139.8

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Up just a littttttttle bit from yesterday. but it was on the scale at my place and yesterday's was on the scale at Jess', so maybe my weight didn't "really" go up at all.

I actually think I might be more toned in my "problem area" - butt and thighs - than I was when I weighed a little less than this in the spring!!!!! Jess noticed a few days ago that the back of my upper thighs looked defined - and I wasn't even fishing for compliments at the time!

I'm hoping to squeeze in a bike ride before Mom and I go shopping on Newbury Street this morning. And we're hopefully meeting Jess for a picnic lunch in Copley or the public garden!! How cute! WHAT should I wear?!? :) Heehee.

Weight Watchers tonight and I know I'll finally show a loss again after 2 weeks in a row of little gains. Yay. (Unless I accidentally drink too much water this afternoon or something. I hate weighing in at 5:30 p.m.!!)

  

139.4 today!

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Yay! Maybe I am losing weight afterall? Yesterday I went for a bike ride that was about 30-40 minutes and then a hike with two other Sparkers (from the Boston team) that was about 2 hours long, so no wonder I lost weight! Yay! I am hoping that Barry and I can bike the Minutemail trail soon, maybe today...but I also need to get in a serious strength training workout. My last two have been partial effort (last time I ran out of time, the time before I did the TurboJam sculpting workout instead).

Thrilled with my weight and thrilled with 1,500 calories. :)

  

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KCIR1959 8/15/2007 11:04PM

Your making great progress, congratulations. Rick Report Inappropriate Comment

1,500 Feels Good

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

140.0 today. I knew it was going to be a good weigh-in just by looking at my tummy this morning. :)

At 1,500 calories per day, I don't really get hungry, except sometimes right before bed when it's been a few hours since dinner - and when that happens, I just gladly accept the hunger as proof that I'm not eating TOO much and will still lose weight. And besides, I never get crazy, uncomfortably, grouchy hungry at 1,500. At 1,500, I almost always have enough energy to do things, so I don't have to plan my workouts or my social outings to be near meals. I don't worry that I'm running out of food before the day is over.

At 1,200-1,300 calories per day, I could sometimes manage, sometimes not. Sometimes EVERYTHING revolved around food. I would get this panic feeling if I was close to the end of my food for the day but it was still the middle of the day. I had to plan activities around food, because exercise and simply even hanging out with people was too difficult if I was too hungry. Hunger was a daily thing and it was to the point where I'd be grouchy and unproductive.

Big difference!!!

IF I end up determining that I'm not losing at 1,500 (after over a week, I still really don't know! I started at 140.8 and now I'm at 140.0 - too close to tell!) I think I could try 1,400, but I really hope I don't have to dip down below 1,300 ever again. It's not pleasant.

By the way, guess what...today I found out that my blog inspired another SP member so much that she publicly thanked me on her blog. Isn't that cool!?!?

Oh, also my mother told me this morning that I look like I weigh 110 pounds. HA YEAH RIGHT, but her point is that I already look good enough at my current weight, and that I look like I weigh less than 140. Very nice of her to say, but doesn't mean I'm going to stop doing what I'm doing!

  

Wow - Stuffed Today!

Monday, August 13, 2007

It's around 1,500 calories today...same as it's been just over a week now...but for some reason I've been really stuffed today! I started off with a huge healthy smoothie, which actually stuffed me to the point of being uncomfortable. I never really did get hungry again after that, but decided I'd better eat the rest of my food before it got too late (I like to eat and then give my stomach a rest before the gym). So now I'm finishing off my food and starting to feel stuffed again. Huh!

PS - 140.4 today...seems like I might be losing slowly the way I want to be.......!? We'll see what happens to my weight tomorrow after today's "stuffing." :)

  

My NEW Goals

Sunday, August 12, 2007

A little more experienced in the weight management game, a little wiser. I now realize that the ultimate goal really IS the optimum number of calories for feeling good AND controlling weight. Having said that, here are some goals, broken down short- and long-term:

*Continue at around 1,500 calories per day (healthy food and plenty of exercise are a given!) until I can determine whether I'll lose any weight at this amount.
*Adjust calories until I find an amount that lets me SLOWLY and COMFORTABLY drop to 135 pounds.
*At 135 pounds, assess whether to continue to 130.
*Once goal is reached, use similar systematic method to determine the most calories I can eat to maintain weight. (Continued gradual excersise improvement is crucial throughout for burning calories and increasing metabolism!)
*Once maintanence calorie level is found, gradually work toward understanding this calorie level so intimately that I can eventually intuitively choose this amount of food WITHOUT tracking (at least not every day).
*Continue frequent weigh-ins and immediately reduce calories to weightloss levels whenever necessary.

  

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RJK2001 8/13/2007 12:24AM

I love it... you are doing this so well.... so smart. It is such a healthy way to do weight loss/maintenance, and you should be able to maintain this weight/lifestyle for the rest of your life! And not have to stress about it either! great job! such an inspiration! Report Inappropriate Comment