becca

I’m sure many of you have been on weight watchers before…well I’m on it now too.

I started weight watchers with my mom and her friend last tuesday and so far so good. I haven’t been really hungry or anything except at night (I’ve been chugging water instead of eating right before I sleep.) I’m seriously motivated right now to lose and if I stick to the plan I can accomplish what I want. I just have to stick to the plan…marry it. I think I can do it. I like it because of the freedom.

Everyday you have points and you spend and budget them like money. You want the points to last so it encourages you to eat things with low points that fill you up. (Example, Cheerios with blueberries 1.5 points….fills me up for 3 to 4 hours)

 I think the calorie counting was a little bit easier to figure out how much calories is in what, but there is no incentive to eat foods that actually fill you up. Not to mention, calorie counting was always tempory for me. It caused me to yo-yo diet and binge. Yes, I’ve lots weight successfully but never kept it off in the long run. With weight watchers, I more often than not feel satisfied. When I am satisfied, junk food tempts, but it’s easier to say no. And I do say no because I want to lose weight SO bad!

I’m the biggest I’ve ever been, and hopefully will ever be.

Wish me luck all!

The pounds are NOT coming off! I think I look a little bit better due to tanning, work out efforts and so on but the scale won’t budge. I know I need to lose weight to look smaller. So far I guess I’ve only toned. How annoying! Something’s gotta give. I have 6 months till my mini goal is due and I will work everyday until then to get it. I must! I HAVE to.

I went wedding dress shopping yesterday. I couldn’t be more confused! There are a lot of beautiful dresses! There is one I can’t get out of my mind. I love it! It’s so beautiful I could seriously cry. The one thing though is that it doesn’t make me look very thin. I know with work, I could drop to a size 8 from 10. But it’s harder to accomplish that at this age. I really think my body likes being here. I will show you what I mean…

Below is my favorite dress and a possible bridesmaid dress

Here is the lovely back…

Below is a more slimming dress…very beautiful. But it doesn’t give me the feeling my favorite dress does

This one is also super slimming…

Here is my FAVORITe dress one more time (keep in mind it’s one size too big so the right size may slenderize me a little more)

So what should I do? Is it more about the dress, how you feel about the dress or how you look in the dress?

Should I commit to dropping a few pounds so my hips look smaller and I don’t have to hide them with a slimming dress? What do you honestly think?

I wrote my blog ”time to lose” a week ago, but forgot to publish. Oops. haha. Anyways, how is everyone? I’m pretty swell. I was successful this week other than the weekend. Friday I didn’t jog, so that wasn’t good. But other than that, I stuck to the plan.

Today I jogged-then-walked-jogged-then walked the total of a mile. Then I went to the gym and ran off 300 on the eliptical. I did a few machines and left.  So far I’ve had 1 coffee and one Light Latte from Dunkin Doughnuts. I’m going to eat lunch soon but I dunno what. I’m thinking tilapia sounds good for dinner. Monday’s are always the easiest. Has anyone else found this to be true?

My best friend’s wedding is only 6 months away. Is it bad that I want to look totally amazing that day? I know I won’t look better than the bride, (or will I?) but I never have the chance to get all fancy and cute. Wow, I have a lot to lose. I hate always having to start from the beginning. Do you know what I mean? I am a yo-yo exerciser. I lost all the progress I made when I started exercising a couple of months ago, religiously.

It’s different this time because I scheduled it in the morning instead of after work. After work all I wanted to do was take a nap…I did NOT want to work out! In the morning it gives me energy for the rest of the day, and I don’t want to spoil my workout with badforyoufood because I woke up so early to do it and I worked so hard for it! Things work differently for different people but I would really recommend my way. It seems to be the best out of anything I tried so far.

So I lost my gym membership until I can come up with the money I owe them. That should probably come on Thursday.

Meanwhile, I walked a half a mile and jogged a half a mile around the track today.

I got up early enough to do more exercise, but I was making my fiance lunch and breakfast and foolingaround with the dog. Then I got into some cleaning. By the time I got to the track, around 7am, it was already toooo hot! Can you believe it? Jeeze the summer has hit the Midwest with a smack on the face. I like to jog at 5:30ish am because I seriously hate exercising in the heat. So tomorrow will be better because I’m going to head out there as soon as I wake. Anyways, then I did abs for about 10 mintues but I’m not satisfied with the workout today. It’s not enough, for sure.

