Week 6 Results

Alright, so I forgot to post this on Monday which is my weigh in date. Whoops! I have had a busy week.

No excuse! Anyway my weigh in went pretty good. I am happy to report that I was down 1.8 pounds and I have hit 12 pounds down! I was very excited to lose because during the weekend I went off track a little. I had my 30th birthday party here at my house and it was a potluck style. There were lots of yummy foods and lots of beer and liquor. I managed to not go crazy and still lost almost 2 pounds!

Though I have continued to lose, I am not going to hit my target set fourth in this post. I have come to terms with this and that is OK. With my knee being out and with all the events going on, I have come to terms with this and have readjusted my goals. This upcoming weekend I am going to Vegas and I know I may have a week where I weigh in and might gain. I am going to try hard to stay on track with my food but I know I am going to have some drinks.

I will have to weigh in on Tuesday next week because I am going to be out of town. I am really hoping that I can stay active enough to burn some calories and keep an eye on my food intake so I can still lose. Even if it's only a little!

On another note, I am going shopping on Friday with a friend. I am hoping that I can get in a size 16. I was a size 18 before and now all of my 18's are too big!

Until next week! Wish me luck!

I saw this picture and I know all of the info but it really hit me by having a visual! Remember, put things into your body that will help it, NOT hurt it!

Week 5 Results or WEAK 5...

Last week was rough. I had a very hard time with everything. I wasn't able to work out at all because of my knee injury and that was really what made me unmotivated. I was also awful at tracking my food and calories and I had some drinks. Despite all of that, I did manage to lose 0.4 pounds.

That being said, I was weak last week. I didn't give up fully but I know I was not committed and that is why I didn't lose. 

This week I want to do good. My knee is feeling much better and hopefully on Thursday when I see the Doctor I can find out what is going on and get back to the gym! I am going to commit to myself to tracking all of my food and staying within my calorie targets. 

Saturday is my big 30th birthday party. I do plan to have that as my one and only "cheat" day however, I still want to be reasonable and not go crazy. 

Hoping I can be down at least 5 pounds before Vegas in 2 weeks. I can do this! 

The below image is a quote from Jillian Michaels. She is amazing. I love what she has said because it makes me think. WHY NOT ME? So I am going to stop asking. 'why can't I look like that?' or 'Why can't I do that?' and instead say I CAN and WILL do and look like that!

More than a month in

I am feeling really discouraged lately. I injured my knee last weekend and I am still having a hard time moving. I was told to stay off of it as much as I can until I get an MRI and see a specialist.

This is so hard! I want to be active and workout and I literally cannot do that right now. I haven't let that stop me as of yet, but I did have a few nights this week where I had a few drinks with my husband. I had some wine last night.

I am starting to feel like this is getting really hard this week and I just want to throw in the towel. I haven't lost any weight at all this week because I haven't been able to be active, and even my little movements from going into the office etc is minimal.

I will not give up but I am hoping that my knee is OK and I can get back to normal.

I have a few goals for the rest of the week. I will stay under my target for my calorie intake since I cannot workout. I will not drink this weekend. I will try to move a little more but not compromise my knee. Perhaps swimming or upper body. My goal this week was to try and lose 3 pounds. I highly doubt that is going to happen, so if I am down at least 1.5 pounds I won't beat myself up too bad.

Until Monday!

Week 4 Results

Alrighty folks, I am down 2.2 pounds this week. I didn't do as great as I wanted to, but a loss is a loss!

We went out of town this weekend and I was good as far as eating the right foods but we had some drinks and I know that threw me off. It's so hard sometimes to get out of my habits but I am working on that part. It's a little less than two weeks until my birthday party, and I want to be down 6 pounds. My goal this week is 3 pounds. I know I can do it and this goal will help me stick to my daily targets.

I have stopped working out like a crazy person. I know this sounds weird but I was working out too much and not eating enough so I am going to aim for 3 times a week of just cardio and 1500 calories a day.

Here's another silly picture.  I love instagram BTW. If you are not on there you should be. There is so much fitness inspiration on there it really helps motivate me. I found this picture on there and had to share it.

Let's have an amazing week!

Good Things are Happening!

I am happy to say that I have stayed committed to my plan even though the first couple of weeks I was not losing very much weight on the scale. So, I changed a few things in what I was doing and I must say that I am really happy with the results. Things are starting to fall into place and feel right. Not only is the scale going down, but I feel like this is getting easier and I can keep it up.

I think the best piece of advice I can give is to be patient. It took a long time to gain all the weight, it will take less time to come off but don't expect to happen over night. Keep going and you will reap the benefit.

Saw this on instagram and thought I would post it here because it embodies everything I am feeling right now.

Week 3 Results and Still Working

This week has been a little tough. I have been struggling with all the hard work I am doing and how I don't feel like I look any different. The scale wasn't moving for me all week. (I was not able to stop weighing myself daily)

I did have a cheat day but I still stayed active. By some miracle I did end up losing 2.6 pounds which I am happy about. Considering I cheated and I wasn't as good as I wanted to be I am really happy with this. I was feeling bad all weekend because I was working so hard and not seeing it on the scale. I wish my clothes felt better and looser. I wish I could see a little difference. I guess 3 weeks isn't enough time and I just need to give it more time. So that is what I will do.

I also decided to not workout so much. I am still going to workout but not as intensely as I was before. I think that is causing some issues because I am not eating that many calories. Instead of trying to eat more when I am not hungry because I am working out, I am going to do 3-4 workouts a week and stay in the 1400-1600 calorie range. I am going to see how this effects my success.

I am going into this week with a positive mind and I will not give up. It's going to take me awhile to get where I want to be, I just need to remember that in my moments of aggravation!