Weekly Weigh-In {Nov. 17}

I actually went to the weigh-in this week and I'm just starting back over.  So today, I am back!  I am back at tracking and drinking water and making good choices.  Today, I committed that I will lose the pounds and keep them off.

I never realized how much 6 pounds made a difference.  One day my jeans were too big and I was going to buy new ones that fit, and today they are too snug!!  How does that happen so fast!?!  My answer COCA COLA!!  When I started back drinking cokes again, I fell off the weight loss!

NO MORE COKE! NO MORE COKE!

* Rinse and Repeat*

~Kristie

Bounce!

I'm adding these to my Christmas Wish List :

How cool do these look?  And they are becoming all the rage!  They look pretty cool and easy to use, even for the uncoordinated, like me.  Pretty soon these pounds are going to be bouncing off me!!

~Kristie

today...

today has been just another day.  I'm eating good, drinking more water and I've already gone for a 2 mile walk with Joy!  I hope this becomes a weekly routine that we can continue on.  Greg is out of town, so I am brainstorming on dinner ideas and I am thinking a Weight Watchers Meatloaf recipe is at the top of the list.

I'm also feeling so overwhelmed with the fact that I let myself slip back into this unhealthy routine.  I'm hoping after having a few good days, I can remind myself that I can do it.  Right now, I'm not sure I can...

~Kristie

Mind Games

I've got this mind game going on inside my head.  

I've got this little voice in my head that says since I'm doing this lifestyle change (because I do realize this is a lifestyle change), that I will never be able to have the foods that I enjoy.  I know that isn't true, I know that it is a matter of portion control and that I can have the foods I love just in moderation.  I know that.  I do, I really do.  But then, something in me just freaks, and I want that food (say, I don't know, Chick-fil-a or a coke) more and more and when I give in and I have that food, I can't get enough of it.  I hope that I can get over this soon, because I can't handle this see-saw.  I can't handle the cravings and the wants and the I can't haves!  

On a better note, I currently can't stand the smell of fried foods or McDonald's!  :)

~Kristie

Goal Jeans

Last week I cleaned out my closet and found my favorite pair of pre-kids jeans and I wanted to jump for joy until I realized that they probably didn't even fit my thigh!!

They are size 8 Abercrombie and Fitch jeans and they were super comfy before I outgrew them.  I gave away all my other jeans that didn't fit, but these, these I kept as my goal jeans and I hope sooner rather than later I will be able to wear them!

I didn't make it to this weeks weigh-in at the actual center, but I weighed in on the scale that I got my original weight from and it said I've lost a pound!!! I'm just happy I didn't gain a pound!!!  :)

~Kristie

Fashion Statement

Well, I did it.  I got up, got the kids to school (and the sitter), came home and changed into this lovely ensemble, because running isn't about a making a fashion statement right?  I'm not going to lie, I really just wanted to climb back into my warm bed!  But, I told myself since I was already up and moving, I just needed to do it!  And I did.  I walked/jogged/ran my hardest for 1.34 miles.  I think I could have gone longer if I didn't have a really bad blister on my heel.  I'm so proud of myself for actually going since it was 44 degrees outside. 

 Tomorrow is weigh in day and Heather and I are going to go for a walk in the morning before and then Joy and I are planning on going in the afternoon!

Oh and that picture you see in the above picture is my goal picture!  I was 18 in that picture and would love, love, love to look that good again!!!  One day...

~Kristie

Weight...

As hard as this is to post and as nervous as I am, I'm going to post my weight.

As of yesterday morning I weighed 160.4! Shocking, I know!  I act shocked every time I get on the scale!

When I started this with Heather, I weighed 163.8, so I'm not completely back at where I started, but pretty darn close to shock me back into reality.

Yesterday and today, my friend Joy, has pushed me off the couch and outside to exercise and I can't tell you how much better I feel and how much it has helped me NOT run to the freezer and grab those Reece's Peanut Butter Cups.  And another friend, Casey, posted on Facebook that "the hardest step is the one out the door" is so true!!  Now that I am up and at it, I don't want to stop it.  I don't think Joy and I are going to be able to meet up tomorrow, so my plan is to go in the morning after I drop the kiddos off at their respective places.

I know I can, I know I can, I know I can!!!!!!

~Kristie

Back At Square One!

Not totally but I sure feel like I am.

Last night Heather and I met up to discuss where we went wrong, how we didn't hold each other accountable and how we could do better.  We came to the conclusion that we need to post EVERYDAY, so be prepared to hear from us at least once a day, maybe more.

Also, we decided we were going to be real here, that means very soon, you will know exactly how much we weigh.  There is no sugar coating things, we need to put it down here, just how much we weigh and how much we want to lose.  It is a known fact that things that get written down on paper (or a blog) are much more likely to be accomplished than things that are just floating around in your head.

