Week # 14 completed on WW .....-2.2 loss ....WOOOHOOOOO!!!

Another loss of -2.2 lbs ...I am psyched and soooo excited about my newfound lifestyle :) I can't believe how well I have been doing , it's definantly a NSV for me to be on WW this long and still going strong!! I don't want to give up on myself anymore and this is a WONDERFUL feeling!!

Last week I didn't post because I got busy ...but my loss last week was -0.4 ...not as much as this week but hey it's still a loss and I am moving forward each week so this is a good thing!! In the 14 weeks I have been on WW I have not had a gain although I have had two maintains but I don't think that is bad at all.

I am finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel ....I can taste it!! Right now I am participating in Chubby Chick's Christmas Challenge and my goal is to lose 40 lbs. by Christmas day and even if I don't get to that goal I will still be happy with the weight I have lost while on this wonderful challenge!! I have 15.2 lbs. to go to meet that challenge and I am working hard to get to that goal by Christmas day but if I don't make it I am not going to let it ruin what I did accomplish :)

My total weight loss since starting WW is -24.8 lbs. and to me that is one HUGE accomplishment so far!! I am starting to LOVE me again :) It's like I can do anything now!!

My goals for this week:

* To stay within my daily points each day this week so I can have my extra flex points for Thanksgiving day :)

* To keep up drinking the water

* To lose at least 2 lbs. this week :)

WI Day .......lost 1.2 lbs......broke the 350 mark ...:)

Hi everyone! I am still here it's just been one of those busy weeks where I couldn't get enough time for even myself. Well today was my official WI day and I lost 1.2 lbs ......yipppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!! Even though I was aiming for at least a 5 lb. loss I am NOT DISAPPOINTED in the least. A loss is a loss and at least I didn't maintain again :) I broke through the 350's and that was one of my goals and I DID IT :)

Some things I have noticed since starting the WW plan again is I have sooooo much ENERGY and I really feel GOOD physically, mentally and emotionally! But I am doing well and staying OP and practicing healthy habits so those are all really great NSV's too!!

My goals for this week are:

* To lose at least 3 lbs. this week :) I know I CAN DO IT!!

* To drink my water on the weekends (I have a hard time with this one but it seems to ONLY be on the weekends and I think it's because I am so out of routine but I really want to concentrate on this one)

* To concentrate on eating healthier choices such as good carbs and not the bad carbs and good fats.

Well I hope everyone is doing great this weekend!! This week has been so hectic that I haven't even checked on others blogs but I promise I will catch up on that this weekend. I hope everyone has another LOSER WEEK!!

WI Day / Disappointed But Ok with the maintain

Well today was my official WI day and although the news is disappointing I will NOT GIVE UP!! The good news is I did not gain but I maintained. This is my second week to maintain and I have stayed OP for both weeks so I am thinking that either I am in a serious plateau or I am consuming to many carbs. I know that this is normal and I can't lose every single week but it's still kind of disappointing!

But I do have an NSV to share :) The "OLD" me would have clearly given up and said the "hell with this" BUT the "NEW" me is NOT GIVING UP :) This is a great NSV breakthrough for me so I am very happy and proud of myself for this. I am in this for the long haul and I WILL get to goal but I do know that it's not going to come off overnight because I didn't get this heavy overnight.

On the upside my clothes do feel looser on so that is a plus! And my boyfriend gave me the best compliment ever and said that I looked thinner in the face and stomach so that made me SUPER happy to hear it coming from him :) So all in all even though I maintained again for the second week in a row I am UNUSUALLY HAPPY :) This just tells me that I am doing this right this time around and that is an accomplishment in itself :)

I hope everyone is having a GREAT weekend and let's all have a LOSER WEEK :)

Goals for this week:

* To break the 350 mark ...I know it will happen this week :)

* To watch my carb intake and eat higher protein choices :)

* To watch my salt intake , the less salt the better :)

HYC Update

I can't believe another week has already gone by ....it is going by fast! This year seems to be going by fast as well. I am already on week #5 with WW and I think I have done well :) I have NOT gained any weight in the five weeks of starting WW again and this past week I did't lose any weight but just stayed the same so I am happy with that :) With Hurricane Ike hitting us here in Houston I really thought that counting points was going to be near impossible but I did it and I am very proud of myself for that :) I am not sure why I didn't lose this week because I stayed within my points.

My goals for this week:

* To break the 350's and be under 350 lbs. :)

* To get more veggies in

* To maintain the amount of water I am drinking (100 oz. daily)

I just know that this is going to be a good week for us all :) Happy LOSER week to all!

Down some more...........WOOOHOOOOO!!

