& we were talking about the fact that I have lost 70 lbs, I even showed her my WW book, LOL, & stated that I ONLY have less than 55 lbs to go to reach goal! She said "what do you think of that number... 55 lbs?" & I said "like it's nothing!" Really... LIKE IT'S NOTHING! (she was surprised... 55 lbs to most people isn't NOTHING... 55 lbs to alot of people is just a start & it's overwhelming... I understand that, but I'm not at the beginning of my journey, am I?) It IS nothing... all it is is time at this point. Time is passing, I'm eating healthy, exercising, striving for a better life & at some point in time I'll reach goal. I know it's going to be sooner than later... I'd like it to be by next spring (2005) just because I'm so darned ready for my PT Cruiser! LOL!! (& want to enjoy it for a while before I have to put it through its first Minnesota winter... salt, etc...) But until then (& even afterwards, of course) it's just living my life... my new life, my awesome life, my healthy life!! :o)
Anyways... I'm just blown away w/ how far I've come. :o)
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
Saturday, April 24, 2004
Saturday WI - THE SCALE MOVED!! :o)
I couldn't possibly submit you guys to another one of my WI ramblings two weekends in a row, but I'm just so excited & so darned proud of myself!
Down 1.6 lbs this week for a total of 70.2 lbs gone forever!
70 pounds... that's SEVENTY POUNDS!!! OMG!
I think my dry spell has passed! This is my 3rd WI in a row w/ a loss of 1 lb or more. My average for the year was about 1/3 of a lb per week up till now!
Thank you guys, so much, for your support & encouragement! I'm such a lucky girl to have found such an awesome & comfortable group of people to share my journey with! :o) Thank you, too, my fellow challengers, for keeping me accountable & challenging me to do better... my bonus challenge this week was to get some form of APs in daily & I did that.. LOVED IT & will continue to do so! (33 APs for the week - my average is 12 or so)
xoo.. Julie
ps...did you know, that in reality, I have really lost EIGHTY pounds since Christmas '02? That was my weight (275#) at a Dr's appt just after Christmas, a month before joining WW. A few weeks before joining, I started journaling again (after 9 months or so off) & was down 10 lbs by the time I joined. I don't know why I don't count those 10 lbs. ??
AND, LOL, my doctor's office has put everything on computer in the last year & when they transferred my weight into the computer, they messed up & put my weight in at 291!! When I saw that this past summer, as the nurse was figuring out my weight loss, I just about cr@pped!! I said "NO WAY! 275 freaked me out enough to start a month later, if it had been 291, I would've started WW the next day!!" So, according to my clinic charts, I have really lost 96.2 lbs!!! LOL!! I told the nurse I didn't like seeing that number (291), but that "I" knew what the number really was & even that didn't matter, because either way, I am that much lighter now!! :o)
So much for not rambling, huh?? LOL!!
Down 1.6 lbs this week for a total of 70.2 lbs gone forever!
70 pounds... that's SEVENTY POUNDS!!! OMG!
I think my dry spell has passed! This is my 3rd WI in a row w/ a loss of 1 lb or more. My average for the year was about 1/3 of a lb per week up till now!
Thank you guys, so much, for your support & encouragement! I'm such a lucky girl to have found such an awesome & comfortable group of people to share my journey with! :o) Thank you, too, my fellow challengers, for keeping me accountable & challenging me to do better... my bonus challenge this week was to get some form of APs in daily & I did that.. LOVED IT & will continue to do so! (33 APs for the week - my average is 12 or so)
xoo.. Julie
ps...did you know, that in reality, I have really lost EIGHTY pounds since Christmas '02? That was my weight (275#) at a Dr's appt just after Christmas, a month before joining WW. A few weeks before joining, I started journaling again (after 9 months or so off) & was down 10 lbs by the time I joined. I don't know why I don't count those 10 lbs. ??
AND, LOL, my doctor's office has put everything on computer in the last year & when they transferred my weight into the computer, they messed up & put my weight in at 291!! When I saw that this past summer, as the nurse was figuring out my weight loss, I just about cr@pped!! I said "NO WAY! 275 freaked me out enough to start a month later, if it had been 291, I would've started WW the next day!!" So, according to my clinic charts, I have really lost 96.2 lbs!!! LOL!! I told the nurse I didn't like seeing that number (291), but that "I" knew what the number really was & even that didn't matter, because either way, I am that much lighter now!! :o)
So much for not rambling, huh?? LOL!!
