End Of The Week Review!

This has been truly a great week for me in the weight loss department and with exercise! My final weight for the week is 203 pounds. That is a total weight loss of 2.5 pounds this week! Woohoo!

Here is my stats for the week:
Average Calories Burned: 2819
Average Calories Consumed: 1376
Average Calorie Deficit: 1443
Average Activity Per Day: 1:12
Average Daily Steps: 10,096

All in all it's been a great week! I am really hopeful to have another great week! I am on a roll and just need to keep doing what I'm doing! ONEderland here I come!!



I'm supposed to go to the movies with a friend tonight. So I will have to see how well I do in the popcorn department! I love movie theater popcorn!! Stay tuned to see how I did!

So Close I Can Taste It!!!!

So I was a bad girl this morning and weighed myself AGAIN! There are worse things I could do I suppose!



But I am soooo glad I did! I am down to 203 pounds! Yay!! Woohoo!!!



I fasted yesterday, a day earlier then usual. My mother-in-law was coming to stay with us and I was supposed to pick her up today so I didn't want to be fasting. Well, since my whole family has had this stomach bug, she decided to post pone coming until next week. She is 84 so I think this is a good idea as I don't want us to give her this horrible bug!

So I have done my fasting for the week and have got it out of the way. Which is not a bad thing. I had a good fast day yesterday. I ate under 650 calories. Which was actually good. The average fast day for a woman should be about 500 calories. But they say it should be about a 1/4 of your normal calorie burn. Since I have been averaging about 2800 calorie burn a day, I figured a few extra calories would be ok.

I am really going to try to stay focused and hope to reach my goal to get to ONEderland by Thanksgiving! I can do this!!!

Took "A Break" From My Steps On Monday!

I had a decent fast day on Monday. Had about 750 calories! Over I know, but I still think I did well considering I was tired from my long weekend! We went out to eat for a steak dinner and that is why my calories went a bit over. But after my long weekend, it was really  nice not having to cook dinner on Monday night!  I chose not to try to get in my step count Monday as I haven't taken a break from that since I started carefully watching my steps a couple of weeks ago. I did manage to get in over 6700 steps in either case!



Yesterday I did great with my steps and managed to walk a whopping 13000 steps! Which more then makes up for my lack of steps Monday! LOL! I ate about 1800 calories which is great considering yesterday was my day off and my official "cheat day"!

OK, so I know I shouldn't keep weighing myself and should only do it once a week, but I couldn't resist and did yesterday since I fasted on Monday. I was down to 203.7! Yay!!



I'm on a roll! Now I need to do my best to keep going!

Success!!

My entire retreat was a great success in terms of my eating and exercise! And we all had a great time as usual! Here is how I did overall over the weekend:

Thursday - Burned 3040 Calories, Walked 11473 steps & ate 542 Calories (Fast Day)

Friday - Burned 3003 Calories, Walked 11962 steps & ate 1624 Calories

Saturday - Burned 2905 Calories, Walked 8410 steps (swam 20 minutes) & I ate 1686 Calories

Sunday - Burned 2935 Calories, Walked 10127 steps & I ate 1884 Calories

I forgot to report that when I weighed in on Thursday morning I was 205.5 pounds. So down .9 pounds for the week.

I always gain weight after returning from a trip away, be it 4 days or a whole week! I decided to weigh myself this morning to see how I did and I am down to 205 pounds! So I am down and not up! That is an accomplishment in itself! Woohoo!

I am fasting today and will check in with my weight again on Friday!

I am just so proud of how I did this weekend. I'm doing the dance of joy! Hee Hee!

Another Successful Day Yesterday!

I had yet another great day yesterday! My diarrhea got much better about mid morning yesterday and I had a great day of eating. I ate just under 1700 calories which is awesome for being here at the retreat! I burned over 3000 calories yesterday. I did manage to get on the treadmill for 20 minutes yesterday and was just 31 steps away from hitting 12000 steps!

This girl is quite proud of herself!

First Day Of The Retreat - Success!!!

I fasted quite successfully yesterday with eating just 544 calories! The bad news is I had a bad case of the runs! TMI warning! I went to the bathroom at least 10 times between 4pm yesterday and this morning!



I'm feeling a little better, but still have a sensitive stomach. I started with this right before going to dinner and since I was fasting I had a salad. Probably not the best choice with my stomach issues! LOL! But at least I stuck to my fasting day yesterday!

