Continuing weight loss journey

Hello anyone who is reading, I haven't been posting lately. I had carpal tunnel surgery in the beginning of September and after recovering from that I hurried to finish getting my School Bus Driver Permit so I could start driving the bus route my kids ride while it was available to me. I finished on September 23rd. I started driving the bus that afternoon after passing my driving tests. I started back to Weight Watchers on Monday of last week. I have not been successful with weight loss on my own, I do not want to take any pills, I didn't need them to get fat, I can get thin again without them too. I tried taking Alli and cannot deal with the side effects of that horrid pill. Not only is it very expensive to keep buying but the side effects or "treatment effects" as they call them are dreadful. So I figure for the past several months I have been paying for those pills so I would put that money towards my Weight Watchers meetings instead. So all that being said tonight was my first weigh in and I lost 3.4lbs!!! Yay for me! I'll post again next week if I can remember!

My Weight Loss Journey Week 7

Okay everyone, as you all know I started this journey to attempt to lose two dress/pant sizes by my sister-in-law Kendra's wedding which is Aug. 30. I have not quite gotten the full two sizes but I have continued to lose weight and will keep it up even after the wedding. Here are this weeks stats I lost another 1.4lbs for a total lost of 9.6lbs. Inches lost are Arm: -1/4", Bust:-0,
Waist: -3/4", Hips: -3/4", Thigh -1"! Yeah for me!!

My weight loss journey Week 6

OK, first off I know I missed last week completely, with school registrations for both children and trying to finish up all my certifications for being a school bus driver, I was slightly busy. So here are the stats for this week. I have now lost a total of 8.2lbs. Measurements are Arm:-1/4" / Bust: -1" / Waist: -3/4" / Hips: -1/4" / Thigh: -0. Well thats all for this week. See you all again next week!!!

My Weight Loss Journey Week 4 Pt.2

Okay everyone I weighed this morning and I lost another 3.8lbs for a total loss so far of 6.2lbs Yeah! I deserved it too I worked my tushy off literally!

My Weight Loss Journey Week 4 Pt. 1

Okay this week I took my measurements again on Tuesday like last week and here are the fabulous results. I lost Arm: -1/4" Bust: -1" Hips: -1 3/4" Thigh: -0(This discouraged me until I read an article saying it was the hardest weight to lose, that you had to lose a significant amount of fat in the rest of your body to start working on that inner thigh fat) Waist: -2 1/4" WOW. Hopefully the scale will be nice to me tomorrow as well. See you all again next week.

My Weight Loss Journey Week 3

Okay, I did not do well on the weight loss this week at all! I am not making excuses for myself, I just didn't do well, I exercised regularly and I ate right that is until Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. We went to holiday world this past weekend. Rather than fix supper friday night while we were packing and such we had pizza and breadsticks, need I say BAD, I did fairly well while we were gone over the weekend, but Monday night we weren't even close to ready to go back to normal so we had leftover pizza and breadsticks again. So my weight loss this week was horrid, I actually gained. I have now gained back and have only a total loss of 2.4lbs. Measurements Waist -1inch, Thigh -1 1/4inch, Upper Arm -1/4inch, Bust -1 3/4inch and lastly apparantly I did not measure my Hips properly or my husband measured a different area this week than I did last week because they grew +1 1/4inch which isn't likely compared to the other losses.

Hopefully I will do significantly better this week. I never said it was gonna be easy!! I just wish it came off as easy as it goes on!!

My Weight Loss Journey Week 2

Okay everyone, this week I have been really discouraged. I am only on my second week of weight loss and total I have like 44 more pounds to lose to get to a healthy weight. I am so incredibly focused this time around I have never wanted to lose my weight as bad as I do now. I took all my measurements this morning and weighed. I didn't take my measurments last week, so I don't know if I lost any inches or not(wish I had), as far as weight went I gained 0.6lbs which isn't too awful bad...but when you consider that I have been using 17-23 of my points allowance of 23 points it is very dissappointing for me. I have exercised daily walking at least a mile and the last three days I have started including upper and lower ab crunches and I still gained. I am seriously hoping that it is either muscle gained(ya know they say muscle weighs more than fat) or any woman knows the other reason it "might" be. Lets just hope its one of the too. Until next week everyone, then I can share any inches lost with you too. WooHoo!

My Weight Loss Journey Week 1

Okay, I weighed in last wednesday, and I'm posting late. I lost 6.6lbs last week my first week. I did really well on my walking I only missed one day. I was really proud of my loss!

My Weight Loss Journey

Okay, this morning I was telling my one of my best friends about my weight loss this week. She informed me that I should share my journey and maybe it would inspire others.
I initially decided to challenge myself with losing two dress sizes for my sister in law Kendra's wedding on August 30. My four year old son asked "Mommy why is your belly fat?" That comment may come off rude for some folks, but I answered his question with well mommy had two children and that made her belly get bigger. After thinking about it I was a little upset at the thought that my child thinks mommy is fat. I started out easily just watching what I was eating. I have done weight watchers a few times and quit, so my Hubby just thinks well whatever she is starting okay big deal she is just gonna quit again like she always does. Maybe this is mean of him, but the stubborness in me is fueled by this reaction from him. Last week I thought well, how can I really boost my weight loss other than just eating less. So I started going to my friend Trena's to walk on her treadmill. I quickly realized that having to load up two kids and drive 5 miles to her house would be an easy excuse for me to be lazy still and not go, so I started shopping around for a treadmill of my own. I quickly was discouraged because the starting price for a new treadmill is $250 and up. Then I thought why not try calling some resale stores and seeing if they have one and I found one for $49.95. It may not be the most beautiful thing in the world, but it is fully functional and it does the job just fine. So instead of just going to my friends every other day I can walk at home everyday which is much more convenient. So far I have walked a mile 6/7 days that I have had the treadmill and this week I have lost 6.6lbs!!!! For those who want to know what are you eating well, I am following weight watchers flex plan at home. I won't give you my points range because that would give away part of my weight, lol. I will tell you that to "kickstart" my weight loss I have been eating about 5 points less than my points for the day. I don't know if weight watchers recommends it or not and I really don't care. I just know that it is working for me. I don't starve myself I know that the points can be used if I need them and on a few days I do need them. I have been trying not to sit in front of the t.v. or the computer too long, then I just think about eating. I have been completing a few things that need to be done around here one at a time and keeping my house clean by chasing my kids around picking up after them, just keeping myself busy in general is keeping me from snacking all day. I also have been trying to keep myself from getting "hungry", by drinking alot of water and coffee. Once that "hungry" feeling creeps up on me I'm tempted to binge and end up overeating so keeping it at bay is helping me tremendously. I hope someone else is inspired by my attempt to make myself feel better and make my son feel better and proud of his mommy. I'll keep posting about my progress!!!