Ozymoe's Thinderella W.I.S.H. (current updates found on post #1 and post #23)

[Ozymoe]

We returned from our trip on Monday, May 15. I got my wish! I went to a WW meeting in Las Vegas on Saturday, May 13. It was the end of my 6th week in WW and I had lost a total of 23.8 pounds! I weighed in on Tuesday, the 16th and here the scale says I have lost a total of 27.8.

My weight is a complete mystery to me...I do the WW program and some weeks I have lost nothing or very little...and other weeks I lose a ton...well, not a ton, but you know what I mean. I suppose from now on I won't lose much over a pound a week, if that. Anyway, it doesn't matter...all I know is I'm going to stick with the program. It certainly is working for me...and I can now fit into some clothes I couldn't!

My new Thinderella wish is to lose a total of 30 pounds by June 1...2.2 pounds in about 2 weeks. Oh...and I've lost over 10% of my body weight since starting WW.

I have to go. Tonight I am scheduled for a sleep lab to find out if I have sleep apnea. Oh...and I tried out for Eulalie MacKecknie Shinn (the mayor's wife) in another community theatre show. I'll find out this weekend whether I get the part...I'm not holding my breath...there were a lot of talented actresses trying out for that role. Sigh...oh well, if I don't make the Music Man cast another theatre group is doing State Fair. Doing theatre really helps me lose weight!

 

[Ozymoe]

Weighed in last Saturday...gained .2 pound. Sigh. I think I'm just maintaining this week...but that's still all good, really. I didn't get the part of Eulalie so I'm looking forward to tryouts for State Fair. Both of the girls (my 17 year old twins) want to try out for State Fair too so that might turn out to be one of our "favorite memories" of Summer 2006!

I've been making some WW entrees and freezing them for future use as well as serving them this past week. I must say the stuffed peppers turned out very well...and the "free" cucumber and onions in sweet/sour red wine vinegar dressing side dish is a real hit with everyone!

I'm trying to feed my 18 year old (just returned from college) son who needs to gain a little weight all the extra staples in my kitchen that I don't use much of...lol...he's decided he's a vegetarian so I'm feeding him all my Amana noodles with fresh tomato-based sauces! Those Amana noodles are so good, but the rest of us are using all whole grain pastas...and spaghetti squash.

Today I made him a whole big panful of stir-fried vegetables and fried rice (with egg)...he loved it!

 

[Ozymoe]

Weighed in on Saturday...lost...so as of this day I have lost a total of 32 pounds even! It was exactly 8 weeks ago when I weighed in so I have averaged 16 pounds a month since I started!

I haven't been particularly setting out to lose lots, but it is just kind of happening (although I know I have been exceptionally exact when calculating my points per day and have never gone over). It is really starting to show and I am getting rid of everything that doesn't fit/doesn't look good as I wend my way on my "Long Journey Back To Jeans".

I fel good...and enjoy my sucess every day...even when I "gain"...or am stuck for a week on the scales. For me...continuing to "be good" results in extremely surprising (to me) results all on one day, sometimes as much as a week-1 1/2 weeks down the line...but when those results register they are BIG...as in 3-4-sometimes 5 or more pounds...after having been stuck (or even going up a little) at a particular weight for a week or 1 1/2 weeks. Well, whatever works for a person, right? !!!

Anyway. I am satisfied and will continue on with WW. Lol...I (roughly)calculated it yesterday and each pound lost has cost me way less than $3 a pound with Weight Watchers. Wow...if I could have waved a magic wand and paid that amount per pound two months ago...how fast would I have done that!!!!...so for me it has been worth it big time...even though I have to pay for the program! Pay $90 and poof!...weigh 30 pounds less...well, for me it is a no brainer!

 

[Ozymoe]

Well, here it is June 13th. As of last Saturday I have lost a total of 34.4 pounds. Lol...I'm pretty sure I've got my last Thinderella wish of 35 pounds off by June 15th.

This is a little scary...I've gotten all the Thinderella wishes I've made...but it HAS gotten a bit harder to attain them as the weeks go by. I'm tempted to wish for a total of 40 pounds lost by July 4th...but think that will be a real struggle...or not. My body hangs on to some pounds for dear life and yet other times it seems as if they just fall off. I don't know how predictable my weight loss will be in the coming weeks...all I know is I'm sticking with the program.

Also the twins and I are in a production of State Fair. Rehearsals started last night. It is typical for me to lose 25 pounds during rehearsal/performance of a show...but that was a while ago. Even though that happened for My Fair Lady last month (which is the first show I've done for several years)...I don't know if that will hold true for this upcoming musical.

Lol...I am really laughing at myself now...I'm just going to plow ahead with the program and see what happens. If I do my part...it will all be good no matter how large or small the weight loss. I'm stubborn...I should expect less of my body fat??? Lol

 

[Ozymoe]

I weighed in yesterday (Saturday), June 17...and to my surprise I had lost another 6 pounds, bringing me to a total of 40.4 pounds lost in the last 11 weeks. A LOT of my clothes look as if I don't know how to shop. I guess this is good...I'm at an in-between stage now...too small for a lot of my wardrobe (that I've worn for the last year or two)...too large for lots of clothes I've saved because I couldn't bear to get rid of them. Hopefully I'll get past this weight level quickly so I'll have another ton of "new" old clothes from which to choose.

Mind you I'm not complaining. I feel sooo much better already!

I really owe a lot to WW. Those weekly meetings are just the incentive I need to stay on track.

 

[goldcupmom]

Wow! 40+ in 11 weeks is INCREDIBLE, Jo!!

You've lost an entire preschooler from somewhere in your body in under 3 months!

Hope you have a GREAT week this week! State Fair is a wonderful musical!

Enjoy!!

 

[Ozymoe]

Wow! 40+ in 11 weeks is INCREDIBLE, Jo!!

You've lost an entire preschooler from somewhere in your body in under 3 months!

Hope you have a GREAT week this week! State Fair is a wonderful musical!

Enjoy!!

Thanks, Julie...I just keep hammering away at it. I don't think I will lose anything this week, but I just keep doing the program anyway. My body loses weight all at once...even if I KNOW I have lost weight (in inches), sometimes it isn't reflected on the scale...and then a week later, sometimes two weeks later, it all falls off in one day. Sigh...good in the long run, but for the short term it's a bit hard.

Lol...gotta run, State Fair rehearsal tonight. You have a great week yourself, Julie!

Jo

 

[Ozymoe]

I weighed in on Saturday...the scale says I gained almost 4 pounds! Yikes! I know I'm doing the program, but that seems a bit much if you ask me. I hate water weight. Oh well, just have to see what it says next week.

 

[Ozymoe]

Weighed in on Saturday. I had lost the 3.8 pounds I "gained" last week...and an additional .2 of a pound. This has been a hard week for me...not diet-wise, but I am so disheartened by some of the things going on around me in my life. I really try not to get down since these things are not of my doing and out of my hands...but they hang like a cloud.

 

[Ozymoe]

I'm an optimist.

Today can only get better.

 

[Ozymoe]

Note to self...shareflorida.org

 

[Ozymoe]

It has been a while since I wrote anything about my progress. Today, close to 5 1/2 months after I began Weight Watchers, I am continuing to lose albeit at a much slower rate than the first months. I am working on my 46th pound. Until January 5th, 2007, I will be attending the weekly (Monday evenings at 5:45 pm) WW meetings in Celebration. It's such a nice group of people!