Week 7 - down 6 pounds!!!

YAYYYYYY!! I couldn't believe my eyes - I just passed my first goal. And even better, I decided today to see what difference my workout clothes made. Who knew they weighed 1.5 pounds??? But don't read this and think I'm cheating - I'm down 6 pounds with my workout clothes on but that means that I actually weigh 152.5, which puts me that much closer to my goal.

So enough rambling. I'm excited but I can't get off track now. I've been doing really well this week tracking my food and excersing. I bumped up my weight training to two sessions this week and moved my workouts back to the morning to make sure I didn't skip.

So what's on tap for this week? I need to increase my fiber, continue to track my food and try to increase my cardio.

And my reward for hitting my first goal??? I had originally bought a coupon to get a mani, pedi and haircut which I planned to use for my first reward but the salon can't get my in until middle of December so I giving myself a mini reward tomorrow in the form of an updated haircut.

Four more pounds to go until my next reward - facial! Wish me luck.

And as always, thanks to everyone for your support and motivation!!

Week 6 - no clue

So I haven't had a chance to weigh in yet this week but I was feeling like I was getting off track and I figured blogging might help. I wasn't feeling well this weekend and have in general just feeling blah. blah blah blah :-)

So what am I going to do to fix this? First, I made a big ol pot of low fat turkey chili - pair with a salad and it makes great to go lunches or late dinner.

Tonight Rumble and I went for a nice long walk and tomorrow I get back in the gym. I started weight training last week - just one day a week so far. I had sparkpeople.com develop a weight lifting plan for me and I added some core moves from Shape. Tomorrow is my day to lift so that should help me feel more like myself.

Despite feeling blah, the healthy eating continues to get easier. I'm starting to eat within my calorie range more and eating a more balanced diet. Trying to eat more veggies and less carbs. I don't want to get rid of carbs all together but right now they make up a big portion of my diet and I want to scale that back.

And Nicole - I may try to scale back my dairy as well. I tend to eat a lot of cheese/milk so good advice.

And thanks to everyone for your continued support!

Week 5 - up 1/2 pound

I was devastated, embarrassed and disappointed. And then I got over it. It happens - I went way overboard at the apple orchard on Sunday and figured that would hurt my weigh in today.

I did make some good choices this week though. Last night, some of my neighbors had a pizza party. I talked to the hostess and brought my own pasta. I also split dessert with another friend at the party so decent choices. Having my friends support though was huge - not a single person tried to get me to eat the pizza and everyone supported my efforts!

I also noticed that making healthy choices is getting easier. Today at lunch, I avoided the heavy cream soups and ate the low fat beef and barley. So little by little, living healthy is becoming more natural.

This week I want to continue focusing on tracking my food and my workouts. The weather is sapping my energy so I've been slacking on my cardio but I need to suck it up and start to step up the intensity. I'm hitting the gym tomorrow afternoon and finally adding weights to my routine.

So despite gaining half a pound, I'm not going to fall off track or make excuses. YAY ME

Week 4 - Down 1/2 pound

So that is 4 pounds in my first month - not too shabby! And to think I didn't want to weigh in today. First, I had too much beer and Mexican food this past weekend. Second, I feel like I am retaining about 20 pounds of water. But after a decent workout this morning, I decided to suck it up, pull up my (slightly smaller) big girl panties and just get on that scale. YAY ME!

So other than the beer and over-indulging over the weekend, last week was a pretty decent week. I worked out consistently and tracked my food. I've also gone 10 days without soda which is huge!!

This week I am continuing to focus on working out and tracking my food. I'm also going to try and not go crazy over the weekend, which is my weak point. One day is fine, but I really don't need to go crazy Friday through Sunday. I also need to start adding in weight training, at least once next week.

On an inspirational note, one of the women at my work just reached a weight loss of 101 pounds! So very happy/proud of her and whenever I think of getting up, I remind myself of what she has accomplished and it helps me to keep going.

Thanks again to everyone for your words of encouragement and it's time to start Month 2!