Sunday, February 26, 2012

Weighing In - Week Thirty Five

Evidently my bathroom scale thinks it's a roller coaster, and I am not the least bit amused by the ride. I gained a pound again this week. So, what is it this time - water weight, stress, or those Girl Scout cookies? I don't know - I just know that this up and down thing is getting quite annoying. I'm ready for those numbers to get back to where they were before the holidays (one day soon, please), and then I can focus on moving forward. At 35 weeks, and less than a quarter of the way to my goal, I realize that it will take me more than a year to get there. Maybe I can make it in two.

I am encouraged that I'm still losing inches - half an inch each in my waist and chest.

My numbers for the week(s):
Pounds lost (-) or gained (+) this week:  +1.0
Total weight loss:  15.8
Inches lost (-) or gained (+) this week:  -1.0
Total inches lost:  28.0

Where do I get my best motivation?  From you and from my friends at the Empty the Junk from the Trunk group on Facebook. Stop by and check it out.

My current motivation:  My yoga pants. Yes, really! One pair still fits, but the other two are getting loose and I find myself hitching them up during my workout.  How awesome is that?

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Weighing In - Week Thirty Three/Four

If you are one of my four regular readers, you may have noticed that there wasn't an update last week. The rest of you probably didn't miss a thing. (wink)  So, why did I skip a week? I started a new job, I had a birthday (see my previous post), and I'm staffing on yet another Scouting event. I've been a little busy. So now, I'm playing catch-up. 

I indulged a little during my birthday week. For details, read my Happy Birthday post. All that celebrating showed in a one pound gain. But I behaved myself quite well the following week and lost 1.8 pounds. So, all in all, I'm making progress in the right direction.  And I lost 1/2 inch in my calves - a happy result of all that tunnel hiking.

My numbers for the week(s):
Pounds lost (-) or gained (+) this week:  -0.8
Total weight loss:  16.8
Inches lost (-) or gained (+) this week:  -0.5
Total inches lost:  27.0

Where do I get my best motivation?  From you and from my friends at the Empty the Junk from the Trunk group on Facebook. Stop by and check it out.

My current motivation:  The numbers! I'm only 1.2 pounds away from my pre-holiday weight. I'm looking forward to regaining that ground and moving forward (or downward) to my goal.

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Happy Birthday

When did birthdays become something to dread? I remember the days when I looked forward to my birthday, because I knew there would be cake and presents, maybe even a party. I don't remember when the celebration stopped. Maybe it was after my son was born, and I had someone else to focus my energy on.  Maybe it was after I entered my 40's and admitted that I was middle-aged. I'm not really sure when it was. I just know that at some point, I was no longer interested in celebrating the anniversary of my birth.

Yesterday was my birthday. My 48th to be exact. I would have been perfectly happy treating it like any other day, but my friends and my family, however, refused let the day pass without notice.  It started early - on Monday afternoon - when I checked my mail and found a card from my sister, addressed to "The Fabulous & Amazing Le'Ann Ruggles".  Then Tuesday night, a few minutes before midnight, the greetings started filling my Facebook wall. All day long, my phone was buzzing with Facebook posts, IMs, and even singing voicemails. Lunch was a long, relaxed and entertaining conversation with my friend, Jim - and good food, too.

When I got home, there were more cards and my husband, who insisted on taking me out for dinner to one of my favorite restaurants. I completely forgot about my weight-loss plan as we enjoyed a wonderful meal of fried catfish.  The evening festivities were complete when my son called me to sing his own version of Happy Birthday.

All in all, it was a wonderful day. I felt very special and very loved.

I'm actually looking forward to next year.

Monday, February 6, 2012

Weighing In - Week Thirty Two

How is it that you can work your butt off one week and gain weight, and slack off the next week and lose weight? It just doesn't make sense.  I worked out 3 nights, and took my lunch (leftovers) to work 2 days, and I lost 0.8 lb. Maybe I wasn't as stressed.  I just don't know.

I found my pedometer, but the battery was dead. I could have spent $5-6 on a new battery, so I could measure the distance from my bus stop to my office and then drop my pedometer back in the drawer where it could die again. But I decided that would be wasteful. I looked it up on the internet instead.  According to Google Maps, the distance is 1/2 a mile, which means that I am walking 1 mile a day during my commute. Any walking I do in the office or at lunchtime is extra. I'm feeling healthier already.

My numbers for the week:
Pounds lost (-) or gained (+) this week:  -0.8
Total weight loss:  16.0
Inches lost (-) or gained (+) this week:  -0
Total inches lost:  26.5

Where do I get my best motivation?  From you and from my friends at the Empty the Junk from the Trunk group on Facebook. Stop by and check it out.

My current motivation:  My butt... only smaller.