Weigh In

I have been doing Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred for 10 days now. I didn't lose any this week, or gain this week.

What did happen though, is I get engaged!! That means that I have a whole new reason to lose the weight! I need to fit into a wedding dress in the near future! OMG!! A WEDDING DRESS!!

I can't wait to get to my goal weight so I can get one of those stunning dresses.

Here is the moment it happened :)

I said yes of course. 

Can't wait to plan and get my ass in shape!!

Weigh in Day

Good morning my friends!

I weighed in this morning, after skipping last weekend. I lost a pound! I am now 209. I have 59 pounds left to lose!

SparkPeople has really been a great program for me. The range of at least___ many and no more than ____ many, is really a great approach. Plus doing the 30 day shred has gotten me my workouts I need.

I found that I can spare 20 minutes a day to do the workouts. I do the DVD Monday through Friday, and rest on Saturday and Sunday. It's now Saturday, and I can barely move, but I think this it's working already.

My clothes are fitting a little better, I have more energy, I just can't move.

I am treating myself today, to the big community garage sale by me :)

Jillian Michaels Sucks

Oh my gosh.

I took the advice of the kind friends and family that I have on Facebook, and started Jillian Michaels 30-Day Shred. Now I was under no misconception that this would be an easy exercise program. Number 1, it's Jillian Michaels, and just her face scares the crap out of me, and 2, the name has "Shred" in it.

I started it, it didn't seem difficult, then I actually got to the workout part. She was trying to be motivational, all I really wanted to do was hit her. It was 20 minutes of torture, but I am going to do it again tomorrow night. I am so tired of being fat.

All of the great people who told me to do this were right, I was going to hate her, and that was ok. I also would need Advil. I'm not sore right now, but I will be tomorrow. That is a fact!

Before Pic, from Saturday

Switcheroo!

I made the decision on Sunday to switch which weight loss program I am doing.

I had little success with LoseIt. SO I made the decision to look into what else was out there. I am not discrediting LoseIt, as it has helped many people, my Mom and Dad for starters, but I wanted to change things up a bit.

So I started googling. I have tried MyFitnessPal in the past and didn't really care for the program. What I found that seemed to click with me a bit better is SparkPeople.com..

They appeared to fit in better with what I wanted to do. Instead of saying "You have _____ calories for the day". They said "You need a minimum of ____ calories and a maximum of _____ calories to be successful." It has ranges like that not just for calories, but for fat grams, carbohydrates, water intake, and protein.

They also gave me a weekly goal of burning 740 calories, this forces me to get some sort of exercise during my week. 180 minutes, and 740 calories. I'm half way there, between walking around the grocery store on Sunday and cleaning yesterday. (I weighed myself and have lost a pound since Sunday, could just be a coincidence.)

I will not be weighing in this week as it is my "bloat" time. Since I tend to gain 5 pounds around then, I am choosing to skip this week. I will still post on Saturday, but just not a weight.

What programs do you use? Specific exercise? Specific diet? etc.

8th Weigh-in

No change today, which I am TOTALLY good with! I had 2 date nights this week with the BF. I got salads, but sometimes those have just as many calories. Slow and steady wins the race. I am ok with the weight loss taking me a year or so. I would rather lose it slowly and keep it off, than lose it all at once and balloon back to what I was.

Still 210, I will get to my goal eventually. I need to start putting working out as a priority. I HATE doing it though. I've said it before, but I have yet to find anything I actually like doing. I liked walking during the summer, but it gets difficult for me to do in the winter. The streets are never plowed in my neighborhood so they are generally one giant sheet of ice. Maybe I should take up ice skating.

Anyone out there have suggestions of something I may like doing?

*I don't run so don't suggest that. Tried it. Hated it.*

Up Early

Hmmmm... it's quiet here. But that's good.

As much as I like sleeping in, I also really enjoy being up early. The house is quiet, and I can have extra time to get ready in the morning. While the BF sleeps the day away, I can have breakfast, spend time getting my outfit ready, do some makeup and be ready for the day ahead.

Today we are going to be old ladies, and do some mall walking. He wants to get some new contacts at his eye doctor, which means that I get to go walking around Barnes and Noble (swoon), and all of my favorite stores today.

I like this time of year, all of the new Spring clothes are out. I love looking through the new styles, and seeing what would look best for my body type. But that also means that I have to try on clothes... my biggest dread ever!

I hate trying on clothes. I go into those little rooms, feeling confident and ready, only to try on a pair of pants in the size I ALWAYS buy, and have them not fit in the slightest. It gets frustrating still when I am currently wearing a pair of pants that are a size smaller than the ones I am trying on.

Last summer, I was wearing a pair of my size 16 shorts, I couldn't get a pair of 18s to come up past my thighs... that was a great feeling. I felt more pissed about the store trying to pass a size 14 as a size 18 than anything else. Clothing sizes are so jacked anyway. It should be about how you feel in your clothes than what size you wear, but it never seems to be that way. So much of my life, and everyone else's, is tied into what number is sewn into our pants. I wear a 16, usually, and an L or XL on top. Depending on the store I go into, I could need a M top or an XXL top. Sometimes I need an 18 or 20 pant, WHILE I AM WEARING MY 16 JEANS!! That just doesn't make sense to me! Shouldn't sizes be more universal than that? Who out there decided that the 16 were just too big and needed to be about 2 inches smaller?

I watch old episodes of I Love Lucy, she wore a size 12. 12! She would talk about her size during the show all the time. But sizes were different back then. Now they are fuel for mocking. I know that it's a way to measure weight loss, but still... these arbitrary numbers should change. I am size Curvy. I'm hoping to be size Fit. That is how I am looking at it now.

Better get going, I have to eat breakfast, and put together some things for dinner before I go to the mall with the BF.

7th Weigh-in

I always try and start off my weigh-in posts with a bit of suspense. Did I lose? Did I gain? Did I stay the same? Hmmmmm...

I LOST this week!! 1 pound, but hey it's a pound!

Currently 210. Yay!