Slowly losing steam...

I'm not sure what the deal is, but over the last, say, 2 or so weeks, I have been losing steam with my motivation for diet and exercise.  I have a few thoughts on why this is happening.  The first thing that comes to mind is that this HELLISH semester is slowly winding down.  I think I only have 4 weeks (maybe 5...but who's counting) left until finals.  i think the added stress of that, is causing me to stress eat, which I haven't done since this whole journey started almost 8 weeks ago.  I have also been having more and more cravings for a cigarette, but not SUPER bad....just like a need to "de-stress" or something. But have no fear, I have not given into that craving, and I DEFINITELY don't plan on it.  It's too hard of a habit to quit, to even think about starting up again!  My other idea of why I'm losing steam is because I think I might be getting a little cocky about my weight loss.  I've had a few weeks where I lost less than a pound, but for the most part I've lost at least 2 pounds a week since I started.  So with this knowledge, I have started "tweaking" my intake. I need to get back on the bandwagon and quit eating fast food (although I have yet to have a cheeseburger since this started...only chicken sandwiches and burritos and pizza). More importantly I need to get back to my exercising.  I mean I do my Jillian Michaels' DVD about 3 MAYBE 4 times a week...but that's just not enough in my opinion.  So if anyone out there is reading this, can you give me a "virtual" kick in the rear?  Thanks! :)

7 weeks down...

and I'm almost 3x as far as i originally had set my goal to be.  For my original goal, i figured I would need to lose a total of 5.9 lbs a month.  I am officially 14 lbs down as of yesterday. I'm not religious about what I eat, and I'm sure if I REALLY REALLY watched every thing that i put in my mouth I would be doing better, but I'm not trying to deprive myself of what I want :)

On another note, yesterday I registered for my first 5K.  It's happening on March 12th at Lake Mead.  Its the 6 Tunnels to Hoover Dam Half Marathon/ 5K walk/run.  I am super excited and can't wait!! :)

I was definitely surprised!!

In my last entry, I was worried that when I stepped on the scale on Monday, I would have either stayed the same weight from the week before, or gained.  You see, last week, I was really bad...I ate horribly and slacked on my workouts.  But...surprisngly, I still lost! The biggest loss i have had in about 3 weeks! I lost 2.4lbs, bringing me to a total weight loss of 13.6 lbs since Jan. 3rd!! I think that's why I love Weight Watchers.  I can eat out if I want, and still lose weight!! The more I lose, the closer I will be to my goal :)

I still want to do this 5K in March, but I have  NOT been training, and I think it's gonna end up hurting me in the end.  I dunno, part of me just wants to go do it and see if I even like the "race" aspect of running....I just dunno...

I know, I'm a slacker!

WOW it's been over 2 weeks since I last posted...I need to quit slackin'!  I could use an excuse of "ive been busy with school" which is true, but the fact remains that I have been putting off my blogging because I have not had a good "diet" week.  I'm a little scared to get on the scale on Monday.  I think there will be a plus sign, instead of a minus sign.  That won't be good.

I have still been losing, on the 31st of January, I was down 0.8 from the week before, and last Monday, Feb. 7th I was down another 1.2...that gives me a total weight loss of 11.2 lbs since January 3rd.  That is definitely something to be proud of.  On the 31st I also measured myself again (something I plan to do once a month) and I am down a total of 7.75 inches.  Here's the breakdown:

	January 3	January 31
Chest	48 in	46.75 in
Waist	46 in	44 in
Hips	54 in	52 in
Thighs	24 in	23 in
Calves	17.5 in	17 in
Upper Arm	14.5 in	14.5 in
Neck	16 in	15

That is awesome in one month! If I had the time, I would work out like they do on The Biggest Loser....what is that, like 8 hours a day??  IF that were the case, I could have some awesome numbers like they have every week....a 10lb loss in one week would be AWESOME! LOL

Well There's the update on my weight loss...I am going to pray that i still see a loss this week on the scale, but not getting my hopes up!