HELP!!! I am fat and its Christmas!!!

Christmas is less than a week away and I don't know about you guys but in my family this week is all about Christmas goodies and food and family *insert eyeroll here*.

Even though I am a member of a family with 75% of us overweight the bad choices still are rampant in my family. I have try each year to bring 'healthy' options to our family potluck but I am often met with eye rolls and comments about "that's not good stuff".

Well this year I am not letting others affect the choices of myself or my children. That does not mean that I am going to be the 'cookie nazi' and not let my children have sweets or goodies etc but I can make sure that they have healthy breakfasts before we go to our potlucks and I can also help them make healthy choices at our meals as well.

I was just wondering how others are going to be battling all the unhealthy choices this week? I know that I am going to snack on healthy foods before I go to the pot luck, I will also be bring healthy choices as our contribution to the meal. I am planning on drinking ALOT of water rather than the beverages that I know will be served, and I am hoping to get in a little bit of exercise as well.

Good luck everyone!!!

Holiday Hoedown Check-in: Week 4

 

Today is Wednesday, which means it's weigh in day for the weekly challenge and for myself. And I have to say that it has taken me since 7am this morning when I stepped on my scale to be able to sit down and write this post... you see that is because this week my weight was 253.6 lbs  which means not only am I up from last week, it also means that I have gained back ALL my weight from this challenge plus more... 1.4 lbs to in fact. 

Here are my goals for the following week:.

• begin the 9 week program that is part of the EA Sports Active2, that I happened to win during International Fitness Day from my amazing friends at Shrinking Jeans
  
• Consume my weight (in ounces) of water each day
  
• Track all my food using the new Weight Watchers Plus Points System
  
• Watch portion sizes. Even though I have been attempting to following the WW program I have not been the best at measuring out my portion sizes...which we all know is a BIG PROBLEM
  
• Take a few minutes to myself each day
  
• Limit late night snacking and watch alcohol consumption... these all add up

Weigh in Wednesday

Today is Wednesday and we all know what that means in weight loss land... WEIGH IN DAY!!!! :)

Today is the week 3 weigh in for the latest challenge over at the Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans. My weight today was 250 lbs straight up. So far I have lost 2.2lbs for the challenge and that is ok... I am really hoping that slow and steady wins the race and in this case the race is the race for my health and my life.

I have set up some goals for myself for the week and they are as follows:

• begin the 9 week program that is part of the EA Sports Active2, that I happened to win during International Fitness Day from my amazing friends at Shrinking Jeans
• Consume my weight (in ounces) of water each day
• Track all my food using the new Weight Watchers Plus Points System
• Watch portion sizes. Even though I have been attempting to following the WW program I have not been the best at measuring out my portion sizes...which we all know is a BIG PROBLEM
• Take a few minutes to myself each day
• Limit late night snacking and watch alcohol consumption... these all add up

I think these are some good goals for the week! Good luck everyone!!!

Weigh in Wednesday

Today starts a new challenge over at the sisterhood... I don't have time to do a bit post (I'll do it later today)... but I wanted to report my weight for this week so that I don't forget it. 252.2 lbs. I am up .6 from last week.

Weigh in Wednesday

While there is technically no challenge currently going on at the Sisterhood, I wanted to still keep on track with my weigh ins etc. This week my weight is 251.6, that means that I have lost one pound since last week at this time, and honestly... I'll take it :) Its not much but I haven't had any exercise at all so I will definately take it.

I heard a 'rumor' that a new challenge will be starting over at the sisterhood next week, so pop in and check it out.

Weekly Shrinking Jeans Check-In and FINAL shrinkvivor

Today is the final weigh in for the Shrinkvivor challenge over at the Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans. The winners of both the Entire Challenge as well as the exile island will be announced tomorrow, but in my book... WE ARE ALL WINNERS. We have won our HEALTH!!! We have won the ability to learn to track calories, exercise and in some cases we have been lucky enough to develop a new habit because of the challenges that we were issued during this event. I know I for one now get my 5 servings of fruits and vegetables when I didn't use to, and water really is my best friend. I wish I could say that I NEVER hit the drive thru, but I can tell you that since starting this challenge I have made MUCH BETTER CHOICES. Subway has become a family favorite...even for me and I HATE sandwiches. Its just as quick and easy as those other fast food places, but it is so much more healthy.

My weight today is 252.6lbs. that means that for this whole challenge I have lost 7.4lbs. I'll take it :) Especially since when my tribe was sent to Exile, I had a hard time getting back on the program... but I have a renewed faith in myself and my abilities to lose weight. I know that I will succeed in this journey... Heck I've lost 2 lbs since Monday when I got back on board (probably all water weight from my gallons of water each day).

Yesterday I did the 'butt buster' hill with a close friend of mine. I have talked myself out of doing that hill numerous times with her... but honestly, it wasn't that bad... I survived... and you why... because I am a survivor :)

Happy Journey everyone!!!

I turned 30 yesterday...

Yesterday was the day that I joked about for years. My 30th birthday. I often joked that for my 30th birthday I would be getting myself a tummy tuck and a breast reduction... well because I am still way to big to even think about contemplating those things I am using my 30th birthday as a starting off point (again). I have decided that I am going to really do this...getting healthy thing. I need to do it, not only for my own health but for the health of my children.

I will still be participating in the different challenges that are going on through the amazing folks at Shrinkings Jeans, tracking my points using the Weight Watchers Online Tools, as well as tracking my Exercise using DailyMile.

Awhile back there was a day in which alot of people posted pictures of themselves in just their undergarments, and well I'm not quite there yet, so these pictures are as close as you are gonna get :) These pictures were taken this morning (November 1st, 2010). My weight this morning was 254.6 lbs 

Wish me luck folks....