Look How Far I've Come...

And how far I still have to go.

Since I'm pretty sure I'm going to be cancelling my Weight Watchers plan in the next week, I wanted to have a picture of the progress I made along the way. I lost 26 lbs in 11 months, which is not very good. Granted, there were several times when I was off the diet for weeks at a time, and taking that into consideration, I averaged about 0.5 lb a week.

But now I'm ready to take thing seriously. I turned down McDonald's fries today--I never thought that was possible. Usually, it's like "well, just one!" but I didn't. Go me.

Lucky Number 9.5

Yesterday was Sunday and my weigh in day for Weight Watchers. I lost another 1.2 lbs last week which puts me up to 9.5 lbs total weight loss. And since I've been craving a pizza since I first saw those dippable pizza commercials from Pizza hut, I decided I earned a little reward for my hard work. I ordered a small pizza from Dominoes, and completely nommed the whole thing. Kinda gross, but whatever. 30 points later, I felt that I had demolished my pizza craving.

Later that night, a few friends and I went to go see Charlie St. Cloud (paying a whopping $9.50). And let me tell you, it was not worth it. I figured it was going to be a cute little film since Disney heartthrob Zac Efron was in it, but it was faaaaar worse than that. It was like a mixture between a Lifetime movie for kids and a Disney channel inspirational movie, perhaps because of the awkward, dark semi-sex scene in a cemetery with a dead girl. Dialogue: cheesy. Plot: Predictable. Tears: Too many and too CGIed. I rate it a definite waste of two hours.

Shit, I forgot to pull the Tater Tor casserole from the freezer. I hate thawing things... Guess its Turkey Burgers for dinner. Haha.

I'm just waiting for Friday to come along so I can get myself to Ohio. Just waiting.

Cheers!

WW Week 6

So in the middle of June I decided to start doing Weight Watchers again. It's the second time I've done the program, and the first time it worked really well for me. At the end, I had lost over 100 lbs. But after four years of college crap and lazing around, I've managed to put quite a bit back on (not all of it, mind you, not even close, but more than enough). So this time, my goal is to lose 50 lbs and get back to a smaller, not plus, size.

At first, it was really easy and I dropped 4 lbs almost immediately. Then, there were two rough weeks where I put back on 2 lbs, lost one, put on one, etc... Now I've been doing it for a little over six weeks and, by last Sunday, I had lost 8.6 lbs. Which is excellent, but it's definitely getting harder to keep on the diet. There's just so much GOOD food around that I can't eat, and sometimes, my body just can't take it. Plus, the one thing all my friends are good at is eating. We all enjoy cooking, sitting around with each other, and eating. Any time, any place. Also, not a good thing for my diet.

Luckily, one of my best friends is also doing WW so we try, emphasis TRY, to keep each other in check but sometimes we just help each other feel less guilty about pigging out. Haha. I started a blog on WW.com, but it didn't really workout. I felt silly just journeling about weight less, plus there is a WIDE range of people on there, but it's mostly older women with families and kids trying to lose TONS of weight. I felt, inferior. It's hard to be a girl in your early 20s that isn't thin, but it'll be worth it once I'm a girl in my mid 20s who is.

To work out or not to work out. That is the question. I just got back from work, I'm tired and I'm wondering whether the dancing I'll do tonight is enough of a workout. I'm thinking yes. Haha.

Until next time, Cheers!