still going!

Today I hit another "new low" weight-wise, so that's exciting ;)  The roller coaster continues, but at least right now I'm on the right track (just in time for the weekend and the start of Halloween festivities!).  I'm going to a bunch of the dance workouts (typically 5-7 a week) so that's helping, I hope.  I really, really want to post a big happy "next goal met!" post in the next couple of weeks! :D

19.2 pounds of fat!

Currently I'm 5.1 pounds from pre-pregnancy weight.  Yep, gained a pound or two over the past week and keep struggling to lose it again.  Doh.

On Saturday, I got another body composition scan done.  In the past three months, I've lost exactly 10 pounds - including 19.2 pounds of fat. OMG!!  I gained 3.0 pounds of muscle, and also 6.2 pounds of water.  The water part is very confusing to me (and to the trainer at the gym).  I know muscle holds more water than fat does, but 6.2 pounds is 3/4 of a gallon!  Weird.  (I didn't eat or drink or exercise for 4 hours before either scan.)  So I wonder if I have some weird inflammation issue going on, or something else.

But maaaaan... that 19.2 pounds of fat gone number was awesome. ;)  Here's to the next 19.2 (and the next, and the next...)

Aie! Up and down and up and down...

Aie!  I can't believe it's been a month since I last posted.  Sheesh.

So, I was back in the swing of things with going to the dance fitness classes three times a week... and then I hurt my knee (the day after a class)... and then I hurt my back (unknown how)... and blah blah blah...

Shockingly, I am currently at my lowest weight in 3 1/2 years.  I was a pound higher than this a few weeks ago, but gained 5 pounds in 3 days with birthdays and such and it took me three weeks to lose that back... and next week I'm going to be traveling to visit family for six days, so this doesn't bode well.  I really, really hope I don't go completely off the rails, but I know this is going to be a stressful trip and healthy eating isn't going to be top of mind.

My various injuries seem to be better now, thankfully, but I'm still going to skip the classes until after my trip.  Hopefully I can resume after my trip, and keep going on this weight loss journey...  :)

backsliding

Awww, I knew this would happen, but wish it didn't happen so soon.  I gained this week, but I'm still below that goal #1 weight, thankfully.  Going to be a weight-loss-struggle for the next two weeks, but I'm hoping to just get back down that 1.9 pounds that I gained.  Wish me luck! ;)

Goal #1 met!

Woohoo!  I have accomplished goal #1 and am on my way to goal #2!  Huzzah!  Yippee!  Whee! ;)

Goal 1: 16 pounds gone - weight 1 week after delivering baby -- DONE!  
Goal 2: 31 pounds gone - weight before getting pregnant 
Goal 3: 40 pounds gone 
Goal 4: 50 pounds gone
Goal 5: 60 pounds gone 
Goal 6: 70 pounds gone 
Goal 7: 80 pounds gone 
Goal 8: 90 pounds gone 
Goal 9: 100 pounds gone 
Goal 10: 103 pounds gone 

losing it!

Woo, today was an exciting day on the scale - I'm within a pound of goal #1!  Still struggling with the constant hunger, and now a persistent case of heartburn... but I know I need to stay the course and keep chipping away at this huge weight gain to get off my shoulders (and hips...)

good and bad

Good: I'm still losing weight!  Yippee!  Four pounds away from my first goal!  Yeehaw!

Bad: I am having a lot of.. erm... gastrointestinal distress?  I've looked at the ingredients in the cookies, and there's nothing explicitly in them that I know I have an intolerance for, but something is amiss.  There's the unfortunate "natural flavor" ingredient in each of them, which could be throwing my intestines for a loop.  I don't know what it is, but I think tomorrow and Friday, I'll only have the chocolate chip cookies to try to narrow this down between the two varieties.  I do have an intolerance for ginger - which is not explicitly listed in either cookie - but perhaps it's in the oatmeal raisin cookie.  Nutmeg and cinnamon are listed in there, and ginger often accompanies those.  So, we'll see.

I think this might be nudging me away from the cookies more quickly than I had intended.  I really wanted to hit my first two goals and be at my pre-pregnancy weight before I moved off the cookie diet.  But clearly, if there's something in these cookies that is causing this GI problem, then I need to stop them much earlier.

2.6 pounds - almost double pace

It's odd - I've been on this "weight loss journey" for a long time (it's week 141 in my spreadsheet). But I feel like I'm almost starting over, since I've been stuck in this plateau for so long. So I'm going to start doing weekly weigh-in posts to hold myself accountable here (and hopefully actually *do* them for more than a week or two!).

As I mentioned last week, I'm aiming for 0.183 pounds lost a day. My scale only goes to .2 pounds, but we're looking at the long-term here. ;) If I can keep up with this pace, I will hit -100 pounds by mid-October. I'll be at my goal by my birthday in mid-February.

So here we are at the end of the first week of this new tracking, and I'm down 2.0 pounds. Hooray! A little bit ahead of pace. After seven days, I should be down 1.281 pounds, and instead I'm down 2.6. But to be fair, I had gained a bit before starting this (too many parties!), so I'm happy my body corrected. I'm nervous with the county fair coming up this weekend, along with a special dinner. I could just stay the same weight this week and still be on pace, but I'd really, really like to stay ahead this much. 1.281 pounds should be achievable! :)