MrsKT's Weight Loss Journey

mrskt20 said:
Good Monday! I am very excited this week. I am ready to loss weight. I have a great plan. And planning is the key to success.
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Love this attitude!! How's the week going? Are you sticking to your plan? I totally agree that a plan is key. Glad to see you back posting and thanks for the support in my journal - always appreciate a good reader! Take care and keep it up!
 
Hey Janvier, Lisa, and Jess! My week is going great. I am really sticking to the plan and I hope it pays off. I got on the scale this morning (I really need to wait to Fridays to weigh) and I have managed to loss one of the pounds that I have gained back. Maybe I can loss 1 1/2 or 2lbs by the end of the week.
Now everything hasn't been perfect. I bought 6 boxes of Girl Scout cookies to help out a friend. I managed to give away 3 boxes, I got my husband to take a box to work with him, and I try to make sure I don't eat more than 3 a day. I didn't eat any Monday but I had 3 yesterday (I still didn't go over my calorie count). I've been sending cookies to school with the kids every day in their lunch boxes to try to hurry up and get rid of them. I think we only have like 6 cookies left and I'm not touching them!
Janvier, I got my 10 min work out DVD’s from a friend but I will see who they are made by. I really like them. I am using the one with the resistance band now and it is intense. My arms are super sore.

I won't get to work out today because I have a hair appointment after I get off work and I am skipping lunch to get to that hair appt early. So, I am making sure I eat very healthy today. I have been thinking very hard about something that Lisa said. Eating is more than 60% of losing weight so I am going to refocus my energy and make sure I really stick to my plan. No more COOKIES! So Good luck to everyone on hump day!
 
Hey mrskt20,

I'm so proud of you for sticking to your plans and your 1 pound weight loss is great! Dont be too down on yourslef that its "only" 1 pound, because thats progress hun! Pre-planning your meals is a great idea and it is definitly working for you so I hope you keep it up along with your workouts! Your doing a good job giving those cookies away, keep them in the kid's and hubby's lunch boxes and out of yours lol. Please do let me know about the name of the dvd's I could use a good burn, I'm glad you found a new workout that you like! Thank you very much for your post on my diary, your such a great support! When I'm over my facebook boycot I will check out your page for sure! You are doing amazing this week, keep up the good work and I hope your hair looks fabulous!
 
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Ok, I just loss my whole dang post:willy_nilly:!!!!! And I dont want to type it again but here's the short version. I didn't go over my caloie count yesterday. I only had 1147 calories yesterday. But I consumed a large amount of fat. I am going to do better today. I am going to work out today. My boss has to bee in a meeting today so I hope I can extend my workout by 10-15min. My hair is not finished (I'm getting braids) but hopefully it won't take her all night tonight. I am ready to see another pound gone. So I am going to work hard for the rest of the week.
 
Dang I hate it so much when I lose a post!! I always copy the whole thing now before hitting submit because it happens to my ALL the time!
Braids are so fun! That must be painful though!
Don't worry about the fat too much yesterday - at least you stayed under on cals! Your doing great - keep it up and get that work out in!
 
Thanks Lisa. I was so frustrated. I had typed this long posted listing all the things I ate yesterday and why I ate them and low and behold when I went to hit the submit button it was gone. I here you guys talk about that happening all the time but it has never happened to me. I will make sure I copy my post for now on.

I had a great work out. I love working out at home by myself because I can sing out loud and not have to worry about anyone getting mad about it. I need to purchase a new tracker for my glider bc I no longer know how fast or how far I am going. I worked out for 43mins
 
Hi mrskt20, when I read about your girl guide cookies I was thinking that it was great that you stuck to your daily calorie intake but I was going to mention that you should be careful with your daily fat intake, sometimes even the 100 caloire snack packs are loaded with fat and kinda cancel out that its only 100 calories. At one time in my weight loss for weeks I wasn't losing any weight and I was sticking to my calories and working out and couldn;t figure out the problem, then i looked at the fat in the 100 calorie lays chips that i had been eating daily for about 2 weeks and saw that each bag had 7g of fat in that tiny little bag! and when I stoped eating them the weight just fell right off.

Anyways, your doing great! Keep it up!
 
