, vs large chest/bust or thighs issue @ HP). i've never heard of anybody complaining regarding 'passing' the CP test seats outside, then 'failing' once they sit in actual seat on the ride.
I felt the same way when I asked somebody else that question. 
I guess whatever works, right? I actually posted a pic of the ride vehicle on my fridge and in front of my scale at home; it helps keep me motivated. So far, I've lost 37 lbs. And I can't believe I'm "saying" this openly, but I was 297 and am now 260. I still have 15 months and 90 lbs to goal weight, but so far I'm staying strong.
