Still trying

I've been trying again to lose weight. This time I didn't start blogging from the beginning. I began about 6 weeks ago. Weeks 2 and 3 were bad. I was right back to old habits. Got back on track. In 6 weeks I have lost, drum roll please......14 pounds. Back in ONEderland. It wasn't extremely challenging since my work schedule is flexible during the summer. Work hours go back to normal next week. Let's pray that I prep and plan and keep making progress.

Week 3 complete

This journey to a new lifestyle sure isn't easy. Normally, I would be beating myself up and go get the most fattening thing I could find and gorge. Today, I won't. I will stay up late tonight and do the meal prep that I haven't been doing the last few days. The days that make a difference between a gain and a loss. Between keeping fat burning going and bringing it to a screeching halt. So progress this week.

LTL Week 3
Gained .5 lbs
Gained .5 in
Down .2% body fat

Totals
Down 9.5 lbs
Down 7.875 in
Down 1% body fat

Didn't push myself to exercise this week and it shows.

Actual numbers
Weight 192.7 lbs ⬇
Body fat 39.8%⬇
Hydration 44% ⬆

Feeling ok. Repeating affirmation in order to fight this negative self talk.

This is what 202.2 looks like on a 5 foot half an inch body. Won't go into a negative rant. Suffice it to say, enough is enough.

Some time late last year or early this year, I'm not quite sure when it happened. I did what I thought I'd never do and that was tip the scale over 200 pounds. I have been struggling with depression and stress for at least 6 years. In that time I had gone from 169 pounds  to 202 pounds. A friend from middle school had become a weight management coach. I watched her fit physique tighten up through the program. I had gone to a medically monitored weight loss doctor and had dropped to 171 May 2013. Yet, here I was over 200. I am not into supplements and things of that nature. I saved up the money for the supplements and started the program. 

The first week was fruits and veggies only with vitamins, fiber, B-complex and a carb inhibitor. I lost 8.9 pounds and 3 inches. It wasn't really hard until I went to a funeral. All the fried chicken and macaroni and cheese surrounding me was a bit painful. I was tired of salad with no dressing. Here I am in the 2nd day of Week 2 and I feel ok. Started more supplements yesterday. My body didn't particularly care for one. Had to stay close to home. I am venturing out today and I hope that my body behaves better today. Didn't really sleep well. Actually, broken sleep is my norm but the last week I have had a bit better rest. I hope this transition period is short and I can sleep tonight. 

I'm baaack

so here we are a year later and what does the scale say? 178.8

well that was yesterday as i started typing. this morning 181.1. i had committed to my daughter that i would run/jog/walk the mile she is required to run for her cheer conditioning. we went out this morning. i loaded an app on my phone to track the distance and to share on my fb and twitter accounts. i was kind of excited that i was getting out of this complacency. ran/jogged the first lap. i felt pretty good. probably could have run a little longer but i met my goal so i walked the second lap and caught my breath. at the beginning of the third lap, the itching began. i have had this problem every time i try to jog or power walk outside. it is an unbearable itch, all up and down my legs. it takes over an hour for it to go away. needless to say, i couldn't continue.

i was disappointed that i could not do more, but excited because i had done .7 miles. i googled the itching and other people with this problem mentioned taking an antihistamine before going out. i will try this and see how it works for me.

Constant Reminder

I've decided that I needed a constant reminder that I needed to put me first.
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Back to the Beginning

Here we are in November and I haven't blogged because I haven't been on the journey. Sooo, there was no great surprise when I hop on the scale in the school nurse's suite and 180 is what it reads. I'll give myself a 2 pound allowance for the boots, sweater and jeans I was wearing. That little subtraction puts me right back at the 178. I wonder if that is just my normal weight. There was a time when 125 was the default weight.

I had a conversation with the school nurse about WW and getting back on that grind. She was very wary of it because it is calorie restrictive. The concern being that most people can't/don't maintain weight loss because they do not continue a lifetime of restricting calories. My thinking was that after a while of doing WW it would become second nature. However, since I have yet to do it consistently for more than 3 weeks at a time, does my thought process hold any validity?

The nurse is in good shape. She has 2 children and isn't all wide and such. I ask how she maintains a shape while running around. Low glycemic eating. Now I know glycemic has to do with sugar. I'm addicted. Aha! Could that be my problem? Anywho, we sit down and have a 30 minute consultation about low glycemic eating. She turns me on to this "program" that provides resources to help people make this lifestyle change. Now the program has all types of supplements and such, but she didn't push that. I ordered a DVD, journal and low glycemic index. I plan on starting after Thanksgiving full force. For the interim, I will starting reading the literature and do a little detoxing so my body doesn't go into major shock.

PS: I plan on getting measuring tape and a decent scale for home today. I have to track and post measurements for accountability. right?