WW Week 8

I'm getting tired of this... I was up 0.4 this week to 202.0. (Even though I know part of it is because of Aunt Flo...). I feel like I'm never going to get below 200 pounds for more than 15 minutes and STAY there. But I'm sticking with it -- it's only been 8 weeks, after all. That's a pound a week, average.

But my stinkin' brother went to see Dr. Filardo about 3 weeks ago and told him he was going to try to lose 10 pounds in 6 weeks. Darn him! He's lost 10 already and is now going for 20! I hate guys!

An aside - week 7

I was looking for some motivational quotes about weight loss, and I ran across this site: Laura's Weight Loss Journey. This lady lost almost 120 pounds in about 3 years. A terrific feat!

But she has a weight chart posted there, and I saw that since she reached her goal in January 2005, she has gained back 60 pounds of the weight she lost. This is just so sad, plus it's typical of most weight loss efforts. Dotti of Dotti's Weight Loss Zone lost 95 pounds in 1998, and by 2005 had gained back 86 pounds of it. She's working on it again, but it's just more proof that your body wants to be where it wants to be. Proof that you can't beat genetics and pre-dispositioning. Damn!

WW Week 7 -- Vindication!

This week I lost 6.2 pounds, for a total loss of 7.8. I tried to be good this week; to write down everything I ate and to keep within my 24 allotted points. Also not to snack too much or eat too much salt. And it paid off. I really think it was salt that killed me last week... too much Puffcorn and a salty margarita!

I'm so glad I didn't just quit last week after that horrendous gain. But a few weeks ago Joanie Mehling gained about 4 pounds and she said there was no way she gained 4 pounds of fat in one week. She just stuck with it and the next week, that weight was off again. It had to be water weight or something. Well, if I wouldn't have listened to her, I would have quit last week. Because, believe me, a gain of over 5 pounds in one week is enough to make you say, "To hell with it..." It's really discouraging. That's why I quit last fall. I gained about 3 pounds the day after Leonard's birthday party.

I feel like I've been doing this for a LONG time and I'm only down 7.8 pounds, but hey, I'm only on Week 7! So that's about a pound a week... that's what I should be losing.

Jenny, McKenna, Rex and I walked the Indian Creek Trail behind Keller's from the West Bridge to just past the North Bridge on Saturday. It was a nice walk and the weather was just perfect. Yesterday Jenny and I walked it again (and it was cold, rainy, and dreary), but this time we walked the whole thing all the way up to the YMCA. I checked the mileage today on ThinkMap and it's a mile. Both ways equal 2 miles. We also signed up for a 5K with WW for sometime in the summer. Our first "training" walk is Thursday in the hospital parking lot.

WW Week 6 -- backslider!

I didn't take the time to write last week, but I lost either 0.8 or 1.2 pounds. I dunno. One place she wrote that I lost 0.8. The other place she wrote that I lost 1.2. Who cares? Doesn't matter. Because this week I GAINED 5.2 pounds! Now I'm only down 1.6 pounds total. Geeze...

What the hell happened? I tried to eat good, but I was slacking and not writing down my points very well. It's possible that I ate some stuff and forgot to write it down and count it. Plus I ate out quite a bit last week. Leonard's mom had cataract surgery last Tuesday (he can't eat lunch alone...), so we ate at Shang Hai. Wednesday for lunch I had 2 fresco tacos from Tako Bull. Spaghetti for supper that night and the next. And I was SO hungry after supper for a few nights! I ate oranges, puffcorn, and fudgsicles -- probably 10 points worth a couple of evenings. Friday I took Noni some daylilies and hostas, and we went to Abblepee's for lunch. I had the WW salad for 5 points. Saturday it was El Nop's for chicken fajitas, chips, sour cream, guacamole, and a 16 ounce margarita! Sunday lunch was 1/2 of a Jack's cheese pizza.

Okay -- I get it. I wasn't good. Damn. I feel like I have to start all over again. Five weeks of counting and dieting, all for naught. Sh*t.

Jenny and I even walked twice on the treadmills at the hospital. Not a lot, but a start. Mine said I burned about 160 calories each time.

How one EARTH am I ever going to get down to 165 pounds if I can't even get below 200? I've gotta find some inspiration someplace... My body is no different than anyone else's. Other people at WW have lost 25, 30, 40, 50 plus pounds. Damn it -- I should be able to do it, too!

I'll look for some inspiration and come back to post it later on...