I weighed myself today and I'm down a pound. Technically 1.2 (hey gotta love that little tiny extra bit). I'm surprised I haven't lost more on my new braces liquid diet, but of course I also haven't exercised and I've indulged in a few milkshakes, so I'm probably lucky to be down at all.
I weighed myself today and I'm down a pound. Technically 1.2 (hey gotta love that little tiny extra bit). I'm surprised I haven't lost more on my new braces liquid diet, but of course I also haven't exercised and I've indulged in a few milkshakes, so I'm probably lucky to be down at all.
I weighed myself today and I'm down a pound. Technically 1.2 (hey gotta love that little tiny extra bit). I'm surprised I haven't lost more on my new braces liquid diet, but of course I also haven't exercised and I've indulged in a few milkshakes, so I'm probably lucky to be down at all.
Hey, I finally weighed myself and I'm down 2 lbs! Now my ticker (way down at the bottom) is actually accurate. I hadn't fixed it in a while and since I had gained a little weight, I just left it at a nice round number--yeah, I know I'm a cheat.
Anyway, since re-starting Body for Life (the eating plan, anyway) I've lost 2 lbs. That's not much considering I started 2 1/2 weeks ago or so (April 28th, to be precise). But please take into account that one week of that was the dreaded Time of the Month (which I personally only have every 3 months, thanks to my special pill--thank you special pill!)
So, I'm going to take it as a good thing and keep up the good work. Planning my week's eating ahead has been very helpful, even though I don't follow it rigidly. For instance, tonight instead of whatever I had planned (chicken breast & veggies, I think) I had a veggie pizza on whole wheat. Still healthy stuff. However, I realized later that I didn't have any protein with it--so perhaps not precisely a BFL meal.
Hey, I finally weighed myself and I'm down 2 lbs! Now my ticker (way down at the bottom) is actually accurate. I hadn't fixed it in a while and since I had gained a little weight, I just left it at a nice round number--yeah, I know I'm a cheat.
Anyway, since re-starting Body for Life (the eating plan, anyway) I've lost 2 lbs. That's not much considering I started 2 1/2 weeks ago or so (April 28th, to be precise). But please take into account that one week of that was the dreaded Time of the Month (which I personally only have every 3 months, thanks to my special pill--thank you special pill!)
So, I'm going to take it as a good thing and keep up the good work. Planning my week's eating ahead has been very helpful, even though I don't follow it rigidly. For instance, tonight instead of whatever I had planned (chicken breast & veggies, I think) I had a veggie pizza on whole wheat. Still healthy stuff. However, I realized later that I didn't have any protein with it--so perhaps not precisely a BFL meal.
Hey, I finally weighed myself and I'm down 2 lbs! Now my ticker (way down at the bottom) is actually accurate. I hadn't fixed it in a while and since I had gained a little weight, I just left it at a nice round number--yeah, I know I'm a cheat.
Anyway, since re-starting Body for Life (the eating plan, anyway) I've lost 2 lbs. That's not much considering I started 2 1/2 weeks ago or so (April 28th, to be precise). But please take into account that one week of that was the dreaded Time of the Month (which I personally only have every 3 months, thanks to my special pill--thank you special pill!)
So, I'm going to take it as a good thing and keep up the good work. Planning my week's eating ahead has been very helpful, even though I don't follow it rigidly. For instance, tonight instead of whatever I had planned (chicken breast & veggies, I think) I had a veggie pizza on whole wheat. Still healthy stuff. However, I realized later that I didn't have any protein with it--so perhaps not precisely a BFL meal.
Check out this article about how fast Jennifer Lopez is losing the weight post-twins. Yikes. This seems pretty extreme to me. Or maybe that's just because I didn't have a special team of professionals helping me by watching my kids, cooking for me, and leading my workouts after I had my last baby. Of course, the first 20-30 lbs are usually lost pretty quick--that whole birth thing helps with that. So I won't get whiny. I had big babies so I lost plenty of weight pretty quickly myself. Of course, my youngest is 2 1/2 and I still have weight to lose....
Check out this article about how fast Jennifer Lopez is losing the weight post-twins. Yikes. This seems pretty extreme to me. Or maybe that's just because I didn't have a special team of professionals helping me by watching my kids, cooking for me, and leading my workouts after I had my last baby. Of course, the first 20-30 lbs are usually lost pretty quick--that whole birth thing helps with that. So I won't get whiny. I had big babies so I lost plenty of weight pretty quickly myself. Of course, my youngest is 2 1/2 and I still have weight to lose....
