515 days!

 SW: 217 CW: 204.4 I did weigh in a little later today because I slept in! I will likely try to sleep in tomorrow too. So, we will see what my weigh in is on Monday.  However, I’m still excited to see that the scale has gone down. This could really mean that I have surpassed my March goal and am on my way to my April goal!! My next cheat day is planned out for Feb 6th. My husband and I are taking our older kids to melting pot. I am really going to try not to have a cheat day in between.  I still have such a headache today. I need these Covid symptoms to go away!! 

 SW: 217 CW: 205.2 1 Month Loss: 12lbs! Yesterday I weighed in at 205, and it was my one month mark so I lost 12lbs! Today I did fluctuate back up .2lbs but that’s ok. I am finally at the point that I will be losing more weight from before I went on Christmas break. So, this is going to be very exciting!  This also means that I’ve kind of reached my March goal! So I am two months ahead of where I need to be!  I am feeling very encouraged that I will reach my goal of 135 in 483 days! I can’t wait to fit in my old clothes again. I’m so glad that I’ve gained these new habits and there is a light at the end of the tunnel!  Now I’ve got to get started on my homework. I plan to get up and take steps every 30 minutes!

 SW: 217 CW: 206 I think my cheat day planned worked! Tomorrow will be more telling. I feel great about my weight loss this month. Though part of me is really bummed that I still haven’t lost all of the weight I gained over Christmas break.  I can’t help but think about the fact that if I had started this plan sooner I would be so much closer to my goal. It’s not helpful to think that way, but those are real thoughts. Today I weighed in at 7am because I had a class call I had almost forgotten about. Tomorrow I will weight in at the same time. The kids return to school tomorrow from their quarantine. I have an in person class tonight and tomorrow morning. I can already tell this schedule is going to be exhausting. It does help to focus on weight loss and not the stress of one of my final college semesters.  Hoping that I will have exciting progress tomorrow!

  SW: 217 CW: 207 I took somewhat of a cheat day yesterday. I needed to jumpstart my weight loss again. I am going to start weighing myself about the same time everyday so I can get more accurate. I plan to weigh in between 6-7am. Tuesdays-Thursdays that’s when I will be waking up. I don’t have to wake up that early Mondays and Fridays so I am not going to. It is still more consistent than weighing in between 7-10am.  Tomorrow I don’t have to wake up until 8:30 so I’m not sure if I’ll start then either. It will probably start Thursday with my morning classes and then Friday I will be up at 7 to get the kids ready for school.  I wanted to note that yesterday was a cheat day so that I do not take one for at least another week. If I still have not hit a plateau by then I will keep going. I just won’t take a cheat day if I hit a plateau in less than a week.  Even though I might have had a few extra calories yesterday, I still reached my goals with my Apple Watch rings, 1...

 SW: 217 CW: 205.4 I am .4lbs from meeting my March goal!! I haven’t updated for a few days because I was at a plateau at 206.  School started this week and it was easy to reach my goals because we were all online. Next week we will be in person. My clinical doesn’t start until Feb 1. So Thursday will be the only day next week that I am doing school for 13 hours. Once Feb starts it’ll be Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday that I’ll have classes for 13 hours. I’ll really need to plan meals out then. I will also need to plan how to get my steps in.  I am feeling very motivated to keep at it!  I am still feeling drained from Covid but I’ve forced myself to get the steps in. I am down almost 12lbs in 26 days. It has been a long time since I’ve seen progress like this. If I could lose 12lbs every month, that would be incredible!  I do think that my weight loss will slow at some points. Maybe it will end up being more like 5 a month. I am off to a great start, though. I abs...

 SW: 217 CW: 206 I am happy to be down another .4lbs today. Though, I was diagnosed with Covid yesterday (for the second time in 4 months) and I am feeling pretty crummy right now. Today is the first day of school. Luckily this week is all online! So I will be able to attend the first week of in person classes next week. I am just hoping that this doesn’t completely derail me. All I want to do is sleep right now. I am going to take Tylenol and drink coffee. Hopefully that will help!

