2018 - Day #31

Today is day #31 of 2018

Successes for January...

*Ended my first DietBet of the year down 9.6 lbs 

*31 days of really focusing on better eating and more active workouts

*Up at 6am to run on the treadmill - last week I did it 4 mornings, this week I’ve done 3 so far 

*Double or triple workouts most days since early last week including cardio and strength training

*Joined Youfit gym and have consistently used at least 5 times a week

*Brought a buddy including both kids and family to the gym for workouts 

*Logged meals and snacks in MFP most days

*Drank 80+ ounces of water daily

*To bed around 11pm each night

I reviewed my losses each year since I started my journey in January 2008. It’s crazy how I had 4 straight years of losses and then it was up down up down for the next 6 years. 

I started 2018 at my highest weight since 2010 and I’m pretty pissed off about it, BUT I realized that where I am now and where I want to be is 52lbs apart. There are 52 weeks in the year so by the end of 2018 I will be at my goal weight of 169.8. 

I will adjust my new “do not go above this weight” number to 170lbs. I feel good about my plan and my goals. Getting it done is always a struggle but I’ve done it before so I know I can do it again. 

2018 - Day #1

Well it’s a new year but I’m not back to work yet so I didn’t officially start working towards my goals today. I ate what I wanted at Beth and David’s brunch and then I ate wonton soup for dinner left over from our NYE Chinese. 

I did take the dog for a .5mile run to start my RunBet on track and I did my official weighin for DietBet #1 which runs from 1/1-1/28. Not going to lie, I waited until the end of the day and the weighin was disgusting - 221.6lbs of yuck - but it’s done and now I have 8.9lbs to lose in the next 4 weeks to win my bet. I honestly don’t care about winning extra money - I just DO NOT WANT TO LOSE MY BET!!!!

My lunchbox is packed for snacks and lunch for work tomorrow and I’ll make a healthy choice when Emma and I get dinner while Nick’s at archery tomorrow night. I’m setting an alarm to get up and bang out the .8 miles for day#2 of the RunBet BUT I’m not a morning person so no promises. 

I will get a workout in tomorrow during lunch especially if I don’t do the am thing since we have archery tomorrow night. 

Onto a smaller and tighter year for Denise Keeley in 2018!!!!

Measurements from JC tonight...

                      bust                 waist                 abdomen          hips               wt
9/29/11    41.25                33.5                   42.5                   42               176.4
4/7/11      43                       35                       44                   43.75            182.6
2/4/11      43                      36                        45                   45                   190.4 
12/2/10   43.5                  38.75                 47.75              46.75           204.4
6/24/10   46.5                   40.75                50.25                48.75         217.6
5/8/08     49                       43                        53.5                  51.75         237.4
total inches lost - 6.5 and 6.2lbs since 4/7/11
BUT i was amazed to see that i have lost 7.75 inches from my bust, 9.5 inches from my waist, 11 inches from my abdomen and 9.75 inches from my hips, along with 77.4lbs since may 2008.....

my "problem" area of my pooch/abdomen has gone down more than i ever imagined...it's still there but i just can't believe how much smaller it is....i'm thinking i'll probably still need the tummy tuck in the end but right now i have hope that maybe i wont where i never had that before.....

Getting & Staying Under 200

so i got under 200 on christmas day and had stayed there with a weight of 198.6 to end 2010.....UNTIL this past monday when i went back up to 205....i forgot to take my water pill on sunday and can retain anywhere from 4-6lbs in literally a DAY....it was discouraging but i pushed thru and really worked hard this week on mixing up my exercise (took 2 spin classes and a friend and i did our own spin class one night too), taking lunch time walks in addition to my night time scheduled exercise routine, sticking to my calories including eating some/most of my exercise calories and drinking drinking drinking my water......well last night i jumped on the scale 12 hrs early from my actual weigh in today and it was at 197.4 and i was very very happy....this morning i jumped on again for my "official" weigh in and was 196.4....i was sooooo happy to be back where i was 2 weeks ago when i TOOK my sick weight and logged it....then i jumped on one more time to send a pic to my sister and it said 196.2....i'm taking that weight and have put the scale away until next saturday's weigh in....I WILL NOT BE JUMPING ON THE SCALE THIS WEEK AT ALL........i know if i do the right things by working out and eating the right mix of foods and drinking my water, i can have ANOTHER loss next saturday at my weigh in......right now my goal is 189 by St. Patty's Day as i'm part of a thread challenge and that is our time frame....then the next big goal is 4th of July and i want to be at 173...then onto my 39th Bday (10/13) to be at 157.....next goal is New Year's 2012 to be under 150....then finally Valentine's 2012 i want to be working on Maintaining 145

i have my consultation with the plastic surgeon that did my breast reduction surgery in 2000 on monday to discuss where i should be in order to "consider" a tummy tuck.....this is a reward i am giving myself now that i am down below 200....i'm excited and nervous to hear what he has to say...honestly i never thought my tummy would go down in size but i am actually starting to notice it is getting smaller....i still think i'll need the tuck but we'll see what he says.....

New Year & Goals adjusted again....

so i realized that i have all these monthly goals and then each month on the 2nd saturday when i either make the goal, pass the goal or fall short of the goal i end up adjusting my numbers going forward every month until my final goal weight of 145.....

it's getting rather annoying....i'm looking back to when i really started tracking my goals and i have lost anywhere between 0 and 6 lbs between monthly weighins.....i have set my goal at losing 1 lb a week for a total of 4-5lbs a month depending on the number of weeks between the 2nd saturdays of each month....

someone suggested making "broader" goals to help with the fluctuation from month to month....sooooo, i have again adjusted my goals....i still have the monthly goals set up in my spreadsheet but am really trying to HIT these:

St. Patty's Day GOAL: 189 (64.8lbs lost)

4th of July GOAL: 173 (80.8lbs lost)

39th Bday (10/13) GOAL: 157 (96.8lbs lost)

New Year's 2012 GOAL: Under 150 (103.8lbs lost)

Valentine's 2012 GOAL: working on Maintaining 140-150 (103.8-113.8lbs lost)

not sure why i feel the need to constantly be adjusting and looking at future goals but i'm a numbers tracker so i like to see things in spreadsheets and if they just don't "add" up for me visually i have to "fix" them.....hope these more broad goals help me stay the course to being very close to completing this journey by this time next year....

TADA, i'm out of the 220s....

woohooooo, i broke out of the 220s at this past saturday's weigh in with 219.8...im officially in the 210s....it feels good overall but mostly because i feel like i'm really not going back into the 220s even though i am at 219.8....even though i'm only .2 out of the 220s i'm feeling soooo good about my progress and my goals for this week, i know success is around the corner....i'm about 5lbs away from my wedding weight over 6 1/2 years ago and when i hit the 200s i'll be on cloud nine and then watch out people, i'll be in the 100s :) well 190s and then 180s and so on BUT no longer the 200s....

Weigh in for 3/17/08

wahooooo
down 3.2 lbs from last week
I have lost 30% of the weight I would like to lose by 12/31/08 and we are exactly 30% into this year....what can I say about that???? right on baby....i really am on target - can't think about how I could be further along had I not had some ups and downs over the last 2 months...NOPE - just moving on and being happy that my loss matches the time passed this year.....realistic goals are what it is all about....