Mizzie's Journey to Being Healthy

njoyabl - Thanks! I'm not exactly sure how it happened, that's not usual for me. But the week before was next to no change, so I suppose two weeks hit me at once.

Verobc - You know, I'm starting to agree. I always seem to do bad on the weekends, since I've started this. I don't know if I've had one Saturday or Sunday that was at or below my calorie limit. But I don't think I've ever gone over my maintenance either, so at least I still lose, you know? Plus, I'm probably a lot more active over the weekend too. I don't formally exercise, but that's when I clean, do laundry, play with my kid, etc which beats out sitting at a desk all day!

Sunflower - Thanks! I was pleasantly surprised.
 
BL weigh in was good this morning. I was down a little over 2 pounds from last Tuesday and about a pound from last Friday. I'm excited about that, but I hope I can keep that pace up. In order to make my mini goal I need to lose 3.4 pounds in the next 8 days. Not sure if I can pull that off, especially after my really good week last week. Plus, I just realized that in a few days it'll be my TOM. *sigh* Don't know if I'm going to make it, but I can hope, right?

And hey, even if I don't I'll still be close and can be happy about the weight that I did lose! I was looking over my weigh in's since I've started this and I've had a pretty steady rate of loss. I've only had two weeks where I went up, both times it was only about 1/2 a pound and both times I had a larger then normal loss the next week to make up for it. I've averaged 2.1 pounds a week since I've started, which is great!

I was a bit disappointed in my measurements this morning though. Here's today's measurements and the change:

05/04/10
Bust - 44, 0.5
Chest - 36, 0
Waist - 39.5, 0
Hips - 48, 1
Right Thigh - 26.25, 0
Left Thigh - 26.5, 0
Right Calf - 17.25, 0
Left Calf - 17, 0.25
Right Arm Top - 16, 0.5
Left Arm Top - 16, 0
Right Arm Bottom - 11.25, 0
Left Arm Bottom - 11, 0.25

Difference - 2.5 inches


Ok, it's a loss, but I was kind of surprised that it wasn't more. I mean, last time I measured was the same amount of time since the previous one and I lost 8 inches. Plus, I've lost a decent amount of weight in that time and feel like my clothes are looser. Oh well, it doen't really matter that much.

I'm mad at myself because I ate a Snicker's egg out of my daughter's Easter basket last night. Ok, I did have the calories left, I was actually low on calories yesterday. Even after the egg, I was still under my limit. But I didn't eat it to make up some calories, I didn't even eat it because I really wanted it. I just ate it because I felt like eating. *sigh* It didn't even taste good and it was tiny (1 ounce) and 200 calories! Yes, I did look up the calories before I ate it and made sure I had the calories left, but still. As soon as it was gone, I was already wishing I hadn't eaten it. No more of those!!!
 
Hey Mizzie, I bet you were disappointed with that Egg! Next time you have a snack make sure it's something you actually liked so you don't regret it as much, lol.
Grats on the weightloss so far, you're so close to your mini goal!! Mines the same, 30 by june 1st.

Also, if your TOM is coming up, your body could be swelling, causing the measurements to be off, or maybe it really was only a 2.5 ince loss but regardless, you could be losing inches in places you don't even measure!

You're doing great, and what you have achieved is a great accomplishment already!
 
heatherisadork said:
Hey Mizzie, I bet you were disappointed with that Egg! Next time you have a snack make sure it's something you actually liked so you don't regret it as much, lol.
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Lol, well I thought I would like it. I love snickers, or at least I did. I keep forgetting that my tastes have changed a little since I've been doing this.

And, you know, I didn't even think that I might have some TOM swelling. Or I might have pulled the tape tighter last time or measured in a slightly different spot. Eh, I'm not too worried about it. I know it's working, we'll see next time what the difference is.
 
mizzie said:
BL weigh in was good this morning. I was down a little over 2 pounds from last Tuesday and about a pound from last Friday. I'm excited about that, but I hope I can keep that pace up. In order to make my mini goal I need to lose 3.4 pounds in the next 8 days. Not sure if I can pull that off, especially after my really good week last week. Plus, I just realized that in a few days it'll be my TOM. *sigh* Don't know if I'm going to make it, but I can hope, right?

And hey, even if I don't I'll still be close and can be happy about the weight that I did lose! I was looking over my weigh in's since I've started this and I've had a pretty steady rate of loss. I've only had two weeks where I went up, both times it was only about 1/2 a pound and both times I had a larger then normal loss the next week to make up for it. I've averaged 2.1 pounds a week since I've started, which is great!

