Naturally Curvy

Hello everyone! It’s that time again, and I hope you are having a wonderful Monday. No beating around the bush today; it’s time to weigh in.

Starting Weight: 256
Last week: 244
This week: 244

Yep, that’s no loss for this week, but that’s also no gain as well!

It looks like I am going to at least maintain 244 until my anniversary next Monday, which is the minimum of what I wanted to do. Given that this is (supposed to be) time of month, I’m grateful that I haven’t gained anything. Especially given that my PCOS is acting up and I haven’t actually completed the cycle, so to say.

I usually have about a two to five pound gain at this time, so I’m definitely happy with maintaining. There is also the usual gain after having a time of not eating much (I had the stomach flu last week), so I’m glad to not have gained because I’m back to eating regularly again.

How is everyone else doing? Loss? Gain? Maintain? I’d really like to hear about your strategies and how things are going for your personal weight loss.

Are you feeling good about where you are? Discouraged? Do you feel like you could use some support or do you like to battle it out alone most of the time? Are you on a diet plan or are you watching what you eat without a plan?

This week I’m really hitting the water and the gym. I’m trying to take it easy after being ill, but having a little loss for the next weigh in would be fabulous.

SW: 262
LW: 260
CW: 260

I have officially been exercising and all that good stuff for one week! Woohoo!

This week I am focused less on weight and a lot more on everything I have accomplished. As I said to Mr. JM this weekend, “I feel like I am in such a good place right now.”

And that pretty much sums it up. I’m working, exercising, cooking, cleaning… Things aren’t really balanced at the moment, but I feel like I’m walking with the flow of life instead of fighting upstream like usual.

The lack of a change from last week to this week is disappointing on one level, but I’m not concerned about it. First, I’m still on TOM technically so I’m probably still retaining water. Second, my body is probably still getting used to this level of exercise and is probably retaining water for that reason as well.

So it’s all good!

There is another issue happening that could be keeping me from losing weight, but I’m still debating whether or not that subject is just way too much information to be talking about on this blog.

I really feel like I have finally found the exercise routine that works for me. I’m someone who gets bored pretty easily, so spending half and hour on a treadmill doesn’t quite work for me. With the routine I’ve put together, I’m moving around, incorporating different types of exercise and I’m not doing anything long enough to become bored.

Woohoo!

I’d love to be to 256 by my wedding anniversary (May 5th) but we’ll see if that actually happens.

I hope everyone out there is feeling great and accomplishing wonderful things.

SW: 262
LW: -
CW: 260

Hello everyone!

Yeah, I know; I’m sounding a bit perky for someone who is only two pounds away from highest weight, but there is so much going on right now…

First, I had a great time on holiday. Talk about relaxing. Mmm. I could definitely use some more of that. I’m also fairly certain that a pound or so of the gain I’ve had came from the holiday (as it does). I mean, I did have pancakes for the first time in four (probably more) years.

Also, there is the TOM weight gain that it took me two months of birth control to figure out lands right on Monday, which is weigh in day. Smart move, that… *grumblegrumble*

I am still feeling pretty fantastic, though. Through bad times good things can come.

We arrived home to a pretty nasty rent rise – that we’re going to appeal – that lit a fire under our bottoms about moving. I’m hoping we get to move to New South Wales (gorgeous place with a lot more job opportunities for Mr. JM) so keep your fingers crossed for us.

I’m getting into a new exercise and eating routine that I’m quite proud of. You may think I’m kind of crazy for starting a new routine during TOM week, but when I think about it, I don’t want to wait any longer. I’m sick of being fat. I want to be the skinny me in my picture.

I’m cutting out alcohol (with the exception of the once every few weeks glass of red wine) completely. I’m also cutting out things that I let myself indulge in because they weren’t candy bars – muffins, banana bread, chai latte. I’m also cutting down on my breads/grains in a more gradual manner. Saying a flat no to all of that is just going to make me binge.

I’m brave enough to move from the individual serves of yogurt to the bulk (cheaper) container, so that will be the first test of whether or not I’m getting past my binging. Wish me will power.

The exercise is going great (after one day…) I’m combining bits of everything (stretching, yoga, cardio, weights) and breaking it up to two times a day so I am active more often and I don’t get bored.

See? I told you: huge amount of things going on right now, but I’m feeling great about everything. Even despite the gain.

You can be assured I’ll be checking in often with this stuff, though, because I want to succeed all the way! I won’t screw things up this time.

HW: 262
LW: 254
CW: 258

As they say in Australia, “Not happy, Jan.” Then again, not a mystery either.

My husband and I were in the car the other day and I was squirming around a bit because I was having some gnarly not-time-of-the-month cramps. After a few moments of sensing he was down, I finally asked him what was wrong.

He sighed. “I’m worried about you. It seems like you’re going from illness to illness.”

Without hesitation or pause, I said, “It’s because I’m not exercising.”

Don’t you just love it when your subconscious has figured something out and waits until an odd moment to let your conscious mind know?

After February and March’s glandular fever recurrence to deal with, some cramps – albeit bad ones – aren’t really moving from illness to illness. I knew what he meant though – I was just back to normal and something else went wrong. The funny thing is, though, that somewhere in my mind I realized the missing piece to my jigsaw currently is that I’m not exercising.

There are other things going on as well, of course, like working on the portion sizes for eating every two to three hours. I was doing well on remembering to eat, but as is made obvious with the weight gain, I was just eating too much.

I’m not too upset about the gain because I know why it happened and how to fix it. I do worry that people who read here will get sick of me yoyo-ing around the 250s, but it’s all trial and error anyway. I’m blogging because I need the support now, not when I figure out the method that works for me for losing weight.

I won’t be able to weigh in next week because Mr. JM and I are going on a road trip starting early next Monday morning, but come the Monday after that, you can bet your last dollar…