 SW: 217 CW: 206.4 I am so excited to be down more weight! Over the past couple of days my weight has been fluctuating, like normal. I’ve met all of my goals: 10,000 steps, 100oz water, food tracking, and closing my rings on my Apple Watch!  School starts tomorrow and that’s usually when my chronic stress kicks in. I think that since I’ve been making these goals a priority for over 3 weeks that I will continue to do so!  I am now 3.4lbs above where I was before winter break. I am 1.4lbs away from reaching my March goal! The progress that I have made over the past few weeks is better than I’ve made in years! It is very encouraging to see this plan is working. It feels like I have been over complicating things in the past. I tried all the fad diets and signed up for all of the subscription workout plans. Nothing worked for me!  All I needed to do was move more and track my calories. I’m not even starving myself. I get to eat around 1,900 cals a day. Most of the time I’...

 SW: 217 CW: 207.4 I’ve finally made official monthly goals. They’re written on my calendar. Each month I want to have reached my goal by the 27th of the month. This is because our cruise leaves May 27, 2023! So, I have it planned, on the 27th of each month: Jan 2022- 215 ✔️ Feb 22- 210 ✔️ March 22- 205 April 22- 200 May 22- 195 June- 190 July- 185 Aug- 180 Sept- 175 Oct- 170 Nov- 165 Dec- 160 Jan 2023- 155 Feb 23- 150 March- 145 April- 140 May- 135 So far I have reached my January and Feb goal for this year!! I’m 2.4lbs away from reaching my March goal. I plan to keep these numbers the same regardless of how fast I reach my goals. I know my weight loss will slow down at some point. While I would hope to continue to see progress through each month, if I ever realize that a month is approaching and I will not reach that goal, something will need to change. My exercise intensity might increase, my diet might change slightly. I won’t change anything while I am still seeing progress. I...

 SW: 217 CW: 207.2 Yay!! I’m almost down 10lbs from where I started! I had a date night a few days ago and didn’t track cals well. I was very on track the following two days and made great progress! I’m so excited.  I’m now in the 400s for days until my cruise. I’ve lost 9.8lbs in 18 days! I don’t expect to continue losing 10lbs every 2.5 weeks but it’s a fabulous start!  I’m 2lbs below my goal for January and still have 16 days! I think my Feb goal was around 205lbs, so I may reach that early as well.  All I’ve been doing is getting in the 10,000 steps, close my Apple Watch rings, track cals using the lose it app, and drink 100oz of water per day! I do feel like these are simple things I’ll be able to continue fitting in as school begins this coming week. I was able to get it in while subbing all week! I’m feeling very excited and motivated! I’ve been having dreams that I’m close to reaching my goal weight. I’ve also had dreams that I’ve taken unintended cheat days ...

 SW: 217 CW: 209 Yay!! I dropped the weight I gained and hit a new low weight. I call it low weight because I know my weight will fluctuate. So, yesterday at 210.6 would be my new high weight. I’m encouraged by the weight drop, especially after being bummed yesterday.  I’ve done well to track my calories these last two days. I would love to start tracking my sodium and stay below 2000mg. I definitely exceeded that today! But I did stay in my calorie range, walk 10,000 steps and drink 100oz of water! I close all of my rings on my Apple Watch for the past 15 days which is great!  I’ve, once again, reached my goal for the month of January. I think I’ll be able to get down to 205 by Jan 31 but it’s ok if I don’t! I’m still ahead! I just need to lose 0.148lbs a day to reach my goal. That’s around 4.5lbs a month.  I can do it!!!

  SW: 217 CW: 210.8 Today was a fail. I got in 10,000 steps and 100oz of water but didn’t track cals. We went to my mother in laws for our Christmas get together today because roads were too bad yesterday. I weighed myself tonight and know I’ll have a large gain tomorrow! Tomorrow I’ll do better and I’m going to track my sodium intake, too! I know I’m retaining water pretty badly. I’m going to go grocery shopping when the kids go to school.  I feel like tomorrow will be somewhat of a restart. Holiday celebrations are finally over for us! I am trying not to beat myself up. These days will happen. I just need to get back on track.  I can beat this!

 SW: 217 CW: 210.8 I am up a lb from yesterday. I knew it was going to happen. Today I will try to get in 20,000 steps to make up for the gain and try to stay ahead of whatever food I might eat today. I will stick to the plan of tracking cals at the Christmas get together.  My goal weight for the end of January was 209.8, originally. This means that it’s actually ok that I’m up to 210.8 with 23 days left to reach my goal. I will not slack because of this. I just do not want to keep adjusting my goals when I lose faster than anticipated because the goal eventually becomes unattainable.  So, I intend to get back down to 209.8 and then every bit from there is a bonus!  Today I will take 20,000 steps. I will drink 105oz of water. I will track my calories.  I will have fun!

