No More Plus Size … eventually

This morning I had a Doctor’s appointment and I was pleased to step on the scale. I weighed in at 285 which is a 38.8 lbs loss since November 26th – not too shabby, not too shabby at all. However, my blood pressure was running a bit on the high side again (132/88) so I have to get it checked in a few weeks and then we’ll discuss what to do from there. Over the last several years my blood pressure has been running on the high side but I’ve been able to control it with diet and exercise so I’m hoping that that’s the case this time around too.

I joined a local gym (it’s $47 a month but that includes all the classes they offer which is what I was looking for because I like taking the Zumba class….this gym doesn’t offer Zumba but they offer what is called Latin Butt Blaster or something like that lol) so my goal is to get back into exercising on the treadmill and elliptical at least 3 times a week. Plus I’m going to do the weight machines too.

I haven’t been putting a whole lot of effort into the “diet” thing recently – the boyfriend and I have ate out a lot plus he’s an amazing cook so that doesn’t help either lol.  But my goal over the next 2 weeks (just to check whether the diet/exercise thing really does help with my blood pressure like it has in the past) is to start eating a ton of fruits and veggies (plus the exercise like mentioned above).

So…that’s where I’m at right now. How are you doing?

Just wanted to pop in real quick and post an update. Since 11/3/11 I have now lost 26 lbs. I swear it’s like getting a brand new wardrobe too (cause ya know I had a closet full of stuff my fat butt couldn’t fit into!) I just bought a brand new pair of pants back at the beginning of November and I put them on Friday and they slid right off my hips…those babies are going to Goodwill & I’m proud to donate them even if they only got worn 3 times!

I’m doing great with drinking water. My grandma told me to be careful because she thinks I could be drinking too much (every day for the last 5 days I have drank 101.4 ounces of water – if you don’t know that’s 3 liters!). And other than that I’m not dieting – just filling up on fruits & veggies and eating a ‘main’ meal whenever I’m hungry.

I was actually concerned that I wasn’t getting enough food because when I think about what I eat now (compared to before) I eat like a bird. I eat one meal a day and the rest of the day I’m munching on fruits & veggies like I mentioned above. Plus I’m drinking all that water so I guess there’s just no room in my tummy for lots of food. And when I do eat a regular meal I notice that it’s hard to eat it all. This is new territory for me – I’ve never had a problem eating all the food in front of me before!

So, all that rambling to say that maybe living a healthy lifestyle really is as simple as listening to my body!

Hope you’re doing great!

Until next time…

I met with one of the trainers at the gym today. I really wish I could afford to work with her on the side (when she’s not at the gym so we could have one on one time without interruption). I just love her! She’s so knowledgeable and always helping me with things. This time around it’s not my shins I’m having problems with but my calves – they’ve been really sore the last couple days and super tight and knotty. She did some stretches with me, even rubbed my calves and had me just do the bike today so I could rest my calves.

Anyways back to the weigh in thing! She did an “official” weigh in of me back on 4/21 when I re-joined the gym. I had lost a little weight by the time I rejoined the gym so I’m going off my original starting weight from the end of February when I started Weight Watchers (although I didn’t really stick with it for long…I officially restarted WW the end of March I think).

So here’s an official weigh in update:

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I recently vented my frustration in 5 Days of Weight Watchers and No Loss. I couldn’t figure out how on earth I was following the WW program to a T but the scale was going UP every single day instead of down. I finally made the decision to have the scale hid on me because I was (and always do) becoming so obsessive over it.

So, I just kept on going on. I wanted to give up but made a promise to myself that I would stick it out for 30 days and then if I didn’t see any progress after 30 days I could “give up”.

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I got a little depressed weighing in. I’m kind of anti-scale right now because I have this love/hate relationship with the stupid thing. I become super obsessive about weighing in daily and sometimes I weigh in several times a day. So, for me it’s best to keep the thing shoved in the back of a closet where I don’t see it. You know – out of sight out of mind

But, I had to have a starting point so I had to pull it out and get on it. It was discouraging to think that back when I had lost all the weight I had lost (56 lbs)  I was down to the 270′s! So to be back in the 300′s was definitely not pleasing. But on the other hand I’m still down from when I officially joined Weight Watchers again on 2/28/11 and weighed in at 316.4.  (more…)

I’m not going to lie and say that things have been going great and that things are going good. I’ve been struggling a lot. There were a couple days last week that I thought I was going insane because the food issues (compulsive eating, binge eating) were so bad. I was saving up all my points so that I could use them all at once in a binge. The compulsive eating is an issue every day. Things are going ok. I’m still following the program but some days these food issues feel bigger than anything I can handle – and they are. As a Christian I’ve learned that I have to take my problems to God and I have been. Unfortunately God doesn’t always answer prayers quickly and I still have to do my part for Him to work in my life/issues. All I can say is that I’m taking things one day at a time …

Week 2 Weigh In:

Down 1.4 lbs

Starting Weight: 316.4 lbs
Last Week’s Weigh In: 299.2
This Week’s Weigh In: 297.8 lbs
Total Loss This Week: 1.4 lbs
GRAND TOTAL LOST: 18.6 lbs

How did your week go?

