Update!!!

As of today, my mother-in-law has lost 51 lbs. using this method described earlier on this blog. (Remember?  4 to 5 8-ounce meals a day and 6-8 glasses of water?)  She said that when her sister was visiting they had American chop suey and strawberry shortcake--both big favorites--so she weighed out 4 ounces of both and enjoyed her meal!  I am totally getting a food scale.

Way to go Iris!!

Almost...

Another .5 lb. and I will have lost a total of 10 lbs.  Unfortunately, it's Saturday morning and the weekends aren't usually that great for me, so we'll see where I am on Monday morning.  Wish me luck!

Report!

Okay--here's a quickie.  Lost .5 lbs. this week--everything downward is good!  AND on Sunday, after a very long dry spell, somebody actually said I looked very nice in the skirt I had on.  Okay--it was Eden, but still....

All Good Things Go Down

It's a success whether it's fast or whether it's slow, or big, or small, as long as it's down!

And I lost another pound.  Oh yeah. :D

Weigh In

Well, this is kind of convoluted (that's what my mother would say anyway), but here goes.  When I started out I weighed 153 lbs.--I'm 5'4".  After a week on Atkins, I dropped the 6 lbs. to 147--the weight loss helped me ignore the fact that I felt blah.  After another week on Atkins - nothing but a headache.  After a weekend of self-soothing (aka eating), I weighed 152--slow learner, quick gainer.  After a week on the John-Alexa- blah-blah-blah diet, I weighed 148.5 lbs and this morning (the end of the 4th week) I weighed 146.5. :D  I'm a happy camper!

I'm also getting up at 6 am every morning to study scriptures for 30 minutes in peace and quiet and working out at the gym: MWF=weight training and 20 min on treadmill; TTH=40 min on treadmill; SS=I don't get up at 6 and I don't go to the gym.  Works for me!

Making Time

This is probably the fifth time I've tried to post. I keep getting distracted. Between the 3 year old, the 17 month old, potty-training (just the 3 year old), naps (for both, sometimes for me, too), the upheaval going on at my and my husband's place of work, and the insane stress of buying a house (we close in TWO DAYS!!), well, it's pretty easy to get distracted.

But the thing is, I NEED to make time for myself.

And I NEED the accountability that doing this on a blog will provide for me.

First weigh-in, today, Wednesday, June 8th, is 212.6 lbs. I'm 5'9".

And I could go into all the reasons I weigh what I weigh, but that's not the point of this. The point is to LOSE it.

I recently had my thyroid checked, and thankfully it came back normal (though I'd like to know where in the normal spectrum I fell, because this isn't the first time my doctor has wanted to check my thyroid...).

In any case, as things are now, I'm good to go in getting rid of this weight. The buying a house process is winding down, we've got everything we need paperwork-wise, just need to sign, (FRIDAY!!! 11am!!!!), and then starts the moving process, but that's something I'm excited to get done, not a chore that's going to stress me out. Oh, and did I mention we are NEVER moving again???? Yeah.

Now I need to make time for me.

Starting today, I'm going to write down everything that I eat. I'm not going to write down exact measurements, that is too tedious, but I am going to pay attention to portion sizes. I'll only drink 2 sodas today. Believe me, that's gonna be difficult enough.

That's enough for now. Otherwise, I'll get overwhelmed! :)