Kristina`s journey

I’m posting this to the little voice that says that lives in all of us that says, come on, you could have lost twice as much in 4 months. Just after christmas, I tried on bridemaids dresses with my sisters size 4 and 6 friends. I barely fit into an 18. So, I vowed to do something about it. I decided that I would rather be a happy size sixteen than a busting out of the dress size 18 by my sisters wedding. I had 7 months, so I figured I could lose 20 pounds by then by eating a bit healthier and exercising a bit more. I knew that if I set a goal of 50 pounds, I could not and would not do it.

I started off well with a 9 pound loss in January but didn’t lose a pound for more than 6 weeks. So at the beginning of April, I set a few goals: To exercise 5 days a week, journal 5 days a week, eat about 1600-1800 calories and lose 4 pounds. I came close to meeting those goals most weeks. And to my surprise, it worked. I am now 6 pounds lighter, 15 pounds in total. Oh and I also ate a serving of ice cream on most days because denying myself a treat everyday would lead into a big binge (as in eat a whole bag of marsh mellows or a bag of chocolate chips).

I measured my self and I am also down 8.5 inches, 3 of those off the boob shelf. If you haven’t measured yourself, I would highly recommend it because it reaffirms the fact that you are losing weight.

And… I just got the bridemaids dress. It’s now to big and will have to be taken in around the chest.

I am going to stick to the same goals in May. I have three more months until the wedding and nothings stopping me now.

Lost three pounds at Saturday’s weigh in. However, I think I found one pound after the weekend. LOL. Two BBQs, one chinese dinner and some birthday cake. In most cases, I managed to not finish my plate or take smaller serving sizes than I would in the past. Small victory =).

As for the three pound loss, I’m not quite sure how that happened. I’m soooo busy right now, starting on my work at 7 am and often staying up to midnight. My workouts are not happening as often as I would have liked (twice last week). But something is better than nothing and I have been eating smaller portions without depriving myself. I am going to eat cake and have a beer on occassion. I just need to eat like the skinny folks, one serving and move on.

Still working on the revisions to my term paper. With 85 plus comments for improvement (holy crap!!!!, no wonder I am having a hard time getting it done). I am trying to stay away from the internet and will catch up with all of the blogs when I finish. I miss ready reading about your successes and rough patches.

I stopped tracking my points Sunday and today.  I also did not add the chocolate cake and chocolate dipped strawberries that I ate on Saturday night.  On Sunday, I had chocolate covered pretzels and toffees. Oh and chips….  Today I had a ben and jerry’s ice cream on a stick.  CAN YOU TELL THAT I AM STRESSED!!!!  I handed in my term paper last Wednesday and had it returned with several comments for revision.  With being sick  and having no desire to work on it anymore, I did nothing on the weekend except stress.  So here I am today, working on it an maybe 20% through it and I promised the prof that I would have half of it done today.  Oh well, I am going to finish the section I am currently working on tonight.  Tomorrow, I will hopefully get another section done and be half way done by Wednesday.

Oh and I will track my points again starting tomorrow.  I am going to do a walk/run session tonight to help calm the anxiety levels.

Feeling like crap today. I never get sick. A little bummed because I couldn’t go to a bbq with my husband and toddler. At the house that is hosting the bbq, both the father and toddler pick up just about any cold and flu. So I had to stay away. Can’t remember the last time I was home alone, it’s kinda nice.

* Walk or strength train for half an hour 5 days a week: 2/5
* Track my points and journal 5 days a week: 5/5days
* Eat about 1600-1800 calories ~32 to 36 points: 4/5 days