Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Weigh in time

Well this week was by far, the worst weight loss week for me... down .8 pounds. I guess its better than gaining. That makes 22 pounds total lost. about 50 more to go.

Ben did well, last week he gained 4 pounds, but this week he lost all of that and some. He is down another 5.5 pounds! Way to go Ben~! That makes 27 pounds lost for him~!

I have been having a real hard time not wanting to shove everything i see, smell and think about, in my face. I haven't been making good food decision, and I have been eating. I am trying to do better, but it's been hard. Plus, next week, we don't have weight watchers, due to memorial day... so lets hope i can keep up the good eating, exercising, and happiness!

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Monday weigh in!

Monday has come and gone, and so has weigh in for weight watchers! I was absolutely dreading going to this meeting, due to the fact that I had not eaten the best, saturday or sunday.

But,


Boy, was I pleasantly surprised. i lost 4.8 pounds! That totals 21.something weight loss! Almost lost 10 percent of my fat! Yeah! We measure ourselves on the 10th of each month, to see if we are getting "smaller" Thus far. I have lost 17 inches! Yay! Progress!

Way to go. ME!

Ben, on the otherhand, gained 3.5 pounds?!!! We are still trying to figure this out! Although 5 out of the 7 days, he went over! Ben still has lost an amazing 16 inches! And we are seeing the results of his weight loss. He is looking fabulous!

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Ben's weight loss upday.

Ben lost an amazing 2.5 pounds this week, making his weight loss total 25 pounds... He's offically half way there... Way to go Ben.

Plus, we measure ourselves this Sunday!... I will post how many inches we lost altogether... keep your fingers crossed for me PLEASE!

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Monday Weigh in...

I worked out the most I ever have last week.

I even did a 5k.

What do I have to show for it?

1 pound of weight loss.

Suck...

Ben's results to come tomorrow!

Saturday, May 2, 2009

What we are doing...

On March 16th, 2009 i ventured into Weight Watchers. Ben and I had been working out since January, and had seen no weight loss.

Boy, was I discouraged when I got home from my first meeting. I thought this lifestyle change was impossible.

I was wrong.

Way wrong.


If you don't know about weight watchers... let me inform you. Weight watchers goes off of a points value system. According to your weight, your activity level at work, age, and some other things, you are given a set amount of points, take you are required to use up in one day. Each time you loose some weight, the points go down. For Ben, he started with 47. I started with 32. In my mind, i thought there was no way, that I could get enough food, just eating 32 points a day. Yet again, I was wrong, and I have a hard time using all the points in one day.

Also, you are given 35 extra points a week, in case you have a special occasion or go over a few times during the week. You can use these points however you see fit! Also, with exercising, you can gain points for the intensity level at which you perform, and the minutes you use as well.

Weight watchers lets you choose the foods you eat, but encourages you to eat healthy and make better choices! They encourage all participants to come to weekly meetings, for help and support, and making sure you stay on track. I enjoy the meetings!

So far, it's been a good program to us, and it's teaching us how to live healthier and enjoy life more!

Here are some updates: and proof, that what we are doing, really works!

Ben:
Week 1: 286 (down 7 pounds)
Week 2: 281 (down 12 pounds)
Week 3: 279 (down 15 pounds)
Week 4: 276.5 (down 18.5 pounds)
Week 5: 274 (down 21 pounds)
Week 6: 271 (down 24 pounds)

Terah

Week 1: 223.4 (down 4.8 pounds)
Week 2: 220.0 (down 8.2 pounds)
Week 3: 218.4 (down 9.8 pounds)
Week 4: 215.8 (down 12.4 pounds)
Week 5: 214.2 (down 14.0 pounds)
Week 6: 212.8 (down 15.4 pounds)

Yes, I know you are thinking "how could she weigh so much" but after having 2 kids, and not caring about my self image for so long... that's how I became such a blob. But please, give me some props for changing my life and getting rid of it!

I have to keep telling myself "It took 6 years to get this way, this change is not immediate" but it will too come.

with time.

and patience.

Before Pics

These are the best I could do...
This picture is from the first week we started weight watchers!

Our starting weight

Ben: 293

Ben's projected healthy, normal weight should be between 239-250

Terah:228, yes i really am that fat. disgusting

Terah's projected healthy, normal weight should be between 136-155

my other blog...

My sewing blog isn't taking off like I thought, so I came up with a new idea... I am going to start tracking Ben and my weight loss journey. I will need to back track to when we started... but i want to do it, so I can personally see the progress we have made.

Here goes nothing...