Weigh In: Picking up the pace.
Current Weight: 180.8 lb
Previous Weight: 183.4 lb
Weight Loss: -2.6
Weight Loss Total: -49.2 lb
Almost back at 50 pounds lost. I almost feel like I have been cheating lately since I have been eating so much but I think the difference is that I have been working out a lot more again. That has made a huge difference for me. For a while, I think I had been slacking a lot with my workouts because I felt comfortable and I stopped pushing myself. I was getting in better shape and could do more than I used to and was burning less calories doing what I used to do since I was now 50 pounds lighter and exerted less energy being in better shape. My heart rate monitor didn’t lie but I was starting to lie to myself.
I finally found my motivation again. Not only did I start pushing myself harder at my spin classes (which I really do love) and starting to go to them more frequently again, but I also added a workout video for when I either wasn’t able to get to the gym or sometimes before or after I was at the gym on some days when I had the extra energy for that extra push. I decided to try the Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred. I thought it was pretty good. I didn’t expect it to actually challenge me as much as it did since I have been quite active, especially spinning so much, but it really surprised me. My legs were incredibly sore the next couple days but I kept pushing through it.
I am eager to hit 50 pounds lost again before I head back to New Zealand on the 22nd but my goal for the immediate future is just to enjoy the time that I have left here in America and try not to stress too much about it since I have plenty of other things to stress about involving… you know… moving across the world.
Weigh In: Facing the music.
Current Weight: 183.4 lb
Previous Weight: 179.8 lb
Weight Loss: +3.6
Weight Loss Total: -46.6 lb
Well then. It’s been a few weeks. It’s time to face the music. And it’s not particularly happy music. I like to envision it as some dark, dismal, scary music. Perhaps like music from a movie where a bad guy is creeping up on the beautiful young star of the movie as everyone in the theater bites their nails or hides their faces the clothes of their friends because they can’t bear to see what happens to the heroine they have come to love so dearly.
I am the heroine, my friends. Food is the bad guy that the music is warning you about.
Okay, so now that jokes have been made about it, it’s time to get serious. I enjoyed my birthday. I enjoyed my birthday for a week. I enjoyed the multitude of barbecues for Memorial Day weekend and the “start of summer” even though I despise calling it the start of summer since it’s officially NOT until the summer solstice on June 21. How dare you tell me summer starts in May.
I digress.
I digress in both words and diet.
But this isn’t really a diet is it? It’s a lifestyle change.
I hate the words lifestyle change. The word diet has such a stigma attached to it. It’s just a glorified way of saying, “I’m going on a diet, but then I will learn to be in maintenance mode forever because while on my diet I learned to eat healthier.”
What is a diet anyway?
di·et/ˈdī-it/
Noun: The kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats.
So technically, we are all on a diet. Maybe not all the same kind. Some of us diet on pizza and beer and some of us diet on salads and lean meats. Some of us are vegetarians or vegans. Some of us are on low calorie diets *raises hand* and some of us are switching our diets all of the time.
It’s when you use that word as a verb when it means something else.
di·et/ˈdī-it/
Verb: Restrict oneself to small amounts or special kinds of food in order to lose weight.
So okay, we’re all on a diet. But I am both on a diet and dieting.
And I’m rambling again.
I am back on track, though.
Bike Tour
Yesterday I participated in the North Shore Bike Tour. It was loads of fun. With all the spinning classes I have been taking and loving, I was super excited to actually bike outdoors.
We had a great time. You could either do 17.5 miles and take the bus back or you could turn around and ride back to do the entire 35 miles. I ended up doing 17.5 miles. I was disappointed in myself at first but then I realized that it was still amazing what I did and I know I couldn’t have done it just a few months ago.
I burned over 900 calories during the bike ride and I had a wonderful time. I have been very disappointed lately since I seemed to have gained a few pounds back over my birthday week. I am really frustrated with myself lately. I seem to just be going through the motions and not being as precise with my calorie counting. Excuses are unacceptable at this point since I still have over 30 pounds I want to lose. I know I can get there but I have shown myself that I still really need to focus on my calories at this point. In not doing so, I allow myself to make too many excuses. One day I know I will be ready to not count calories anymore but today is not that day.
Weigh In: The Big Five Oh
Current Weight: 179.8 lb
Previous Weight: 180.4 lb
Weight Loss: -0.6
Weight Loss Total: -50.2 lb
I am weighing in early this week. It’s my birthday and by gosh I reached my goal! Actually, I went a little bit over my goal! My goal was to lose 50.2 pounds by my birthday and hit 180 pounds. Now I see the 170s and I couldn’t be more ecstatic! I know that these last 30 pounds will be nothing now!
I haven’t felt this great… EVER.
I decided after much consideration that my next goal is not going to be a scale goal. It is going to be a non scale victory but of course I still have to lose weight and work really hard to achieve it. I got a cute little dress from American Eagle that is just a little too small. Well, it fits but I don’t ROCK it. My new goal is to absolutely ROCK this dress with confidence and wear it out somewhere! I don’t know if that will be in 10 pounds or 20 or even at my goal but by gosh I’m going to do it! 
