Weigh in # 4

Weight: 261 from 262: 1 lbs lost this week, 17 lbs since groundhog day (45 lbs since Thanksgiving '12)

Chest: 44 from 44.5: .5 inches lost this week, 4 inches since groundhog day.

Navel: 48 from 49  1 inches lost this week, 6 inches since groundhog day.

Hips:  39 from 40: 1 inches lost this week, 3 inches since groundhog day.

I started increasing the solid food this week, I ate dinner with the family almost every day. it feels kind of weird to eat food, and I find myself chewing an obscene amount. The big down side is that I am retaining a little water from the increased salt, and I have a lot more in my bowels (the niceset way I can think to say that).  The bad news is that I am not sleeping as well and my energy levels have reduced, having added back in some animal proteins in the form of poultry and dairy. I had hopes that by adding a little more protien I would recover a little faster from my long runs and feel a little better but I am not sure that is the case.

I will continue to start the day with a smoothie and juice if I have time (it is much more inconvenient to have to drink raw juice, and I after having the real thing, I can't go back to pasturized 10% juice beverages loaded with HFCS (I had one this week and it was foul).

Onward and upward! I need to increase my milage, I am going to isolate a few more things to see which ones really help, probably eliminating dairy again to see how that effects things.  I was really looking forward to yogurt and cheese but they may just not be in my best interest.

Weigh in #3

Weight: 262 from 265: 3 lbs lost this week, 15 lbs since groundhog day.

Chest: 44.5 from 45: .5 inches lost this week, 3.5 inches since groundhog day.

Navel: 49 from 50.25  1.25 inches lost this week, 5 inches since groundhog day.

Hips:  40 from 41: 1 inches lost this week, 2 inches since groundhog day.

Another 2.75 inches and 3 lbs lost.  That brings my total loss since thanksgiving to 44 lbs. it also makes my total inches since Jan 21st when I took my first measurements 15 inches.  

I am a little more comfortable with this rate of loss than the huge losses that started things off, because this feels sustainable.

This week has been good, no really bad cravings. I did eat a little more this week. It was Heidi and I's anniversary on Saturday so we went to Logan and I ate salami.  I felt so sick on Sunday and Monday. I also gained 3 lbs that weekend, mostly water weight from the salt intake, although I am sure that I was a little "full of it" since it took me until Wed to have a good BM.  I won't be doing that again any time soon.  I did have a soft taco last night (beans, onions, cabbage, green peppers, Guacamole, and a little chicken I couldn't pull out wrapped in a tortilla) because Emily made us a yummy dinner.  I am sure I would have been lower if it weren't for that also.

I have gotten very liberal with my eating over the last few weeks. I need to tighten things down again for my last week of the month.  Just juice and smoothies this week.  Then I will be back on food normally the next week.

on the workout front things are going very well. I have started doing pushups with Matt 4 times a week. He still schools me but fortunately for me he quits before he gets to failure point, so I can usually do the same number...it is just way harder for me to get there.  I did not realize how much core work goes into a good pushup, and hopefully I can tighten up my moobs a little! I have increased the intensity of my running in order to not spend too much time out training and it has been a good thing. Yesterday I ran on the treadmill and did a 5k hill interval at 6mph (10 minute miles) which was the pace I was targeting for RAGNAR in June.  If it had not been a hill interval I know I could have done 8-10K which is right where I wanted to be then.  I now have hopes of surpassing my previous goals. I will reset my goals after my 10k the end of March.

Thanks to everyone for your support and encouragement.

Weigh in Day # 2

Weight: 265 from 269.2: 4.2 lbs lost
Chest: 45 from 46: 1 inches lost
Navel: 50.25 from 53: 2.75 inches lost
Hips:  41 from 42: 1 inches lost 

4.75 inches, and another 4.2 lbs lost: Not too shabby.
I started this journey at 306 lbs on thanksgiving day 2012 - so 41 lbs lost since I started being conscious of my diet and exercise!

This week was a rough week, lots of candy temptation around for Valentines day, activities like Kira's tea, etc. There was a lot of temptation, in fact I ate dinner last night...Heidi and I are going out of town for our anniversary today (that's right 20 years ago today we went on our first date) so we wanted to go spend an evening out with the kids. We decided to go to Heidi's favorite Mexican restaurant Maria Bonitas.  I ordered the vegetarian enchiladas, and except for the meat (yes I really had a big piece of carne asada in on, hahahahaha) they were amazing!!! Big pieces of multi colored peppers, onions, tomatoes all grilled together fajita style, all I can say is they were delicious. I was only able to eat about 1/3 of the portion though, I guess that is a good thing, last time we were there I would have polished them off and Kira's burrito that she wouldn't eat because of the red sauce.

So the weight loss has been slower this last week, but I am kind of happy about that. It feels like this is more realistic weight loss.  I have also been doing smoothies every day and a hand full of nuts, so perhaps I am no longer on a "juice feast" but I am just eating a more healthy, nearly raw plant based diet...since I have been a little more liberal with my food choices I also feel like this is pretty sustainable.  I ate dinner with family on Saturday and Sunday when we were together all day, and made a good vegetable based meals.

I do feel really good, and again Matt and I are the only ones who did not get the vomits this week, so that says something about how my body is liking my new diet. I have upped my pace significantly on my runs, and am now running easily for 5 min in the my old yellow zone. All in all I feel like things are going very well.  Time to keep on going.

Weigh in Day

Weight: 269.2 from 277: 7.8 lbs lost
Chest: 46 from 48: 2 inches lost
Navel:53 from 54: 1 inches lost
Hips: 42 from 42: 0 inches lost (this one is going to be slow going...)

3 inches and nearly 8 lbs I can't shake a stick at that.

This week was good.
Energy was good!
No significant hunger cravings!
Not a lot to report except for the total loss reported above, it was a pretty good week.
I will probably eat today, because we are having an amazing vegetarian salad with black beans. Chew well and it is not too different from eating a smoothie!