Is that a four?

I'm sitting here staring at that four. I haven't been below 155 in a very long time. I'm thrilled and excited even though I'm only like .2 away from 155 it's still very satisfying to see that four appear.

I started the Wild Rose D-tox on Monday. I thought it would be harder and that I would be starving and craving and grumpy. But I'm not. Nope I feel amazing.

In the past 5 days I have slept better than I have in ages, I've got more energy than I know what to do with and I'm eating foods I really enjoy.

As part of the "moving is losing" regime I've started doing squats after every time I go to the washroom. Weird I know, but why not? While I'm drying my hands I do 15 squats if there is no one else in the washroom. Luckily I only work with 6 other girls so there rarely is. Since I drink a lot of water, I'd say about 15 SIG bottles during work, I use the washroom A LOT. At least 8 times a day. Which means I'm getting in 120 squats a day and it takes about 30 extra seconds or so.

I'm also stretching a lot more. For about 30 minutes in the evening while watching tv.

I do The Reg that I mention last week then I do a bunch of tricep moves then lots of stretching. Everyone should stretch, it's really important, probably more than we know. It keeps us limber and makes our muscles less likely to spaz out and cause us pain. It also lenghtens our muscles, it's one of the reasons ballet dancers and yogis always look so amazing! So if you do one thing this week stretch!

New pants are needed.

One of my bff's got herself a sweet little job with Goodlife Fitness at one of their Platinum Plus Women Only gyms AND one of the benefits was she was able to give me a free 3 month membership! The other benefit is I get to see her practically every day and she's one of those people who is really able to motivate others and gets you all excited about how awesome it's going to be even when you know that really jumping up and down for an hour with weights is pretty much the opposite of awesome. Somehow though she makes it fun, she's got that magic!

So for the last two weeks I've been hitting the gym. I only went twice last week due to being sick and I've only gone three times this week(including today) and mostly I've done strength training with some light cardio and lots of walking.I didn't post a weigh in last week because A) I was sick B) I was bloated and C) There was no change from the week before. So I figured I'd just skip it.

This morning I stepped on the scale, got off it and stepped on it again and again. The numbers were the same all four times I stepped on that thing................ Just .8 from 10lbs lost since Feb.26! This also means that since my doctor weighed me back in November I've lost 15lbs! Whoop!

Seriously I did not believe it, mostly because when I finally got over the food poisoning last weekend I could only stomach pancakes and plain pasta. Not exactly the most nutritious foods on the planet!

Another perk of having an insider at the gym is she hooked me up with a fitness assessment which I'm going to on Monday. Should be fun to get all my fat readings and measurements! Hopefully the gym scale is as friendly as my home scale and I don't step on it and get told that I have actually only lost 3lbs and my home scale is a liar because it's tired of me repeatedly stepping on it.

There is a downside though. No it's not my incredibly desire to celebrate with a large chunk of cheese....cake, it's my clothes. Most of my pants are now too big. Yeah I know, poor me, wah, wah, wah. But I loathe shopping for pants. Yes this is great and I am looking forward to a whole new wardrobe BUT I don't want to spend money on these in between sizes while I get there. So I'm off to Joe Fresh to buy some inbetweener clothes to get me through the next 26lbs.

Week one! (we can have lots of fun!*)

My favorite part of the first week of trying to lose weight is that is always the week you lose the most! I will admit to eating my weight in cake and bread last weekend. It didn't help that I had a party to go to and there was cheese and chips and dip and lots of red wine! I won't even tell you what I ate for dinner before the party! Then I buckled down and got serious.
I measured out all my meals, I made my lunches the night before, I ate as cleanly as possible and drink one Sigg bottle an hour of water! I'm eating a lot of high fibre low sugar meals, lean protein and fruits and vegetables. I'm still having my morning coffee and I'm eating a bunch of small meals a day. The biggest help has probably been the ziplock containers I own that are 2 cups. They make bringing lunch into work so easy. I've been going for a walk every day after lunch and only taking the stairs. I even jumped on my elliptical machine this week and since it started being mild my dog got some extra long walks!
When I stepped on the scale this morning I was so happy! I know most of it's water weight BUT my scale is also one of those ones that tells your your body fat percentage and hydration level and I'd gone down three body fat points! Hooray!