Weigh In: and then I ate cake
Current Weight: 180.4 lb
Previous Weight: 183.0 lb
Weight Loss: -2.6
Weight Loss Total: -49.6 lb
SO. CLOSE.
I really, really wanted to hit my birthday goal of 50 pounds lost by yesterday morning’s weigh in. I was .4 pounds away and I have to say I was pretty disappointed especially since I worked pretty darn hard this week. Sure, my birthday isn’t until this coming Wednesday so I could still pull it off but I also had planned to celebrate my birthday on Friday night. That means cake.
Yes, it says Happy Birthday Baman. It’s a joke between me and my super awesome friend because of the Baman Piderman cartoon that we’re currently addicted to on YouTube. I am Baman and she is Piderman.
Anyway, I ate the cake. We also went out to dinner and I ate a lot there, too. We all did. Do you know what? I finally allowed myself to say, “Hey, do you know what, self? You deserve it. You have lost almost 50 pounds and you are celebrating your birthday so eat whatever the hell you want tonight, sweetheart!” Then I did and I didn’t feel guilty about it at all. I think I enjoyed that step forward in my emotional weight loss journey than I even enjoyed eating the food. That’s saying something because I really like food a lot. I guess that’s how I gained all that weight in the first place, though so do I even have to clarify?
So I will hit fifty pounds lost and then I will dance around kind of like I was in this picture when my friends were singing happy birthday to me. Nah, I’ll probably jump around way more than this but I’ll have to remind myself that it can’t be my most excited of jumpings because I’ll have to save that for the end goal which I will reach. That end goal is becoming clearer every single day.
Weigh In: Birthday Goal, here I come!
Current Weight: 183.0 lb
Previous Weight: 185.0 lb
Weight Loss: -2.0
Weight Loss Total: -47.0 lb
Ahh, I did it again and forgot to post on Friday’s weigh in day! Well, it was another success and brought me one step closer to my birthday goal! Just 3 more pounds to go and I’m there. I’ve got 10 days to pull it off. I think I can do it considering I have been really slacking off on my exercise over the past week or two (and today I peeked and the scale said 182.6).
Towards the end of this month I realized that it’s okay to take a day off exercising especially if your body is really aching. However, I started to make excuses and lose momentum more than I should have and my workouts have started to not be very good at all in the beginning of May. I really have to step it up if I want to start seeing results again. A good workout for me is 400 calories so if I burn less than that I know if really didn’t give it my all. I have to find that spark again.
My goal is to aim to burn 400 or more calories per day and on my off days try to at least take a nice walk or play some Wii and burn 100-300 calories since it is so nice out now. That way I’m at least moving.
April was a pretty good month for me. I lost about 8 pounds and lost a ton of inches all over. I also gained a ton of confidence and finally started feeling like, “hey, I can really do this. I can go all the way to my goal this time.” And I will.
These three more pounds will not just be my birthday goal. They won’t just be my 50 pound landmark. They won’t just be the lightest I’ve weighed since I’ve known my husband. They mean so much more than that.
Weigh In – That’s Alright
Current Weight: 185.0 lb
Previous Weight: 185.6 lb
Weight Loss: -0.6
Weight Loss Total: -45.0 lb
I’ve been really, really busy and didn’t get a chance to post Friday’s weigh in until now. This past weekend was super busy. I went to a wedding, worked at an Eco Carnival, tutored two times, and sung at a first communion Mass. Plus, my allergies have been absolutely evil.
Well, it’s not a big weigh in but it’s a loss, at least! Plus, it was a loss over Easter after introducing desserts and treats back into my diet after depriving myself of them for the entirety of Lent. Hey, not half bad if I do say so myself!
I started to really slack off on my workouts this week so starting today I am really picking it back up. Even though my allergies have been cruel, I’m not letting them bring me down! I signed up for spin tonight since Monday night spin is my favourite thing ever! It’s time to kick butt. I am going to reach my birthday goal of 180 pounds by May 18th and then I’m going to keep heading down to my next goal which I actually haven’t decided on yet but will ponder on for the next couple weeks and see how things go.
I have another surprise for you, though! I took measurements one month ago at my first measurement for my challenge group, the Flab To Fab Challenge. This week I took my measurements again for the monthly measurements. I was absolutely amazed at the results. I’d like to share them with you. It just goes to show you that even when you may not think you’re doing as well as you want to be, you could surprise yourself in another area!
Measurements: April 1
Neck: 13.75 in
L Arm: 14.5 in
R Arm: 15 in (that’s what you get for being a pitcher)
Chest: 42.5 in
Waist: 33 in
Hips: 47.5 in
L Thigh: 26.2 in
R Thigh: 26.2 in
L Calf: 16 in
R Calf: 16 in
Measurements: April 29
Neck: 13.5 in
L Arm: 13.5 in
R Arm: 14 in
Chest: 42 in
Waist: 27 in (6 freaking inches!!!)
Hips: 47 in
L Thigh: 24 in (over 2 inches in each thigh!! yay spinning!!)
R Thigh: 24 in
L Calf: 15.5 in
R Calf: 15.5 in
So. Pretty awesome for a month? 
My waist has always been one of my best features. I’m lucky. Fat just FALLS off my waist. I have an hourglass figure. Now if it would just fall off my hips, arms, and thighs we’d be set…
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