#91 Weekly Weigh-In

I have decided to post this blog a little later than usual just to see if people will be able to read it more often. I had another gain this week which is .2 (point 2). For the last couple of weeks I have been going in the wrong direction; this is definitely not the direction I want to go in. I realize I need to get over it because today is the start of a new week.

So far today, I have tracked every little thing that has touch my mouth. I have about 10 ppv (points plus values) left for my day, which isn't too bad. Lets just hope I can continue to track my food.

God must have been telling me something cause last night's meeting was exactly what I needed. It was mainly about how feel about ourselves after we go off plan. Instead of getting down on yourself, you should tell yourself it is okay and move on.
I firmly believe that you and only you can control the outcome of your weight loss journey. If you aren't ready, than you will not be successful. I really need to get back to why I wanted to lose weight in the first place. I have been at a stand still for quite some time now and I am ready to move on and finish losing my weight.

I got to think positive about myself if I want to succeed. For the last couple of weeks, I have given myself for of an exercise challenge. The goal of this challenge is to exercise at least 5 times a week; then I will work my way up to more days once I have mastered the 5 day challenge. Since my week starts on Friday's, my weight loss week that is, today marks the start of a new week.

Right now my body is exhausted after 3 days of high energy Zumba; my legs, arms, and hips are sore and my body is just exhausted. The last two weeks I have only made it to 4 different days of exercise. Tonight, I plan to walk on my parents treadmill. My goal is to eventually to take up running. I know, I know running is supposedly bad for your knees, but I am challenging myself to try to achieve that goal.

Mini Goals

• Track everything that touches my lips and actually look up the ppvs and stop guessing what the points plus values are. 
• Try to be actively conscious of what I eat on the weekends and try to make myself track even on the weekends. 
• Exercise over the weekend whether it be swimming laps, doing Wii Fit, or walking on the treadmill. I need to make exercise part of my everyday life.
• Add more fruits and veggies to my diet. I need to make sure I get my daily values of these if I want to succeed. Plus most are tasty and good for me. 
• Cook for myself. I need to stop relying on my mother to cook for me because she isn't responsible for my weight loss journey.
• Finish The Great Gatsby. I have about 20 or so pages. I am ready to be done with it so that I can start something new. 

#90 Hump Day

Wow!!! Only 10 more till I reach the 100 blog posts. Who knew I had a lot to say. I realize that I haven't been posting; there are no excuses. I could say that I was so busy I didn't have time, but that would be a lie. Bottom line: I just didn't do it. Also, it has been a crazy allergy week. Sometimes I wish I could have a sinus transplant if that is even possible. Needless to say I have been in world of runny noses and watery eyes. I am slowly turning in to Rudolph.

Anyway; this blog will probably be long cause I need to catch up the world on whats been going one. I will basically have a few blogs in one. (Mini Goals, Confessions, Exercise Challenge, etc.)

Mini Goals

• Track Everything: I haven't done this at all, partly because I need to buy a 3 month food tracker or any tracker for that matter. At the beginning of the weight loss week (Friday) I started writing on slivers of paper, but obviously that didn't work. I need to make this a habit
• Exercise: If you read some of my blog posts last week, I mentioned that I was giving myself an exercise challenge every week until my Walt Disney World trip at the end of June that I would exercise at least 5 times during the week. Last week I only made it to 4 times. This week I am determined to make it to at least 5 not more. So far, so good. Both Monday and Tuesday I exercised my little booty off. 
• Drink more water; less DC (diet coke): I have kind of had an influx of DC since Easter. As most of you know, I gave it up for Lent. Since then I have kind of gone crazy, but I am trying to get back to having only 1 or 2 per week and only special occasions. This is really my goal for next week; to cut down on DC. 
• Eat more Veggies/fruits: Slowly but surely I am adding more and more of these.
• Finish The Great Gatsby: I am beginning to have a love hate relationship with this book. I love the time period and the characters, however you can tell that it was written in the 20's. I never had to read it in school. When I heard they were making a movie, I had to read it. 

Exercise Challenge

• Day 1(4.23.2012): Zumba live class; There is nothing like an actual class you go to. I sweat my tush off and it felt amazing. Looking forward to Day 3.
• Day 2 (4.24.2012): Yesterday I had a hard time deciding what Wii game I was going to do; Wii Zumba 2 or Wii Fit. I decided that I was going to try and attempt to do the Zumba 2 game; this time all the way through. It seems like, again that it was going to go on and on, but roughly a hour later, I got to the cool down. I felt like I truly accomplished something. The new Zumba game has the added feature of telling you how many calories you burned. I burned 718 calories. 
• Day 3 (today): Zumba class tonight. Can't wait.

