I'm Back!

Hey, it's Lynn. I have not blogged on here since October 10th. I had basically gave up on the idea of blogging about it and over the holidays I also gave up on losing weight. A few months after the holidays, I decided to start trying again, but would give up after a day or two and it's been the same 'ol story all over again. I'm going to the beach in July with my kids for the first time and I'm too fat to wear a bathing suit or get those cute, family, beach pictures that everybody always gets at the beach. Warmer weather is here and I hardly have anything I can fit into. I've joined a gym and have been going on a pretty regular basis. I need to keep it up and challenge myself even more while I'm there, but my biggest problem is my diet. I love to eat. I love food. I feel like an addict. I think about it all the time, I eat stuff in secret because I'm embarrassed that I'm eating so much. I eat when I'm not hungry, just to for the sake of eating, whether it be to satisfy a craving, boredom, or eating a normal meal even though I'm not hungry due to excessive snacking throughout the day.

I've made a menu plan for the week. I like fresh starts in the beginning of the week, I don't know why, I just do. So, I'm going to give the weight loss another go. I'm going to keep doing this until I lose weight, so I might as well just do it right already, so I can be done with this yo-yo crap.

I'm going to start blogging about this journey on a regular basis. Mondays will be weight in days. Tomorrow, I'm going to blog about my plan, specific goals, how I'm hoping to achieve those goals, etc. I'm going to start from the beginning again.

I'm tired of being fat. So, here's to hoping that I finally lose the weight.

Lynn

Back from Break-Lynn

I'm so glad to get back on track. The week break from blogging about it gave me some time to think and organize my weight loss plan. I made a list of things to eat for the week and went grocery shopping. My husband had today off so it threw my week off a little bit. Tomorrow feels like my Monday now, so that's the day I'm going to start writing down every.single.thing. that I put in my mouth. I have several fun exercise dvds including Carmen Electra's strip dancing dvds and the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders workout dvds. I plan to do those 3 evenings a week. Here's my loose diet plan for this week.

Breakfast: 2 high fiber waffles with low fat syrup and 2 slices of bacon -or-low fat oatmeal
2-3 snacks per day picking from the following options: jello, fruit, raw veggies, low fat wheat crackers with hummus, skinny cow ice cream sandwhich, pickles, brussle sprouts with cheese, triscuits, low fat popcorn, or no sugar added applesauce
Lunch and Dinner will be choosen from: sandwhich (turkey, tuna, or ham on wheat bread with lettuce, tomatoe and pickles) low fat progresso soup, smart one meal, low fat hot dog on wheat bun, or salad.

I tried to give myself plenty of options without being overwhelmed. Sometimes, I will munch on a snack while trying to decide what to eat. I also bought some diet green tea and crystal light and plan to be drinking throughout the day. I'm not going to cut out my morning coffee or diet soda yet. but, I'm going to try and drink water, crystal light, or green tea as much as possible. Sometimes diet soda really helps curb my appeitite, so it helps when I first start trying to eat better because it seems like I'm always hungry.

I'm excited to have such a specific plan in place. I think I can meet my final weight loss goal by this time next year if I stick to it and don't get off track. That's really motivating to me. Also, my sister losing 4lbs last week when we were taking a break is also the kick in my butt that I need to get it in gear.

back from "break" (M)

We're back after taking a week off and we're ready to get started.

I weighed in this morning at 227.5, a 4 pound loss! I'm so excited to get into the 220's. I'm motivated and I'm ready to get out of the 220's and into the 210's, something I haven't seen on the scale in a LONG time.

My birthday was this past weekend, so I had a bit of a rough time sticking to my diet. I went out to eat a couple of times and ate plenty of cake and ice cream, but thankfully it didn't mess up my weigh-in that much. I've always celebrated with food. I've always gone out to eat with my family or friends to celebrate a birthday or big event, and I hope that as I get older and lose weight, I stop doing that. There's really no need to eat an entire Bacon Cheeseburger from Red Robin (delicious, but HUGE!) and then turn around and eat cake and ice cream 2.5 hours later when I'm still full from dinner. That doesn't mean that I'm going to start eating salads for my birthday, but I think that after this year, I won't be so excessive about it.

When we started this blog, one of our blogs was about what we'll treat ourselves to for every 10 pounds we lost. I couldn't think of anything at the time, but I know what I'm going to get for myself when I reach 10 pounds: I'm going to get something from Philosophy. Whenever I go into Sephora I always like to smell all of the Philosophy soaps, but I can never justify spending that much on soap. So I'm going to treat myself to one when I've lost 4 more pounds :)

Week Off

Michelle is in the process of Moving and getting settled in her new house and Lynn is getting caught up from the rough week of everybody in the house being sick. We know we both gained and wanted to take a week off and regroup. We need to find our motivation and reason for doing this. We both want to lose weight and need to lose weight. We know this is going to be hard, but we have to find a way to push through and go more than a day or two without faltering. We both plan on taking this very seriously and are starting right away, however, we will be taking a week off from blogging about it. Hopefully we can come back for next Mo day's weigh in refreshed and ready to don this right.

Weigh in- lynn

I'm writing this post on my iPad, while rocking a sick baby, so it's going to be short. I weighed in at 226.9 yesterday which puts me up a pound from last week. I know why, I didn't make eating healthy and working out a priority. I chose unhealthy food and being lazy because it was easier. Of course, I felt like crap afterwards. I hate that guilt that goes with making bad decisions and you'd think I'd learn to quit making bad decisions. If I did good most of the time, then I'd allow myself a guilt free treat or a night off from the gym, but until those are far and few between instead of my normal behavior, I will have the guilt.

I know why I gained, I need to work harder this week.

week 3 review - M

This morning I weighed in at 231.5. I gained a pound and am now 1.5 pounds away from where I started.  I don't know why I'm having so much trouble sticking to this diet. I'm thinking it might be because I'm not being really strict. I didn't want to start counting calories or anything, and maybe this is tricking my brain into thinking I'm not on a diet. Last week I said I was going to start a food log, but I didn't. So this week I am. A few days this week, I will post my food log at the end of the day, to keep myself accountable. There's not much else to say this week.

Easy Slow Cooker Soup (M)

Today I used a slow cooker for the first time and made a soup recipe I found on Pinterest a while back.

• can of Rotel
• can of corn
• can of black beans (drained and rinsed)
• 2 frozen chicken breasts
• 8 ounces cream cheese (I used fat free)
• 1 packet dry ranch dressing
• 1 tablespoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon chili powder

Combine all ingredients in crock pot and cook 6-8 hours. Shred chicken, and enjoy!


I thought this soup was really good. It definitely tasted very southwestern, with the black beans and corn. The only problem (and it isn't a problem, really) is that it wasn't very soupy. Mine turned out nothing like the picture, mine was really think and chunky. Like I said, it wasn't a problem because it was still really good, but I don't know if I would really classify it as a "soup."