Big jump & how did I do in August?

Let's start with the month of August. How did I do?

Well, I fell off track with logging my food & weighing in for that week or so, but I did wear my BodyBugg for all but one day, so........................................................

Weight lost:
I ended the month of July at 174.2, I didn't record my weight as of August 31st, so I'm just going to go with my as of 9/4 which was 173.4. This equals a .8 pound loss for the month of August. Not that good, but heck a loss is a loss & I'm not going to beat myself up over it.

Physical activity:
My goal was to hit 50 hours of physical activity as recorded by my BB. I hit 52.7, so goal achieved! Yay!

Steps:
My goal was to average 10,000 steps per day, or 310,000 for the month of August, I hit 343,270, so another goal achieved! Yay!

My goals for September are:
50 hours of physical activity
300,000 steps (or 10,000) per day
Weight loss I want to get under 170 in September, so my goal is 3.4 pounds

The steps & physical activity may be a little harder this month because I already lost three days of data where I forgot to wear my BB. So I need to move my not so little butt a little more. I know my goal of 3.4 pounds is pretty big for me, but I've already seen fluctuations take me right around 171-170, so I think I can do it!

Speaking of fluctuations, on my weight is jumping around like crazy the past few days. Thursday I was at 171.8, Friday 172.6, Saturday 170.4, Sunday 174.4 and this morning 172.2. I had a mixed drink Saturday, but come on! I was right at maintenance for my calories, so why the big jump? So now, I don't know if the low weights were false, or if the higher weights are just me retaining water because I drank a little alcohol. This drives me crazy & has been the story of my "dieting" I am so good during the week & see the results during the week, only to blow all my hard work over the weekend.

I don't get it, because tracking my food & drinks I seem to be right at maintenance on the weekend, but come Monday the scale is telling a different story. Maybe I just need to start inflating my intake calories over the weekend. It's hard to estimate because we eat out a lot on the weekends, but I usually do a search online to determine the nutritional content. Could it be off by THAT much? Obviously so.

Does anyone have a good site to get real nutritional information from restaurants? If so, please let me know.

Weight as of 9-10-12 174.2 (boo, hiss)
Physical activity: 9.65/50
Steps: 63,370/300,000

I'm still around

I bet you're thinking I gave up because of my silence. Not!

I'm still hanging in. I think I just needed a break from the "diet" thing for a while. I stopped logging my food, plugging in my BodyBugg every day & going to the 3FC website for a little over a week. I'm calling it a much needed mental health break.

I know I keep saying I'm not dieting & I'm in this for the long run, but when I was trying & really not seeing much results, it was getting a little frustrating. I was around 174 for two months. That's bad. I've been in the 170's for four months now. Enough!

I went back on plan this week on Tuesday. I weighed in on Tuesday at 173.4, not sure about Wednesday or Thursday, but WI at 171.8 on Friday & 170.4 this morning! Yippee! That is my first goal of 20 pounds. Of course I don't really count it unless it sticks for my official WI day on Wednesday.

But I really do have to say that I feel soooooooooooooo much better than I did a year ago today! I have quit smoking, lost 20ish pounds. I have so much more energy that I used to have. I don't want to come home from work & sit on the couch any more. I remember I used to come home from work & be too tired to do anything but sit on the couch.

It's funny because I'm moving more at work now then I was then too. You would think that I would be more tired coming home, but nope. I come home, clean house or do yard work, or even go out & do things with my husband. I love it! I love feeling good, and I love that I'm feeling better about myself too.

I'm finally starting to see a difference in my face & body. I find myself checking myself out when I pass a mirror or reflective surface. It's not that I think I look THAT good, it's just different from when I couldn't stand to look at myself! My husband's noticed me doing it a couple of times & thinks it's great that I'm feeling better about myself, but I hope it doesn't come off as being conceited. I'm just looking more like me! Or what I think of as me & I've missed myself.

Hope you're all doing great!

Hugs to you,

Kim

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

New car woohoo!

Super excited to let everyone know I've gotten my new car. 2013 Ford Mustang convertible. V-8 6 speed of course. We picked her up on Friday & spent the weekend just riding around. She ended up with over 500 miles on her this weekend. :) Ah well. It's a new toy & it was definitely a top down type of weekend.

I think I've finally got my mind set back where it needs to be. July hasn't been exactly a great month for this weight loss journey. As of this morning I have lost .8 pounds so far this month. I've been pretty good on my physical activity, but my eating has been pretty bad. I was looking at my first month & I was averaging eating about 1,700 calories a day & lost 5 pounds in the first month. And I didn't even start until the 9th! This month I've averaged about 2,000 calories a day. Yep I'm obviously eating too much.

So I'm really trying to keep my calories under 1,800 a day average & I've been pretty good so far this week. Ha! It's only Tuesday. But I think I've already made better choices.

Here's my new baby:

Weight as of 7/31 173.6
Physical activity 2305/2400 (I'm going to make it because I've already been active over the 95 minutes)

Sodium

I'm a little down this morning due to a nice little spike on the scale. I was back up to 175.2 this morning. Ugh! I know it's more than likely due to the teriyaki pineapple chicken I made last night & the sodium causing me to retain water, but still.................. I was not a happy camper this morning.

I'm getting tired of being stuck around 174 as well, but I know it's my own fault. Here's my graph & as you can see, my downward trend seems to have switched to a sideways trend.

Weight 175.2

Physical activity 1795/2400 (still off track but getting closer)