Confessions

• I love being barefoot. Don't get me wrong I am like most women in that I love shoes, but I am a Cajun girl from the heart. As soon as I get home, I can't wait to walk barefoot. 
• I would give anything right now to be outside reading a book instead having to work. 
• My sister is my best friend.
• My house is always a mess. Thank God I don't have many visitors. So if you do decide to visit me, please call about 2 hours before.
• I am a jeans and t-shirt kind of girl; I love being comfy.
• It is hard for me to make myself exercise, but when I do, I feel amazing.
• I don't know if people actually read this blog, but if you do Thank-You.

How do you measure success? To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a redeemed social condition, or a job well done; to know even one other life has breathed because you lived- this is to have lived.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

#89 Weekly Weigh-In

This post may be a tad bit long, because I am a little upset and frustrated with myself. It may turn into a little bit of vent session.

I honestly thought I was going to post something different than what I am about so say. I had a gain this week, 1.6 to be exact. My heart was breaking after I weighed in. I have be playing with the same two to three pounds since October, right after my cousin's wedding. Granted I took a  little time off, but still I feel like I am in maintenance which would be fine if I was at goal, but I am not. So it is very frustrating; I feel like my body is telling me "NO, YOU CAN'T LOSE ANYMORE WEIGHT. I WON'T ALLOW IT."

Why is this happening? Is it because I have increased my exercise? I guess I need to put my new member hat on and start from the beginning. I know what I need to do.

I need to measure and track, add more veggies and fruits, and make sure I keep exercising. I just hope I can get to my goal of losing 10 pounds before Disney.

Mini Goals

• Track Every Little thing that touches my lips. I know I must do this to achieve my goals. Lately, I have been better but I guess there is always room for improvement. I will look up the right points and not just guess. I will measure my foods as best as I can.
• Exercise. I am going to continue with my Exercise Challenge that I gave myself. I will try to work out at least 5 times a week while remembering to drink lots of water. This week I exercised 4 times so far, but hopefully today I will walk on the treadmill or use my Wii fit or Zumba for the Wii.
• Eat more veggies & Fruits: I will try to incorporate more fruits and veggies everyday. At a salad to a meal or sauté some veggies in olive oil or Pam spray. I can make more fruit smoothies. 
• Drink more water and less soda: I know diet coke, even though it is 0 PointPlus values, is not exactly good for me. Lets be honest here; I am not giving it up all together, but I can cut down to one or two per week and on special occasions like going to the movies or something the water just doesn't go with. Also, if I am going to drink a diet soda, I need to remember to drink more water to flush the diet soda out of my system.
• Journals: I need to get back to writing in journals outside of this blog. I need to write down the things that I don't want to necessarily tell the world; stuff that is just for me. It may help and could be sort of the place where I can really vent.

#88 Face the Scale

It is that day in the week when I am always nervous. Tonight is weigh-in. That means I will be facing the scale. I hope all my efforts show on the scale. I have eaten more veggies and fruits, tracked everything, and added exercise.


It is Day 4 on my exercise challenge. So far, I have exercised 3 times this week. Tonight is my adult dance class. That means I only have one more day to reach my goal of exercising at least 5 times per week. It is just week one in the challenge, lets just hope that I can keep it up. My body is so sore right now from three consecutive days of doing Zumba. I could not be more proud of myself. I set out to do something and I am actually accomplishing it.


Every 5 pounds I have been allowing myself to have a special meal, but I have decided that my 35 pound meal will be pushed back to my 40 pound meal. I have decided to not do a 35 pound meal. Instead I will just find something else.


I am determined that this year I will lose the rest of my weight. I know I want to reach at least 50 pounds lost, but who knows what will be after that. Maybe another 20; I honestly couldn't tell you cause I honestly don't know. I have never thought in my wildest dreams that I would be successful with a weight loss program. I am dumb founded that this time it is actually working. I have tried countless "diets," but none of them seemed to have work. I guess now I am just ready. I have been doing weight watchers this time around since April 22, 2010. This means that my two year anniversary is just around the corner. I have shed a little over 30 pounds. I couldn't be more proud of myself; I know it is a big accomplishment especially for someone like myself who tends to lose the weight very slowly. However, I want and will lose at least 20 pounds by the end of this year if not more.


Have a Great day!!!

#87 Swimsuit Shopping

I know I can't speak for every woman, but I hate swimsuit shopping. It seems like when you go into a store to look for a swimsuit especially a one piece there are very few options. For Easter, we went to a pool party at my cousin's; I, of course, didn't swim. (1) No swimsuit; and (2) To many kids for me to be in the pool/swimsuit.

