lose 35 pounds by Christmas 2007

As of today, I am down 18 pounds from my “restart” weight. I am exceptionally happy with this; it’s coming off slow, but it’s steady and it IS coming off.

I am in size 8s now pretty much across the board – of course every brand and store are different, so there are some that I can’t fit into, but I am wearing size 8 jeans and that’s the real benchmark, to me. I can still wear my 10s comfortably; 12s mostly fall off or are just too loose and flobby (yes, that’s my word, I made it up, so ha!) for comfort.

I’m not there, by a long shot, but I’m getting there, and I can actually begin to believe that I might BE there some day. I have been doing the workouts from Jillian Michaels’ website and loving them; it’s circuit training and it’s perfect for me, absolutely perfect. Like they were created just for me. I think I’ve found my niche. It makes me wish I could rejoin Curves but alas, the hours are still crap and the closest franchise has closed down. So I’ll stick with Jillian, it’s working very well.

I’m not sure what my goal is any more, the scale is bizarre – last time I was in a size 8 I weighed 135, this time I’m at 162, for heaven’s sake – but I know that I still want to tone and sculpt and there’s some fat that needs burned. So I’m just sort of taking it one week at a time right now. Right now it’s more about behavior – am I eating right nearly all the time, am I working out at least five times a week – than anything else. I figure if I keep the behaviors where they need to be, the rest will sort itself out.

So anyway…only 17 pounds to go on this 35 pound goal, which is no longer “by Christmas” but oh well. :-) Maybe by Christmas 2008! Slow but steady wins the race, and it’s very important to me that it stay off…

I am well on my way. Despite some shake-ups to my routine, which always throw me off, I am down 13.5 pounds from my “restart” weight, and I am actually able to squeeze into a size 8. Not all size 8s, but one or two. :-) I am mostly wearing 10s, and even some of those are tight, it really depends on the garment. But I did get into an 8 – in fact, yesterday I wore a size 8 dress that actually fits perfectly – and I hadn’t even dreamed of that.

Speaks a lot to the fact that I’m doing more body-reshaping than just weight loss. The scale may not be down as much as I’d like, but the inches have definitely come off.

I am going to be very happy with where I am at Christmas. It won’t be 35 pounds, there’s no way, but it will make me very happy. :-)

so far…not too bad in three weeks. I did do something terrible yesterday when my boyfriend broke up with me…I began binge eating into the night…I feel so sick today. Why do I use food to comfort me? Anyway, at least I’ve made some progress…and hopefully last night didn’t ruin everything I had done.

I am very pleased with my progress on this goal. As of this morning, I have lost 9.5 pounds, so I am well on my way to this. I am still not sure I can make the 35-pound goal, as that is a lot in not a very long time, but I am ecstatic with the progress I have made so far. And no matter how close I get to this goal or don’t get, any progress I make toward it is definitely a great thing!

I do feel confident that I can stick with the program and continue to lose. I am very motivated and committed right now, and am feeling really good about myself. I’m not looking too bad either, if I do say so myself! When I tried on dresses the other night, I was trying on 10s and they were fitting…so I am extremely happy!

lost 2 pounds!!! It’s not much, but it’s a start, for sure. I have been soda free for 4 days now, I have killer headaches but they should stop in the next couple days or so…hopefully…

4.5 pounds, baby! This has been an awesome week and I am completely psyched. I am determined to be 10 pounds down by Williamsburg and I am nearly halfway there, so I am Super-Happy Girl today!

The food is going great this week. I have started exercising slowly and am managing to be consistent with that, and it is completely paying off – the measurements are all down this week too, so I know it’s real, not just Scale Vapors.

This is going well. It’s amazing what you can do when you really work at it, I mean get off your butt and WORK at it!

I’m a grab it on the way kind of person, when it comes to meals while I’m at work, usually something frozen, or chips and a soda…

I do like salads but unless it’s already made and ready to go, I won’t bother with it…maybe that’s just it, maybe I just need to prepare my own “frozen foods”, I do know how to cook, and most of the food I cook myself is pretty healthy…baked, not fried, chicken breast or turkey, very little salt…I guess that’s how I need to spend my day off, making a few different meals so I have something easy to take to work (or school, or my other job)

it’s actually about 3 pounds a week…I’m a dork.

However, this is definately a more realistic goal… feel better about it

This is going to be tough…that’s 5 pounds a week for me, but I think I can do it! If you have any tips/tricks for me, they would be greatly appreciated.

Well, I think I am starting off well. Last night I didn’t do so well with the “going straight to bed” thing or the “not eating after work” thing…I didn’t eat before going to work because (a) I had picked up pizza due to soccer practice and my working, and (b) I didn’t have a lot of time. Nobody wants to choke down pizza in a hurry, particularly when pizza isn’t all that healthy anyway. And I wasn’t feeling very well, so I just didn’t eat.

I felt the pain at about 7:00, though, when my blood sugar bottomed out. Stupid. So I still didn’t eat on break, because by then I was nauseated…go figure.

So I ate when I got home, meaning I was up till after 11…and yeah, I ate pizza. So no benefit to this stupid chain of events at all.

However: I am drinking my water. I am doing my wall-ups every time I go to the bathroom (which is a LOT, since I’m drinking so much water!) and I am also doing squats. 20 of each, at each bathroom visit. Doesn’t sound like much, but it’s more of a workout than I’ve gotten in a long time. My muscles are sore! I forgot how good it feels to have well-earned muscle soreness…it helps you know you are making progress.

I don’t work tonight, so I will be able to implement the “not eating late” and “getting more sleep” things. I am very excited about this! Also, I will be tramping around in the woods helping my daughter pick up leaves for a project, so that will be a good little cardio event.

I am feeling very positive about this today despite last night. I think it is because I did implement the water and the “bathroom visit exercises”. I have already done 40 of each exercise today as well, and have 36 oz of water down – and it’s only 9:30. I like doing this one step at a time; I think (hope!) I am less likely to burn out and give up. I like giving myself permission to only change one thing at a time. I can succeed many times, that way, and success builds confidence, which leads to more success.