2-21-12 Connecticut, Vending Machines & Pizza....what a weekend!

My husband and I took a trip this weekend to Connecticut to attend his Mother's 80th Birthday....which was awesome!
Let's take a look at the weekend....which was not totally PINK! I really wanted to go into the weekend and come out the other side of it staying PINK.
Friday we traveled all day and I did a great job with the PINK, except for not drinking enough water. We even ate a healthy lunch at the airport! There was a pizza restaurant in the airport that had a build your own salad area and we ate well and on plan!
Saturday was the birthday party....at an Italian restaurant....and again I stayed PINK! I was feeling very proud of myself. Then we went to a basketball game with some friends. We ended up going to their house after the game. The snacks she set out were NOT on plan! But again, I was being very good and we sat there visiting for HOURS while I stared down chips and salsa, chocolate covered strawberries and chocolate covered pretzels....I felt very happy! The visit lasted much longer than we had planned and we didn't leave their house until about 12:30am. We got in the car and I told my husband I was starving!!!!! I decided that when we got back to his sister's house (that's where we were staying) I would have a banana and just go to bed.
Here is where my story takes an ugly turn! We get to his sister's house and the door is locked! It is now 1:00am. We didn't want to wake her up so we went to a motel for the night. By this time it is 1:30am and we are checking in and I think my stomach is eating itself! We are tired and cranky. There is an all night diner down the street from the motel and we ALMOST go there, but we were SO tired. On the way to the room we pass a vending machine...and we look at each other and just decided to eat JUNK or CRAP. Here is my rationalization that I used at the time....I got potato chips (veggie) and peanut m&m's (protein) and a fruit pie (fruit)! I was so disgusted with myself after I ate it....that I cheated for THAT nasty food....after I had done so well! I also felt really sick at about 4:45am....I think it was a weird sugar high kind of thing....I was dizzy and clammy and sick to my stomach.
Anyway....so the next day we spent at his other sister's house visiting family.....for food, they ordered pizza! After the fiasco the night before, I said to heck with it and ate the pizza....at least if I were going to cheat it would be something tasty instead of vending machine food!
Then yesterday we started our trip home. We were in Hartford waiting for our plane to take off and they announce there is an oil leak and they have to figure that out before we leave....an hour later we finally take off....but we only had a 30 minute layover in Ohio....so we were convinced that we were going to miss our connecting flight....the pilot had made up 30 minutes of flying time and we landed in Ohio at the same time our plane to Houston was supposed to take off. We get off the plane to hear them calling for final boarding on our Houston flight....we were at gate B23 and had to get to B5....which doesn't sound that far.....but it was FAR and I was running. We get to the gate and they usher us onto the plane and then shut the door....we BARELY made it! I promise you this, had I not been exercising the last few weeks and already lost 24lbs....we would not have made it....I wouldn't have been able to get there in time. Once on that plane, I did have trouble catching my breath and the flight attendant brought me a water before we even took off, and I was embarrassed, feeling like the whole plane is watching the fat girl have cardiac arrest! Whew, it was rough!
So, fast forward 3 hours and we land in Houston. We still have to drive to Austin (another 3 hours) it is 4:00 and we haven't eaten since oatmeal at his sister's house that morning. We had a gift card to Red Lobster from his work....and we decided to eat on the way home. So I had my favorites, shrimp scampi, the salad, the bread (mmm, the bread). I figured I would climb back on the horse this morning...which I have done.
What did the weekend cost me.....2.2lbs. I had gained 2.2lbs. The weekend also taught me that I am stronger than I think....until my breaking point, which is apparently at 1:00am after having stared down chocolate covered strawberries! All in all, it was a great trip....but I am SOOO glad to be home and back to my routines. It won't take long to reverse the damage I have done and I will be back to losing in no time!

2-14-12 A weekly look at my first month on PINK

I have been weighing every day since I started pink....sometimes I tell myself I am only going to weigh once a week....but every morning, after I go to the bathroom.....I step on that scale. So what I know is that I have lost 22.2 pounds so far....and YAY! But I never took the time to figure out what that translated to week by week....until now!
                                                               Week One = 11lbs lost
                                                               Week Two = 3.6lbs lost
                                                               Week Three = 1.2lbs lost
                                                               Week Four = 5lbs lost
                                                               Week Five = 1.4lbs lost (so far, this week isn't over)

For my grand total of 22.2lbs lost in one month! Once I broke it down, I like it. Week three was my lowest week so far and that also represents week one of primary, so that makes sense to me. I like looking at it in a week by week perspective, it takes the BIG picture and breaks it down.

