Spring In2 Action Challenge: Week 6

  Time for the final weigh in and check in with Spring In2 Action over a The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans.

I was actually surprised by this week's results.  I had no time to exercise, okay, fine, I failed to make time.  I didn't get up early enough, was spending too much time online.  I actually (conveniently) forgot one of my important goals, if I am going to be on the computer I need to exercise for at least 30 minutes.  Oops. As you will see below, I didn't do well.

We also had Hannah's birthday this past week, which means birthday cake.  I was so proud of myself for refusing to eat the ice cream, and then I went and sneaked quite a bit of frosting (homemade buttercream, I might add).  And it was our anniversary so we went out to eat.  Needless to say, not my best week this year.  Probably my worst.

I think I will never make that water consumption and nibbling chart.

Anyhow, I actually lost weight again this week.  Unfortunately I didn't meet those intermediate goals I was aiming for.  

This week's weight:

I don't think I will lose 5.5 pounds by tomorrow.

Last week's weight:

A .9 pound loss with all this great exercise:

Starting weight Spring In2 Action Challenge: 237.7

Previous Weight: 226.4

Today's Weight: 225.5

Weight Loss This Week: - .9

Total Loss Since started Challenge: 12.2 pounds

Total Loss since weight loss journey got serious on December 13th 2010: 36.4

Measurements didn't really change this week.

As this challenge is ending I wanted to let everybody know about my new challenge I am going to be hosting in May.  A while back I won the book Chicken Soup for the Soul: Shaping The New You from a giveaway that, funnily enough, my current buddy Emy from Wannabe Fit Moms was hosting.  I ended up with 2 copies of the book and would love to offer the extra one as a prize.  I don't want to just do a giveaway, so I decided, as the two challenges I was involved with are ended, I would offer up my own challenge.  This challenge will start May 1st. I will be posting the details shortly, so check back soon and sign up to win a copy of this encouraging book!!  If there are enough participants I will consider a offering a second prize.  Hope to see you here in May.

Can't wait to see how everyone did as this current challenge comes to a close.  Will be visiting shortly.

I am also linking up with 

Spring In2 Action Challenge: Week 5

  Time to weigh in and check in with Spring In2 Action over a The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans.

I didn't have a very good week this week.  I mentioned last week about the headaches that I thought might be related to the green tea.  I definitely seemed to be more sensitive to the caffeine this week, so I didn't drink as much green tea.  I found myself snacking a lot more and on junkier things than I have been.  I also didn't get as much exercise in.

Still have to make that water consumption and nibbling chart.  Should have had it for this past week, I may have done better.

Anyhow, I actually lost weight again this week.  Unfortunately it was only .5 so I am now doubting the ability to even make my Wii Fit goal.  Definitely not getting down to 220 by my birthday.  

Starting weight Spring In2 Action Challenge: 237.7

Previous Weight: 226.9

Today's Weight: 226.4

Weight Loss This Week: - .5

Total Loss Since started Challenge: 11.3 pounds

Total Loss since weight loss journey got serious on December 13th 2010: 35.5

Measurements are down another 2 1/2 inches.

This week's weight:

Last week's weight.

And I am noticing that by my math I lost .5, but according to the Wii fit board I lost .4.  I'll take my calculation. 

As I mentioned, not a lot of exercise this week.  I only used the Biggest Loser: The Workout DVD a couple of times.  That low intensity work out is quite intense for me.  It's the lunges and crunches that I find hard and wear me out.  

Here's hoping for a better week this week.

I am also linking up with 

Spring In2 Action Challenge: Week 4

  Time to weigh in and check in with Spring In2 Action over a The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans.

I had a much better week than last week.  I didn't really get the munchies, surprisingly.  I have had a lot of excess energy too.  I found myself dancing around the living room several times.  One day the girls were watching a Leap Frog DVD and I was jogging and dancing to the music.  Not sure if I am going crazy, if it's the extra caffeine from having 2 cups of green tea a day or what.  Unfortunately today I am really light headed and I am not sure if it is from the caffeine or not.

I mentioned my plan to make myself a water consumption chart and food nibbling record to hang on the fridge. Still have to do that.

