Back in the Saddle Again...

So I didn't reach my 10 pounds before New Year's plan.... but I also didn't plan on being sick with whooping cough for several weeks. I'm still coughing, and therefore not exercising much yet.

I slacked a lot over the holiday in regards to counting points and being "good" when it comes to eating... I returned though, to Weight Watchers on Wednesday for the dreaded weigh in. I gained 4 pounds since just before Thanksgiving. I'm ok with that.

I'm trying to get back in the swing of things again with eating right and hopefully exercising a bit more.

I got a Wii Fit for christmas, and have had a blast playing with that.

It's going to be a good year, I know it. I feel hopeful about a lot of things, including being more healthy.

Cheers!

Comparison

I took photos today of my dog and I for our annual Christmas photos... and I decided to do a little comparison to last year.

To date, I have lost 27 pounds this year... Some days I can see and feel the difference, others I can't.... Looking at the comparison from last year to today is so crazy. Yeah I still have a ways to go, but wow... it feels great to know that my progress really is visible... even if it's a little here and there.

Brown sweater = December 2008 / Purple shirt = December 2009

Sick

I'm sick of being sick.

I've basically been sick since November 20th. Today is December 9th.

I have gone through 15 days total of 2 diff kinds of antibiotics, 2 bottles of robitussin DM, a few doses of Delsym, A box of sudafed, a box of mucinex dm, a maintenance inhaler, a rescue inhaler, my daily clarinex, about 10 doses of my breathing treatment/nebulizer, prescription tussinex, and prescription robitussin w/ codine.

....and I'm still coughing.

The doc is treating me for whooping cough now. They haven't said I for sure have it, but have said that most of my symptoms are the equivalent. Either way, it sounds like I have about 6 weeks of a terrible cough ahead of me.

I am feeling a little more human today, which is good. My energy is slowly getting better too.

I haven't been to weight watchers since I've been sick.... and am thinking about going today, but I'm not sure. My scale at home says I have been at about the same weight the past few weeks, I'm just not sure if i'm up for it yet.

Anyway - just thought I would update.

On a good note, I have lots of healthy food in my fridge and am eating some great things. Even when I haven't been hardcore losing, I haven't gained... so there's that, at least.

Keeping Tabs...

So the other day, I said 10 pounds by New Years...

just for those keeping tabs, I'm 3 down from that... so 7 more to go by New Years.

EASY! :)

Can I get a hellyeah!?

So I went and weighed in at weight watchers....

I lost 3 pounds this week! Back on track!

This brings my grand total to 27.2 pounds down since February. HOORAY!!

I'm so excited and re-inspired. YAY!

Back on track...

I have successfully been eating perfectly the past few days and feel so much better.

I'm going to weigh in at weight watchers in a little while. hopefully i'll have a good result. I have a clue that it's going to be good... my scale is fairly close to the weigh-in center.... if that's true then I will have officially gone down to another past 5 pound marker (overall weight loss, rewards given in 5 pound increments)... AND gone down below a huge benchmark I've been trying to get under for a long time.

Fingers Crossed... I think I can do it.

p.s. I walked 1.3 miles this morning with Charlie in about 20 minutes. Not bad! :)

Failure

I failed. I failed I failed.

and I'm going to hop back up and get back on the wagon.

I have decided that my slacking and pity party and business is no longer an excuse for my plateau. I'm going to start "anew" November 1st.

I've lost almost 25 pounds, and KNOW that I can easily lose another 10 by New Years. So that is my goal. 10 more pounds by New Years. You heard it first here.

I ate a non-meal of random things for lunch today and feel terrible. I can't do this anymore. Am I tired still ? yes. Am I more active now? YES. Will I start dropping pounds when I get back to a strict diet? YES. i know i will.

so here it is. my commitment. Please hold me to it.

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