Weigh-In Wednesday

It is Weigh-In Wednesday again!  I weigh in on Saturday's b/c it works better for me, but I was down 1.8 pounds this week.  I am struggling this week to get in any physical activity.  I have been telling myself ever since I finished Jillian Michaels Body Revolution at the end of May that I was going to start Insanity or something....anything at this point but nothing so far.  Each night I go to bed saying tomorrow I am going to start...but so far I have done nothing and I can't figure out how to get my motivation back.  Hopefully I can get back to working out next week.  My birthday is coming up, not to mention my vacation at the end of July and I really want to be well on my way to the 130's by my vacation at least.  The funny thing is I did better during the school year when I was working and now that I am off for summer break I am absolutely unmotivated and have tons more time. Not sure what is wrong with me but I need to figure it out and quick. 

I am doing good with my eating so far this week and haven't gone over into my Weight Watchers Bonus Points nearly as much as I did last week or the week before.  We shall see what happens on Saturday if I can continue to stay away from the rest of those bonus points. 

Hope everyone is having a great week!  Remember to stay determined.  (Even I am struggling with that right now. lol)

See ya later,
Becky

Father's Day and recap of the last week and a half

Hello Fellow Bloggers!  All I can say is I am sorry that I have not be able to do a better job over the last week and a half of keeping my blog current.  I thought that since I was out of work for the summer I would do better but it seems like I have as much to do at home as I did at work. I will try to do better this week.  I missed Weigh in Wednesday and everything!  Geez! 

Let me start with a Happy Father's Day to my Daddy and my Hubby! Two of the greatest men I know!

This was my dad and me shortly after my parents adopted me! Yep, I am a Daddy's Girl!

My Daddy is my biggest supporter!  Dad and me at my Undergraduate Graduation. I didn't go through the formal graduation when I got my Masters Degree or he would have been there for that as well.

My hubby and my kiddos!  I couldn't ask for a better Father for my children.  They absolutely adore him and think that he hung the moon and stars.

 

Now for Weigh-In recaps:

Weigh In last Saturday 6/8/13....Not so good but then again as I said in my last post I was expecting a gain.  I ended up gainning .8 pounds.  I guess that is okay since I was expecting it to be soooo much worse since I went over by way too many points. I was so disappointed in myself that I didn't even measure.

Weigh In Yesterday 6/15/13....I was able to pick myself back up out of my slothfulness and do better this week.  I still went over a few points but I ended up losing the .8 pounds that I lost gained back last week plus another pound which totals 1.8 pounds lost. That is a total of 15.6 pounds from my highest weight. I did take measurements this week and and lost another 1.5 inches in just my hips, belly button and waist.  Altogether in all areas I am down a total of 30.75 inches since March 4th!  I was happy with all of this progress considering I have been very lazy and unmotivated when it comes to working out.  I really must get back on my workout schedule and just do something.....anything to get moving.

Non Scale Victory: 
I was in a department store and have been wanting this dress for about a month.  I tried it on a month ago and could not get it zipped all the way up.  I went back a couple of weeks ago and could not find it in my size any where.  I was back there this weekend to shop for Father's Day gifts and happened to walk by it.  I decided to try it on again and low and behold I got it zipped all the way up with room to breathe even!  Yay!  Needless to say I bought it!

I hope every one is having a great weekend.  Remember to stay determined! 

Fell off the Wagon!

Ummmm.....did I say fell off the wagon?  Oh yes, I definitely fell off the wagon but then it ran right over me too!!!!!  Let me think back to where I have went wrong this week and yes I know it is only Tuesday! 

Saturday was my weigh in day and I always over eat on Saturday's b/c weigh in is another week away. I use some of my bonus point from Weight Watchers during the weekend and try to do good through the week, but not this week apparently! 

Sunday was Homecoming at our church and we have a dinner afterwards and lets just say I had not will power at all.  I then took an unexpected trip out of town and yet again no will power when my hubby suggested that we eat at a Japaneese Steak House. (Man that yum yum sauce is a lot of points!  I had no idea!) 

