2011 send off!

Weight Watchers Stats
Starting Weight: 303.2 lbs
Weigh in Weight: 188.4 lbs
Weight Variance: +0.4 lbs
Total Weight Loss: 114.8 lbs

I promised a picture of me in my hot red dress and here it is. Well over the holidays I did indulge a bit, but everything I chose I enjoyed. I only gained a tiny bit and this week I have been working hard to battle the holiday gain. I went to a Zumba class with my friend Melissa, as well as a body flow class. We both ran on the treadmill for more then 15 mins and I actually bench pressed 40 lbs. I got a fancy scale for yule/x-mas and it has these handle bars which aid in taking an accurate BMI etc... readings. I also got a whole bunch of Jillian Micheals work out DVD, on of which i did last night with my sister and friend Christine. I noticed on the scale that I am already going back down so hopefully I can auto correct by Jan 3rd. :) Happy New Year every body!

Seriously? Seriously!

Weight Watchers Stats
Starting Weight: 303.2 lbs
Weigh in Weight: 188.0 lbs
Weight Variance: +1.8 lbs
Total Weight Loss: 115.2 lbs

Tuesday did not turn out they way I had hoped. My date cancelled on me (meh, whatever), my work didn’t cover our holiday lunch (that kind of sucked, but they covered my wine) and I gained 1.8 lbs on the scale (which stunned me). I knew that with the little bit of snacking that I did this week that it was possible that I could gain a bit, but this is ridiculous. Did I really eat that much on my work lunch? I thought a grilled cheese and Cesar salad was a smart selection considering the weight of the items. My leader seems to think it was the sodium in the dressing; however I doubt that I would retain that much over the period of 3 hours. Did I miscalculate the point value for the items I snacked on? Maybe, but even if I was a bit over I had moved my daily points target down. I also I worked out a fair bit so that would count for something. I think what is ticking me off is that considering all the food around the office I would say that I have been pretty good. I was feeling like I had a handle on the holidays. This weight gain is making me feel so guilty for the small amount of snacking I have done. I have lost a month’s worth of work; it is enough to make me cry or scream. I just want to get to my goal. The road to the last 10 lbs has been a bitch. Now I’m worried for the next week. If this is what I get after pre holiday events what will happy during Yule/X-mas proper. So this morning I woke up and asked myself WWSBD? That is "What Would Sydney Bristow Do? Well she would get her cute butt up early, make her way to the gym and get on that treadmill. Which is exactly what I did. Because this isn't going to magically disappear.

"C" is for Chocolate

Today the theme appears to be chocolate.... and Timbits. My department should have gone out for our holiday lunch (where our bosses treat us to a lunch out at a restaurant) however they have been putting it off. Today we are supposed to go out, but I think they might cancel. I went walking my with father last night for 4 km which was nice as the snow hasn't fallen yet. Wish me luck at weigh in tonight. :)

"C" is for Cookies!!!

This is what I have on my desk today. And as I type we just got a bag of biscotti. On an up note I did pretty well with all the foods that were availible during my Mom's birthday weekend and I found a hot red dress on Friday after my Body Combat class. I promise to post a picture of myself in the red dress.

Natalie Strawn drops 282 lbs

I saw this earlier in the week and I wanted to comment on this story. Natalie Strawn was on ABC's Good Morning America this week where she revealed that she lost 282 pounds with Weight Watchers. My heart went out to her because I know what it is like, she's lost more then I have but our struggles were similar. She even looks like me so it is a bit eerie. She has more to lose but she is on the right path to getting to her goal. I have a link to her story with the video from GMA embedded inside. I would check it out if I were you. I wish Natalie the best with her future weight loss. :)

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/265876/20111212/natalie-strawn-nebraska-teen-loses-282-pounds.htm

Tis The Season

So last night I had intended to work out at the gym and then do some holiday shopping, however I was worried that the store would be closed by the time I had finished working out. So I braved the throngs of shoppers and got a few more things for my family. After 45 minutes of making my way through crowds and dealing with rainy weather, I REALLY didn't feel like going back to the gym. However with all the cookie tins, pot lucks, holiday parties and chocolate boxes I have to deal with I know that I will need all the fitness I can get. So I walked back to the gym and for ran 15 minutes on the treadmill, walked another 20 minutes, bench pressed 35 lbs and did a crazy amount of crunches. I felt all the better for doing it but I feel that this will be a trend for the next 2-3 weeks. I will have to make time for me during the festivities to get my fitness in somehow. No excuses. If I can do it, so can you. :)

Santa brought me a gift early. Weight loss!

