So in order to understand my weekly weigh-in, we have to go back to week 1. That was December 30th, 2015. When I weighed myself to start weight watchers for the last time I'm going to start it (no stopping this time). I started at a weight I've never before seen in my life. Cue in my about me, when I posted I almost had a heart attack when realizing how overweight I actually was-114ish pounds over weight to be perfectly honest. I weighed in at.....
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So every Saturday at 8am, I weigh myself. I'd be a total liar if I said I only weigh myself on Saturday.. I don't. I probably weigh myself at least 2-3 times a week to make sure my ass is staying on track! So that brings me to this weeks weigh-in. I've been doing 1 hour of Cardio a day. Normally I run 1 mile, then walk two and a half or three more miles a day. Then I lift weights after the cardio. I work my legs/ass on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. On Tuesday, Thursday, & Saturday I work my arms. So far this has been the key for me. I've successfully lost every week for the past 10 weeks so I'd say its working pretty good for me! So without making you wait any longer, this weeks weigh in.....
That brings my total of weight lost to 24.7 pounds gone for what I hope to be FOREVER!! I'm doing weight watchers, so I don't really eat just chicken, veggies, rice, fruit, etc. day in and out. I eat what I want as long as I stay within my point range. I normally do an awesome job at that, but there are those times when I need some ice cream, chocolate, pizza and fries when I don't stay under my point max. But like my tag line says, I'm doing this on my own terms. So if I choose to feed myself crappy food, that's what I'll do. I know that if I ate clean every day, all day long that this journey would not be realistic to me. I'd binge eat all the time, like every day probably! Weight watchers (in December I believe, if I'm wrong leave it in the comments and I'll edit this!) switched from points plus to smart points. In the past when I've been on points plus, I would do really great for like 2-4 weeks. Then the next 2 weeks I would go over the deep end and binge like nobodies business and gain a crap load back. So for about a month I was normally losing the same 4-8 pounds over and over again. It was a disgusting cycle I wasn't sure how to get myself out of it. When it switched to smart points it really pushed away sugars (the more sugar it has the higher smart points it has). So in turn, it made me really read food labels and I try to get low sugar, no sugar, or just don't buy it at all because the sugar content is ridiculous in it! It really made me start to look at what I was eating which I wasn't doing on my previous time with WW.
This go around I've learned a lot about myself. I now drink 160 ounces of water a day and I actually crave the water or am thirsty so much that I want nothing but water. I can't tell you the last time I drank an entire pop myself and it tasted good. Before I could put away a 32oz if not more of pop in no time. I've also learned this time that if I lose sight for 1 meal, then the very next meal I'm all about getting back on track. Even if that means I have 5 points left for dinner, I'm all about trying to make it work and not going over my limit. I've learned that I absolutely love going to the gym. 8 weeks ago I started going back and when I went back I hated everything about it so I started with water exercise classes. I loved them. They were so much fun. However they were slow paced and didn't make me feel the burn I thought I needed. So after about 3 weeks of it, I switched to what I'd like to call my normal every day workout!
I hope that in some small way this blog will help to inspire someone else to start their own journey to become a better version of themselves. And hey, even if no one reads this, at least when I'm 100 pounds lighter I'll have all of these memories written down somewhere that I can go back at and see where I started because everyone has to start somewhere!
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