Truthful Thursday

All day today I've thought it was Friday.

Its not.

Don't you hate that?

Turns out that not only is it not Friday its also weigh in day. Double whammy; its measurements day. *sigh*

My helpful husband woke me up before he left for work so he could help me take my measurements. That's right, he woke me up before leaving for work. Meaning he's up and dressed and I'm still snoozing away in our wonderful bed. Heck, half the time he's up and ready to go AND has set our boy up with breakfast and Disney while I slumber away. Yes, I live a charmed life. No I'm not looking forward to re-entering the 'real' world. Love you Husband!

Anywho, since he did my measurements the first time I'd like for him to keep doing them. I'm hoping that will create some consistency.
          June 30                 Aug 4
Arms     13.8                   13.5
Chest     40                     37.5
Waist     36.5                  34
Hips       43                    42.5
Thighs    41.5                 41.5

I ALWAYS lose in my boobs first. Anyone else?!?! Its so weird. And while I don't need them to be as ginormous as they are I'd love to lose in my hips and thighs! I guess thats coming. I noticed the last time I did WW that I lost top down also. Minus my arms. Im going to have to lipo the heck out of them some day! I'm hoping that walking quasi-nightly with Patrice will help the bottom half lose a little faster.

I missed my official weigh in today. Partly because I thought it was Friday--darn you Thursday--and partly because I thought WW was open all morning for weigh ins but they're not. They are open all morning tomorrow. The REAL Friday. Ugh! I took a pic this morning but if I lost lbs at all its ounces and my 'pretty fly for a white guy' scale isn't digital.

I have not been terribly pleased with my weight loss thus far. (Yes I just used 'thus') I've paid for two months of WW and I expected better results. But I haven't been putting in the work. The program can't force me to track or measure my food. The program can't force me to not eat the bread basket at the yummy bakery in Eastern Market. So I'm mad at myself for spending the money and not using the tools. This morning I started measuring and tracking. I need to get this down before I start class in a few weeks or its never going to become habit.

For me the hardest part is still working on my vegetarian journey AND figuring out weight loss. I need to enter all of my new recipes into the WW recipe builder to figure out their PointsPlus values. The sooner I get my frequented recipes in there the easier it will be to track. I guess now is as good a time as any.

Also, that bitch Hershey has sashayed her way into my life again. Things aren't tense they're just getting ready to change so I'm all sorts of nuts. Enter comfort food. I'm throwing her out. Right now. Well, as soon as I'm done updating this here blog. The funny thing is once I banished Ms Hershey the first time I didn't really miss her. I won't say I didn't eat chocolate if we were out and about but I didn't crave it like I thought I would. At least not after the first few ugly days of withdrawls passed. For the protection of the meek innocent, there are no pictures of those days.

Truthful Thursday

Its been 2 weeks since Ive weighed in, officially or otherwise. We left for vacation on Sunday, July 17 and came home the following Sunday. So technically we've been home, and off vacation, since Monday morning. But really we're still on vacation because I haven't been grocery shopping so we have what I fondly call 'vacay fridge.' We're living in a house full of snack foods and meals that need cooked, nothing quick and easy. Needless to say I wasn't expecting much on this weigh in. I haven't been tracking my points, walking or eating all that well. Lots of restaurants when you're living a mountain resort life!

Anyhow I saw this when I weighed myself at home:

Do my eyes deceive me?

 Heres what I got when I checked in at WW today:

1.8lbs lost!

Not a huge loss but not a gain and, really, no effort involved. Looking forward to next weeks weigh in after some serious food tracking and some evening power walks with Patrice.

Catching up

We have been B U S Y this past week and I missed my Truthful Thursday post. In all honesty I was super busy that day but I also had time to sit down and bare my soul weight but I wasn't very pleased with the results so I tossed it on the back burner and never got to it.

Here it is : I had a .6 lb weight loss. That's it. That's not even 1 full pound. And it pisses me off. I did much better with my food during the week and I started walking 3 miles a day with Patrice. Which I opted not to track in my Weight Watchers site because I don't want the temptation of converting the 'activity points' into food. As my friend, and fellow WW member, Tara pointed out .5 pounds a week turns into 26lbs a year.  And any loss is better than a gain. She has me there.

I'm hoping that my body is adjusting to the new food take and the new exercise. I'm hoping that this week I held on to a few more calories due to the walking freaking out my body. I'm hoping that I can continue to lose weight, even in half pound increments, until I get to a place where I feel good about me again. I'm hoping that the next time I weigh in I'll see a significant loss. Heres to hope!

Truthful Thursday

This morning I woke up and saw this

Which looked an awful lot like this

So I felt like this

But I went to weight in at Weight Watchers anyhow. After all isn't the point of this to work on being a less chubby veggie? Maybe those ladies would have some ideas. While I was there I got this

Its only 1 pound but I felt like this

Over the last week I used all of my daily points--which is what you're suppose to do-- and all except 5 of my weekly 'bonus' points. Those are built into the program so that you can eat cake, ice cream, 5 Tootsie Rolls, have a 4th of July bbq and still succeed. Its not a diet because you don't have to deny yourself. You just have to make smart choices about your indulgences. Although I won't be using all of my bonus points every week, heck I hope not to even use half of them on a regular basis, it feels good to know that if I do happen to use them I can still lose. Even if it is only 1 pound. Hey a loss is a loss, right!

Truthful Thursday

This morning my son woke me up around 230am. His pj's were wet, totally a justifiable reason to wake mommy. I took care of things and got him back to sleep only to have him start crying a little while later. Needless to say it was a sleepless morning for me! My husband was great and got up with the boy this morning, at 7:00a, fed him, dressed him and let me sleep. Normally this would have been awesome, and it was, but it threw the entire morning off. I needed to get myself dressed, the boy to school and to my first official weigh in at WW before heading to Bible Study and a meeting for my Masters program. Thankfully I made it all...just a little later than expected.

So here it is. I weighed myself at home before eating and then headed out and was weighed dressed and fed. Its time to get real and to be accountable. Here are the pictures.

Is it just me or did my clothes and light --I swear!-- breakfast add close to 5lbs! Grrr! Next time I will demand they weigh me naked! And away from the windows. Because being naked AND in front of the windows, well, that would just be awkward.

WW suggests, as did my personal trainer turned good friend Laura, that you take measurements. Mine are shameful! But in the interest of Truthful Thursday and with the knowledge that they will improve and the hope that they might inspire someone else to start their own weight loss journey here they are.

Arms-13 3/4"  Hips- 43"  Bust- 40"  Waist-36 1/2"  Thighs-41.5"

I plan to do these monthly. And, I had my husband help me do them! Hows that for transparency! --side note Im not entirely certain we measured in the exactly correct area but we will continue to measure in the same spot so even if we're off somehow at least we'll be consistent! Oh, and its also totally sobering, frustrating and somewhat depressing to learn that your arms, waist and pretty much all of you measures larger than your husband. At least I can go to sleep tonight knowing that I weigh less than he does. Even if its not by much. That's me, keepin' it real people.

***Food ratings: Breakfast-good, mid-morning snack-bad, lunch-good, dinner- good Its currently 9:49p and Im hungry. Im blaming it on my weak breakfast, while healthy it was meager, and my poor snack choices.