Scale Tales - Week Fifteen and Week Sixteen

The last two weeks have been quite a blur of activity with my brother's weddding and my husband and I's trip to New Orleans. I haven't had a lot of time to exercise, and I haven't been eating the healthiest, but I've managed to hold steady at 15 lbs lost. I am looking forward to getting back on track this week. I'm looking to change up my workouts in an effort to get toned and burn more calories. I am going to try to switch up LIGHT weight training with cardio. I still want to do three days a week of cardio, and weight training the other two days. We'll see how it goes. I know that when you build muscle you gain weight, so I'm hoping that I can still drop inches if not pounds.

Scale Tales - Week Ten

Sorry for the late posting, but I did weigh in on Tuesday and lost 2 more lbs for an "official" total of 8 lbs.

I figured the 10 wouldn't hold up, but I am perfectly happy with a loss for the week I am supposed to gain.

I peeked at the scale this morning and was back down to 10lbs lost - that's an "unofficial" weigh-in, of course. :)

Scale Tales - Week Nine

This week, I lost .5 lbs for a total loss to date of 6 lbs.

The scale didn't show it, but I did have a big milestone this week. On Saturday, I did 40 minutes on the eliptical machine - 3.72 miles and 368 calories burned! We were staying at a hotel so I used their fitness center, which had shiny new machines. I think the change of scenery helped a lot.

I really want to lose 9 lbs in the next 5 weeks. I don't know if it will be possible, but I am going to really kick it up a notch this week to try and make that happen.

I didn't get around to tracking my progress on SparkPeople last week, but I've already logged everything I've eaten today. It is amazing how much you learn about your diet when you write everything down. Not just how many calories you are consuming, but how much sodium, protein, and carbs are in your diet. I definitely have room for improvement!

My calorie intake goal for this week is 1,300 - 1,400 calories a day. I ate just over 1,300 today.

Scale Tales - Week 8

I gained 1.5 lbs this week, for a total loss of 5.5 lbs.

I'm not exactly sure what went wrong. I worked out more over the past week than usual, and I worked out for a longer time period, too. I also didn't drink at all this weekend but for one strawberry daquiri (the best one I've ever had, by the way!).

I felt a little down out after stepping off of the scale this morning. That is, until I pulled a pair of dress pants out of the very back of the closet. I hadn't worn them in over a year. I put them on, and not only do they fit, they are not tight!

So, I guess I'll chalk up this week to some kind of a weird fluke of nature. Either that or maybe I'm building some muscle. Or maybe I've hit a plateau. I will keep trucking on.

My goal for this week is to track what I eat on SparkPeople. For those who haven't heard of it before, it's a totally free health website. You can track and plan meals, exercise, and there is a community forum as well. The best part is that it is completely free! I signed up right when I began my challenge, but I haven't used it much at all. Maybe if I'm even more conscious of my calorie intake, I can shed a few pounds for next week.

Scale Tales - Week Seven

This week, I lost 3 lbs!

Total weight loss to date: 7 lbs!!!!

OK! So now I am just under 25% of the way to my goal. I am very happy with my progress this week. I think one thing that helped is that I only drank alcohol one night (I mean, who DOESN'T have a few beers at a Poison concert?!). And Saturday, I was busy unloading a moving truck full of boxes.

7lbs in 7 weeks - if I keep up this pace, I will be 15lbs lighter for my brother's wedding in September (my mini-goal).

Scale Tales - Week Six

Well, I gained pound this week. It was to be expected since it is hormone-related. Isn't it great being a woman? Sheesh. But I knew I would gain 1-2 lbs, so I'm thankful it wasn't 2 lbs.

So my total weight loss to date is 4 lbs.

On a good note, I exercised 5 times over past week! This is a record for me.

I also burned 191 calories on the eliptical machine today, another record!

Yesterday, I did 2 sets of arm exercises with the 5lb dumbbells, and a set of arm exercises with the 10 lb dumbbells. I was doing three sets with the 5 lb dumbbells, so another improvement.

On to week 7! I'm feeling great!!

Scale Tales - Week Five

I lost 1.5 lbs this week for a total loss of 5 lbs! That means I am 17% of the way there to my 30 lbs goal.

This week was very productive as I went to the gym four times. I really think my hard work there paid off on the scale.

My goal this week is to hit the gym 5 times.

I'm going to keep chugging along! Five pounds in five weeks is a pretty slow pace, but I have 47 more weeks to go!

Scale Tales - Week Four

This week I held steady. No loss, but no gain either. That's pretty good considering that I didn't really stay on track over the 4th of July weekend. I also had a lot of stress going on thinking that Jarrod was going to deploy. I've continued going to the gym as often as I can. I went Monday even though I didn't feel like it.

Total weight loss to date - 3.5 lbs

Scale Tales - Week Three

This week I lost 1.5 lbs for a total weight loss to date of 3.5 lbs. It's coming 0ff - very, very slowly, but it's coming off nonetheless! I have 49 more weeks to lose 26.5 lbs... I will keep chugging along.

I started exercising on Saturday. I have exercised Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday so far. I'm hoping that I will start seeing results soon. I have been doing a combination of 30 minutes of cardio and 15 minutes of weight training every day. My goal is 5 days a week. I plan to work out tomrrow and Friday morning, and take Saturday off.

My eating habits were much better this week. I concentrated on eating healthy even on the weekends. The weekends are my downfall, when I like to overeat and drink alcohol. Drinking alcohol makes me want to eat the fattiest, greasiest stuff I can find.

I haven't been good about posting. I decided instead of posting a bunch of times each week, I will just post once a week with my weight loss update and a summary of how the week went.

Until next week - cheers!

Scale Tales - Week Two

Well, I gained a pound this week for a total weight loss to date of two pounds. :( Last week was not good. I am trying to get back on track this week. I will not quit. I can do it.

Scale Tales - Week One

During Week One of my challenge, I:

Lost 3 lbs!!!!

I am very happy with my progress so far, especially since I normally gain 2 lbs the week before my "that time of the month." So if I keep it up, I might actually show a greater loss next week.

I did not exercise much last week, and I did splurge a little on Sunday. I'm glad it didn't hurt me too badly.

On to Week TWO!!