Check out this article about how fast Jennifer Lopez is losing the weight post-twins. Yikes. This seems pretty extreme to me. Or maybe that's just because I didn't have a special team of professionals helping me by watching my kids, cooking for me, and leading my workouts after I had my last baby. Of course, the first 20-30 lbs are usually lost pretty quick--that whole birth thing helps with that. So I won't get whiny. I had big babies so I lost plenty of weight pretty quickly myself. Of course, my youngest is 2 1/2 and I still have weight to lose....
OK, the problem with that title is that I went to weigh in at Weight Watchers today and I actually did lose a pound. Of course, it had been at least 3 weeks since I’d weighed in.... Probably my sporadic meeting attendance is not helping weight loss, since those meetings really do seem helpful for keeping me interested in my weight loss program. Now that the kids are getting settled to school, I should be able to start going to meetings regularly and even staying for the whole meeting. Theoretically. I’m going to make the effort. The plan is to go on Mondays or Wednesdays while Ewan is in nursery school. I won’t be able to do that next week, however, since I’ll be in New York City Monday through Wednesday (woohoo!).
Another plan is to switch back to the Weight Watchers Flex plan. I like Core, but looking back at the last three months and my pitiful weight loss (seriously, I’ve lost like 3 pounds) I’m obviously not doing it very well. So I’ll go back to counting points and be strict with myself. I’m thinking I’ll still try to stick to a lot of Core foods but count the points. Hopefully I’ll be able to re-start cardio soon as my ankle heals. I can’t believe I’ve just kind of whistled my way through the last three months with so little weight loss, though like I mentioned in a previous post, I have gone down in clothing size, so it’s not all bad. Still, I think I can crank this up a bit and lose some actual weight before Halloween--so I can wear a smokin’ hot costume, of course. OK, maybe not smokin’ hot but at least not a chubby pumpkin costume.
Anyone else out there who wakes up and says, “Hey, what have I been doing all summer? How do I lose this weight?”
Note: Yes, the picture at the top is me just before my wedding in May 1999. Don’t ask about the hair--had a misunderstanding with the hairdresser--since when does “soft curls” translate to “tight ringlets”? Plus I never wear my bangs that way. I should really try to get over it, I know. Gorgeous flowers, though. I include it because I sure wish I could still fit in that dress!
OK, the problem with that title is that I went to weigh in at Weight Watchers today and I actually did lose a pound. Of course, it had been at least 3 weeks since I’d weighed in.... Probably my sporadic meeting attendance is not helping weight loss, since those meetings really do seem helpful for keeping me interested in my weight loss program. Now that the kids are getting settled to school, I should be able to start going to meetings regularly and even staying for the whole meeting. Theoretically. I’m going to make the effort. The plan is to go on Mondays or Wednesdays while Ewan is in nursery school. I won’t be able to do that next week, however, since I’ll be in New York City Monday through Wednesday (woohoo!).
Another plan is to switch back to the Weight Watchers Flex plan. I like Core, but looking back at the last three months and my pitiful weight loss (seriously, I’ve lost like 3 pounds) I’m obviously not doing it very well. So I’ll go back to counting points and be strict with myself. I’m thinking I’ll still try to stick to a lot of Core foods but count the points. Hopefully I’ll be able to re-start cardio soon as my ankle heals. I can’t believe I’ve just kind of whistled my way through the last three months with so little weight loss, though like I mentioned in a previous post, I have gone down in clothing size, so it’s not all bad. Still, I think I can crank this up a bit and lose some actual weight before Halloween--so I can wear a smokin’ hot costume, of course. OK, maybe not smokin’ hot but at least not a chubby pumpkin costume.
Anyone else out there who wakes up and says, “Hey, what have I been doing all summer? How do I lose this weight?”
Note: Yes, the picture at the top is me just before my wedding in May 1999. Don’t ask about the hair--had a misunderstanding with the hairdresser--since when does “soft curls” translate to “tight ringlets”? Plus I never wear my bangs that way. I should really try to get over it, I know. Gorgeous flowers, though. I include it because I sure wish I could still fit in that dress!
OK, the problem with that title is that I went to weigh in at Weight Watchers today and I actually did lose a pound. Of course, it had been at least 3 weeks since I’d weighed in.... Probably my sporadic meeting attendance is not helping weight loss, since those meetings really do seem helpful for keeping me interested in my weight loss program. Now that the kids are getting settled to school, I should be able to start going to meetings regularly and even staying for the whole meeting. Theoretically. I’m going to make the effort. The plan is to go on Mondays or Wednesdays while Ewan is in nursery school. I won’t be able to do that next week, however, since I’ll be in New York City Monday through Wednesday (woohoo!).
