Thursday's Weigh In

I am still in denial. I woke up this morning and remembered to weigh myself first thing. I gained just under a pound. I'm gonna go with that as my official weigh in. There were no other factors i just weighed in like i normally would. I expected a gain after this weekend for sure, but I really didn't think it would be THAT much of a gain as I saw on the scale yesterday. That is my denial and I am sticking to it. Here's to being more on track this week and a loss next week. I think a weekend gym session is in order.

Weigh in Wednesday Has Been Postponed

Look at me, I was doing so good getting back into the swing of things. Tracking my meals, and drinks. Working out, weighing in on Wednesday, and blogging about it. Until today. I tracked my food, I went to spin class today, I even weighed in today. I forgot until much later than normal though so now I am doubting what the scale said. I ate breakfast, showered, drank 2 glasses of water, then... oh shot! I forgot to weigh in. I dug out the scale and jumped on. I realize that I may have gained a bit back since I ate a bunch of crap and drank my calories all weekend long, but maybe by not weighing in first thing in the morning after using the bathroom and before anything else I skewed the results. Or maybe I just want to be in denial about how much I gained. Either way I plan on weighing in tomorrow morning and seeing if its all in my head or not. Either way I am responsible for my weight and the reasons that it may have gone up. I accept that and tomorrow is a new day, a new beginning.

Wednesdays Weigh In...Just A Little Late

I did it! I remembered to weigh in on Wednesday morning, and although it was a good one I totally spaced on Wednesday's update. Baby steps... :) 

On the bright side -2.8 pounds this week! YAY! As for my NSV, and for those that don't know it means non scale victory. There were two of them. First I was able to complete my spinning class and kept up with everybody else!!! Super excited! Second, I reached 12,000+ steps on Thursday, all thanks to Spinning class combined with 2+ hours of trick or treating with my son.

Also, I tracked my food on My Fitness Pal everyday for the past two weeks! Here is to another SV and NSV next week!

I was so scared of nothing

I did it I stepped on the scale this morning and it was not at bad as I thought it would be. It actually showed that I was down 0.5lbs!! I will take that anyday! I guess it was all in my head and I was scared of an imaginary huge number.

Halloween and College

It is that time again, Halloween. Yay! Now if only I can curb my appetite and refrain from raiding my son's trick-or-treating candy. That is going to be a hard one since I need to keep the candy up so he doesn't eat it all at once, but then I know where it is and he already gave me permission to eat whatever I want. I love him.

Just a little update since I tend to forget I have a blog and then remember about the same amount as I focus on my weight loss and tracking my food. College started again and that has been keeping me busy so I really haven't been getting to the gym, but I am taking a Spinning class at school on two days a week. Spinning totally kicks my butt, yet I keep wanting to go. I definitely have a love hate relationship with Spinning, but it does give me something to look forward to every week.

I have also picked up a fit bit and it is cool to see exactly how many steps I have taken and calories burned in a day. I am, however, avoiding the scale like the plague. I am keeping tabs on how much stronger I feel during and after Spin class and lately I have been able to keep up with the class much better without getting up in the middle of a ride to "use the bathroom". Now I will attempt to continue to update with weekly post and maybe even get on the scale next week although I am afraid that I am heavier then before, maybe even more then I ever have been. There is no time like the present.

The number on the scale is going down!

Yeah, it only went down 0.8 pounds since my last weigh in on June 20, that's still a change in the right direction. Since I weighed in late last week I'll call that a pound down for the week! I am also calling thins a non scale victory since I went on a food tracking vacation and still was able to lose weight. Today I am back on track though and have logged breakfast and lunch for today. Now if only I can find my measuring tape so I can update my measurements this week; or at least by the next weigh in day. I am also considering adding in the Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred DVD in addition to what I have been doing. I know that sounds ambitious, but I have found that on the days I do have water aerobics that I am not as tired as I was when I first started. I am even pushing myself harder during the class to get the most out of it. I think I will start out tomorrow with 30 Day Shred and start by adding that in on the days that I do not have water aerobics, including on Saturday and Sunday. Lets kick this into high gear!

Staying on track when life happens!

I have been doing so well! I was doing so well! I will continue to do well! At least, that is the plan; although it seems like life has other options. I completed six days in a row at the gym two weeks ago and 4 days at the gym last week with a total of 5 days working out last week. My boyfriend and I went to the pool and spent a good 2-3 hours there so that counts as a workout day too even though it was not done at the gym. Also on Thursday I worked out at the gym and went with my boyfriend and his brother and did about 9 holes of Frisbee golf in about an hour and a half until the kids got disinterested and I took them to the park to play.

I had family come into town, and I love them, but I hate that it throws off my routine. That is just how life goes right? It's not my family's fault that I stopped tracking my food because we were so busy, or that I missed my Saturday workout to attend a family party and spend time with them all day. That is really no excuse to not track what I was eating, and that is certainly not the reason that I chose not to work out on Sunday when I had the chance to since my Mother had left to return home. It just seems like there is one tiny speed bump in the road and it ends up spiralling into a huge black hole and it is so hard to pull myself out of. Although the silver lining in this whole experience was that I did go to water aerobics on Monday. I had planned on going to the gym today in the afternoon while my boyfriend went to play Frisbee golf, unfortunately that did not happen that way. I don't want to beat myself up about it, but I have decided that if I don't plan to go to the gym in the morning, then that allows life to happen.

One thing though that has changed is that I really missed the gym today and that is definitely not me!! Or at least, that wasn't me, I guess that is me now. I am the big girl who experiences gym withdrawals! Hi, my name is Krystyn and I am an addict. I am newly addicted to going to the gym and the endorphin rush that follows a great workout! Yay! Go me! Weigh in day is tomorrow morning and so is water aerobics and I can not wait!

Going to the Gym. Six days a week!

After I discovered water aerobics I really started going back to the gym. Last week, I went 6 days!!! I go to the water aerobics class on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. That really made me want to go more and take this weight loss journey to the next level. That is why I added in Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. On non water aerobics days, last week I just did about an hour of cardio. This week however I started adding in strength training and weights this week on my off days. I weighed in this week ans was down 1.4 pounds!!! That is super encouraging. I have also been much better at tracking what I eat, but it seems like it is easier to track all my food, when I get to eat back all my exercise calories. That puts me at 288.6! Yay! My weight may be going down slowly, but as long as it is going down then we are headed in the right direction! Now I can't wait to do all my measurements and weigh in next week to see how all this hard work and sore muscles is doing from a numbers standpoint. I already see that things are shrinking because of the way my clothes have been fitting; or the way that they aren't really fitting to be more precise. Oh and another thing, water is a miracle! I think I may be getting a water addiction and I am totally okay with that!