Almost 3 months ago I weighed 149lbs, by now I should be close to my goal of 143lbs but unfortunatly I am stuck right aroun 149lbs. Im not claiming a ‘plateau’ at all. On January 13th I underwent surgery that has made me unable to exercise until this week. Prior to my surgery I was down to 147.4lbs, so I wasnt far off my loss curve even with the holiday’s! 2lbs in 6 weeks isnt ‘amazing’ but it is a loss. During my five weeks off of exercise I definatly felt my depression coming back, I use running to curb my depressive tendancies and keep me sane. During this time I did gain some weight, ’some’ ha ha! I was up to 152, but today I am back to 149, so I am back to eating right and walking. Just walking for now, Im not well enough to run yet but I have a new pair of my favorite running shoes waiting for me for my first attempt at a run. I have a couple pair of Brooks Radius 07’s tucked away since they are discontinued, they are my absolute favorite shoe ever and I am looking forward to the cushiony goodness when I am up to running again!
It has been six months since I last checked in with my weight on this blog. This past week I met a huge goal of mine-breaking below 150 pounds. I weigh 149.4lbs. Six months ago I weighed 163lbs. Ive lost 13.6lbs in six months, that is certainly no spectacular feat but it is over 55 sticks of butter that I have lost!! I was wearing a 17/18 in jeans and now my 12’s are falling off of me. Im very happy with my weight loss so far. My next goal is 143lbs, which is what I weighed on my wedding day when I was 18 years old. That is less than seven pounds away. I figure since Im losing about a half a pound a week on average I should expect to hit that goal somewhere around the middle to end of March 2009.
There is a really fun way to track your weight loss progress. I am a totally visual person and seeing a ticker, or a slide or graph with my achievements really helps me keep committed. I have a ticker from www.tickerfactory.com I love my ticker. First you chose the background, mine is vegitables but there are dozens to choose from then you choose the slider which will move as you lose weight, mine is a tomato. I have lost 19 pounds since my weight evened out after having my daughter almost 6 months ago, Ive lost 32 pounds total (including a 7lb baby). You can also track your BMI and waist size. I much prefer to track my weight.
This is my ticker now:
It is amazingly easy to update. You just click on your own ticker (or any ticker from that site) and put your pin number in and it lets you edit. You press save and voila, your ticker is updated with your newest weight loss! You can edit everything about your ticker through your pin number.
It helps me keep up the good work, hopefully you find it will do the same for you!
And the best part- its FREE!
Jet-Puffed marshmallows come in chocolate now. YUM!! They are so good! 4 are 100 calories with 0g of fat and 25 grams of carbs. They are definatly chocolatey and oddly satisfying. They also make strawberry ones that are good as well with similar ‘nutrition’ information. Obviously there isnt much in the way of healthy calories in these but they are a really yummy treat.
These are pretty hard to find in my area, only super walmart carries them, none of the regular grocery store carry the chocolate kind.
Just be sure to stay away from the raosted coconut ones, they are very yummy but contain fat and more calories!
My daughter is four months old now. In the past three months I have lost eleven pounds, thats a bit less than a pound a week. That is really not as fast as I was hoping but I guess I cant get too discouraged since I am seeing a slow steady weight loss. I have not been working out much. I do what I can when I can but I rarely get a solid work out it. I have three children, ages four, three and four months. I am really hoping to find more time soon, once the baby starts solids I should be able to get a good run in after her dinner. I am currendly 163lbs but having a tough time breaking into 162lbs. Ive been hung up on 163 for almost two weeks now and that is very annoying. I am hoping by the end of this week I will have hit 162lbs. Ive lost 27lbs since January 23rd 2008