Wednesday, April 14, 2004
It's been a while since I had a Saturday WI Ramble... :o)
Well... I can't believe I did it... I weighed in today Not my normal week to WI... I have been weighing bi-weekly for over a year now because I definitely have a bi-weekly weight loss pattern ... great one week, not so great the next week... no matter how great I was OP that week. I just didn't want to deal w/ the numbers anymore... they shouldn't matter that much, right?
Anyways... I noticed a month or so ago that I was "slacking off" the week that I knew I wasn't going to WI & I decided that I had to start going weekly again for accountability sake. Today was that first day. I almost didn't do it... this DEFINITELY wasn’t the week for it... not only is it an off week as far as weight goes, I also had a bunch of ham this week but I tried to drink a TON of water to flush all that sodium out & some other stuff going on that we can't talk about here... which DOES effect what the scale says (even if it’s temporary)... so I wasn't expecting much, if anything.
Things have been sooooooooooooo slow this year... I've lost a total of 5 pounds this YEAR. Yeah, FIVE POUNDS. (that’s an average of 1/3 lb per week) I am ALWAYS OP, always... so it's been weird. Not as frustrating as I would think it would be, just weird. I'm really proud of myself for that! Nothing is going to stop me... I have a goal & a healthy life to live from now until forever... the numbers have only a small role here... “I” am all I can count on... I KNOW that I can do this... I know how simple this can be & how easy it is for me when I’ve got it together & how happy I am when I know I am doing my best... keeping it positive as much as possible. I don’t feeling depressed, to battle w/ myself over the simplest tasks... so I don’t... I just DO... it takes the debate out of the picture.
Anyways, LOL, as far as the WI goes... I lost a pound!! I’m THRILLED w/ that! That’s a pound... THREE times what my average is! LOL! :o) I didn’t expect anything... w/ all of the stuff I mentioned above... I can just imagine that if this was my BAD week, what next week’s WI will be! :o)
So... there you go. A little ramble. :o)
Have a great weekend guys!
Julie
Well... I can't believe I did it... I weighed in today Not my normal week to WI... I have been weighing bi-weekly for over a year now because I definitely have a bi-weekly weight loss pattern ... great one week, not so great the next week... no matter how great I was OP that week. I just didn't want to deal w/ the numbers anymore... they shouldn't matter that much, right?
Anyways... I noticed a month or so ago that I was "slacking off" the week that I knew I wasn't going to WI & I decided that I had to start going weekly again for accountability sake. Today was that first day. I almost didn't do it... this DEFINITELY wasn’t the week for it... not only is it an off week as far as weight goes, I also had a bunch of ham this week but I tried to drink a TON of water to flush all that sodium out & some other stuff going on that we can't talk about here... which DOES effect what the scale says (even if it’s temporary)... so I wasn't expecting much, if anything.
Things have been sooooooooooooo slow this year... I've lost a total of 5 pounds this YEAR. Yeah, FIVE POUNDS. (that’s an average of 1/3 lb per week) I am ALWAYS OP, always... so it's been weird. Not as frustrating as I would think it would be, just weird. I'm really proud of myself for that! Nothing is going to stop me... I have a goal & a healthy life to live from now until forever... the numbers have only a small role here... “I” am all I can count on... I KNOW that I can do this... I know how simple this can be & how easy it is for me when I’ve got it together & how happy I am when I know I am doing my best... keeping it positive as much as possible. I don’t feeling depressed, to battle w/ myself over the simplest tasks... so I don’t... I just DO... it takes the debate out of the picture.
Anyways, LOL, as far as the WI goes... I lost a pound!! I’m THRILLED w/ that! That’s a pound... THREE times what my average is! LOL! :o) I didn’t expect anything... w/ all of the stuff I mentioned above... I can just imagine that if this was my BAD week, what next week’s WI will be! :o)
So... there you go. A little ramble. :o)
Have a great weekend guys!
Julie
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