Week 58(?) DOWN 100.8 POUNDS!!! :-)

Once again I've been a lazy blogger and haven't been updating my progress but there wasn't a whole lot to mention as I have been having some smallish losses lately, totally deserved though. The thing with me is when I have slow losses, I never blame a plateau but take total and full responsibility for my actions knowing full well, I've just been plain eating too much and not exercising properly. This past week, I had next to no time to exercise but I was working on refinishing my front step for 4 nights straight in addition to working 11 days straight so I think all that time made up for my lack of gym time. I didn't journal as faithfully as I normally do but I knew I was within my points as I was carefully watching my food intake and making better choices fairly consistent throughout the week. I knew I was going to have a pretty good week as I peeked at my scale at home and it showed a loss but I never count on it's accuracy. Well I got to my WI this week and it showed me down a whopping 5.8 lbs which brought me to a grand total of 100.8 lbs down!!!!!!! :-) I was so freaking excited I couldn't even believe it! I was not expecting to reach this goal on this WI so I wasn't really prepared for it but I was freaking out all day about it and was just so proud that I had reached this crazy milestone in my journey. You just never believe you're ever going to get there and then it actually happened. I'm still amazed! Now, it's been a couple of days since and lord! have I been doing some damage eating wise so I will be doing the damage control the rest of the week so I don't look like a moron on WI day this week. So, Yay ME!!!!

Um, not sure what week this is...53 maybe?

Okay, I've been a total slacker on updating my blog lately so I thought I should probably get an update in June sometime. I am still dedicated to WW more than ever. I had a little bit of a lazy attitude about the program for about a month where I still lost but had a couple little gains and losses which shows I wasn't 100% with the program. I'm not sure what kicked my butt into high gear but I'm feeling really motivated again and excited to get to goal. I would still like to do that by my birthday in August but the meeting today told us that fixed dates can sometimes sabotage our efforts so I will just hope I get there eventually and won't be devestated if I don't get it by then. It would be REALLY nice to do it though. So my WI today showed a 2.4 lb loss for an official WW loss total of 92.8 lbs! Holy crap! It doesn't even seem real to me. It's like I can't even remember that yet at the same time, I do and it's very difficult for me to recognize in myself that I am an "average" body size now and I'm not seen as an "overweight" person anymore by the general public. I still feel like I am. I still have a problem with focusing on how far I have to go yet, not how far I've come. I also worry about the end result when I get to goal. Even though it will be an amazing accomplishment, I will have the battle scars of being a formerly overweight person with the loose skin and stretch marks and stuff. Plus I have that horrible disfiguring scar on my stomach that I've had since I was 6 weeks old and that doesn't help my self-esteem very much. I was told by a doctor once that I would be a good candidate for scar revision surgery so I might have to look into these things for the future. I don't know that I'll be 100% content unless these problems are taken care of and I don't have to be reminded of my damage every day for the rest of my life. Come on lotto!!!!!

In other news...today was the first day I ran 5k for the entire time! I went to the Y and ran it in 36 minutes 20 seconds! I have no idea if that's okay or not but I don't really care, I fricken ran for 36 straight minutes (well 40 technically, I couldn't remember what 5k was in miles so just to make sure I added some extra running) and I think that's great and not everyone can do that! Yeah me!

I don't have any really recent updated pictures right now but hopefully soon I will have a new comparison picture for you to see. I'm keeping at it...29 more lbs to go until goal and it can't come soon enough. :-)

Week 47...I think?

Okay, I'm not 100% sure if that's correct or not as I haven't been around to update my blog for a bit but I'm here now and that's what counts. Went to Winnipeg last week for the Rod Stewart concert and it was an awesome and amazing show and had a really good time with Mom. I ate everything in sight and didn't count points for a second but I did manage to make it to the hotel gym the one night and we shopped for several hours the next day so I did get some exercise inbetween eating. LOL! I didn't go to WW on Thursday as we got in late afternoon on Thursday and ate a bunch of crap that day so I told myself I could take one week off out of a year and relax about WW. Got myself back on track this week but didn't make it to the gym as much as I wanted.

However...I made it to my meeting today and I am pleased to report that in the 2 weeks I am down 4.8 lbs!!!! That brings me to an official WW total of 84.8 lbs! Technically I am only 2.2 lbs away from losing 100 lbs from my heighest weight I've ever recorded. Holy crap! That's insane! I can't even lift 100 lbs of weight right now and to think I was carrying it around all the time with me. So I am hoping to now lose another 37 lbs to get to goal and I honestly can't even believe I can say that. Comparatively, 37 lbs seems like a breeze (even though I know it definitely isn't!) to lose considering where I was a year ago. I will continue OP 6 days a week like I always have and I will have to step up my exercise and incorporate weight training into my routine more. I will put up some new pictures for comparison again. Yay me!

picture update!

Okay...so I was supposed to go out with an old friend tonight but she's really busy studying for finals and working a lot so we decided to cancel our date and postpone it for later on next week. In any case, I was all dressed up with nowhere to go so I though I may as well get some pictures taken so I could update my blog and show off my progress. The new pictures are of me down 80.6 lbs. I will post my before picture just for comparison sake.

Week 44...WOOHOO!

I had a GREAT WI today! Even with Easter supper in there I still managed a 3.8 lb loss this past week!!! I got to the gym the last two nights and did some jogging on the treadmill and I think that really helped me out today! So my official WW loss total is 80.6 lbs!!!! I'm so happy today!

Not much else going on except watching ultimate fighter and the Tito vs. Dana boxing match tonight on Spike! Yeah! LOVE the UFC!!!

Week 43 Highs and Lows of it

I'm always so late posting m WI results. Anyway I got to my 75 lb goal this past week so my total official WW loss was down 2 lbs for a total of 76.8! WOOHOO!!! I was very very close to one of my other goals but more on that another time. Had a good day and helped Tara celebrate her birthday and we had a really good time, went to Earls' and had the Sicilian pizza hoping it was a lesser evil and it turned out to be 26 points along with the other million points I managed to drink that night. Oh well.

Worked on Saturday and my family had planned Easter supper for that day so I worked and left straight for the farm. Couldn't wait for the evening because it was UFC 69 where Geroges St. Pierre was defending his title against Matt Sera. LOVE GSP but unfortunately he lost! WHAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I'm still pretty bummed out about it and the smug look on Matt Hughes' face made me sick! GRRRRRRRRR...also the Diego Sanchez and Josh Koscheck's fight sucked major balls, boring as hell. As much as I can't stand Koscheck, I can't blame him for the crappy fight as Sanchez barely landed a single shot the entire 3 rounds.

Easter supper was amazing as usual but it was probably the first time in years where although I ate whatever I wanted including perogies, I didn't feel sick at all after with gut wrenching pain. LOL! I was stuffed for sure and I know I ate more than I should have but I didn't go back for seconds at all so that's good. I'm kind of sick with a cold right now but I still really want to get some exercise in today and the next couple of days to see if I can reach my next goal this week. We'll see how it goes.

Thisfreakingclose...week 42

I'm a little late in getting my update in this week. Went to my WI on Thursday and I was sooooooo close to getting my 75 lbs lost! AHHHHHHHHH! I lost 2 lbs last week which brought me down 74.8 freaking pounds! Yeah me but I really wanted that 75 lbs! I am determined to get it next week for sure. Crossing my fingers! It could be a very eventful week...fill ya in later if it happens!