I'm not sure where to start today! Alot has been happening in terms of my healthy lifestyle. My weigh in this week put me down 1.8 lbs. I was REALLY happy about that. I was sooo dreading going up again! So now I have 3.4 to go to my personal goal. 3.4 you say? Yes, 3.4. I have again changed my goal. Even after all my preaching about not changing goals because there is a reason you choose that goal in the first place. Well, my personal goal was 135 lbs. However, after an incredible shopping spree last weekend, I discovered I was wearing a size 6 pants! I was flabbergasted! I never dreamed I could wear that size. Here I was running around in my size 10s, granted they were too big but I didn't think I would wear a size 6! I was so excited I proceeded to buy an entire new wardrobe! I went home and got rid of almost all my old clothes! Loads and loads of them. Most of them are in storage to use as transitiion clothes when we have our next little one, but after that I'm kicking them to the curb. Well, not really. Probably to a consignment shop. Anyway, so that's my story about shopping. It was a Wednesday evening and Saturday morning project. It was so much fun! I still have a few skirts I'd like to get and maybe another pair or two of pants. Back to my point here....I am wearing a size 6 and do not need to or want to be in a size 4! I had a hard enough time finding size 6s in most clothes! Imagine that! I'm not complaining but now I'm at the other end and clothes are scarce! Go figure.
So I think getting to 139 (I choose that number because that will put me at just over 40 lbs lost) will keep me in my size 6s and at a healthy weight. Another reason I wanted to get to 135 was to give me more cushion on the WW goal. Now that I think about it, being a little closer is better because it will help keep me in check more. So I think changing my goal is justified. Its not that I don't want to continue the work to get there, its for health reasons and that's OK.
My mini-meals are working wonderfully. I feel so much more staisfied. The past couple days have been rough. I ate more than I should have, but I'm determined to have it even out over the course of my week. I CAN DO IT! I'm also slowly getting outside more to walk. Goodness, Tuesday I walked 6 miles because I couldn't stop due to the nice weather! :) This indoor walking is getting very boring!
For Easter we are going home. We will go out to a friend's bar with my parents on Friday night for a little while. Saturday I'll do some shopping and then we go out to eat with dh's family. Sunday is Easter dinner at my mom's. I have a plan and I'm sticking to it! I have allotted points for candy so I'm not denying myself! Go me!
Hmmmm.....Morgan is somewhat potty training herself. She asks to sit on her potty chair. So we let her. She actually went once kind of by accident. She stood up and peed and then said "Uh-oh". Some of it made it in the chair, most of it on her clothes. But it was something! So I bought some stickers for rewards when she does go in the chair. I'm not pushing it because she is so young yet, but if she's interested I'm not going to deter her!
This is getting really long so I'll wrap it up. Everyone take about 15 minutes today and make a solid workable plan for your Easter weekend. Whether you will be alone or with family we all need a plan. Include some of your favorite foods, lots of the "good stuff" (veggies etc.) and of course some exercise. We CAN do this if we stick together!
Have a Blessed and Happy Easter! (Check out Morgan's picture with the live Easter bunny! It's on the General Photo page.)
Wow! It seems like forever since I've been here. It probably feels that way because I haven't been doing my regular journaling like I should and therefore haven't vented as much as normal. Anyway, here I am.
I didn't weigh in today. I did however go to my meeting for motivation. I always enjoy my meetings so much. I couldn't imagine not going.
A lot has changed with me recently. I have been having the most difficult time staying OP and with binging. I would have a couple good days and then blow it all to heck BIG TIME. Not with one piece of chocolate, but like 20! And then more junk the rest of the day. No wonder the scales were gradually creeping up. I was so down and couldn't pull out of my funk. Luckily my friends at G2G pulled me out of my self-pity hole and got me back in gear.
I really had to reevaluate my plan for being OP. One thing that I have found is that the same program I was following before isn't always the best way to do things at a different point in my journey. After taking the WW quiz, I discovered I would be better satisfied with 4-6 "mini-meals" rather than the three larger ones. Using the mini-meals has helped me tremendously! I feel like I'm always eating and that is a good thing. I also bit the bullet and decided to up my points to a 25 max. I wasn't staisfied like I needed to be and I was concentrating on the fact that I didn't have very many points and I was going to starve to death or something! It has also helped. I've become more relaxed in the way I'm handling things. If I'm really craving something I will try to work it in if its going to get the best of me. I finally found the Milky Way lite minis and have a bag of those stashed in my desk in case of a chocolate attack! I'm no longer forcing myself to exercise. I am still exercising and at about the same amounts but not forcing myself. If I want to I will and it will become more of "I want to" when the weather becomes more cooperative. I love to be outside and exercise. I also am forcing myself to take more "me time". Its a must and EVERYONE should do it! It makes you feel worthy, not that we shouldn't anyway, but it helps.
Anyway, that's about it on the weight front. Oh, I didn't weigh in because I didn't want to have a bad scale reading spoil my succesful efforts. SiInce I'm lifetime I only have to weigh in once a month and so I'm skipping this week, but I will weigh in next week!
Every one have a great week! I'm looking for success this week and hope you all will follow! Come join me! I'm heading for a healthier me!