If It's Friday, It Must Be Weigh In Day

Just a quick post to say the weigh in bag and I made it home 1.2 pounds lighter this week. Did not lose anything last week so this week was a struggle to stay focused. I am down 21.2 pounds in total so I am really pleased with that.

I had mentioned on my WOYWW post that I have been quite fatigued lately. I have also been freezing cold for a few months whereas normally I am always roasting hot. I found out this week that I have hypothyroidism so the doctor started me on Synthroid  tablets to help even it out. Apparently I should start to feel less tired (and warmer) in about a month. Yay!

Can't have a pesky thyroid problem interfering with my paper crafts!

If It's Friday, It Must Be Weigh In Day - A Milestone Day

I'm feeling very positive! The infamous weigh-in bag and I, just got home. I lost 2.4 pounds for a total of......
Exactly 20 pounds since Jan 10, 2012.
I am eating healthy, cooking in a very low fat manner, eliminating refined grains etc and eliminating sugars.
My formerly "puffy" fingers feel "looser" (all the better to do paper crafts with)!

And

It was my birthday yesterday...I was grateful for willpower to get me through the festivities...I figure 20 pounds less is a great way to start my 58th year.

If It's Friday It Must be Weigh-In Day

Yep, it's that time...time to stare down the scale...down 1.2 pounds this week. That's a total weight loss of  17.6 pounds so far.
I have a long way to go and I won't kid you, it gets harder and harder to keep on track. I just try to keep focussed on the fact that I want this weight off before my surgery. I must admit though, when she wrote down the number on my diet tracking sheet this week, I asked her to re weigh me because my scale at home showed down a bit more...but alas, it truly was 1.2 pounds...

Back home and now facing the stare down with the fridge...just had a lovely turkey sandwich with 1 tsp fat free miracle whip, a lovely ripe tomato and a dollop of lettuce...mmm...mmm...good! Best of all I had it on Silver Hills Little Big Bread...now I know that might not mean a lot to you...but to me it means I had a toasted 2, yes I said 2, slices of bread for my sandwich.  YAY!!!! A toasted open face sandwich just does not fill you up.  I have 1 cup sugar free jello made up for a mid afternoon snack so I am good to go till supper.

We end this programming to return me to life on the OWL journey to "Rebuild".

If It's Friday, It Must Be Weigh In Day

Set off with the infamous "weigh in bag" and found out that I am down one more pound.  I was hoping for more but a pound is better than nothing. Grand total to date is 16.4 pounds.

It is getting harder to lose and harder to stay motivated but I am doing pretty good at fighting off temptation. I find I spend less time in the kitchen as that is where all the temptation is.

I am now able to get myself a coffee out and I don't even linger looking at the goodies. I am content to have just the coffee...I have come to realize that the coffee is a real treat in it's own right. I have come to realize that sticking to my diet is my treat to myself....all part of my OLW...REBUILD!

If It's Friday, It Must Be Weigh In Day

The stare down with the scale results are in for this week...I am down 3 pounds in total for this week!

That makes a total of 15.4 pounds lost in 4 weeks.  YAY!!! I was actually down that 3 pounds on Monday so am anticipating a good loss again next week.

Off to chop up the veggies for my supper tonight!

If It's Friday, It Must Be Weigh In Day

Down another 2 pounds this week for a grand total of 12.4 pounds lost in the last 3 weeks.
I am happy with that loss and determined to keep to my plan to REBUILD. For some reason, I am really thinking about food tonight.  I am trying to drink tea instead.  Somehow, now quite the same! But it's better than cheating...

I always take my gym shorts and a sleeveless tee shirt to weigh in. I figure if I wear the same outfit every time (my gym clothes) then I can't kid myself that this week my jeans were heavier or whatever.

I found this little bag at the dollar store. It is burlap lined with plastic. I think it is for carrying your salad and veg. There is a larger bag to match, for your larger grocery items.. Burlap is all the rage here at the moment, so I decided to alter it a wee bit and use it to transport my gym strip, diet sheet and food guide that I take with me to weigh in.

I cut up the larger bag and rolled it through my Big Shot with this flower die cut. I then used brown stazon ink to accent the edges. I really like how it turned out and think I will make some for my girls and my sister for little gifts.  Not bad for $2.00

Here is a bit of a close up of the punched flowers.
Sorry about the yellowish look of my flash. I am a terrible picture taker and although just a point and shoot, it is a new camera...I still need to read my settings for how to correct this.


I am off to the scrapbook store tomorrow as they have a similar die to this one, but it is much larger.  I think I will add one more, bigger layer to the big flower and  place the smaller flowers differently on the bag. Perhaps I will even make the mid size into a large and the tiny into a medium...I think they are a bit lost on the bag at this size..

I can't wait to play with them. Luckily I bought a couple of the bags.

Happy Friday to me!

Just finished with my weekly weigh-in and I have lost 10 and 1/2  pounds in the last 17 days. I had a huge loss the first week (water loss) and then 2.6 this week.  I hope to steadily lose 2 or 3 pounds a week for a next few weeks. Unfortunately, this is weight I have lost before and regained...my bad! Hopefully I will keep it off by continuing to eat in a healthy manner.

Just wanted to share my delight! This is all part of my plan for my OLW  "rebuild".