2-10-12 Diner's, Drive-thru's & Dives

No....not the show....my brain, lately all I can think about is driving through a fast food restaurant and eating a cheeseburger and fries and having a diet coke. I have not cheated since I started my plan...and I don't want to. But I have to talk myself out of the drive-thru lane almost every afternoon. I have always been a "closet" eater....which for me translated into a "car" eater....when no one was watching, I would sneak the drive thru food. Before I started the plan, I would leave work and drive thru McDonalds, Jack in the Box, Whataburger, Chick-fil-a....anywhere and eat something that tasted soooooo good and was soooooo bad for me....then I would go home and still cook dinner and eat it like I hadn't had that "mid-afternoon snack." I have been doing so well, until this week.....I have not caved and gone through the drive-thru, but man I have wanted to. I can even tell myself that I should, just once....and that it will make me so sick that it will "cure" my desire.....but I know the truth, it won't cure the desire, it will fuel it. I am trying really hard to make these 21lbs that I have lost be enough motivation to stay away from the drive-thru. It has been a tough week!

2-9-12 21lbs in 26 days on the plan!

Sometimes I get discouraged on days when the scale either doesn't move....or moves backward. I guess reset felt so awesome and in phase one the progress slows down so it can feel discouraging. But if I stop and look at the BIG picture which is 21 pounds in 26 days...that is AWESOME!  I had written a post about getting under 300lbs...I was back over 300 the next day and the next day...but I am back under it again...and soon I will be so far under it that even on a "gain" day I won't see 300 again! So today, 298.2....feels pretty good....looking toward the 280's....baby steps! PINK has been such a lifesaver for me. And who knew I could go for 45 minutes on the treadmill and another 15 on the bike....I can exercise for an hour straight...that feels like an accomplishment!

2-5-12 Officially under 300lbs!!

I have completed 7 days of phase 1 and I must admit I was getting discouraged with the lack of weight loss this week....that is until yesterday (-1.4) and today (-2.2) which officially brings me under 300lbs! I know I have a LONG WAY to go, but it felt so good today to see a "2" instead of a "3" for the first number!! I still haven't hit the 20lb mark for how much I have lost, but it is close. Officially I have lost 19.4lbs so far. I wish for more, I have seen some of the other big girls on here get to 20lbs just on reset...but when I step back and look at the BIG picture, I have lost 19.4lbs in 21 days. Exercising is still not "fun" but I am doing it. I am mostly going to the gym and walking the treadmill, riding the bike...still way too out of shape for the dvds but I know I will get there! Happy Saturday and so happy to be PINK!

1-30-12 Phase 1.....two days down!

I (was/am) apprehensive about phase 1, reset was easy...no working out, lol. I attempted Jenna's workout one day on reset and realized that I am just too big and have too much weight to be successful with Jenna just yet. My husband and I joined planet fitness. I like it because it's just 20 bucks a month and I can workout at my own pace while I build up to the dreaded Jenna video!
I ended reset with a total loss of 16.6lbs. I went "shopping" in my closet and found that I can fit into some of my skinnier fat clothes, lol!
So Saturday was my official first day of phase 1, I ate according to the blueprint, with the exception of the after workout shake. We went to the gym and then ran errands and I didn't get home for hours, so it was a mute point. At the gym I was able to do a mile on the treadmill, 1/2 mile on the stationary bike and 13 minutes of the 30 minute circuit training before I just couldn't do any more. I lost an additional 1.2lbs.
Sunday was a bit chaotic, which always throws everything off. I am still doing the shakes for breakfast and I had that....then I went shopping for a new bra (seems all my weight loss has been in my boobs, lol) and new athletic shoes. While I was out shopping my day went haywire....and I didn't end up eating lunch until 2:30. My husband decided not to work out and I ALMOST agreed....but instead I went to the gym....I was just feeling too guilty to not work out on the 2nd day. My knee has really been bothering me though and all I did was 1 mile on the treadmill, which isn't much...but was better than me just not going at all. I also didn't get all my water in yesterday.
Today I am back on track, the work week is easier to manage a schedule. Off work at 2...straight to the gym!

1-25-12 Becoming a scale slave, ugh!

So I am getting pretty bored with reset....mostly because I think I should be exercising already. I am fine with the food. Last Friday I decided to try the first workout with Jenna, it's a twenty minute workout....I think I got through the first 6 minutes before I stopped......which is pretty pathetic...but man was I tired after that. Saturday when I weighed I had only dropped .2lb and I was devastated because every other day of reset it was more than a pound. Every day since has been at least a pound, too. Then yesterday (Tuesday) I decided to go to the gym with my mom....worked the circuit machines for about 20 minutes then did a half mile on the treadmill....which isn't alot, but for me it was....I probably haven't exercised in at least two years. I felt pretty good about it and planned to go back today.....but when I stepped on the scale today I was UP .2lb....I was devastated again. I really don't plan on weighing every day after reset, but I am definitely a scale slave right now. I am down 14.2lbs after 11 days of reset, but I am bummed, I thought I would rock bigger reset numbers because I am very heavy and I noticed some of the big girls have lost at least 20lbs on reset, which I was hoping for. I'll be lucky to finish with 17 total?  Ugh....scale slave!