I was a bit disappointed in my measurements this morning though. Here's today's measurements and the change:

05/04/10
Bust - 44, 0.5
Chest - 36, 0
Waist - 39.5, 0
Hips - 48, 1
Right Thigh - 26.25, 0
Left Thigh - 26.5, 0
Right Calf - 17.25, 0
Left Calf - 17, 0.25
Right Arm Top - 16, 0.5
Left Arm Top - 16, 0
Right Arm Bottom - 11.25, 0
Left Arm Bottom - 11, 0.25

Difference - 2.5 inches


Ok, it's a loss, but I was kind of surprised that it wasn't more. I mean, last time I measured was the same amount of time since the previous one and I lost 8 inches. Plus, I've lost a decent amount of weight in that time and feel like my clothes are looser. Oh well, it doen't really matter that much.

I'm mad at myself because I ate a Snicker's egg out of my daughter's Easter basket last night. Ok, I did have the calories left, I was actually low on calories yesterday. Even after the egg, I was still under my limit. But I didn't eat it to make up some calories, I didn't even eat it because I really wanted it. I just ate it because I felt like eating. *sigh* It didn't even taste good and it was tiny (1 ounce) and 200 calories! Yes, I did look up the calories before I ate it and made sure I had the calories left, but still. As soon as it was gone, I was already wishing I hadn't eaten it. No more of those!!!
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I totally relate! The body shifts itself in cryptic ways it seems. I personally have gone bouts were I lose 20 pounds with no real change in measurements, but then the next 5 pounds suddenly have me second guessing if I am doing the measuring right. Just keep up the great effort miz! Those muscles will have no where to hide soon enough :)

Also, regarding the chocolate. Yea, it stinks that the moment of weakness gotcha, but you recognized it as a pitfall, and next time around you can just grab that peice of fruit instead.

BTW nice weigh in this week for BL! Youre feeding me some much needed motivation :smash: :smash:
 
You are doing great Mizzie!!! I know what you mean about the measurments I measurd myself when I started and since I have lost 13lb and hardly any change in my measurment, most of my pants are getting to big and I am swimming in the shirt I am wearing so something is happening!!!! You are doing so good I think you can meet your goal!
 
Andy - Weight loss is weird. You'd think that if you do the same things, you'd lose pounds and inches at a steady rate, but that's not the case. It's odd. And thanks, I obviously had a whoosh last week. I know it's too early to expect another one, but it would be nice. lol

Verobc - Thanks! Most of my jeans and work pants can be pulled off without undoing them now, so I know it's working. It doesn't make a lot of sense that my clothes are looser, but the tape measure doesn't show much lost. Oh well, I'm not hung up on that.

MissJellyBelly - Thanks for dropping by! I'm doing good, sticking with it. ^_^

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Sorry for not posting yesterday. Honestly, I really didn't have anything to report. Tuesday was a typical day for me, stuck with my eating, calories were fine. I didn't do my whole workout in the exercise room after work though, because they still haven't fixed the TVs in there. I know it's an excuse, but it's awfully quiet and boring without it. Staring at the wall can only go so far. I couldn't even finish it outside either, because it was raining.

Did DVD 3 yesterday morning. It's getting a little easier, but still kicks my butt. It's just constant movement for the whole hour. I thought I ate about the same yesterday, but at the end of the day I was at 900 and something calories. o_O I had 580 left for the day!!! Well, I had been craving ice cream, specifically Dairy Queen, for weeks, so I looked online at calorie counts and decided I could have a medium chocolate cone. 320 calories, I'd still be under the limit. So we all took a trip to DQ. YUM! Ok, yes, there are about a million healthier options I could have picked, or I could have just taken the very low cal day (rare). But, like I said, I had been craving it and I had the calories left, so I let myself have a treat. And now I don't crave it anymore. It was a conscious, informed decision.

It seems like if I'm really craving something for a while (days or weeks) then I give into it, it's never as good as I was expecting. I mean, the DQ cone was good, but not amazingly good, you know? I wonder if I build it up in my head until the real thing can't possibly be what I'm expecting. Does anyone notice that? In a way, it's good. I just have to not give into the cravings unless I've had them for a while, then the real thing won't be as good as I thought and I won't want it as much anymore. :p Dieter's logic, I guess.

