Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Why hello there...

...do you remember me?! oh yesh, it is T! :) haha. I know, i know...i am a major slacker with the blog and i WANT to be good. i will try a little harder :) hehe.

anyways...on to my 3 week (?) update! it's been a while. But things are going good over in T's world :) well for the past week they have been. i have to be honest, i was slacking off major the 2 weeks before and at 2 of my WW weigh-in's i gained 1 lb one week and 1.2 another. i felt really crummy and knew that i had to get my butt in gear...and that my friends is exactly what i did! :) it was like i had a new mindset and willpower to do this awful thing we call losing weight!! ;) i was really sad because my partner in crime, whom you all know, J left that day for college. {{p.s. i am trying to get her to still be a part of the blog. don't you think it would be fun to see the perspective of a college student and her journey of not gaining the 'freshman 15'? yea, i think so too! persuade her to do so :) }} But i want to be a skinny 'bi' when she comes home for Christmas! haha. and i know that i can do it :)

So here are my stats for the last 3 weeks:
week 12- 251.4 lbs (+1.2)
week 13- 252.4 lbs (+1)
week 14- 247.8 lbs (-4.6!!!)

can i get a HECK YES?!!? i was sooo excited to see that -4.6 lbs!!!! i had a good week and i think it was well deserved. actually, that was one of my first big numbers i lost while doing WW for 14 weeks. i couldn't stop smiling. one, that puts me in the 40's! and two, i lost 5%! woohoo. My next weight loss goal is 10% of my body weight, which is another 13 lbs. i can do that! 5 lbs at a time :)

this week at my weight watchers meeting {{which by the way i LOVE ww. i think it is an amazing program! each week truly gets me through to the next}} it was about moving more and being more active. i actually do love working out. i feel so much better and seem to have more energy throughout the day. they were talking about how exercise doesn't have to mean GYM, but i personally love the gym. i think having a gym membership pushes me to go and gives me that time by myself to just think about what i really want. it gives me confidence...because when i first started i felt SO stupid at the gym. i felt like everyone was looking at me and judging me. but now i could give a rats butt. haha. i wear what i want, i do what i want, and i don't feel embarrassed! :)

Here i am after just going to the gym this morning. yes, i look like a tomato {{and that was even after about 5 minutes haha}}
i am also so excited because i am following the c25k program with my friend camilla!!! :)well, she is in utah, and i am in cali but we text eachother after each workout and see how it went. i love having a buddy because it makes me more accountable. like this morning i wanted to turn my alarm off, but i knew that i needed to do it and i knew that camilla would be texting me :) hehe. so i went and i did it! i thought i was going to die today, but i pushed through and finished! you really do feel so good after you accomplish something you didn't think you could do. i love the c25k program because it is just 3 days a week for 9 weeks. they say within 9 weeks you should be able to run a 5k. woohoo!! i need to find a date for a race and sign up for it :) right now i am on week 2 day 2....which is a warm up walk for 5 minutes, 90 seconds of jogging and 2 minutes of walking for 20 minutes. it's not too bad, just for some reason today i felt like dying! but i didn't! and to me that shows that we are capable of doing SO much more than we think we can!!!

anyways, i am excited for this week and to see the amount i lose next week {{yay for positive thinking haha}}

Do any of you have exciting news you want to share with us?! please share in the comments :)

i hope all you lovely phat chick lovers have a fabulous week!!!!!! :)

Friday, August 13, 2010

weigh-in wednesday: week 10 & 11

{{or should i say "friday". hehe.}}
I know, i know...didn't we just commit to writing like every single day just a few weeks ago and the very next day we failed?! haha. I have been slackin...MAJOR. But i came back to give you an update on my weekly weigh-in's. And ehhh is all i have to say! haha. I don't know what it is, but i just have not had motivation these past 2 weeks. and i was so excited to get in the 40's. I wasn't working out regularly and i was eating awful! BUT this last week in my WW meeting the topic was on Progress vs. Perfection. And you know what...i have made progress from when i first started WW and especially looking back, from when i first came back home from utah 2 years ago (i've lost about 20-25 lbs) Here is a picture to prove it. New Years Eve 2009. yikes!
i know that this is not going to be an easy journey...but i know that i have to make it a LIFELONG one! i am honestly going to stay with WW and go the the meetings for the rest of my life. {i've commited to it} i know that if i don't the weight will just creep right back on! So why not embrace this journey and enjoy the slow changes that i am making :o) i know that i will get my 100 pounds that i want to loose...when is just the question! ...and i am fine with however many years or months that is going to take...as long as it is sometime! :o)

So here are my stats for the last 2 weeks:

SW: 260.8 lbs

CW: 250.4 & 250.2 lbs (i lost .2 lbs each week)

TWL: 10.6 lbs

And to be honest...the start of this week hasn't been too great either. I have already gone over my weekly 35 extra points. But my goal is to write down all of my mini goals and big goals for my future! i think it's a very important thing to do and i have yet to do it :o)

So here's a happy 'week 12' to all of my beautiful phat chick lovers!!

