Wedding #1

So this week I had lost 2.4 lbs which brings me to a total of 10 lbs lost! This also brings me to my goal of 10 lbs by the first wedding I'm attending.

As I sit in a mexican restaurant on the side of San Antonio's Riverwalk, I'm confident in my choices. I picked up apples to keep in my purse and spent 30 minutes on the treadmill before a flexband strength training session and I'm now enjoying sizzling hot fajitas sans fatty add ons.

Bring on the holidays! I can definetly do this.

Another week of water weight

Yet another week where I'm holding water. So much so that my shoes feel tight. Definitely ok with the fact I didn't gain or lose this week with that being said.

I've been hitting 100oz of water every day and hit at least the average 1,000 daily sweat points this past week. This week I'm aiming for the 3,000 daily sweat point mark on Just Dance 3.

So far only a little over 7 lbs gone in the 7 weeks I've been on Weight Watchers. The great part though, is that I don't feel like giving up. I still feel motivated and still feel like I need to keep going. There are days where the slowness of the loss is SOOOO frustrating (I know we've all been there when trying to lose weight) but this is happening...the weight is coming off, its just gradual. Once again - its not about the wedding next weekend or the family wedding in 4 weeks. Its about a healthier life.

I've set up a poster board in my room with slots for pictures every month. Every month around the 15th I will take a picture of myself in my teal cocktail dress until it falls off. Everyone else is telling me I look slimmer and its time I see it myself. Will be forming a virtual version of this same posterboard to post on here.

What does everyone else do when they are losing motivation? When they feel like the results are just too slow to be satisfying?

Back on Track!

Even after my 0.4 gain from the past two weeks I am officially back on track! Adding in a couple of songs per night in dancing has really paid off. Not only is it fun, but I lost 1.8 this week! That still keeps me at an average weekly loss of 1.3 lbs.

I'm starting to feel like the loss is going so slow, but I just need to keep focused that at least its going. This is not about a single family wedding or reaching a certain amount down for the holidays. This is about me finally taking control and gaining the body I want and deserve to have. I am smart, funny, caring and I deserve to have a healthy and happy body!

Goals:

•  1,000 Just Dance sweat points per day (3,000 Just Dance sweat points per day)
•  100 oz water per day  (130 oz water per day)

Every time I add a goal, I will keep on the goals I have accomplished in green to show me how far I've come and to remind me to maintain.

I read somewhere that 10 sweat points is roughly equal to 1 calorie, of course I'm heavier than most of those people so I'm going to assume I burn a bit more. For math's sake I'll use the 10:1 (meaning 100 extra calories per day for the 1,000 sweat points and 300 calories per day for the 3,000 sweat points - Now that puts it into perspective).

9/11/2012

Weight: 298.4 (-1.8 this week & -7.6 total)

5% Goal: 291 (7.4 pounds to go!)

10% Goal: 276 (22.4 pounds to go!)

Daily Points   47

 

I can't wait to get Zumba for Xbox 360. Just Dance 3 is fun, but I feel like I'm burning more during Zumba and the upbeat is fun!  To finish this post, I'll put up a picture showing the reason I lock our bedroom door when I dance so my boyfriend can't walk in. :-D

Just Dance 3

After two weeks of travel and being sick, I've actually gained back 0.4 lbs. This week is my super serious, get back on track week. I picked up the Wii version of Just Dance 3 (on sale for $15 at Target) and have set a goal of 500 "Sweat Points" per day for this week at a minimum.

Just Dance 3 has another version of Sweat It Out where you aim for "sweat points" (bring activity points to mind anyone?). There are three plans you can follow to track your sweat points and each gives you a different daily goal. I've started with level 1 which requires 500 sweat points per day (2 songs gives me a little over 500 sweat points).

Do I feel the burn? In the arm holding the Wii-mote...yes. As for the rest of me, the songs are just short enough that I can do the whole thing without getting worn out (they do have a non-stop shuffle options for a continuous dance workout).

The moves are impossible to figure out from the little stick figures, you really just have to do the song a couple of times in order to learn the order of moves. Practice means more movement and calories burned!

What I'm really looking forward to is Zumba Party for XBox. As I continue using the Just Dance 3, lets see if I start seeing any results.

9/4/2012

Weight: 300.2 (+0.4 this week & -5.8 total)

5% Goal: 291 (9.2 pounds to go!)

10% Goal: 276 (24.2 pounds to go!)

Daily Points   48