Anyhow, I actually lost weight again this week.  I am so excited, though I doubt I will reach 220 by my birthday, I will probably meet my WiiFit goal as I only have to lose another 3 pounds or so.

Starting weight Spring In2 Action Challenge: 237.7

Previous Weight: 229.9

Today's Weight: 226.9

Weight Loss This Week: -3

Total Loss Since started Challenge: 10.8 pounds

Total Loss since weight loss journey got serious on December 13th 2010: 35

Measurements are down another 6 3/4 inches from the beginning of this month, down 14 3/4 inches total. Hubby mentioned I was probably bloated last week as I was only down 2 last week.  Wasn't thinking it was at that time of the month already, but it was.  I was so glad I didn't have to weigh in Saturday, because it is usually the first couple of days that my weight goes up, which was the problem last month.

I don't think the Wii Board knows how to add.  It is always off by .1

I love seeing that downward slope.

Last week's weight:

This week's weight

Woohoo!

Exercise was a tad better:

I don't even have everything recorded.  We have The Biggest Loser: The Workout rented from Netflix.  My son has been using it more than I have actually.  Wow, I had a hard time getting through the "low intensity" workout.  The menu is a little confusing.  It says for weeks 1-3 we are to alternate Workout 1 and 3.  And for weeks 2-4 we are to alternate Workout 2 and 4.  We are wondering if the second part should say weeks 4-6 because it is supposed to be a 6 week program.  This thing has a lot of squats and lunges which are hard for me.  Especially the lunges, I never have been able to get my back leg bent far enough to the ground.  Anyway, I used it 2 days and neither day did I finish the workout.  It was a time thing.  I have been glad to get outside for a walk a couple of times too.  

Here are some pictures:

This one is from the end of last month

This is from today:

Spring In2 Action Challenge: Week 3

  Time to weigh in and check in with Spring In2 Action over a The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans.

In my last post I mentioned the temptations I had given into.  The nibbles didn't really go away all week, though I didn't really keep getting into the really bad snacks.  I also had trouble getting exercise done.  I know I had two days where I did do my DVD but forgot to add it to my log.  And I took a 1 mile walk around town yesterday and forgot to add it.  Other than that my exercise isn't very impressive.  The ironic thing is, my foot is much better. In fact we have danced around the living room a few times and I was actually hopping and jumping.  I haven't been able to lift off the floor for a while!

Surprisingly though, I actually lost weight.  Not sure how, but I'll take it!!!

I plan to make myself a water consumption chart and food nibbling record to hang on the fridge.  Gotta start doing a better job keeping track.  I am not even going to attempt to journal everything I eat.  Too much going on as it is.  

Here is this week's weight:

Down from last week!!!

Somehow accomplished with this unimpressive exercise:

Starting weight Spring In2 Action Challenge: 237.7

Previous Weight: 233.5

Today's Weight: 229.9

Weight Loss This Week: -3.6

Total Loss Since started Challenge: 7.8 pounds

Total Loss since weight loss journey got serious on December 13th 2010: 32

Measurements are down another 2 inches from the beginning of this month, down 8 inches total.

Spring In2 Action Challenge: Week 2

  Time to weigh in and check in with Spring In2 Action over a The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans.

Well this week was far from stellar.  Must I post?    Okay, fine, if you insist.

I have definitely had a hard time meeting my goals this week.  

Here are my goals from the beginning of the year. I haven't really looked at them recently, so lets see how I am doing as we are now in the middle of March.