Anyway then yesterday morning our principal took our staff out for breakfast to celebrate the end of the school year.  I ate and ate and ate!  Like all but 5 of my 26 points for the entire day were gone by the time I left the restaurant!  YIKES!!!  Like I said I have fell off the wagon and then I let it run right over me!  It has flattened me.  I have actually used ALL of my bonus points and have went over like 27 points from that!!!! What the heck!!! I really have to be good for the rest of the week and then maybe I won't have gained like 5 pounds back.  I know I am going to have a gain but I just want it to be as little as possible.  Shew.....I am glad I don't have this much temptation every week or I wouldn't ever lose weight! 

On the bright side,  I have done better today and actually came in under my point goal for the day! 

Hope everyone is still doing great or at least better than me! Hahaha!

And that's a WRAP!!!!

I did it!  I mean I actually completed the Jillian Michael's Body Revolution Program!  I simply can't believe it!  I usually never finish any fitness program that I start, but not this time and I owe it all to my friends at My Fitness Pal and all of the Weightloss Bloggers that I follow who have encouraged me every step of the way.  Most of them will never know how sharing their stories and challenges with weightloss has inspired me to not give up!  Just a recap on the program:  it is a 90 day program 30 minutes a day 6 days a week.  You do two sets of workouts for two weeks at a time and then move on to another set of workouts for another two weeks and so on and so forth until you reach weeks 11 and 12 which are meant to be done for three weeks to make it a complete 90 days. I owe my ability to complete the program to the fact that it is a short workout each day and not the same workouts for too long at a time. I get bored easily with the same workout each day! 

RESULTS for this past week:

Weight: down 2.4lbs this week.

Measurements in waist, belly button, and hips:  down 1 inch

Measurements in waist, belly button, hips, arms, legs, and bust:  down 4.25 inches

 

RESULTS for the whole Body Revolution Program since March 4, 2013:

Weight: down 10.6 lbs (A total of 14.6 from my highest weight this time last year!)

Measurements in waist, belly button, and hips:  down 18.5 inches

Measurements in waist, belly button, hips, arms, legs, and bust: 28.5 inches  (didn't start measuring my arms, legs, and bust until the beginning of Phase 2 so I probably lost more than this but this is what I was able to measure since then.)

BODY Mass Index went from 29.4 to 26.8.  (Definitely a step in the right direction!)

I have went from a size 14 to a very loose 12 and can even fit in some 10's.  I haven't been in a size 10 in at least 3 years! 


WEIGHT WATCHERS:
By April 20th I was just not losing as much weight as I wanted.  I was losing inches but the scale was just not moving that much at all.  So I started Weight Watchers on April 20th and have lost 9 of those 10.6 pounds since then.  I tried tracking calories but like I have said before I don't think I was paying enough attention to the sugar and sodium calories as I should have been.  Weight Watchers takes all of those important things into account for you so you do not have to worry about it.  I like anything that is easy!  I did meet my 5% goal today!  So that was super exciting!

WHAT TO DO NEXT?????

I am not really sure what I am going to start next.  I am a teacher so I am out of school with my kids this summer starting Wednesday.  So I am hoping to have more time to workout.  I am thinking about starting Insanity!  I did it for about 6 weeks last summer but didn't finish it.  I think that doing it during the summer would be easier than trying to do it during the school year.  Just seems like there is never enough time in the afternoons to do it especially when it moves up to an hour in the second month.  Anyway I think I will start Insanity either this week or the next and then go back to Body Revolution in August.  I would also like to start some classess at the gym in the afternoons.  I think there are a couple of spin classes during the week that I used to enjoy taking a few years ago.  Not sure what all I will get into this summer but I am not going to stop my weightloss journey just because I finished one program.

I hope everyone is having a great weekend!  Good luck in the week ahead and remember to stay determined!