Another plan is to switch back to the Weight Watchers Flex plan. I like Core, but looking back at the last three months and my pitiful weight loss (seriously, I’ve lost like 3 pounds) I’m obviously not doing it very well. So I’ll go back to counting points and be strict with myself. I’m thinking I’ll still try to stick to a lot of Core foods but count the points. Hopefully I’ll be able to re-start cardio soon as my ankle heals. I can’t believe I’ve just kind of whistled my way through the last three months with so little weight loss, though like I mentioned in a previous post, I have gone down in clothing size, so it’s not all bad. Still, I think I can crank this up a bit and lose some actual weight before Halloween--so I can wear a smokin’ hot costume, of course. OK, maybe not smokin’ hot but at least not a chubby pumpkin costume.
Anyone else out there who wakes up and says, “Hey, what have I been doing all summer? How do I lose this weight?”
Note: Yes, the picture at the top is me just before my wedding in May 1999. Don’t ask about the hair--had a misunderstanding with the hairdresser--since when does “soft curls” translate to “tight ringlets”? Plus I never wear my bangs that way. I should really try to get over it, I know. Gorgeous flowers, though. I include it because I sure wish I could still fit in that dress!
So, the scale isn’t moving much lately, but I see changes in my body nevertheless. I’ve recently moved down another pants size (down at least 4 sizes since moving back to the U.S. a year ago). I’ve also gone down in bra size (and that’s a good thing when you’re a little too full-figured). A smaller size means more pretty bras--they just don’t make as many lovely lacy numbers for those bigger bazoongas. Plus in general I just feel a bit more trim, in spite of the fact I’m not getting much cardio since the ankle injury (it’s been a month already). So it’s all down to eating better and lots of upper body weights. Today I also did some lower body (finally) with Cathe’s Butts & Guts floorwork and abs premix.
I’m sharing photos even though I’m far from buff. I’ve seen other women’s photos on Cathe’s forums and I can only dream of being as muscular and buff, but at least I’m a bit less flabby than I used to be.
You’ll notice I didn’t show the face. you’ll just have to trust that it’s me. I just didn’t want to bother with making my hair look just so and worrying about my face when the focus is the trimmer figure. I tried to stand in a similar pose to previous photos I posted. Too bad I didn’t have better lighting.
Here are the old pics for comparison:
So, the scale isn’t moving much lately, but I see changes in my body nevertheless. I’ve recently moved down another pants size (down at least 4 sizes since moving back to the U.S. a year ago). I’ve also gone down in bra size (and that’s a good thing when you’re a little too full-figured). A smaller size means more pretty bras--they just don’t make as many lovely lacy numbers for those bigger bazoongas. Plus in general I just feel a bit more trim, in spite of the fact I’m not getting much cardio since the ankle injury (it’s been a month already). So it’s all down to eating better and lots of upper body weights. Today I also did some lower body (finally) with Cathe’s Butts & Guts floorwork and abs premix.
I’m sharing photos even though I’m far from buff. I’ve seen other women’s photos on Cathe’s forums and I can only dream of being as muscular and buff, but at least I’m a bit less flabby than I used to be.
You’ll notice I didn’t show the face. you’ll just have to trust that it’s me. I just didn’t want to bother with making my hair look just so and worrying about my face when the focus is the trimmer figure. I tried to stand in a similar pose to previous photos I posted. Too bad I didn’t have better lighting.
Here are the old pics for comparison:
So, the scale isn’t moving much lately, but I see changes in my body nevertheless. I’ve recently moved down another pants size (down at least 4 sizes since moving back to the U.S. a year ago). I’ve also gone down in bra size (and that’s a good thing when you’re a little too full-figured). A smaller size means more pretty bras--they just don’t make as many lovely lacy numbers for those bigger bazoongas. Plus in general I just feel a bit more trim, in spite of the fact I’m not getting much cardio since the ankle injury (it’s been a month already). So it’s all down to eating better and lots of upper body weights. Today I also did some lower body (finally) with Cathe’s Butts & Guts floorwork and abs premix.
I’m sharing photos even though I’m far from buff. I’ve seen other women’s photos on Cathe’s forums and I can only dream of being as muscular and buff, but at least I’m a bit less flabby than I used to be.