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Thanks Janvier, thats a great observation. I will most definitely watch my fat intake from now on.
Well today was weigh in day. Drum roll please....... 186.0....... I am not back down to my 185.3 but I am losing again and I am happy with that. I have a lot planned for this weekend but I have also planned to work out this weekend. My husband told me today that he feels like I have been putting him on the back burner so I am going to make extra time for him this weekend. I am going to try my hardest to eat right and exercise this weekend. I have a term paper to finish so I will make sure I watch my snacking as well. I hope I can work off those extra 7oz this weekend and get back down to 185.3. I would really like to have a glass of wine tonight but I know I shouldn't. It has been a long work week! But any who.... I hope everyone has a great weekend!
 
This weekend was a disaster. All I did was eat and work on my term paper. I DID NOT STICK TO THE PLAN!!!! I feel terrible but I have decided not to sit around and cry about it. I am going to work extra hard to get things back right. There are to new things I want to do this week. I want to cut down on my fat intake and I want to cut back on my sodium as well. I haven't gone grocery shopping yet for the week so my meals today will look like crap. I am trying not to eat to much today but really focus on get all my water in. I am pretty much finished with this term at school so I should be able to fit about 20 min of exercise in at night now. So that wll give me a total of 110minutes a day.
Mondays are slow but I am glad the weekend is over so I can get back to my routine. I am proud of my self for working so hard on my school work this weekend but I should have prepared my self for the late night snacking. Well any who...... I hope everyone has a great week. I hope to loss ate least 1lb this week but I would love to loss 2-3. I am going to put in the work so lets see what happens. Here's my meal plan for today
B-FF yogurt
L-lean cuisine
S-FF yogurt or 100 calorie popcorn
At least 80oz of water
Work 40min during lunch
 
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Gotta make this quick... Yesterday went well. I exercised and ate well. I still need to grocery shopping bc I didn't make it yesterday. I am on my home to get in 30min of exercise now. This week is gonna be super busy for me. My meal plan for to looks a little like this:
B-Fiber One Cereal with skim milk 220 calories
S- Apple
L-Lean Cuisine, Green Salad FF Dressing 400Calories
S- 100 popcorn
D-Lean meat with mixed veggies and smart one dessert 500 calories
80-100oz of water
60-100mins of exercise
Oh I got to work out 25 mins this morning :hurray: My baby girl work up at 5:20am so I decided to just get up and make the best of it. Hope to chat more later. I hope every one has a great day.
 
Great plan MrsKt! Now stick to it! I know when your busy it's a lot harder to take the time to think and make the right choices but I think you got it under control this week! Wow and getting up to work out this morning is awesome! Keep it up friend!
 
Mrskt20, I am so glad you made it back down to 186 on Friday! Go you! Don't worry about your weekend, I always always struggle with weekends, you did well last week so I'm sure it didn't make much of a difference in your weight. I'm glad your ready to get back on the wagon this week, your already off to such a great start! Cutting back on your fat and sodium intake is a great plan for this week, I see that you switched to skim milk, for me that made a big difference because I go through a lot of milk. I think if you stick to that plan in combination with your sticking to your meals and workouts your going to see some great results by your weigh in! Good job in making the best of baby girl waking you up this morning and getting a work out in, I am so proud of you for being so determined! You are on your way to huge weight loss, I can feel it! Keep up the great work this week hun!
 
Oh my Goodness Janvier, you don't know how much I needed that message this morning. I even went to everyone else's dairy b4 I came to my own looking for inspiration bc I am so tired today. It has just been a long week already. I was just trying to convince my self that it was ok to take a nap doing lunch instead of working out but I am going to work out. This weight is not going to leave by its self (Lord I wish it would). Thank you Janvier. I needed that encouragement. I am going to do my regular workout during lunch. Here's what my meal plan looks like for today:
B-Cheerios skim milk
S-Apple
L-Lean Cuisine Salad FF Catalina
S-100 calorie popcorn
D-mixed veggies or green salad and lean meat
80-100oz of water
40min exercise on glidder
 
