Final Weigh In

Sept:  241.5
Oct:  230.3
Nov:  222.6
Dec:  216.5
Jan: 209.4
Total lost:  32.1

I know I haven't been around much but I promise I have been working on exercising and eating right.  I can't wait to see a much lower number in another 6 months!

December Weigh In

I started this competition on Sept 1 weighing 241.5 and this morning Dec 1 I weighed in at 216.5 which means 25 pounds lost officially now. :) It wasn't an easy month and I'm sure this month will be even harder but so long as I continue to lose and not gain I will be happy.

Weight Watchers Magazine

I'm just a bloggin' away today. For those of you who follow Weight Watchers, Tanga.com is offering a years subscription to WW Magazine for just $2.99/year. Just thought I'd share because I'm sure there are interested parties besides me. :)

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Of course

I'm always a day late and a dollar short! I posted yesterday that I weighed in for the month at just under 20 pounds lost. This morning I step on the scale and am down to 221.3 which means 20.2 lost now! Yay!

November weigh in

I'm down a total of 18.9 pounds now. I really wanted to hit 20 pounds lost by weigh in but oh well. At least I'm heading in the right direction still. I love wearing clothes I haven't worn in awhile and can really tell a difference in my hips/legs. All of the walking/jogging is definitely paying off. I didn't have even one piece of candy yesterday and if you know me, you know that is a huge feat. I have a sugar addiction like no other but that's probably what got me to where I am today so I told myself none because I'm not sure I could just stop at a piece or two. I had a sugar free chocolate pudding cup with fat free cool whip and didn't feel the least bit deprived. I am looking forward to November and getting down under the 220's.

Sept 1: 241.5
Oct 1: 230.3
Nov 1: 222.6

Food or lack thereof

I'm starting to have to force myself to eat nowadays. I don't know what's up but I'm rarely hungry. I usually have to force myself to eat to make it over 1200 calories. I'm not sleeping well, usually have a headache when I get up, etc. It's probably just the stress catching up to me but I don't like it, not one bit.

I am really enjoying my Nutrition class. We had our second exam this morning and I only missed 1 out of 50 questions. Yay! :) This test was on lipids, proteins, vegetarianism and the digestive system. A few questions I had to make an educated "guess" on but I got them right. I'm learning a lot about health and what your body needs and that has helped keep me on track quite a bit.

I am getting burned out already with my food choices. Maybe that's why I'm not interested in eating much right now. I need to do some searching this weekend for new recipes and meal ideas. If anyone reads this and has a favorite breakfast, lunch or dinner I'd love for you to share with me! :)

Stress :(

My life has been stressful lately to say the least. It's nothing I want to share here but it's something serious and personal. I will say that I haven't turned to food to comfort me and that's a first. I am determined to be healthy and apparently that means nothing is going to stand in my way. I've even stuck with my exercise. Holy cow, what's gotten into me? Usually when life gets hard, exercise is first to go to the wayside and I eat everything and anything in sight.

My son had a birthday this week and of course everyone had cake and ice cream. I didn't even feel deprived by serving everyone and skipping it myself. It's my choice if I want a slice of cake but my will power was stronger than my desire for a sweet treat. I can't explain how awesome that felt.

I haven't had time to read up on this whole picture fiasco. I suppose I should find time to do that this weekend. Did I read that pictures are being required now? Anyone know when those are supposed to be turned in by?