2012 Weightloss Goals

Looking back on the post I made the end of October (here) and the goals that I made, kinda made me laugh. Life got in the way. Again. Like it always seems too!

For most of the month of both November and December at least one person has been sick. Most recently its been me. Two weeks later and I am STILL not over it. Well, what does this all have to do with weightloss? When you don't feel well its really hard to make yourself eat well and exercise. Not the best excuse but its all I have for right now.

The picture on the left is from just a few days ago.
The one on the right is from my brother's wedding summer 2010.
I can see that I have more work to do, but my arms (at least to me) look smaller.
So I do have that going for me.

I hit my GW1 (goal weight 1) and I am only 3 lbs away from my second GW. The hardest thing for me to remember is it took me a good 9 months to put the weight on, its going to take that it get it off. Its a slow process. But I am up for the challenge.

2012 Weightloss Goals

• GW1 - 174
• GW2 - 169 *would be nice to be here before my birthday in Feb
• GW3 - 164
• GW4 - 159 *this would be less than I weighted on my wedding day

I think 4 goals are good for now. So lets do it!!

Week 2 Down and a challenge

I have completed Week 2 of the 15 by Christmas Challenge. This week I am going to go ahead and post my measurements too.

Just the other day I was looking at an old blog post from when Jacob was a baby.

Here are my stats from then.
Weight 186.4
Bust 36
Under Bust 33
Waist 39
Hips 42.5
L Thigh 25
R Thigh
L Calf 15
R Calf
L Arm 12
R Arm 12.5

Here are my Week 2 stats

Weight 181.0
Bust 38 (but I am nursing)
Under Bust 32
Waist 38
Hips 41
L Thigh 24.5
R Thigh 24.5
L Calf 16
R Calf 15.5
L Arm 12.5
R Arm 11.5

Not bad! I am 11 pounds away from 15 by Christmas. Because I need to get my butt in gear, I have decided to join another challenge. Run To The Finish You earn points and stuff by doing things. Mine is really going to be hitting the pilates. I need to get my waist to shrink some more. Especially before people start taking pictures of me!

Join in too and you could win some awesome prizes.

Day 9 Thankfulness

I am thankful today for my health

Week 1 down

Well I made it through the first week of the 15 by Christmas weight loss challenge. Last night we even went to Texas Roadhouse, where despite the fact I ate FOUR rolls (no butter), I don't feel bad about the choices I made. I went with the oven roasted chicken, house salad with dressing on the side, and fresh veggies. I didn't eat the skin on the chicken, only dipped my fork in the dressing and ate all the veggies!

I think eating out while dieting/trying to lose weight/stay healthy is hard. Not only do you get the guilt from spending money on eating out (I'm sorry but the $40+ it costs a family of 4, with only 3 people eating, to eat out, will feed the same family a few meals at home) but you also get the guilt from eating your WEEKS worth of calories in some meals. Yikes!

I started last week at 185.8 (the joys of having a baby) and with watching what I eat, exercise, nursing and stepping on the scale daily... I finished the first week at 182.6!! That is a loss of 3.2 pounds! Have to say, I am pretty excited. I also don't feel like I am starving myself. I am finding new things to eat and love. Like the Fiber One 90 calorie chewy fudge brownies. Mmm. Also the Dannon Okios Greek yogurt. Loving the blueberry fruit on the bottom one. It smells like blueberry muffins.

Day 2 Thankfulness Challenge

I am thankful for a house with heat. 

According to yahoo weather its a whole 21 degrees outside.

Weightloss Goals

I was going to make this both about my goals and short comings but changed my mind. That will have to be its own post.

