FML

I have to admit I am feeling a little failed by all my efforts to lose weight. I work out so hard and try my best to eat right, but yet I am not losing. My body still looks much the same to me as well. I know many people say not to depend on the number on the scale, but it is hard not to. I never measured myself, which I probably should have. I just never remember quite where to do the measuring! I just don't get it. I always read "Success Stories" about people who have lost weight and they seem to always do it so effortlessly. "I walked on the treadmill 30 minutes a day for a month and lost 30 pounds!" Seriously, screw you. Just needed to vent my anger a little I guess.

New attempt at weight loss

This past week I have been using a new website called www.myfitnesspal.com. It is really user-friendly. I just enter in all the foods I eat for the day along with what exercise I have done and it calculates how many calories I should be eating based on that information. For a while now people have been telling me that I don't eat enough, so I am going to give this a whirl and see how it goes. Wish me luck!!

Wow

Okay seriously. I need to buckle down on this weight loss stuff. I keep going up on the scale instead of going down. This is ridiculous!! I know that exercise is not the problem. I work out almost every single day for 30 - 90 minutes. I have also been making an effort to change up the work outs I do. So I am not concerned about that. It has to be my diet. I feel that I eat really well during the week. It is ALWAYS the weekend that screws me. There is always eating out, drinking, etc.. I know I need to drink less and eat out less. It just gets hard when we have plans all the time. I have to control myself whether I am with friends or not. That is the bottom line. Now if i can just follow my own advice....

Post Vacation Shape Up

So here I am post-vacation. Feeling rather heavy the past couple days I have to admit. We got in some activity most days, but not enough to cover all the eating and drinking. Time to get back on the wagon. I have started Jillian Michael's 30-Day shred DVD. It is killer! It is only a 20 minute workout, but it is tough! Jillian really pushes you along though and it is very helpful. I hope to get some good results! I will be weighing in for the first time since before I left this Wednesday and hope it isn't too bad!!

Frustrating!!

Another week of frustrations. I was up 0.3. I know that is tiny, but I really think I should be losing like crazy. I have been working out for almost 2 hours a day and still not seeing results. I have increased the amount of cardio and strength training I do, so I thought it would really boost my weight loss. I also really feel like I eat pretty well. I do have slip ups, but by no means are they ever that tremendous. ARGH!

I am going to start a new DVD called 30-Day Shred by Jillian Michaels from the Biggest Loser. My sister has done it and she said that it has changed her body dramatically, so I am going to give it a whirl. Why not, right?

On another note, I am going to Florida in 4 days! WOOHOO!! I am sure I will suffer some gains while I am there, but I will be back on it when I get back. Hopefully I will see some losses at the end of this month.

Another disappointing weigh in

I weighed in today and was only down 0.2. It is a loss, but god, why so small?! I have increased my workouts and have been pretty careful with what I have been eating. The first time I did WW, it seemed like the weight was just falloing off. This time I am having a hell of a time!! Is my body used to WW? Maybe I need to rethink my whole weight loss strategy......Hmm.

Fricking lame

This post is going to be the complete opposite of my last one I hate to say. I was up one pound today which is super frustrating when I was down 3 pounds last week. What gives? I didn't do that bad over the past weekend and I am still using the elliptical in the mornings in addition to my lunchtime workout. Which equates to be about 50 - 70 minutes of exercise a day. That includes both cardio and strength training. Ugh, not quite sure what else I can do to lose weight! Hopefully next week will be better.

Fricking awesome

I am down 3 pounds today! I am so happy I could shit! I firmly believe I owe it to using the elliptical in the morning. I have been getting up early and working out for 20 minutes the past 3 days. It is a small tweak, but it sure seemed to pay off. I am going to keep it going and see how I do next week! :D

I did it!!

I got up this morning and used the elliptical! Granted I was going to begin this like 2 weeks ago, but I got sick right after the New Year. I was also waiting to get new shoes, but stupid Kohl's hasn't had any really good sales on shoes yet. What are they waiting for?! So right now I am just going to have to keep lugging one pair of shoes around until I have 2 pairs for working out. Pretty annoying, but worth it!

New Years Resolutions

Yes, I know I make these every year and never seem to quite follow through with them. This year will be different, I promise!! Here goes!

1. I want to work out for at least 30 minutes every day with a break here and there. If I can do more than 30, great. But if I don't do more, the minimum is 30 no matter what. (I will be starting this as soon as I get over my cold!)

