Official Weigh-In #3

What a super crappy week. Lots of work, and bad bad food choices.

Want to see how it went?

Sunday, January 15: 209 pounds
Sunday, January 22: 209 pounds

So, not necessarily a bad week, but not a good week. I've still lost 4.5 pounds this year, so I have to look at that. It's better than nothing, but this week I have to change.

I was texting with my weight-loss buddy, MK, and we are both happy that Sunday means that a fresh start to the week. I better get down some pounds. I have 3 weeks to lose 5.5 pounds to reach my goal!

Mini-Break

Ah, finally. I can take a breather at work. Only for a few minutes, because we still have a lot of stock to put away.

Yesterday freight didn't arrive until 4. It is supposed to be here at 10. Not cool. We were here until 7, and we only got customer stock done. Now we have our re-stock to do.

Good news is that I'm holding on at 209 pounds. Bad new is, I haven't lost. Not the worst news ever.

But, it seems that whenever I have a quiet moment, I think about crocheting. I don't know what it is. I'm addicted. Plain and simple.

This month I joined a "flower swap" with another blog (I'll post the details on my other blog, lbk creations). Basically, you make a bunch of flowers, or squares with flowers (basically, flowers, flowers and more flowers) and then send them to your swap sister to make something for herself. Last night I made 2 flowers, and I've been googling all morning to come up with more ideas. I have until the end of February to get them made and sent out, but I want to be prepared. I want to give my swap sister something awesome. If you have any flowery ideas, let me know!

Anyways, I should get back to work. Oh what fun. I want a break. 8 hours of OT this week and there's still 2 days left! Oye!

Tuesday. Ah, Tuesday.

I don't know about you, but my Monday was looooong. I worked from 7-6 with only half an hour for lunch!

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I started this post on Tuesday around 10AM. It's not Wednesday at 7AM. Yep, that's how busy work has been.

Today, I came in at 6:30, exactly 12 hours after I left yesterday. It's so busy, and we are so far behind. The bossman is in Toronto for our annual "aren't we awesome" conference. Somehow, though I am the newest member of the team, that left me in charge. Or at least it seems like it. The back guys come to me to let me know what they're doing, and I'm here first and out last.

Phew. I can't wait until the weekend! Though, with how bad it looks, I might have to come in on Saturday :(

Suffice it to say, food has not been good this week, nor has exercise. Last night we had pizza, and not even remotely healthy. I'm not drinking enough water, and by the time I get home I want to sleep, so I haven't been working out. And I need to get different work shoes. I found some pretty cool looking steel toes, but they are just killing me.

But, I should get going. I have so much to do today! I'm still working on stuff from Monday, and usually I stay caught up and finish everything the day I get it. It's not looking good.

I'm already at 5.5 hours of overtime, and it's Wednesday morning. Whoopie [enter sarcasm].

 

Official Weigh-In #2

Can you believe it's the third Sunday of 2012 already?? I just can't! It seems too crazy!

I did my weigh-in, and I have to admit, it didn't look too good. I don't think I worked out at all this week, and my food was up and down. So was my mood. Friday I wouldn't eat because we were going out to meet people and I felt too fat. Turns out it was awesome, but I basically only ate 500-ish calories. I skipped breakfast, and only had lunch. Not the way to lose weight, I know, but my head was in the wrong place. I assumed that I gained a bunch of weight this week, and that I was failing. It sucked so bad. I hate feeling like that.

But, I woke up this morning and weighed, and I feel better:

Sunday, January 8: 211 pounds
Sunday, January 15: 209 pounds
That's a loss of 2 pounds!!!
Total lost in 2012: 4.5 pounds
5.5 pounds to go to my first goal!

I think 4.5 pounds in 2 weeks is awesome! I really need to focus, and try my best. I know, 4.5 pounds is awesome, but I haven't been working my best. I haven't been working out much, but I have been trying to watch my food. Obviously, weight is based on 80% of what you eat. I've been finding that. I need to start trying to eat more fruits and veggies, but it's so hard when the availability it limited up here.

