Chugging along!!!

I nursed Cruz this morning and then went on the scale. 208.8! It is funny that just when I think I've plateau'd I am pleasantly surprised. Now to plan a good cheat day tomorrow! YAY!

forgot

For some reason I thought today was Thursday! I'll weigh in tomorrow morning!

More weight gone

This weekend was good. I went running around my neighborhood. I thought I was going to DIE. I did about 15 minutes of running and 15 minutes of speed walking. Then I let my body rest on Sunday. Jumped on the scale this morning just to see if it had done anything - indeed it had! YAY!

It's nice to see the numbers going down, but I'd also like to see my trouble spots start getting smaller. But then again, I can't really afford many new clothes. LOL

Mariah's Weigh In

I was hoping it would be just a *tiny* bit lower like 211.2 or something, but I'll take 211.8!!!

This week I have really been counting the calories, and when I eat something bad I have been doing MEGA workouts to work it off. Perhaps if I hadn't of eaten the bad thing to begin with, I would have lost a little bit more. For the most part, I was really, really good.

But one night I had two pieces of chocolate cream pie and another night I had ice cream. It did feel really good to eat those things though. I think I would have felt worse about if I hadn't eaten them. I have such a wicked sweet tooth!

We'll see how my day goes today. I'm making crock pot bbq pork ribs. Can't be good for me, but my tastebuds are gonna dance!

Goal for next week: 210.8

On another note...

What happened to Jackson's lip? Anything around the head is so scary cause they bleed like crazy! Hugs to Jackson. We miss you guys!

I'm baaaccckkk

So I've had a week of computer troubles on top of just a crazy week. Last Friday my weigh in was 212.8 which I was really happy about after my gain the week before. I did my water aerobics on Monday and it kicked my booty. I was heading to water aerobics again on Wednesday (yesterday) but Jackson hurt himself and I had to take him to the ER. He didn't need stiches luckily but we do have steristrips on him. His cut is right above his lip. Hopefully he beautiful face will heal just fine.

Anyway, I still made it home last night and cooked a nice meal. After such a crazy day I was proud I didn't succumb to the fast food temptation and I even avoided the ice cream I bought to bribe Jackson.

I'm not expecting a huge loss tomorrow. I think my body is still getting used to adding muscles. I certainly have found muscles I didn't know existed this past couple of weeks!

mid-week

Oh my gosh. My body feels like it could crumble apart at any moment! I ate waaaaay too many calories the other day so I went on a run. It felt liberating and wonderful to run like that. Woke up sore the next day. Then I decided to do a Jillian Michael's workout. My endurance has improved so much. It was hard, but I got through the entire thing. And. Now. I. Can. Barely. Walk.

I feel like a total gimp!!

Week of counting calories!

It's tedious work recording calories in a log! But I think it paid off this week. I was expecting the scale to show me something less than 212 since I weighed that on Monday - but then when I look at the big picture and realize I went from 217 to 212 in a week, I am more than thankful. My waist showed improvement this week going from 37.5 inches to 37 inches. I even had a pair of size 16 capri's in my closet that I had bought as "motivation pants" after Kai was born and they fit!

I'll continue the counting calories thing to make sure that I am getting enough. It feels like I am eating ALL DAY LONG. But they are smaller meals so I am really having to hold back on favorite things. Last night was macaroni and cheese. I could have eaten the entire box. It was hard to refrain from more than one normal sized helping.

Goal for next week: 211

Weekend

This weekend was really good for me. Lots of exercise and logging EVERYTHING that went into my mouth. I think my body is going through a kickstart again. I couldn't help it - I jumped on the scale this morning. 212 was staring back at me. I can't believe it.

Great news!

Forgot to tell you that my parents have now lost a combined 52 lbs.! I'm so proud of them. They've lost a grandchild. LOL

Bad, bad week

Well I'm up to 215 lbs. It's almost like I never started dieting. Yes, I started working out and also got my period but still I think this weight gain was way too much.

The water aerobics class is fun and I was so sore after my first class. I do it on Mondays and Wednesdays but will have to stop when speech therapy starts back up. It's great because it's in the pool right next to Jackson's so I can watch him swim while exercising. We wave at each other a lot. I have to leave my class about 20 minutes early because his class is only 40 minutes but I'm only missing cooling down. I did have a funny moment on Wednesday when I accidentally splashed an old lady and her face and hair got a bit wet. How awful to get a little wet in a pool class! So now I may have the elderly mafia against me. Haha.

I'm going to continue my water workouts this week and look at that website you started. Maybe it will help.

By the way, CONGRATS on weighing less than me. Skinny girl! I'm so proud of you.

Some movement!!!

Finally! A little movement into a new number!

Last week: 216
This week: 214.8

Feeling good about seeing this new number. Makes me feel like something is actually happening. I guess that's one of the hardest parts about this whole thing... being patient!

Stalling

I have been trying to wrap my head around the fact that I haven't been losing lately... kind of stalled out.

A friend told me about www.calorieking.com. You have to pay for it, but I am using their 7 week freet trial to figure things out. They calculated that I need to eat 1800 calories per day to lose weight. When I exercise, I have to eat more to stay at 1800 calories per day after burning off calories.

I read that if I eat less than 1800 calories per day, my body will stall out in losing weight. So I did calculations for the past few days and looks like I'm eating 1500 to 1600 calories per day. No wonder! I have 6 days left on the trial so will be using their food diary to really keep track.

So frustrated!

I did a sneak weigh in this morning and I think this week is going to be really bad. I'm so frustrated because I've done water aerobics twice. Dammit!

Friday Weigh In

I had some trouble logging into our blog yesterday so I am a day late.

My weigh in for Friday, July 2, was 212.8. All in all I'm pretty happy. It's been a crazy two weeks with a trip that included lots of yummy gulf shrimp. I just tried to focus on eating grilled seafood rather than fried. It was difficult because I do love some fried shrimp but I'm starting to really enjoy healthier options a lot more.

I did get a bad case of hypoglycemia when I got back. There were just too many days of not eating regularly I guess and I returned to a house without any groceries.

So on Monday I am going to start doing the water aerobics at the YMCA when Jackson does his swim lessons. It's mainly full of senior citizens but I have a friend that does it and I can still watch Jackson during his lessons while I'm in the pool next to him. I hope the old people don't kick my butt :)

Mariah Friday 7/2 weigh in

I'm sure if it wasn't for that huge (delicious) dinner last night it would have been even better. But I was happy to see that the scale did move down this week! Last week was 216.8 and this week is 216 even. I need to get my will power more in check.