WHY WEDNESDAY!

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WHY WEDNESDAY!

Cute clothes

I feel like I don't really have a style yet. I wear whatever fits or whatever comes along. I'm excited to donate all my clothes and find myself a cute style AND look good doing it!

and that was WHY WEDNESDAY!

sleeping woes

No loss no gain. kind of a bummer, but I am pretty sure I know why. Hopefully this week I can make up for it.


This past week I have had trouble with that whole sleeping thing. I'm always tired no matter how much sleep I get. :( I have been struggling with waking up pretty much as long as I can remember. I have this one memory of being woken up for school when I was in like 1st or 2nd grade, and I fell asleep in front of my closet, and my mom left me there and took everyone else to school. I woke up and she was gone! It was more dramatic then how it sounds! As I am writing this it doesn't seem that bad, but I was traumatized. And then all through high school my sister Mandy had the pleasure of waking me up everyday. To this day, it makes me grouchy if I am not woken up correctly because she used to wake me up in a very angry way lol. Anyhoo.... it's a problem. I stay awake all through the night sometimes because I am afraid I will miss something the next day if it's early in the morning and that makes me exhausted, and then the day after that I sleep for like 20 hours. As my mom says I have my days and nights mixed up.  My doctor put me on this sleep hygiene stuff but I think I need to look into some kind of meds, just to get me in the rhythm.

(awww! Mandy on the left and Me on the right)

VISUAL FRIDAY

I have lost 8 pounds, about the same size as a new born baby!

This is me semi-newborn! It's kinda fun to get a visual of what 8 pounds is. Sometimes it doesn't feel like a lot but when I think of it this way, it makes me feel great about it! woo hoo for me and let's keep it coming

WHY WEDNESDAY!

Because these three are getting blunt. 

And Nathan said he will still love me when I am skinny. But not if I cut my hair. Priorities. 

and that was WHY WEDNESDAY!

Snails Pace

So I dropped another two pounds, which bring my total to -8 and my weight at 230...sigh. While that's all good and swell,* I'm not feelin it. What I mean is, I thought with all these pills I'm taking (especially the thyroid meds) I would see a bigger drop. I'm not talking -10. I just thought maybe a -5 or -3 even. But here I am on this steady slope** kinda chugging along. v e r y   s  l  o w  l  y. sigh.  

BUT! Something awesome has started to happen! My body is getting used to eating  right portions. When I try to eat the way I used to, like when I go out, my stomach doesn't let me! I'm like HEY I have the points let me at it! So what I am saying is: IT'S WORKING! Weight Watchers knows what it's doing, and my stomach is getting trained! 

So about those goals I set last time...

I failed. 

I sort have set my self up for failure because they were more like wishes than actual reasonable goals. So I'm going to pick one for this week and work on it. So I am picking:

Go swimming earlier

I do like being the only one in the pool so late at night, plus no one can see me and judge. But it is reeking havoc on my sleeping, which is a problem all in it's self. I also like going with my husband and he doesn't get off until 11pm. Which get us to the gym around 12 or later. I guess I just have to be a little more independent and go right when I get home from work. I also think since I don't have a gym partner I just figure I can go all whenever I want, so I am not accountable to be ON TIME for anything. sigh... So..

I'M WORKING ON IT!

Oh and here is the ugliest picture of me EVAR! from last week. enjoy. 

yuck. you're welcome.

*I am very happy about losing the weight. I am terrified about plateau-ing 

**I know this is the healthiest way, and it is the ideal amount for being on ww. I just want more and that's ok :)

Ode to Peaches! a Haiku

Golden juicy ball

hunger is no match for you;


you are my hero

WHY WEDNESDAY!

I'm going to post a reason why I am losing weight every Wednesday! A weekly reminder to myself to motivate and to inspire! They aren't in any order.

  

Reason Number 1:

SO I DON'T DIE!

My doctor tells me I am in great danger, and losing the weight will help all my vitamin deficiencies, sleeping disorders and all around well being. I am too young to be in this kind of danger and I intend to get my self out! Now I am not about to drop at any second but it's the path that I am on that puts me in the danger zone.

And that was WHY WEDNESDAY!

A week of swimming

What a week! Second week of ww and it'going really good! Swimming at Gold's Gym is, well interesting. People watch me swim and I always get a comment or two on how good I am. I always get asked if I am on a high school swim team which makes me laugh. I don't feel very fast/smooth yet but I know I will get there. It is getting easier everyday! I bought a lock and a water bottle and I have a before and after gym routine! Routines are way good for when your losing weight.

