Gordita a Flaquita

WIW

Last week: 144

This week: 148

Loss Gain: +4

I was searching for every excuse on the scale this morning. I know my body, I know I haven’t actually gained 4 pounds. But I haven’t lost either. I’m bloated. I haven’t been drinking enough water. I’ve been eating too many chips.

A part of me honestly believes it’s the scale I’m using. I’m not on my old scale which was pretty reliable, but on Derek’s that you have to reset after the first time you use it and likes to tell you you’re 5 pounds higher than you are. But I went on it at least 5 times. It was reset. I still want to blame the scale.

All I know is this is bothering me more than it should. In the year and a half I’ve been losing weight, I have never once gained more than 1-2 pounds on a WIW. So I don’t get it. And I want out.

WIW

Last week: 145

This week: 144

Loss: -1

Total loss: -90

Alright. Cool. I can live with that.

I’d like to note that the scale I’m using is not my scale from my house. I decided to just leave that and I’m using Derek’s scale. And in order to get a correct reading on it you need to reset it after the first time you weigh in, usually. So it first told me I was at 150. Shock ensued and then I remembered that I needed to reset it. All is good now.

Plan for later today: 3 mile run. 

WIW

Last “week” (last time I posted on my here about my weight): 145

This week: 145

Loss: -0

Total loss: -89

Yep. These are back. I am astonished that I’m sittin’ pretty at 145. Especially with the hijinx from this past weekend and an incident with some aged white cheddar popcorn that should never be spoken of. This makes me really proud, though. This means that despite months of inconsistent diet and exercise, I can still maintain. Something about healthy living has become habit, and that’s been one of my main concerns for awhile.

Why is WIW back? It keeps me accountable. Consistent. Yes, it caused me anxiety every Monday about what I was going to eat on Tuesday. BUT. It made me work out on Saturday and make sure I got in at least one more run/work out by Wednesday. It also keeps me consistently blogging. You’ll all get to see my pretty “face” at least once a week. And I’m sure you all want that. ;)

Weigh In!

I’ve been weighing myself about once a week for three weeks now. I started about a week and a half after I moved in - I wanted to give myself time to de-bloat and to get a clear reading of my weight.

Three weeks ago I was around 148. This morning I’m around 145. I can live with that.

My new goal is to get to 134, aka 100 pounds lost. I’m in no rush, but I want to finally start continuing to lose weight. This time around, I don’t want to track calories. At least not yet. I’ve been eating pretty well and running pretty consistently lately, so I know that I can count on myself to lose at least a few pounds eating intuitively, it’ll just be interesting to see how many!

June Weigh-In

I’ve been taking a break for the month of May. I needed a break. Not from my health, just from posting to Tumblr. But, I have been keeping up with all of you and you’re amazing progress.

So first things first: I successfully didn’t weigh myself for May. I think it was good overall, even though I definitely could have spent a little less time worrying what the scale might say. I still don’t have the most healthy relationship with the scale, but it’s getting better. I doubt I’ll be weighing myself everyday of June, but I haven’t decided if I’d do it once a week or once a month. Time will tell.

SO, what did I weigh this morning? At the beginning of May I weighed in at 144. Today, I weighed 142.4. WHAT? I seriously can’t believe that I didn’t gain, didn’t maintain, but managed to lose almost 2 pounds! Insane. I think, had I gained this month, my plan would have been a monumental failure: I would have felt that the reason I gained was because I didn’t weigh myself every day. Of course, that wouldn’t have been true. But, at least I’ve now proved to myself that I don’t need to check the scale every day.

So, I’m back for June. And I want to kick June’s ass. I want to get back to running. I want to get back to being awesome. May was a fun break - but I want to get serious again.

WIW

Weigh in Wednesday: April 25, 2012

Last week: 144

This week: 144

Loss: -0

Total loss: -90

I weighed myself this morning but just didn’t feel like posting. No change this week, but no big deal. I should be at 143 by next week. Onwards and downwards.

WIW

Weigh in Wednesday: April 18, 2012

Last week: 145

This week: 144

Loss: -1

Total loss: -90

Yes, yes, yes. Wanna know a secret? When I first stepped on the scale it was “144.6.” The next two times were “144.4.” It’s sneaky, that scale. BUT for the past few days I’ve been solidly at 144, the scale just decided to play tricks on me today. 

The most important part - I’VE LOST 90 POUNDS. 90!!!! I’m ten away from 100. Holy shit. I never ever thought that would happen… Or that I’d ever need to get there…

In related news, I don’t ever post about my weight loss to Facebook. I’m kind of tempted to, with before/after pictures, to show my friends I’m awesome. But… I also kind of want to wait til I’m at 100 pounds lost, because it’s such an awesome number. Decisions, decisions…

WIW

Weigh in Wednesday: April 11, 2012

Last week: 147

This week: 145

Loss: -2

Total loss: -89

Told ya I’d go down to my pre-Gainesville weight.

I was aaaaalmost 144, but that’ll come next week. Hopefully. ;)

WIW

Weigh in… Thursday: April 5, 2012

Last week: 145

This week: 147

Gain: +2

Not sweating it. I ate a lot this week. I didn’t care about what I ate and a lot of it was out. This time next week it’ll be down again, and I’ll keep going. No big deal.

WIW

Weigh in Wednesday: March 28, 2012

Last week: 146

This week: 145

Loss: -1

Total loss: -89

Damn right. And that’s after a night of drinking, so that’s cool.

I was thinking about WIW last night and whether or not I should continue it. I’m at a stage where my losses will be slow, and many weigh ins will be little to nothing. BUT they work for me - I have been doing them for a solid year now and clearly have had results. I’m kept accountable. On the flip side, whenever I hear a friend say “let’s get dinner Tuesday!” my first thought is “how will this effect WIW?”, which is definitely not healthy thinking.

I may just end up weighing in twice a month. But… I don’t know. I love the accountability of every week.

What say you Tumblr? Do my WIW bother you yet or should I continue them?