• Go to bed by 11pm   Nope, midnight still seems to be the best I can do.
• Wake up and read the Old Testament reading from The NIV Daily Bible I have got to start doing this. But because I wake up later than I want I don't take the time to do this.  The way it is right now, trying to get my exercise in, we are not ready for our day until around 10am.  What with having to eat breakfast, clean up, brush teeth and hair.  Gotta get to bed by 11 and set my alarm I guess, because this goal is too important to neglect.
• Use the Wii Fit Plus (my routine is currently 20 minutes of Yoga and Strength and 30-40 minutes of Aerobics, depending upon the children of course)  I have been getting the Yoga and Strength done everyday minus one.  But some days that is all I get in.  I have had a hard time getting the extra exercise in this week.  And when I do it has been the Wii aerobics, like the step and boxing which is obviously not enough.  Need to fit in that DVD!
• Be more active with the children (dancing, chasing around, park in the spring, walks when it warms up) Let's see, we danced a couple of days this week.  
• Read my New Testament and Psalms/Proverbs readings from The NIV Daily Bible at nap time, plus my Blogging to Bible Study challenge. Okay, have not been doing this either.  And I have never found out any more about the Blogging to Bible Study challenge, not sure what happened with it.
• Possibly get some exercise in during nap time (but I will use this time for blogging too). Probably my Aerobics DVD, or a walk in good weather.  Hoping to get a Step DVD with taxes. None this week.
• Eat at least one salad a day. Haven't met this goal this week.
• Cut way back on sweets. Again, not my best week.  We have that Biggest Loser Cookbook from the library and I have been trying to use recipes from it.  Unfortunately I have also made some desserts, which would be okay if I limit them to lunch time like I was supposed to but we have had snacks after dinner.  Ooops.
• Get up and clean or walk or something while I wait for the slow computer to load, instead of twiddling my thumbs. Ooops
• I am looking into the 16 Week Challenge in my book by the First Place author Carole Lewis titled Back on Track. Not doing this after all.
• No food after dinner, I will allow myself a dessert occasionally, but it has to by at dinner time. Yes, I know I said above that I don't allow myself dessert after dinner but here it says I do.  I changed this goal after posting these goals. I have been faithful to not actually eating after dinner is done though.
• No late night snacking. Check.
• Drink lots of water, including 2 glasses full before each meal. Not my best week for remembering water before the meals.

My goal is to lose at least 60 pounds by the end of 2011. I think I will be able to do more than that now, seeing how well I have done during the past 2 1/2 months. I do realize the weight won't come off as easily or as fast as I keep losing.  I started the year at 257.3, have lost 24.8 pounds already.  I'd love to accomplish a 10 pound loss each month, but I don't think that is realistic as I keep losing weight. I would love to try to lose another 70 pounds by the end of the year.  

My short term goal is to lose 10 pounds by the end of the Power of One Challenge on February 23rd. Well, I surpassed that.  

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I really wasn't sure how I was going to do this week.  I know I still haven't been doing as much exercise as I was because of my foot, though it has improved greatly.  And somehow along the way I have gotta away from some of my other goals. I haven't been very faithful at getting my exercise in twice a day.  I have been spending more time sitting at the computer again.  And still haven't managed to get to bed by 11pm.  Midnight is about the best I seem to do.  I use the excuse that I have my uninterrupted computer time after the children are finally settled down for the night.  I really don't know how I spend so much time online though.  Gotta work on that bedtime this week.

I have snacked more this week than I had been.  Especially while getting meals ready.  Sometimes I catch myself and pour myself a glass of water.  Gotta remember the water first.   

I did not reach my intermediate goal for Wii Fit, so now I am questioning my ability to be down to 220 by my birthday.  We'll see.

Here is this week's weight:

It's up from last week:

However, looking at the last two weeks, perhaps I lost too much last week?  I know, I'm reaching.  Still shouldn't have gained.

Definitely haven't been getting very much exercise in. Oops, I did do my DVD this morning, forgot to log it in.

Starting weight Spring In2 Action Challenge: 237.7

Previous Weight: 232.8

Today's Weight: 233.5

Weight Loss This Week: + .7

Total Loss Since started Challenge: 4.2 pounds

Total Loss since weight loss journey got serious on December 13th 2010: 28.4

Not sure about my measurements this week.

The funny thing is, I heard from my buddy Emy yesterday and she gained as well.  Not sure what we were thinking.

Spring In2 Action Challenge: Week 2

Okay, it is that time of the week already.  Time to weigh in and check in with Spring In2 Action over a The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans.  I labeled last week as week 1, though they have this week as week 1.  A little confused, but aren't I always.  I'm just going to keep mine the way it is so as to not confuse myself further.

I really wasn't sure how I was going to do this week.  I know I still haven't been doing as much exercise as I was because of my foot.  And somehow along the way I have gotta away from some of my other goals.  I haven't been exercising twice a day, just once in the morning.  I have been spending more time sitting at the computer again.  And still haven't managed to get to bed by 11pm.  Midnight is about the best I seem to do.  I use the excuse that I have my uninterrupted computer time after the children are finally settled down for the night.  I really don't know how I spend so much time online though.  Gotta work on that bedtime this week.

