Flipping Exercise :/

I had multiple chances today, and woke up with the best intentions to exercise. But I somehow managed to find excuse after excuse NOT to exercise. Now, it's 10pm and i'm sitting here feeling like a pile of carp.

I am finding it so difficult to get into an exercise routine. I'm still on plan food-wise - but just can't seem to get with the program exercise-wise.

I've got to get a plan of attack here. I need to get back on the exercise wagon.

I need, I need, I need.... Time to start DOING!

Sigh

WI: Down 5 Pounds!

Huzzah! It's a good day today!

I've been on plan for one week now and this morning, when I weighed in - I was down 5 whole pounds!

This always happens for me the first week I'm plan, I do really well... and then it trickles off a bit... I typically lose about 1-3 pounds/ week - but this 5 pounds loss is really inspiring.

In other news, I recently learned that I have to attend a bachelorette party in July - and we're all going to a spa to some kind of thermal bath. Sigh. That is about the last thing I want to do - but it does give me incentive to keep to the plan. I would love to be at about 170 lbs by the time that happens (especially since all the other ladies there are super skinny!)

It's a good start to the week :)

One of These Things is Not Like the Other...

So, every morning, for breakfast, I bring with me two cups of yogurt. I have this every morning at work. I recently discovered iogo yogurt, which now replaces the artificially tasting source yogurt I used to eat.

A couple weeks ago, I was at the grocery store and was in a hurry and bought what I thought was 35 calories/ cup iogo yogurt:

So, all last week I was eating this yogurt every day for breakfast... two cups at a time! Thinking the whole while that it was 35 calories/ cup. On Tuesday I was like, wow, this stuff is super creamy - iogo yogurt is so much better than that old stuff I used to eat.... and gave myself a high five for switching over.

See, this yogurt, doesn't have the nutritional information on each individual cup... just on the box it comes in...

So on Thursday, I ate the last of that probiotic yogurt and then had to get more for breakfast on Friday morning. I went to the grocery store and discovered that that probiotic yogurt that I loved so much was 100 calories/ cup!! Go figure!!

This is the yogurt I should have bought, and be eating all week, and had been tracking:

Yes, it's not as tasty and creamy as the 100/ calorie cups :( So disappointing. What's worse is that I had to go through my food tracking and adjust every day. That's an additional 6 points / day for Monday through Thursday. 

I initially went into this weekend with 28 weekly points to spare! Now I have 5! That's how great my week  went... first week back "on track"

Sigh. 

Flipping Temptations!

All day today, i've been surrounded by temptations - and am reminded how easy it would be for me to slip back into my old habits... no one will know, Fat Lisa takes over and she's pretty flippin' persuasive...

Last night, my room mate made a plate of nachos with sour cream on the side... Lisa, you want some?... it took all my might, and in the end I only ate one chip... who ever said betcha can't eat just one... well, I did, so suck on that Messier!

The evil plate of delicious nachos:

On the exercise front, I managed to drag myself out for a 45 minute walk on my lunch hour, but then... somehow, on the way to the gym I got distracted... see, Costco is on the way.

And Fat Lisa took hold of the wheel and made me turn into Costco. I am pretty happy that I managed to hold myself back from buying crap, like "low fat" and "healthy" granola bars...

...and redirected myself to the fruits and veggies section of the store.

I may not have gone to the gym tonight - but I didn't buy a bunch of crap.

Exhibit A:
Bag O'Oranges:

Choices

Today, I was reminded of how important choices are in the whole weight loss process. Pretty much every decision you make when you're trying to lose weight matters.

My eating today was pretty stellar, I brought a bunch of fruits and veggies with me to snack on during the day - but no lunch (I had a lunch meeting.) When my co-workers decided to go for lunch at a place famous for grilled cheese, I wasn't too happy and almost caved in and got myself a large, buttery grilled cheese sandwich (my mouth is watering as I write this). BUT luckily for me, they were still serving breakfast, so managed to convince myself to order an egg, spinach and swiss sandwich, and only ate one of the pieces of bread - go me!