Did not exercise yesterday, I let my hubby talk me into goin out to eat with him for lunch after convincing myself to exercise. I went to PizzaHut and ate 3 slice of thin crust veggie pizza with a salad. It was good but I missed my work out. I cant work out today during lunch because I have to much to do. I plan to walk this afternoon when I take my son to baseball practice. There's a track around the field so I am going to change clothes before I leave work and walk the track while he practice. I already have my daughter's stroller in my truck so this plan should work. I have been so hungry today for some reason:willy_nilly:, I cant really figure it out. Well I am going to eat my regular foods and try to increase my water to see if that helps.
Next topic.... I've been trying to find pictures of myself at a weight that I like and I found one. Now I thought this wouldn't be a hard search because I have tons of pictures but I didn't want pictures of me from college or high school, I wanted a more recent picture. I have only been over 170s for about 2 years. So I found some pictures of me last night from when I was in the 160s and 150s and 140s. I showed my husband a picture of me when I was in the 150s and said, "don't you miss her" and he said "Nope not at all" and I said "well I sure do". And I do. I miss her so much and I am going to get her back. I know my life is busy and I have a husband and a house full of kids but I am going to get the old me back. That me was full of confidence and felt like she could tackle the world and I miss that feeling. I am going to get that feeling back!!!! I am going to do this. I am going to loss weight!
 
Hi Mrskt20,

I am happy that I was able to give you some encouragement, I am here anytime you need a confidence booster!

I have no doubt in my mind that you will get the old you back, just keep your eye on the prize and keep pushing forward with your plans. I think you are so incredibly positive about your whole journey and that's what will get you far and help you to accomplish your goals. keep up the great work!
 
Gained 6oz.... No crying.... just have more work to do. I have been hungry as hell lately so I'm sure that has had alot to do with it. I hope everybody has a great weekend.
 
I'm glad you won't be crying over your teeny gain, you'll get rid of that in no time, don't you worry! I've been hungry as hell today too! Whats up with that? It must be national hungry as hell day :toetap05:. Have a great and healthy weekend!
 
Janvier, so it's not just me? LMBO!! At the end of last week I felt like I was starving and I never feel that way. I mean nothing would fill me up, even drinking lots of water didn't help. I am trying to get past my weight gain. I have started jumping on that scale every time I see it, which is a huge problem for me. I don't need to weigh myself every day or in my case I probably weighed myself 4 times a day this past weekend, trying to see if I burnt off those 6oz. I have sat down and re-evaluated my actions from last week and I guess I understand how I could have gained 6oz. So this week I am trying to minimize my mistakes.
I still think my thyroid is out of whack. One of my best friends has Hypothyroidism and I think I have it too. I have every symptom. I have already been tested and my test came back fine but my friend was tested for years and her test always came back fine until last year her Dr. found a goiter. That's the only time they did extensive testing and found out that she actually has hypothyroidism and has probably had it for several years. Now they that she know s what she has she has been treated and had the goiter removed and her life has improved tremendously. But what's frustrating about all of this is she has been gaining weight all this time. She has tried several times to lose weight and been unsuccessful. She would always loss a little bit and gains it all back. She probably gained 60lbs in the 3 years and the dr just kept saying nothing was wrong. Now that she's being treated she has loss most of that weight and feels better than she has in years.
I think I'm going to talk to my dr again about the thyroid issue and see what she says but for now I will stay on track and keep trying to do this thing on my own. I am going to research natural ways to improve your thyroid function to see if that will help. I don't think I will keep gaining weight but I feel that there is something blocking my progress at times.
IDK I'm just going to give it my all and see where to go from there. Sorry about the rant but if I can’t do it in my dairy then where can I do it??? Losing weight has never been this difficult for me. It use to be so much easier. Why is so hard now??? And it's hard to stay motivated when I only loss a pound a week then gain 6oz of it back. I am taking suggestions if anyone has any.
Ok my plan for to day is:
B-Cheerios, skim milk, banana
S-FF yogurt
L-Lean Cusine, Green salad
S-Special K Fruit Crisp
Drink 80-100oz of water
Exercise 40min during lunch, weights 10-30min this afternoon
 
I understand your frustration! My mom took me to the doctor several times as a kid to get my thyroid tested and the tests always came back the same - that there was nothing wrong with me. My mom just didn't understand because I was eating the same things as my sisters and I was more active but I was still gaining weight. I still sometimes think that maybe there could be something wrong with me but then I just started to believe that we are all different and sometimes we can't change it or help it. I also think because I have yo-yo'd for so many years my metabolism hates me and the result is I have to try harder and harder to get the weight off. I honestly don't think I have ever been the same weight for a year - it always fluctuates - always and this is something I need to change. This time once I get to my goal I really want to concentrate on maintaining and not gaining 20 pounds back to just be in the same vote. I'm more and more realizing this is something I will have to battle the rest of my life but if I keep battling it will get easier - if I give in and don't battle it will just keep getting harder and harder.
Keep it up - some days are just harder than others but if we get past the hard ones the good days are just around the corner.
 
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