Skipped a beat

WELL WAHOO!!!

Not only did I "break the barrier", I did it by two pounds! I'm SO happy. I'm totally ahead of schedule having lost -25!!!!! It's so awesome to look at my white board and see that I got to -20 only 3 weeks prior. awesommmeeeeee!!!

Notably, I was *really* good this week. I was bad last week which kicked me back into gear, so this was really exciting. Yee! but since I hit this marker on the 31st of May, if I get back on track I might not hit 30 until July. Booooo 2 Mays and no June? Or maybe I'll hit 30 on my birthday (June 29th-- ... which isn't a monday XD) I walked 5 times this week, 4 miles. I was either at or went under my points all week. But I still took my flex points for my sisters party.

Yee I'm so happy. I need to go to Old Navy and buy new jeans soon. My 20's are getting TOO BIG! (finally, but I should have been in 22 from the get go)

Total Loss: 25/80

Did the beat stop?

Blah! I maintained this week, but with good reason. I have not been on my best diet behavior. But in my defense a lot of stress has been going on in my family, plus my own personal stress, but I don't like to use that an excuse, so here I am. I neither lost nor gained and getting closer (hopefully) to that lovely "barrier" I'm hoping to get past. Well I shall go back to doing my darnedest, and hopefully I'll have lost and gone past -23. :)

Until next week.

Total Loss: 22/80

And the beat goes on...

Welcome to another week where I tell you how my weight loss is going. :)

So last week we hit 20. Wow! What an accomplishment :) I really should recognize myself for how well I'm going. I honestly can't believe it. It feels like I just started yesterday. But at the same time its a little discouraging. My mom has been losing weight, and my sister too and they're starting to have to get smaller clothes. Why aren't I?

Well I actually have an answer for that and its no excuse.

Like I've mentioned in previous weeks, "I was at this weight at this time and blah blah" and I had gotten down to about -25 (a la this journey, at that time it was -12 I think.) last year and I had gotten a whole buncha new clothes then. So all in all, i'm in the right place. My clothes are fitting me correctly now. haha. I put on a pair of jeans last week that I couldn't even button when I started and I wore them out to the grocery store because they fit so well!! It was very very exciting for me.

At this point you probably think I'm rambling because I haven't lost any weight. You would be incorrect!!! I lost smack-dab 2 lbs. :) keep it up, me!

Total Loss: 22/80

Milestones!

Well, I delightfully tell you that we've (the royal we?) completed 1/4 of the weight loss journey!!!

Finally hit 20 lbs! lordie, so basically... I'm right where I was around this time last year. Its kinda sad that I gained 20 lbs over the course of a year... with diets randomly thrown in there.

But in 3 lbs I hit what I call "the barrier" this is where I plateau. every. single. time. So please be with me during the next few weeks to see if I triumph over it or if it takes me down, and if it does please don't let me fall.

Oh so here's my funny story for the week. So yesterday was mother's day, right? My sister couldn't come but my brother in law, Stewart did, my Aunt came and my Gran came, along with my father, mother and I. All well and good I didn't really take Grans off-hand comment about how I shouldn't snack to much before dinner (crackers and cheese... yaaay) too seriously, but dessert came after dinner (duh?) and we had poppyseed roll and icecream, now seeing as it was a special day I used this weeks flex points (i kinda had to, as we ordered out from a restaurant) and so i took more than my usual 1/2 cup of ice-cream (it was probably no more than a 3/4 cup though) and two (small) pieces of roll and this, *this* is when gran pipes in and says "You're supposed to be reducing your intake. Your dress barely fit. You don't want to gain." She must have been referring to the dress I wore on easter which, notably was a little snug. But I, who is having bonding time with aunt-flow, was not having any of that. I politely said "You mean I don't look like I've lost almost 20 lbs?" I genuinely sounded concerned, but then I kind snarkily said, "I think I can indulge a little bit when I want to." My aunt backed me up, but nothing more was said, thankfully. haha. I should put on my dress, it's been almost 10 lbs since I wore it... haha!

Note: I do love my gran, but after all my dieting it irks me if someone tells me I'm eating too much. I *plan* my flex points days, the least people can do is let me enjoy it.

Until next time!

Total Loss: 20/80

Back on Track!

Alright! Huzzah huzzah! We lost 3 lbs this week, which basically makes up for lost time. I lost a pound after Rockport, gained it back and now I lost 3 so, averaging it out I lost 1 lb a week. But its still cool to see the 3lb jump. haha.

My dearest Deonna told me a couple days ago she was really able to tell (from the last time she saw me --weird!) that I'm losing. Which pretty much made my day.

Now I started working and I'm not sure how thats going to effect my weight loss or if it won't do anything. My experience in the past has been that I lose weight, but when I worked at Sears I priorly had been working with the BL Cardio Max DVD and not really getting anywhere. So maybe the work kicked the funk I was in. So! We shall see where this goes and needless to say I am THRILLED to be back on track! 2 more lbs till I hit 20!

I wanted to touch on something about passing -17lbs. Where I was at that (this?) particular weight was at the end of my sophomore year in college. Which, at the beginning of my Sopho year I. Looked. Good. and everytime I hit this weight(going down, not up) I remember how I looked at the beginning of that year and it gives me a little hope. Is that weird? Probably.

Until next week,

Jane

Total Loss: 18/80