Another Monday, another week of finally getting fit.
Welcome to the Weigh In.
This morning sees me at a familiar looking number: 254. That number is beginning to turn into an old ‘friend’ you don’t really like having around but somehow always is anyway. That’s four pounds down from the after-Easter gain last Monday, so I’m pretty happy with it.
As I mentioned on Friday, I’ll be starting the South Beach diet this week. I’ve come to realize that I have some very bad food addictions happening (namely chocolate and breads) and I need to break the addictions.
I feel like South Beach could really be the way for me to go because it can help balance out your blood sugar, which, as an insulin resistant person, is very important to me.
This week also marks the beginning of a weight loss challenge on the Yanks Down Under forum, a place for Americans moving to Australia to hand out. (But others are welcome!) I have to say that having the challenges on that site definitely help keep me motivated. Not only do people regularly donate prizes for these challenges, it also helps with the sense that you’re not alone in this. None of us are; we just need to find the support that is out there.
So what is your plan for this week? Have you seen a loss or gain today? Stayed still? What’s been a challenge in your life when it comes to getting fit? Do you have a hard time finding support?
This is another late weigh in. My apologies. I’m not long back from a vacation that has left me sore and tired so I’m running a little behind on things. Plus it’s time of month along with me having just had four days of eating on the road, so getting on the scale to see how I am doing wasn’t exactly my priority.
I tried to be good even though we were on vacation, but it’s not easy with the meals offered at some places. Plus you’re on vacation, so even if you did pack your food diary, you might not always have it right on hand.
I wasn’t perfect this weekend by any means, so part of me is scared to get on the scale. But I certainly will tomorrow morning just because it’s better to know what I’m working with. It’ll help motivate me along.
My plan this week is to get back to the gym Wednesday (to give myself a day of slow recovery from the hiking). I need to put a real focus on drinking the minimum amount of water as well as eating bland foods for a while. I came home and found myself with a very sensitive and upset digestive system. I have no doubt that’s from all the crappy eating that I did over the long weekend.
How are you doing with your weight loss? Did you see a loss or a gain this week? No change? How are your measurements looking? What’s your plan of action for this week?
Is it Monday already? I think the weekend went entirely too fast. Then again, there is a long weekend coming up, so I shouldn’t be complaining.
Monday means it’s that time again…and I’m not very happy with my results, but they could be worse.
SW: 256
CW: 254
I was sick all of last week with a cold/cough/flu, which I’m still trying to shrug off completely. With all that going on, I still managed to keep a food diary, but that doesn’t mean I stopped to think for too long before reaching for the ice cream to soothe my sore throat. So, ice cream and all, I didn’t gain any weight, which is great.
I have to admit that I had some high hopes since I started taking the weight loss supplement, but again, I didn’t take it all the time because I was sick. Also, I didn’t get to the gym either, so no exercise plus ice cream equals no weight gain?
Sounds pretty good to me.
I went back to the gym this morning and pushed myself to a level I’m rather proud of. I plan on doing that all week, watching what I eat, keeping on with my food diary, and also getting into some positive thinking.
I truly believe positive thinking is a part of weight loss, and it’s long past time I started thinking positively about my weight loss with statements like “I can lose weight” and “I will lose weight”.
How are you doing this week? Do you have any specific plans of action? New recipes to try?
Is it already week five? Sheesh, time does fly by fast, doesn’t it?
I’m holding off on weighing in until I see my doctor, but that doesn’t mean we can’t check in how we’re doing otherwise. (And feel free to check in with your scale loss as well.)
Today is supposed to be the day I take my measurements, but I can’t seem to find my measuring tape, so I’ll have to hold off until I can find it. That’s unfortunate because usually even when my weight doesn’t move, my measurements change enough to help get me in a good mood.
Lately, I’m not sure I have the right mentality for hardcore weight loss. I can’t help but think that there is so much more going on and in the grand scheme of thing, humanity shouldn’t be so obsessed with being stick thin. I mean, we see stick thin children who are starving and that’s not even close to sexy, and yet we expect the same of ourselves.
Ever so slowly we are seeing a movement towards ‘healthy’ rather than ‘thin’, but it’s slow going and just plain not enough for those of us who are overweight and bear the burden of bad judgment even though we are watched by the McDonald’s crowd of all people while we eat our salads.
It’s a sad, sad world sometimes.
Forgive the bit of a rant, but I feel society has a lot to do with not only how we view our bodies but what we do to improve/’improve’ it.
What do you think? Do you feel ‘the world out there’ has anything to do with how you view yourself?
