It Seems Easy

Hello again!

Well this time around it seems much easier to eat health than it has any other time.  Maybe this really means that I am going to be successful this time around.  I haven't been that hungry these last few days, and I have been filling up on water.  I did accomplish something today that I never would have thought I would do...actually two things.  I made Velvetta Shells and Cheese and didn't eat any, not even the noodle to see if it was done cooking.  I also didn't eat any garlic bread with dinner.  Those are two things that I would have never been able to avoid in the past, but the points just weren't worth it.  Today was weigh in day according to my Weight Watchers.  It is every Tuesday.  Keep in mind I didn't start doing Weight Watchers actively until Thursday, but I have lost 2.4 pounds.  If I could work out I'm sure it would have been more, but I'm not complaining at all.

I had physical therapy on Monday and they agree completely with my doctor, that my knee isn't getting better and that surgery is probably going to be inevitable.  So on Thursday I guess the orthopedic surgeon will let me know what he wants to do.  

Kylie turns 3 on Thursday as well and I can't believe it's already been three years since she was brought into our life.  Everyday is a new blessing with her and I can't imagine not having her around.  Her birthday party is on Sunday and I am going to do the same thing I did last year, not eat her cake.  She is so excited about her birthday and that's all we hear about.  She keeps calling it her happy birthday party.  She's so darn cute.  On Sunday I decided to make two crockpot meals to serve to people that are staying later at Kylie's birthday.  I will make pulled bbq chicken, and cheesy potatoes.  The chicken will be pretty healthy, but there is no way the cheesy potatoes will be.  I will just have to limit my portion size.  

I have watched both episodes of The Biggest Loser and am staying encouraged by watching.  It's strange though I look at people on the tv that weigh close to the same amount and I don't feel like I look like that.  Don't get me wrong, I don't like the way my body looks, but it's weird to see them and compare to myself.  I wish they would tell you how tall they are so you could have a better sense of their body type.  Either way, there are some very motivational stories on there and I plan to keep watching and lose the weight right along with them.  It's been nice hearing everyone's words of encouragement, please continue, because it helps me stay focused!

That's it for now, need to get back to the homework!

Starting Weight: 262 pounds
Current Weight: 236.4 pounds
Goal Weight: 150 pounds
Weight Left to Lose: 86.4 pounds

The beginning again

So here we are again...the beginning of a new year.  Yes, you can make changes whenever you want. However there is something about the beginning of a new year that makes you want to make some changes to your own life.  That is exactly where I am at right now.  I am not happy with where I am in life right now.  I am overweight, have an injured knee keeping me down, and have no motivation.  Well this all ends now.  I am famous for having an excuse as to why I think it's okay to eat poorly.  I don't have anymore excuses, I don't want to say anymore excuses.  I will say that over the last year I lost about 35 pounds, and then put on about 10.  So I am still down but not nearly where I want to be. I went through quite a bit this year.  Kyle and I have been trying to give Kylie I little sister, to no avail.  We did get pregnant in August but suffered a miscarriage.  We have been taking clomid to help us get pregnant and just recently decided to stop taking it and just let nature do its own thing.  I hope that with some drastic weight loss it allows us to be able to get pregnant at some point.  It was one of the hardest things I went through and definitely sent me into a depression.  We sold our house in Alma and it was a long stressful period, but its sold.  We are now living in Mt. Pleasant with my mother and father in law.  I took a temporary position as an Assistant Manager in my store for two months.  I started back to school this year and have maintained a 4.0 GPA all three sessions.  Kyle started a new business with our good friend Joe.  They own and run a hot dog cart in downtown Mt. Pleasant and just upgraded and added a food trailer.  My brother Baker is now helping work the cart and we see him a lot more, which we love.  Kylie has changed so much this last year.  She is potty trained and so much more self sufficient.  She is so happy and is talking up a storm, using full sentences.  She knows her abc's, counts to 15, and loves to sing and dance.  We are looking into preschool for her this fall, so hard to believe.

So what is it that I am planning to do to make these changes...well I am very restricted on my physical activity since I can't put weight on my knee for long.  I will probably be getting surgery on my knee here soon which will hold up that process even more.  So exercising at this point is out.  I will be watching every piece of food that enters my body.  I will be using Weight Watchers to track all of my food and monitoring my weight weekly.  I am going to choose healthier food, not just save my points for bad food.  I am going to keep using Kyle to stay motivated.  He is also on the weight loss journey and we need to keep each other motivated.  I am watching The Biggest Loser to stay motivated and watch all of these people go through the hard work and lose the weight.  The final thing I am going to do is use this blog to track everything I do so everyone can see my progress and that includes posting my weight.  Hopefully you will follow this and if I am doing well then you will encourage me and just the same, if I am sucking give me crap for sucking!

While I know I should only count on myself to make these changes, but support only motivates me more and more.

So here is to the new and improved me for 2013!

My first weigh in last January was 262 pounds.  My last weigh in was last Monday at 238.8 pounds.  I started back on weight watchers tracking on Thursday.