Weigh-in Wednesday week 5

Goal 23lbs
Actual 22lbs

DANG IT! This is the first week I'm short on my goal. Which is interesting because I've put in three hard work outs already this week. HOWEVER that is typical my body. Whenever I've been on vacation from the gym and head back the scale goes up. sooo frustrating, but I kind of expected it. Also my cycle started and I haven't had that pleasure in the last 11 months.
I walked into Deseret Book in Bountiful yesterday and it smelled like heaven...or at least that's what Heaven better smell like. Freshly baked rolls and sugar cookies. They had sugar cookie samples that were the size of my thumb nail. I did have one, which I don't believe is harmful, but then driving Rems home from therapy I stole about 4 fries from his happy meal. I'm telling ya those bites do me in! My sweet friend Amy gave me the BEST gum and a big box of fairly non-harmful fudgsicles. I might need to keep that gum in my mouth at all times. It's the Layers gum by trident stawberry-orange. YUM

2 for 2

Oh happy day for school starting. Having a schedule is a good thing in my book. (Most days). 2 days in a row I've actually pulled back my eye-lids at 5am and gotten my booty out of bed to go exercise. My biceps are sore....love that feeling.
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Cherry Hill

I've got a sleeping baby on my lap at the pool. I am observing this lady next to me and she is super petite and skinny. BUT there is still a little cottage cheese in her trunk and I know its awful but somehow that makes me feel better.
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"Pants on the Ground"

I would break into song but it would need to be called "Pants on the floor" I have a gigantic stack of pants, shorts and Capri's stacked on the closet floor... just waiting for me. SERIOUSLY WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO FIT? I'm happy with the progress so far, but it just reminds me I have a way to go. Thank heavens for stretchy skirts. I have 3 outfits I rotate for work. My poor offices probably think I'm loony bins, and can't remember what I wore the previous week. I still have 27lbs to go and out of the stack 1 pair of jeans and 2 pairs of shorts fit. The rest are waiting. Someone out there tell me at some point you've had a similar stack.

Water down those cravings

I'm going to post about things I notice are working and some that are not...
"Water down!" The common link in every weightloss plan out there. Drink your water. I've found on the days my water intake is good I crave sweets or carbs less. Or if I am craving something I'm not allowed to have at the moment I STOP and ask myself am I really hungry or am I thirsty? or tired? Tired is a given but usually I am thirsty.
"Gettin Busy" (not that kind of busy the other kind of busy). When I am craving something and I find myself opening the fridge or the pantry to just stare at what's in there, or if that brownie is literally sitting on my brain yelling "eat me" I have found if I go do something else like start a load of laundry or get busy cleaning out a drawer, the craving will pass.
"Just a bite is bitter sweet" This one is still being refined. I previously had the notion that just a bite would help the craving go away, and certainly a bite is better than the whole thing. Right? I have found for me personally the more I have a sip of this or a bite of that the stronger the cravings become. So yes a bite is better than the whole thing and having a piece of cake is better than eating the whole cake but it packs some bitter consequences.

Weigh in Wednesday week 4

Goal total 20
Actual total 21
Desperate times call for desperate measures. I'm going to have to duck tape the entire kitchen. My night-time snacker is out of control! Its weird because I'm not totally sleep walking or in this case sleep eating but darn close. I had about 6 nilla waffers down the hatch before I remembered OH ya. I'm not supposed to be eating these in the middle of the night. My SIL had a sister that was a sleep walker and they tied her foot to the bed post. I might need to try it. Any other ideas out there?
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Wednesday Weigh-In wk3

Goal 15 Actual 17.
That's only 2lbs this week. Which is ok but I was hoping for more. This was a hard week for the food plan. My late night snacker sugar monster has returned and when I'm up with Noah at 1am and 4am I have NO will power. I actually duck taped the cookie jar last night so I would stay out of it.
I am pushing hard to do 3lbs this next week. I need to stay true to my food plan and increase my exercise (which has been major slacking).
Wishing you Healthy and Happy!
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Cravings

I bombed out late last night. There is something about Sundays and sweets! The minute Brian left for the cabin I thought crap I'm in trouble. The chocolate covered graham crackers were calling my name. With no one around to watch me cheat. I CHEATED. Ugg BAD BAD BAD. I do hope to get to a place where I feel like I can afford the calories of a yummy cookie and enjoy it. I'm just not there yet. And did I mention when I got up with the baby at midnight and again at 3am and 5 am. I had a cookie or two each time. Someone STOP ME!
The weird thing is today. I didn't have a single craving. I kept to my eating plan perfectly. One of two things I think happened. 1. I got the craving out of my system and out of my head. Or 2. I was better hydrated today and I ate my meals on time. Vs waiting until after church to eat. If its #2 that's a quick fix. If it's #1 what am I going to do next time that craving strikes again?
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Replacement Strategy

Tonight driving home from Bear Lake I was really tired and for various reasons my nerves were shot. I really really wanted that endorphin kick that I used to get from a diet coke or something sweet or salty to munch on in the car. NOPE not on the diet plan for today. So there I sat with my bottle of water. I asked Brian what he thought a good replacement strategy was for that quick calming endorphin release that used to come from a soda or a sweet treat.
His answer.....Sex....
Ha- ok buddy pull the truck over but this is gonna be tricky with 4 kids in the car. Other than Brian's idea (which is great but not always realistic in given circumstances) what would your idea be?
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Weigh-in Wednesdays

I'm trying to not make this about the numbers. BUT if the goal is a number I guess I should monitor it weekly. As stated earlier the entire pregnancy put on 67lbs (ouch). I didn't get serious about the weight-loss portion until 2 weeks ago, at that point I had 46 to loose which seemed pretty daunting. I decided to break it down into smaller goals. Today's goal was 8lbs. Actual loss was 15.
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Skinny Button and "Don't Stand so close to me"

I wish blogger or Photoshop had a skinny button. You could click on the button and it would instantly make you look skinnier. Every click would make you look 5pounds lighter. I have never looked good wet. Boating, swimming, you name it, between my somewhat but not really naturally curly hair and my round face, wet is just not my thing. My goal was to do the swim portion of the Spudman. I had a decent time of 26minutes. Looking at all the awesome athletes around me, it made me feel good that at least I was there participating. I just had a baby 7 weeks ago and I've got a weight loss plan and I'm sticking to the plan...feeling good and then I saw this photo.....

And I felt like ATilla the Hun. I didn't know if I should give up or be bound a determined to have a better photo next year. Now part of the problem is the ugly white very large t-shirt combo with the non-sport hat and glasses. BAD combination. But I had forgotten to pack anything to throw on after the swim and it was sooo hot and bright and my hair was a matted mess that I had to put on the only pair of glasses and hat that I had. To top the whole thing off I'm standing next to skinny and skinny. Jill and Laurel my OTAH team are awesome beautiful girls. They both happen to be pretty petite through the shoulders. Instead of feeling great about this accomplishment I look at this picture and I'm ashamed. I guess the truth hurts. I remember reading in a weight loss article somewhere that you need to take a good look in the mirror and really look at your body. Often when we are becoming over-weight we start to avoid mirrors and don't want to see how bad it's getting. Now if I were to go stand next to someone 80lbs overweight (there were none around I looked) and take the same picture minus the bad T hat and glasses combo, would I feel the same way? Either way I've decided I am B.A.D. Bound and Determined to have a better photo next year. Better swim time. And better feeling about me no matter who I'm standing next to.