Week 5 Weigh In

Well, I missed posting about week 4's weigh in. I couldn't bring myself to do it. I gained back the 0.6 lbs I lost the week before. I know what the cause was: water retention due to hormones. My hubby was trying to hide under a rock during that time...lol Good thing he loves me, I probably would have bailed if I had to put up with hormonal me :) I knew when I started retaining water, Thursday. I dreaded having to do my weigh in because I knew it was not going to be good. But I survived!

I had a realization this week. I'm being hard on myself because I'm losing weight super slowly. I'm 5 weeks post-op today, which means I get to exercise and pick my kids up and clean again! I'm sure my weight loss will pick up now that I can actually be active. My realization: if I had not started Weight Watchers when I did, being as sedentary as I have been the past 5 weeks, the scale would have been going up, not down. I know I would have gained because I was gaining weight before the surgery. So losing weight post-op is a great accomplishment in and of itself. Most people gain weight post-op, and I lost.

Now, here it is, week 5. I changed my weigh in day from Sunday to Friday because it works better for me. So I got up this morning and weighed myself. So excited, I lost the 0.6 lbs gain plus an additional 0.8 lbs! Woohoo! I also took my measurements today. I've lost 6 inches! 2 inches is from my waist. I thought my tummy was starting to resemble a deflating balloon...lol I also lost 1 daily PointsPlus point. It feels so good :)

I'm all sorts of excited today! I've lost more weight, I got to pick up my daughter and comfort her, then rock her to sleep, and I get to have my life back :)

Beginning weight: 314.6 lbs
Week 5 weight: 307 lbs
Total weight lost: 7.6 lbs!

Week #3 Weigh In

This week was a little tougher for me. Tuesday night I started getting discouraged by the fact I had not lost weight for my Week 2 weigh in. I was feeling bummed and getting depressed. My hormones may have been unbalanced by the biopsy I had earlier that day as well. All of it got to me. I made myself keep to the plan and stayed within my points. I asked for encouragement from fellow Weight Watchers. I had my hubby hide my scale from me so that I would stop weighing myself several times a day. I told him to only bring it out for WI day. Where it had not been causing stress for me the week before, i was finding I was starting to have aniety attacks this week. I made it through and I'm feeling much better now.

As for the goals I set for myself, I did eat a snack or two between lunch and dinner everyday. I ate celery or apple with peanut butter as a snack for all but 2 days of the week. One of the missed days I had peanut butter on toast instead, the other day I was busy running around, so I had a granola bar on the go. I tried to eat more of my weekly points, and did. However, it was only 3 more then the week before. Getting 3 servings of dairy in each day was tougher then I thought. I did manage to do it on three days. Overall, good week.

So I stepped on the scale this morning, 307.8. Yay! I lost 0.6 pounds. I was beginning to think my body wouldn't let go of 308. I'm excited that I lost some weight this week.

So my goals for this week are:

• Eat 15 Weekly Points
• Eat 3 servings of dairy each day
• Drink 9 glasses of water each day
• Continue eating a snack between meals

I'm making progress!

Starting Weight: 314.6
This Week: 307.8
Total Weight Loss: 6.8 pounds!

Week 2 Weigh In

Today was my 2nd weigh in. I didn't lose weight this week, but I didn't gain either. To me, it was a good week. I know what happened. I've been weighing myself several times a day. While many say not to do that, for me it is a good thing. I'm learning how many body works.

After the first weigh in, my weight went up a little. I learned my weight varies by 2-3 pounds during the day. At the beginning of the week, I weighed between 310 and 312 pounds. As the week went on, those numbers dropped. The last 2 days my weight varied between 308 and 310. So, in reality, I lost 2 pounds this week.

What I think happened is my body freaked out about the change and started storing. Now my body knows that I'm not starving it, so it's letting the weight go. I had already figured I wouldn't have a big week this week because I lost so much last week, so I'm not really surprised that I weigh the same as I did last week.

It comes down to I'm not eating enough. I eat all my daily points, but I didn't use my weekly points this week. Part of my problem is I get to the end of the day and have almost half of my daily points left. I don't snack between meals. I've been feeling really tired that last few days, so I think I need to up my protein intake as well. I've set some goals for this next week for myself. They are:

1. Eat a snack between meals
2. Make at least one snack celery or apple with a nut butter
3. Use my weekly points
4. Get 3 servings of dairy/day

So that's my plan. I plan to see some weight loss next week :)

Starting Weight: 314.6 lbs
Last Week: 308.4 lbs
This Week: 308.4 lbs
Total Weight Lost: 6.2 lbs