Week nine of the 20 in 20 challenge is finished! Only 11 to go! End goal is 140 for me. Almost at the halfway mark. I’m late this week because I was SO LAZY due to Korean holidays!
First, my weight:
- High of 152.7
- New low of 149.6
- Saturday’s weight: 149.6
- Weekly average: 151
- Total loss so far: 9 lbs (based on average)
Weekly goals.
- Drinks 5?/6 Goal: Black coffee, water, and my post-workout choco milk. Beer 1 day. Oh crap – this is the problem with doing this nearly 5 days late. Curses.
- Exercise 4/5 Goal: 3 classes of BJJ, 2 days to the gym. I hit 4 BJJ classes, but no gym.
- Diet 3/4 – Goal: 4 days no pasta/rice/bread/sugar. Donut got me one day. Pizza another.
- Diet tracking 4/6 – Goal: Tracking food 6 days. 4 days!
- Sleep 3/6: In bed by 12:30am 4 nights this week. Umm yeah that didn’t exactly happen. However, most days I was in bed by 1am.
Successes/challenges:
- Success: Breaking into the 140s!
- Success: Hitting my BJJ goal – and more so.
- Challenge: Sigh – more difficulties putting these up consistently.
I have a freezer and fridge stocked with FOOD! GLORIOUS FOOD! I realize it’s already Wednesday (Okay technically it’s Thursday morning now). My plan is to start making these on Fridays and then having them ready to go for Saturdays.
Next week’s goals:
- Writing down all my food 2 days. (Okay I’m writing this on Wednesday and already I haven’t done any, so I can shoot for Thursday and Friday)
- 3 days no pasta/bread/sugar
- Drinks: Wed-Fri, only water, black coffee, tea, and post-workout drink.
- Exercise: 3 BJJ classes
- Sleep: 7 hours 4 days this week
I don’t know about you guys, but it’s super hard to remain consistent, but that’s ultimately what weight loss is – consistently making more better choices than poor choices. It HAS helped me knowing that I’m posting these weekly. In my brain you guys are hanging on EVERY WORD, WAITING for me to help motivate you to get through the week. True or not, it helps me stay motivated. I also had a conversation with a friend – I said “OMG I WANT DONUTS” and he said “Okay, you want to have donuts tonight when we meet?” My response was – NOOOO! My reasoning – of COURSE I want donuts and waffles and everything tasty and sugary. They’re freaking delicious! But just because I WANT it doesn’t not mean I should HAVE it. I’m allowed to WANT, just not always allowed to HAVE. I talked to another gal about this – I asked if she cleans her house everyday – and she said yes. I asked if she likes doing it – she said no. So I asked why – and she said it’s because keeping her house clean was important. I feel the same way about diet/exercise.
We’re almost at the halfway mark! Good crap! Please share your thoughts about your challenge this week! How’s your loss coming along? What about your motivation? What was especially motivating this week?
Pictures:
Bonus pics: flexing!
Note: I am 10 lbs lighter exactly in this photo!
For comparison:
Wow, you are looking very noticeably tighter! So far this week I’m doing good!
I found it hard to maintain on out of the ordinary days but like life, every day is not the same to keep it interesting ^__^
Yeah – this past week I had 5 total days off work – the weekend plus 3 holidays. Oh man it’s so super easy to be lazy. But you are right – there needs to be some break in monotony!
I agree – I look at the pictures and I’m noticing the “slim-ness” – especially in my legs for the first time! It’s a really nice feeling! I’ve always been self conscious about the backs of my legs and now they’re looking so much better.
8 pounds down for me as of weekend, 2 from check in last week. Just a pound behind goal now, so maybe I will catch up! You look fabulous. It’s getting easier to stay on track nutritionally now that it’s been 4 weeks for me.
HOORAY!!! I’m so excited for you!! What sorts of things have you been doing, nutrition-wise?
For the most part, I stopped eating crap. I know that sounds vague, but I was seriously inhaling tons of ice cream, candy and soda while I was pregnant and right after I had Griffin, and then not even leaving the house some days because I was home with all 3 kids so was getting zero exercise to boot. One thing I’ve done that’s helped that was actually pretty easy is to cut out regular soda. If I have it at all, it’s diet, usually root beer or 7up. I had to go cold turkey on the candy and not buy any. Halloween is coming up, so that’s going to be a challenge. Again, though, easier to just say it’s off-limits I think. I do allow myself ice cream, but only the pre-portioned kind, like Skinny Cow or Weight Watchers Ice cream sandwiches so that I know exactly how many calories I’m taking in. I actually haven’t been going extreme on the real food–we tend to grill or stir fry a lot, which is fairly healthy, and we’ve never used heavy cream sauces or anything anyhow. i have an arsenal of pretty tasty Cooking Light recipes I’d like to use again; a lot of time the evenings are like Defcon 5 at our house so we are eating things like trader Joe’s orange chicken or pulled chicken on a baked potato. Anything fast to get dinner on the table. Once I plateau on my weight loss, I think I’ll have to change that, but for now I seem to be losing still. I need to exercise, too, and once Griffin is 6 months old, he can go to child care at the gym, so maybe I can start going then.
Astonishing how much difference that 10lbs makes in the abdominal definition. You have visible abs at 149. WTG!
I can flex and show them a tiny bit – but I def still have a bit of a gut, especially when sitting. hehe. Thank you! You’ve been a very helpful driving force.
Hey! I have been waiting for your post! So thanks for keeping it up!! It really is motivating me!
I had a good week! A pound down!
Weight: start: 194. This 3week weigh in 192
Doing good tracking food and getting at least 30 min in. Still want to start strenght training. I decided I will at least start with some floor exercise at home. It might motivate me to do more in the gym.
This weeks big challenge was PMS colliding with two birthday parties; I’m trying to make it up for the rest of this week. I’m so close to the 180s!!! I want to get there and get past these 190s for good!
Thank you so much, Diana! I really appreciate it. It’s so freaking easy to START things, then there comes a point where either it becomes habit OR it becomes a chore. Unfortunately with things like weight loss it has been hard to make certain things into habits, and therefore feels like a chore. lol. Comments like yours make them less of a chore and more of a pleasure. I’m truly happy for you and really excited for your progress!
I only just went back and saw that you’ve commented back!! For some reason that you might reply did not occur to me. Lol
Thank you for the encouragement! I think just seeing your FB posts has been motivating me! That and checking in each week with you! I’ve been trying to keep my goal in mind and keep up the work.
I also liked your post saying its okay to “want” something, and acknowledge it, but to move on and make the healthy choice. I was recently at a party where a healthy woman told her husband, “I know you want to eat the whole bowl of chips, I know you WANT to, but don’t.” I hear that in my head now, and something about saying its okay to want, makes it easier to make the better choice. Keep the tips and posts coming!!! Thanks!
Hehehe I tend to reply to just about EVERYTHING! If you click the “get replies by email” it will ensure you see my replies. ^_^