Week 19 - Weight Watchers

Ok here's my last two week's logs:

Week 18 weigh-in was: -3.6 lbs.
Week 19 weigh-in was: -1.2 lbs.

That's giving me a total of -33.6 lbs!

The weekend of Week 18 we headed out to London for a Sledge Hockey tournament -
so this meant traveling foods and hotel accommodations results: - 1.2 lbs. weight lost for that week which is pretty good if I may say so myself.

This past week, I've been sick so I don't know how this will influence my weigh-in this week.
I'm tired of this cold!!

I had an updated picture taken of me - which was taken yesterday.

According to my height 5’4” & age (32) my healthy weight range would be between 134 – 140.

My goal would be to reach the 140 lbs. That would be great for me – reaching the 134 would simply be a bonus!

My timeframe – I’d like to reach my goal weight by the end of 2008, so let’s say for Christmas.

I know I’ve lost a lot (so far 33 lbs. in about 19 weeks) and some of it fell off fast (not done on purpose) however I’m assuming that my body will be adjusting soon enough and will slow down this fast weight lost. I’m sure I’ll be having to work harder for some, if not the remainder, of my journey.

Smaller set goals are to keep persevering and to keep logging.

Logging it what works for me – If I’m not writing down what I’m taking in, it all goes down hill.

I have to continue watching my salt in-take. I’ve noticed more and more that salt is a high craving for me.

Goals:

- Loose 25 lbs. by Christmas, bringing me down to 140 lbs.

- Start some sort of exercise program or just start doing any type of physical activity (beyond my daily walking – I currently walk (on average) about 15 minutes, twice a day during my work week). Looking to do at the minimum 20 minutes 3 times a week.

- I’d like to, at the least, loose another 10 lbs by July 2008

Disassociate stress (and mood swings) with food. Every time I PMS I had always O.K.’d myself to eat. Saying that it was ok to eat whatever I wanted (unhealthy choices of course) during this time.

- Keep exploring new foods and recipes. So maybe I will try a new recipe at least once a month.

I want to reach my healthy weight by the end of this year so that I can work on my maintenance for 2009.

I plan on taking my spouse to the Dominicans in early 2010, since it'll be our 10 yrs anniversary, so I want to be succeeding with maintaining my weight by then. Also this will be my reward for success - so I want to be wearing a "real" swimsuit by then!

Until next time - stay healthy and believe you can!