I know you've been wanting to know...

I will probably weigh myself tomorrow morning. I like to do it right after I get up and um...use the facilities. That way there is no extra food weighing me down. My forays to the gym have been mostly regular but not particularly strenuous. I still don't have much of an appetite. What I do manage to eat is carbs and meat. No veggies are touching these lips. In fact, if they are green they are probably not touching my hands either. Ugh, just typing about them and thinking about them is making me feel.... ugh.

So the reason behind the unreasonable aversion to food that I usually actually enjoy? The reason behind the loss of weight despite no exercising as much or as hard? The reason behind the constant queasyness in my life right now?

Yup. I'm pregnant. Seven weeks (ish) and counting.

So, I'll weigh myself tomorrow. I'll have maybe lost a pound or two. I still would like to be down about 14 pounds before I start gaining weight. But, we'll just see how it goes.

Wednesday Weigh In

Da da da da, da, DA! Even in the midst of cookies and pies I am holding my own this week. Yesterday was the making of the pies at my house (well, my mom's house which we're staying in) which also includes a delectable Costco Cheesecake (from Monday) and even in the midst of 2 pumpkins, an apple, the cheesecake, a banana cream AND a cheescake-like strawberry jello I still managed to lose 2 lbs.

Back down to 182 lbs. Thats 18 lbs gone to date. Again.

It's encouraging me to continue to try, however unlikely it is that it will actually happen, to lose the other 2 lbs by Saturday.

Oh, and also in the midst of an anticipated visit from Auntie Flo. And the cookies the Laurels dropped off for my mom (which Ryan ate some of). And the stress that is a CONSTANT in my life. Whiney much?

I took the plunge

Okay, so I gave in........

I weighed myself this morning!

Four weeks of not knowing and it's just.......nice to know.

I woke up this morning and felt pretty good. I was headed to the gym before breakfast and had just relieved my body of excess weight (uhum......sorry for the info). I told Rob that whatever the scale said was fine because I was feeling okay with myself.....and that makes all the difference in the weighing game.

Rob and I talked about a possible range I hoped to be in.

Anything less than 150lbs and anything under 153. If the scales tipped over 153 I was not going to move the slider any higher. I was just going to take it from there, do my best for the next 2,3,4 weeks and check again.

Good news though.........

148 lbs

So.......for now, I'm good. Even with all of the junk I have eaten (that I have berated myself over and over for).

It's funny......I have always eaten this way (good....mostly with an "occasional"(he he) treat on the side) and I have always been 150 lbs. So why now do I feel like it's not enough?

Satan has been working hard on me. He is using my body against me. He's jealous because he doesn't have one so he's trying to get me to ruin mine. What a jerk.

So.......I will continue to fight the mental battle and I WILL overcome it some day.

I challenge all of you to not fall into his trap either. We can be happy without looking like supermodels (they are airbrushed anyway). The world wants us to think that we can't be happy if we don't look like that. It's not true.

We should strive to be HEALTHY not SKINNY!

Take a minute to really think about that.

No News is Good News?

I haven't been to the school clinic in almost two weeks, and as such, I haven't weighed myself in that long either. But I haven't been eating so well lately, so maybe it's a good thing that I haven't weighed myself. Let me live in denial for a little while longer. I have been working out almost regularly, though, so maybe the effects of my not-so-good eating habits lately will be countered by my almost-good exercising habits. I should make it to the clinic on Monday next week (great, just after the National Gorge Yourself Holiday) so we'll see where I stand then.

4 weeks and still no go........

On account of Valorie, I will post.

I am STILL not weighing in. Some days that's good and some days it KILLS me not to know where the heck I am scale sitting.

Oh well, makes me a little less psycho that way.

Umm........that all.

you can DOOOO it!

I have to lose 4 lbs by Saturday. 2 lbs for the 2 that I gained, and 2 lbs for the 2 that I should have lost the last 2 weeks, but didn't because my eating was out of control. Why, you ask? Because my sister-in-law and fam are coming over for Thanksgiving to see her husbands family and we get to visit with them on Saturday and I want to be down 20 lbs from when they last saw me.

Is it even possible? Don't know, but I'm gonna try. I'm eating A LOT of salad (with protein like chicken, cheese, hardboiled eggs - don't freak out).

How very ambitious of me to choose Thanksgiving week for a major weight loss goal. Anyone else practicing restraint this week? Or is it just a big freeforall?

And why am I the only posting? People? Are you out there?

Wednesday Weigh In

up 2 lbs to 184. It could be worse. But it could also be a lot better.

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I'm so stinkin' nervous about weighing in tomorrow. I have a bad feeling that I've totally blown it this week. The eating is OUT OF CONTROL! I hate it, and I hate that I can't seem to find my self control anywhere. Every morning I tell myself that all I'm going to drink today is water, and then proceed to suck down the equivalent of three pops. Or tell myself I'm gonna control myself at lunch and totally inhale every sugar coated thing I can see. I'm good with breakfast and with dinner, it's everything in between that's killing me.

If you're paying attention that's the whole rest of the fetchin' day.

Confessions...

I stepped on the scale yesterday and.....drumroll please..... 136!