Coming very soon are weekly pictures!  These are things that Heather and I decided would hold us accountable to the interwebs!

I hope it works!  I need something to work...

~Kristie

whoa...nelly!!!

Talk about a bad day!  Gracie is sick (possibly the stomach bug) and I had an awful day eating wise!!

My daily logs looks like this -
Morning - 1 cup Chex Rice Cereal  = 3 points
Midday- 6 McD's chicken nuggets + small fry = 14 points
Dinner - 7 Wings Stop wings + small fry = 42 points!!!!!! :(

Daily points used - 59 points (I'm allowed 29 daily points and 49 "extra" points to use through out the week)

Ouch!!  That really looks bad!!  OMG I can't believe I ate that many points today!!  I'm really going to have to work that off this weekend!!  I'm just so sick to my stomach and there really is no excuse for it other than I was being lazy and I'm tired from not getting much sleep (but, that's not my excuse, there is none)

The good news is that there is tomorrow and I will do better tomorrow!  I want to see that scale continue to go down!!

~Kristie

Weekly Weigh In {9/29/11}

Went to my weekly weigh-in this week and I lost an addition 1.4 lbs!!  YAY!  Which makes my total loss at 6 lbs!!!  Finally, I got a 5 lb star at the meeting so that was exciting!!  :)

I hope this steady downhill slide can continue!  I'm going to be majorly bummed when I have bad week.

This last month of September, Heather and I haven't been able to do our weekly walks on Sunday's because I've been working, but tomorrow that is going to change!  We are going to start our weekly walks and get back into starting our week off right!!

I'm so proud of Heather, doing this with her has held me accountable more than once.  She might not realize it, but I have so enjoyed going through this process with her.  I hope that I am able to keep her spirits up as much as she does mine in weeks when we are feeling a little down on ourselves.  We aren't in this for the short haul, we are in this for the LONG haul and that makes me so proud of US!!

~Kristie

Weekly Weigh-In {September 22, 2011}

This weeks weekly weigh-in is in the books!  Another ONE pound down!! WOO HOO!

Slow and Steady wins the race!!

~Kristie

JailBreak 2011

On Friday, Heather text me and asked if I wanted to join her and 7 other friends at a mud race called "Jail Break".  Without hesitation I said YES!  Now mind you I had NO preparation for this, I had no clue what I was getting myself into, but I am soooo glad I said yes!  Heather picked me up at 6:30 and I had a nervous feeling all the way up till we crossed the start line!

The obstacles are what made me the most nervous!  I was worried I wouldn't be able to do them, especially since I hadn't done anything to prepare, but once I got out there, the adrenaline got me through them.  The hardest was a slippery, slippery slope that you had to use a rope to get up.  It required a LOT of upper body strength and I tried several times before FINALLY getting up!  After that my energy was zapped, but I found enough strength to get through it.

photo courtesy of Dwayne Master's Photography

After crossing the finish line, we were all super pumped!!  This was the first time in my life, that I can remember crossing a "Finish" line!  I've crossed the start line before, but never a "finish" line and I feel so confident that it was my first but NOT my last!!!

~Kristie

If only I'd known back then...

If only I knew back then what I know now, I would have appreciated the figure I once had!!  I'm on a mission to get close!  I will...with time!   

~Kristie 

Weekly Weigh-In {September 15, 2011}

Yay!!!!!  I lost 

2.4 lbs!!!

Much better than last week!

~Kristie

Weekly Weigh-In and a swift kick in the...{September 9, 2011}

I have no excuses!  I gained .04 lbs this week at the weigh-in!  I'm so mad at myself, but I have no excuses why!

I've got new shoes, so my feet shouldn't hurt.

I've been on reserve, and not used, so I have the time.

I've been drinking tea, sweet tea, I've told myself 'at least it isn't coke', which is true, but still the sugar is killing my weight loss goal!  No more sugar!

This weigh-in was the swift kick in the arse that I needed!  Tomorrow NO EXCUSES!  My alarm is set to get up and enjoy this beautiful weather!!

NO EXCUSES! NO EXCUSES! NO EXCUSES!

-Kristie

Learning to eat healthy

Learning to eat healthy is tricky!!  I could eat only fruits and veggies, that's not hard, but once I started to eat all the other things again I'd be right back where I started.  Today for lunch my hubby, Greg, wanted hot dogs, I thought they sounded good, but once I look them up on my WW app, I knew I couldn't eat one.  The hot dog bun alone was 4 points, plus add the actual hot dog (3 points) and the chili (2) and the cheese (2), that comes out to ELEVEN points just for one chili dog!!  I debated about just eating a salad, I had the stuff to make a great one, but I want to learn to eat the things I love, just in a different way.  So I looked up how many points a turkey dog would be - score one for me a, 98% fat free turkey dog was ONE point!!  And I ate it with no bun, minimal chili and a pinch of cheese and I was able to eat a hot dog for 3 points!