I found this website that says it can get me to swim a "swimmers mile" in six weeks. I have been following it and I do feel like I can swim longer with fewer breaks! It's pretty awesome. Also since I don't really kick while I swim, I did a 500 yard kick after my regular set. LET ME TELL YOU HOW SORE I AM! lol But it will all be worth it in the end :)

First week work out:
200 warm up
4x100 15 sec rest
4x50   10 sec rest
4x25     5 sec rest
200 cool down
500 kick

Still no gym partner. I cheated the other day and weighed myself! Down another 2lbs! woo hoo! I don't think I am going to make my goal of -6 lbs, but I am super happy with -2! if i lose 2lbs per week, like I have been, I will  make my goal of -25lbs by HALLOWEEN! I have been doing good on taking all my meds and vitamins and I really hope I get some results at the next Dr's visit.

Changes for this coming week:

Go swimming earlier
go to bed before midnight
Find a book to read
wake up at nine everyday
work on getting a bigger clientele
completely stop drinking soda

Swimming Day 1, and weigh in

This week has flown by! I have been doing very good on sticking to my plan, and I officially lost 2 more pounds so I am at 234. I was hoping to get to 235, so I could get my first milestone star but there is always next monday! Today I am measuring my self and taking a progress picture. I want to take one every week so i can see my self shrinking. Ya i'm weird like that.

I didn't do very much exercising last week. So my goal is to try to go everyday this week! I went swimming today for an hour and then on the elliptical for 15min. I am still looking for a gym buddy. It's proving harder than I thought. My two friends that would come with me live too far away. Isn't that always the way. So I am going to see if i can go to the gym everyday after work, just drive straight there and go for an hour and a half. I would like to lose 6lbs by next weigh in.

Swimming felt Ah-may-zing! I have some experience coaching beginner swimmers on a high school level so I was able to give myself sets and knew where to push and when to let rest. What I didn't like was my goggles kept breaking, making me stop all the time when i didn't want to. I will have them fixed by the time I go back (tomorrow night right?!) Also there was this creepy guy watching me the whole time, just sitting on the steps. AWWKWARD! Shout out to the lady that thought I was on a high school swim team! That made me feel good, and maybe not as floppy as I thought I looked :) After that I felt like I needed to work on my legs since I don't kick while I swim, (I know you should, I just never mastered that even though I have been competitive swimming forever) so I got on the Elliptical for 15 min. The cool thing is that they have them in a movie theater , the not so cool thing is that I was in there for the last 15 min of a movie that i didn't even know. Something with Denzel and a train. :\ Better luck next time :D

Looking forward to swimming day two

2nd Doctor's visit

So i called back into the doctor's office yesterday. I was semi nervous because she was going on and on about my vitamin levels at the first appointment. I thought she was going to tell me something horrible. But! It wasn't too bad and i got to weight in again and this time the numbers read 234! Can you believe it? 4 pounds just like that! That lifted my spirits and I walked into the exam room forgetting all my fears. So the Doctor came in and she went over all my blood work. And the only thing she told me I didn't already know was I have a very serious Vitamin D deficiency. And the over the counter pills will not help. So i have to take prescription Vitamin D. I had the lady print out my blood work so I can keep track and maybe share it with all of you! I know! It's so exciting! I'm just that giving! Also it finally happened. The thing my mom has been waiting for. The thing that she has had Dr. after Dr. check all my life because she was so sure I had, has happened to me. I have low thyroid. It runs in the  family and it is directly related to weight loss and gain. :\ I'm kinda bummed about it. 


Drum roll please!
                                        mine        normal
Vitamin D        Low      17.8        32.0-100.0
Vitamin B12    Low      297         211-946
Chol                High      246         <200
trig                  High       381        <150

I go back in 6 weeks and hopefully the numbers will be different!

First 2 Pounds Gone!

I started weight watchers Sunday night. I'm actually enjoying it! It's pretty easy to understand, and all the online info makes it easy to look up different types of food. I am on the online program which is AWESOME. I have a app for my phone and my itouch so I can track everything right then and there, and not say oh I'll do it later and then not. AND! It's totally like a game which I love too! You click on how much liquids, vegetables, dairy products and your vitamins, oil and activity. I find that totally fun and informative. And it keeps track of your weight loss and all your measurements and puts it into charts and graphs. That way you can see that your losing inches if your not losing pounds. Its totally awesome. I also like that on my phone and itouch it tells me how many points i have left after everything I put in. No math = happy me. 


I get 35 points a day. It hasn't been hard at all to stick to the 35. I'm not starving myself and it is making me very aware of portion sizes. You can eat fruits and vegetables all day long so if i feel hungry at all i can grab a banana or drink a glass of water.

My weigh in days are Monday. And I have dropped 2lbs since that doctor's visit! I also tracked my measurements monday and i'm excited to see them drop as well as that BIG number! I am turning into a weight watchers nerd! My Granny also gave me an OFFICIAL ww scale so I am totally legit!