Week Four

I'm back on schedule as promised but it's not all good news. This last week was kind of a rough one for me and the scale showed it. I didn't work out, at all. The kids at work were CRAZY! I've never wanted to just walk out in all my life! My cousin's four month old baby passed away (it was actually the week before but they had his viewing this week).

They had a luncheon at the church after the viewing and of course they had several different types of funeral potatoes. These are my absolute favorite part of the funeral dinner/luncheon. (My cousin insisted I must also have some of the jello salads but luckily I hate jello and I'm trying to lose weight. Oh Utah and it's weird traditions!) I figured the funeral potatoes would be about a billion points so my Mom and I only had about a 1/2 a cup. It still cost us 7 points. Add that to the slice of ham and roll and you're looking at like 14 points. I was STARVING that day. Next time I will skip the funeral potatoes and have a cookie instead.

But back to the weight loss, I only lost 0.4 lbs. It is definitely better than a weight gain but I was very disappointed. And yes that means that as far as WW is concerned, I'm still obese. I weighed myself this morning (after using the bathroom, completely naked, and before eating or drinking anything) and I was actually about 2 lbs lighter so I'm going to go ahead and say I'm no longer obese! Today was stake conference so I didn't take a pic until after church which will explain the awful hair and dark circles under my eyes... Seriously, I should not have to leave my house at 8:00 to make it to a 10:00 meeting and then have to sit there in a dark room for two hours and be expected to stay awake!!!

This week I'm going to aim for making it to Zumba at least twice and then maybe walking on the treadmill or outside in the morning on the other days. It has been somewhat nice for October but something tells me that that won't last long...

Weeks Two and Three

One week into my new blogging and I didn't even keep up... But it wasn't totally my fault. The power cord to my laptop died. This is the second time this has happened to me. Apparently Dell is fully aware of the problem but refuses to fix it. So I was stuck forking out $70 again to replace it. I will DEFINITELY buy an Apple next time...

Anyway, week two I lost 2.2 lbs. I definitely should have cleaned the mirror before taking this shot! My apologies to everyone. One thing I rediscovered that week was Zumba. I had purchased a Groupon that was about to expire so I decided to use it. It was so much fun! I only made it once that week since my friend from Colorado came to visit me briefly and let's be honest, I'm lazy.

Week three I lost 2.4 lbs. Which brings my grand total to 7.4 lbs lost. I'm almost not obese anymore!!! One more pound and I'll be back in the overweight BMI category. Oh the things that excite me... You still can't see too much of a difference but maybe in a few more weeks.

I had great intentions of attending more Zumba this week. I went on Monday and my knee started hurting again. Yes, the same one that was hurting me a few months ago when I was simply walking briskly. I don't know what the problem is. I really do wonder if I am too heavy and need to stick to low impact exercises like walking until I'm thinner. One rediscovery from this week was the Pumpkin Chocolate Chip cookies I got from my WW leader five years ago. One can of pumpkin, spice cake mix, 3/4 cup mini chocolate chips. That's it. They were one point a piece and since it seems that everything went up about one point, they're probably two points a piece.

I should be back on track posting on Sunday. I may start going to a different meeting since I hate early mornings but I haven't found one that will work for me this week. Maybe next week...

The Weight Loss Journey

So as I mentioned in my last post, I just joined Weight Watchers. I had participated in the program five years ago at work and lost 25-30 pounds (I can't remember the exact amount). I kept it off for a little while (almost a year) and then slowly the weight started coming back on. I had gotten to be really skinny so when I put on 10 pounds, it wasn't that big of a deal. But here I am five years later, 60 pounds heavier.... (Wow! I just calculated that and can't believe it!) I have 35 pounds to lose until I'm in the healthy weight range again so this could take a while...

The point of all this is that I thought I would start posting about my journey here every week. This will include a photo of me, how things are going, and some insight I learned from the previous week.

Since I just started, I will put some before pics:

This was me (and some of my family members) at a family reunion this July:

This was me (and more of my family members) at my brother and sister-in-law's sealing in June:

I may or may not have gained even more weight since these photos but I probably looked pretty close to the same.

Here I am after week 1, losing 2.8 pounds. Not enough to tell a difference but moving in the right direction:

I apologize for the mirror shot but that's just the way it's going to have to be.

A couple of things I discovered (or rediscovered) this week. The first: steel cut oats! They're delicious! One cup with 1/2 cup fat free milk and splenda= 5 points. Not too shabby! The second: Michael Jackson's The Experience for the Play Station Move. What a fun way to get some exercise! I LOVE MJ and dancing to his music is just plain awesome and what a workout! Don't let anyone tell you otherwise... I was SWEATING and unable to sing most of the time. I'm going to try some different exercises this week but will definitely keep doing that one intermittently!