First Week on NS

I did it! I stuck with it for a week - and it was hard. 
This morning the scale showed a 5.6 pounds loss. I had gotten myself back up to 221 so I'm down to 215.4. I didn't have the camera upstairs and didn't really feel like running downstairs in my birthday suit to get it. 


I am really proud of myself. It was a challenge for me - I wanted to throw in the towel. I am so glad my husband did not give in and let us order food the two nights I wanted to. He helped me stay strong. I also walked three times for 30 minutes and I feel great! 


I am so ready to do this. I really needed this good loss. I feel like I am finally on the path to a better me. 

Weigh-In #1: What I have gained

Well, I gained one pound for my first week of blogging through my weight loss. I am totally OK with it though. I am honestly relieved I didn't gain more. I know exactly what I did wrong. I'm working on changing it, and hopefully a week from today I will lose that pound (and more!).

Today I kept thinking about the goals of mine and this thing in my mind of having a goal outfit or something. I mean I seriously have bins of clothes that I would love to fit into someday. I have goal outfits - lots of them. But in early May my husband and I are going to go out to dinner for our anniversary. We don't go out to dinner much at all. We don't go out with our girls because it's too hectic. The last time we went out for dinner (just the two of us) was for my 30th birthday and I will be 33 in April - so I think we're due. I am really excited about this! I am hoping my hubby will be up for getting "dressed up" at least a little - he doesn't have to wear a suit, but a nice dress shirt would be good. I  am going to go through my closet and pick out one of my dresses that I would like wear on that date.  I am going to hang it up in a good spot so I can see it every day - that kinda stuff motivates me. I have (slightly more than) three months to get into something.

Last night I mentioned the whole wedding dress thing to my husband and he disagreed with me - he thinks our oldest would be shocked to see me in my dress. I'm going to try for it. Either she will think I look like a princess or she will have no reaction - but I want to see which one it is, and you know what, I will!! 

Day One - Motivation

Well, its almost bedtime and I survived day one of my "diet". Not too sure if I want to call this a diet. Lifestyle. Hmmm... I'll have to give that one some thought. How about me doing two blog posts too? Go me!


I think I did pretty well today. I had a few more snacks that I would have liked this afternoon but it was because I didn't have a big enough lunch. I need to get some more fruits and veggies. I love big salads, so I need to stock up next time we get groceries. 


I was also excited to get in my workout while my oldest was at school and my youngest was napping. I'm going to shoot for walking on the treadmill (my escape) for 30 minutes four times a week. I would like to work up to 45 minutes, but for the first month or so I will be good with 30 minutes. It's a hell of a lot more than I have been doing lately, so it's an improvement. I love my treadmill, it's like therapy for me. I have been craving it again, so I'm glad to be back. Let's just hope this sticks. 


I found a great motivator for myself this afternoon. It's something that shocked me. Made me feel really angry, and fueled me to DO THIS! 


I'm big on pictures and measurements to motivate myself. And not just "oh, I saw a picture of myself at a backyard BBQ and I looked like a house" pictures, I'm talking profile, side-view, and rear-view pictures of me in my undergarments. OK, if that isn't enough to scare anyone away what is? Stick with me, it gets worse. I took all my measurements, and put them into an Excel spreadsheet my IT loving husband made for me. I found a notebook to write out my food log and in this old notebook was a list of my measurements when I was at my smallest adult weight (160 - this is my drivers license weight, by the way - the size I was when I met my husband, my wedding weight - the size I don't think I will ever get back to, and honestly for the first time in about five years I am OK with that - honestly!). So I decided to plug in these "smallest" measurements along side my current measurements. I'm looking at the numbers thinking, "wow, look at those differences....". So I did this cool little formula thing to find out just how different the measurements were. Ummm, 11.5 inches different in my waist?!?! But the total difference in inches (all over), now that's the shocker.






40". Let me say that again, F-O-U-R-T-Y inches. How did I let myself go like that? Sigh... never again, right? Right. Damn right! 


40 inches is my mantra now. I'm doing this. I might not get back all 40 of those inches, but I'm going to get as many as possible. 


With that being said, here is weigh-in number one. The first of many. It can only get better from here.  :)