4.2lbs from last week!

*Another kudo for anyone who knows what song this is from..hint the beginning isn't "week one"

I'm never going to survive...unless I get a little crazy.*

When it comes to eating I'm a bit like that girl with a curl...you know the one, When she was good,She was very good indeed,but when she was bad she was horrid!

Honestly when I make up my mind to stick to something I do and then I'm so good! I have turned down things that I love when I'm good. I know when I'm good I have the will of steel, I can turn down all my favorites even when literally placed in front of me. Then something happens..something always does. I don't know how it starts. Maybe with "just a taste" then a few days later "a bite" and suddenly I'm thinking "OK I will start again on Monday." Only it's only Wednesday and somehow the knowledge that I'm going to be "good" again on Monday creates a feeding frenzy. Two donuts and a bag of chips in one day? Of course!
I know I'm setting myself up in a vicious dieting cycle.
Funnily enough I only identified it as I was typing!

So of course this Monday I'm starting again..well actually I'm starting on Sunday. Figured it was March 1st so why not start then? But what is going to change this time? Well this time I'm going to do something a little bit crazy....

Starting today I'm going to take a photo of my scale, with me on it. My numbers are going to be here in all their weighty glory. Basically I'm going to embarrass myself into sticking to it! So here for all to see is my starting weight...

Some stats:

1. I'm 5'6.5"(that half inch is really important!)
2. I'm 31 years old
3. According this online BMI calculator it's 26.8 which is overweight.

*Kudos to you if you know this song lyric!

32 by 32?

I mentioned here that I plan on not trying on dresses until I was down a few lbs. I also mention the things I was planning on doing in the new year..well it's just about a month into '09 and I've been to the gym exactly..oh wait that's right I haven't! The only exercise I have been getting is shovelling the mountains of snow that seem to never stop falling from the sky and shivering non-stop. Over the holidays I gained 2lbs which isn't so bad...except I haven't lost those two pounds yet.

Blargh.

Let me tell you some facts about me. I was thin my whole life, my mother (who I have yet to mention because the emotional baggage there is waaay over the weight limit for this airline) used to play me and my best friends off each other basically telling one that they would never be as skinny as the other because of whatever reason. I ate whatever I wanted when I wanted, half a cake at 3am? Why the heckballs not? I gained some weight at some point but apparently gained it all the the bust region. I didn't mind the new curves. Then at some point for whatever reason I started packing on the pounds. I knew I'd gained some weight but really didn't have a clue how much until we got back some photos from a party and I saw myself for the first time in a candid shot and burst into tears. Even though I was dressed head to toe in what I thought was a slimming black outfit I looked about 185lbs. I changed my eating habits a bit and just went on my merry way. But it's hard to change your eating habits when you live with a man who seems to lose 20lbs while eating a pizza! Every cupboard hides temptations of the delish variety! A couple of months later I was weighed at my doctors office and the scale was in the 170's, last year it was 159 and then this year it was 171. So that's where I started this time around 171lbs around November 5th. As of this morning I'm 162.8 according to my high tech scale. I'm just about 5'7" and I'm considered small boned. My ideal weight would be around 130lb.

I'm so close to the 150's right now. I know that all I have to do is hit the gym a couple of times a week and not be tempted by the ever present confections and junk food that seem to taunt me everywhere I go! In the last year I've been dealing with some health issues, nothing serious but perhaps being a healthier weight would ease them just bit.

So to recap...

Start weight. 171lbs (nov.5.08)
Current weight. 162.8lbs (Jan.22.09)
Goal. 130lbs.

32.8lbs to go! Wonder if I can get there by my 32nd birthday this June?!