Shrinking Days of Summer Challenge - Week #7

Super busy, so that's all for now...

7/15 - 177
7/8 - 175.4
7/1 - 176.6
6/24 - 177.2
6/17 - 178.4
6/10 - 182.0
6/3 - 178.6

Shrinking Days of Summer Challenge - Week #6

I am down 1.2lbs this week. Yeah! I'm so happy to see a loss after my weekend of splurging! Friday started out good but ended bad. Saturday was ugly. Sunday started out good but ended bad...not too too bad though.

Weekends are always so hard plus this was a holiday weekend and we went to a friend's house for a bbq, so I over ate and then to top it off, my sister and nephews are in town, so I always get to lax on my eating when I'm out of my usual routine.

I really need to work on that. I need to work on the fact that weekends, vacations, having company, celebrations, etc should not be focused around food and that even if they are (due to that being out of my control) that I need not partake in it. That I can still take control and make healthy choices.

Sometimes I get in this frame of mind such as "my sister isn't here all the time", "she's just visiting", "i don't eat like this all the time", so I start making excuses and I start eating unhealthy. I need to stop that way of thinking, it's just not good and thinking like that will take me that much longer to get to my goal.

There's only 2 more weeks left and I think I said my goal was to get to 169...I would LOVE to be out of the 170's. Honestly, I think it's going to be tough to reach that goal now. It can be done, if I eat clean for the next 2 weeks but I know myself. :-) So, I think I'll reset a more realistic goal...2-3 more pounds. I'd like to finish the challenge at 172-173.

I hope there's another challenge to keep me going! Honestly, this is the kind of stuff that motivates me. I think I would have made lots more unhealthy choices if it weren't for this challenge AND the fact that we're on teams. I don't want to let my team down, so I do a lot more thinking of the effects before putting that cookie in my mouth. :O

Here's to a great next week!

7/8 - 175.4
7/1 - 176.6
6/24 - 177.2
6/17 - 178.4
6/10 - 182.0
6/3 - 178.6

Shrinking Days of Summer Challenge - Week #5

I can't believe that we're already on week #5, this is going by way too fast and I still have a long ways to go. Well, I need to make the most of it.

I am down this week, slightly, but I'll take it...down is down.

7/1 - 176.6
6/24 - 177.2
6/17 - 178.4
6/10 - 182.0
6/3 - 178.6

It seems so hard for me to pull big numbers, I rarely ever pull a big number. Maybe it has to do with my rough weekends. I seem to do so good during the week and then the weekend rolls around and I don't know what happens...I let my guard down and indulge way too much.

I'm going to try harder this coming weekend to stay in control. It's going to be hard because of the holiday and my sister and nephews are coming into town and staying with us but I'm going to try.

Sure would love to see 175 next week! Until then....

Shrinking Days of Summer Challenge - Week #4

I'm down today, 1.2lbs. Yeah! I'll take it. I had a rough weekend, eating wise, but I finally cleaned up my act on Monday and was diligent about it Monday and Tuesday. My plan is to stick to some healthy eating this whole week and just give myself one day off plan, where I can indulge. :-)

6/24 - 177.2
6/17 - 178.4
6/10 - 182.0
6/3 - 178.6

Shrinking Days of Summer Challenge - Week #3

It's that time of the week, time to report what the scale is reading over at The Sisterhood.

After last weeks ugly gain, I had a lot of work to do. I tried, although I could have tried harder. I ended up loosing what I gained, but in the end, I'm only down a total of .2 from when we started this challenge, so I need to work extra hard. My exercising is good, I just need to practice self-control with my food intake, specifically snacking on sweets!

Last week my gain pushed is practically to the bottom of the chart when compared to the other teams, so hopefully this week we'll be on our way back up.

6/17 - 178.4
6/10 - 182.0
6/3 - 178.6

Shrinking Days of Summer Challenge - Week #2

Well, it was NOT a good week but I knew it wasn't going to be.

The challenge started on Wednesday, 6/3, and on Friday, 6/5, we headed out of town for a little vacation. I ate pretty good on Fri and Sat and did fairly well on Sunday, but Monday through Wednesday was not pretty. It doesn't help that before we left I came down with strep throat, so I was on an antibiotic and while away I ended up with an upper respiratory infection and pink eye! Plus I got no exercise in on Sat-Wed, unless we count the walking I did at the RiverWalk on Sunday and at Sea World on Monday and Tuesday.

Needless to say, I had an ugly gain.
6/10 - 182.0
6/3 - 178.6

I'm not too worried, I'm back home and back on track. Next week I will report a loss!

Shrinking Days of Summer Challenge - Week #1

I signed up to participate in a Challenge over at Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans. It's a team style challenge and my team is Team GREEN and made up of the following ladies:
Kristen Q.
Jess B.
Cristina S.
Jen W. aka Prairieknitwit
Lindsey S.
Megan T. aka Karrissasmom

The challenge will go for 7 weeks, so it ends on July 22.

My starting weight is 178.6.

My goal is to loose at least 10 lbs during this challenge. It's going to be tough because this weekend we head out of town to a wedding, then on to Sea World and in July we'll have family visiting, but I'm hoping this challenge will help me stay on track...can't let my team down.

Go Team GREEN!

Biggest Loser Challenge

At the beginning of March I signed up to enter a Biggest Loser Challenge at my gym. I weighed in on March 1st and today, May 28th, I weighed in for the finale.

I won't know the results of the Challenge until next week because people can weigh in through this Saturday but when I find out how I did, I'll post. I chose to weigh in today since I work from home and I could go first thing in the a.m. when the gym opens.

So...how'd I do...not bad if I say so myself. :-) Of course, I could have done better but I did pretty good.

I lost 18lbs in about 12 1/2 weeks, 3% body fat and I think 6" in my waist.

I hope this was good enough to finish in the top 5...to be continued...

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