Anyways, I'm going to get going. I am hungry...time for some breakfast!

Off Track

It seems to me that every Wednesday, I fall off track. I don't know what it is! Monday and Tuesday are fine, and then Wednesday hits and I feel very "blah."

 

Yesterday, we got a TON of freight in from Edmonton, and it was all hands on deck until 6 - I usually get off at 4. Generally, I work on the counter, and let the guys in the back do all of the picking. When we get a lot of freight in, I leave my counterpart, Will, and go into the back. It was so hectic. We have room for about 4 pallets of freight, and we got in 8. It's better than it has been, but when you have customers coming in and needing stuff out of freight, it gets difficult.

 

Suffice it to say, I was tired when I got home. For once, John made it home earlier than I did! I didn't really feel like eating, so John made himself dinner, and then I proceeded to pick at food all night. Such a bad idea! I was down a pound from Sunday, but I gained it back yesterday. It sucks!

 

And, I've only worked out once, on Monday. Sunday I did practically nothing, and Tuesday is generally my "day off" so I didn't do anything. Tonight is my first yoga class though, so I'm excited. It's going to feel nice, I think! It's a beginner's class, once a week. I've also been following the local yoga studio on Facebook, just in case I feel like taking another class. The thing I like about the one I'm going to is that it's at our Rec Centre that is brand new, and you pay for a session - I'm paid up until March 8. There are other classes you could take too, I just wish there was a step or spin class. Maybe one of the gyms offers that, I'm not sure.

 

Anyways, Wednesdays. They are killing me. I think I might have to make Wednesday my early morning workout day, and get up at 5, work out before work, and if I feel like it, throw in a JM DVD at the end of the day.

 

Back to work now. Maybe something interesting will happen...

Official Weigh-In #1

Hey all! It's the first official weigh-in of 2012! How do you think I did??

I was super confident this week. I was tracking my food, exercising, and doing a pretty great detox. It's better than I have been doing in weeks. Months, even. Then there was Friday.

I went and got my hair cut after work (and found someone who did a pretty great job on the first try!) and I had planned on going grocery shopping after to buy something good for dinner. Something quick and easy. But, when I was done getting my hair cut, I had no interest in shopping or cooking. Bad idea! So, what did we do? We went out for dinner. To Boston Pizza. And honestly, even though they have a "healthy choices" section, I don't like any of the food, so I don't even look at it. I definitely over ate, but John and I actually got a few other things in our life figured out (our money situation is looking much better now, thanks to a good chance to talk it out) so I figured it was a good sacrifice.

Then, yesterday morning I woke up at 4 am, wide awake. There was no way I was going back to sleep. So, I got up, watched some tv, and crocheted a bit. I finally got back to sleep at around 11. It was just not my day. I had planned on doing an hour on my tread climber, instead of the 30 minutes I had been doing, but I barely had the energy to go grocery shopping!

So basically, the last couple of days of the week sucked, but the beginning of the week was good. I was actually scared to weigh this morning. I didn't want to see a gain on the scale. I just don't want to see that at all. I think if I saw a gain, I would totally sabotage myself, and I don't need that.

Well, are you curious now?? Here's how it went down:

Sunday, January 1: 213.5 pounds
Sunday, January 8: 211 pounds
That's a loss of 2.5 pounds!!!

Yup, I still lost! Even with a couple of crappy days, I still lost! I am back to believing that I can lose this first 10 pounds easily! And that feels pretty darn good!

I'm going at this slow and steady, but I think that's the key. Slow and steady is going to win this race!

Blonde Moment

I totally had a blonde moment. I was thinking about my goals for weight loss for this year, and I thought I had only planned on losing 45 pounds, which would put me at 168.5 pounds. Silly me! I plan on losing 55 pounds, putting me at 158.5 pounds! Silly me! I wanted to be in the 150s by the end of the year, and I was disappointed that after all of my dieting, I'd still have 10 more to go! Oh man. I'm glad I realized the difference! I feel much better now.

 

I can't wait to hit that 10 pound goal...lululemon hoodie :)