Weight Loss Update: Week 11- The I'm Officially Not Overweight Edition!

It's been a while since I've updated y'all on my weight loss journey.

Last week I only lost 0.2 of a lb. I was glad I didn't gain but I was still frustrated. WW has what they call "Flex Points." Each day you are allotted so many points, and each food has a point value. Well there are 49 Flex Points built into the plan to use throughout the week in case you ever go over your daily allotted points. I rarely ever use these extra points. However, the week before last I used 41 of them and ended up losing 4.4 lbs! Last week I might have used 1 Flex Point and I lost a measly 0.2 of a pound! What in the world was going on?

I figured that one reason my weight loss was kind of all over the place was because I wasn't exercising. I enjoy exercising, I just hate getting up to do it. Basically I have no motivation. I always say I'll get my walk in tomorrow or I'll start my Pilates DVD after the weekend but it never happens. Lately it's been hotter than H-E-Double Hockey Sticks outside so my favorite activity, walking, has been a no-go. Plus, I'm lazy and would rather just hang out at home. Finding the right time to get it done is also hard.

Last Thursday I went back to my hometown. I was tired from driving 2 hours but I was wanting to go walk the high school track. I had my "I'll do it tomorrow" attitude, but I thought to myself, "Self, if you want to get serious about this weight loss, you gotta get off your bum." So I did.

I walked the few blocks to my old high school track. It was so wonderful to be out walking in a small rural town. It was so peaceful. I breathed in the smell of fresh cut lawns and the lazy summer evening. When I was walking the track I thought back to happy memories from high school of football games on chilly autumn nights and the social bonanza that was known as track season. I could feel the memories float through my fingertips.

I actually JOGGED! Not an impressive amount of distance, but just the fact that I ran and didn't feel like I was going to die felt WONDERFUL!

When I got home I felt awesome. I've been going through some stressful things and I've been in a crabby-appleton mood for quite some time. But after I was done with my walk/run I felt like I could take on anything with a positive attitude. It felt great!

I went to the track every night I was home. When I got back to Kansas City I took a night off because I was starting to get shin splints. On Tuesday night I went for a walk. It wasn't as blissful as walking in my hometown, but it was exercise. On Wednesday I went for a walk with Joe since the temperatures had finally lowered to non-Hell like quality.

I weighed in last night. I was apprehensive. I knew I had exercised and tracked all my food intake. But sometimes that won't show on the scale right away. I stepped on the scale and the leader said, "Awesome job!" I had lost 2.2 lbs!

It may not seem like a big amount, but I was happy. And one reason I was especially happy was that I was now officially NOT overweight. For my height of 5'0'', the weight of 128 lbs is considered overweight. I was now 127 lbs. I'm still teetering on the edge, but I'm going in the right direction. I'm about 10 lbs below my pre-pregnancy weight.

I'm hoping I can keep up with the exercise. I'm only 7 lbs away from my goal weight which feels pretty fantastic. I'm in the home stretch! Of course now I'm going to be really impatient to get there. I just have to remember that slow and steady wins the race!

First Weight Watchers Meeting: 146.6
2nd Week of WW: 141.2 (5.4 lbs lost)
3rd Week of WW: 139.6 (1.6 lbs lost)
4th Week of WW: 138.6 (1.0 lb lost)
5th Week of WW: 135.8 (2.8 lbs lost)
6th Week of WW: 135.4 (0.4 lbs lost)
7th Week of WW: 134.4 (1.0 lb lost)
8th Week of WW: 134.6 (0.2 lb gained)
9th Week of WW: 130.2 (4.4 lbs lost)
10th Week of WW: 130.0 (0.2 lb lost)
11th Week of WW: 127.8 (2.2 lbs lost)

Total Pounds Lost: 18.8 lbs

Goal Weight: 120 lbs