I'm THISCLOSE to 10%-Up to Date Stats

I feel like I'm one of the runners up here!

Yesterday I went to my Weight Watchers meeting and weighed in, and to my dismay, I feel short of my 10% goal by a pound and a half, though I did lose 2.5 pounds. I said, "But I was so good!" Was I really, though? I exercised almost daily, was sticking to the plan, BUT wasn't totally honest when it came to tracking. I have a scale, and try my best to measure out my portions exactly as they should be served. However, my idea of leveling off that half cup, for example, was to eat the little extra bit. I didn't track those points. It really does add up! I can track till I'm blue in the face, but if I'm not counting that taste here and there, that piece of candy, that sip of soda, or whatever it is, I'm not being honest, and therefore should not be surprised if the scale shows that.


The upside to all of this is I've lost 20 pounds since January 4th. I'm in the 10th week of the program so that's not too bad. It's a slow, yet safe weight loss. I've seen people lose weight too quickly, only to gain it back. I want to do this the right way. I didn't put all this weight on overnight, so I can't expect to lose it overnight either.


I'm not going to be alone in my weight loss journey either. My other half has decided to go to a meeting tomorrow. He knows he needs it. He's not doing it for me, he's doing it for himself. He has some health issues, and I truly believe that if he starts shedding pounds he'll feel better emotionally as well as physically. I'm proud of him for taking that first step.


Now for some up-to-date stats:

Starting weight: 222.8
Current weight: 202.6


Starting waist size: 43 inches
Current waist size: 40 inches


Starting hips size: 53 inches
Current hips size 49.5 inches


I have just a bit over a pound until I've reached a 10% loss of my starting weight, and I have a long way to go. I'm going forward, however, with optimism. 

Closing In On Another Weight Loss Goal

Today I went in for my weigh in and meeting at Weight Watchers, and was expecting that a) I had gained weight, or b) I lost nothing at all. I had a stressful couple of weeks. Last week I didn't even go to a meeting because my hormones were already raging out of control and I was sure I'd break down and cry if the scale was not my friend. Well, I lost 5 pounds. I was ecstatic. This means that since I started Weight Watchers on January 4, 2012 I've lost 17.8 pounds. 


I already reached my first weight loss goal by losing 5% of my body weight a few weeks back. My next goal is 10% of my starting body weight and I have just 4.2 pounds to go. Can I do that in a week? If stick to the program, exercise, and track everything I believe I can. This means not "eating my feelings" if I have a bad day, or eat a snack because someone else is eating a snack. I know I can do this! If I lose 5 pounds I'll be under 200 pounds, and I haven't been under 200 since 2009. I lost weight before on my own. I had lost almost 60 pounds, but I slipped into old habits and gained half of it back. Not this time. I'm determined to become a lifetime member at Weight Watchers. This means reaching my goal, WHEN I do that, I get to go to meetings for free. How awesome is that?



Stay tuned for more updates! 

The Scale Went in the Wrong Direction This Week

It was bound to happen. I know that the weight loss journey is LITERALLY filled with ups and downs, but I'd much rather have "downs", meaning that I'm losing weight. Tonight at my weigh in I discovered I'd gained .4 pounds, so not even a 1/2 pound. Should I beat myself up over that? No. But am I? You bet. Why? Because I KNOW better. I know exactly where I went wrong. I did not track EVERYTHING. When you're on the Weight Watchers Points Plus plan, unless you're using the "Simply Filling" technique (I can explain another time) you must track every single thing you put in your mouth. I mentioned in a previous blog entry that I had a bad day and consumed a lot of food. That was the day I didn't track, and the scale reflected that tonight. 

I learned that not only do I need to track my meals and snacks, but every time I taste something I need to track that, too. For example, tonight when I made dinner, I tasted a couple of bites of steak that I put in my salad. I tracked those tastes, and gave each one a point. 

I'm going to stop beating myself up, brush myself off, and get back on the right track. I know what I need to do, and it's time to get back to it. This is not going to be a blog just about my journey, it will be about my success. I can do this! No, I WILL do this! 

Check out the following pics. The first is an example of playing with my food, lol. The second was dinner tonight. I made steak salad. It was pretty darn good. There was only 2 ounces of meat on it, but it went a long way. It goes to show that in the past my portion sizes were way out of control!