On a recent shopping trip, I tried on various swimsuits. I could fit into a medium, but looked like overstuffed sausage. The large fit nicely but I can tell that when I lost more weight it would be too big. I am to cheap to buy 2 swimsuits for the same season, so I will make my old swimsuit work for the time being.

#86 Hump Day

It is that day in the week where we are at the half way point of the week, so it is Hump Day. I think this is pretty much the earliest I have posted. I know it may seem like I am rambling but my mind right now is racing a mile a minute. Maybe it is my morning McCafe from McDonalds or the fact that I stayed up late reading a new book that I can 't seem to put down.

I have decided that I going to give myself a challenge. I am going the challenge myself to exercise as much as I can during the week.
It is Day 3 of that challenge. My goal is to exercise at least five times a week if not more.

My body right now is sore and tired; all I really want to do is crawl back into my bed with all my blankets and pillows and rest my head and go back to bed, but I am an adult and have to be at work and in the real world. Back to the challenge.

• Day 1: I had my Zumba class and I actually went. Of course, I was late like most of the time, but I was glad I went. The thing is if I don't sweat when I exercise I don't really feel like I am doing anything. So on Monday, (excuse the language) I was sweating my ass off, and it felt great. The sweat was dripping off my head, down my back, and other places too embarrassing to admit, but I think you get what I am talking about. 
• Day 2: A couple of days ago, when I was stuck in Target while it was raining cats and dogs outside, I bought the Zumba 2 for the Wii. I wouldn't have bought, but it was on sale and couldn't pass it up. Well, last night I did one of the classes. The game is broken up into 3 categories I think. (1) Single song; (2) Half Class; and (3) Full Class. I opted for the full class. However, it seemed never ending. So when I couldn't move anymore I stopped. I think I might have done about 45 minutes or so. It made me feel like I accomplished something. I planned something and I actually did it. I was so proud of myself. 
• Day 3: Tonight is my Zumba class; I can't wait. I know it will be a blast. I have to remember to get there early to get a spot. 

Zumba 2

#85 Confessions

Confessions

I have decided to try to make Tuesdays the day that on make confessions. I kind shoe the like from my friend Laura May from her So What Wednesday blog posts. Her blog is Moments with the Mays; it is really cute. Everyone should check it out. 

• Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie: I honestly could careless about these two being engaged. They have 6 children; they should have been married a long time ago. I honestly don't think Brad Pitt has made a great movie since he has been with Ms. Jolie. I mean yeah they have been award winning, but there hasn't been at Meet Joe Black or Legends of the Fall, or anything like that. 
• Titanic: I really don't have  much to say about this. I saw the movie in the theaters the first time it came out, so I don't think I could spend another 4 hours just to watch it in 3D. I really don't know why every movie company seems to be obsessed with 3D movies. It seems like every movie is being made in or converted to 3D. What is wrong with just being in plain old 2D? 
• Drew Brees: Either there is something we don't know or what, but I don't understand why Drew Brees and the Saints haven't made a long term contract. I realize the Saints have other things to worry about (Bounty Gate), but we don't have a Payton for the entire season and at some point we won't have Vitt or Loomis after Pre-Season. If the Saints lose Brees, I won't be a Saints fan. 
• Keeping Up with the Kardashians: This show is my guilty pleasure. My favorite is Khloe. I think she is awesome. I love her tell it like it is personality. I still can't believe that these girls are famous for being famous. They have no talent and I mean that in the best possible way. They don't sing, act, or dance. So why are they so famous? 

Thats all for Today folks. Have a great day.

#84 Goal

In about 9 weeks, I will be headed to Walt Disney World to watch my younger cousin's dance in a parade and perform at The Hollywood Studios. My goal is to shed at least 10 pounds before that; honestly, I would like to lose 20 more but I think by setting a smaller goal I will be less disappointed in myself.  I posted on Facebook saying "So I have only 9 weeks till Disney with the The Dance Co. I guess I have to get the ball rolling on this weight loss thing. I would like to lose at least 10 more pounds if not more."
So, I received lots of motivation, which was fantastic. Last night, I started on my journey to lose the 10 pounds. I returned back to my Zumba class, Zumba with Tamaira. I burned lots and lots of calories I would hope because I sweat my butt off. Now lets just hope I can continue.

Tonight, I had planned on going to swim laps at my cousin's house, but it is supposed to storm tonight. Instead, I am planning on doing Zumba for the Wii. Yesterday I bought the new game and I am eager to try it out.

I want to try to up my exercise to at least 5 times a week for about one hour each session. I guess I am determined to get the weight off my body.

