6/12 Weigh In Week 41

Loss for the week: +.4 lbs.

Starting weight: 208.4 lbs
Current weight:151.4lbs.
Total loss to date: 57 lbs.

TAKE 2! Okay, so midway through last week I had to take another break. I was having such a hard time sticking to the diet. I couldn't figure out why I suddenly had so little willpower. Then I dawned on me that most of the time I was dieting I had been nursing so fluctuating hormone levels each month hadn't been an issue for me. About 4 weeks ago I had this same issue with struggling to stick with the diet. I felt really bloated and fat and just craved junk food. I put all that together and realized that for my own sanity every 4 weeks I will just have to take a break from the diet. I think I'm finally really ready to get back into it but I also feel like the clock is against me if I only have 4 weeks before my momentum will have to stop again. Kinda sucks, but what can you do. At this point I'm not sure where my stopping point will be. It's not as much about the number on the scale as the fit in the clothes. I'd like to see if I can melt away some of the pounds that are hanging around my midsection. Other than that I think I look good and can be happy with where I'm at. I was glad to see that I barely gained despite all the gorging I did this past week. I kept up with my exercise so that was good to see that I can maintain pretty well just by sticking with my exercise. Well, that was not a very exciting weigh in but hopefully next week I'll be closer to where I had been.

6/6 Weigh In Week 40

Loss for the week: +6 lbs.

Starting weight: 208.4 lbs
Current weight:151.0 lbs.
Total loss to date: 57.4 lbs.

I'm ready to get back into the game after almost 2 weeks off. I started back on the diet yesterday. I really hope that by next week's weigh in I can be right back where I was at two weeks ago. It might be a tall order but I'd rather set my goals higher and push myself more. So for this week, my plan is to eat 1700 calories and get 3 hrs. of exercise in each day. That last hour of exercise will probably end up being a nice walk with the family pushing a double stroller through town and up and down hills. Today I did a 45 min. cycle class followed by a 5.7 mile run outside and then another 1.6 miles on the elliptical. I'll just have to fit in a walk later. For now I'm thinking I can try for another 6 weeks and maybe, just maybe I could get to 133 which would be a 75 lb. loss overall. If I did that, that would be just about a year after having baby number 4. Pretty big accomplishment I think. Plus, if I can get down that low it would give me a little more wiggle room for when I go off the diet. I've also thought that when I'm off the diet I need a plan. I've thought of possibly assigning 1 or 2 days out of each week that would be my low calorie days and then the other 5 or 6 days I could eat like normal. Maybe this would help keep me in check. It's a learning process figuring out what will work best for me. I'll just have to see when I get there. I'm so excited because these next two weeks I don't have to work so that means I can take all the classes at the Y that I want to. Yay!