Failing another goal

I weighed in yesterday at 173, which is down from the previous week, but no where near where I need to be to hit my goal of 170 pounds by my birthday on Sunday. So I'm going to be pretty confident that I'm not going to make my goal by my birthday. I'm turning 42 weighing in my 170's, & I'm ok with that. I have a job that I am good at & enjoy most of the time. I have a husband I adore & who is wonderful to me. I have a great family & am super duper proud of the woman my daughter is becoming. I'm happy with every single thing in my life right now, plus I am slowly losing weight, getting healthier & a little sexier if I may say so myself ;) Or at least I'm feeling better about myself which is translating into more self confidence. So I am not going to let the fact that I missed yet another goal bring me down? Heck no!

I will get there eventually! I'm learning a lot about myself & am super proud of the fact that I haven't given up just because I haven't lost as quickly as I want to. It would be so easy to do. I may even fall off the wagon for a day or two, but I get right back on eventually. I guess that's what all successful maintainers learn to do.

It was a really weird weigh week for me. Last week I was staying right around 173-174, then over the weekend my weight jumped up to 178. It seems like every time I have a cocktail or two I see this type of huge spike. But thankfully I did see a drop this week. I'm now at a 1.2 pound loss for August, which is already more than July's loss.

Plus, I've been super active & am hitting my goals for physical activity & steps. I just need to keep it up!

Ciao for now

Weight as of 8-15-12 173.
Physical activity 1740/2500 (over half way there! yay!)
Steps 179,298/310,000 (over half way there! Yay!)

PS, yep I'm super chipper today. lol

Wouldn't you know it?

I swear I need to change my weigh in day to Thursday or something! I know my WI yesterday was a little higher than it should have been (not sure what I ate that had me retain water or something) but today I step on the scale at 173.0. That's 1.2 pounds over night. Which from my food tracking is right about where I should have been on Wednesday. Of course if I start weighing in on Thursdays then I will have my drop on Friday's instead of Thursday. :)

I'm loving this summer & all the fresh vegetables that go with it. I bought some cucumbers last weekend & have had them almost every day since. Saturday we had kielbasa & corn on the cob grilled, and then I served it with some sliced cucumbers, tomatoes & pickles. My husband has been raving ever since about how good dinner was. The simple stuff.

I'm a little tired today from all the physical labor I did yesterday at work, so I'm taking it a little easy today.

Weight as of 8/2     173.0
physical activity       174/2500
Steps                      18,530/310,000

Well, July's over

July's over & I didn't do too great this month. My official weight as of this morning is 174.2, which is higher than yesterday's. That's a whopping .2 pounds lost in July. On the good front, I did hit my physical activity goal of 2,400 minutes of physical activity as measured by my body bugg. I hit 2,453 minutes.

Now for August's goals.................. I still want to hit 170 by my birthday on the 19th darn it. So.......... I am going to say my goal for August is to get to 170, 2,500 minutes of physical activity & I'm also going to add a goal for the number of steps taken. They say that it takes about 2,000 steps to equal a mile, so I'm going to try to aim for an average of 10,000 steps per day. Over 31 days this equals 310,000 steps. Wow! I've never really tracked my steps, but I need to keep pushing myself until I get to where I need to be I guess.

 Here's a little snapshot of my measurements as of yesterday. While I didn't really lose any weight, I did lose 1.25 inches. It looks like my morning pushups are doing some toning up of my upper arm, they're down .25 of an inch. Woohoo! While it is not exactly the results I wanted to achieve this month, a loss is a loss & it is a step in the right direction.
 

Date	1/20/12	6/28/12	7/31/12		Total Inches Lost
BMI	32.2	29.9	29.9
Weight	187.6	174.2	174.2
Neck	15.5	14	14		1.5
Chest Band	37	33.75	33.5		3.5
Chest	44	39.75	39.5		4.5
Waist	38	32.5	32.5		5.5
Abdomen at BB	36.5	36	35.75		0.75
Hips	44	40	40		4
Thigh	26	23.5	23.25		2.75
Calf	16.5	14.5	14.5		2
Arm	14.5	12.25	12		2.5
Forearm	11	9.25	9.25		1.75
Wrist	6.2	6.2	6.2		0
Total inches lost for week		0.75	1.25		28.75
Waist-Hip Ratio	0.86	0.81	0.81
Body Fat %	42.7	33.3	33.3

Weight as of 8/1/12 172.2
Physical activity 0/2,500
Steps 0/310,000