a work in progress

changes

i made the decision to ditch jenny craig and go back to WW online and i'm finally down 12 lbs.   of course i've been sick the past couple of days.  but i'll take it.

during january and half of february i was up and down 6 lbs over and over again but at the end of february i had a breakthrough and i'm back to losing again.  slowly, but the scale is moving in the right direction and for that i'm thankful.

stuck

since january 1, i've gained and lost the same 6 pounds over and over again and i'm beginning to lose heart.  i'm staying on plan, haven't had a cocktail since my birthday in december.  and i can't seem to catch a break.  i've given up coffee after breakfast and am even drinking green tea which is supposed to help.  all for nothing it seems.

except for this oddity.  i've lost 2% body fat since january 1 and 3% total.  go figure.  funny thing?  i'm barely exercising.  3 days a week tops.  maybe that's 3 days a week more than before. 

anyway, that's about it.

i'm hoping for a breakthrough of some sort tomorrow when i weigh in for the week.  i'm not very hopeful as i weighed myself earlier in the week and was up 3 lbs again.  water weight i know, but still.

a new year

still down just 11.2 lbs, but i made it through my birthday and the holidays unscathed and i feel pretty good about that.  i splurged on those days, within reason, but got right back on plan the next day. 

now i've got to get the exercise in.  i played with my nephew's wii the other day and i'm sore.  that's just crazy.

haven't given up yet

i haven't given up yet!  yeah it's been extremely slow, but after a lot of yo-yo-ing over the past 2 months i'm finally down 11.2 lbs.

my plan was to keep the fact that i had joined jenny craig quiet until i had lost 10lbs.  i think i'm going to continue being a little closed mouthed about it for another few weeks.  maybe when i've lost 15 lbs.

Still Here

i'm down 9.4 lbs, almost another milestone.  rhinebeck is 2 weeks away, maybe i'll get another 5lbs down by then.  maybe.  eh.  maybe not.  whatever

it's gotten a little easier.  i crave things like garden salads with pita.  pita isn't on the plan, but i've allowed myself to eat the half pita that comes with the salad because it's a small "cheat" in the grand scheme of things.  so it takes a little longer to lose the 60lbs i want to lose.  small price to pay for a piece of bread.

i may go public with this weightloss thing after rhinebeck .

First Milestone

5.2 pounds lost.

i'd like to lose another 10 before rhinebeck.  wish me luck.

Right on Track

they tell me that i'm right on track losing no more than 2 lbs a week.  so yay me.

i'm down 4. 

One Last Try

september is just around the corner and for me, september has always been the start of the new year.  so in a last ditch effort to get control over my weight, i joined jenny craig saturday, august 25th. 

week 4

miles moved -- 5.39 miles total...yes lame.

weight loss -- i 've totally noticed a correlation between being anxious and frustrated with eating even when i'm not hungry.  i've been suffering from heartburn too lately which has made me feel like ass.  you would think that anticipating heartburn would make me stop eating.  fear of hangovers has definitley made me less likely to drink.

my other resolutions.  the baby thing.  i still haven't made a doctor's appointment.  i'm not sure why i'm such a procrastinator.  again. 

the job thing.  still no progress but  definitely  getting my brain prepared for a solid job  search.

the house thing. the house has not been sold.  i drove by it yesterday.  it's 10 miles further west than our current home which is almost 30 minutes extra driving time.  if we were to get this house i'd definitley have to get a new job.

the photography thing -- i didn't sign up for class. again why am i procrastinating?  i did print one of my photographs of baby E to the 8x10 size and framed it for mike's birthday.  it came out really well.  don't know if i have any talent but i'm really happy how it came out.

the knitting thing -- no change here.  i knit up some swatches for jackie's book.  kind of wondering why i bother though.  i have pain in my left hand though. 

week 3

miles moved -- 4.86 miles -- i had planned on working out 6 days a week but that hasn't happened.  but it needs to. 

weight loss -- not good -- still 4 lbs down but i haven't lost anything since i started this.  mostly because i'm not paying attention.  another thing is when i get anxious, i automatically eat.  and i get anxious when i get mad, bored, frustrated.  you name it, i eat.  this is a problem.  i need to come up with strategies on how to deal with this mindless eating that i do even when i'm not hungry.  and honestly i'm really rarely hungry.  go figure. 

my other resolutions.  the baby thing.  i still haven't made a doctor's appointment.  i'm not sure why i'm such a procrastinator. 
the job thing.  i've downloaded some certification materials.  i've also started thinking about some potential jobs that i might enjoy.  i like working in the yarn shop and networking for them.  i wonder if i could do something like that for the american cancer society or american heart...  i've also been thinking about being a corporate trainer. 
the house thing.  i think the house that i've been obsessing about has been sold.  which is fine.  it was too big for us.  but we need to get this house together so that it's ready to be sold should we find the house for us.
the photography thing -- i've been taking a picture a day.  so that's good.  i've looked to take classes -- maybe a photoshop class.  i should sign up this week.
the knitting thing -- i've made 2 pairs of socks already and am halfway done with my 3rd.  i'm thinking of starting the master knitter's program. 

the lizard ridge -- i pulled out all of my kureyon

organizing my stash -- nothing done yet.  but i need to start looking at it because i have way too many impulse buys in my stash.