It's official: I lost another 1.8 pounds to total 10 pounds down! I spent the first seven weeks of summer putting on ten pounds and the last seven weeks taking it back off. Now I'm ready to get down to some new pounds.
I'm proud of my ten pounds, but I'm not entirely happy with the way I've done it. Let's just say there has been some slippage back into those old habits. Having one glass of wine every once in a while has turned into having a glass of wine every night, then another glass, finally ending up in me shoving handfuls of Goldfish crackers in my face.
Also, if I'm being honest with myself I know I manipulated my weigh in. I usually weigh in at night, this week I did it first thing in the morning. Ostensibly this was due to conflicts with my husband's work schedule, but I was all too eager to change things around.
So I've lost the ten pounds but, frankly, I'm lucky.
This week there's a new plan: Stick to my food plan 100%. No glass of wine. No little splurges. Certainly no more alcohol induced mindless binging! Eat everything that's on my menu without substitutions or omissions.
I signed up to do Jenny Craig, NOT "Julie Craig."
After all, MY "diet plan" is why I just spent the last seven weeks losing those ten pounds I gained at the beginning of the summer.
Showing posts with label Weigh-in. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Weigh-in. Show all posts
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Weigh-in and Plan 52 Progress
Today was weigh-in and I'm down one pound. It's not much, but it beats the alternative!
I must say, it seems like all I write about is losing weight. Yes, I am a bit obsessed, but--believe it or not--I actually do think about a few other things. I even ventured out of my diet cocoon today to take the girls down to the Birch Aquarium in La Jolla. Then I had to call my husband and whine about how unfair it is that I don't get to live there!! Besides that, there has been some ever so slight progress on Plan 52.
First, I am reading a book, but I'm not loving it. It's Go, Mutants! by Larry Doyle. I think the problem is that all the characters are so repulsive (I mean literally--it's about a future Earth that is co-inhabited by humans and mutant creatures), that I just can't get past all the slime and goo and exploding body parts. I'm giving myself until this weekend, then I'll ditch it if I'm still not feeling it.
I've had a bit of a setback on the goal to go back to school. We moved from New York to California in April 2009, which should classify me as a California resident for tuition purposes. Unfortunately, they chose to classify me as out-of-state meaning I'd have to pay $183 per unit vs. $26 per unit. I know that's a great deal for most states, but it's the difference between my actually being able to afford college. I sent them my proof of residency at the beginning of the month, but they still haven't reclassified me. I'm going to try to drop it off tomorrow--won't that be fun with four kids in tow?--but since classes started this week it's really too late. If I can get reclassified, I'm going to try to take a late-starting online course, otherwise I will be ready for spring semester in January.
I've been going to my regular Aqua Boot Camp class at the Y this week and I'm plannning on trying a couple of new classes this weekend--perhaps even the dreaded (for this uncoordinated girl) Zumba!
I must say, it seems like all I write about is losing weight. Yes, I am a bit obsessed, but--believe it or not--I actually do think about a few other things. I even ventured out of my diet cocoon today to take the girls down to the Birch Aquarium in La Jolla. Then I had to call my husband and whine about how unfair it is that I don't get to live there!! Besides that, there has been some ever so slight progress on Plan 52.
First, I am reading a book, but I'm not loving it. It's Go, Mutants! by Larry Doyle. I think the problem is that all the characters are so repulsive (I mean literally--it's about a future Earth that is co-inhabited by humans and mutant creatures), that I just can't get past all the slime and goo and exploding body parts. I'm giving myself until this weekend, then I'll ditch it if I'm still not feeling it.
I've had a bit of a setback on the goal to go back to school. We moved from New York to California in April 2009, which should classify me as a California resident for tuition purposes. Unfortunately, they chose to classify me as out-of-state meaning I'd have to pay $183 per unit vs. $26 per unit. I know that's a great deal for most states, but it's the difference between my actually being able to afford college. I sent them my proof of residency at the beginning of the month, but they still haven't reclassified me. I'm going to try to drop it off tomorrow--won't that be fun with four kids in tow?--but since classes started this week it's really too late. If I can get reclassified, I'm going to try to take a late-starting online course, otherwise I will be ready for spring semester in January.
I've been going to my regular Aqua Boot Camp class at the Y this week and I'm plannning on trying a couple of new classes this weekend--perhaps even the dreaded (for this uncoordinated girl) Zumba!
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Celebrations can weight. Or wait.
I officially started my diet* on August 1st. I'm happy to report that so far things are going well. The first week I followed my food plan exactly for six days out of seven. First week loss = 5.0 pounds! Great, right?
Now, I'm happy and all, but there is definitely an environmental factor at work here as well. My initial weigh-in was in the afternoon and the first week weigh-in was at 7:30 a.m. I know my weight fluctuates five pounds or more per day from morning til night, so at least some portion of that weight loss was due to being weighed early, before I had eaten or drunk anything.
Now my concern is that I will not lose or possibly even gain this week. My normal weigh-in is going to be Thursday evenings, so that whole a.m. vs. p.m. issue is going to come into play again--and this time it will NOT be in my favor!
Yesterday was also my birthday, so I did eat dinner off plan. My scale this morning was pretty forgiving, so we'll see how it goes.
The important thing is that none of this is going to derail me. I don't need to be perfect every second of every day. I'm all in and it's going to take more than a few glasses of wine or an uncooperative scale to throw me!
*I know, I know... It's not a "diet" it's a "lifestyle change." Whatever. Eventually that's what I'm aiming for, but at this point it is definitely a diet since I'm following a proscribed food plan. I'll write more about that another time.
Now, I'm happy and all, but there is definitely an environmental factor at work here as well. My initial weigh-in was in the afternoon and the first week weigh-in was at 7:30 a.m. I know my weight fluctuates five pounds or more per day from morning til night, so at least some portion of that weight loss was due to being weighed early, before I had eaten or drunk anything.
Now my concern is that I will not lose or possibly even gain this week. My normal weigh-in is going to be Thursday evenings, so that whole a.m. vs. p.m. issue is going to come into play again--and this time it will NOT be in my favor!
Yesterday was also my birthday, so I did eat dinner off plan. My scale this morning was pretty forgiving, so we'll see how it goes.
The important thing is that none of this is going to derail me. I don't need to be perfect every second of every day. I'm all in and it's going to take more than a few glasses of wine or an uncooperative scale to throw me!
*I know, I know... It's not a "diet" it's a "lifestyle change." Whatever. Eventually that's what I'm aiming for, but at this point it is definitely a diet since I'm following a proscribed food plan. I'll write more about that another time.
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