Skinniest Sunday

Well, I'm surprised. I've had a bad week, WW wise. I almost fell off the wagon several times. I just get discouraged when I can't get in my points for the day. I'm not eating enough fruits and veggies because I'm too full and really can't get in my points. Its a hard line for me. Maybe its the extra breastfeeding points, I dunno. We also went out this week for dinner. I did choose well and had blackened grouper, yumm. Maybe it's because of the wiser choices that I lost this week. Because I've been discouraged all week, I didn't track my food a lot of the days. I didn't want to keep facing the fact that I couldn't eat them. I really expected not to lose a thing. I did though! Surprise, surprise. It feels good to keep me going though. I'm down another 4.2 for a total of -8.6. Yay, me!

Skinniest Sunday

Today's the big day. Weigh-in day. I'm down -4.4 lbs. Hooray! Of course, hubby lost more, figures. I want a man's metabolism. It was a tough week. My daily points allowance seemed kinda high and I've been having trouble getting them all in. Since I dropped weight though my daily points allowance went down a whole point! Yippee Skippee! I'm not gonna stress at the moment about not getting my points in though. I lost and that's what's important. Plus, yesterday, it seemed I couldn't eat enough. Overall, I'm happy. I'm on my weigh to goal. I like seeing the downward trend on my tracker. I keep looking at it and smiling. :)

(Sitting here with a smile on my face enjoying my cup of coffee)

Photo courtesy of I Love Coffee Book. I so want that book!

Ready, Set, Go! & Skinniest Sunday

Today is my first day. I'm a little scared. I'm afraid I'll give up too fast. I can't. The photo in the previous post is why I can't. I have to keep thinking about all the health risks and my back pain. I seriously want that back pain gone! I want to be a picture of health. That picture in that post is a picture of heart disease. Bleh! It's not going to be me anymore.

I'll be posting my weight loss on Sundays, hence the label Skinniest Sunday. Pictures to keep me accountable. Here's my starting point:

Love the Barney Rubble feet? That'll change too. :)

If anyone has any tips they'd like to share, please comment. I need all the support I can get.

Introduction

Hello, I'm Karen, 34, wife, mother of 5 boys, ages 16, 14, 10, 2 and 2 months. I'm a registered nurse in college, 8 months away from graduating with my bachelors. Then I'll be onto my Masters degree. You've reached my weight loss blog. Five kids later, I'm 100 lbs. heavier. I've never been this heavy. It's depressing. I have no clothes that fit and I won't go shopping for any because I don't know how to shop for fat clothes. I don't want to learn either. I need to lose weight for my interview when I apply to grad school. Of course, for health reasons as well. With this last pregnancy I became gestational diabetic and hypertensive. After I delivered the doctor still thought I was diabetic. I proved otherwise. I am, however, still borderline hypertensive. That WILL change. I have a family history of heart disease on both sides. My father passed away from a massive heart attack at 57 with no previous medical problems. I don't want to follow in his shoes. The change starts today. I decided to blog about everything to keep me accountable. I haven't officially started yet and I feel like I'm gonna fall off the wagon. My goal is to not fall off the wagon in the first 3 months, preferably 16 weeks. Weight Watchers says my first goal is 10 %. I'm breastfeeding so my "points" are really high. They say 48 points with this new Points Plus program. I'm thinking thats kinda high but we'll see how it goes. Here is a my official before picture:

I know, gross right? Boy, what a wake up call. Yep, that's a maternity top. I'll post more tomorrow.