I fell off the wagon :(

Holidays suck for dieting! Instead of keeping in track with what I was doing, and splurging a little on thanksgiving and Christmas, I turned it into a free for all from late November till now. But now, I am freshly focused and ready to go in a whole new direction.

My OB/GYN suggested a "south beach" style diet, due to a hormone problem I have (PCOS). So that is what I plan to do. Eliminate the carbs.

Weekly Friday Weigh-in

 Starting Weight 285
Current Weight 281
Total weight loss: 4.6


WOW!

That is all I have to say about this week.  I never would have thought that making such small changes could result in the results I've experienced. Everytime I've tried to diet in the last 5 years, I've never NEVER dropped that much in 5 days. 

All I've been doing is kind of, and I repeat kind of, keeping track of my weight watchers points, and watching out for sweet stuff and soda.  Heres hoping that next week is just as productive and I'll be well on my way to being 10 pounds smaller, which is the first step in my over-all goal.

Making some progress

So I know they say not to weigh everyday, but I feel that it helps me, and keeps me on track better.  So I am planning on just keeping an eye on the scale through the week and only have an official weigh in once a week.

Since starting Monday, I am already down 2.2 pounds (1.3 Tuesday and .9 today) , and that was with eating McDonalds for dinner last night because it was 11 and our microwave decided that it wanted to be a box of sparks :(   

I know that what I'm probably losing is just water weight, but hey smaller numbers are smaller numbers :) 

Lets get this started

So I've been toying with the idea of starting a diet for a couple of months.  I had planned to start on November 1st, but my heart just wasn't in it, but that is only because I hadn't stepped on the scale.  My face/neck had been feeling fat/swollen for a couple of days and I wanted to do something about it because it is bugging me.  So I weighed this morning so I could have a starting point, and I was horrified. I have never weighed this much outside of being pregnant.  And I can't believe that I'm actually about to commit this into writing for everyone to see.  But I have to because trying to lose weight quietly by myself doesn't work.  Maybe I need the shame of people knowing exactly how much I weigh, maybe this is what will keep me going.  Ok, here it goes, I am going to admit my weight for all to see:

285

This number makes me sick and I am going to do everything in my power to change it.  I plan on following the weight watchers plan, and making healthier choices, instead of getting my "points" from junk.  I just took some "before" pictures that I will put at the bottom of this post so I will have a reminder of where I started.  I'm excited about these healthy changes I'm going to be making, and even more excited to never see that number or my current figure ever again.

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