I forgot my water this morning, so of course I spent the whole morning feeling like I was dying of thirst. Really, I usually don't drink that much water in the mornings anyway, but it was the fact that I didn't have it. I made sure to grab it at lunch, so it's all good now. Actually, I haven't been drinking enough water lately. It's been so hard though. The office has been ice cold lately. I mean, I wear sweaters to work and my hands are still so cold that they are almost too stiff to type. It's that bad! My boss wears his jacket all day, so he sets the heat to where he is comfortable. Nice. I don't like wearing jackets even in the dead of winter, so there's no way I'm wearing one all day at work. Anyway, since I can only drink my water ice cold, I haven't really wanted to drink much at work. I'm already cold! I wish I liked coffee or tea, that would be perfect.

I don't think I'll get to the exercise room tonight. I have a laundry list a mile long of things (including laundry!) I need to get done before my out of state friend comes for a visit next week. We've hardly ever had houseguests and I've been stressing out that it won't all get done, so I'm going to work on some of those things tonight. Hey, I'll still be burning calories that I normally wouldn't have. lol

I can't wait to weigh in tomorrow! I've been good and haven't stepped on the scale since Tuesday's BL challenge and it's killing me! I want to see how close I am to my mini goal. I don't think I'll make it, unless I'm still whoosh-ing, but I want to see how close I am. I'm just getting close to 30 pounds lost and that's so exciting to me!
 
Weigh day! And it's 191.2, 3 pounds lost since last Friday! O_O Wow... I am honestly a little shocked. I did do good this week, exercised and ate right, never went over my calories, but dang. That's 7.8 pounds lost in two weeks!!!

To make my mini goal, I only need to lose 1.4 pounds by next Wednesday (5 days). That's actually do-able, which is insane to me. I thought two weeks ago that there was no way I was going to make it!

Something I noticed this morning (yeah, I'm slow) is that because I started out at 219.8, every time I reach a "milestone" weight loss, I also reach a new 10's bracket. 10 pounds lost -> 209.8, 20 pounds -> 199.8, 30 pounds -> 189.8 and so on. That's a lot of fun, like reaching two goals at once. Sorry, random observation. :p

Nothing much else to report. I was a good girl this morning and did my DVD. Since we ate leftovers for dinner last night (chicken and rice) my calories were low again, around 1100. But I just took the low day and didn't have anything else to eat. Well, ok, I did have a yogurt after dinner, but that was 100 calories and healthy (the 1100 is after the yogurt). The way I figure it, I'm usually not as good on the weekends, so I just banked a couple hundred calories to make up for it.
 
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Great Job!!!!! I am hoping to see that kind of results soon, your worked so hard for it you deserve those results!!!
 
Thanks everyone! I was rather surprised. Extended whoosh maybe? lol Whatever, I'll take it.

I wasn't too bad over the weekend. Actually, Friday and Saturday were just fine. Both days I was under my calories by about 200 or so (1200 deficit) if I remember right. Sunday wasn't quite as good, about 350 over limit, but still a 650 deficit, so not horrible anyway.

I would have been fine. We went out for dinner and I got salmon, but I really wanted a margarita! It was bad, but I figured it's a holiday and I got it. It was really good too! lol Oh well, it still wasn't horrible really.

Otherwise the weekend wasn't much fun though. I mean, hubby and DD got me some nice things for mother's day and all. But, DD got sick on Friday and I had to leave work a hour and a half early to go get her from after school daycare. She was sick all night and all day Saturday. Yesterday she was doing better though. Plus, my friend's visit is this week, so hubby and I spent all weekend cleaning and organizing. We used this as an excuse to get to those boxes that have been sitting around since we moved in last July, plus tear apart the closets and reorder them. It was so much work and we still aren't done! But it looks a million times better and our bedroom is my new happy place... it's all clean and ordered!!!

I only did part of my workout this morning. I just kept looking around at all the things that need to get done today and tomorrow (she comes on Wednesday) and it was stressing me out so bad. So I quit and got a few more things done this morning. Well, I guess I was still moving, right? Ok, not the same, I know.

I just have so much to do still! Tonight and tomorrow night is going to be very busy! I hope I can still watch BL tomorrow. Maybe I'll save some of the living room stuff until then.

So, I'll be around today and tomorrow, but then I probably won't be checking in until next Monday. Heh, expect me to be crabby too! I usually am after having a fun week or weekend. I'm just so bummed it's over. Oh, and who knows what the weight loss will look like, since I don't know how good or bad I'll be this week. I'm going to try to make good choices, but I make no promises.
 
Try to squeeze in some fun physical activities to do with your friend (if they're able!). Maybe kayaking? Or finding a new trail in a park to explore. Bowling or mini-golf is a lot of fun too!