Greg and I went out for a date night on Saturday night (yay!), we love Mexican, so we chose Posados for dinner.  Once again, I was worried that I wasn't going to be able to eat the things I love, so as we drove over there I looked over the WW app to see what would be the best thing to eat.  I decided that I would be able to have a fajita or two and a few chips and salsa all for about 16 points!  That may sound like a lot, but I decided I would splurge and use some of my 49 weekly allowance and give myself some slack.  I also knew that we would be going to see a movie afterwards, so I wanted to save some of my points for that.  All in all, I used 25 points for my date night.

Learning to eat healthy takes time and knowledge and I'm getting there, one step at a time.  Portion control is also a big thing to watch for.  Before I started this life change, I would have probably eaten a basket or two of chips, but this time I paced myself, watched how many I was eating and when we left I felt like I had satisfied my craving for chips and salsa, all without feeling stuffed and bloated!

~Kristie

ps - "The Help" is both a GREAT book and a good movie!!

Weekly Weigh-in {September 1}

I went to my weekly weigh in this week - down 

1.6 pounds!!

I didn't get much out of the meeting since I experimented with taking Gracie, but it was nice to see Heather and her mom there!  I can't wait to see where this journey leads us!

~Kristie

Home

I'm sitting at home, on reserve, not a soul in the house. No one to hold me accountable, the food is controlling me, although I haven't given it complete control.  I haven't gotten myself up off the couch to go into the fridge and get that swiss cake roll that is screaming my name, yet...

...and I don't plan on it.  So I turned to the blog.  A place I where can vent my frustrations about my husband even buying those stupid things.  Why?  Why does he insist on buying everything under the sun that I don't want to eat, but it is there, so of course I'm going to be tempted!  It's not his fault that I am fat, I chose to eat what I've eaten in the past and I can choose to either eat that swiss cake roll or I can choose not to eat that swiss cake roll.  Before starting the blog, and this whole life change, I would have said "screw it, no one will know, just eat it!"! I'm trying to remember I'm in control and you hold me accountable.

I feel like I am too early in this process to give in and let myself have a treat like that.  I haven't earned it yet (so I tell myself), maybe in a couple of weeks I will feel like I've earned it.  Maybe if I get up off the couch and do a little cardio, I will feel like I've earned it, but I don't see that happening.

Have I shared that I feel unmotivated to work up a sweat?  Heather and I have met the last 2 Sundays to go on our weekly walks, those are nice and we get uninterrupted chat time, but man I am so exhausted afterwards, that I just want to get home and crash!  In my mind, I know to maximize the benefits of Weight Watchers means that I need to get moving, but I continue to make excuses.  My excuse today is that I'm on reserve, which means I am on call.  I will have two hours to get dresses, out of the house and to the airport.  Not much time to get back home if I am out running!

I'm hoping that after my first weigh-in I will feel more motivated to get my butt of this couch!!  I heard a rumor that a friend of ours *cough, cough Ame* might be thinking about starting another boot-camp.  I did one of hers last year and felt wonderful after it was over, but that was short lived!  This time, I will not let my hard work go to waste!  This is a lifetime commitment...

~Kristie

Control

Before I ate something bad I would think, 'I 'm in control, I'm not going to let some diet tell me what to eat', so I would over indulge in whatever I was eating or drinking because I wanted control.  When I started this whole process I thought to myself I have to give up my control over food and eat with "they" (the diet) tells me to eat.

Boy did I have it all wrong!  In just two short weeks my mind has been completely changed!  I was reading in one the the Weight Watcher weekly pamphlet and came across something that has forever changed my thinking about control

"Go back to your inspirations: Why are you trying to lose weight?  Who's in control, you or the food?" - Kay

Then it hit me!  All this time, I've been thinking I'm in control, when really the food was controlling me!!  Now when I see something that I want to overindulge on, I'm going to remind myself that I am in control, not the food.  I've always wanted control over what I eat, and I did, I just had the wrong mentality for it.

Now, I just need to learn how to control my free time and work out when I have some, I'm totally failing in that area!!

~Kristie

Weight Watchers

Yay!  I went to my first Weight Watchers meeting yesterday with Heather.  What a great experience!  I left there eager to watch my food intake, learn what food are "power foods" and what to stay away from!  I'm so glad that I have Heather there for good moral support and someone to bounce ideas off of.

Today, I learned that not everything at McAlister's Deli is good for you.  I had the Sweet Chipotle Chicken Sandwich and it was 16 (!) points! That's over half my points for the day!  I really had to watch what I ate the rest of the day.  The good thing is that fruit (within reason) is ZERO points, so I can eat that to make me feel more full.

Up next on my list is to stop by Luke's Locker or Run On to grab me some new runners!!

~Kristie