#83

So it is Monday; I am back at work; it is the beginning of the week. That said, lets move on. Mondays are so not good. I am not a morning person, never have been, and I don't think I will every be. Anyway, I have decided that I will try to start posting my mini goals every Monday for the week. So here they are:

• Track: I say this every week, but it seems like on the weekend that I don't do it. It is like my body is programed to not do it, even though I set an alarm on my phone after every meal. I guess for me, I don't have a set schedule therefore I won't do it.
• Exercise: Forget it. I don't seem to do it outside of my Zumba classes and dance classes. I don't know why. I always tell myself that I am going to do Wii Zumba or Wii Fit, but it NEVER happens. I don't know what my problem is. Do I not want to reach my goals? or Would I rather be doing something else? I know exercising 3 times a week is a lot, but if I want to actually lose the weight a tad faster, I need to do more exercise. 
• Eating more power foods; Fruits and Veggies: I have decided that I would eat more salads. It seemed to work a couple of weeks ago when I had a loss of 2.4 pounds in one week. So why not try it again? One of my favorite salads is the Tropical Chicken Salad from Castalano's. There is a lot of green lettuce, fruit (strawberry, pineapple, and oranges), cheese, grilled chicken (grilled to perfection), walnuts, & Poppy Seed Salad dressing. I usually ask for the salad dressing on the side so that I can control the amount that is on the salad. I usually don't put a lot (1/3 of the 2 tbs container). It isn't the cheapest salad but it is surely the best. I can usually eat it for 2 meals. 
• Finish Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief: For some reason, I can't seem to get into this book. I am about 66% through it, but still I can't seem to sit down and read it. When I sit down to read it, I usually can read a lot in one sitting.  I have a goal of reading 60 books over this year. I believe I have read 18 books since January. This is lot but I need to continue to read more so that I can accomplish this goal. 

I feel like I am rambling, but there it is my mini goals for the week. Lets just hope that I have a loss this week. Thanks for reading. Happy Monday.

#82 Weekly Weigh-In

TGIF!!!!!! After a week of allergies, I am sure glad that it is Friday, but that also means that it is the day after weigh-in, which means I will be sharing my weight loss or gain with the world. I am happy to do so. This week I was pleasantly surprised. I had a small again this week. However, I thought it would be a lot more than that considering what I ate for Good Friday and Easter.

Basically I took the weekend off. Here is what I ate:

Good Friday: 2/3 pounds of crawfish with ketchup/mayo dip (lots of it); potato (1). The day started off good, but then i hit the sweets. Cheesecake, graham cracker rabbits, York Peppermint Patties (5), 3/4 chocolate chip cookies, come kind of nuts bars (amazing)


Easter: Again I started off good, but then the desert came out. Salad with strawberries, onions, feta cheese, Italian dressing. It was yummy. BBQ pork, sausage (2 different types), macaroni and cheese made with pet milk and velveta, Cheesecake, pecan bars, some kind of desert dumpling, cookies, etc. Later, I ate a hamburger and more sausage. It was like I couldn't stop eating. 


So when I say I was "pleasantly surprised" to gain only .4 (point 4) pounds. I was pleasantly surprised. Lets just hope next week lose more than point 4 to make up for what I gained this week. To do so, here is what I need to do:

• Track everyday and every little thing that goes in my mouth. That means everything. Every Bite, Lick, Taste, and Sip (B.I.T.S.). This includes drinks, gums, etc. Anything that touches my lips.
• Exercise. I need to make sure I go to my Zumba classes every week; as well as my dance class. I want to incorporate more exercise outside of Zumba and Dance. That means I need to either walk on the treadmill at my parent's house or bring out the Wii Fit.
• Drink More Water. I need to drink more water, enough said. 
• Eat more Power foods. (more veggies and fruits) I think this will help me. I need to stop late night eating. I need to stop eating when I am bored and start thinking of other things to do. 

#81 Face the Scale

It is Thursday; I will be facing the scale tonight. I guess I will see the damage from Easter, cause Lord knows I pigged out, especially on sweets. Lets just hope I didn't do too bad. Since Monday, I have been eating better, more salads and drinking lots of water. Lets just hope it is enough. I keeping my fingers crossed that I didn't gain 5 pounds; that would be heart breaking.

#80 Hump Day

It is Wednesday; you know what that means. (A) It's Hump Day; (B) it is the day before weigh-in.

I just realized I have reached my 80th post. I guess I have a lot to say.

Back to Weigh-In. I am kind of nervous. With Easter last weekend, I ate. I ate a lot. I ate a lot of candy. Not good on my part. I just hope that I can get back on track and not gain much of the 2.4 pounds I lost last week. Oh well.

