And Really Bad Eggs...Weigh In Wednesdays 6 and 7

I realized that I had taken a little hiatus on my blogging about my weight loss.  Honestly, not much has been happening, except that I have been staying on my plan and the scale has been hanging on to the exact same pounds.  I would say that it has been frustrating, but actually, it hasn't been as frustrating as you would imagine.  The reason for that has got to be the fact that when I go to bed at night, I know that I know that I know that I'm staying on my plan.  I'm not doing anything that would make me rethink if the scale is going to actually drop one day or not.

I got up this morning - after turning down both pizza and pasta last night - and low and behold - the scale FINALLY MOVED SOUTH.  After over three weeks of only dropping .6 of a pound, I finally dropped 1.6 in a week.  YEAH!  I got off the scale and danced a jig.  No, really.  Please don't picture it, but it happened.

As of today, here are the stats:
13.2 pounds down
11.8 to go to reach my first 25 pound goal (by April 18)
36.8 to go for the year

Today was going great.  First I had my weigh-in, then I had my year end review, and I was feeling pretty darn good.  Then it hit me.  No, I mean really really really hit me.  You see, I've been scrambling eggs early in the week - like on Sunday - and eating them all week long and well - I must have got a hold of some bad eggs.  Really bad eggs.  I had to come home because those eggs were really really bad to me.  Needless to say, the scale should be down tomorrow, too.  haha! 

This is a beautiful life.

Weigh-In Wednesday Week 5 - Monthly Meaure Up February

Well, it's weigh-in Wednesday and the scale says the EXACT same thing as last week.  Yes, I know I bought a new scale, and YES, I know the new scale is weighing about a pound heavier than the old scale, but psychologically it does something to you to see the same numbers for two weeks in a row.  Am I at a plateau?  I have no idea.  Everything I've read says I've got to go at least four weeks without a loss in weight or measurements, and I'm only two weeks in.

In good news....I took my measurements since while it's Weigh-In Wednesday, it is also the first day of the month - so here are my results for the month of January

11.2 pounds lost
11 3/4 inches lost overall - with 2 of those inches being off my hips, this does seem to raise my spirits a little about the scale.  =)

It's on February...Let's do this!  I'm going to once again crush it in February and hopefully my March 1st  results will be something to be proud of, too.

This is a beautiful life!

Weigh-In Wednesday Week 4

It happened.  Oh, you know...the dreaded "step on the scale and nothing has happened" happened.  Even worse, the even more dreaded "step on the scale and it went up" happened.  For the first time in my history of dieting, I did not have a major set back when I saw that my official weigh-in weight was up - yes, only .2 of a pound - but when you've been as good as I've been about tracking everything, to gain at all can be disheartening.  Not really this time though.  You know why?  Well, simple.  The reason I'm not letting it get me down is because I absolutely without a single solitary doubt have no questions about what I ate or could have done differently.  I've pretty much been laying it all out there every single day.  So, I believe that it might not be this week....it might not be next week...but eventually, the weight will have to drop on the scale.

Another note on the scale...  I think my scale died on me.  The past few days, I've noticed that the scale won't give you the same weight - even when you step off and step back on.  Or, it will show me the same thing I weighed in the morning, when it's time for bed.  Tonight, it didn't show me anything at all.  So, I went to Amazon and ordered myself a brand new shiny bathroom scale.  It is supposed to be here Friday.  I shall weigh and see what it says.  It was rated a 5 star product, and considering there are almost 3,000 reviews, I'm going to believe I'm getting a great product.  I'm sure I'll blog about it.  =)

So - as of now - I am down 11.2 pounds....and still going.  =)

This is a beautiful life!

Weigh-In Wednesday Week 3

Got up this morning - stepped on the scale - and I'm down another 3.4 pounds.  So here is the breakdown:

3.4 pounds this week
11.4 pounds overall
13.6 pounds until my first 25 pound goal (by April 18th - 13 weeks until then)

I'm well on the way!  Yeah!

Weigh-In Wednesday - Week 2

Well, after last night, I wasn't so sure how my weigh-in would be - so, I got up and bravely stepped on the scale, looked down and after one week with my new lifestyle, I'm down 4.2 pounds.  Yeah!  Monthly issues and all - 4.2  pounds.  While I realize that my success each week is not going to necessarily show on the scale - this week it did, and it felt good.  I was also amazed because every other time I've decided to watch what I was eating, I would schedule a cheat meal or day on the day I weighed in or the day after - not this time.  I stepped off the scale, did a little victory dance, and got ready for the day.

4.2 down since my first official weigh-in of 2012
8.0 down since I started tracking my weight
17 left until my first goal of 25 pounds (by April 18th - my birthday)

This is a beautiful life.  =)

Weigh-In Wednesday...

Today was my first official Wednesday Weigh-In of 2012.  I weigh and write it down everyday.  Yes, I know they say that you should only weigh once a week, but it helps keep me in check to weigh.  I don't get discouraged or encouraged, just like to see where I am.  However, Wednesday is my official day - the one that counts.  So, this morning, I bravely stepped up on the scale.  It was what I thought it would be.  I'm looking forward to each week - and what the results will be from here on out.  =)

Another step I took today was to do something pretty radical for me.  I talked to four friends and decided to tell them exactly what I weigh, and I will report to them each Wednesday what my new weight is.  I will also email one of them what I've eaten during the day for extra accountability.  You see, when JD is with his dad, and it is just me, it is easy to just pick something up on the way home or sit around and eat something convenient.  I mean, after all, it's just me - who is going to know, right?  Well, not any more, because they are going to know.  In my note to my friends I told them that this is the year I lose the weight, because I am worth more than the struggle to lose weight...more than this making resolutions and going back on them.  I am just worth more.

Today has been a pretty good day, as far as hunger and motivation go.  Yesterday was a little rough, so it is nice that today was better.  I know that there will be easier days and then some pretty tough days, too, but this time I feel different about the decision to be healthier.  I feel like I did when I made the commitment to run the half marathon - like my mind is made up - now, I will just continue to follow through.

This is a beautiful life!