Three week update: 31, 32, 33

Oh gosh, I have been feeling extra busy lately.  Week 31 was a little rough I had a gain, but I have come back from that gain and during 32 & 33 I lost 1.6 pounds a week.  My over all weight loss totaling 69.4 pounds.  I wish I was losing .4 pounds more a week, but hey beggars can't be choosers so I will try very hard not to complain. 

Last week I actually gained 90-ish activity points from many things, but most of them were from jogging.  I do not plan on earning as many this week, especially since the recommended amount per week is 14 points (last week I got at least 14 each day).  At this point I have come to the realization that now that I have started to exercise, I will never be able to stop.  It's just not going to happen. 

I am trying to kick my habit of needing to eat while I watch TV, that's been difficult.  I am trying to visualize my self being successful with not eating while TV watching, we'll see how that goes. 

I have been eating a lot of tomatoes and listening to a lot of Prince and Ke$ha, while working out. 

In other news Apple Pie has been difficult for me to say no to.

Weekly (bi-weekly) update, weeks 29&30

Oh the craziness of life! My schedule is busier than ever and I am loving it! Last week I lost 5.4 pounds and this week I lost 2.8! Especially after camping the 2.8 was a shock, I love my camp hotdogs and s'mores!

This month Weight Watchers is doing "Lose for Good" it is a program where the corporation donates $1 for ever pound a weight watchers member loses! I am very excited for this, gettin' fit and helping others eat, what a great combo!

I also had a realization last week about my weight loss, I want to share more on that later.  For now I will just say that God has blessed us with amazing bodies that do super duper amazing things!

Part of the reason I have been so busy is that I have started my own side business.  I am now a Pampered Chef consultant!  Feel free to check out my website, here. 

Loving fresh tomatoes from my garden!
And loving Apple Pie, not eating a piece would just be crazy!
Loving Prince on my workout playlist!

Week 28: Update

I am lacking in sleep and I gained this week.  Needless today I am cranky! I want to eat a half gallon chocolate-peanut butter ice cream and watch Gilmore Girls. 

I won't. 

I believe I should reward myself for dealing with an exhausting, horrible, depressing day.  So I am breaking out my shoes goal shoes, putting on workout pants and not eating ice cream. 

Update: Week 27

I am pleased with myself today, I made it through the fair and actually lost weight! 8ish pounds which brings me up to 62.8 pounds of weight lost, no one can say that's not awesome, right? I've had a few revelations the last couple of days one of them is, I can't believe I've been doing Weight Watchers for 27 weeks!

27 WEEKS!?!?! That's 189 days, over 6 months, more than half of a year.  That's dropping pop and picking up my water bottle one more time again, again and again. That's not eating french fries, minimizing my chocolate/sugar intake, eating fruit and vegetables like I've got scurvy, that's down 6 dress sizes.  That's more miles run than I can count, fewer emotional outburst, gaining an ability to reward myself with something besides food.  That's saying goodbye to almost an entire wardrobe of clothes, having a collar bone, seeing muscle definition, and not having fat sausage fingers.  That's A LOT of changes. And I like them.

My other revelation is exercise, because I have been so busy the last few weeks I have not been jogging.  Yesterday I went jogging walking.  It was so difficult to jog after not doing so for weeks, my hope is to never go that long without jogging.

I've been eating a lot of fresh green beans lately (I also canned 26 jars of them today), fresh from the garden.  Also Cucumbers, watermelon and cherry tomatoes.

Pie, there is a lot of pie in this house and I love pie.  Damn pie.

As a huge Mandy Moore fan the song Candy has always been the perfect tempo (beat, rhythm, or something like that) for jogging.

I have also been craving Zucchini Lasagna.  Here is a recipe for Zucchini Lasagna from Skinny Taste. I made my recipe up but this is similar except that I used ground turkey, store bought sauce and cottage cheese instead of ricotta.  It was AMAZING!     

Weeks 25 & 26

Confession time: I gained last week and I have no idea if I lost this week.  For last weeks gain I blame no one but myself and my love of "good"  food.  Chocolate, beer cheese soup and fresh cut french fries, who can resist all that "goodness"?  NOT ME!  When I weighed in at meeting last week our leader was funny, "I take it you know how this happened?" I sure did know! She was also very supportive and we talked about pushing our limits, sometimes so we need to find out how far we can go before it is too far (apparently all those french fries were too far). 

This week I have been volunteering at church and baking scone every morning for the county fair.  So I did not make it to meeting last week due to delicious scone baking and I do not trust my scales at home so I am working for a loss on week 27!

Even though I did gain last week and I am pretending that this week does not exist I am considering this a success, because I learned something (or was I reminded of something?).

Diverging off of topic: It's funny how we keep our lives together.  For years my health was atrocious, absolutely horrible!  And I had my job/career together, I was successful, I was good at my job and for the most part I liked what I did.  Oh how things can change in just one short year, I have my health on track but am severely lacking in the job/career department.  - I don't absolutely hate my job, I am VERY thankful to have my job and consider my self lucky to have one, I love most of my coworkers and the corporation isn't horrible either. -  I know that there is something else out there for me, I need to be patient keep looking and wait for a more fulfilling opportunity, but MY PATIENCE IS WEARING THIN!  Life is funny that way I guess, maybe one day I'll have it all together. 

Because I have been getting up early to bake I have not been exercising so no favorite exercise song.  However I have been listening to a lot of Adele. 

Still trying to kick pop and drink water.

Lovin' nectarines and watermelon!

Shoe Inspiration

My shoes! 

There is something about a pair of cute shoes that makes me want to run just a little further.  

Update: Week 24

Another week down in the books, am I am down another 3.6lbs! I am feeling fortunate because this last week held challenges but they were easily defeated by just a few smarter choices.  I didn't do too well with all of my goals, I drank a pop and did not drink two liters of water a day.  The pop was clear and diet so I did resist the temptation of "the hard stuff," and I am happy with that.  As far as the water goes, two liters is a lot, especially when I drink coffee too. 

I got new jogging shoes this week, because they are ADORABLE, not because I needed them.  I am going to wait to use my new shoes so I can treat them as a celebration or reward.  I am not sure what I will be celebrating but I know it will be worth the wait.
 
This week I earned 42 activity points! Totally AWESOME!

I have been snacking on nectarines lately, the deliciousness of a peach minus the fuzz. 

I am still fighting the pop habit, hopefully I'll do a little better this week. 

My favorite work out song this week is Michael Jackson's The Way You Make Me Feel.

My goal is to continue working on my water consumption.