Kristy’s Sheddin’ the Layers

It’s been a little crazy with school, job, and family, unfortunately I’m not finding much time to get onto the computer.  I have started Weight Watchers, but a little later than I had planned.  When we had the 5″ of snow that I wrote about when I was on here last they ended up cancelling our WW meeting as well.  We started last week, which was really hard for me to stay on track because of 2 major exams and Valentine’s Day….I know, excuses…excuses!  I did weigh in yesterday and lost a whopping 1.6 pounds, which is better than I was expecting.  If it wouldn’t have been for my friend that is doing this with me I probably would have backed out and never gone.  I’m pretty good at that..starting something and then looking at myself as a failure, never to return.  Losing that 1.6 pounds really did me a lot of good.  I did so poorly that I was thinking, I wonder how much weight I could actually lose if I followed this diet point for point. 

I’m a slow starter and it takes a while for my motivation to get revved up, but I can’t fail this time.  My life is going by so fast and I don’t want to spend it being fat.  Summer is coming and I would love to go to the lake and just have fun instead of being self conscious about the way I look.

I’ll post my food journal on the next post, I copied the template from somebody else here….I hope you don’t mind, I don’t remember where I found it.  I did notice with all of the documenting of food, that I used to eat a lot!  I also have a hard time getting in water, veggies and fruits.  Just a few things I need to work on!

Good Night!

Today is the day that I go to my first WW meeting.  We’re going to weigh in tonight and then I’m going to hit the grocery store on the way home.  I can’t wait to truly get started.

I spent all of last weekend studying for my A&P exam, which I just found out that I got a B on the exam.  I’m pretty happy with that considering it’s all about the making of an atom and the periodical table, not my favorite part of A&P.

I spent all day cleaning the house yesterday, because the rest of the family does not know how to pick up after themselves….I’m busy all week long and on my days off it is up to me to clean the house, I have emptied the dishwasher and told my husband that it really is not that hard to put the dishes in the washer when you’re done with it instead of the sink.  We need to come up with something like chores, etc….so I am not spending every day off cleaning and doing laundry. 

My youngest daughter, who just turned 1, has been missing her mommy and when I’m home she has to be held….try cleaning the house with a 20 something pound baby on your hip…talk about a workout.  I feel terrible when I have to hand her off to her daddy because I have so much I need to get done….it breaks my heart. 

Well, I better get the girls up for the day, my oldest daughter’s school was cancelled today because of the 5″ of snow that’s on the ground, so I need to take both of them to the sitters so I can head out the door for school, which is a 2 hour late start.

Starting tomorrow I will journal my food intake, exercise and report my weigh ins.  Looking forward to finally getting rid of the extra blubber.

Kristy

You know when you first look at someone and you get that first impression.  Just by their looks you know their social status, how smart/dumb they are, whether their lazy or a hardworker, etc (you get the point.)  I feel like when people meet me they just see a fat person and judge me right away as being stupid, lazy and incompetent.  I know that I’m a very smart and intelligent person and a very hardworker, but I’m treated just the opposite.  The outside of my body does not reflect who I really am.  Usually, when people get to know me they no longer see the fat and see me as a funny, smart and competent individual, but I want to be treated with respect from the first moment someone meets me.  I don’t feel that I should have to work my butt off to prove who I am to someone….does that make sense?  This conclusion (aha moment) came from how  one professor at school has treated me since the very first day of class.  I feel now that, I have to work my butt off to prove to him that I belong in that class, just because of my size.

I’m planning on getting up every morning before school and work to work out to my Turbo Jam videos, I will walk on Saturday and rest on Sunday.  I know that with the encouragement from Tiffany (my carpooler/coworker/classmate) on the WW end that my eating will stay in check, Stephanie (my BB Coach)  cheering me on and exercising with me that my exercise will stay in check, and last but not least documenting everything in this blog will keep me motivated and finally able to achieve my goals.  I have my support team and I’m ready to roll.  Now, I just need to get my family on board and eliminate all of the temptations in the house. 

Well, I need to start studying! I’ll be back either tomorrow, for sure on Monday to check in.

Later….
Kristy

I have 2 exams on Monday that I need to study for in A&P and Nutrition and I’m not even ready for the A&P exam!  I’m working all day Thursday and Friday, which means this weekend my head will be buried in a book.  He gave us an exam today, which was open note to show us how he does his exams.  All I can say is Thank God it was open note.  I’m not ready for this exam at all.

My friend said she will start Weight Watchers with me next Wednesday, the meetings start at 6:15, which we would never make it in time if we stay for a full class, which is nutrition.  We talked to our professor today and she said that Weight Watchers is the only plan she would recommend and that if we have to cut out early to make it to the meetings she would be okay with it.  Since I just asked the gal I carpool with about it this morning, she didn’t have a babysitter so we will start next week.

Now, I just need to figure out how to squeeze in exercise and I’ll have it made….Oh and I need to figure out how to get more sleep.  I went to bed at 2:00a.m. this morning and overslept.  I plan to get to bed early tonight….studying can wait until tomorrow.

Well, I better get the kiddos to bed…. Be back tomorrow.

Kristy

I came to the conclusion that I overbooked my weeks. My schedule is crazy with family, school and work.  Tuesday’s and the weekends are my only days that I have time to catch up on everything.  My schedule looks like this:

Monday ~ School (12 hours) I leave for school at 7:00 a.m. and I do not get home until around 7:30p…hubby usually has the kids fed and ready for bed when I get home (Thank Goodness)
Tuesday~ Work 7a-3p come home and pick up daughter, get the other daughter off of the bus, do laundry, clean house (I have no other time to do it), get girls baths, do homework/study, get dinner ready and go to bed.
Wednesday~ School 7a-7p (repeat of Monday)
Thursday~ Work 7a-7p
Friday~ Work 7a-7p
Saturday and Sunday~ These 2 days are my only days off (if you want to call it that) I have to clean the house, do laundry, run errands, grocery shop, pay bills, etc. Weekends are for catching up and preparing to do the week all over again.

I figured it would be easy to lose weight if I only take low point meals and snacks along and left my money at home.  I am planning on starting Weight Watchers, but I am having a hard time finding a meeting that will fit in to my schedule. I live in the country so the meetings I could find on the weekend are 50 miles away….is it worth it to drive that far? I thought about online, but I’m afraid that I would never get online and stay motivated without the personal support.

I’ve been paying more attention to what I eat, but I haven’t really been counting points like I should. There’s a ww meeting tomorrow at 6:15 pm, I get out of class at 6p and it takes 20 mins to get there, we usually get out of class early….so hopefully, that will work and we can make it to that meeting (by we, I mean the gal I carpool with to school).

I have set mini goals, which I plan to follow that are on my goal page and I plan to journal my food, exercise, successes and my struggles on this blog. I can’t wait to get started and find the Kristy that’s been lost under all of this fat for so long.

Kristy