So last week I went to my weight watchers meeting and although I didn't gain any weight, I also didn't lose weight. I know what the problem is, I wasn't paying attention to closely with my points as I would normally. I was a little ambivelant because I knew I hadn't done my part, but also had hoped for a small miracle....yeah, that so didn't happen.
This week I went to my meeting, and I was super excited. One of the girls that I have become really close with at my weight watcher's meeting had texted me earlier in the week wanting to see if after the meeting I wanted to go out to dinner with her. Her husband is in the military and is out to the field for two weeks. My ex-boyfriend Carson is also in the military and is also in the field for two weeks, so I completely understood where she was coming from. So I was really looking forward to going out to dinner with her.
On Tuesday, I went to the doctor to get some prescription refills, you know the usual, birth control etc. She took my blood pressure and it was 150/90...super high. It has been pretty high over the past year, so she put me on blood pressure medicine. OMG...that stuff makes me so loopy. It almost gives me that feeling you get right before your about to have a panick attack...like super anxiety. I am hoping it is just cause I am adjusting to the medicine, but I went and worked out yesterday after I got off work before my meeting and I felt so weird. I wasn't hungry, but I was getting these major hunger-like pains in my stomach and I was a little disorientated. Let's hope this is just me getting used to the meds, and not something else.
At my meeting I went up to get weighed...the leader of my meeting looked at me...I was nervous, I didn't want another week of no loss or even a gain, and then she announced, OMG you did amazing this week! I was like REALLY?!?!?!....she said I got two stars this week, I hit my 25lb mark and my 30lb mark for weight loss. I had lost 8.6lbs this week. I went and sat back down and my friend, she was like oh hell no, go get back on the scale I want a re-count lol. For the whole group, we lost 19.2lbs last night. Everyone said that most of that was me, lol.
I am now at 326.4lbs...that means I can start my Wii fit now!!!! I am so excited for that. I am going on vacation tomorrow and super excited. I am just going to Alamogordo, but I will be there for five days, so I am going to go to one of the gyms and see if i can purchase like a week pass or something that I can use while there. I hate to miss my workouts. I lost 8.6lbs because I pushed myself and worked out 5 times last week with a hard workout right before my meeting.
Till next time...
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Friday, October 7, 2011
Working Out....
Going into writing this blog, I promised myself I would be completely honest about everything, hense why I posted my actual weight. I may change names to protect the innocent/guilty, but I promise to be completely and uterly honest. I give you my word!
So it's Friday night, 12:10am to be exact, so Saturday and you would think I should be out on a date...but nope...I am here, at my mom's house in Alamogordo, NM writing this blog. Fun, I know. My dating life is kind of non-existant right now. Like I said in my last blog, I just recently broke up with my boyfriend of 3 months last weekend. I have a group of friends from Colorado that we called ourselves the three musketeers. We were all single, and we all went through the dating process together. Well because a lot of people in this world like to use the same name, we would make up names for the people we were dating. So we will, from this point forward, call this guy Carson. Carson and I had a lot of problems from the very beginning. But it always seemed like we would work things out. Well, we broke up, mutually, I say more I broke up with him, but he really said the final "I don't want this anymore" words. Classic. I was fine with it, until he started texting me again. Telling me he misses me, etc. Ughh...so frustrating. How am I supposed to get over him when he keeps texting me?
Well on to the topic of this entry, working out. Who loves working out? If anyone says they do, they are lying. Before I joined weight watchers, I knew I wanted to start losing weight, so I started working out. I have a pool at my apartment, and I love swimming so I would go there about 2-3 times a week and swim some laps and do what I like to call "Brittany Water Aerobics"...haha. It was great. Then when I joined WW...I decided I better start doing something else. So my job pays for it's employees to have a gym membership, but the gym we belong to really is horrible. You walk in, and it's mostly young, skinny people who seriously look at me like why even try. It's frustrating. And embarrassing. So I am signed up to receive deals/coupons from groupon.com...love it, if you haven't signed up, please do so now, it's free to sign up and you get some really great deals from it, and they sent me an email offering a no start up fee and only a $20.00 monthly membership to the YMCA. I knew at the very least I could go to their water aerobics classes and learn something new for a month.
