weigh in 6 + new activity challenge

reaching my girls early man!! so i weighed in today at 168 pounds! that's a (shocking) loss of 4.4 pounds this week! woot! woot! i'm in the 160's even before halloween! all smiles baby!

so last week i only ate rice on one occasion. i usually had rice a few times a week. so i cut that out and i followed my oil challenge! i also went dancing on friday night. so i earned some activity points while having fun. and i did not drink during the week. i'm a lil scared that this 4 pound thing is a fluke. lol. cuz i usually wear jeans to my weigh ins and today i wore spandex. but i don't think jeans adds so many pounds to the scale anyway. i'll take it as it is and keep following my success.

this weeks challenge is activity! i usually get activity by walking to the store (15 minutes) and doing slight weight lifting. (not much.) i'm gonna try and get double the amount of activity points i usually get in a week. i usually get about 3 so i'm working on 6 activity points this week. time to pull out the old DDR again.

you know what i'm scared of? that i'll reach my goal weight and i won't be satisfied. i'm officially 8 pounds away from my goal weight and i don't feel like i look that much different. my waste is smaller but to me, that's about it. i need to tone more. so i can see the difference in my thighs which will change my actual jeans size. that's when i know that i have success. when i go into a store and i'm not looking for a size 14 jeans. i'm not sure if i'll ever get to size 10 because i have wide hips and maybe my body wasn't made for that size....but i'm sure i can get to a 12. my jeans are already fitting loose on me. :) but anyway, when i reach my goal, then i will re-assess a new goal. it just might be 150-155. i'll see when i get there.

anyway, good begining of the week so far, i'm happy!!!!!!

rachael ray, chicken brajole!

mmm. so i've told you i've been obsessed with food network lately. lol. so the other night i decided to be all domestic. i cleaned and then decided to try out this 30 minute meal rachael ray was cooking up. she said it's "figure friendly" so i thought i should try it. chicken brajole is basically stuffed chicken. but this was stuffed with a stuffing of whole wheat bread, parmesan cheese, and parsley. i put the recipe in the weight watchers thingy and it ended up being 5 points for the chicken. i also added a cup of whole wheat pasta (3 points) and had a cup of spinach and diced tomatoes on the side. talk about yummy!!! and so filling....and an 8 point dinner is great for me. :) i felt very proud of cooking for myself. plus i had some left over for lunch the next day. my mom was also uber excited because she loves when i get domesticated (so i can learn for my children she says, ha!).

well anyway, that was my new dish for the week. i've been keeping up with my challenge of my daily oil intake. i find that if i have it at around lunch time i wont forget to factor it in later....so this week: so far so good. i havent been drinking! except for last night, cuz it was friday. lol. i havent banned myself on the weekends. but it was all pointed. i had a vodka tonic (3 points) and a korona light (2 points). all in all. i feel good about this week so far.

i gotta get my activity points in though....although...i danced last night. maybe that counts. i'm sure it does.

weigh in 5 + challenges

my weight today on the dreaded scale was 172.4. which was a loss of 0.2 of a pound.....basically the same weight to me. so young carter go harder, go farther!!! LOL. naa....but its time to really push myself.

my leader has given us all a 10 week challenge thingy because there are 10 more weeks till january! can ya believe it? yeah. so along with my goal of being in the 160's by November 4th, i'm going to follow my leaders challenges every week. this week's challenge: get healthy oils in. i sometimes forget or am not sure if i get enough of my oils. so i'm gonna do that challenge this week.

also, i have found that a problem for me with weight loss is my liqour intake. i have basically had a glass of wine or a beer almost everyday. i don't wanna say i have a drinking problem. cause i don't. but i do go out a lot, or hang out....and when i'm with others there are usually drinks. so instead of just giving in and drinking, now i'm gonna go cold turkey on the weekdays. because it's definetly affecting my weight loss goals and i don't need to drink like that anyway.

even though i didn't lose much weight today, i felt really good when i left my meeting because i realize people are going through my struggles and you can get feedback from others and tips and just support. and you're not judged and you just feel better when you leave no matter what little success you had. so i felt ok about losing 0.2 of a pound. and i feel so motivated to even go harder.

