February 2007, Weight Loss Journal
Updated November 24, 2007
1 February 2007
Weight: 171 (lost 29 lbs.)
BMI: 31.28
Still 171. Happy day!
5 February 2007
Weight: 171 (lost 29 lbs.)
BMI: 31.28
171 and holding steady! I'm so close to 170, but I'm not quite there. If I weren't coming off of a nasty caffeine high from Saturday, I would have gone jogging or something to burn off those few fractions of a pound to see 170 and go shopping, but that's what I get for drinking coffee.
I used to be very addicted to caffeine (i.e. coffee morning, noon, and night along with lots of caffeinated soda). I got off of it when I got pregnant, and since then it only takes a cup of tea to give me a buzz. Friday, I watched a show about coffee. Saturday morning, I was craving a cup of cappuccino. By Saturday afternoon I was shaking and could feel my heart racing. I was hoping it would wear off by bedtime, but the buzz continued. My husband, sweet man, offered to help calm me down in the evening by fixing me a cup of a relaxing herbal tea. He grabbed the wrong tea bag and accidentally gave me a cup of "wow, I'm feeling awake now" tea. I was twitching all night, slept miserably, and felt crummy all day Sunday. I could barely focus on the television, so exercise was out of the question. (At least I was too tired to eat much.) So, regular coffee is off the menu now. I'll only drink decaf. (How I wish I could find some good decaf coffee beans.) Oh well, it stains your teeth and gives you nasty breath anyhow.
Exercise: I've been slacking. I've gone walking a couple of times, and I've been cleaning my house, but that's about it. I need to do more weight lifting. Why do I keep making excuses and not doing it? Maybe I need to give myself a reward. Hmmmm. If I do my weight lifting every day this week, I'll ... hmmmm ... I'll have to think about that.
15 February 2007
Weight: 169 (lost 31 lbs.)
BMI: 30.91
I haven't posted for awhile because I was just hovering at 171. I was tired of writing about how I wanted to lose that one pound. Why couldn't I lose that one pound. Blah blah blah.
Then today I got on the scale and to my surprise, I wasn't 171. I wasn't even 170. I was 169!
Mama's going shopping!
I immediately made plans to visit my favorite clothing store for some new pants and the glorious size of 14. (OK, so it will only be glorious until I start focusing on size 12, but I'm still enjoying it.) Size 14 is the size of the average US woman. It's still too big to be considered healthy for my height, but at least now I'm average.
I kept a pair of my size 20 pants. I think I'm going to try them on for motivation: "I can't believe I used to be this big!"
So my goals today is to just keep doing what I've been doing to get to this point: get out for a walk now and then, drink lots of decaf green tea, and keep myself busy with things I'm passionate about to avoid having the "I'm bored" or "I'm stressed" munchies (one of my biggest problems). Oh, and I'll be spending the rest of the next couple of weeks blissfully wearing my new pants.
...by Feed