I went and signed up for the Y, and guess what, no water aerobics classes. Boo! But they do have something much better, water zumba! I thought to myself, what the heck, if anything, I can just start wailing around in the water and act like I am drowning to get out of the class early if I didn't like it. It's only offered on Fridays at 5pm or Sundays at 1pm. Well Friday's are out cause I work, but I was so on for the Sunday class. I went, and had the most amazing teacher who went slow and taught me at my pace, and it was the best experience ever. I was the only person in the class, so that helped. But it was a great workout. I have gone a few more times and really enjoy it.
I then went on vacation, and came to my mom's house. The nice thing is that she has one of those stationary bikes, that I use while I am here. It's nice that I don't even have to leave. Plus, I can put the tv channel on anything.
I also started going to use the regular gym facilities at the Y. Now, I have never been the type of person that after I get off work to want to do ANYTHING!!! Normally I just want to go home, change in to my pajamas, and watch tv, take a nap, eat and then go to bed. But I pushed myself to go home, and change (I honestly hate the fact of taking my clothes and either changing at work before I leave or changing at the gym. I have OCD, and the germs really bother me, and I like to be comfortable when I change) and then head to the gym. It helps that the Y is right down the street from my apartment. Within 5 minutes. I have one rule about using the regular gym, I will only work out for 30 minutes. That's it. I know it doesn't seem like a lot, but seriously, if I try more, I will kill myself and get burnt out.
At first I started off doing just the treadmill. For 30 minutes, that is a lot. Then I did 15 minutes treadmill, 15 minutes eliptical. I have come to have my favorite treadmill and eliptical. If one is busy, I will use the other, until the other is available. Sometimes it ends up being 20/10, 25/5, but at least I am doing something. About once a week I will do some weight lifting. I need to figure out something to do with my arms though. I want to work on the "wings".
Well I have come to the conclusion that when I lose at my ww meetings, it's because I have done an extra work out that week, something completely different than regular gym work. So I got the schedule for the different classes. I saw they had a spinning class. I did spinning back in college, so I thought, I got this. Wrong. Completely. About 15 minutes in to the 50 minute class, I looked around to see if anyone would notice if I walked out. But I pushed through and eventually finished the class, which was a great feeling. But I have to say, that I wasn't really sure what hurt most....my legs, or my vajay. I honestly couldn't walk/sit right for like three days afterwards. A friend on facebook suggested that if I go back to buy a padded bike seat from wal-mart and that it helps big time. I will definitely do that next time, there is no way I could do it again the way it was, lol.
I am looking forward to trying a core workout I saw on the schedule, a step class and a regular aerobics class. All in time right? But one thing I do love is the benefits of the working out. I have had to use over the counter sleeping pills for the last 7+ years cause I just can't fall asleep or stay asleep. Since working out, I have been able to sleep through the night completely, and not wake up. I also feel energized and not as sluggish. I love it. Also my legs are so freaking muscled out lol, I don't know a better term, but seriously they feel rock hard lol.
A few years ago, I wanted a Wii so bad for Christmas. Everyone had one, even my 80 year old neighbor had one. I wanted the Wii Fit to go along with it so I could work out. I begged my mom for it, yes, laugh all you want, I still give my mom a Christmas list every year. Hey, I am single, no kids, and an only child, what do you expect? Well, I have used the Wii a few times, but never the Wii Fit. Why? Because it has a weight limit. Can you beleive that? Stupid Nintendo. I only have 4.6lbs left to lose before I can use it finally. At the beginning of this adventure, that was my first real goal I set for myself. Yes, losing the first 20lbs was a huge milestone, but when I can use the Wii Fit, I will feel so proud of myself. And then I can add up some different workouts to my routine. When that day comes, I will really feel good. Now, to set it up is going to be a different story. I have it for a very long time, and really can't remember where I put the instructions since I have moved. Hmmm....when I get to that point, I will find a way right?!?!