My goal is to lose another 20 pounds before my Disney trip in June. I am keeping my fingers crossed that I can accomplish this task. That would mean that I will be a total of 50 pounds lost, which we be huge. That's my goal. To achieve that goal, I have to TRACK and EXERCISE. It is only me that can do it.

Recently, I have been drinking lots of water. I hope it helps with shedding the water weight from Diet Cokes (LENT IS OVER) and the boiled crawfish I ate on Good Friday. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.  Anyway, I have also tried to incorporate more salads in my diet. So far, so good. For the last 2 days I have eaten salads for lunch. Tonight I will be eating my left over salad from today.

#79 Confessions

I realize I haven't been posting; Easter was a blast. I decided that this blog will be about confessing things about myself.

• I am worried that I end up an old maid. I know, I know, I got to think positive, and my time will come. I hear that all the time, but I am about to be 27 and have never had a boyfriend and never really been on date. I am not ashamed of this fact, but I am finally admitting to it. 
• I really enjoy being by myself. I am a loner and have no problem sitting hours by myself reading a book or watching television. I know I probably shouldn't enjoy this, but I do. 
• My house is always messy. I have to make conscious effort to clean my house. So, if people want to come to visit, give me sometime to do a quick clean-up. Oh, and you aren't allowed upstairs.
• I secretly want to live in Hawaii, well I guess it is not a secret anymore. The beach, the waves, the fresh air, what more could a girl ask for.
• I don't drink. (Definitely not a secret) I wish people would stop trying to make me drink something. I don't drink for any moral reason. (A) I don't really like the taste; (B) I always end up being the DD, which I don't mind. I rather drive everyone home safe and sound instead of drinking. 
• I have two celebrity crushes. Zac Efron and Taylor Lautner. I can finally admit this cause they are both finally of age.
• My sister is my best friend. I love her so much. I feel like I can ask her anything and she won't look at my stupidly.
• I can't walk in heels; I need to practice, but I don't understand why if you are going to invent something like high heels, why not make them comfortable. 
• I am awkward socially. I never know what to do is some situations. That is one of the reason's why I am so quiet most of the time. I don't know what to say or do. 
• I am sure there is more, but I don't know if I want to admit anything else.

#78 Hump Day

It is the middle of the week, which means "Hump Day". However this is a short week, so I guess it is not a "Hump Day," after all.

Another thing about this weeks is that my weekly weigh-in has been moved up today; I really don't know how I feel about that. For that last couple of days I have tracked, exercised, and added more fruits and veggies. I have had no diet cokes either. However, I have ate a little bit of chocolate. So I am keeping my fingers crossed that I can pull off some kind of loss on the account that I have weight the previous weeks.

For some reason I always get nervous on weigh-in day. I think it is because I a nervous about "facing the scale."

I didn't do to well on my lent promise this year. Although, I did it sparingly, I still didn't do what I promised. I gave up Diet Coke, Fast Food, and peanut butter (PB). I guess you know you shouldn't have it or can't have it you want it more. The fast food really wasn't the problem; however, the pb and dc were.

I will try to continue to eat and drink what I should sparingly after Easter is over. I am keeping my fingers crossed for tonight.

#77 Monday

Yeah, it is the beginning of the week. Did I every tell you that I HATE Mondays. It is the start of the new week. I have never been a morning person; it always takes me a while to get up on the morning especially on Monday's. Like every morning, before sitting down at my desk,  I went get my morning McCafe'. It is exactly what I need to speed up the wake up process. If I didn't have this, I would hate to see what would happen.

Last night I had a crazy dream or nightmare I should say. I dreamt that I gained all my weight back, which for me would be a total let down. So what does this tell me? It tells me that I need to get back in the habit of tracking and exercising so that I can get pass the 35 pound mark which seems like I can never get pass.  I am keeping my fingers crossed, praying, and doing whatever so that I can reach this mini goal sooner rather than later.  Since I didn't track this weekend, I decided to start fresh today.

This week the Weight Watchers meeting will be on Wednesday, I guess I need to buckle down earlier in the week, cause judging what I ate over the weekend, I need to.

Mini Goals

• Track everything. So far, so good. As I stated previously, I will be starting fresh this week. Lets just hope I can keep it up. 
• Exercise. I have Zumba tonight and Wednesday night. My dance class is Thursday night. I also would like to get it at least one or two more days of exercising. No promises.
• Eat More Veggies and Fruits. The salad I at for lunch had lots of fruits and veggies.

Let's just hope I can keep my promises to myself. I think/know I am ready to jump back into the weight loss journey.