Weight Watchers Stats
Starting Weight: 303.2 lbs
Weigh in Weight: 186.2 lbs
Weight Variance: -0.8 lbs
Total Weight Loss: 117.0 lbs

Check it out! This was a pleasant surprise. Yesterday morning I weighed and was heavier then the previous Tuesday morning weigh in. This led me to think all day that I was going to go up. This ticked me off because I worked my butt off at the gym and was budgeting my points nicely. Looks like my hard work has been paying off. Last night was pretty tough because I had to attend my company holiday party and everybody was pushing beer and food. I kept telling them no, that I had a meeting to attend and I was only staying a short time. I so wanted to stay, socialize and drink, but I had my Weight Watchers meeting to attend. i was a good girl and stuck with the plan. It is the only way I am going to survive the season. FYI it looks like work is going to be nuts the next few weeks so if I do not get in a weekday post I apologies in advance. I might just post pictures of the food being placed on my desk to show you what I have to deal with.

Holiday Food

It has begun! The first of the holiday treats has made its' way to desk. I told myself that I am only allowed one treat a day. (I had one of those solid round ones. Om nom nom) Now this will be a great test of my will power. Let us see how this plays out. Wish me luck.

Don't rain on my parade.

This song was inspirational for me when I started losing weight. I was going to make a video documenting my weight loss, but I only had the idea after I had already lost 30 lbs and by then I thought it wouldn't be an accurate depiction of the process. This song would have been playing in the background. Sometimes when I listen to it I imagine what it would have looked like if I had made it. This song also is a good indication of my mood today LOL. I am also feeling a little lazy about writing a proper post so you guys get a video today. Happy weekend everyone.

Fat Pictures!!!

On a day where I am going to be tempted by California sandwiches and chicken wings (at two different holiday parties) I am going to post these pictures as a reminder to myself. I love seeing fat pictures; it is great to see how far I've come. This is me back in 2009 116 pounds heavier.

The "new and improved" Points Plus 2012

Weight Watchers Stats
Starting Weight: 303.2 lbs
Weigh in Weight: 187.0 lbs
Weight Variance: +0.2 lbs
Total Weight Loss: 116.2 lbs

Up by only 0.2, not bad.

Yesterday my Weight Watcher group was introduced to Points Plus 2012, an update to the plan which was launched this time last year. The biggest thing that has changed is that the daily points target (DPT) has become flexible. You can now add or subtract 3 points from your assigned DPT. So for instance I am now eating 32 points a day. If I am losing I can stay there, however if I am not I can subtract up to 3 points from that DPT to a DPT of 29. It can go the other way too, if I am loosing too fast or (if I for some reason I want to feel justified for eating more , loose slower and give WW more money) I can add 3 points to my DPT for a DPT of 35. I think they were realizing that people were not touching their weekly’s on this new plan so they decided to change the daily points so that people would want to touch their weekly’s again. Or they realized that people were not losing like they were in the last program so this margin for error will cover their butt if you don’t loose because obviously you are not eating at the right DPT. By subtracting 3 points daily you are eating 21 points less a week. That is a fair amount.

Also with the re-vamp a few items has changed their points plus values. For instance 4 oz of wine is now 3 points instead of 4, but light beer has gone up from 3 points to 4 points. Looks like I am switching to wine LOL. They have broken down the intro meetings to three informational sessions instead of 1 session to lessen the barrage of information you are introduced too. They made us sit through that yesterday making the meeting go until 7:30pm.

I have decided to try subtracting my DPT by 2, so for the next few week I will try eating 30 points a day.

Boot Camp

Last night I worked out with Christine. We did our Jillian Michaels “No trouble zones” workout and then this Fitness Boot Camp DVD. Christine goes twice a week to this book camp (link below) and swears up and down by it. She’s has trimmed a lot of body fat doing this program. The DVD had us doing some moves that after the earlier workout we found to be quite challenging. The boot camp is on Tuesdays and Thursdays and for 1 month it would be around $159. This is a good amount of money and it would conflict with Weight Watchers, however she is seeing results. It is something to think about. I weighed in this morning and I am hopeful for at least staying close to the same on the scale. Not the 2 pound gain which I feared. I accumulated over 18,000 steps yesterday with my morning and evening workouts. If I don’t see movement this week, I will see it next week for sure.

http://www.bootycampfitness.com/fitness-boot-camp.php

Superstar!

This last week I was a superstar. I went to the gym on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday night. I went dancing on Saturday night and only consumed two beers. I was on point 85% of the time this week. This morning my mom drove downtown to Sick Kids hospital at 6:30am so I decided to join her for the drive and then hit the gym for an hour. I even have a work out date with Christine tonight. The thing that sucks is that I do not think I am going to see the reward of my efforts this week because my body has other plans. I might even gain what I lost last week. Who know.... It sucks that women can almost write off an entire week at the scale once a month. That is your TMI moment of the week. However I know it will look better next week so I have to suck it up.