Saturday Weigh In- Plateau

I've plateaued but I gotta admit, I'm welcoming it at this point! I'd immersed myself so far in learning this pattern drafting and clothing construction day AND night that I've put exercising on the backburner. I hate that, but I'm struggling with time management. I'm usually up so late that I sleep in knowing I hate working out mid morning, and even worse working out in the evenings. Well, that's all about to change and I'm going to really have to shift focus being that I report to work soon. I'm still determined to lose this weight, but I've got to work on a schedule and stick with it!

Another thing I've noticed is that when I don't work out, I don't closely monitor my eating! I did lose weight this week (having no clue how) bringing my total weight loss to 13 lbs. to date. Next week will be a new week.

Saturday Weigh In- Late Posting

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Just like I mentioned in the previous post, I didn't work out for 2 straight weeks due to devoting that time to learning pattern making and clothing construction --make that 18 days to be exact! The sad part is that I'm still working on the garmet due to unforseen reasons, the good part is that I didn't gain weight! --Well, not really. Now, my Saturday weigh in did show a 1 1/2 pound weight gain putting me back at 185 lbs., but I shouldn't have been suprised to see because I've been making less than better food choices. I did okay the first week when I didn't work out, but I showed out that second week and part of this week! I've been eating pastas, breads, sweets, and then would have the nerve to drink a diet coke with some of the meals. Today I found the courage to step on the scale today and couldn't believe my eyes when it read 181 lbs. I was so happy that I had to step and re-step on the scale to see if what I read was true b/c I was certain I had gained weight since last Saturday's weigh in. So I worried for nothing, but I then started thinking how much weight I would've lost had I been sticking to my weight loss plan.

Really hate that I haven't been recording my dietary intake on mynetdiary.com since 6/25/11, but I started back today. Hopefully I'll continue to be consistent with that and exercising (which I started back today as well).

Well, I have 15 weeks left to reach my goal weight of 155 lbs! Since I'm at 181 lbs today that leaves me with 26 lbs left to lose by the end of October. That averages to almost roughly 2 lbs. per week! Absolutely no wiggle room....luckily no food holidays to get in the way, but I do have 4 immediate family birthdays to fight...which by the way, we celebrated my sweet baby girl's 5 year birthday the other day and YES, I indulged lol! I'll do better.

Saturday Weigh In-- No Change

Unfortunately I did not exercise one day this week. My eating habits remained pretty much the same. I didn't really go overboard but I didn't count calories either and probably snacked more than I should have. So luckily I didn't GAIN any weight this week. This week's excuse is because I'm still working on my summer garment design construction project. I thought I'd be further along than I am, but I keep hitting stumbling blocks. Well I've given myself until next Friday to complete the garment b/c I'll have to start preparing for the upcoming school year. I'll then have to put it on the backburner. It's also very time consuming b/c of all the distractions here at home so exercise will likely not happen next week as well. I'll just have to be sure and monitor.

Saturday Weigh In- Bad Week

I didn't exercise not one day last week and neither did I record in my food intake IPhone app journal, ugh! I have the 1.5 lb. WEIGHT GAIN to prove it as well. I need to stop convincing myself that I don't need to record my eating habits. I already know I need to exercise to maintain, but I allowed my last week's schedule to keep me from doing so. I've been up working late trying to learn pattern drafting and clothing design (blogging that at http://www.sew-determined.blogspot.com/). The only time I really have to focus on the drafting without distractions is late, late at night after the children and husband are asleep. So, I've been up late munching while trying to learn this skill. As a result of staying up late, I don't get up in time to exercise before my husband heads to work. Plus I hate working out in the afternoons. The combination of late night munching plus not exercising = 1 Bad Week. Next week will be a new week and hopefully better habits.

Weight Tracking Sheet https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_US&hl=en_US&key=0AsL0S0dOaqvVdFh2WS1VZjRTdnlBQV9qbkFkZFJwb2c&output=html