2. I want to run in at least one 5k this spring/summer/fall. At some point in 2009 I am going to enter a race.

3. I want to stay on track with WW. I am never going to lose the weight unless I control my cravings. The first step in losing weight is diet diet diet!!!

Wish me luck!!

The holidays ruin my diet

The past week has been the worst week ever for me. I drank the past 6 days straight and ate enough food to feed a small army. I do not feel well today. I feel really bloated and worry that I could possibly have gained back all the weight I have lost. Granted it was only around 6-7 pounds, but I don't want that back!

After the 1st of the year I am back on it 100% and then some. I am getting brand new shoes for working out so I can have a pair at home and a pair in my car. That way I can workout at the gym or at home and don't have to worry about forgetting my shoes. NO EXCUSES!! I am excited to "start over" after the holidays. They were rough!!!

Holy bad weekend batman!!

This was the worst weekend I have had in a long time! We ate out Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This will surely bite me in the ass later. I knew this time of year was going to be rough. I just hope I don't gain back the few pounds I have lost. That is my ultimate goal. I know I will be back in full force after the first of the year. I am definitely going to work out more and try harder to watch what I eat. No more excuses!! :)

Wine ruins my life

So I drank waaaaay too much yesterday at the holiday lunch. I did so well with the food, but then of course someone busted out some wine. I ended up drinking almost 2 whole bottles by myself. NOT NECESSARY. It was fun, but I am sure I am not going to love the repercussions from it. Why did there have to be wine there? There was beer, which is easy for me to turn away since I don't like it. This will likely be my downfall at weigh-in next week. Gotta learn to control myself better!!

Weigh In Day

Today is our WW group's weigh in day. I was down exactly 1 pound from last week so I am super stoked today! YAY! The bad news is that we have a holiday lunch today and tomorrow. So that could screw me over a bit. I am going to try and eat everything in moderation though. Tomorrow will be easy since it is Famous Dave's and I don't really like BBQ. I don't want to just eat cornbread though either...... ;)

Stupid period

I am so freaking bloated today I could puke. I hope this will be gone by tomorrow for my weigh in! That's all for today!

Weekend

I did pretty well this weekend! Yay! Only had some wine on Friday and the worst thing I ate was frozen pizza. Not too shabby. :) I also used the elliptical on Saturday and Sunday, which should hopefully help me out at weigh-in this week. The only thing that might weigh against me is that I got my period yesterday. UGH!!

I decided as soon as I get some new tennis shoes I am going to start waking up earlier and getting a short work out on the elliptical every morning. I wanted to start that this week, but I decided it might get annoying having to bring my shoes home from work every day to work out at home. I also get nervous that I might leave them at home and not be able to work out at lunch. So I am going to get some new shoes to bring to work and keep my old ones at home. That way I have a pair at both places I work out at.

UGH

This morning I was really hard on myself. I weighed myself, as I do every morning, and I was up a pound from yesterday! It drives me crazy!!!! How am I not losing weight when I watch what I eat and work out so much??? Life is not fair at all!!! So I was really getting down on myself about it. I need to learn how to deal with this better, but it is so hard when you are trying so hard!! :(

Okay, so I started a blog

So I thought maybe having a blog would help me on my weight loss journey. Maybe writing down my feelings and my progress would be inspirational? We'll see I guess. Plus my friend Mandy has been bugging my about blogging. So I decided to do it. :P

So I have been doing Weight Watchers ever since October 1st with a few other girls. So far I have lost 5 pounds. Not anywhere near as much as I wanted to lose by now, but we all have roadblocks, right?

I work out 6-7 days a week. My workouts times range from 25 minutes to 2 hours some days. I have started to become quite the jogger/runner. I never thought I could be a runner with my asthma, but now that I have it completely controlled, I am doing it! I have set a goal of doing a 5K this spring/summer, so that is keeping me motivated. Otherwise I use the elliptical, strength train and walk along with the running. I will use the stationary bike here and there, but I just feel like it doesn't burn as many calories as I would like it to.

I think, like most people, my biggest downfall is food. I seriously come from a long line of snackers. I swear that is what my family does best. Snack snack snack. I am trying to stop doing that. I do fairly well with it now. But I am a pizza lover and will never give it up. Sorry, I want to enjoy eating stuff once in a while. :) I have cut way back on my drinking too. I only drink on the weekends and try to keep it to one day a week if it is possible. Obviously weekend plans can screw that up, but it is better than how much I used to drink!

Okay, that is all for now. More laterz!