I started out with a parfait this morning from McDonalds. I figured that would be good for my stomach. So far so good today and I am hopeful I will have a good day of eating. Just keep your fingers crossed that the diarrhea stops!

Retreat Is Tomorrow!

I leave first thing in the morning for my scrapbook retreat! This year will be extra special as my daughter is going with me. We should have loads of fun! I will fast tomorrow and really try to plan out my meals each day so I don't go overboard. I will use the gym to help get my step count in everyday if needed.
I also hope to use the Olympic size swimming pool to get in some fun exercise. I love to swim! I will weigh in tomorrow morning and see how I did this week. It's been challenging as I've been a little stressed getting ready for this retreat! But I've averaged around a 1000 calorie deficit each day! I am hopeful that will give me some type of loss!

I will check in each and everyday with how I am doing and maybe even share a photo or two! I've got to head to bed so I can get up bright and early tomorrow! Wish me luck!

A Challenging Weekend Coming Up!

Every year in November I put on a scrapbook retreat. It goes on for 4 days! I leave this Thursday and will come home Sunday evening. I am really going to try my best and still try to fast on Thursday as planned. Hopefully I will have a better fast day Thursday then I did today.



My biggest challenge will be staying within my calories and getting in enough exercise! There is a small gym there, so that will come in handy! I am going to try to start my day light and avoid snacking a lot. I may also not weigh myself until the Friday after retreat so I don't let the scale play with my head. The fact of the matter is I probably will gain  due to water retention from eating out all weekend. The key is to get back on track right away so that weight will drop immediately!

I will probably weigh in on Thursday before I leave that morning so I know where I am at. I am hopeful for a drop!

It Was A Nibbly Weekend!!

I had quite the challenging weekend! As you know I had about 2000 calories on Friday (Halloween), but did about 14500 steps. Then I had 2000 calories Saturday with about 15000 steps! Sunday I ended up eating about 2000 calories once again but did manage to get in just below 11000 steps.

I just wanted to eat everything in the house all weekend long! Maybe it was the cold weather outside. Who knows! I'm just glad I got through it with out too much damage! I've really been trying hard to get my steps in everyday and I think that is the only thing that saved me!

Today I was supposed to fast but had a bit of a tough day. I had to take my Mom for her colonoscopy today and was at the hospital from 9:30am to 12:30pm and didn't get to work until after 1pm. To make my day even more stressful, I have a ton to do for my upcoming retreat.  (See my next post) So I really needed to be at work to get some things done. I get there just after 1pm just to leave shortly after 2pm to pick up my daughter after school

Well, I went to pick up Morgan from home, I meet the school bus there. Parked my car in the driveway while waiting for her and my car wouldn't start when I went to leave after she got home! UGH! I tried jump starting it with no success so my employee Kelly had to come get us and take us into work.

Thankfully, Brad got it started when we got home later. So I was in a mad rush to get candy made when I finally did get back to work and in the process I managed to eat some chocolate. So instead of having 500 calories today I ended up with just under 900!



I did get my steps in tonight and I am currently just over 10000! So that is a plus! I really don't know what to expect with my weigh in this week! I've got my fingers crossed that I did enough to drop something!

My Zumba Buddy!

Morgan , my daughter, has been doing Zumba with me. I love having her as a buddy! :)

My New Winter Coat

I bought this great winter coat, about 2 years ago I want to say, at the Goodwill for $20 bucks! I have been trying to get into it ever since! It is like new and a size 12! I finally got into it to use this winter! I am so excited!

It's a tad bit snug around my hips, but works! I am sure that will loosen up in just a month or so! 

I Ate Too Much Today!

Marcus ended up with a stomach bug this morning as he began vomiting at 6am this morning! So I stayed home with him today so we wouldn't have to drag him into work. I made one of my favorite dishes while home, mackerel cakes! Well I had one to many, plus some of Morgan's Halloween candy and was at just under 1800 calories after lunch!! Ouch!!

Well I put my butt in gear! I did not 1 but 2 Zumba videos today! That helped give me over 15000 steps today and I had 2 hours of activity! I managed to have eat just over 2000 calories today. So I made up for my pig out this morning. I should have about a 1200 calorie deficit today! Thank goodness I did the Zumba videos. That has saved the day! LOL!