Good morning everyone!
Just weighed and I am so excited!!
-4 lbs!!!! 
I guess all that staying busy (cleaning and scrubbing the house) and exercise paid off. Now I just have to figure out how to transfer all that to the work week. But it is definitely enough to stay motivated this week. Hope everyone's weigh in goes well!
Oh, and I forgot to send in my measurements. It won't be a total "starting measurement", but I will get a tape this week (do not have one) and send in my measurements to you, Dawn.
Nice job! Who knew cleaning was considered a workout? That right there might make me rethink how much I dislike it. But hey, whatever works, right?
I am down -2 pounds for the week and -10 pounds total so far.
This has been a miserable week. I have had a fever for five straight days now. I have an upper respiratory infection so bad that I can barely breathe and the coughing is so painful and violent that it is crazy. I went to the doctors on Friday and she thinks I have both a viral infection (possibly RSV) and a bacterial infection. She gave me powerful antibiotics but they of course don't help anything that is viral. I haven't worked out since Wednesday and don't know when I will be able to work out again.
Very frustrating as I have been doing so well.
I'm happy and sad for you all at the same time.
I'm so sorry to hear how bad you have been feeling. But don't push and try working out too soon because it might slow down your recovery. Your sick, your body needs the rest. Please take care of yourself!
Hey everyone!
Hope you are all having a great weekend!
I know I'm not gonna post a loss tomorrow. Between hubby and I having a weekend sans kids and eating out way too much, and my cycle arriving, I'm showing a gain of 2 lbs. Which basically means I haven't lost anything in the last 6 wks. 
BUT!
I'm actually ok with it. Went shopping yesterday and I bought 2x shirts instead of 3x shirts! 
I was pretty happy about that. I can also get back into some size 18 shorts, pants I wore 15lbs lighter than I am now. 
I talked to the head trainer at the gym on Thursday about the scale not budging and he said that it was entirely possible to gain a lot of muscle when you begin a weight training regime, if you go from doing absolutely no excercise (ME!!) to working out. He said it could take two to three months for the scale to catch up with what my body is doing. So I'm gonna own whatever weight I get in the morning and keep on trucking.
I did take my measurements this morning. At least what I consider the BIG (pun intended) three. I know it's not the first Monday of the month yet, but I wanted to share that even though the scale may not be showing any loss, it doesn't mean you aren't changing your body for the better!! Better both size and healthwise!
I have lost 4 inches off my bust, 6 inches off my waist, and 5 inches off my hips! Since Feb 8!!!!!
So for all of us that have a love/hate relationship with that 3" rectangle between your big toes (love that description, Duchie!) find another way to measure. Go shopping, pull out some old skinny clothes, keep your measuring tape in the same room that your scale is, buy a body fat measurement machine ($23 bucks on amazon) and reassure yourself that you are making progress, even if the evil scale refuses to give it up!
As far as water goes, I made goal yesterday but only because of how much water I drink when we eat out. It's gonna be hard to drink 120 ounces, but I'm definitely drinking more water because of the challenge so that's a good thing. Even if I don't make the challenge, I'm getting more water! So that's a win!
I didn't do that bad eating out yesterday. My mom is in town, staying at my sister's house, and they are watching our two boys. So DH and I have the house to ourselves!!! It's been really nice. We ate out brunch and dinner yesterday, so I only ate twice yesterday. Not the best idea but it saved calories! 
I ordred the Belgian waffle breakfast from Mimi's Cafe. I looked up the calories before we left. Their website is pretty cool. You can click on each item on the menu and it gives you the nutritional value as you browse, instead of having to pull up a separate nutritional page. The waffles were one of the better choices, believe it or not. Half the calories of the pancakes or croissant breakfasts. And I didn't finish the eggs or bacon that came with it and tried to use the syrup sparingly. I drank very little of the juice that comes with the meal, and drank water instead.
We went out to a steakhouse type restaurant last night. I skipped the alcohol and bread, didn't have a salad because I knew I'd want ranch dressing and ate 4 bites of the fried calamari DH ordered for an app.
I ordered the pork tenderloin with bourbon cream corn but the corn wasn't creamy like in a bechemel sauce. I think they just finished with a little cream at the end. It definitely was more succotash-ish than cream corn. I ate all of that. It was really yummy and the pork tenderloin is a lean choice!
We did have dessert. They serve mini's and we shared a plate of 3 mini's. I skipped the after dinner drink too.
So all in all, I'm proud of myself. Yes I could have done better, but I could have done so much worse and would have 3 mths ago. And that's what I have to focus on. Despite what the scale says, I know the things I'm doing are better for my body even if my weight isn't representing that. I know exercising is making me healthier. I know eating healthier is good for my body.
I ate something fattening the other night, got a salad from Chili's and checked the cals but not the fat content. 
It literally made me sick. So my body is already 'detoxing' from all those bad things. When food literally makes you ill, it's easier to give it up!
I go to the doctor tomorrow to check on my high fasting blood sugar numbers. I have a list of questions to talk to her about!
Good luck on the weigh in tomorrow everyone!! Even if the scale isn't your friend tomorrow, it doesn't mean you aren't making strides to a healthier you!
I just love your attitude! Your inches lost is impressive!
As for me, my results this week are
-2.2.. and I'm happy with that. When I entered my weight online in WW, I got a little message telling me that I was losing weight too fast and how that's not healthy. I got a chuckle out of that, considering I think it's been going rather slowly.
We had an awesome day yesterday. Beautiful weather! I was outside most of it, either planting or shooting off model rockets with the Scouts (I'm the assistant den leader). After that, my family wanted to meet another family at Shakes, which is a frozen custard stand. Now I LOVE Shakes, but I didn't have any, just sat with everyone and drank some more water. And laughed like heck with the other mom when we realized the older kids were supposed to be at RE at just about that time and we had all totally forgotten!
So far, even on the weekends I've still been able to drink all of the water I should. But like 2_Eagle_Mom said, the weekends are so unstructured I find it difficult to eat balanced. I'm doing well with staying within points/calories, but balancing those calories between protein and vegetables is tough. Carbs are easy - I eat way too many of those!
Oh, and as a follow up.... I'm pretty sure the new scale is going back to the store this week. I was telling DH about it, and he agreed that it sounds like it's just not working that great. I tested it again yesterday in a few different locations, different times during the day, wearing different clothing, etc. and while my old scale showed some fluctuations, the new scale always had the same number.
Hope everyone has a great week!
I think this brings me to a total of -12 pounds over the last 7 weeks. My Wii Fit goal was to lost 20 pounds and now I'm past the halfway mark! It's great to see the line on the graph on a downward slope and I'm almost at the normal BMI mark!
A padded seat sounds kinda good right now.....
) I am down -2.8!! So I guess that means no more vacations for Dawn!! Keep up the good work everyone and have a great week!
