Tag: weight loss journey

STAY THE COURSE..

Another month has flown by. It was February, this moth tends to go by quickly. This month may have gone by quickly, for me it came with some realizations.

I stayed focused on moving my body and being active. I added one more day a week of movement. 4 days I moved my body either by going to LifeTime or doing stuff at home. I also, did another Detox, to reset by body.

The scale moved 3 pounds, I will take it! I lost a total of 2.5 inches. Again, I will take it. This time I lost some from my hips! Woot Woot. Nothing from my chest (Thank God!)

I did realize something this month. I have been noticing that over the weekends I tend to go up on the scale, sometimes by 5-8 pounds. On occasion I have done things that legitimately would cause that. With doing a detox the month, I was not able to indulge on certain things or have a cheat day. I do a great deal of walking on the weekends helps make up for the sitting a great deal through the week. One the first weekend of the detox I did notice an up on the scale. I was frustrated and wondering what it was that was going on.

Nothing like moving up on scale, then working all week long to only end up back where you were. FRUSTRATING!!

This is where I have been stuck at this point for the past 6 months!

The following weekend, I made sure I drank even more water then I was doing (I already drink a lot of water). I had a typical up, of maybe a 1-2 pounds. Non of the jumping up 8 pounds over night stuff! I kept my eating the same, and stuck with in my WW points.

With all the extra walking, I may also have been inflammation from all the walking, the extra water helps flush things out of my system.

I am still stuck however!! I am at # on the scale that I just CAN NOT get passed. It is frustrating and can be a little discouraging. If I am honest, it pisses me off! I have worked very hard to create new habits and get healthier that to be stuck just makes me angry. Then I think about where I was..

I am stuck, but I am so much more healthy then I was 107 pounds ago! I am stuck, I am not giving up and throwing in the towel. I am changing things up I am moving my body more. I don’t have many more calories I can cut out of my daily calories and still be successful. The moving my body more is my key.

I knew the last part of my weightloss would be the hardest. If you have been following along, by now you know I am not a quieter!

This journey is not easy, and I have grown and discovered a lot about myself, and about my body.

The plan for March is simple. STAY THE COURSE! Stick within my WW points and keep moving by going to LifeTime to move my body.

To anyone who is stuck. The number on the Scale is the entire story!!

On a random thought, I did dead lifts at the gym last night. I was lifting 115 pounds! I told my trainer this is heavy and I told here this is just about the weight I have lost. I can not fathom that I carried that much extra weight on my body!

Stay the course, everything with line up.

I Almost Quit..

I have been a bit silent on here lately. I probably should not have been, after thinking about it. I started a new job in September. I went from a job where I was on my feet walking and moving around all day, to a job where I am not sitting all day.

This change has had me struggling BIG time! I have been on a up and down for months. When I had planned and wanted to reach my goal weight this year, to just wanting to move my body more.

With this constant up and down and struggle to see that scale move, I have really struggled with my mindset.

I said when I started this I would share the good the bad and ugly all while being honest!

I can tell you this, I have made it through weeks on the this journey where I would gain 10 pound in one week, I was like I got this. I know what I did and I will turn this around. While the next week I would lose 5 pounds, I never gave up on myself!

These last months I was ready to give up on myself. I had shared with my WW coach that I was DONE, I was ready to quite! That this up and down is really challenging my motivation and mindset.

I am not a quitter! On this journey I have never given up on myself, like I was ready to do recently. That is frustrating to me, that I was ready to quite on myself!

I took a step back and put my scale away for a week. I did NOT quit, I stepped back and refocused on “WHY” I started this journey! I focused on my food. Now am I perfect on what I eat everyday NO. But I stay within my points.

I knew the last 25 pounds I have to lose to reach my goal, where not going to be easy. My body has spent its entire life being obese and at some point it was going to fight me on dropping lower and lower.

I also know that I HAVE GOT TO MOVE MORE for this work and for me to maintain this as a new lifestyle! Remember what I said at the beginning, I have a new job where I am sitting all day! Do you see where my problem is right!

After taking sometime to look at my “WHY” and look at my goals and what I want to accomplish. I am working daily on moving more, and keeping my mindset on the right path to get me to where I want to be.

I have made a recommitment to myself! For better or worse! I am recommitted to not giving up on myself.

You have to be willing to make changes!

I have had a life change this month. This change is a complete 360 from where I was a month ago. I started a new career at the beginning of this month. This is an opportunity to grow and develop new skills and be challenged. It has caused me to adjust my life a bit to stay successful on my journey.

My previous job was in retail, I was on my feet hustling around getting in 10,000 steps per day. So I had a built in if I didn’t get to the gym or got for that walk or bike ride, I got some steps in for the day. Also, had its challenge that my legs were tired after my day so I didn’t feel like going to the gym or go for that walk or bike ride.

My new job, is a desk job. I am sitting all day. I now average 3000 steps at work. I have energy at the end of the day.

So I have a couple of choices that I can make to stay on track with my journey here don’t I?

  1. I can just do the minimal steps I get in everyday, and keep within my points/calories everyday.
  2. I can change and create new habits in my life to stay on the path to my goals.

Lets be honest here, not everyone loves to workout. If you do than you rock! For me it is not my favorite thing to do. I am lazy people! I would rather sit on my butt on my sofa under a fuzzy blanket with music going, a movie on or a reading a good book.

Sitting on my butt is not going to get me to the goals I want to reach.

I have to be agile and open to making a change!! That is what we have to do in life though!! Be open and willing to making changes. Creating new habits is change! Eating healthier, making better food choices is change! Starting a new career is change!

This is a change I have to make on my journey, it is not the first one and it will not be the last one I have to make. Being open and honest with myself that there needs to be some adjustments is the biggest part!

I can make the excuses or I can get up and put my big girl pants on and make the change and do the work!

I am making small attainable new habit changes, to build toward larger goals.

Changing My Perspective

Being on this journey for the last two years and having gotten to this point in my journey, I personally have to change the way I am looking at my progress. Meaning…

Being down to the last 32 pounds I need to lose, that scale might not be moving in big increments. There are always other ways to track and see our progress. The way our clothes fit. The energy we have. Maybe its getting off of medications. There are multiple ways.

Measuring the inches you have lost across your body, is one way as well. This is what I have started this week. Now, I should have started this at the very beginning! But I knew that in the beginning the scale was going to be the thing that moved the most and potentially quickly (not always though). But being at this point in the journey that scale may not move very much? I have also gotten back into regular exercise and want to see those results and how they will transform my body.

So I wanted to share the blank form I found online with all of you. Just in case any of you wanted to change your perspective on your results.

The idea is to take my measurements every week and see the results. set up a goal for myself for the month as well.

The idea is to look at how my entire body is changing. How, I am toning and building muscle. All maybe while that scale is moving by a half a pound a week or not at all.

I actually wish I had done this at the very beginning..but I just didn’t. I would really like to know how many inches I have lost of my body! I mean I could find the size pants and top I was wearing and measure those and look at my current measurements and compare. I am not doing that.

I am looking from today and forward! Here’s to see this journey in a new way!