Week # 7: -2.0 pounds
Total pounds lost: -9.6
I did it! I met my 5% weight loss goal... the first big goal that you can meet in Weight Watchers. It took me 7 weeks but I got there. I have lost 5% of my starting weight and am now only 9 pounds away from being back into the "normal" weight range for my height and age. I'm simply amazed.
I'm 13 pounds lighter than I was New Years Eve. That is just amazing to me. God has really blessed this time with Weight Watchers and I am just shocked at the results.
I am not fitting comfortable into my shirts again, without the bulging excess making me wear sweaters in 90 degree weather to cover it all up. Couple this with my new haircut and I am feeling really good lately. Good enough that I even wore shorts outside today. Ok, so they were past my knees and could probably count as capri's, but they feel like shorts to me! :)
I feel great and I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to do this. My husband has been my biggest cheerleader and it has made a world of difference having so many people cheering and pushing me on with this. Thanks again Sarah B!
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Trip to WV
This past week, my husband was in Minneapolis from last Sunday until very late Thursday night. Our plans were to head to West Virginia to visit with the Seigneurs while he was out of town. On Monday, as my previous post explained, Emma woke up seemingly sick. However, by late that same day she was totally cleared up and completely fine on Tuesday. So, we packed up the car and headed to West Virginia to spend some much needed quality time with our friends Tim, Joanna, Andrew and Baby K.
It was so nice to have a place to occupy our time and keep our minds off missing Daddy, and good conversation and Oreo Klondike Bars just make it all that much sweeter. The weather was amazingly warm and we had a great time visiting and trying our best to help out where we could. We are so very blessed to have such great friends in our life! It is fun to watch our children grow up together and to know that someday we will be sharing stories of how we met in college and how we all became friends. It simply amazes me the things that God has brought us all through since leaving college over 10 years ago now.
Without further ado, some pictures from our fun, relaxing week in West Virginia
It was so nice to have a place to occupy our time and keep our minds off missing Daddy, and good conversation and Oreo Klondike Bars just make it all that much sweeter. The weather was amazingly warm and we had a great time visiting and trying our best to help out where we could. We are so very blessed to have such great friends in our life! It is fun to watch our children grow up together and to know that someday we will be sharing stories of how we met in college and how we all became friends. It simply amazes me the things that God has brought us all through since leaving college over 10 years ago now.
Without further ado, some pictures from our fun, relaxing week in West Virginia
First, some fun at the park!
Then, some home-made fun at home making forts!
Emma loved sitting at this picnic table and stealing food eating with Andrew
Tim was demonstrating exactly what a Boppy is supposed to be for :)
Monday, March 12, 2012
Gotta Love It
As of this moment, we should be an hour into our two-hour drive to visit dear friends while my hubby is out of town for the week.
As of this moment, Emma is sleeping in her crib.
After staying up until 3:00 am getting us all packed and getting the house clean so that it would be nice and clean upon our return, I woke up at 8:00am to a funny sounding child coming through on the monitor. I went in to her room and discovered a crib filled with green snot and a child with a crusted-over face, as she had been sleeping in it. She talked. She sounded pretty funny with her congestion and my heart sank. Emma woke up twice during the night and I did not know why. Now I know why... she was not feeling well for some reason.
No fever, acting normal. Hmmm... we took a long bath after steaming up the bathroom with the hot shower for a bit and she seemed to feel better but the green snot just keeps coming.
There are a lot of joys in motherhood, having your child get sick at the most inconvenient times is not one of them. Selfish or not, I was really looking forward to our trip and getting away for a while and letting Emma have some time with her close friend A, while I enjoyed some time with my close friend J. Maybe she will miraculously wake up healed and ready to go.
In the meantime, I will continue to eat 2 weeks worth of Weight Watchers Points in girl scout cookies and drown my sorrows with a cup of hot coffee on this yucky, rainy day.
Oh the joys of motherhood :)
As of this moment, Emma is sleeping in her crib.
After staying up until 3:00 am getting us all packed and getting the house clean so that it would be nice and clean upon our return, I woke up at 8:00am to a funny sounding child coming through on the monitor. I went in to her room and discovered a crib filled with green snot and a child with a crusted-over face, as she had been sleeping in it. She talked. She sounded pretty funny with her congestion and my heart sank. Emma woke up twice during the night and I did not know why. Now I know why... she was not feeling well for some reason.
No fever, acting normal. Hmmm... we took a long bath after steaming up the bathroom with the hot shower for a bit and she seemed to feel better but the green snot just keeps coming.
There are a lot of joys in motherhood, having your child get sick at the most inconvenient times is not one of them. Selfish or not, I was really looking forward to our trip and getting away for a while and letting Emma have some time with her close friend A, while I enjoyed some time with my close friend J. Maybe she will miraculously wake up healed and ready to go.
In the meantime, I will continue to eat 2 weeks worth of Weight Watchers Points in girl scout cookies and drown my sorrows with a cup of hot coffee on this yucky, rainy day.
Oh the joys of motherhood :)
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Weekly Weigh-In
Week # 5: -1.4 pounds
Total pounds lost: -7.6
Chris and I both noticed that my heart didn't seem to be in it this past week. However, I did stick to my points for the most part and I did earn the 14 activity points that we were challenged with this week. So, I guess it is all paying off. I am quite shocked at how well this is all going. My pants are too big, I'm starting to feel less muffin topping going on and starting to feel confident in my ability to stick with this program for the long-haul. I am only 1.08 pounds away from meeting my 5% weight loss goal, which is the first goal they want you to hit. I just can't believe I am so close to this already!
Today, I purchased the points calculator so that I have a way of tracking points while I am out to eat or at the grocery store, etc. It's small and looks like a makeup compact and it is not obvious that it is weight watchers so it won't attract attention :)
God has really blessed this whole thing and I am fortunate that I have been so successful with it so far. The hard part, will be maintaining a good attitude about it all and maintaining these changes as new habits. It helps that it doesn't feel like a diet. :)
Anyway, that is my weigh-in for this week!
Total pounds lost: -7.6
Chris and I both noticed that my heart didn't seem to be in it this past week. However, I did stick to my points for the most part and I did earn the 14 activity points that we were challenged with this week. So, I guess it is all paying off. I am quite shocked at how well this is all going. My pants are too big, I'm starting to feel less muffin topping going on and starting to feel confident in my ability to stick with this program for the long-haul. I am only 1.08 pounds away from meeting my 5% weight loss goal, which is the first goal they want you to hit. I just can't believe I am so close to this already!
Today, I purchased the points calculator so that I have a way of tracking points while I am out to eat or at the grocery store, etc. It's small and looks like a makeup compact and it is not obvious that it is weight watchers so it won't attract attention :)
God has really blessed this whole thing and I am fortunate that I have been so successful with it so far. The hard part, will be maintaining a good attitude about it all and maintaining these changes as new habits. It helps that it doesn't feel like a diet. :)
Anyway, that is my weigh-in for this week!
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Weekly Weigh-In
Week #4: -0.6 pounds
Month 1 Total: - 6.2 pounds
When I look at the month as a whole, I am amazed that I have already lost 6.2 pounds through this weight watching program. I am disappointed in this weeks results BUT I knew I made a couple of big mistakes and it cost me. We move on.
This is a big change for me because usually after the first disappointment, I quit. I get so mad at myself that I give up and tell myself I will never succeed. So, positive attitude changes have occurred this time around and it is refreshing to be focusing more on a healthier lifestyle rather than losing weight to look skinny.
Thanks to some awesome encouragement by my husband, other weight watching friends and my best friend, I am succeeding this time around. Woohoo!
We'll see what month #2 brings!
Only 1 1/2 more months until my first 5K of 2012. I need to work harder at training for that!
Month 1 Total: - 6.2 pounds
When I look at the month as a whole, I am amazed that I have already lost 6.2 pounds through this weight watching program. I am disappointed in this weeks results BUT I knew I made a couple of big mistakes and it cost me. We move on.
This is a big change for me because usually after the first disappointment, I quit. I get so mad at myself that I give up and tell myself I will never succeed. So, positive attitude changes have occurred this time around and it is refreshing to be focusing more on a healthier lifestyle rather than losing weight to look skinny.
Thanks to some awesome encouragement by my husband, other weight watching friends and my best friend, I am succeeding this time around. Woohoo!
We'll see what month #2 brings!
Only 1 1/2 more months until my first 5K of 2012. I need to work harder at training for that!
Progress in 2012
January and February 2012 have proven to be interesting months for me.
Usually, when I set new years resolutions up for myself, they are nice thoughts but they don't stick and each year I resolve the same things. This year, has been different. Setting new goals for myself each month, specific goals, has made a big difference in my life and the life of our home.
My house is seeing transformation, my relationship with Christ is blossoming and is producing fruit that I have not seen in my life for a very long time. I have been reading more, cooking more, making better choices and finally beginning to feel a sense of purpose and accomplishment.
They say that every new job requires a year of time before you feel settled and know what you are doing. I have found that to be very true in this transition from 12 years of full time work outside of the home to my new job as a stay at home mom and wife. I had no idea how difficult, challenging and rewarding this job would be. I find myself seeking lots of advice from God, from other moms, from family and friends, from the library. I can't think of any other time in my life where I have felt more inadequate than this journey that motherhood has taken me on. How in the world can I be responsible for raising this tiny human being? How am I supposed to decide what is best for her at all times?
As I type this, my 21-month old daughter is sitting down pretending to read a book surrounded by her dolls and teddy bears. I look at her and realize that there is absolutely NOTHING that I can do in my own power for this child that I have been so blessed to care for. God has been so gracious to us.
For a long time, I struggled with being content in life. No longer. I find myself absolutely content and if E is our only baby ever, I am ok with that. If she's not, I'm ok with that too. I'm just happy to be fulfilling my purpose on this planet until I reach the shores of Heaven. My outlook has changed, my goals have changed, my heart has changed and fortunately for me, the only thing that hasn't changed is God. The past six months have been a huge lesson to me. God does not move away from me, I move from Him. He continues to pursue me. I am the one that stopped pursuing. Praise God for grace, mercy and His unending love for those that are His.
On that note, happy March everyone!
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Weekly Weigh-In
Week #3: -2.8 pounds
I was shocked too.
That brings my total to 5.6 pounds lost in 3 weeks using the weight watchers method. I guess I must have been eating pretty poorly before I started this. I guess I also owe a couple people some thanks for getting me going with this: Thank you Sarah B and Tori B. !
What is funny is that after the meeting and weigh-in today, I immediately thought that I should reward myself and stop and get a yummy froo-froo coffee from the coffee shop I love just down the street. Some things never change. However, I drove right past the coffee shop and went straight home to fix a nice salad with some tuna, corn chips, shredded cheese and olive oil and vinegar dressing. So, I guess some things really do change because 4 weeks ago, I would not have turned down the temptation of coffee and I certainly would not have rushed home to make a salad and considered it delicious.
Here's hoping I can continue this trend!
I was shocked too.
That brings my total to 5.6 pounds lost in 3 weeks using the weight watchers method. I guess I must have been eating pretty poorly before I started this. I guess I also owe a couple people some thanks for getting me going with this: Thank you Sarah B and Tori B. !
What is funny is that after the meeting and weigh-in today, I immediately thought that I should reward myself and stop and get a yummy froo-froo coffee from the coffee shop I love just down the street. Some things never change. However, I drove right past the coffee shop and went straight home to fix a nice salad with some tuna, corn chips, shredded cheese and olive oil and vinegar dressing. So, I guess some things really do change because 4 weeks ago, I would not have turned down the temptation of coffee and I certainly would not have rushed home to make a salad and considered it delicious.
Here's hoping I can continue this trend!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)