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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

weigh-in wednesday: week 9 results

yay...i followed through with my goal last week, which was to do one hour of cardio each day [[minus sunday]]....and i did just that! :o) Somedays i went to the gym and did an hour of walking on the treadmill {which totally gets tiring!}...one day i did a 5K race and walked that...and one day i walked a mile long trail, which was totally hard! {{pictures to come of those events}} I am also trying to hit 10, 000 steps in a day and the days that i wore my bodybugg i exceeded that goal! It felt good! So all of my hard work paid off. Although i know if i would have written/tracked my food down better i could have lost even more, oh well!! So next week i hope to finally break the 50's and get down to the 40's!!! But this week i lost 2.6 lbs!

Here are my stats for the week-

SW: 260.8 lbs
CW: 250.6 lbs
TWL: 10.2 lbs [about a lb. a week]

And i am not sure what i want my goal for this week to be. I will come up with one and post it later on :o)

Have a fabulous week everyone!!

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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

weigh-in wednesday: week 8 results

wow...this past week was not a good one. i didn't follow through with my weekly goal of tracking everything that i ate. but somehow i lost an undeserving 1 pound! haha. i'll take it...but i know that i have to do better this week! because i want to feel good and deserving of my weight loss...and make healthier lifestyle choices overall!

Last night me, lauren, matt, jonni and our friend cameron went to a Dodger game. It was really fun and we actually got alot of walking in :o)


and then this morning i went to the gym and walked on the treadmill for an hour at a brisk pace. it felt GREAT! :o) i wanted to start wearing my bodybugg again today because i am going to try and walk 10,000 steps in a day [[and i want to see how many calories i am burning]], but it was dead from not wearing it for so long...so at this moment it is being re-charged. so hopefully that will get me moving a little more too!

so here are T's stats for the week-

SW: 260.8 lbs
CW: 253.0 lbs
TWL: 7.8 lbs

My goal for this week is to get 1 hour of cardio in a day [[minus sunday]] totally achievable!

what is your goal for the week?! :o)

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Sunday, July 18, 2010

Determination is key

...like J's new necklace. You must always keep it close to your heart and never forget it...or else you will be locked out of your house. OR in this simile, fat forever!! hahaha.
So, we are DETERMINED to lose weight for good! :) To help us lose this weight we are determined to blog every day, and keep weight loss in our minds. We are determined to accomplish our short/long term goals! (post on that coming soon) We are determined to exercise more. We are determined to help motivate eachother. And we are determined to look goooood...and get those hot boys we are dreamin' about! ;)

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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

weigh-in wednesday: week 7 results

I was pretty proud of myself this past week. I tracked all of my food except saturday night and sunday (and i didn't completely stick to my ww points, but that's ok!) and it paid off! :o) i LOST this week! woohoo!

SW: 260.8 lbs
CW: 254.0 lbs
TWL: 6.8 lbs [[almost a pound a week...i'll take it!]]

It really does make you feel proud when you accomplish something and stick to the goal that you had in mind! :o) The only bad thing is that for the past 2 days i HAVEN'T been tracking (eeek :/ ) how can you do so good one week and then just fall the next? maybe because i actually saw a loss and felt like i didn't need to work as hard...even though i know that i need to, completely! So, my goal this week, again, is going to be TRACK EVERYTHING DOWN! [[i know i can!]] I want to master journaling my food before i move on to anything else...because i feel like it is the most important. So here's to a successful week! :o)

*Tell me in the comments what your goal this week is...scale related or non scale related!!

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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

weigh-in wednesday: week 6 results


Yup...definitely how i felt weighing in at Weight Watchers yesterday. BUT, it made me really think about what i want! ...and that is to succeed and be healthy!

I am going to do something i never thought i would do...and that is to actually post my weight on here! (eek!!!) I have always hated telling people my weight, but my friend jon was in town (and as a side note he has lost over 70 pounds!!! he looks amazing!) and he told me that the only way he felt accountable was by telling all his students his weight and posting it on the board each week. i think that when you know people know how much you weigh you want to lose it even more!! so hopefully that will be my case and it will work for me, because i have been slacking! :o)

So my starting weight on weight watchers was...
SW: 260.8 lbs (yikes!)
and my current weight is...
CW: 256.6 lbs
for a total weight loss of...
TWL: 4.2 lbs

the week before i had lost a total of 8.0 lbs, but with jon and ally in town i lost control. i seriously ate whatever the heck i wanted (and took seconds and thirds. haha) and gained 3.8 lbs this week. (so sad) My WW leader asked me some questions and told me to only think of this week as a learning experience and to take something from it. i think what i learned was that even though i got off track i shouldn't have had the attitutde of "well i know i am going to gain weight and i've already done bad...so i might as well eat this ice cream." i could have just started over and done better the next day.

Also last night i watched "Losing It With Jillian". i LOVE that show!! To me she is so inspiring and really knows how to help out people and their families. if only i could have her visiting our family for a week! :o) it is SO amazing to see these families transformations in just 6-8 weeks. it gives me hope that i can do it too! ...and i know i can...it is just going to take some doing on my part!

So i want all you chubby followers to keep me accountable!! :o) This week my goal is to track EVERYTHING i eat! ...i know that by doing that i will see a big weight loss on the scale next week!

Hope you all have a fabulous day and week...and find a goal that YOU can accomplish this week!! :o)

-T

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