still chuggin' along

Down another 2 pounds for a total of 14 so far this year!

I just added a weight loss ticker to the top of the page.  229 was the weight I was at before I got pregnant with my babies the morning of their transfer, so that's my first big milestone... getting back to pre-baby weight.  I'll certainly keep working at it, and once I reach 229 I'll set a new goal for myself.  Like I shared in my first post, my babies are one of the driving forces for me to want to lose this weight.  I want to be healthy for them.  I want to be here for them for a very, very, very long time - until I'm old and gray and they have to change my diapers!  So many things are out of my control in terms of accidents and illness.  There are quite a few diseases or conditions that can be prevented through living a healthy lifestyle like high blood pressure (which I already have), type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, and obviously obesity and all of the complications associated with that.

If I'm being totally honest, the subject of trying to have another baby has come up (by me).  I hope and pray that our family is blessed with another little one (or two, down the road), I don't now if it will happen on its own.  If we need medical support again, financially it may not be an option.  The way I see it, if I had a successful pregnancy, although it was high risk with multiples, at the starting weight of 229, that's where I want to be (if not less) to start trying to conceive.  If I'm able to weigh even less, perhaps since my body has been through one pregnancy before it could happen unassisted, like a fresh healthy start.

holy smokes

This week's results are in:

SIX and a HALF pounds!!!  Gone.  In one week.  I dropped into the next tens place, which I love!!!  I really worked hard this week, eating my 30 Weight Watcher points, journaling everything, drinking lots of water, and eating fresh fruit and Greek yogurt for snacks to keep me feeling full longer.

So, that makes 11.5 pounds since January 1st.  Not too shabby, especially considering that I threw in the towel and gained almost everything back after just a few weeks.

I have a strong support system in place.  My best friend/sis-in-law (Brooke) is also doing WW at home with me.  She had a lighter week with a half pound loss, but that brought her to about 8 since starting a few weeks back.  And my hubby (Jamie) started tracking points this week... he had a real whopper of a weigh in -9.5 pounds.  Crazy.  If he wanted a Pepsi during the week, he'd have it, but just mark down the 3 points for it.  It's all about moderation.  There's nothing that's off limits.  You just learn to make better choices to use up your points because, heck, who wants to go to bed at 6:00 because they're out of point for the day and hungry already?  =)  My parents are also in the loop with our (me and Jamie) weight loss efforts and are very encouraging.  I called them before 8am this morning to share our exciting news!

For this coming week, I'm just going to keep going strong with what I did this week.  As long as I lose I'll be happy, but if I could set a target I'm hoping for at least -2.5 by next Sunday.

I'm a loser!

Ok, this is more like it... this week I'm a loser!  I was hoping for a little bit better of a week, but -3.5 pounds is a pretty good start.

I'm going to really make sure I drink at least 64 ounces of water.  In a perfect world, I'll be closer to 100 ounces, but in order to drink 100 I first have to do 64.  So 64 it is, and then if time allows, keep drinking.  I read somewhere that to really help with weight loss you should drink half of your weight in ounces of water.  According to that theory, I should consume 123.  That just seems like an awful lot.  I'd probably lose weight from running to the bathroom so much.

I also pulled out my old Weight Watchers materials from 2010.  I know their program changes once or twice a year, but the nuts and bolts of it stay the same.  And I know that I lost back in 2010 following the plan that they had at the time, so there's no reason it shouldn't work in 2013.