PJ Weight: 161.0
Week Loss: -0.6
Cumulative Loss: -30.6
Seth Weight: 173.6
Week Loss: -2.0
Cumulative Loss: -25.5
Seth finally got past the 25 pound mark today. He's been more or less stuck for the last month, but this week: BOOM, he dropped 2 pounds. Go Seth!!
The big excitement for me this week was that last night I tried on a pair of my size 10's and they more-or-less fit. They're still too tight for me to consider wearing out and about, but they close without a lot of effort and I don't feel like the front button is likely to detach at a speed high enough to put out the eye of some unfortunate bystander. PROGRESS: I AM MAKING IT.
My weekly losses have slowed a lot recently. Part of it is just that I'm sick of dieting, but part of it also is probably due to the fact that I'm slowly working my way toward stopping breastfeeding. As I reduce the amount of milk I make, I need to cut back on the amount I eat. That's been rough.
(And this is kind of an aside for a diet blog, but it's my diet blog, so NYAH. I don't have any idea if any other moms feel this way, but I've been having a really rough time with getting myself to stop nursing this time around. I guess it's because unless the unexpected happens, Raven's my last baby, so this will be the last time I'm going to be doing this. It's been very emotionally difficult for me. I mean, I don't really enjoy making milk, but the concept of stopping now has become pretty painful. Enough that I tear up thinking about it kind of painful. Even though I can acknowledge that there are probably hormones at work here, they're not easy to ignore.)
But anyway, we're doing well. We just have to keep on and not completely fall off of our wagon this coming Monday what with the piles of delicious candy that will be strewn about the house. We'll set ourselves aside a few pieces each. Then we'll see how well we can stick to that.
Right.
Wish us luck & Happy Halloween everybody.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Week 20
PJ Weight: 161.6
PJ Week Gain: +0.4
PJ Cumulative Loss: 30.0
Seth Weight: 175.6
Seth Week Loss: -0.2
Seth Cumulative Loss: 23.5
Well, that was a depressing weigh in.
I'm not completely demoralized by the small gain, though. Last week I was shocked to see a 2 pound loss. I think the scale might have had a hiccup last week, even though I weighed myself a couple times. I wasn't all that good the week before I had that loss, and I was relatively on track this week, so I'll call it an average of 0.8 loss per week over the two weeks, which was about what I was averaging previously. That sounds MUCH better than a 0.4 gain, so we're going with that.
I had a delicious Indian buffet lunch with Seth on Tuesday, which probably didn't help the scale number this morning either.
In any event, my sights are still set on the 150's, so I'll try to keep my spirits and motivation up this coming week.
December 1st is looming up on the horizon - just 6 weeks until we start our exercise program. We've pretty much decided to try Power 90, from a company called Team Beachbody. I've heard good things about the program's big brother P90X, but Seth & I aren't up for anything that intense. As programs go, Power 90 appears to be the right level of challenge for us.
Well that's all the news for this week. Here's hoping for better results this time around!
PJ Week Gain: +0.4
PJ Cumulative Loss: 30.0
Seth Weight: 175.6
Seth Week Loss: -0.2
Seth Cumulative Loss: 23.5
Well, that was a depressing weigh in.
I'm not completely demoralized by the small gain, though. Last week I was shocked to see a 2 pound loss. I think the scale might have had a hiccup last week, even though I weighed myself a couple times. I wasn't all that good the week before I had that loss, and I was relatively on track this week, so I'll call it an average of 0.8 loss per week over the two weeks, which was about what I was averaging previously. That sounds MUCH better than a 0.4 gain, so we're going with that.
I had a delicious Indian buffet lunch with Seth on Tuesday, which probably didn't help the scale number this morning either.
In any event, my sights are still set on the 150's, so I'll try to keep my spirits and motivation up this coming week.
December 1st is looming up on the horizon - just 6 weeks until we start our exercise program. We've pretty much decided to try Power 90, from a company called Team Beachbody. I've heard good things about the program's big brother P90X, but Seth & I aren't up for anything that intense. As programs go, Power 90 appears to be the right level of challenge for us.
Well that's all the news for this week. Here's hoping for better results this time around!
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Week 19: The 30 Pound Mark
PJ Weight: 161.2
PJ Week Loss: 2.0
PJ Cumulative Loss: 30.4
Seth Weight: 175.8
Seth Week Loss: 0.4
Seth Cumulative Loss: 23.3
Another milestone this week: 30 pounds! YAY!
I got Seth's consent to start including his results both to help keep him motivated and because I'm really REALLY proud of how well he's doing. He's 16.8 pounds from his lightest (pre-marital) weight of 159 pounds. Go Seth!!