 SW: 217 CW: 209.8 I’m up .2lbs from yesterday and know that I’ll be up more tomorrow. This is the tricky part! We went to my sister in laws for dinner tonight and I didn’t track what I ate or drank at all. I did get in my 10,000 steps and drank 100 oz of water but without the tracking it isn’t enough. It’s ok. I know there will be days that I’m disappointed in the choices that I’ve made. The important thing is to notice that and do better! Tomorrow I’m supposed to go to Christmas at my mother in laws. This time I won’t drink wine. I’ll track my food to the best of my ability and not over eat. Tomorrow I need to do better.  So, I will!

 SW: 217 CW: 209.6 I’m so excited that I’ve already met my goal for this month! It’s only January 6th today so I have 25 days to get ahead of next month.  Yesterday I went to work for a few hours so my routine was a little mixed up. This is something I will need to get use to. I still walked over 10,000 steps, drank 100oz of water, and tracked my cals!  I think these priorities will be possible to maintain over the school months! I’m feeling very motivated.  I’m already halfway to my step goal today. I’m taking a break to snuggle on the couch with one of my boys. I have to take him to get Covid tested this afternoon. The school sent him home because he had a runny nose. This is the world we live in now! Staying positive though!  My husband and I received so many restaurant gifts cards for Christmas and our birthdays. I want to save them for when I’m deeper into my progress. I think it’ll be very useful for when I hit a weight loss plateau. In previous weight los...

SW: 217 CW: 211 I’m very excited to be down 6lbs in the first 8 days of my journey! This is despite birthdays and family get-togethers!  I’ve still got such a long way to go but by the time 507 days pass, I’ll be there.  I’ve done great to continue taking my 10,000 steps, drink 100oz of water, and track my calories. I also believe my success is partially owed to me lessened stress level.  I have 15 days until spring semester starts. It’s going to be very stressful. I’ll be in school 13 hours a day, Tues-Thurs. The remaining four days a week I’ll need to focus on the assignments for those classes. I’m going to miss out on so much time with my family. It’s only a few months but then I’ll have a short break and summer classes will begin. I’ll only be in 2-3 classes this summer but I’m sure I’ll need to pick up hours working. It’s stressful to anticipate what’s coming. I just need to focus on healthier ways to deal with that stress.  This time I won’t cave in. 

 SW: 217 CW: 213.2 I’m actually not disappointed in my weigh in today.  Many times when I’ve tried losing weight and did not give up alcohol, I would have low weigh ins from being dehydrated. Once hydrated I would gain a little. So, the fact that I stayed the same now that I’m well hydrated is encouraging. I have a feeling that tomorrow will be a decent drop in weight. I’m half way to my goal of 10,000 steps already. I am tracking my calorie intake. Yesterday I couldn’t be as accurate with my calorie tracking because I ate the rest of the sushi from my birthday dinner. This could be another reason why I didn’t see a loss today.  The only part that stinks is that before we went on vacation before Christmas, I was around 206lbs. It’ll take me a couple of months to lose the weight that I gained in just a couple of weeks! It’ll happen though. I know I can do it!! Tomorrow I am having lunch with my dad. I am going to pick somewhere that I can get a decent low cal meal.

  SW: 217 CW: 213.2 I’m up .2lbs from yesterday. That’s ok though. I knew I’d likely be up. It was my birthday and it was New Year’s Eve! I did take over 20,000 steps yesterday. So that could be why I’m not up more than .2lbs! Today I plan to finish off my sushi and have a light dinner. I’ll meet my 10,000 step goal and my 100oz water goal that I’ve met everyday. Now that January is here, I know my husband will join me in my weight loss journey. He wanted to wait until December and our birthdays were over. I started early because I’m weighing more than I ever have in my life! I’m not going to try to reach my goal. I’m just going to do it! To meet my goal in 510 days, I’ll need to lose .15 lbs a day. That would put me at 5 lbs down by the end of January. I know some weeks I’ll lose more and some days I’ll be disappointed to see a gain or plateau. But as long as I see a 5lb loss for the month it’s still the progress that I need!  Off to start my day. Happy New Year!!