In the last 7 weeks, I have lost 11 pounds.
Pants that were downright painful to wear are now reasonably comfortable. I bought two pair of size 18 jeans from Old Navy and have to return them because they’re too big. My rings (the ones I paid way too much to resize almost a year and a half ago) are loose.
I am not eating ice cream or cookies. (Except my nightly 100-calorie Klondike bar.) I am drinking a ton of water, at least one glass of milk per day, and very little Diet Coke. I am in some food ruts, but at least I know they’re my go-to points-friendly items. I still need to work on getting more fruits & veggies.
I have a routine that gets me real, hard exercise five times per week: two days at the gym and three days of Shred at home. Wednesday and Saturday are my days off. I won’t say the Shred is getting easier, but I no longer feel like I’m going to die, and am getting closer to being able to do all of the reps. And I am in love with my time at the gym, even if they had to come get me to change Daniel’s diaper today (after which, he went right back to playing and I got to finish my workout).
I feel a little better. I feel a little stronger. Somewhere, under all of that fat and twin skin, I think I may actually have an abdominal muscle or two. Still weak, but it’s there.
I’m happy about this. I’m proud of it. But I am not throwing myself a party today. There’s too much yet to do.
If I keep up my 1.5 pounds/week average, I can just squeeze out my goal of hitting my pre-pregnancy weight before the end of the year. 15 more pounds to go. But even then, there’s still a long, long road ahead.
There’s a part of me that has to get a little bit mad in order to make this all work. I’m glad that it’s working, but I have to be a little ticked off to work even harder. I also know that, for as decent as my motivation is right now, the time will come when it is going to wear off. I’m going to get lazy, sidetracked, off my game. There will be setbacks. So I feel like I have to make the most of what I’ve got at the moment.
I’ve been pretty good about sticking to my “no eating after 8PM” rule, and good when I’m out and there’s food available (like last night, at a twin club meeting, someone bought a whole bunch of cookies for the table and I didn’t touch a single one). It was a little easier in that I was talking to a few of my friends about weight loss and exercise, and said out loud to them “I am not eating any of those cookies! Please smack the hell out of my hand if you see me reaching.” And because I said it out loud, I actually didn’t feel even the least bit tempted.
But do you know how the ass-kicker (Jillian?) inside my head responds to these situations? Do you know what phrase always runs through my head at times like this?
“I am not fucking around here.”
There’s too much work to be done. I am not fucking around here.
I told you I had to get mad.
YAY for mad. Even bigger yay for 11 lbs! Huge!
Congrats – 11 pounds is AWESOME! Keep up the good work!
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Fantastic job!!!
I’ve gotten back to prepregnancy weight #1 (before Annika – B.A.) but not #2 (before Nicolas – B.N.). I got seriously offtrack the last month or so – combination of working on our house & work stress – but I just started tracking my points again today. I think I’m going to steal your “no eating after 8:30″ rule. Also, I have to thank you for the shower sticker chart. I can finally wash Nicolas’ hair without coating the bathroom with shaken-off water from a freaking-out boy.
I am really proud of you. Congrats! Stay mad.
I think you are doing an awesome job. Congrats! Your amount of weight loss per week is healthy & you are starting to see results! I did weight watchers pre-husband, pre-kids and it’s slow, but I got the weight off & did it in a healthy way. Good luck with finding a variety of new foods to try … it can be kind of fun to experiment. Good luck & stay mad!
Awesome! I know you’re not one to fuck around! You are inspiring me and I’ve set the end of the year (well, Christmas) as my goal to have the baby weight off by then as well. Let’s kick some ass!
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WOOT! Go you for the 11 pounds
(She writes as she’s eating chips. *sigh* )
S’pose it’s time for me to check out the Shred. Perhaps in a month…one more month of EI Sports to “gear up” for an ass-kicking.
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Stop the presses- Klondike makes a 100 calorie bar? I’m off to the store right now…..
Go you!
First – awesome job!
Second – very random suggestion, vis a vis your food rut. I know its late in the season but you could try ratatouille – it does involve a fair amount of olive oil but mostly for sauteeing the veggies – its not nearly as bad as a salad dressing. And, its lots of veggies. I top mine (the one time I made it, haha!) with a bit of crumbled goat cheese. Adds a lot of flavor without too much actual food (calories) being added. Totally optional though, its delicious without it. I used the joy of cooking recipe.
Keep rockin’ it!!!
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I admire your commitment! 11 lbs. is awesome – keep up the good work!
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Congratulations! And good for you for not eating the cookies! Sadly, I did not have as much willpower. Maybe I just need to get mad like you.
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WOW!!!! Go you. 1.5 lbs a week seems pretty impressive to me.
You rock!!! So awesome. You’re totally going to reach your goal- I can just tell. Oh, and here’s a veggie trick/tip I’ve been using lately. I’ve been trying to cut back on starches at dinner to trim down, and have replaced them with roasted veggies. Filling, delish, and good for you. I just drizzle about a tablespoon of olive oil and season with salt and pepper, pop em in the oven – Soooo good. Roasted veggies taste about a thousand times better than raw ones. But sadly, not as good as a klondike bar. If only!
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ELEVEN? That’s extraordinary. Go you!
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Great work! Very inspiring!
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WooHoo Liz that is awesome!!!! ( As I sit here debating my EA active because I am 4 days behind!)
Woo hoo!! That’s awesome! I hear you on the angry. Way, way back in my exercising days, I always found “angry music” got me going. Nothing wrong with a little Nine Inch Nails once in a while
Awesome job! Ditto on requiring some kind of strong emotion to motivate me.
You have inspired me! My biggest challenge? Finding time to work out. Just not possible in my daily juggle. So for now I’m focusing on eating better (glasses of wine are my crutch) and doing more activity type work on the weekends (gardening, walking). I hope I can see some success like you have!
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Liz, CONGRATULATIONS on 11 pounds! That’s tough, and you should be proud. I need some of the motivation you have. Every time i read your weight loss posts, I get inspired. Unfortunately, I lack the willpower that you currently have in spades. I SAY that I won’t eat after 8 p.m., and that I’ll lay off the ice cream and Goldfish (yes, I love Goldfish! I know they’re for two-year-olds, but God, they’re good), and that I’ll go out running at least 3 times a week. At the end of the week, I’ve eaten ice cream every day, indulged in food after 8 p.m. and gone running maybe once. And I wonder why the scale keeps staying at the same place. There is so much low-hanging fruit for me to grab that it’s not even funny. I WILL start doing better!
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Hi. I have two identical 6-mo-old (adjusted age)twins girls, and wanted to say, 1) good job with the weight loss; and 2) you make me laugh!!
That is so fab! I’m heading to WW tomorrow. I need those ladies to keep me in line – I suck at doing this myself! Thanks for the reminder about drinking water. It is SO key and I never remember. Keep up the good work!
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