Wow. I’m stunned. I always have a pretty big weight loss the first week I start eating healthy and exercising but never have I seen such a huge loss as this time around. I’m still trying to figure out why it was so big. I didn’t do anything unusual like exercising 6 hours a day or any thing else crazy like that. I started the WW program, ate a ton of fruits and vegetables and drank a lot of water! But that’s nothing different than usual when I get on the healthy living track. It just bothers me that I can’t pin point why I lost so much weight in one week – I like to know the why of things. lol

Weight Watchers Point Plus Program

Before I show you the picture of this week’s weigh in I wanted to talk about the new Weight Watchers program. I love it. Scratch that I loooooooove it! Back when I was attending meetings and the old program was still in place I was so ‘upset’ about them revamping things and putting a new program into place. (Yeah if you didn’t pick up on the ‘read between the lines’ thing – I don’t like change lol)

Now that I’m actually working the program and learning about it I love it way better than the old program! I get way more points than I did on the old program (and some days it’s challenging meeting those 46 daily points!). A lot of the things I knew the points value for from the old program have changed – they’ve went up about 1 or 2 points which isn’t a huge difference considering all the points I get. I love the fact that fruits are now free in points. I just really like the new program!

Ok so here it is …

Week 1 Weigh In

Down 17.2 lbs!!!

Starting Weight: 316.4 lbs
Last Week’s Weigh In: (starting weight)
This Week’s Weigh In: 299.2 lbs
Total Loss This Week: 17.2 lbs
GRAND TOTAL LOST: 17.2 lbs

Holy Toledo! Like I said, I’ve never had this huge of a loss in a week before. And actually this wasn’t even a full week! I didn’t start doing WW until Tuesday night, maybe Wednesday morning. So, I’m just flabbergasted and can’t make sense of why there was such a huge loss. But I’ll take it and be happy with it that’s for sure!

How is your weight loss journey going?

Last night I made the decision and joined Weight Watchers again. This time, I’m giving the online thing a try (at least for right now).

I’m still reading through a bunch of information about the new program. A lot of things have changed with the new Points Plus program. Fruit is now zero points (up to 9 pieces a day…at least I think that’s what I understood anyways! lol) where as in the old program it had points based on what it was. So, I definitely like this change.

The one change I don’t like – I get a lot more points. I know I know, I should like this but I don’t. I had a hard enough time on the old program reaching my 31 (or 33…I don’t remember off the top of my head) daily points. On the new program I now have 46 daily points! That’s a whole lot of points. On this new program the points values have changed for a lot of the things I used to eat so I’m sure that will help with reaching my daily points.

It’s going to be weird getting used to a new program. I was so used to the old program. I guess I’m like that saying ‘you can’t teach an old dog new tricks’ lol

I do know that I do not want to fall back into the obsessive weighing thing I used to do. I really want this to be just a once a week thing so I can track it but that’s it. I don’t want to focus on the scale or the weight lost. I truly want this to be about getting healthy and I know that weight loss will come when I make changes to my eating pattern. I just don’t want weight loss to be the focus this time around. That’s what seems to always trip me up – when I start focusing too much on the scale and whether I’m losing weight or not.

Here’s my first ‘official’ weigh in (I chose Sundays on the Weight Watchers website as my weigh in day but I wanted an official number for the first day back on the program):

EEEEK! 316.4 lbs

Ok, that is absolutely the heaviest I have ever been! When I started last time I was only 313 lbs! It’s only 3.4 lbs more than last time but holy crap that’s ridiculous that I weigh this much!

How I'm Feeling Right Now ...

Food addiction just plain ole SUCKS. If you’re one of those people that doesn’t believe there is such a thing as being addicted to food please stop reading now. I have enough people in the offline world that tell me it’s all in my head – that food addiction is a figment of my imagination – that I don’t want a bunch of online people telling me it’s all in my head and I just need more willpower too!

I’ve been neglecting this blog. Unfortunately that’s always a sign that I’m not exactly on track with the whole healthy living thing….sad I know. Sometimes it’s easier to ‘hide’ than admit I’m once again off the wagon!

I just don’t get it. I feel like crap, I’m having some health issues (high blood pressure 140/90, swollen feet, fingers & hands, back problems – this isn’t necessarily weight/health related as I have back problems from a car accident several years ago and now the most recent new issue is a pain in my left leg that makes it painful to even stand/put weight on my left leg) but I don’t do anything about it but eat more …

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Here we go…week #8 (if I did my math correctly we should be on week #8 now. I missed last week’s weigh in which should have been week #7. I was in Florida and the last thing on my mind was weighing in! lol) weigh in for the Plus Size Bloggers Fall 15 Challenge!

This Week’s Weigh In:

Starting Weight: 292.0 lbs
Last Week’s Weigh In: N/A
Last Weigh In – November 15, 2010: 274.0 lbs
This Week’s Weigh In: 278.6 lbs
GAIN This Week 4.6
GRAND TOTAL LOST SO FAR DURING PSB CHALLENGE: 13.4 lbs

I knew coming back after a week’s worth of eating crap on vacation would definitely hurt the number on the scale. I guess a 5 lb (close enough to say 5 lbs) gain isn’t that bad! It could be worse. And honestly if I didn’t do as much walking and swimming as I did while in Florida I’m sure the gain would have been worse! When I say I ate crap the entire week I was on vacation I mean I ate CRAP! Burgers and fries pretty much every single day as well as this ice cream sundae brownie thingy just about every day! I didn’t drink any water (well that’s not true I had 1 bottled water and a couple glasses when we went out to eat) because it was cheaper to buy a $13.00 souvenir mug and get free pop refills than it was to buy a $2.50 water every day!

It’s going to be hard to get back on track so I think I might need to do a fast for a couple days to get everything out of my system!

How did your weigh in go?