Don't be hard on yourself either way. We're (people losing weight) allowed to have fun too!
 
Our weekend is pretty booked, but we will be doing a lot of walking nearly every day. Not the most hard core exercise, but it's still movement! Wednesday (after she gets here), Thursday and Saturday will be almost constant walking. LOL I hope she's up to it!

Still though, it won't matter if I go nuts with calories. I am going to try to make good choices, but I also want to show her around and take her places I like, so it'll be limited what I can choose from.
 
mizzie said:
So, I'll be around today and tomorrow, but then I probably won't be checking in until next Monday. Heh, expect me to be crabby too! I usually am after having a fun week or weekend. I'm just so bummed it's over. Oh, and who knows what the weight loss will look like, since I don't know how good or bad I'll be this week. I'm going to try to make good choices, but I make no promises.
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I'm the same way and I think if I wouldn't have taken yesterday off work I wouldn't have gotten back on track from the weekend and then I would be even more crabby today!! Just try to keep up with the water and I'm sure all the walking around will even out the small indulgences you might take!! Have a great time if I'm not talking to you again!
 
chubbygirl said:
I'm the same way and I think if I wouldn't have taken yesterday off work I wouldn't have gotten back on track from the weekend
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Lol, my boss would flat out kill me if I called out on Monday after taking Wednesday - Friday off the week before. I'll just have to suck it up and come back to work. I know for a fact I'm not going to be in a great mood, but here's hoping it's not too, too bad.


So, I had a GREAT weigh in for the BL challenge!!! It's not official until tomorrow (for the mini goal), but this morning I weighed in at 189, which is 30.8 pounds lost! AND that was a 4.2 pound loss for the challenge this week. O_O I'm starting to feel like I'm melting or something. Some small part of me is thinking "should I be worried about this?" but a much bigger part is going "Wooooooooo Hooooooooo!!!!!!!" XD It seems like I just flew through the 190's, seriously.

And that means that I'm only about 10 pounds away from being "overweight" instead of obese. I can't wait to hit that milestone!

I'm so excited I might even change my ticker tomorrow morning when I officially weigh for the mini goal. Maybe not though, if I go up on Friday I won't want to move it up again.

I'm also not too far from being halfway to my original goal of 150. That's insane, really. I mean, it's been hard at times, but it's easier than I thought it would be. I wish I had done this years ago, so I didn't feel like I wasted my 20's being fat. Oh well, can't go back, right?

So, I'm in a super good mood today! I don't know if I have really explained this here before, but the friend who's coming to visit tomorrow lives halfway across the country. I've only seen her once in the last 6 years and that was 1 1/2 years ago. She's never met my daughter. So I'm super excited that she'll be here tomorrow!!! Plus, since I get the rest of the week off, today is like Friday to me (WOOT!) and we have really fun plans for the rest of the week. I don't get to go do a lot of fun things because of money, so this is a treat. And it's Tuesday so, BL tonight and BL weigh in this morning, I always look forward to that. And our apartment is cleaner then it's been since we moved in. Even the closets are organized and boxes that have been sitting around since July have been dealt with. I feel like it's home now! AND I have most of the stuff from my list done, just a few things to do tonight.

I can't stop grinning.... ^_^

But, back to weight loss. I am finally starting to notice some changes in my body. I mean, I know I can fit into some of my old clothes again and my measurements have gone down and all, but until recently I just didn't see it. Hubby said he could tell, but he could just be being nice. I guess because I see myself every day, it's harder to tell, and no one else has really said anything.

Anyway, I'm pretty sure my thighs are thinner. You know how when you sit down they sort of squish out to the sides? Well, mine don't squish out quite as far as they used to. And I'm thinking that my upper arms don't seem to flop quite as much. My bras are also getting too big, which is almost a shame. I'm perfectly fine with my breasts getting smaller, but the bras I have now are very comfortable, but they don't make smaller sizes, so now I'll have to find a new brand. And I HATE shopping for new bras!!!

Oh, and last weekend when we were going through boxes I found a box of clothes that I kept because they were just a size or two too small. I went through all of them and found a couple jeans and a few shirts that fit now! There's still a lot in the box that is too small, but most of it is just barely too small. I told hubby to make sure it wasn't too buried in the storage unit, because I'll needs those before too long. ^_^ That was exciting.
 
Finding old clothes that now fit is almost as great as buying new clothes! Congrats on noticing some changes and feeling good today! I love the positive energy in your post! You have been doing so well you deserve a little break and some time off to spend with your friend! I'll be here Monday to bust your butt back to business!!
 
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