Well until next time....thanks for your support and reading this.
So it's Friday night, 12:10am to be exact, so Saturday and you would think I should be out on a date...but nope...I am here, at my mom's house in Alamogordo, NM writing this blog. Fun, I know. My dating life is kind of non-existant right now. Like I said in my last blog, I just recently broke up with my boyfriend of 3 months last weekend. I have a group of friends from Colorado that we called ourselves the three musketeers. We were all single, and we all went through the dating process together. Well because a lot of people in this world like to use the same name, we would make up names for the people we were dating. So we will, from this point forward, call this guy Carson. Carson and I had a lot of problems from the very beginning. But it always seemed like we would work things out. Well, we broke up, mutually, I say more I broke up with him, but he really said the final "I don't want this anymore" words. Classic. I was fine with it, until he started texting me again. Telling me he misses me, etc. Ughh...so frustrating. How am I supposed to get over him when he keeps texting me?
Well on to the topic of this entry, working out. Who loves working out? If anyone says they do, they are lying. Before I joined weight watchers, I knew I wanted to start losing weight, so I started working out. I have a pool at my apartment, and I love swimming so I would go there about 2-3 times a week and swim some laps and do what I like to call "Brittany Water Aerobics"...haha. It was great. Then when I joined WW...I decided I better start doing something else. So my job pays for it's employees to have a gym membership, but the gym we belong to really is horrible. You walk in, and it's mostly young, skinny people who seriously look at me like why even try. It's frustrating. And embarrassing. So I am signed up to receive deals/coupons from groupon.com...love it, if you haven't signed up, please do so now, it's free to sign up and you get some really great deals from it, and they sent me an email offering a no start up fee and only a $20.00 monthly membership to the YMCA. I knew at the very least I could go to their water aerobics classes and learn something new for a month.
I went and signed up for the Y, and guess what, no water aerobics classes. Boo! But they do have something much better, water zumba! I thought to myself, what the heck, if anything, I can just start wailing around in the water and act like I am drowning to get out of the class early if I didn't like it. It's only offered on Fridays at 5pm or Sundays at 1pm. Well Friday's are out cause I work, but I was so on for the Sunday class. I went, and had the most amazing teacher who went slow and taught me at my pace, and it was the best experience ever. I was the only person in the class, so that helped. But it was a great workout. I have gone a few more times and really enjoy it.
I then went on vacation, and came to my mom's house. The nice thing is that she has one of those stationary bikes, that I use while I am here. It's nice that I don't even have to leave. Plus, I can put the tv channel on anything.
I also started going to use the regular gym facilities at the Y. Now, I have never been the type of person that after I get off work to want to do ANYTHING!!! Normally I just want to go home, change in to my pajamas, and watch tv, take a nap, eat and then go to bed. But I pushed myself to go home, and change (I honestly hate the fact of taking my clothes and either changing at work before I leave or changing at the gym. I have OCD, and the germs really bother me, and I like to be comfortable when I change) and then head to the gym. It helps that the Y is right down the street from my apartment. Within 5 minutes. I have one rule about using the regular gym, I will only work out for 30 minutes. That's it. I know it doesn't seem like a lot, but seriously, if I try more, I will kill myself and get burnt out.
At first I started off doing just the treadmill. For 30 minutes, that is a lot. Then I did 15 minutes treadmill, 15 minutes eliptical. I have come to have my favorite treadmill and eliptical. If one is busy, I will use the other, until the other is available. Sometimes it ends up being 20/10, 25/5, but at least I am doing something. About once a week I will do some weight lifting. I need to figure out something to do with my arms though. I want to work on the "wings".