I really want to go to the Gym for the stairs and the eliptical! I’m like addicted right now. I hate being so broke

You know what? I cut out drinking and cigarettes. Well, I’ve been drinking about once or twice a week and when I do, it’s less. And I’ve been weening myself off store bought cigarettes but I roll about 4 a day at home to save money. Also it’s better for me because the tabacco I use in the cigarettes I roll is additive free and has no filter. So I get my nicotine fix without all that other shit. Anyways, I think that I’m even more addicted to the gym because I seriously cut back on my vices. I always need that rush. I dunno why.

Anyways, my best friends wedding is in 6 months and my own is in 12. I need to keep to my schedule and really watch what I eat….I’ll keep you posted

Well I don’t have much time to chit chat at the moment. I need to shower today really bad! I will update later but I’m working 2 jobs today so I will be really busy all day long. :(  Stay strong ladies n’ gents!

Breakfast-tea-0 cals

Lunch- Lean Cuisine (250) + chocolate bar (100) + a little bit of popcorn (50) + Cranberry juice (50)=450

Dinner- Hot pocket (200) + 1/2 sandwich (200) + 2 bites of potatos (100)=500

Exercise- worked both jobs…no time

TOTAL=950 calories

Vitamin-yes

Goals for today

1) no napping

2) stay under 900 cals

I don’t want to go to work AGAIN! lol. Will someone go for me plllease??

It is my third day without a cigarette but trust me, it feels like so much longer.

Oh, and by the way I stepped on the scale at the gym yesterday and whoa it’s different from the one at my parents house. You can probably guess that my parent’s house has a much “nicer” scale. So that was a little bit discouraging that I am worse off than I originally thought. I woke up today and decided to use it as motivation.

See ya later! updates throughout the day.

Breakfast-1/2 portion of Fiber One~100 calories

Lunch- 3 pieces of chocolate (100) + lean pocket (250) + 1/2 fruit cup (40)~390

Dinner- Lots of brown rice~300

Snacks-apple~80

Exercise-eliptical (-200 cals) + machines

total cal intake= 670

Vitamin- yes

Goals for today:

1) less than 900 cals after subtracting workout

2) workout today

3) vegetables and fruit ONLY after 7pm

4) No eating after 9 (this will give me 10 hours of sleep w/ zero calories)

I don’t know why I have a monster in my tummy. Especially at night! I didn’t eat anything bad yesterday, just too much okay-for-you foods. I need to cut the calories BIG time, and have better control of myself at night when I want to eat a small hippo before I go to sleep.

So I had this dream last night about getting some cigarettes and smoking them. Holy cow I have the craving! whooooweee. I just need to hang in there and the cravings will decrease over time. I just wish I could have control. That’s what I want more than anything. Control over the way I eat and look. Does anyone else know what I mean?

I gotta get ready for work (though I really don’t feel like working today!)

Good luck to everyone, stay strong

*edit @ 11:46 Lunch went okay but my mom bought me a small coffee so I drank that. gr.

Breakfast-Tea and Biscuit~100 cals

Lunch- Lean Cuisine (280) + cheese (90) + juice (100)= 470

Dinner-salad lettuce (0) + cheese (80) + dressing (0) + croutons (200?) + diet sunkist (0)=280

Snacks-

Vitamin? yes

Goal for today

1)exercise 300 cals or more, do weights today.

2) Don’t exceed 900 calories when subtracting workout

Hey everyone! Today is the first day of my 28 days of not smoking or drinking. I searched for a diet blog site, found this one, so here I am!! First, I just wanted to explain the 28 days.

Well, I am a smoker and a social drinker and I’ve never tried to quit either and I just really want to try it. There are plenty of motivating factors but you know, I am really set to do this. My mind is in the right place right now. My boyfriend is on board to support me if I become weak. I’m strong and confident that I will have a successful 28 days.

In addition, I am going to start working out as much as I can, and I’m going to try to eat as healthy as possible. I don’t want to set mysef up for failure so I’m not going to really declare myself “on a diet”. I have sucessful diets but then I just gain it all back. The most important thing to me right now is health and along with health, I’m sure I will lose weight naturally.

It will be hard, but I’m going to cut down on how much I eat per day…how many calories. Calorie counting is the only way I can lose weight at all.

Food Log

Exercise Log