You’ll notice I didn’t show the face. you’ll just have to trust that it’s me. I just didn’t want to bother with making my hair look just so and worrying about my face when the focus is the trimmer figure. I tried to stand in a similar pose to previous photos I posted. Too bad I didn’t have better lighting.
Here are the old pics for comparison:
I thought today I would write a little about my experience with Weight Watchers, since it ties in closely to my fitness goals.
A little history first: I was struggling with my weight even before I had babies (though the pregnancies definitely did a number on this Mommy’s body). In 2001 I was trying to conceive but also decided I needed to lose a little weight before I got pregnant. So I signed up for Weight Watchers. I found a meeting I could go to near my office. I think I’d lost about 10 lbs before I got pregnant and was surprised to learn that they wouldn’t let me come to meetings anymore. I don’t know why i was surprised, but I was. I knew I couldn’t lose any more weight, but I would have liked some help in eating healthy while pregnant. I know today if I got pregnant again, I could keep up online with the WW boards, but I don’t know if they had the boards then. So thus ended my first time on WW.
Fast forward a few years to 2006. I now had two kids and a post-baby body. Eek! After both births I lost the first 30 lbs or so pretty easily, especially considering they were both fairly big babies (8lb 14oz and 9lb 11oz--oh yeah, had that one by NATURAL birth--you know I’m tough). Anyway, after that initial 30 lb loss, I still needed to lose 20 lbs to get to pre-baby weight. At the time I was living in London, where they also have Weight Watchers, so I looked into joining again. I realized it would be tough with my two little boys, so I went to join online. I ended up having to actually join the American website, because I was using a credit card with our American mailing address which didn’t work on the UK site. I was losing slowly but surely until we moved back to the U.S. last September.
The mess of moving and the re-introduction to my favorite American foods was a bit of a setback for my weight loss, but I was still registered with WW online so I kept going. I ended up losing 25 lbs online, so I joined meetings hoping to make my goal soon and work on getting lifetime membership. However, I joined the meetings a couple months ago and haven’t lost much since, so I seem to be at another plateau. However, I am not discouraged because at least I’m not gaining and I know I can lose eventually. Also, my clothes size and my measurements have gone down in those couple months in spite of the lack of weight loss, so something’s working--I think it’s my workouts that are helping.
OK, I’ve already written a lot, but I want to get more specific about my eating plan (WW Core Plan) so I will post again on this tomorrow, as time allows).
I thought today I would write a little about my experience with Weight Watchers, since it ties in closely to my fitness goals.
A little history first: I was struggling with my weight even before I had babies (though the pregnancies definitely did a number on this Mommy’s body). In 2001 I was trying to conceive but also decided I needed to lose a little weight before I got pregnant. So I signed up for Weight Watchers. I found a meeting I could go to near my office. I think I’d lost about 10 lbs before I got pregnant and was surprised to learn that they wouldn’t let me come to meetings anymore. I don’t know why i was surprised, but I was. I knew I couldn’t lose any more weight, but I would have liked some help in eating healthy while pregnant. I know today if I got pregnant again, I could keep up online with the WW boards, but I don’t know if they had the boards then. So thus ended my first time on WW.
Fast forward a few years to 2006. I now had two kids and a post-baby body. Eek! After both births I lost the first 30 lbs or so pretty easily, especially considering they were both fairly big babies (8lb 14oz and 9lb 11oz--oh yeah, had that one by NATURAL birth--you know I’m tough). Anyway, after that initial 30 lb loss, I still needed to lose 20 lbs to get to pre-baby weight. At the time I was living in London, where they also have Weight Watchers, so I looked into joining again. I realized it would be tough with my two little boys, so I went to join online. I ended up having to actually join the American website, because I was using a credit card with our American mailing address which didn’t work on the UK site. I was losing slowly but surely until we moved back to the U.S. last September.
The mess of moving and the re-introduction to my favorite American foods was a bit of a setback for my weight loss, but I was still registered with WW online so I kept going. I ended up losing 25 lbs online, so I joined meetings hoping to make my goal soon and work on getting lifetime membership. However, I joined the meetings a couple months ago and haven’t lost much since, so I seem to be at another plateau. However, I am not discouraged because at least I’m not gaining and I know I can lose eventually. Also, my clothes size and my measurements have gone down in those couple months in spite of the lack of weight loss, so something’s working--I think it’s my workouts that are helping.
OK, I’ve already written a lot, but I want to get more specific about my eating plan (WW Core Plan) so I will post again on this tomorrow, as time allows).
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