I haven’t talked much about weight loss lately, I realize. Mostly because there hasn’t been a significant drop in weight. I still bounce between 151-153 pounds, and have for about a month now. A month ago, before Thanksgiving, I had vowed to be happy with maintaining my weight through the holidays. It’s especially important for me to maintain during the holidays, because last year, I gained somewhere between 5-7 pounds during November and December. Last year, I went from about 146 or 147 to about 153….Which is unfortunately, where I am stuck now.  I have to be proud of myself for losing between 7-9 pounds now. And I have to be proud that so far, from Thanksgiving to the week of Christmas that I have stayed pretty much the same.

I’m  not going to just let go and give up during Christmas and New Years, though. NO WAY.  We are headed to my family’s little Christmas thing on Christmas eve, then going up to Dan’s parent’s house for a few days, then we all head to California.  Dan’s parents have a treadmill, which I vow to be on every single day until we leave for Denver, even if its only for a walk. And recently, his mom splurged and got a Wii Fit, so I can workout with that as well.

I’m most looking forward to Colorado. Lots of walks, snowshoeing, sledding…Dan says he will be surprised if I don’t lose weight while there.

I have mostly decided to not deal with Weight Watchers the next couple of weeks. It’s going to be next to impossible and I will never be near a computer. Yes, I can track online with my cell phone, but that’s kind of annoying.  I am getting better at eating based on serving sizes. I’m wonder how long I should stay on Weight Watchers, anyway. I have been on it now for three months. I think when it expires next month, I’m going to let it expire…It will have been 4 months at that point and I’ll have it long enough after the new year to just jump start things again.

When I feel unhappy about my current weight, I have to think of something a family member told me when I had told them I lost that 8 pounds (I say 8 rather than explaining that I’ve gone back and forth from 7-9, heh….)…. She said that I have kick-started my New Year’s weight loss resolution.  That’s so true!

If I had gotten down to 150 and had hit my first 10 pound goal, would I be any happier than I am right now? I think not. I somehow think that I’d say “if ONLY I’d hit 149…” I think I will make it a goal to get back into the 140s next year. Maybe I’ll be  lucky to see 130s again. That’s my final goal….Those 130s (I will never see the 120s again and won’t even try!).

Here’s to getting through the holidays at this weight and working hard in 2010 to reach my goals…ALL of them!

Today was my Weight Watchers weigh in. *drumroll* 151 lbs!! I am in such a great mood about it. I lost about 2.5 pounds since last week, which according to WW, that’s a tad bad. It’s healthy to lose only 2 pounds a week.  I’m not worried about it. I would be concerned if I suddenly lost 5 pounds in a week. Lol…Stupid WW…. It’s worked so far though. Teaching me to be so much more careful about portion sizes…The importance of working out, too… I have 2 pounds left until I reach my first goal weight. 10 pounds off since the wedding! I’m SO CLOSE!

So it should be easy to take those principles and apply them to the holiday feasts, yes?? I hope so. So far, my willpower has been very strong. And I don’t LOVE the holiday food staples…Not a huge fan of turkey, ham, pumpkin pie, mashed potatoes. I usually will eat little bits of those things to be polite.  But this year, I’m going to do something different. NOT eat things just to be polite. But I will still eat a little bit of turkey. White meat. No gravy. For a little protein. Still need that!

I have to be good because I have two dinners, one on Thursday and one on Friday.  Then we’re driving to Detroit on Saturday, to Ford Field, to watch Dan’s hometown highschool football team play in the state finals game. Should be exciting! Fun! Lots of good food I’m sure throughout the day.

I think I will be good for Thanksgiving. Very good. It will be more difficult after Thanksgiving. Once Christmas starts rolling in. And the more fantastic desserts come out from the cracks in the wall. My plan is to be good. OF COURSE. I will allow myself some small indulgences, but not every single day. And if I am faced with a dessert spread/buffet? Then I will have to be forced to choose ONLY ONE thing. So if I want a cookie AND a brownie? I have to choose one or the other. And it will be one cookie. Or maybe only half the brownie.

It kind of sounds like I’m punishing myself. But it will be the first holiday in which I am good. Very good.

I’m not even packing my “fat” jeans this weekend. So I don’t get tempted to eat a ton….I don’t want an excuse to wear them!

I hope my plan works…

Off to go pack now!

One day late on this, sorry!

I did something BAD on day 2. I got on the Wii to do my EA Active. Dan had left the Wii Fit Plus in. (PS: Wii Fit Plus? IS THE BOMB…Way better than regular Wii Fit. All activities are unlocked…you just have to unlock things WITHIN the activities now…and there are tons of new fun things to do…I’m addicted! Can’t wait until we can get EA Active’s More Workouts.)

I weighed myself. Which is what I’m only supposed to do on Fridays and now I’m afraid to disappoint myself THIS Friday.

I lost another 1.8pounds since last Friday. Within 4 days! I’m excited! But I’m sure I will gain a little bit of that back by this Friday…I can’t be THAT lucky!

Went to the gym last night and only did the stationary bike, so I’m a little disappointed in myself over that, but I was exhausted. I’m tired today, too. I will be at the school all day. I am hoping to get to Turbokick, a class at the rec center, but the class starts at 7:15pm. I might be in my pajamas by then. Gah… I don’t want to take a day off from exercising. Even if I’m tired, I will do light exercise like I did last night. At LEAST 30 minutes of cardio!

More later this evening or tomorrow morning about how I got through today.

So far? Disappointed that I ate half a bagel and cream cheese at work this morning. But I had NO TIME at ALL to get breakfast at home…Woke up a tad late and had to be in at 7:30am to assist with a few things. I’M EXHAUSTED ALREADY and it’s only 8:15am.

Screw it. I NEEDED that bagel.

*Not off of hiatus for regular blog posts, but I’m starting to post, in collaboration with Amy…to keep motivating each other…in our strive to get healthy, a little thinner, and to possibly reach a few fitness goals.*

My ultimate goal is to not be pin thin. I’m not sure that is even possible with my curves, but there are so many different names out there for “shrinking” that I wanted to come up with something completely different. I could have named it Operation Skinny Bitch, but lets face it, that book was more hilarious than inspiring to some, myself in particular. It wasn’t real enough for me and the diet seemed a bit out of control. I can’t do vegan, sorry.  My goal is to be a healthier me. I would like to lose about 20 pounds when its all said and done.

While I already began my new healthy lifestyle journey two weeks ago, today starts day one of sharing a lot more of it with you…whether you’re interested or NOT!

Today’s exercise? 30 minutes on the elliptical at the gym and 10 minutes of EA Active.

Food? Well, my current WW points goal is 21 and I am at 19.5 today. With what I’ve eaten and what I plan to eat. I already sucked up a lot of my flex points for the week this past weekend, so I don’t have a ton to work with, unfortunately!

Current Weight: (as of last Friday — I only weigh myself on Fridays) 155.5 pounds. About a 2 pound different from the week before.

See you tomorrow! Hold me accountable, darn it!