Here's for the confession part:
I haven't been to the gym for over a week. We've all been a little sick around here so I haven't gone to work out. However, my appetite is and has been almost nill. Hence the loss of 4 pounds. I suspect if I ever start feeling well that weight will come back. Something about losing weight when you're sick never stays off.
Oh well.

1st Official Weigh-In

So my scale is an evil liar and I don't trust it. One day it will say one thing and the next it will be 10-15 lbs different, and I know I don't fluctuate that much. So, I have decided to weigh myself every time I am at the clinic at my husband's school. Well, that scale is now officially even more evil than mine at home. No, it doesn't fluctuate really, but it says I weigh about 10 lbs more than I thought, but at least I have an official starting point and a reliable way to measure my progress (or lack thereof, as the case may be).

Drumroll, please ... 210 lbs.

I have decided to start running - something I've never really enjoyed, but since my husband isn't home at any consistent time every day, I need to be able to work out with my kids. I can't afford to join a gym (we live on student loans, so it's kind of tight) and I already have a decent jogging stroller, so that's where I am starting. Wish me luck, and as few blisters as possible, considering I NEVER wear shoes.

Wednesday Weigh In

Sigh.

182 lbs. No loss this week, but then again, no gain either. Time to kick it up a notch. I've gotta get my eating back under control. Grrrrr.

Hi -

Just a quick intro. I'm Mandi, and I'm addicted to Carbs and Blogstalking. I blogstalk through the time I should be exercising, and I eat carbs the rest of the time. Okay, so that may be an exaggeration, but there is some truth in it, otherwise I wouldn't need y'all's help.

I have two babies, Matthew is almost 2 (where did that time go?!) and Abby is brand new (2 months). My husband is Burkely; he is a chiropractic student with big dreams and I support him 100%. He is working on losing weight as well, and he is better at it than I am; plus he is a guy and for some reason notices that his pants fit better within two days of trying, unlike me who 'tries' for two months and the scale moves the other direction. That's why I'm joining up here - I need someone to be accountable to besides him.

I was always 'fit' while growing up. My senior year of high school I weighed 180 lbs but wore a size 7 or 9, depending on the outfit. Now, 10 years later, I weigh 200 lbs and am pretty far from that size 7. I don't have a goal weight, but with my bone structure I would be happy (okay, ecstatic) with a size 10 or so. I'll get there eventually, if I can just put down the pasta/bread/cookies/etc. and the laptop, and get my tush on the eliptical machine.

Oh, we live in Texas - here temporarily for chiropractic school. I grew up in small town Utah and I really miss the mountains, so we'll be heading back that way when school is done. I actually went to high school with Sheena (kind of, she is a couple years younger than me). That must be how I found this blog originally - a link from hers, which was a link from my sisters.

Anyway, thanks for letting me join the club.

New Member

Hey everybody, please welcome Mandi! Mandi says she's been blogstalking us for a while and needs that extra motivation that we can provide. Tell us a little about yourself....

Hey Mandi, if you had to send the request more than once I apologize. Stuff keeps getting sent to my spam folder, and every once in a great while I check it and there's something in there that shouldn't be. Like your request. So, if I took too long getting back to you, that's why.

You are most definetly welcome!

Weigh-in

After nearly two months of regular exercising and moderately cautious eating (hey, there is Halloween candy...) I am still weighing in at the EXACT. SAME. WEIGHT.

I have a couple of theories.

1. I must be losing fat at the exact same proportion to making muscle. Meaning: I lose a pound of fat and gain a pound of muscle. Almost simultaneously. I like this theory. It means that someday, hopefully soon, I am all of a sudden going to start shedding unwanted pounds daily. I'll keep you updated.

2. The gravity on this side of the state must weigh more. If I went to Spokane to weigh myself I bet I'd be at least 10 lbs lighter. I told Roy this idea but he didn't think so. Still he's a lawyer, not a scientist so I'm not putting all my faith in that answer.

3. Well.. ..

Here's another thing. It's not like I am losing weight then gaining weight. No. I am staying the exact same weight! I do work out. I promise. I've been trying to do 30 min of cardio --EVERYDAY!!! (except weekends) I am trying to vary my cardio work-outs so my body is buring calories in a variety of ways. Monday I did the eliptical with the arm thingys then lifted weights for my upper body. Tuesday I went to the body sculpting class that I've talked about before. I think. Anyway, it's an hour of step/lunge/freeweight/ab/sweat. I actually left feeling slightly ill yesterday because I worked so hard. I really am not trying to 'go easy on myself'. However, I know I can't go at 100% everyday or else my body has not recovery time. I feel like I'm starting to babble.

So any way. Here's me weighing in.

Wednesday Weigh-In

182 lbs. That's down 3 from last week for a total loss of 18 lbs to date. Yay for me! My new size 12 Levi's look awesome, thankyouverymuch.

Blasted Candy!

So, I was reminded over the last week that I have no self-control when it comes to candy! Seriously, it's a big problem. Joe left this morning to go out of town for the week which always makes for an emotional/lonely/depressed week....combine that with the loads of candy that we got trick or treating....it's a recipe for disaster. So, I picked out a few candies to bribe the boys with throughout the week and stuck the rest of it in his trunk before he left. Problem solved (hopefully)!

How are you guys coping with all of the junk food that comes with the Holidays, parties, etc?

I need ideas! And real ones that will actually work!