week 2 synopsis

This past week I was down .2.

I'll take it, because I had a few setbacks throughout the week.  I'd rather be down .2 than up at all.  So 2 weeks in and I'm down 4.6.

I got really off track on Friday with Nate's party.  We had a bunch of people over, and instead of being really good and only having one or two beers as I had planned, I had a little tasting glass of a strong beer on an empty stomach, which lead to me eventually having 4 full size beers, and then shoved a bunch of snacks in my face without even thinking about tracking or caring (obviously due to the beer.)  Then I ate a piece of blueberry cake that Ben's girlfriend made for Nate, and it wasn't even that good, and I even thought that while I was eating it, but yet I didn't put down the fork.  So yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh, that was like all of my weekly points right there... and I had already used a bunch of them...

Then the next day I just wasn't motivated at all, couldn't bring myself to track.. that lasted at least a day. 

Luckily I gave myself a swift kick in the ass and got back on plan, but it definitely set me back.

I'm finding that I'm having trouble with eating late at night.  Like I'll be sitting here surfing the interwebz and just feel the need to stuff my face.  The thing is is that I'm legitimately hungry though.  Maybe I need to bulk up my protein later in the day so that I am not famished at 1am.  Or maybe I should just go to bed earlier. 

It's a bunch of refiguring out how this whole plan works with what works best for my body.  It's sad to say that I lost how in-tune I was with myself and my hunger, emotions, etc. 

But alas!  I'm back and ready to rock.

I have to remember that I have no meeting on Tuesday (poop! but yay cuz it's Christmas) and then the following Tuesday (double poop!)--2 weeks in a row with no Tracy meeting is going to suuuuuuuck, but I can pop in the days before by 1pm to at least weigh in, so no setbacks. 

week 1 was my bitch.

-4.4

BOOYAH!

This is easy so far.  Tracking is a breeze.  I like the new WW 360 program and its focuses on routines.

I'm not going to get all high and mighty about how easy it is, etc. though because I know how easy it is to fall off the wagon, stop tracking, lose motivation, and then have to wear the old fat pants.  If I lose motivation again I'm a goner--that's the biggest part of this whole weight loss thing.  Luckily I'm pretty excited about seeing the numbers add up on paper, and about sharing my successes on here (even if it is to myself and maybe one occasional reader.)

But so far I'm finding it easy again.  And once again I feel like I'm in control.

I'm eating more veggies and fruits and keeping my portions under control, and I'm feeling full and satisfied. WOW what a concept!  When you do the WW program it actually works as advertised... shocker!

I need some lunch ideas though... I'm eating the same old turkey wrap/salad with pieces of turkey/veggies, dip and a lean cuisine route... and I can see it getting boring already. 

Any ideas?  We have a teensy mini-fridge at work which has barely any room to store anything in it so it's basically gotta fit in my lunch bag. 

halp?

Trader Joe's

Weight Watchers online now has Trader Joe products pre-calculated in e-tools!

This totally makes my life easier.  I shop 90% at TJ's so I already know the points for most things.  But now knowing that I can just search or scan and it should pull up everything else totally simplifies my life.

woohooo!

fitness goals

The summer before the wedding I was doing an hour of Zumba followed by 2.5 hours of weight training/Pilates twice a week, then 50 minutes on the elliptical a few more times a week. 

For the first time in my life (it seemed) my arms were actually getting toned.  I was pretty strong and my endurance was good.

I want to be back to that point again where I feel like a badass at the gym and really look forward to my workouts.

I want to start running again... maybe I can start C25K on the treadmill.  And start to use the machines at the gym--get over the intimidation!  

This is my attempt at becoming Thin Lizzie.

Right now I am Not So Thin Lizzie.
Not So Thin Lizzie is not so happy about the way my pants are fitting.
Hence, this blog to keep me in check.

I suppose I should set some goals.

I'm up 15 pounds since my wedding.  I want it gone by mid-January. 

I'm going on vacation mid-June.  Coincidentally this is also my 30th birthday.
I want to lose 60 pounds.  27 weeks.  2.22 pounds a week?  That's a pretty big loss each week.  

So let's say we stretch a little less.

30 new weeks.
Tuesday, July 9th.  I'd love to be at goal.  (Tuesday because that's my weigh in day.)
2 pounds a week. 

60 pounds lost by July 9th.

Realistically, as long as I have hit Lifetime by our 2nd anniversary in September, I'll be happy.  That's 1.5 pounds per week and probably the most realistic.  

Let's do this shit.