Well I have come to the conclusion that when I lose at my ww meetings, it's because I have done an extra work out that week, something completely different than regular gym work. So I got the schedule for the different classes. I saw they had a spinning class. I did spinning back in college, so I thought, I got this. Wrong. Completely. About 15 minutes in to the 50 minute class, I looked around to see if anyone would notice if I walked out. But I pushed through and eventually finished the class, which was a great feeling. But I have to say, that I wasn't really sure what hurt most....my legs, or my vajay. I honestly couldn't walk/sit right for like three days afterwards. A friend on facebook suggested that if I go back to buy a padded bike seat from wal-mart and that it helps big time. I will definitely do that next time, there is no way I could do it again the way it was, lol.
I am looking forward to trying a core workout I saw on the schedule, a step class and a regular aerobics class. All in time right? But one thing I do love is the benefits of the working out. I have had to use over the counter sleeping pills for the last 7+ years cause I just can't fall asleep or stay asleep. Since working out, I have been able to sleep through the night completely, and not wake up. I also feel energized and not as sluggish. I love it. Also my legs are so freaking muscled out lol, I don't know a better term, but seriously they feel rock hard lol.
A few years ago, I wanted a Wii so bad for Christmas. Everyone had one, even my 80 year old neighbor had one. I wanted the Wii Fit to go along with it so I could work out. I begged my mom for it, yes, laugh all you want, I still give my mom a Christmas list every year. Hey, I am single, no kids, and an only child, what do you expect? Well, I have used the Wii a few times, but never the Wii Fit. Why? Because it has a weight limit. Can you beleive that? Stupid Nintendo. I only have 4.6lbs left to lose before I can use it finally. At the beginning of this adventure, that was my first real goal I set for myself. Yes, losing the first 20lbs was a huge milestone, but when I can use the Wii Fit, I will feel so proud of myself. And then I can add up some different workouts to my routine. When that day comes, I will really feel good. Now, to set it up is going to be a different story. I have it for a very long time, and really can't remember where I put the instructions since I have moved. Hmmm....when I get to that point, I will find a way right?!?!
Well until next time....thanks for your support and reading this.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
The beginning
I began my weight loss journey with Weight Watchers on August 16, 2011, but as most of you understand, I have dieted and tried losing weight since I was young. I remember my first diet when I was in the 4th grade. Mind you, I have always been a "big girl", family genetics and poor eating habits contributed to my heaviness, but I am tired of being the "big girl". I just want to be the "girl/woman".
BTW...my name is Brittany, I am 28 and I live in El Paso, TX. I was born in raised in New Mexico, and after college moved to Colorado where my job transfered me to El Paso about a year and a half ago. I hate it here. Plain and simple. Although closer to family (New Mexico only being an hour and a half drive), my job has changed dramatically (not for the good), and I have had some rough adventures in dating since being here. Some of you already know this but, this is for anyone that doesn't.
Although not liking it here, I feel like my life has changed here, for the better. I started weight watchers as a favor to a co-worker/friend. She wanted to lose some weight and didn't want to the go the experience alone. I can remember being so nervous at our first meeting, and the first week was so hard to get used to. My first weigh in was at a wopping 356.4lbs. I was shocked, how could I let myself get to that much of an extreme?!?! I was alotted 57 points plus points a day. My friend was only allowed 29 points, so it was a little hard for her and I to really do this together, she was limited on what she could eat, but I on the other hand didn't feel limited at all, and after finding a website with WW points plus values for every restuarant almost in existence, I was good.
A few weeks later, my friend ended up dropping out. Not only cause I think her heart wasn't in it completely, but she did get pregnant. So she does have a good excuse. But I was able to make friends with two girls that sit in front of me at the meetings, and now they are my biggest support system. That and all my friends on facebook that everyweek when I update my status with my losses, the likes and comments come pouring in. It's a great feeling.