• Weigh ins will occur on Wednesdays
• Watch what I eat and do so by tracking on MFP (issyamerica)
• 10 min pilates ab workout; daily
• Wii Fit Plus and/or Smurfs dance
• GW1 - 179
• GW2 - 174
• GW3 - 169 *this is the one I would like to hit before Christmas
• GW4 - 164
• GW5 - 159
• GW6 - 154 *we will see how I feel when we hit this one

I think its important to know why I am doing this. I was heavy in high school. Heavy for me at least. When I get my printer hooked up I will upload a picture from my graduation. Ugh. And then I went to girl scout camp and with eating right and walking everywhere, I lost a bunch. But my self image still sucked. I couldn't see what others saw. That I was no longer the overweight, geeky girl trying not to be noticed. I want to put on a pair of pants and not have to worry about a muffin top. I want to ENJOY shopping for pants. Right now, I loath it. In a major way.

Maybe I ate too much because I was always told how skinny I was. Or I stopped loving myself and food would love me. Whatever it was, that is no longer me.

I will

I will resist temptation

I will teach my boys to eat healthy by example

I will take time for me and exercise

I will lose15 by Christmas

I will love ME and not food

Wii Love

I am in love with my Wii. Silly, I know.

First we bought an xbox 360 with kinect. Which I like. I enjoy playing and felt like I got a good workout in.

See, workouts and I do NOT get along. I hate them. No, I don't really believe that. Too many times being forced to do things I did not want to do has made me think that I hate them. But I don't, not really. I love to run. Have a hard time finding the time to do so with my husband's work schedule and the fact that 1) I don't like to wake up early and 2) it gets cold about the middle to end of September. So you either run when its really hot, or really cold. I love racquetball. But (you knew it was coming) I can't make it to a gym with two kids to play. And if I could ONLY take it as a class at the local college, I would. Believe me, I would. *note to self, look into that*

Which brings us to the purchase of the Wii. We returned the 360 and spent the money instead on a Wii. We've had it three days and I have used it 2 out of 3. Tonight I tried boxing. I would like to blame thank Jillian Michaels for this new found love. Its a great workout. Between step aerobics and boxing I got about 38 mins of exercise in. Wow. I feel good about that. Its more than I expected to do and it really was enjoyable.

Maybe tomorrow I will actually manage to get up before both boys and get my workout in, rather than having to wait until they are both asleep.

Exercise in Willpower

Haha! Willpower. Webster's dictionary describes this as "energetic determination". I'm determined. But I don't think in the way Webster's thinks.

I seem more determined to screw up rather than succeed. OMG! Yeah, click on that to get the recipe for this. Its in my oven right now. Sheesh.

15 by Christmas

My best friend over at Hide the Cupcakes has set out a challenge. Lose 15 pounds by Christmas. Seems like a daunting task. But there are what 8 weeks or something until Christmas? So what, 2 pounds a week? I can do that. Or at least, I think I can.

There was a point in my adult life when I was about a 5/6 or 7/8 and right around 145 pounds. I loved myself then! But it took a lot of hard work. I lived on the third floor of my dorm (which was the highest it went) and took the stairs unless I had laundry. I played racquetball 4 days a week. I ate healthier.

Speaking of eating, I know that I can not give up the foods I love. But instead I just need to develop some will power. Just because its in the house, does not mean I have to eat ALL of it. This has been a struggle for me my whole life. Isn't the first step acknowledging there is a problem? Well there is. I love food. Specifically if its something *I* have baked myself.

Things I will be doing to achieve this goal:

1. Tracking what I eat on My Fitness Pal (username is issyamerica), please feel free to comment on it and let me know when I am doing well or not so well. *
2. Use the Wii we just bought to either do Wii Fit Plus or (don't laugh) the Smurfs dance party
3. I will also do a 10 min pliates ab workout. This is more to tone up my core and get back the muscles that were cut from end to end.

*disclaimer - I am still nursing so can not truly diet. But its going to be the difference between eating good foods and yummy, creamy not so good for you foods.

Both pictures are pre-kids. First one is my 23rd birthday. I got pregnant and month later. The second one is from the summer of 2007 before I met Jesse. In both of these pictures I am probably around 155 or so. Realistically I don't expect to be where I was before kids. My hips are bigger as with other parts. But there is no reason that I need to carry around this extra weight. I want to look and FEEL sexy again. So, whats stopping you?