Drink, Drink, Drink!

The weight loss plan seems to be going okay. I'm not going to weigh in until Friday again but I can tell you that my "fat" jeans are reeeeeeally lose on me right now. I have to wear a belt if I want to wear them at all. Which is actually okay by me! I would much rather be in my skinny jeans than my fat jeans :)

So in part with my working out, strength training, and eating right, I am really trying to focus on also drinking a lot of water during the day. Drinking water is a very important key to weight loss as well. And sadly, I have to admit that I just do not drink enough water. Or much of anything during the day. I know thats wrong, especially when I'm working out. Stay hydrated is so important! So my dad brought me home a water bottle from work (I asked if he could snag one for me, hooray for free stuff!) and now I'm trying to drink at least two of these bottles a day. It's a big water bottle but its made of aluminum so at least the water stays cold! There is nothing I hate more than warm water, bleh.


Cute face, I know :) But here is my new water bottle! I am determined to incorporate more water in my diet. Even though it's going to make me pee about 30 times a day, thats okay. I think thats one of the main reasons that I never really drink enough during the day. I feel like I have an abnormally small bladder.

Well I hope everyone is having a happy Wednesday, yay for hump day! Hopefully I'll be posting on Friday an even lower weight loss number! And remember to guzzle that water!

Five Pounds Down!

Well I weighed in this morning and was shocked to see that I was down to 145! Woohoo! 15 more pounds until my goal of 130. Still got more work to do. Its getting harder with the holidays approaching but I am doing my best to stay strong and exercise every day.

I've been doing Jillian Michael's Biggest Loser Last Chance Workout DVD lately, as well as hitting the gym. Let me tell you, I haven't lifted weights in, well...ever. Even before when I lost the weight, I never did weight lifting or focused on strength training at all. So needless to say, I was SORE. Like, I could not even lift my arms sore. Definitely feeling better now and its getting a little easier. I'm hoping to tone a lot of areas.

Can't wait to weigh in next week! As long as I keep this up of course. I just want to keep seeing those numbers going down, down, down!

Just a Quick Update

Well today was definitely a better day! Actually, this whole weekend has been pretty good. I was trying to stick to my Weight Watchers points and I failed a little on Saturday (went a little over) but today was better with the points. Still went a little over but it was better! I spent the whole day with my boyfriend and usually when I'm with him, we eat junk food or go out for food. But I was pretty proud of myself. I brought along my breakfast and lunch. And I did end up going out for dinner but I went to Panera and got the low-fat vegetarian black bean soup (oh my goodness, so yummy!). Which isn't the worst thing on the menu, calorie wise, so I still feel pretty good!

When I spend the whole day with my boy, I normally end up eating a Pop-Tart for breakfast and just junk food or other snacks for lunch and then we go out for food. Well thats definitely stopping now! And he's being so supportive and sweet. He's really trying to help me out any way he can, even though he is constantly reassuring me that I am beautiful no matter what.

So just wanted get a quick update out there that I think things are finally starting to look up! I don't feel all crazy, PMS emotional like a couple of days ago but now I'm waiting for the next painful part, the cramps. Sometimes being a girl really sucks. Hopefully this won't deter my workouts, I've been trying really hard to get my workouts in, at least 5 times a week if not more!

Oh, and my boy's wonderful grandmother made her famous chocolate covered pretzels the other day and OF COURSE they were just sitting out in plain view when I was over at his house. But I'm so proud, I resisted the powers of the chocolate! Maybe I can do this after all!

Bad Days Happen

Yesterday was not a good day. At all. PMS just took over me and I turned into a crazy, overemotional monster! I feel fat, bloated, angry, and just plain crazy. I lashed out at my boyfriend for no good reason at all. It was just mean. Not too mention, it was not a good day food wise either. I felt like I just couldn't get enough of food in general! I was eating everything in sight! Thank God my mom hid the leftover candy or lord knows that candy would have been looooong gone with the way I was feeling.

Today my emotions feel better but I just feel extremely tired and bloated today. I hate this feeling. I know it has to do with PMS, it happens to me every month. And I know I haven't gained 50 pounds over the course of one week but it certainly feels like it. Why do us women always feel so huge during this week? Its like my mirror turns into a fun house mirror and makes me all contorted, like I can't see myself properly! My boy tells me I always look beautiful but who knows if he's really just saying that so the crazy hormonal monster doesn't attack him again. But I do know he never lies to me. And he does always make me feel beautiful.

Okay, I have to go finish decorating a cake before going to work. Its an order from my boss for one of my co-workers birthday. Its probably veeeeeery dangerous for me to be around chocolate frosting right now but I have to finish it. I'll write more later about my sad little baking addiction and how it definitely does not help my waistline. And I'll post pictures too. Until later then, I hope everyone has a lovely day!

