Weight for 160

Still trying

Katherine — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:58:32 +0000

It took all the encouragement my husband had in him, but he got me out the door to go to my first Weight Watchers meeting in months. I talked to the leader afterwards and she was very encouraging.

But I am still lacking motivation.

I would tweet more, but I haven’t had time to read from any of my social networking sites and I feel that it wouldn’t be right to tweet, but not read. I wouldn’t want to farm encouragement when I don’t have any to give.

I hope everyone is doing well. Wish me luck as I keep trying!

Struggle

Katherine — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:57:21 +0000

Let me be honest here. I am a failure. There is no way in Kansas that I’ll be 160 pounds by my 30th birthday. I’ve hit a number of sidetracks and I’ve had the darndest time getting back on track. Holidays, snow storms, and my gym closed due to minor flooding.

I think I can still hit that weight by the end of this year, but I haven’t been able to get back on track. I get so discouraged when I think the only way to eat right is to track points. I can’t trust myself to eat just what I need. And that means I would have to track for the rest of my life. What is more discouraging than that thought???

I want to be thin with no effort. I want my parents to pay for it because they taught me to eat this way. And I want to eat and eat and eat.

I’m just not sure how to get where I was last year.

Step Two

Katherine — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:09:59 +0000

I completed my goal of staying on a schedule. I went to the gym Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. Thursdays, I take mass transit to work so that my husband can have the car one day a week. Monday mornings are the hardest after a weekend of nothing resembling a schedule, but I made it in to the gym this morning!

My goal this week is to keep track of my food, WW-style. Then next week, it will be to trim it to what I was eating before August: 31 points per day. When I was at the bookstore this weekend, I bought The Calorie Counter For Dummies. That should help!

GOOD MONDAY TO YOU!!

One step at a time

Katherine — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:21:03 +0000

I am trying to back into the routine that I had 6 months ago and was finding it hard. I wasn’t getting enough sleep, my family is sick, the baby is not sleeping through the night, and it’s cold out there!!! I was trying to jump into it all at once.

So last week, I decided to work small. First, get sleep! And to do that, I needed to schedule my life again. Last night and this morning, I ran a little late, but I got it going. And because of a schedule, I got some gym time in this morning. It was just a couple miles on the treadmill, but it’s a start!

So that is my goal for just this week: just keep in the schedule.

3:30AM Wake up
4:30AM Leave the house
5:00AM Arrive at gym, workout, shower
6:30AM Work
3:30PM Go home
7:30PM Go to bed

I have various things going on when I get home, so I hope I can get it all done by 7:30!

HOW IS YOUR MONDAY???? !!!!

Hello!!

Katherine — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:21:47 +0000

Thanks to the flu, I was out from work for 60 hours. That resulted in a huge stress out on my part, trying to catch up. Because of computer problems, I lost work and have had less to do recently. I’ve also been talking to someone from my church that is helping me to manage my stress.

Also, I needed time to adjust to myself. 60 pounds was a lot and I feel like I am now comfortable with me again! And ready to continue on to the next milestone. I still have time to lose 30 more pounds before April 6, my 30th birthday. Well, 35. I might have put on a pound or two.

It’ll time some time to get back into the groove of things with counting points, exercising, blogging, and twittering. I figure this post is a baby step numero uno!!

cough cough

Katherine — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:35:06 +0000

Shortly after my last post, my grandmother came into town for my daughter’s first birthday and knowingly brought the flu with her. It’s been a horrible, horrible week. I got it first, and then just as I started to feel better, my little girl got sick. She spent her birthday miserable. I’ve lost 5 pounds just this week because I wasn’t eating much.

Lost focus, but not hope

Katherine — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:02:50 +0000

I am still here! I’ve been super busy, but I’ve lost motivation as well. I think “Today, I’m going to tweet again and keep track!” and then… I don’t. I’ve maintained my weight and haven’t gained. So I’m really happy about that.

One day, I will get back on with my goal of 160 before my birthday. Believe in me!

Weekly Report – #18

Katherine — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:21:38 +0000

As you may (or my not) have noticed, I kind of dropped off this week. I was sick for a few days. But I just haven’t been tracking. I really think I’ve just lost steam with this losing weight thing. Everyone is complimenting me, but my daughter and her health haven’t been at the forefront of my mind like it should be.

I think this happens a lot to people and that’s why you see them drop off of Twitter or their blog. When I first started this, I googled other blogs and there were so many that just had not been updated in the longest time. When I get busy and sick, I worry that I will do the same. And if I drop this, I will falter on my weightloss; I just know it.

So know I am still here and thinking of you all.

Weekly Report – #17

Katherine — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 02:19:56 +0000

Another crazy week!! Stayed up until midnight on a couple of nights working on a church project. Then the following two days, I left on a business trip. After my flight was delayed, I got home very late, went to bed, and then went to work. I still managed to lose and this week have hit 50 pounds lost.

I haven’t tracked for a couple of weeks and am finding it very, very hard to get back into. I want to track again since that really does contribute to my weight loss. Wish me luck this week; I need it!

Weekly Report – #16

Katherine — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 04:01:49 +0000

What a week!! First, it started up with earning my 16-week charm from my WW leader. But I really went off track. I really thought I was pregnant (but I’m not!), and was stressed at home, work, and church. I did not weigh in at my WW meeting today because I had gained a couple pounds since last week.

Today is a new day and I hope that next week’s report will reflect my renewed efforts!