Well I am down some more and I am happy about this loss since this week has been the week from hell! I survived Hurricane Ike so I am alive and well and VERY thankful for that! I was determined to NOT go off WW during this whole ordeal and I think I am doing pretty well with that. The boyfriend and I evacuated AFTER hurricane Ike came through because of no power. As of today we still have NO POWER which really sucks but at least we are alive and well and no damage was caused to our home. We have alot to be thankful for :)

We are expected to get power back by Monday at the end of the day so that is good news as well. We have been staying with my parent's who got power back right after the storm so at least we have been staying cool and comfortable......it could be much worse! So things are kind of crazy but soon all will be back to normal and we will be back in our own routines. We both have been out of work for a week so it's been kind of like a mini vacation that we both needed. Things should be back to normal by next week so I am happy about that. This week has been very stressful and the one thing that has been the least stressful is my DIETING ....which is weird but it has been amazingly easy to stay OP.

I hope everyone is doing good ......and I promise I will catch up on reading others blogs and also next week I will sign into my christmas challenge as well as the healthy you challenge. Good to be back here :)

HYC UPDATE

Just a quick HYC update! Well this past week I lost another 2 lbs. as I stated in an earlier post. I am happy that I have lost a total of 10 lbs. since my start with WW and I think that this is a good start. I am still VERY motivated which is a good thing and this time I just know I will make it to my goal weight because I have changed my way of thinking and my mind set is where it's supposed to be :)

This week's Goals:

Mini goal- at least 3 lbs. off :)

Try to get more veggies and fruits in my diet this week

I am still working on the excercise thing ....I just HATE excercise but I know it's an important part of suceeding in weight loss so I am going to implement some type of excercise I just don't know what yet.

Well I hope everyone has another great week and let's all make it another LOSER WEEK :)

Healthy You Challenge week # 35

Since starting back with my WW lifestyle change and the Healthy You Challenge I have really felt good about myself and what I am trying to achieve :) This weekend I kind of messed up but you know what I did differently? Instead of giving up just because I went over in points on a couple of days I said to myself , "No I am NOT going to give up" So I just picked myself back up and went back to counting my points today and have been on track all day :) This is a breakthrough for me because before I would have just said "The hell with it" but this time I TOOK CONTROL and it feels soooo GOOD :)

Well my first week back on WW and back with the Healthy You Challenge I lost 8.8 lbs. I was VERY happy with myself and with those results. Even though I know I won't get those results every week it is good to know that I can lose that much on some weeks. This week I am striving towards at least another 5 lbs. off but if it's only 1 or 2 lbs. off then I will be happy with that too. I am just so happy with all of the breakthroughs I am having. I am a big time emotional eater and that is what usually destroys my weight loss efforts and it is really frustrating to deal with. I have a certain mind set now and so far it's working , not perfect but it's working :)

My goals for this week are to:

* start excercising (this is a hard one for me )

* eat more fruits and veggies ( I find myself not eating as healthy as I should be only because it's easy to just count points on junk food as it is on healthy food but I want to get out of this bad habit)

I hope everyone is having a GREAT WEEK :) Let's make this another LOSER WEEK for us all!! I promise I will get up to date on reading as many blogs as I can and commenting , I am behind on that but I will get caught up :)

WI Day # 1

Wooooooooohooooo I lost 8 lbs. I am soooo psyched about this! I know this is just the start but it's a GOOD START :) I knew I had stayed OP faithfully all week but I didn't think that I was going to see that type of number on my first WI. I am VERY HAPPY with myself :) I am 32 lbs. away from my Christmas Goal and that makes me feel soooo good. This is attainable and I KNOW I CAN DO THIS!! I am DOING THIS NOW!! It feels sooooooooo good to be back in CONTROL instead of food being in control over me!

I changed up my weight loss ticker because originally I had what I previously lost with WW but I decided that this is a NEW START for me on WW and I have recommitted to losing this weight and I AM NOT GOING BACK!! There is NO GOING BACK NOW! I am going to STICK with this program because it works and because I want to get to goal soooo badly that I can taste it (no pun intended). I want my life back as I knew it when I was 170 lbs. and I am GOING TO GET THAT BACK!!

I am going to make some goals to work on for this week:

**Mini goal- lose at least 5 lbs. this week so I can say GOODBYE to 350's FOREVER!! I have already said GOODBYE to the 360's FOREVER ...WOOOOOHOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

**Tell myself "I know I can" instead of "I think I can" because I AM DOING THIS!!

**Try to keep my snack points a little lower than I did this past week

Good luck to all my blogger friends!!!!!!!! I hope everyone has a GREAT LOSER WEEK :)

Healthy You Challenge Update Week #34

Hi Everyone,

I am glad to be back FINALLY :) Took me long enough. I had to really do some soul searching and decide if losing weight was really that IMPORTANT to me. I decided that it definantly is VERY IMPORTANT to me and my health so here I am. This time I am going to get this done and not quit. This time I am not going to allow personal problems, work stress or family stress STOP me from obtaining my goal.

