~ Weigh in Wednesdays ~

         Week 14 


Weekly Tell-ALL:
Weight: 145.2 lbs (-8.8 lbs total)
Ave. Calories - not sure
Workouts - Zero
Mood: Ready to give this some energy




Challenge for this week:
- Workout 3x for 30-40min
- Limit the amount of Cherry Cokes I drink- to 1 a day- Drink at least 4 glasses of water daily (32oz.)


This past week has been rough, but that has nothing to do with my weight loss. I have had two exams back to back. I have spent so much time studying and none even thinking about all this. My challenges are staying the same until I can master these.

It looks like I actually gained 1.3 lbs for the week, however I really think that last weeks's measurement was just way low because I hadn't eaten very much.

I need to pick up speed if I am going to make it to my goal of 130 lbs by this summer!
                                                                                                                                                         Lesley

Weigh in Wednesdays ~

Week 13- 2.8 lbs!!!!

Don't get too excited it might just be because I didn't eat that much at all while I was studying. So it might just be temporary, but it still makes me happy. I was shocked, I mean I probably drank my weight in cherry cokes. I hadn't weighed myself in quite a few days so when I stepped on the scale this morning and saw 144 ...WHAT. I actually weigh myself 3 times to make sure it was right.

Weekly Tell-ALL:

Weight: 144.0 lbs (-10 lbs total)

Ave. Calories - yeah...I was memorizing drugs, sorry

Workouts - unless flashcard making burns calories, then no, no exercise

Mood: Momentum

Challenge for this week:

- Workout 3x for 30-40min

- Limit the amount of Cherry Cokes I drink- to 1 a day

- Drink at least 4 glasses of water daily (32oz.)

                                                   Lesley

-Weigh in Wednesdays -

Week 12 - Lost 1.2 llbs!!!!

 Weekly Tell-ALL:

Weight: 146.8 lbs (-7.2 lbs total)

Ave. Calories - just a little above 1,200 (which is my daily goal)

Workouts - 2x for 40 min. each time

Mood: Determined

Challenge for this week:

- Workout 3x for 30-40min

- Limit the amount of Cherry Cokes I drink- to 1 a day

- Drink at least 4 glasses of water daily (32oz.)

PS. I got a digital scale for Christmas, hence the 146.8 lbs. I love it. My old one had the dial that bounced around, and I could never see what number it was at exactly. And worse of all I would bend over to be able to read it and it would bounce all over the place. So thanks to my Mama for my wonderful scale. Having the type A personality that I do, the inexactness of the other one was driving me bonkers!

                                            Lesley

Best Weight Loss App Ever!

Must Use App for weight loss!!!

This past week has gone surprisingly well. I have been keeping track of all of my daily calorie intake with this amazing app. It is called My Fitness Pal, it also has a website. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/welcome/learn_more

This little app is amazing!!! You can enter your starting weight, your goal weight and set your daily calorie goal according to how much weight you want to lose each week. Then just add everything that you eat, which is extremely easy. You can search for any food and they will have it. For, example I love Panera's Tomato Soup, and they have it listed or whole food's original hummus and they have it too. I have been quite impressed with the vast amount of food they have in their data base.

Along with the food, it has the calories per a serving, which you can adjust to the size of your portion. My favorite part is that it has all of the nutritional information for each food. Meaning that you can see how much protein or sodium or vitamin A you are getting each day. It also shows the goals for each of these nutritional categories, so you can see how you measure up each day or each week.

And finally you can keep track of you weight and other measurements if you choose.

This app greatly opened my eyes to what I was eating, the calories in foods per serving size and the nutritional value or lack there of in my everyday foods. It has made me more aware of eating healthy, with out feeling like I have to only eat raw vegetables, cause that just won't happen.

Being a busy medical student, this has been perfect for me? Check it out online or for your iPhone or Android.

Lesley

-Weigh in Wednesdays -

Reminder- Initial, Goals, and Current

INITIAL: Sept. 8th

Weight: 154 lbs
Pant size: 10
BMI: 25.3 (overweight)

GOALS: (preferably before bikini weather)
Weight: 130 lbs
Pant size - 4-6
BMI: 21.3 (middle of normal)

CURRENT: Jan. 5th

Weight: 148 lbs

Pant size: 10

BMI: 24.3 (high normal)

There is one small victory in all of that, I am now with in the normal weight range.

I know most of you would look at this and feel that I am being ridiculous that I want to lose weight when my weight is with in the normal range. However, for one if something makes you unhappy or lowers your self esteem- change it. And for me that is exactly what I am doing. Also, I strongly believe that the major contributing factor to beauty is self confidence. Some might have kept their self confidence with their weight gain, but I am apparently too shallow for that. My self confidence has an inverse relationship to my weight gain. The more weight I gained, the lower it fell. Lastly, a practical and superficial driving factor, I have a ton of clothes that I love that don't fit any longer, that I would like to wear again.

My sweet hubby, gently reminders me that I am no longer a teenager or an undergrad and it is okay that I am not that size anymore. Some of you may think this is harsh but it isn't. This is his way of trying to soften my own self expectation so that I won't beat myself up as much for not being able to keep up with my own standards.

I have not so gently reminded him that 'the second you accept mediocrity, is that second that you will never be anything more than mediocre'

There is a balance between trying to achieve unrealistic expectations and being complacent with things the way they are. However, if you are complacent then nothing will change. Therefore for me, I am not complacent at all, because I want my weight to change.

Lesley