IF I could move (seriously folks, I can't extend my arms from that 30 day shred I did two days ago!) I would go for a walk, or do some activity - but honestly, i'm just in too much pain! This is ridiculous! I do, however, have a plan to go for a one hour walk tomorrow on my lunch hour AND go to the gym in the evening, so I figure i'll more than make up for today's activity-less-ness. Ya.

Choices are what it's all about. And as I get back into the weight loss routine, I have to continually ask myself, "will this help me with my weight loss goal?" It's hard, but once I ask myself this question enough, it will eventually be entrenched in my brain and i'll just automatically start making healthy choices. Until then...

This getting-back-on-the-wagon thing is hard!

Back on the Wagon - 30 Day Shred

Yesterday, I did one full day (the first day) back on plan and am feeling pretty great about myself now. I feel like I am back on track, but won’t celebrate until the first week is up. Usually, once I get past the first week, I can sail through, month to month. 

I am officially back on the wagon – eating fruits and veggies (pictured are my snacks for the day), yogurt for breakfast and tonight a healthy veggie stir fry with rice for dinner.

(My boobs are huge in this photo! I totally can't wait for them to disappear as I lose the weight!)

When I got home from work yesterday, I had initially planned on going to a couple yoga classes. However, the commute home was so horrible (ended up taking me 2.5 hours to get home) that I couldn’t do anything. Finally, after watching a few TV shows, I decided that I needed to do something activity-wise (I did go for a walk at work on my lunch break, but that really doesn’t cut it for activity for me) – so I went to my old pile of DVD’s and dusted off the 30 Day Shred. I unwrapped it and put the disc into my computer.

“20 minutes? That's it?” I thought, “Are they serious?”

Well, five minutes in, I was sweating like a muther and by minute 15, I could barely do the exercises (ehh hem, Level 1) and by the end of it, not only was I a sweaty mess, I could barely move!

20 minutes! Seriously!? This DVD is no joke!

I was thinking that I would do this DVD every day for the next 30 days, but I can barely move today, so I don’t know if I can do it everyday!

Sigh – first day back on the wagon is a little disheartening. Today will be better though. If I can coax myself into doing the 30 DS again tonight, I will – but other than that, I have plans to go jogging when I get home from work today. 

I’m Baaaackkkk!

If you don’t remember me – my name is Lisa, I blogged everyday while I was losing weight in 2010 and was successful in losing 65 pounds (on weight watchers and exercising regularly.)

When 2011 arrived, a few of my friends had discovered my blog and I wasn’t keen on them reading it, so I shut it all down. Which is pretty disappointing, because I loved blogging here and it really helped me be accountable for what I ate and how much I exercised.

I spent all of 2011 pretty much just doing yoga and not really tracking what I ate… I managed to hover around 185 pounds or so and was pretty happy with myself.

When 2012 hit, I was sitting more or less between 180 – 190 lbs. I went on and off the weight watchers wagon, but didn’t really concern myself with what was going on. I resolved that 2013 would be different – that I would get my act together and finally lose the pounds – get to my goal weight of 130 lbs and be done with this losing weight business.

That didn’t happen.

2013 arrived – and I didn’t. I went into full blown binge mode. Now, this morning, I weighted in at 201 lbs. A few years ago, I vowed to never see 200 on the scale again. Sigh.

So this is me: recommitting to weight watchers, exercising daily and blogging every day to keep accountable for my actions AND not quit until I reach that facking goal weight of 130 lbs.

I kept telling myself that I would recommit on Feb 1, then it was March 1^st, then April 1^st. Finally, I realized that it doesn’t have to be on the first of the month (although, that would have been nice and would have satisfied my OCD) – I’m ready now. April 8^th.

Here we go – a journey to 130 lbs.