This page will help keep me honest about my weight loss. I’ve even decided (gulp!) to list my actual weight, something that I never thought I’d be comfortable doing.
Goal: To lose 140 pounds and finally be in my “normal” weight range for a 5′4″ woman.
Plan: Weight Watchers! + working out, including hiring a personal trainer as of 7/15/2009.
I first began this blog in November of 2007. Since then, I’ve had many “start dates” and many failed attempts. It’s been a struggle, and instead of listing it all out here, as I used to, I made a page to show the progression of starts and stops in my weight loss journey.
June 18, 2009 is my new starting weight date. Now that summer is here, I plan to kick my activity and my points tracking/meeting attendance into high gear. This is going to be (has to be) the last time I decide to do a new “starting weight.” This yo-yo cycle of losing a few pound and then gaining twice as much is so bad for me – for my body, for my self esteem, and for my overall weight loss goals. No more of it! I’m beginning this summer with a renewed sense of the importance of weight loss for myself. I am worth it!
In the past I’ve had a problem with meeting attendance. I tended to avoid meetings on those weeks when I knew I was going to see a weight gain. No more! I am committed to attending one meeting every week, no matter what!!!! I’ll indicate that I went to a meeting with the (WW) after my weight.
6/18: 283.6 – New Starting Weight (WW)
6/25: 287 (+3.4) Moving in the wrong direction. Not enough activity and too many high-point days. No WW meeting.
7/2: 283.3 (-3.7) (-0.3 lbs total) (WW) Lots of activity this week – 39 APs! Wii Fit every morning, swimming and biking.
7/8: 283 (-0.3) (-0.6 lbs total) (WW) Frustrating because of all of the activity this week (28 APs!), but I know it will show eventually.
7/16: 284.4 (+1.4) (+0.8 lbs total). (WW) Another gain. For no reason! (26 APs). So frustrated, but not hopeless. I can do this!
7/23: 284.6 (+0.2) (+ 1 lb total). (WW) Another gain, but now that I know it’s attributed to the Wellbutrin, I’m not getting frustrated. I know I’m doing everything I should, and once the Wellbutrin is out of my system (in a week or two), I should see a major loss.
7/30: 284.9 (+0.3) (+1.3 total). Woke up too late to go to WW, which is so rare. Lots of factors, see blog post.
8/6: 284.8 (-0.1) (+1.2 total) (WW) A loss from last week’s at home weigh-in, but overall, I’m still up. Sigh. I’m just going to keep on keeping on, because I’m working out as much as possible, and I know that it has to come off eventually.
8/20: 284.2 (-0.6) (+0.6 total) (WW) This is the first week attending the evening meeting, so the weight loss is a bit skewed. When I weighed in at home this morning, I was down 5 pounds! In either case, this is a move in the right direction!
9/10: 280.1 (-4.1) (-3.5 total) (WW) Wow! I’m so happy that I decided to use my at home, morning weigh-ins as my official weight.
9/17: 276.4 (-3.7) (-7.2 total) Yay! This is a huge weight loss for me, and I’m so encouraged.
———–Decided to change from meetings to WW Online, with the new weigh-in day on Wednesdays. —————-
10/14: 277.3 (+0.9) (-6.3 total) TOM and too-large portions for the evening meals/snacks.
10/21: 276 (-1.3) (-7.6 total). On the right track.
10/28: 274.6 (-1.4) (-9 total). Almost to 10 pounds gone. SLOW and steady.
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Rewards
These are a few ideas for some rewards for weight loss milestones.
5% (14 lbs) – Pedicure at InSpa
10% (28 lbs) – new workout clothes
50 lbs – a Tiffany pendant
under 200 lbs – a new outfit from a non-plus size store.
75 lbs – facial at Burke Williams spa
100 lbs – Whoooo HOOOO! A bikini wax (Brazilian if I’m brave)
125 lbs – a luxurious body massage
140 lbs/Goal – an entire outfit from Anthropologie
Best of luck to you! I like your blog…. Keep up the good work!
Hi, I can totally relate with everything you done, the medifast too, which had the same reaction with me. while on it, I lost over 40 pounds some years back, as soon as I went off, it came back (the weight) and then some. at my highest I was 264 and wearing a size almost 26, i was between 24 & 26 and i felt horrible, I was 30 at the time and I decided then that I had had enough of my self. gross, my 2 yr old wanted to play and i was embarrased to go anywhere. I started I joined jenny craig, that only cost me money. so I decided to try and try on my own. I saw my doctor who had me do all this test and scared me to death (or into a healthy live style) Anyways, Since I started my diet 10/07 I initially lost 36 pounds I was down to 228 and hit a wall, the kicker was that I had to learn to keep my weight the same to not yo yo, I have been able to do that, I just started again trying to loose more weight, I have gols too, but now I try to keep them smaller at at reach. My sister and a bunch of girls I know are doing our own biggest looser contest (without iliminations) and that has been a great motivator. Since getting back on track, I have started to loose weight and (little bits of it) I am down to 223, we weigh in every saturday, hopefully I been good this week. Anyways, I just wanted to share with you that we are on similar boats and if you want to talk to someone going through it too, email me. My daughter and I are also doing the Mermaid run this sunday, I will be the one in pain, since I have never done this. lol.
You are doing great, keep it up.
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Love your blog…just discovered it…I’m getting in fit, right along with you!