Belinda's WL Diary

See, my sister is really irregular and when she does get hers, she says it hurts so bad she has to take off work for it. I think she has PCOS, but she won't go get checked out. I can only hound her so much. I'm the complete opposite, totally regular every month for exactly seven days, albeit always in pain that first day. Then I got pregnant and I haven't really had a period since and my daughter will be turning five this December. It was definitely odd at first not having one, but I soon grew to love it. Never having a period is so awesome, such freedom without having to worry about if have TOM products stocked or in my purse. Can wear whatever I want and go swimming whenever I want. It's not as bad as you'd think. I only get crampy if I lift heavy things like moving furniture, so that's a plus. As for the type of IUD, I refuse to do ParaGard--the thought of copper in my body gets me all squeamish. At least with the Mirena it's just hormones being slowly released.
 
Good news is that despite my bad habit of stepping on the scale at night, my weight hasn't changed since this morning's weigh in. So I can't wait to see tomorrow's number. It'll be this week's weigh in for the Simple Weightloss Challenge. Sold the bike tonight to my aunt who had the gastric bypass done. She's lost 70 lbs so far, almost as much as what both my husband and I have lost combined! It's simply not fair. But at least I can say I've gotten this far through determination and working my ass off.
 
163.5 this morning :) Soon I'll be out of the 160s. The 160s have been the frame where I've made the quickest progress compared to the 180s and 170s. I'm pretty sure this pace won't last much longer and I'll stall out in the 150s. Good news is, my size 12 jeans are getting loose on me already. But that's also bad news because I resolved not to buy any more clothes until I reach my goal weight of 145. It looks like I'm destined to look like a bum with baggy clothes for several more months :( Some more good news: the treadmill is scheduled to be delivered on Wednesday :D I can't wait to get back to jogging. I actually found it a good stress reliever; a mindless task that lets me zone out for half an hour.

So after such a good weigh in this morning, I want to reward myself with some delicious food. Something I haven't had since starting this weight loss journey is Jambalaya. My husband bought the sausage for it, but forgot the mix XD. I'll be picking up some of that today for sure.
 
162.8 this morning :) The 150s are right around the corner. I'm super excited to be so close to getting out of the 160s.

But getting closer to my goal weight has me rethinking my actual goal. It's 145 right now... In the beginning of my diary I said that I picked that goal because I wanted to look healthy and not be skin and bones or sickly looking. But I guess I'll just have to see what I look like when I do get there and see if I still need to lose anymore. At 145 my BMI would be 24.9. Well 25 is considered overweight and I think teetering on the edge of being normal weight and overweight would be stressful. Once I get into the 140s, I'll make an assessment and decide.
 
I feel the same about my goal Belinda. I think I'm naturally big boned so if I get too thin I will not look healthy at all. I think I'll look ok at 150, but it's still 50lb+ away so we'll see. To me as long as I feel good and have healthy numbers (blood test wise) I think I'll be ok with a higher than normal weight. Will need to see how it goes.

I'm glad those pounds are coming so well for you! I don't want to say so easily because I know you're working butt off. You are earning this and that's the best way to go! :)
 
Yeah these past two weeks I've been kicking it into high gear. I'm just tired of the process of losing weight. I was never a patient person to begin with so I'm just wanting to get to my goal and be done with losing so I can work on maintenance instead. Losing weight, while rewarding, is a tedious, fatiguing process.
 
You've got that 100% right! I'm not a patient person either. Especially when it's something I REALLY want. I'm glad I'm seeing progress, but I wish I'd see more faster. Oh well, I only have myself to blame so I'm doing what I need to do. :)

You're oh so close to your goal. You'll be there in no time. :)
 
You are doing great Belinda! I'm pretty impatient too. Really hoping to kick up the exercise this week and see where that gets me.
 
Patience is tough. Maybe try a new activity to change up the exercise part a bit? Or just know that if you let up I'm gonna kick your butt in the contest.:boxing: I'm "only" 6 places behind you.
 
I haven't posted in a few days. I've been a really naughty girl so I've been hiding my head in the sand, so to speak. I slipped up (well, slipped up implies what I did was small, this was not), and had some chocolate chip cookies X( My weight this morning was 165.4. I could cry :( but I knew better than to give in, I knew! Plus my husband is home for vacation and he's been cooking a lot. My self-control this week has been shit. I'm so ashamed.

BUT, the treadmill should be in today so I should be able to get a good jog in by the end of the night. Time to get back on that horse and run it to death. No excuses now not to exercise.