PMS + Leftover Candy = Not A Good Thing

Yeah, I'm totally PMS-ing right now. Sorry if thats too much information but, ugh. I feel fat, bloated, uncomfortable, and craving everything in sight. Especially when I woke up this morning and my mom forgot to put the bowl of leftover candy away. And there it was. Sitting there. Staring at me. All day. Until I had to leave for work of course and then there was MORE candy at work. Everybody brought in their leftover candy and oh my gosh, its just candy overload!

And now that I'm totally PMS-ing I want all the chocolate even more. I tried to stay strong. I had a good workout this morning, a 5 mile walk. (It was 60 degrees today! In November! 60!!! Sorry, just a little excited here.) Anyways, I just had one of my Weight Watchers bagels for breakfast with fat free cream cheese, then a PB&J on whole wheat bread, with sugar free jelly and reduced fat peanut butter and a Yoplait Light yogurt for lunch. I did really good up until then until I caved and had a Milky Way. I hate how weak I can be sometimes.

Then I remained strong until work, but once there I caved again with that darn Laffy Taffy. Only one but still, one more than I wanted to have in the first place. I need to be strong! Doesn't sound like I'm doing so good so far, huh?

I did try a new Smart Ones frozen dinner tonight though. Trying to make smarter choices for dinner is definitely something I need to be doing. When I work late or run out of time during the day, sometimes I turn to grabbing food on the way home. Not a smart idea. So when I don't have the time to make a meal, I'm going to turn to soups and frozen dinners now or pre-make something beforehand so I have it ready for me in the fridge of freezer.

Tonight I tried one of the new Smart Ones frozen dinners that come in the steam fresh bag. It was a marinara ziti pasta with meatballs. I was actually surprised by how good it was! I think the bag really helps with the defrosting process. Because sometimes frozen meals can just taste so blah. But I really enjoyed this one! Perfect for nights when you run out of time to cook a meal.


My lovely pasta dinner with a piece of string cheese on the side and a glass of Crystal Light. Very yummy!

Well I hope everyone had a happy first day of November! I wasn't surprised when I went to Target today to see they had their Christmas decorations up already. Bring on the holiday madness!

Halloween Candy = The Enemy

Ugh, Halloween. Its a fun time but not always when you're trying to watch your waistline. This time of year in general is always hard. I told myself I was going to be strong today, that it was going to be another good day and I was NOT going to cave and give in to all the yummy candy.

Well I get to work this morning and the first thing my boss tells me? "I brought in some Halloween goodies and hot chocolate and apple cider!" Kill me, just kill me now. I stayed strong until about noon when I was starving and turned to two pieces of Laffy Taffy to hold me over until lunchtime. (I just looooove taffy! I couldn't resist the powers of the taffy anymore!)

Anyways I made it through the rest of the day at work without much more fault, except for the small cup of hot chocolate. Again, I couldn't resist that one either, I was freezing and it was so damp and dreary out. The hot chocolate tasted amazing. So once I got home, my mom was pulling out the nine (yep, NINE bags of chocolate just sitting there torturing me) bags of Halloween candy to give out to the trick-or-treaters tonight. My boyfriend came over soon after to visit and of course, he dove right in with a Twix bar. Seeing him sitting there eating that chocolate made me so jealous that I just had to have some! So I had a Milky Way, figuring one little bar wouldn't hurt me.

Three little candy bars later, I now feel incredibly guilty and kind of sick. Why are they so addicting? I ended up eating two Milky Ways, a Twix, and a Three Musketeers. At least they're the tiny fun-sized bars, but still. I'm trying to be good and stick to this diet and eating candy is not the way to do it! I have to stay focused, especially through the holidays coming up. Just trying to stay strong right now!

Had to throw in a quick picture though too. Me and my boy handing out candy tonight. Of course I put on my Minnie Mouse ears, gotta be festive!


And a picture of the pumpkins we carved this year. I did a breast cancer ribbon and he did the Joker. I hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween though, depression over my candy binge aside! :)

Starting Over

Well, today was definitely a better day. I weighed in this morning and took a few pics so hopefully I can actually lose this extra weight and show these before and after pictures. I woke up this morning at 150 pounds. I would like to be down to 130, so 20 pounds to go! I hate looking at these pictures. I really, really hope these can inspire me to stick with it!


I don't like this. Not one bit. I plan to be posting a fabulous-looking after picture very soon! This will keep me motivated!


I actually wasn't too sure about posting these pictures because I am definitely not an over-confident or secure person. But I want to be strong and by putting myself out there, I want to use it as a motivation tool. Besides, no matter what my weight, I should just always feel like a beautiful woman.


Ugh, please excuse ugly no-makeup face and sweaty hair. I just got done exercising. Probably not the best time to be taking pictures.


Wanted to get some face shots in here as well because I tend to think of myself with a chubby face. I would love to see a difference in that too.

I'm going to get there though! Just taking everything one day at a time and trying hard not to get discouraged!