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First off, thanks to anyone who has taken the time out to read this.
So here we are. I love a fresh start.
Ok, a little about me. I'm 40 years old and have struggled with weight my whole life. Was cubby as a kid and have yo-yo'ed thru my 20's and 30's. I've reach my goal several times but unfortunately was never able to remain there. It's not because I've set unrealistic goals, it's because I just lose all control. I've never been able to answer the question as to why I do that. I know how great I feel when I am at goal. And I know how lousy I feel when I am not. So why do it do it to myself?????
I follow the Weight Watcher's point system and had even made lifetime member this last time around and worked for them part-time as a receptionist. But now that I've put the weight back on I'm too embarassed to go back. Silly I know.
As of Monday, September 10th I weighed in at 180lbs. My goal weight is 125lbs. I'm 5'2" so that's a reasonable weight for me. Kind of in the middle of my range and definitely doable.
This past week I've been focusing on getting my eating back on track. Next week I'll start to incorporate exercise.
I want to play a little catch up here and post this past week's journal, day by day.
Please feel free to offer any comments you might have. And once again, thanks for taking the time out to read this.
V.
No more Yo-Yo'ing. V's Journal Post #2 (permalink)
Ok, we're all caught up now, whewwwww. I was low on my points all week. Have to try and get it a little closer to my daily target of 25. It's funny, now that I have more points I can't seem to get there and when I start to lose those points and get down to where I should only have 18 or 20 a day I'm wishing I had those extra points. Go figure, lol.
Weigh-in is tomorrow. Excited about that.
Last edited by thekrinse; September 16th, 2007 at 07:35 AM.
No more Yo-Yo'ing. V's Journal Post #8 (permalink)
Welcome to WLF! Good luck with your weigh-in tomorrow! I did the core program with WW a couple times over the past 3 years... I never stuck with it long enough to get to my goal though (it gets expensive!). Someday I will make it there and STAY!
Wishing you big success on the scale...
No more Yo-Yo'ing. V's Journal Post #9 (permalink)
Thanks for the Welcome Tiffany. I really do love the Weight Watcher's program. I haven't tried core yet. Thought about it a couple of times but have continued to stick with the point system. That seems to work well for me. Even if you don't go to the meetings stick with it and you will reach your goal!
No more Yo-Yo'ing. V's Journal Post #10 (permalink)
So I weighed in this morning and was very happy with the results. I lost 9lbs this week. Woo hoo. I tend to lose a lot the first week but I was expecting only about a 5lb lost. Needless to say I was extremely happy. Here's how the week finished out:
I still need to work on getting my points closer to my daily target which is now 24 points per day.
My goal for this week is to start incorporating exercise, at least 4 days. I'm actually looking forward to getting back into the gym as well as the home workouts.
No more Yo-Yo'ing. V's Journal Post #12 (permalink)
I decided to take advantage of the nice weather and get outside for a jog. I haven't been jogging regularly since last summer when I was able to do 3 miles without even blinking an eye. I was a bit self conscious about how I would look jogging thru the streets but I didn't let that stop me.
After the first few minutes of jogging I was ready to give in and just start out with a walk and build back up to the jog. But I pushed myself to not give in so easily. I told myself to just get to this point before you start to walk. When I got to that point I pushed myself a little further until the next point. And so on until I jogged the whole 3 miles. It took me 48 minutes to do what I used to do in 28 minutes but that's ok. I pushed myself and I did it. I finished up with a 12 minute walk to cool down and round out the hour.
My legs felt very weak throughout, it'll take time to build them back up again. My breathing was very heavy at first, especially going up the hills. But what goes up must come down. Gotta love them downhills. As I went on my breathing became more steady so that was encouraging.
I love to run and am looking forward to building my stamina back up again.
Today's workout completes 2 of the 4 days of exercise this week I set as a mini goal for the week.
No more Yo-Yo'ing. V's Journal Post #14 (permalink)
Congrats on the jog! I have been trying to build up to a jog. I used to run a lot when I was in highschool... but it has been a long while. Don't push yourself too hard though, other wise you will be paying for it for days and won't have good workouts the rest of the week.
Remember no pain no gain does not always apply.
No more Yo-Yo'ing. V's Journal Post #15 (permalink)
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