Whoohoo!

Well I didn't post an update over the weekend, but I did weigh in on Saturday morning.... DOWN 5.5 LBS!!! I made up for the 3.7 gain over Easter and then some! That felt good great.  I am ALMOST to a 10 lb loss. I should see that this week. I'm going to try to go Thursday morning to the WW by my work again.  So we'll see.  My weekend was a little off again, but not too bad. And I did log in my food.

I am ON IT today though. Started my morning off with a green juice (kale, banana, strawberries and raspberries), a Monster, and then a 1/2 cup of FF cottage cheese.  I'm feeling good.  I've got a Lean Cuisine for lunch - dinner will be some chicken and zuchinni. 

Today my new jamberry nail wraps should be waiting for me when I get home - I'm excited to put those on.  My goal is to finish more laundry tonight.  LOL Big goals huh?  

Shout out to Kelly: She hasn't posted a blog for a bit....but she's doing great guys!! Her drive is inspiring! 

Here are some Plus's that I had this weekend:

• Did NOT get Taco Bell -- I actively decided that stopping would've just been because I wanted it, not because I was hungry.
• Did NOT order gnocchi with alfredo when we went out to eat.....not all my doing, but it worked out :) 
• Ordered a diet coke at a restaurant and stopped drinking after a sip because I swear it was regular
• Did NOT get Dairy Queen last night and wasn't sad about it!

So Steve and I are going to Vegas in August.  We both have some goals to get to before then!  128 days to go....so 18 weeks....I want to be back down to 260 by then.  Totally doable. Under 2 lbs a week would get me there.  Yesterday I picked up more Kale and Lemons since my green juices and lemon water really seemed to help me last week.  I also bought a pineapple and cut up some watermelon.  LET'S DO THIS!!!

-- Katie 

We are ALMOST to Friday!

Phew, it seems like it's been a long week...  but, it's almost the weekend!  

So confession time.  Up until last night I honestly wasn't planning on weighing this week.  I felt like with me being up last week, and not tracking/making good choices Friday through Monday, that I was just going to be to depressed about the likely gain that I wouldn't even go and that I'd just keep on following the program and hit up a meeting hopefully next week before I went to Buffalo.  But last night as I was giving Claire a bath, I stepped on the scale.  Being in sweatpants and a tank top and it being 7 p.m. I expected to see close to 300 again/still.  But it wasn't!  It was pretty much what I weighed at my weigh in last Friday.

So that was inspirational.  Tuesday and Wednesday were great on-plan days for me!  I've been drinking lots of water - yesterday added a lot of lemon to it - and I've been staying within my points.  So needless to say, I'll be going to my meeting on Saturday morning :) I feel like I'm back on track. So fingers crossed!!!

I saw this yesterday on Facebook and liked it, so I thought I'd share:

We can't let our body or body type define us.  We need to be who we want to be and realize that the outside appearance doesn't matter.  I do want to keep my curves....just maybe not sooo many of them ;) I've got my goals, soooo many goals..... and I'm determined to get there.  It will take a long time....I've accepted that.... but I need to keep moving forward.  I can't get hung up on whether I'm pretty, hot, gorgeous, a "real woman" in any one else's eyes.  I'm still working on not comparing myself to others. It's hard. It's all a journey - and I'll get there :) I do have to say, that I do love the celebrities who are using their spotlight as an outlet to show everyone that "imperfections" don't make a person less talented, beautiful and real.  Whether it's their weight, stretch marks, rolls, etc. they're doing their part to try to relay to society that there's more to being a "real woman".  

Take it easy - and keep going!

Katie

Keepin it Real

As I tend to do, I've been struggling again.  Friday-yesterday were bascially a free for all - not all days were horrible, but I wasn't good about tracking..... not proud, but I can't lie about it.  Today I'm on it though.  

I did weigh on Friday and was up 3.7.  So I'm obviously not off to a good start this week either.  But today I'm in the zone.  Started my day with a green juice (kale, kiwi, carrots, banana and frozen berries).  WW said if you don't chew it (if it's a juice, or smoothie) it's automatically points......but I'm not to the point where I'm buying that yet. LOL  For me, that's still a zero point meal since I blended all fresh ingredients.  Just glad I'm getting the fruits and veggies in.  

Lunch is gonna be this awesome salad, with some Morningstar quinoa patties and Bolthouse's new avocado cilantro dressing! I'm looking forward to it. I chopped all the veggies up this morning!!  Dinner will be organic chicken breast and either steamed or roasted green beans!  Right now as everything is logged as it is, I have 27 points left.  I honestly am trying to leave points today but I won't beat myself up if I use all my daily points either.  Just no extra points. I've used more than enough without logging. lol 

About a week and a half and I head to Buffalo - exciting stuff!  

That's really all I got today... no great successes...the normal struggles.. and me in a semi-decent mind set ;) 

--Katie

It's been a day!

So I was going to blog, and then I wasnt, and then here I am again... Thanks Cambria :) 

First off, let's recap the weekend. I went to a WW meeting on Friday since I had the day off and was down 2 lbs. *hooray* That put me at an 8 lb total weight loss and brought me down to 291.8.  I was hoping for a 2 lb weight loss this week, but I don't see that happening --- annnd I'm not sure if I'm going to make a meeting and weigh in.  I think I'll try to go Thursday evening to a meeting, but I don't think I'll weigh in because I know it would be totally different than my morning weigh ins.  So Friday - Monday were not great days for me.  Looking back, I didn't really track much of anything those days.  Easter was a free for all.  Yesterday I started off good but then fell into chocolate and Mexican food....well not literally, but you get the point.

So today I've been in a funk.  I've just been down on myself - appearance, the number on the scale, my slow loss with WW, etc. I'm not going to dwell on it, because I've already talked it out some with friends and am feeling a bit better.  

It's a long, daunting road.  It really is.  When I can finally overcome the mental aspect of this I know that I will be so much better.  It's just hard.  I just need something to click in my brain.  I'll keep plugging along until then :) I really should be losing more than I am -- and I know it's because I'm not 100% in the program...... 5 out of 7 days a week doesn't cut it.  I have to be better. I have to.  There's no {good} reason that I should be basically losing a pound a week.  

People comment on my persistance and I wish they didn't have to. LOL I wish that I moved in a relatively steady downward direction on my weight tracker and I didn't have huge spikes that I have to redeem myself from.  I don't want to have to constantly be "restarting" and recommitting.  It's exhausting!  It really is draining.  It takes a huge toll on the confidence I do have... 

Okay --- edit to above --- I think I may leave work to weigh in on Friday morning. It's not as close as I'd like it to be and I wouldn't be able to stay for the meeting, but at least I can be accountable for my week. I always forget you can go to different locations. 

Welp, just had a clementine and only an hour left of work. I'll leave my update as is. Sorry it's not the cheeriest but it would've been a lot worse earlier.  Thank goodness for May Mommas! haha 

<3 Katie