I have snacked more this week than I had been.  Especially while getting meals ready.  Sometimes I catch myself and pour myself a glass of water.  Gotta remember the water first.  

I thought I was doing well with my meals the way they are.  Then I was reading The Biggest Loser Cookbook that I got out of the library.  According to the book, The Biggest Loser diet consists of 3 meals and 2 snacks. I know they are not the only ones who say that several small meals are better than 3 larger meals.  Maybe following that will help the nibbling.  So does anyone know if it would be wrong to share that recipe here on my blog?

Speaking of the cookbook, last night I made a beef roast in the crock pot and we had Parmesan Roasted Cauliflower, which is a recipe I found in the book.  Unfortunately our small town market does not carry reduced fat grated parmesan cheese, so I used the regular.  It was really tasty though, even though hubby thought it needed more pepper and the children thought it needed less.  Looking forward to another recipe out of the book in a couple of nights to complement our baked fish.  

I also tried to up my green tea intake to 2 cups a day.  Two problems though.  One- I think it may be too much caffeine.  Two- I am finding it hard to find a time to fit it in and get my water.  Gonna try again this week. If it doesn't work I will go back to the one cup as it does seem to be helping me burn fat.

Here are the results of this week:

I am down to 232.8!  That is about where I started my weight loss journey several years before meeting my hubby.  I had gotten down in the  170's at that point and had put on lots of weight after getting married and having three children so close together and not losing the weight in between babies.  My highest weight was 261 back in Dec and I never, ever, ever want to go back there.  I am thrilled to be back in the 230's and can't wait to see the weight come off some more.

Last week's weight

And that loss was achieved without all the exercise I was doing a few weeks ago, before the foot injury.

Here's what I do most.  I have had to do away with some of my favorite strength exercises for the time being because of not being able to balance on one foot at a time.

I know it doesn't seem like I could do a run. I didn't really. Amelia wanted to do it with me, so I sort of walked and swung my arms (aka the wii mote) back and forth.

I'm within reach of my intermediate goal for the WiiFit. I need to lose 1.5 pounds by next week.  I think 220 by my birthday is doable.

And here is precious Hannah, thinking she needs to exercise.

Actually she is practicing her standing!! (Had to share)

Starting weight Spring In2 Action Challenge: 237.7

Previous Weight: 236.6

Today's Weight: 232.8

Weight Loss This Week: 3.8 pounds

Total Loss Since started Challenge: 4.9 pounds

Total Loss since weight loss journey got serious on December 13th 2010: 29.1

And I lost 6 1/2 inches this week!

Spring In2 Action Challenge: Week 1

Well it is the start of another challenge over at Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans. It is called Spring In2 Action and I am so excited to be participating.  This time I am not going this alone.  We were to sign up with a buddy.  So, I joined up with Emy, another mom blogger who I have become bloggy friends with.  I had no idea she was starting a weight loss journey and I am so glad we are both participating in the same challenges.

We were given the option of choosing a name for our team.  Emy suggested a few different names and I really loved "Wannabe Fit Moms."  So that is what we are.  She must really of loved the name, as her blog has been renamed Wannabe Fit Moms, head on over and check it out.

I am looking forward to continuing to implement the tips I have learned both at the Sisterhood and Plus Size Bloggers in this journey.  And I am looking forward to learning new tips. I am also looking forward to making new friends and encouraging one another.

I started out this challenge at 237.7, the weight I recorded at the end of the last challenge.
My current weight is 236.6.
I would love to be able to lose at least another 15 pounds by the end of this challenge, as this is a 6 week challenge.  Technically it began yesterday, March 2 and it ends April 13th.  What a great birthday present that would be to myself, to be down to 220, so I need a loss of 16.6 pounds by the end of this challenge.  My birthday is the 14th.  So, if I make this goal, any ideas what I should give myself for my birthday?

Of course another goal is to get myself out of the "obese" category.  That will not happen this challenge, but I will be ever so much closer to that goal.