Remember how I said I was expecting the weight to just fall off me now that I wasn't drinking soda anymore and instead was drinking water solely? Yeah, ha-ha-ha....didn't happen. Nope instead I've ballooned up to 174 lbs. I think I outweigh most of the Tour de France riders at this point. My only guess is that because I had a flare up with my back over the weekend, the Advil and Aleve I was taking like breath mints caused more bloating than anything. After seeing the chiropractor this week, the pain is gone, so I have stopped the meds and have seen a slight decrease (173.8 - big whoop) in my weight.
People tell you to not look at the scale when you are trying to lose weight, but I find that without that daily motivation, either because I have gained weight and need to assess my eating and exercise or because I lost weight and want to continue what I've been doing to get there, without that...I just get out of control. They tell you instead to judge your progress by how your clothes fit. Well, they don't...and not in a good way.
The goal for this week has been no eating after 8pm. On Tuesday I stopped eating at 8:02, but I am proud that I left the food on the plate and just said "Annie, you are going to do this. Put the fork down." and followed through with that.
In addition, to the goal for the week, I began doing the Jillian Michaels "Ripped in 30" workout DVD. So far I have done it 3 of the last 4 days and haven't made it through the Week 1 workout completely yet. I am getting further along each time. Last night I set the timer for 25 minutes and except for a couple of breaks to catch my breath or get water, I made it through. Joe is very encouraging. He can see when I feel like giving up and says "You can do this, Mommy". I like the video because she is honest with you. There's one section where she says she knows we can do the exercise because she has seen 400-500 pound people do it and they lived to tell about it. She uses words like 'commit' and 'dedicate', tells us to give it all we've got, and I find that those are inspirational words. I really focus on the muscle movements and form. After I finished last night, I didn't feel like I was going to die right there. Well I did, but about 15 minutes later, after I caught my breath, I could feel energy was coming back in. That's a good thing.
Someone made the comment to me yesterday about learning patience. If they only knew how much of a struggle it is to keep myself from setting up impossible goals all at once now in my eagerness to see lasting results. I am doing something new...relieving the insanity of doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results...and hopefully I will see different results this time. Baby steps, right?
I am trying to decide what next week's goal should be. I am wavering between food journal and one fruit/veggie per day. Since the latter was an option for week 2, you can tell I am procrastinating on that one. At the same time, food journaling even with all the apps out there like LoseIt is a pain in the ass. Not because it makes you realize how much crap you are shoveling in, but because of the constant checking in and such. Either one of these options is going to be a struggle for me, but I will know for sure on Sunday before Week 3 starts.
Well, off to eat my oatmeal and hope it has negative calories....
ttyl,
Annie
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