Now to this week's weigh in. We have a loss! I'm down 2 lb from last week making today's number 248! I am so excited to be under 250.
Samantha is supposed to recieve her curriculum soon. She is quite the reader. She finished Junie B. Jones First Grade at Last in just 2 days. Remember, she is only starting 1st this year and she read this all by herself!
I guess it's time to do my chores (yuck). I will try to update again at some point this week. And, I'll be here for sure next Friday for weigh in.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Black Screen of Death
Oh the sudden and unexpected joys of running a Vista computer. Yesterday, I turned on my computer and got a solid black screen with a white mouse pointer. This is known as the Vista "Black Screen of Death". I tried every possible solution listed on the web. Nothing worked. Only one option left: reload the operating system. For anyone who has never done this, it erases everything. I lost data, programs, etc. What joy! I have spent the day trying to get programs reloaded and setting back the way I like them. I also have over 100 updates to install. Yep, fun times.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Going Down
So, today the scale reads 250 even! That's down 1.6 lbs from Monday. I have to say I am very happy with that. I really thing that I was sabotaging myself not eating enough before this week. Now, I am eating my breastfeeding calories and even some of my exercise calories. I no longer feel like I'm starving and the weight is still coming off! I didn't even exercise as good as I should this week so I am surprised I lost any. This has been the motivation I needed. I think I can get back to working out again. I have to stay focused!
On a side note, Houston and Nicci have both had rounds of fever this week. Neither lasted more than a day and they seem perfectly fine now but I do hate having sick little ones. Nicci had an appointment this week. She is weighed in at 31 lb and 40". That put her at 25% on height and weight but 50% on her BMI. Perfectly healthy for her. I also weighed Tabi this week. She is up to 10 lb 12oz. Not bad for a stinker that refused to gain at first!
On a side note, Houston and Nicci have both had rounds of fever this week. Neither lasted more than a day and they seem perfectly fine now but I do hate having sick little ones. Nicci had an appointment this week. She is weighed in at 31 lb and 40". That put her at 25% on height and weight but 50% on her BMI. Perfectly healthy for her. I also weighed Tabi this week. She is up to 10 lb 12oz. Not bad for a stinker that refused to gain at first!
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Tomorrow's the Day
Tomorrow I weigh in. I am a bit nervous because of the changes I have made. I didn't exercise every day this week either. I am worried that I won't see a change, or worse, that I will see a negative change! I am about to start my exercise for today though. Cross your fingers that tomorrow brings good news.
Monday, August 15, 2011
No Weigh
So, I have been weighing every single day. In fact, sometimes I weigh twice a day. This is definitely not good for me. We have decided that I can weigh no more than twice a week. Since I tend to splurge more on the weekend, I'd probably do best to weigh on either Wednesday or Friday. So, I'm taking his advice. I will now be weighing only on Friday after I've had a full week to repair the weekend if I have trouble.
I did weigh last Friday and I was at 251 and that is consistant with were I am today (I know bad girl, but this is the last time really until Friday). Yeah! That's a 4lb loss from last week. I will post my weigh in again on Friday since that is the new chosen day. I hope my Zumba keeps giving me good results.
I am still watching what I eat, but found I was overdoing the calorie counting. I was, in fact, starving and sabotaging myself. I am currently breastfeeding which requires about 500 calories a day for milk. I was down to 1270 calories a day and burning about 600 with Zumba, plus nursing. I was trying not to eat any of the calories I burned, and I wasn't logging the breastfeeding at all. That means I was netting closer to 170 calories a day. Because of this, any time I ate over my calorie count, my body tried to store it all. I actually ate more this weekend, still trying to watch portion sizes though, than I have in several weeks and the result was good! I'll keep monitoring it and make adjustments as I need to.
I still plan to log my exercise so that I can see what my activity is doing for me. I am logging water as well because honestly, I hate to drink it and the log helps me. I also have a much better idea of how many calories are in things and have made some healthier switches. I am drinking no regular soda, adding no sugar (some Splenda though), and cutting portion sizes. I think this may be a better long range method for me. I just obsess too much to continue the way I was doing. We'll see what next week brings.
I did weigh last Friday and I was at 251 and that is consistant with were I am today (I know bad girl, but this is the last time really until Friday). Yeah! That's a 4lb loss from last week. I will post my weigh in again on Friday since that is the new chosen day. I hope my Zumba keeps giving me good results.
I am still watching what I eat, but found I was overdoing the calorie counting. I was, in fact, starving and sabotaging myself. I am currently breastfeeding which requires about 500 calories a day for milk. I was down to 1270 calories a day and burning about 600 with Zumba, plus nursing. I was trying not to eat any of the calories I burned, and I wasn't logging the breastfeeding at all. That means I was netting closer to 170 calories a day. Because of this, any time I ate over my calorie count, my body tried to store it all. I actually ate more this weekend, still trying to watch portion sizes though, than I have in several weeks and the result was good! I'll keep monitoring it and make adjustments as I need to.
I still plan to log my exercise so that I can see what my activity is doing for me. I am logging water as well because honestly, I hate to drink it and the log helps me. I also have a much better idea of how many calories are in things and have made some healthier switches. I am drinking no regular soda, adding no sugar (some Splenda though), and cutting portion sizes. I think this may be a better long range method for me. I just obsess too much to continue the way I was doing. We'll see what next week brings.
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