ooo....i have been totally obsessed with food network lately. i have to try and make one of the healthier dishes....so this week, it's on. can't wait to see how it goes. :)

bloaty

so today is weigh in day. in about an hour actually. and i feel really bloated cuz my period should be starting tomorrow. i wonder if that will affect the numbers on the scale. i'm not gonna panick or anything though.

but i know this. by halloween...i need to be in the 160's. so for the rest of october i'm pushing myself to eat better and move more. i have 10 days till halloween. although i won't know what my progress will be till the tuesday after halloween which is nov 4th (election day!). so November 4th is really the moment of truth. lol. it'll be my 7th weigh in.

anyway, im gonna get myself all set. i'll blog about my weigh in later.

non scale victory!

april 2008
ok....woooh. i feel so proud of me. lol. i have a victory to share. last night i was trying on some outfits in my closet to wear to this lounge i went to last night. and i tried on this green dress. (the dress in the picture, which was taken in april of this year.)

i remembered the last time i put that dress on it was like skin tight. and my friend had to zip me up and i had to suck it in! lol. not this time....around my waste was like super baggy! yay! so even if my weight has not significantly gone down so much, my inches are changing. which makes me happy! *dances around*

weigh in 4

ok, so my weigh in for today is 172.6 pounds. which is a LOSS (whew) of 0.6 of a pound this week.

so i'm so happy to have lost. especially since i've been eating junk and going over my points and into my weekly's. but i have to learn to say NO! people offer me food all the time and then i sometimes end up taking it and having to point it. especially now that i'm going out with this new guy (he doesn't know bout ww yet) and we eat out. i say little things like "i'm on a diet" but still like last night we went to this sports bar. i had a burger. which was fine and right in my points. but then, i also had 4 hot wings and half a beer after. badddd. lol.

this losing weight thing is hard. i've known forever. but it's definately a change of mind set and learning limits also.

oo for dinner i wanted spaghetti and meat sauce but i found a better way to make it for only 6 points. a cup of whole wheat pasta and lean ground turkey with tomato sauce (spinach on the side). oo it was yummy!

so when i get down about not losing enough weight for a certain week i think: look how far i've come after all ! when i graduated in may i weighed 187 pounds. and now i'm 172. that's 15 pounds! way to go me. :)

must learn from mistakes

i'm not feeling good about this week. :( and i was so jazzed about my loss of 3 pounds. lol.

it's just that i feel like i've been eating junk. even though it's still within my points. like i had half a meatball sub. and it's 6 points. but it felt so sinful. i don't wanna feel like i'm cheating. because there is literally no such thing as cheating in ww. it's about choices really. but i didn't like my choices this week.

yesterday i went to six flags. i was pretty good. but i had a hot dog and tasted funnel cake. i pointed it and added in activity for walking around the park all day so it all added up pretty fine. but i don't feel like i had enough good stuff even though i had my carrots, applesauce, and grapes throught out the day. i guess i'll see on tuesday if anything has changed and i'll learn from mistakes.

weigh in 3 + video!

so, hit a milestone today! i'm 6 pounds down overall! my current weight is 173.2. that's a loss of 3.6 pounds this week! yay! yay! *dances around* i don't know how i did it. but i'm gonna keep doing it.

i walked a lot this week! i was back and forth at target and rainbow. and i live like 15 minutes walking time from these stores. and i must have been there 4 times this week. so walking back and forth got me moving finally.

i did drink this week (but i fit it into my points and i didn't o.d). and had my mom's soup that she always makes. so i had to put every ingredient in the ww thing online to see how many points it is. but since i hit my 5 pounds milestone this week i bought a food scale. so now no more guessing of how much i'm eating, i'll know the exact amount. thank god! it's so worth it.

oo and two new things i tried this week: weight watchers ice cream (to die for) and fiber one oats and chocolate bar. two new staples in my weightloss journey. lol. good for when i'm on my period or if i'm feeling for something sweet and chocolate.

i don't know how i lost more than 3 pounds this week. but it has given me a high on life! lol.

but man, i really want an activity routine. my bones are aching but they ache because they need more movement. i'm really happy and i'm gonna go spread my joy!

in the mean time watch my lil video of my first milestone: