First of all – AWESOME JOB JOCELYN!

I am considering doing core, maybe just for a few weeks. I haven’t been to the grocery store and we have a lot going on this week, but maybe next week I’ll give it a try. I always stuck to flex because I’m someone that likes to eat EVERYTHING, and flex gives me the opportunity to do that. However, everyone I know who’s done core has lost weight. And it looks totally doable to me!

As for me…

The good news is that I am down 4.4 lbs for the week!

Wahoo!

The bad news is that I have had an awful stomach bug for 4 days, and that’s really what had me lose the weight.

Since I’m not going to have that bug every week, I definitely need to stay on track. However, I am motivated to not gain that weight back. After 4 days like that, I deserve the weight loss.

How’s everyone else doing?!!?

Some of you may be wondering where I have been and if I have totally fallen off the wagon. If anyone is still reading this.

I don’t know what the hell day it is, but I have actually done pretty well recently. At WW on Monday, I was down 3 lbs for the week. It could have probably been 6 lbs if it wasn’t for my party-filled weekend.

I think I’m moving away from the Spring Challenge and into the Summer Challenge.

A few of my work buddies and I decided to do the Cardiac (fad) diet for a week for shits and giggles. A male co-worker lost 33 lbs in about 8 weeks doing it. It’s 3 days out of 7, so I figure, what the hell. I want results, I’ll take the sacrifices right now.

Yesterday was Day 1 of that diet. I’m doing Wed, Thurs, Fri this week and if it works, we’ll do it again next week.

This discussion at work has sparked me to organize a “Bigg*st Loser” at our office. Monday is Day 1. Everyone gives their “starting weight” on Monday and every Monday they report their weight gained or lost. There’s probably going to be 14 people giving $10 each for the pot. We’ll go for 8 weeks and July 7th will be the unveiling. The biggest Los*r gets 75% of the pot and the runner up gets 25%. It’s amazing how many people here are excited about it! Add some financial incentives and people are raring to go!

So, I am starting the countdown over again with Monday being Day 1 all over again for an 8 week period. I am still doing the Cardiac thing today and tomorrow and still plan on doing a WW-style food plan the rest of the time and incorporating exercise on the non-Cardiac diet days. We’ll see how this all goes.

As for the Spring Challenge actually go?

I think I was 187.2 when I started.
This morning, I was 178.

Down 9.2 for the past 4 weeks. It’s not great, but it’s a loss.
I’m down 27.4 from last May.

23 lbs to go. Totally doable.

I don’t know how, but I did it. And it only took me 14 weeks of WW (16 weeks total, I think).

My loss for the week was 3.6 lbs! Holy crap!

In all fairness, at last week’s weigh in it was my most bloated, PMS-ey day of the month, which is probably 3 lbs right there.

So, now I need to think of my goal weight. I’m 5′7″ and the booklet shows my ideal weight as between 128-160. Well, I have not been 128 since freshman year of college. I was probably 137 pre-law school, but I am now 185 lbs and I can’t even imagine being under 150 at this point.

I think I’m going to shoot for 155. It’s 30 more lbs. Totally managable, right?

It just seems like such a big amount to lose.

For now, I’m going to enjoy the 20 lbs down and not think about how much is left on my journey!

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BTW – ANOTHER GREAT FIND!

I am in LOVE with the Fiber One bars. The oat and chocolate ones are my new little treat! Yummy!

Not sure how, but I lost 1.4 lbs.

It’s 17.8 total.

I am .4 less than I was back in mid-July. But that’s okay, because I haven’t deserved to lose weight since then.

Now, I MUST get back on that horse. Dammit.

I missed a meeting last week and didn’t really track at all that entire week, so I’m not sure where I’m at. WW has me at Week 8, so we’re going to go with that.

Something miraculous happened tonight.

Somehow I lost weight. I missed last week and I wasn’t too good for 9 days, but I lost weight.

Another 2 lbs!

That makes 15.8 total!!!

Only 5 more lbs to my 10%!

I guess I need to start thinking about my goal weight soon.

I am down another 2.8 lbs this week! Wahoo!

I wasn’t the best little WW girl this week and attribute the weight loss to the fact that I was incredibly bloated for last week’s weigh in!

That’s 13.6 lbs so far!

My goal was to lost my first 20 by my birthday which is 24 days away. A little overzealous, I know,  but I’m still shooting for it!

but I only lost .2 this week.

I’ll admit that I wasn’t really good this week. I had a MILLION work parties where you can’t bring your own food and you have to be really restrained.

Plus, I feel like a bloated cow right now due to PMS and that usually adds 2-3 lbs to my weight.

The week will be a good week. This weekend, I’m going kayaking, we are getting the basement cleaned up for me to get the good treadmill in there and I am going to be an ideal Weight Watcher!

I can’t believe it.

I lost 2.8 lbs this week! Holy shit.

That’s 10.6 lbs in 4 weeks!

Why the hell didn’t I start this back in August 2006, or even January?!!?

As corny as they sometimes are, I do like staying for the meetings. This woman was different than the one that runs the meetings on Wednesdays. She was very interactive. One of our co-attendees met her lifetime goal and got her lifetime membership. She lost 48 lbs since August 2006.

Our leader was asking her what got her in the door of WW and what kept her going. She then asked me the same questions because I had lost my first 10.

A few things motivated me. I was 40 lbs heavier than my “fattest” and was embarassed. I wanted to start taking family photos, but I didn’t want to be in them.

I had a friend over one day and when she saw pictures of me from when Lois and I met, she blurted out “OMG – is that even you?? Look how skinny you were!!!”

That’s what got me there and keeps me going!

Ugh. I only lost a little over a pound this week. Lois is telling me not to be disappointed, I did lose something.

 

I’ll admit that I wasn’t that great this week. Tuesday was a golf tournament where I drank most of my points and yesterday was our “attorney lunch” and it was Mexican.

 

I didn’t have too many chips and salsa (maybe 6 chips) but I would normally have an entire basket!

 

So, I’m about 7.8 lbs down in 3 weeks. I know that’s pretty good.

 

I just need to start some working out! Get my fat ass out of bed in the morning!!!

BTW –

There’s more of these 100 calorie snacks coming out! I’m so excited.

 

Another BTW –

 

This golf tournament on Tuesday, it was for work. It was at this golf club that I came to find out is managed by Lois’ ex’s current partner. I was almost embarrassed that I was so chubby. I hate feeling crappy when I run into people I know because I wish I was skinnier. There’s another incentive to get my butt in gear!

 

Why didn’t I start WW in January??? If I did, I might actually be considering a bathing suit this summer!

I was pretty good this Memorial Day weekend. Okay, so I probably had one t00 many chicken sausages, and a beer on Sunday, but I wasn’t nearly as bad as I normally would be.

So this week, I was happy that I lost SOMETHING.

2.2 lbs this week!

That’s 6.4 lbs total in 2 weeks!

Maybe this week, I’ll actually try to incorporate some activity!