Week 81 and Curves measurements

My weight has bounced some this week, so I was pleasantly surprised when I got on the scale this morning and saw 173.8. :) Especially since I drank about a gallon of cranberry juice yesterday.

Highlights from this week: I saw someone this weekend I haven't seen in like 2 years. She told me she hardly recognized me. That made a perfect day even better. ;)

Still loving how well my clothes seem to fit me. I almost wore an old high school dress to a wedding, but my belly still sticks out just a little. I decided to hang it back up and set a goal to wear it to the work Christmas party. That is only like 2-1/2 months away. I can do this!!!!

My mom is working on getting healthy and loosing weight. So glad I can be an example to her. I love going to Curves and hearing the workers tell me they saw my mom yesterday. I'm so proud of her. My sister is also on a diet and it feels awesome to know we are all working on this together. I know I can always turn to them for support and it makes me try to be better as an example to them.

I ordered some new workout clothes from Curves. I hope I like them. I wanted some shorts since I get so hot about half way through my workout. Then I ordered a new cute tank top, a sports bra and a jacket. Its getting chilly in the mornings. I don't mind wearing a sweater while driving to Curves, but after my workout, when my hair is all done, I hate putting the sweater back on. It should hopefully all be here next week so I can wear the shorts in the 5K I'm doing. Which I think I'll mostly be walking. Maybe I can aim to run it next year.

Thursday - I was already to do a full hour at Curves with Zumba, but the instructor was sick today. So instead I did just the regular circuit, but since I had come determined to work hard, I pushed myself hard. I feel like it was one of my best workouts in quite a while. :) I also had another moment where I realize how far I'm come. When I started my diet, I could do 10 jumping jacks. I did several sets today between machines. :)

I mentioned last week I get the shakes alot. I'm convinced its my coffee. Yesterday, I skipped the coffee because of a belly ache. But today, I had my coffee and now I'm shaky. Grr, I hate it. But I can't give up my coffee. I'm going to have to just figure out the perfect amount of grounds to add, I must be making it too strong.

Breakfast was coffee and 2 bananas and a slice of wheat bread. Then around 11, I had half of a white bagel and 2 large glasses of milk. I'm hoping it will help flush out the caffeine shakes.

It must have helped cause I felt much better after about an hour. Lunch today was half a chicken salad and some of the left over apple crisp from last night. I have got to get back in control of my will power in that break room!

Lunch was half a chicken salad. Dinner was chicken Parmesan wraps. I walked on both my walks today.

Friday - Went to Curves before my dentist appt. this morning. Then afterwards I had a coffee and 6inch ham and egg sandwich for breakfast at Subway. Then we headed to the city. Lunch was a diet Pepsi and some mixed nuts. Dinner was at Ruby Tuesday. I had the Chicken Bella, mashed potatoes, salad bar and a lemonade. Then Josh and I shared Blondie for dessert. When we stopped at Maverick in Heber, I thought about getting a hot chocolate, but decided to pass since I had dessert.

Saturday - Breakfast was oatmeal and toast. Then I headed out to help my uncle with his catering business. Lunch was some cheesy potatoes. Dinner was baked beans, cheesy potatoes and some cobbler. Exercise today was just running around helping get the dinner ready.

Sunday - No exercise today, I spent the day in my craft room instead. Breakfast was coffee. Lunch was a few slices of cinnamon toast. Dinner was chicken Parmesan wraps.

Monday - Today was supposed to be my Curves measurements. I wanted to cancel cause I'm at 184.4. But J said she would come in early just to do my measurements, so I wasn't going to cancel on her. Turns out, she called in sick. So now I have 2 days to get the half a pound worked back off! I did Curves and walked on both my breaks.

Breakfast was coffee, yogurt w/ granola, and a large glass of water. No shakes today. Lunch was half a chicken salad. Dinner was tomato soup and 2 cheese sandwiches.

Tuesday - I am so PROUD of myself today! I decided to do 30 minutes of Zumba, followed by Curves. (Or as I told one lady, I wanted 1 full hour of torture.) Time wise, it cuts it close, but it is do-able. I will definitely do it again. :) I also walked on both breaks today.

Breakfast was coffee, yogurt w/ granola, a banana and a large glass of water. I should note, I drink water off and on all day, but don't record it. But while I'm trying to learn how to deal with the caffeine shakes, I'm making sure I have a large glass of water with my breakfast. Lunch was half a chicken salad.  Dinner was tomato soup, 2 cheese sandwiches and 3-6 cookies. Its hard to judge, since I ate some dough.

Wednesday - Should have stayed away from those cookies! I weighted 175 this morning. I freaked for a min, but then I reminded myself of how far I've come. And how I'm ok at this weight. Its just a pound, no big deal. I went online to see what my measurements were last month, and the first thing I saw was a picture of fat me. That helped me remember just how far I have come. So what if I'm up a little, its not the 65+ pounds I used to have. And when I did my measurement at Curves, I was down 1.5 pounds from a month ago. So I'm still creeping into the right direction. Overall, the freak out only lasted a few minutes. Which just shows how I've grown in other ways. A year ago, I would have freaked for a week and not eaten.

Breakfast was coffee, yogurt w/ granola, a banana, and a cranberry drink. Lunch was half a chicken salad with a hot link (no bun) and more cranberry juice. Dinner was a small taco salad and a brownie. And more cranberry juice.

No walking on my breaks today. I am not feeling well; I think I might be getting a UTI. If I don't feel better by tomorrow, I think I'll try to get in to see a doctor. Until then, lots (and LOTS) of cranberry juice.

My measurements on 8/8/12.
Bust 40.00
Waist 32.00
Abdomen 36.50
Hip 42.00
Thigh 24.50
Arm 12.50
Weight 176.5 (lbs.)
BMI 30.29
Body Fat % 34.40
Body Fat 60.72 (lbs.)

My measurements on 9/19/12.
Bust 40.00
Waist 32.00
Abdomen 36.00
Hip 41.50
Thigh 23.50
Arm 12.50
Weight 175.0 (lbs.)
BMI 30.04
Body Fat % 32.80
Body Fat 57.40 (lbs.)

Results
Bust -0.00
Waist - -0.00
Abdomen -0.50
Hip -0.50
Thigh - -2.00
Arm - -0.50
Weight - -1.5 (lbs)
BMI - -0.25
Body Fat % -1.60
Body Fat - -3.32 (lbs.)

Curves adds all the results together for a total loss of -3.00 inches and -1.50 (lbs.). So that means since starting Curves, I have lost a total of -9.50 inches and -7.80 (lbs.) and I've had a total of 80 workouts.