Well, week 4 didn't end as good as I wanted it to be. I weighed in at -2, so I lost 2 lbs in week 4. Losing 3 1/2 lbs the week before really made it challenging, because I was hoping to lose close to that again. I did A LOT of exercising last week, but then again over the weekend I did eat TWO icecream cones! I also ate some not so great stuff at Arts Fest (oops), but atleast I still lost weight! That's the most important thing! Even though I allowed myself to indulge in some fatty foods, I still worked hard exercising and still lost weight.
So far, my total weight loss is 10 1/2 lbs! I'm really really excited about this! In 4 weeks I've lost 10 1/2 lbs! That's a HUGE accomplishment for myself! I have tried diets before, and I have tried excercising, but I have never lost this much weight on any other program. Weight Watchers has really opened my eyes to how much crap I have fed myself in the past, as well as how very badly I needed to kick my butt into gear and start making healthier choices for myself. I never ever though I would have the motivation to get on a treadmill and jog, or go walk/jog up and down the fields out back, or do Zumba 3 days a week for an hour long. I have so much more energy now than I used to, and most importantly, I have motivation!!! I'm very proud of my self, and I just pray every day that I don't lose this motivation.
Week 5 started today, and so far I have walked a little over a mile, jogged and walked the fields out back for half an hour, as well as went to Zumba. Each week I've been trying to take pictures of myself to see difference, and I'm starting to physcially see subtle differences from when I first started until now. I can feel the weight loss mostly in my clothing. I've probably dropped a pants size or two so far because pants that used to be too tight for me to wear are now loose on me! That's an awesome feeling, putting on a pair of pants you've stashed away because they didn't fit, to trying them on and needing to tighten the belt a couple notches just to keep them from falling! Shirts are much looser now too! :) It all makes me very very happy!
I go to the beach in 2 weeks, and my goal is to lose 14 lbs before we leave. That means I need to lose 4 lbs in the next 2 weeks! I think I can, I think I can, I think I can!!
So today marks the end of 3 weeks of sticking with Weight Watchers. I've been meaning to start blogging about my WW's journey earlier, but I kept forgetting. Anywho, I'm here now and I'm ready to blog about my weight loss journey!
First, I'll recap my first 2 weeks:
Week 1:
"I'm HUNGRY!!!" That's what I thought for the first couple of days of starting weight watchers. I had been given a target goal of 29 points to use each day. On top of those 29 daily target points, I am allowed an extra 49 weekly points. I was scared to use the extra 49 weekly points. I felt I HAD to stick with the 29 daily points, in which I did and still do, but it's OK to use those extra 49 points in order to treat your self. After about day 3 or 4, I started to notice I wasn't as hungry anymore! YAY, this might actually be working!! After the first week, I started to feel fuller quicker, and wasn't over eatting like I normally would! At the end of week one when I stepped on the scale at my weekly WW's meeting, the scale read a weight loss of 2 1/2 lbs!!! I was ECSTATIC! I kept thinking "holy crap, it's working! And I'm still eating what I what!! (Just not over doing it." They say that typical results for weight loss (if you're doing it healthily and correctly, is about 1 to 2 lbs. a week. I over set that amount at 2 1/2 lbs!! Now don't get me wrong, with developing better eating habits, I began to develop more of a fitness kick! I started hiking, doing 3 Zumba classes for an hour long each week, and the days I wasn't doing Zumba, I was walking/jogging on the treadmill for half an hour, along with lifting weights and doing ab workouts for strength training. Week one was a success!!
Week 2:
Ok, so going into week 2, I was on a fitness high! I continued to eat my 29 daily target points (and dabble into some of my 49 weekly points) as well as keep up the exercise. I even ate an ice cream cone that week (fat reduced of course!) but I was feeling good. This didn't feel like a diet, and it's not supposed to feel like a diet. If anything, during week 2, I started to realize how great an idea this WW's thing was! I'm still eating MOSTLY everything I want, but I'm making healthier decisions and watching my proportions. It's all about proportions!! By week 2 my stomach had shrank! Eating less and still getting full knowing I didn't over do my 29 daily points was so awesome! I can say that I do feel slightly guilty when I feel full even though I didn't go over my 29 daily points. I guess that's natural, because I'm associating that guilt with when I felt full from over eating. But I'm not over eating. It just doesn't take much for me to feel full anymore. I also realized how extremely important it is to make sure you're eatching 3 meals a day, ontop of snacking on healthy things in between meals. My snacks of choice are fruits! I've become a fruit finatic! I buy fruits every week now, especially pineapple and cut it up to eat for the next couple of days. You really can feel satisfied after eating fruit. And, the best part is, FRUITS ARE 0 POINTS!! I can have all the fruits and veggies that I want and not have to use my daily points, unless it's fruit that comes from a watery/syrupy can...etc. Anyway, at the end of week 2 when I stepped on the scale, I wasn't expecting to lose as much weight as I did in week 1, but when she told me I lost another 2 1/2 lbs, I was so excited!! That meant that in 2 weeks I had lost a total of 5 lbs!!! For every 5 lbs. you lose, you get a sticker. "A sticker?" Yep, a sticker! "Stickers are for kids!" Well, nope, not really. It felt nice being given something that you can place on record and show your accomplishment! So I stuck that sticker on my weekly tracking pamphlet. :)
So now it's up to week 3!
Week 3:
I felt like maybe I was slowing down a bit. Like I wasn't getting as much exercise in, although, I still was doing all the same workouts each day of the week. I also felt like I was starting to let my self eat a little bit more risky, but still stay within my 29 daily points. I have used about 11 of my extra 49 weekly points, so of course I've started to feel a bit guitly for that. But in my defense, there was a holiday this week. I still have yet to weight in, and I'm really anxious to see if I've lost some or stayed the same weight. But I weight in in about 20 minutes, so I will let you know my results as soon as I get back. Wish me luck!!
AND THE RESULT IS (drum roll): 3 1/2 lbs this week!!!!!!! :) :) :) :)
I'm SOOOO happy right now! That's a total weight loss of 8 1/2 lbs in 3 weeks!
Since I've started working out and eating healthier, I feel so much more happy and confident in myself, as well as feeling so much more physically happy. Before WW's, I used to get headaches every single day, and no amount of medicine would make the headaches go away. But since I've started WW and took control of my health, I hardly get headaches (knock on wood!). This has all been so successful, and I'm so proud of my self for finally stepping it up and doing something about myself! Hopefully everyone else that is unhappy with their apparence due to laziness or lack of control will be able to find that inner strength and just do it too. You won't be sorry!
