Thursday, August 18, 2011

Week 24

Success again! I lost another 2 pounds this week, so I've now lost 42 pounds total. I want to loose weight to loose weight, but right now I want to loose weight to get a good distance from 200. I think about my ultimate goal, but then I think another 5 pounds past that so I have a buffer zone. I know I don't need to set an ultimate goal right now, just keep working on loosing weight.

Walks have become quite fun. Melanie and I were able to walk 3 times this week. Sage goes NUTS when Melanie pulls into the driveway. She knows that black vehicle means its time to go walking. I just wish she would quit pulling so hard on her leash.

A while back I bought some ankle weights, but then never used them. Last night I decided to start using them. I had to wear long socks, so they Velcro didn't rub sores, and I don't have a lot of long socks, so I had to change socks 3 times. And about half way on our walk, I had to adjust the weights a little bit. But overall, I liked them. I didn't feel like I had them on, for the most part. I did feel a little bit sorer last night then normal, but this morning I was fine so I think I'll keep walking with them on. Or maybe put them on Sage to try and slow her down.

I have a new favorite beverage I drink for breakfast. They are made by Bolthouse Farms and come in many different varieties. They are a little costly, but if I can find the bigger bottles, they will last me 2 or 3 days. Anything with Mango is my favorite. I was looking at their website today, and they even have a chocolate protein drink. If its as good as all their other beverages, I can't wait to try it.

Josh has banned me from wearing my old jeans. Apparently they make my butt look really saggy. Last week we met at IFA after work. He told me later, that when i walked in, he thought "wow, she is looking good." But then I turned around and he thought "eh, she needs to new pants, those look horrid on her."

I have a few pair of dress pants, but only one pair of jeans. So I went to the local clothing store and was able to find a few pairs of pants. I would've bought more, but apparently that store doesn't think they should carry sizes for short people. Grrr. So I'm off to the city this weekend to buy a few more pairs and see a friend.

Only 8 more pounds and then I am getting a hair makeover. :) It feels kind of far away, but that is the goal I made and I am going to stick to it.

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Week 23 - Goodbye 40 pounds, HELLO ONE-DERLAND

AMAZING WEEK! So many highlights. I feel I am finally back on track. I weigh myself every morning, and yesterday the scale said 199.4. Hello One-derland. I've heard of you,but didn't know if we'd ever meet again. I wanted to celebrate, but when I think celebrate, I think of food, and I didn't want to reverse the scale. So instead I wore a cute skirt and top to work yesterday. Yes, you heard me right. I dressed up for work. And I felt great all day long. I think I might start wearing a dress once or twice a week. I have so many and 3 hours of church, once a week, is not enough to show them off.

This morning was my official weigh in day. The scale said 198.6. YEEHAW! I've now lost 40 pounds! Its been tough at times, and sometimes I didn't think I'd ever get under 200, but I finally did. It took 5 months and sometimes that seemed so long, but now it seems so short. I still haven't set an official final goal, but one of the goals I'm thinking of, I'm now halfway there. :) I told myself that this diet would probably take a year and it looks like I'm right on track so far.

I've been looking for a dress for several weeks now for an upcoming murder mystery party that one of my friends is throwing. My role is kind of a trashy gal, but I wanted to buy a nice enough dress that I could wear it again. I have looked and looked and looked. I've gone into several stores, but couldn't find anything I like. There were a few that I thought would do, but I didn't love, and when I saw the price tag, I knew I didn't like the dress THAT much.

Last Friday I went to the mall with my in-laws. When we walked past Mr. Mac I noticed a stand of dresses out front. I decided to try a few on. I grabbed 2 off the rack and found a dressing room. Neither dress fit, but there was a 3rd dress hanging in the dressing room. I looked at it and loved it, but it was a large. I didn't know if it would fit. IT DID! I now have a dress that doesn't have an "x" in the size. I did a short happy dance in the dressing room. The dress is black and I love it. I bought some red wedges to go with it. I got several compliments in church Sunday. :)

Exercising and I have finally made up. I've been able to walk with Melanie a few times and I love it. When I'm alone, I don't want to go as far, but with her we just gab and walk and gab and walk. So far we've gone 3 miles both times. Then the next night I had to walk alone because she had class. I thought about quitting at an earlier point, but then got after myself. I know I can walk the 3 miles! When I got to the turn around point, I decided to keep going. I turned and went up a pretty good sized hill. The walk took about 1-1/2 hours and I think its about 4 miles. I think I have found the distance that gets my dog tired. When we turned on the home stretch, she really slowed down and I almost tripped over her a few times. Usually she is jerking so hard I think she's going to rip my arm out.

I tried making my breakfast smoothies with skim milk instead of orange juice. I did NOT like it. I thought all of the add ins would drown out the skim milk, but it still tasted nasty. Then the next day, I didn't have time to make a smoothie, so instead I poured a bottle of orange juice from my fridge and took it to work. I took one big drink of it, and it had gone bad. NASTY. I was sick pretty much the rest of the day. But I'm glad I didn't make a smoothie, because I wonder if the nasty would have been so prominent. What if I had drinking the entire smoothie? I probably would've been deathly sick after that.

In case I haven't mentioned it, apples and cheese have become my favorite treat. I buy the cheddar cheese sticks. I take a bite of apple and then a bite out of the cheese in my other hand. I LOVE IT! My favorite apple is the Pink Crisps, but I haven't been able to find them for a while, so I haven't had the snack for a while. This week I was craving it so much, that I bought a different apple, I think Pink Lady. They are just about as good.

Oh and one last highlight, I punched a new hole in my belt this morning. I've now punched 4 new holes altogether and the excess of my belt wraps around my body 1/4 of the way. I know I need a new belt, I've been looking. But I just want a simple plain belt and apparently they don't make those anymore. :p

I've decided to get back on track with WW. I  haven't tracked my food, well, I'm not even sure. I think the end of June, maybe? But I'm going to try it one more time. Maybe if I can get back on track, I'll loose faster. Its nice to feel on fire about my diet and weight loss again.

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Week 22

I just noticed I never blogged about week 22 and another week ends in a few days. Oops.

I guess that's because it was a boring week. But after blogging about week 21, I remembered something. Recently I went shopping at the Dress Barn and I can now shop on both sides of the store. I can fit in a few things on the Misses side, but its still a small selection for me, so I also still shop on the Woman's side also. The thing I was kind of sad to notice is that they don't carry a lot of the same things on each side. So its hard to see something I love on the plus side, but not be able to find it on the other side. But the other side has lots of fun stuff too so once I'm shopping on only that side, I won't know what I'm missing.

I have started back up with exercising. Boy, am I out of shape.