I have somewhat farther to go. My lightest was 140, and that leaves me 21.2 to go if I want to see that figure again. (Double meaning! Figure! Ha! Look! I'm clever! Moving on.) We'll see if I get there.
I picked up a cheap pair of jeans this past week because my old ones were quite literally falling off. The new ones are size 12 and fit reasonably well, but I wasn't all that choosy since I will hopefully not be wearing them for very long. I just needed an 'in between' pair to get me through until I can get into my size 10's.
Funny, that. I could have sworn I had a whole pile of size 12 pants lying about in a bin somewhere, but I've searched every closet and bin in the house to no avail. Size 10's - bunches. Size 8's - oodles. No 12's, though.
I suppose that means I just have to lose some more inches.
I've got to say, though, having 2 babies really does change the shape of your body. When I was last this weight, there was a lot less tummy to squeeze into my pants. I also used to have these contraptions called abdominal muscles to hold it back. (Now, where did those get to?) I have to wonder if the 10's will ever really fit properly.
Hopefully the exercise program starting in December will help with the sad lack of abdominal musculature. At this point I'm somewhat surprised I haven't been recruited for Pillsbury ads. Tee-hee.
In any case, I'm going to be pretty motivated this week to see if I can break into the 150's by next week. Recently the weekly losses haven't been that great, but this week I pulled off a 2 pound loss. If I can do it again, Goodbye 160's, Hello 150's. Oh wait. That means I lose another Weight Watchers point.
Damn.
On that depressing note, I take my leave. Wish me willpower!
PJ Week Loss: 2.0
PJ Cumulative Loss: 30.4
Seth Weight: 175.8
Seth Week Loss: 0.4
Seth Cumulative Loss: 23.3
Another milestone this week: 30 pounds! YAY!
I got Seth's consent to start including his results both to help keep him motivated and because I'm really REALLY proud of how well he's doing. He's 16.8 pounds from his lightest (pre-marital) weight of 159 pounds. Go Seth!!
I have somewhat farther to go. My lightest was 140, and that leaves me 21.2 to go if I want to see that figure again. (Double meaning! Figure! Ha! Look! I'm clever! Moving on.) We'll see if I get there.
I picked up a cheap pair of jeans this past week because my old ones were quite literally falling off. The new ones are size 12 and fit reasonably well, but I wasn't all that choosy since I will hopefully not be wearing them for very long. I just needed an 'in between' pair to get me through until I can get into my size 10's.
Funny, that. I could have sworn I had a whole pile of size 12 pants lying about in a bin somewhere, but I've searched every closet and bin in the house to no avail. Size 10's - bunches. Size 8's - oodles. No 12's, though.
I suppose that means I just have to lose some more inches.
I've got to say, though, having 2 babies really does change the shape of your body. When I was last this weight, there was a lot less tummy to squeeze into my pants. I also used to have these contraptions called abdominal muscles to hold it back. (Now, where did those get to?) I have to wonder if the 10's will ever really fit properly.
Hopefully the exercise program starting in December will help with the sad lack of abdominal musculature. At this point I'm somewhat surprised I haven't been recruited for Pillsbury ads. Tee-hee.
In any case, I'm going to be pretty motivated this week to see if I can break into the 150's by next week. Recently the weekly losses haven't been that great, but this week I pulled off a 2 pound loss. If I can do it again, Goodbye 160's, Hello 150's. Oh wait. That means I lose another Weight Watchers point.
Damn.
On that depressing note, I take my leave. Wish me willpower!
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Week 18
Weight: 163.2
Week Loss: 0.8
Cumulative Loss: 28.4
This week was another week of less than amazing weight loss, but it's still a loss, and I got through my birthday dinner and Carvel ice cream cake without gaining weight. That's cause for celebration as far as the diet is concerned.
Our combined weight loss is now 51.3 pounds, so hooray for hitting the 50 pound mark.
I don't have much more to say this time around. My friend's mother passed away this week, and much of our attention and energy has gone to worrying for him and his family. I don't have much left in me for dwelling on the minutiae of weight loss.
Week Loss: 0.8
Cumulative Loss: 28.4
This week was another week of less than amazing weight loss, but it's still a loss, and I got through my birthday dinner and Carvel ice cream cake without gaining weight. That's cause for celebration as far as the diet is concerned.
Our combined weight loss is now 51.3 pounds, so hooray for hitting the 50 pound mark.
I don't have much more to say this time around. My friend's mother passed away this week, and much of our attention and energy has gone to worrying for him and his family. I don't have much left in me for dwelling on the minutiae of weight loss.
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