Since I left back in Feb. 08 I did continue on my WW plan and didn't do to bad. But unfortunatley due to all the stress in my life I let my self slide and gain A LOT back :( So I am starting all over but at least I am here and haven't given up! I am now back on WW and doing good for only my 2nd day OP. I feel good :) Before I decided to lose this weight for good I had to re-evaulate why I failed the last time so I could fix it and NOT do it again.

*I DID NOT drink enough water and alot of the reason why I felt hungry alot.

*I got on the scale TO MUCH and drove myself batty because everytime I would see a gain I got VERY discouraged.

*I ate within my point values of WW BUT I ate the wrong foods which were not only unhealthy but full of fat and in the end I would end up being hungry.

*I also ate to many CARBS which isn't good since I am carb sensitive and all this did was again make me HUNGRY!

These are the mistakes I made the last time I tried WW. But now I know and I won't be repeating the same patterns again. So here are my NEW GOALS:

* I WILL drink ALL my water (around 100 oz. per day)

* I WILL ONLY weigh myself ONCE a week (my WI day will be Saturdays)

*I WILL eat healthier foods and high protein/low carb options.

Long-term Goal: To lose 40 lbs. by December 25, 2008 (I joined Chubby Chick's Christmas Challenge)

Short-term Goal: To lose 10 lbs. by 2nd WI day which is September 6, 2008

Wish me luck everyone!!!!

Weigh In Day

Well today is my WI day and I am so proud of myself because I didn't step on the scale once this week so that is something because I am truly a scale addict LOL. Well I lost 1 pound ....which is better than maintaining or gaining so I am happy with that :) I thought I would have lost more than that but at least it's a loss and I am happy :)

I lost 8 inches off my body so maybe that is why I didn't see much of a loss on the scale, not sure if that can happen so that is just a wild guess!! This week I did very well with keeping within my calorie range and I didn't cheat once so I am happy that I achieved that this week. I know I will have bad days but it's those days that keep me from achieveing what I want to see on the scale each week therefore I tell myself "Michelle do you really want that piece of cake, it will keep you from your goals"....the positive self-talk has really helped me this week and I am going to keep using it as a tool to help me during those times of weakness!

I achieved all my goals this past week very succesfully ...here is the recap:

* I didn't give into cravings (woooooohooooo)

* I didn't give into emotional eating

* I stayed within my calorie range

*I drank all my water (100 oz. daily)

Overall I did well and I am proud of how hard I worked and achieved small successes :) Every week I lose is a small success in my eyes and it brings me that much closer to my Ultimate Goal of getting down to 250 lbs. by Jan. 1, 2009 :) Now if I get more weight off then great but if I only get the 100 lbs. off then that is a AWESOME SUCCESS!!!!!

The goals I have set up for this coming week are as follows :

* To say goodbye to the 340's once and for all ....,I know I can do this :)

* To get off at least 3 lbs. this week , if I lose more than GREAT!!

* Of course get more excercise in ( I have a hard time with this one but I am working on it).

So I think that all these goals are very achieveable and I will have SUCCESS!! Happy Losing everyone :)

Weigh In Day

Well I am NOT going to be discouraged ....at least that is what I keep telling myself. The good news is I DID NOT GAIN this week , but the bad news is I didn't lose either :( I am really not sure why I didn't lose this week but I am sure I can figure it out if I really just sit down and think a little. The end of this week was a bad one as far as keeping within my calories so that probably is some of it ....so it's a good thing I didn't gain because I should have. My boyfriend was really sweet this morning when I got off that scale in tears , he was like "Sweetie it's ok , your doing great and don't give up"!! He always seems to know what to say at a time of crisis and I am very blessed to have him in my life , he is such a sweetheart and a good motivatoer and supporter and he has never once gotten upset with me because I didn't lose or because I gained :)

This is my plan for this week .......

* I am going to actually count my calories instead of points , to see where I stand with WW as far as calorie wise. They don't tell you how many calories you are consuming because it goes by points but it will be interesting to see how many calories I am consuming.

* I am going to drink more water this week ...I have been drinking the minimum 64 oz. per day but I am going to up that to at least 100 oz. per day!

* Excercise, Excercise, Excercise......I am going to do more of it :)

So that is my plan , because I am going to lose weight this week no matter what it takes. I am more than determined at this point and I have come to a crossroads that this is more for my health than for just "looking good" ...although I want to look good too :)