I realize I’m really far in getting this posted, but I guess it’s sort of a testament to how busy I can get. Even though it may seem at times that I don’t really do that much. I actually weigh in again tomorrow, so I wanted to make sure I got this posted before then. Hopefully tomorrow’s post won’t be this far behind next week!
Last week, as always, I was a little weary about how this weigh in was going to go. I really wanted to see a 4 or better loss, I knew it was sort of a far reach but I was hopeful. I did skip a few work outs, I only did 2 ab ripper x’s instead of the 3 on my list. And I think I skipped a cardio one day, even though I did the toning/weight work out for that day. I did realize something last week with all these weight loss shows I watch. It sort of becomes super discouraging when I only lose a pound or two, because on TV I see all these girls my size losing 5 or 6 pounds and sometimes up to 10 pounds in a week. I know they are working out 4 or 5 hours a day, their food is closely monitored, they have personal trainers and of course the accountability of being on TV. But last week on The Biggest Loser one of the girls was in charge of doing all the cooking for the week and was talking about she was weighing in for all the busy moms of America and when she got a 2 pound loss she was a little bit disappointed and wished she could have done better to show the moms of America that it’s possible. For me, personally, 2 pounds a week is amazing and should never be considered a “low” number. I think any mom in America who is as busy as me (again, I’m a pretty lazy mom/housewife) would be somewhat proud of 2 pounds a week. I use the word proud here instead of happy because I think we’re always proud of a weight loss, I don’t think we’re always happy when it’s not as big as we hoped.
So, to the weigh in, I lost 2 pounds. That makes 16 pounds total. It’s like not even half way to where I want to be right now and I’m running out of time. I’m pretty sure at this point that I will not reach my first goal, but I know I can’t give up. I was sort of sad about my number, as I felt I had really put the work in. Then I was reminded that there’s a way to KNOW that I’ll lose at least 3 pounds and then there’s “feeling” like I did a good job and may lose a couple pounds. I get that writing down my calories and strictly sticking to 1200-1500 a day will pretty much guarantee me a 3 pounds weight loss a week. I guess I just don’t have “that” in me that pushes me to do that. I tend to stray more around 1700.
Later that night a friend offered to watch baby girl, since the oldest 4 kids were at grandma’s, so Jeremy and I could actually have dinner alone (hasn’t happened since October of last year). I was well behaved, using celery sticks instead of chips for the dip we had as an appetizer and I didn’t even eat that much of it, then picking a salad for dinner when I really wanted pasta. We went to Target after dinner and I haven’t looked a clothes rack since probably November of last year, I just skip mine and go straight to the kids clearance racks. But, since I had chub rubbed through 4 pairs of jeans I decided to just flip through and see if anything caught my eye. I was pretty sure I’d buy a shirt and not pants, since shirts are much easier on my ego and I needed some baggy ones to hide the “muffin top” the jeans I had were giving me. I saw a pair of jeans, $14, I was pretty positive these jeans were NOT going to fit me, they were 6 sizes (I think 6, I mean the sizes are numbered by even numbers only, so if you subtract the first size from the second size, it’s six, if you do it my two’s then it was only 3 sizes, but whatever, I saw 6) smaller than the pair I bought in January. I couldn’t believe it!!! They sat a smidge higher on my waist than I prefer but they fit, I mean they really really fit. I still had the baggy shirt issue to deal with, I think it’s just from having two babies and not having the firmness I used to have in my belly that this is happening. But I was beyond shocked, I couldn’t believe they fit. I ran out and grabbed the exact same size in a different brand that was $11 and well, because brands can’t seem to get it together and those didn’t fit. It’s okay though, we bought the $14 jeans!! They are even a little baggy in the upper legs area. Then tonight, before church, I grabbed a pair of jeans I had put up because they didn’t fit in January and they fit. I didn’t take my measurements last week when I weighed in and I probably should have. I will this week though for sure.
Again, not hopeful for the number on the scale this week. I know I could have done better in the eating department even though I’ve done pretty amazing in the work outs. Today even I did 2 hours of P90X and went for an hour long walk with Jeremy and the babies AND made sure to do the Ab work out. So, I feel like I did my part today. The hill during our walk that I normally huff and puff up, I went up pretty smoothly. (So I wrote everything above on Wednesday.)
Today, being Thursday now, I definitely put the work outs in. I did a Plyometrics AND Kenpo, that’s pretty crazy. I didn’t want to do anything, I was pretty much trying to find any excuse I could to not work out, but I had none. The up and down in weather has my mood up and down. Of course after each work out I felt better. While I was eating lunch, a Starkist Seasations Sesame Ginger Shrimp Frozen Entrée I bit into something hard. Upon inspection of my mouth, I first thought it was a piece of glass, no no, it was a diamond! We checked my wedding ring, and it was not from mine (thank goodness). The diamond is pretty small, but I called Starkist and they want me to send it to them. I’m thinking I’m hitting up a jeweler tomorrow to find out if it’s real!!! It’s not like I can sue them, I wasn’t hurt and people lie and so I’m sure they won’t believe a word I say anyway, but I know the truth and so does Jeremy.
Weigh in tomorrow, we shall see! Five weeks until Memphis, Six weeks until my 31st birthday, I’d have to loss about 22 pounds to reach the first goal….I’m grateful for every pound!! And the plan is to get up and do cardio AND my weight work out before I weigh in! Doing that the other day really freed up my entire day!
Wednesday night at church was unbelievable!!!! Just had to throw that out there!
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