Getting there

Well I finally feel sane today. I still have some big stuff to move from my house, but I am trying to arrange some kind of bigger vehicle to do it. Other than that, I am out of my house. I now feel like I can get back into my healthy living lifestyle. I am proud of myself for my weight loss and maintenance so far, but I would love to see some 170's in my future.

I have to say that it is impossible for me to loose weight and exercise when my life is chaotic. If you are in a chaotic phase and reading this, give yourself a little break...and resume things when your life is calmer. I wish I would of done that for myself. I get way too stressed out if I try to do everything while I am in a stress mode.

I just looked at my weight tracker chart and I have almost been on my healthy lifestyle quest for 10 months. It will be a year in July/August. Wow time flies....but it is great to still be losing and working on things after all that time. I have to say I feel great most of the time and feel that I have made a permanent change in my behaviors. The hard work is really worth it.

Moving is exhausting

I have to say that moving last week definitely put a wrench in my exercising and weight loss. I was too exhausted to exercise after moving all day, but that led me to take a whole week off. I didn't exercise even on the days I didn't move. I guess I was a little overwhelmed by the process. I tried my hardest to get up this morning and work out, but I was too sleepy. So I hope to get in some cardio and weights tonight.

I have to say I am not feeling the greatest. I feel sluggish and bloated. I miss feeling better than this and that is my motivation to keep going. I always want to feel good. Is zigzagging my weight up and down a few pounds count as maintenance?

I went and saw Ironman on Saturday and the bf got a bucket of popcorn that we ended up taking home. I finished up the bucket late Saturday night. Sunday was another day I snacked and snacked. I really don't like popcorn all that much, but it tasted good for some reason.

Lost 1.8 this week on maintenance?

Okay, so I am thinking that my body needs more calories to loose than the 24 point guideline from weight watchers. This seems a little strange that when I stop trying to loose weight, I loose it. So I have learned something from this whole thing and will continue on in this method until I hit a plateau, then I might change it.

I haven't been exercising this week because I have been moving. That is exhausting and I have no energy after that to do anything. I will resume my normal workout habits next week.

I was offered a lunch out and I didn't take it

So the bf and I were seeing a movie on Saturday and he offered to take me out to lunch and I turned him down. Why? Well, I like eating at home and my stomach is always much better off as well. The pocket book doesn't suffer either. Truth is..I don't like or even think about eating a meal out. I like what we cook and look forward to that. We have also learned how to make all my favorite meals low fat.

I cannot really believe that I have gotten to this point. When I met the bf, all I wanted to do was go out to lunch and dinner and eat huge portions of fatty meals and desserts. This is as shocking to me as it is to anyone.

I am still on "so called" maintenance this week and the next and since I am somehow going down in the scale, will probably continue to do what I am doing. I probably will not go back to the 24 points thing unless I gain more than 5 pounds. 26 to 28 points work a lot better for me. I feel like I am cutting my calories way to low on 24 points and end up eating more anyway. It is after all a target.

My old WW leader told me that 1 point is around 50 calories. If you do the math..24 X 50 = 1200 calories. 26 X 50 = 1300 calories. Not much difference, and for the most part I need about 2500 calories a day to maintain my weight. In theory, I should be eating 26 to 28 points. Nutritionists tell you if you want to loose to try to eat 1500 calories a day. No wonder I went crazy on 24 points...my body was starving on that. I try not to torture myself to loose weight. It isn't worth it.

Getting over the hump

I have got to get to exercising..I just took 2 days off in a row. I don't like to take 2 days next to each other, I think it makes it harder for me to get back into it. When life is stressful and busy it is hard to fit in what you need to do. I am always guilty for putting exercise on the back burner during times of stress.

I told one of my co-workers that I was taking a break from trying to loose weight because of stress and chaos..and she said.."that is okay, but don't quit exercising".

I also haven't had time to read much of my "Set Point" book. I am working on it. I can't wait for my life to get back to normal. I know that life can become mundane and repetitive when nothing is going on, but I have to say I like that and look forward to getting back to that.

Yesterday I was stressed and running errands and ended up getting frozen yogurt and jelly beans at the store. I am thinking the stress is causing sugar cravings...and I have the worst headache today from eating all that sugar. I did get small servings of both...and had the flexpoints...but still....that is a lot to eat one after each other. I just want to do better today.

Week 2: Lost 1 pound

I am on week 2 of my month of maintenance and I lost 1 pound. Trying to stabilize weight is much harder than I thought. I would rather have it go down and not up though. I am a bit surprised because of my stress levels that I lost a pound, but it is good. I feel much better and not so anxious about my weight. I also got my book in the mail, but haven't really had a chance to read it with all the house stuff going on. I will give a full review once I finish it.

My goals for this week are just to try to continue to maintain and to keep up my exercising. I don't want to exercise when I am stressed, but it is exactly what I need when I am stressed..so it is very important. I am very distracted so I haven't had much time to think of any neurosis about my weight today.

Doggy park

Wow, the weekend went fast. I can actually say I feel a lot less stressed today then I have been feeling. I did really well with my eating and exercising this weekend and I joined a dog park with my dog. She is happy to "run free" in the park. This also gives me a chance to do something else in the summer besides watch tv. The best part is that the dog park is just around the corner from our house.

I know a lot of people get a dog in hopes of getting more exercise themselves, but since I got the treadmill...I left out the doggy walks. I have only walked her once since last summer. I felt bad, she needs exercise too. We all do. So this is another activity that hopefully will get me off the couch. I needed at least a Monday night activity.

I also got up and exercised this morning. I may have to go to a meeting tonight, but that leaves tonight for doggy park if I don't. Working out in the mornings is good. I hope I can continue to do that because that leaves more evenings free for doggy to get exercise and me to enjoy the weather.