That number on the scale this morning is just really bugging me now. I know everyone has their hiccups, but I feel like I've let myself down in a big way. So today I'm buckling down on my intake as well as getting in some treadmill time before bed.
 
Oh Belinda... please don't beat yourself up over this! You just learned that you're human just like the rest of us here. I just went back a few posts to see what your last announced weight was and it looks like you were at 162.8lb. Now you're 165.4. That's *ONLY* 2.6lb! The GREAT news is that you caught yourself after a couple of days as opposed to after a few weeks (like my slip up). You'll be back down to 162lb before you know it especially with that treadmill coming in. Just start from scratch again. One day at a time, saying no to those nasty temptations. Get back into the groove of exercising. All will be well in no time. Believe that! :)
 
Don't be too hard on yourself! Yes, everyone has slip ups. The difference is, you are aware of your slip up, and you plan to fix it! Everything will be okay! :) no need to be ashamed! :) good luck!
 
Thanks for the encouragment Mandy and br!na, it's really appreciated and a relief. I'm just anxious to get back to jogging.
 
All I can say is don't give up. As the others said, you caught you, you feel crappy about it, but you are being positive by setting up a plan to get back on track. THAT is what is important. Especially with that treadmill coming in. If it were me (and I had the privacy to do so). I'd end up watching TV all evening and running on the treadmill. And also getting a new laptop battery and figuring out how to balance it on there so I could play games while running/jogging/walking on it :)

You will be back down to 162 in no time!
 
162.9 this morning. A lot better than yesterday morning, but still above my lowest of 162.6 on Monday morning according to my Fitbit graph. Maybe my scale was acting up or something (the batteries did have to be changed out before I could weigh in this morning, so that seems logical).

The treadmill didn't come in yesterday, unfortunately. Anyone looking to buy a Sole treadmill directly from their site (which is what we did because they didn't charge sales tax or shipping charges) need to be aware that their shipping process is lengthy and messed up. First it shipped through a company I've never heard of to Louisville which is around 2 hours away. Then it's supposed to be picked up by a connecting company I've never heard of for delivery. I guess the saying "You get what you pay for" is true, even when it comes to shipping... I'm really hoping it'll be here today or tomorrow. Especially with my hubby's cooking this week XP
 
Hope the treadmill arrives soon today! Sucks when shipping gets screwed up and you don't get things when expected :( But it will be great once it arrives :)
 
The treadmill did come in today. It was a bitch getting it in the house, though. The box's total weight was 360lbs so we had to open it outside and bring each piece in. The belt was ridiculous. I never thought we would get it in here. But it's up and running now. I tried to take a jog, but the computer for my hubby's car came in and he's been out in the garage piddling around so I'm watching the little minion until he can keep an eye on her (I don't want her accidentally stepping on there with me at 4.5 MPH and getting hurt, I already had to yell at the dog, too). I got about 7 minutes in. I'll try to get a full 30 in before bed.
 
Even though it sounds like a huge hassle to set up, I'm glad that your treadmill made it. You can never be too cautious when it comes to kids an animals around machines. I hope you were able to get your full workout in! :)

Great to see your weight dropped again too. :)
 
164 this morning :( It keeps jumping around, grr. Anyway I did a full 30 minutes on the treadmill this morning and 8 minutes of that was jogging. I clearly need to build up the endurance lost from two weeks off jogging. My right shoulder is achy and some of my upper back is sore after moving the treadmill belt into the house yesterday. I don't consider myself a weakling, but that was just ridiculous and too much for me.

My hubby's taking our girl to visit some of his family today. I need to do some more winter clothes shopping for her so I'll be doing a lot more walking from shop to shop today. Maybe when I come home I'll either walk the park trail or do 30 more minutes on the treadmill. It's nice to be back in the swing of things.

Now to rant. I know I've mentioned Fitbit a lot on here and giving a lot of recommendations for them. They've just done a dirty business practice that, as a consumer, I'm disappointed and sick to my stomach with. I bought my Flex back in mid-September from an AT&T corporate store that has a return policy of 14 days. Yesterday, Fitbit announced a new fitness tracking band: the Force. You can look it up, it has more features than the Flex plus a display screen. The Flex started selling in May so this is not even six months after that release they're offering an updated version. To add insult to injury, they're not offering any type of trade in program for the people who bought the Flex. The only thing their offering is their stock return policy of 45 days IF you purchased the Flex directly from them. This burns my ass up. I'm furious over this. I have the Aria and Flex, my husband has the One, and I had the Zip before the Flex and Fitbit is coming off as not caring about their existing customer base. So anyone looking for gadgets to help track their activity, you might want to skip over this company who treats their loyal customers this way.
 
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