I start this blog single....unfortunately lol. Just this past weekend, my boyfriend of three months and I broke up for good (it's been an on again off again sort of thing for pretty much the whole duration of the relationship). It's a messy situation, and we still talk, much to my dismay. But I have some very interesting stories of my past dating history, and hopefully my future dating mystery.
Let me give you a run down of my losses so far, and then hopefully in the next few days I can update this with more.
08-16-11 Enrollment Date
356.4 Weight at Enrollment
17.5 5% Goal
35 10% Goal
08-27-11 Weigh in: 349.2 Loss of 7.2lbs
09-1-11 Weigh in: 346.00 Loss of 3.2lbs
09-08-11 Weigh in: 342.4 Loss of 3.6lbs
09-14-11 Weigh in: 342.4 No Loss/No Gain
09-21-11 Weigh in: 341.8 Loss of .6lbs
09-28-11 Weigh in: 336.6 Loss of 5.2lbs ***Hit 5% Goal***
10-05-11 Weigh in: 334.6 Loss of 2lbs
Total so far: 21.4lbs lost!!!!
This morning I found an old suit that I bought 4 years ago, and it didn't fit when I bought it but still wore it for a while until it really didn't fit. It fit wonderfully this morning, I was doing the happy dance!
Until next time....
BTW...my name is Brittany, I am 28 and I live in El Paso, TX. I was born in raised in New Mexico, and after college moved to Colorado where my job transfered me to El Paso about a year and a half ago. I hate it here. Plain and simple. Although closer to family (New Mexico only being an hour and a half drive), my job has changed dramatically (not for the good), and I have had some rough adventures in dating since being here. Some of you already know this but, this is for anyone that doesn't.
Although not liking it here, I feel like my life has changed here, for the better. I started weight watchers as a favor to a co-worker/friend. She wanted to lose some weight and didn't want to the go the experience alone. I can remember being so nervous at our first meeting, and the first week was so hard to get used to. My first weigh in was at a wopping 356.4lbs. I was shocked, how could I let myself get to that much of an extreme?!?! I was alotted 57 points plus points a day. My friend was only allowed 29 points, so it was a little hard for her and I to really do this together, she was limited on what she could eat, but I on the other hand didn't feel limited at all, and after finding a website with WW points plus values for every restuarant almost in existence, I was good.
A few weeks later, my friend ended up dropping out. Not only cause I think her heart wasn't in it completely, but she did get pregnant. So she does have a good excuse. But I was able to make friends with two girls that sit in front of me at the meetings, and now they are my biggest support system. That and all my friends on facebook that everyweek when I update my status with my losses, the likes and comments come pouring in. It's a great feeling.
I start this blog single....unfortunately lol. Just this past weekend, my boyfriend of three months and I broke up for good (it's been an on again off again sort of thing for pretty much the whole duration of the relationship). It's a messy situation, and we still talk, much to my dismay. But I have some very interesting stories of my past dating history, and hopefully my future dating mystery.
Let me give you a run down of my losses so far, and then hopefully in the next few days I can update this with more.
08-16-11 Enrollment Date
356.4 Weight at Enrollment
17.5 5% Goal
35 10% Goal
08-27-11 Weigh in: 349.2 Loss of 7.2lbs
09-1-11 Weigh in: 346.00 Loss of 3.2lbs
09-08-11 Weigh in: 342.4 Loss of 3.6lbs
09-14-11 Weigh in: 342.4 No Loss/No Gain
09-21-11 Weigh in: 341.8 Loss of .6lbs
09-28-11 Weigh in: 336.6 Loss of 5.2lbs ***Hit 5% Goal***
10-05-11 Weigh in: 334.6 Loss of 2lbs
Total so far: 21.4lbs lost!!!!
This morning I found an old suit that I bought 4 years ago, and it didn't fit when I bought it but still wore it for a while until it really didn't fit. It fit wonderfully this morning, I was doing the happy dance!
Until next time....
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