Week 12

I lost 1.2 pounds at my weigh in!  Onward and upward!

Week 11

I had a pretty good week.  I'm weighing in every other week, so I don't have anything to report poundage wise.  I behaved fairly well this week! lol  Mother's Day, of course, was kind of a food train wreck but I enjoyed it.  It took me another day or so to get back on the wagon completely.

I had a sort of a revelation today.  My life is NOT a contest.  Oh, I know that I'm in this weight loss challenge and I do want to lose weight but you know what?  Speed is truly not the goal here.  I go back to week one and look and yep, the goal is to feel better.  Do I?  Well, I've struggled with some depression but that's my life.  I have good days and bad days still but overall, I DO feel better so far.  Go me!  My lungs are clearer.  I no longer cough!  I remember as a teenager being able to find my Mom in any store by the sound of her cough.  I can happily say today, that my teenager could NOT track me down that way.  Go me!  So what's the point?  The point is, this is about changing my life for the better.   It's not a contest.  As a matter of fact, I've lost weight fast so many times that it pains me to think about it.  So...

Here's what I've done.  I went back to my MFP settings and I set it to lose ONE pound per week.  One, you say?  Well, that's 52 pounds per year, is it not?  That is 104 pounds in two years and heck, if I lost that much weight, Keith might go into mourning. LOL  Not really girls, I promise.  He's along for the ride no matter how much weight I want to lose.  Anyway, you know what the best thing about it is?  I can live with it!!  Did you hear that?  I can LIVE with it.  It's enough food allowed that I do not think I'll feel deprived.  It's enough food allowance that I can have that second potato occasionally at supper or extra pat of butter.  It's enough food that I can feel like I'm not dieting, just... wait for it... LIVING.  :)  Onward and upward!

Week 10

I had weigh in last night and I was down 4.7 pounds!  I am pleased with that and still liking MFP.  I was not a perfect dieter but I had more good days than bad and that is the goal for now.  Onward and upward!

Week 9

I recovered from my weigh in! LOL  I have a plan for the weight loss challenge.  I'm using Myfitnesspal.  It's a great website.  It's easy to use, keeps track of my intake and has an enormous database of food.  It's the easiest calorie tracking system I've ever used and let me tell you, I've used a few. :)  The best thing is, it's free!  I did good this week getting that up and running.  I've had a bobble here or there but overall, I'd say my calorie intake this week is much, much lower.  As a result, physically, I do feel better.  My mental health?  We'll see. 

So... sort of new plan.  I am going to add things here and there but from now til august, I'll probably just talk about how the weight loss competition is going.  I don't weigh in again until next Tuesday, so I'll report any losses then.  Onward and upward
Melissa

Week 8 Start again

I haven't posted in a couple of weeks, I know.  I am battling depression, a familiar companion.  I'm still not smoking.  My new thing for this week is that I joined a team in a weight loss competition that runs from May 1 through August 1.  I did my weigh in last night for my start weight.  You ever feel like life is just trying to screw with you??  Yeah... I lost 70 pounds back in 2005/2006.  As of my weigh in last night, I've gained it all back... plus 2!  Way to help with the depression! lol  Oh well, I may as well laugh.  Crying doesn't help(besides, I did that last night.)  So for this week, I want to get my plan organized and in place for how I'm gonna kick butt in this competition!  Onward and upward!

Week 7

FAIL.  Nuff said? lol  Good news, I'm still not smoking cigarettes.  Everything else... yeah.

Week 6

This week went fine.  I added water daily.  It caused a few extra trips to the ladies room here and there and after the morning headaches subsided, I do think I feel better for it.  Anyway, my skin seems clearer!  Big news is, Keith was up for three days this weekend and, as you know, Keith smokes.  Now, he would have been more than willing to not smoke around me but I wanted to know if I could handle it.  I handled it fine!  There was a wistful feeling here and there but overall, I did not WANT a cigarette.  I will admit that over the weekend, I kind of sucked at my other new habits but as I've said before, the only vital thing right now is avoid the run to the store for the purchase of a pack of Marlboro 100's.  lol  I'm still a bit down in the dumps overall but I hope that side affect of quitting will pass soon.

Okay... next week.  I think my thing to feel better will involve movement.  Once again, I don't want to push myself too much until I'm well and truly over the cigarettes but movement shouldn't be toooo much of an issue. lol  For this week, I will move for at least 20 minutes on three occasions.  Onward and upward!