Whilrwind of happiness.

This past week has been mad chaos. I weighed in last thursday and was thrilled to see that I had lost 3.6 lbs! I was so happy. Then it was off to Evansville for a long weekend of family fun. I went to what is called the Fall Festival; it is one of the largest street festivals in the world and has over a 120 food boothes! I enjoyed engorging myself in deep fried deliciousness. The best part of my weekend by far, however, was when my niece Macie Lu was born on Monday October 13th, 2008. I don't believe I've ever been so happy in my life. There in my arms was 7lbs 10 oz of beautiful baby girl! My sister was a trooper and in good spirits the whole time. I am so proud of her and so thankful for having Macie in my life.
Along with all the fun however, came plenty of take out and fast food runs. I was at the hospital with my sister for most of two and a half days so I had to eat at places that were easy acess. I was worried how these eating habits would affect my next weigh in. I stayed within my points but would that matter when you are eating McDonalds, corn fritters, crabcakes, fried shrimp and Chic-fil-a?
I headed to my meeting and was a little nervous. I stepped on the scale and had lost .8 lbs! I couldn't have been happier. After all of my family fun and craziness my walking and hard work paid off. This has been the best weekend of my life and I will never forget it.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD MACIE LU!!!!!!

Another Week Come and Gone

I completed this week feeling pretty good about myself. I had excercised multiple times and followed my points. So when I went to my meeting and weighed in I was slightly dissapointed in my .4 loss. Yes, it was a loss, but where did I go wrong? What could I have done differently?

So there I sat contemplating my actions on the previous week. I did a good job. Could I have eaten slightly better? Yes, probably. More veggies and fruits the next week. Could I have excercised more? Of course; one or two more days at the gym won't kill me and I'll put it on my to do list for this upcoming week. So where did I go wrong? Then, it dawned on me. I'm going home to see my family next friday and I was hoping to lose 5 lbs in two weeks. You can't rush the weight loss process. Everyone loses at different rates and no one has any control of how much they lose and how fast they lose it. All you can do is follow the program. Stick to it and you will get the results you want. What was I so sad and angry about? I still lost!!!! I shouldn't care if it's .4 or 12.6 as long as that scale goes down I have no right to complain.

Now, what can I do about this for next week? I don't want another .4 week so I needed a game plan. This is a technique I would suggest for everyone who is trying to lose weight. Set weekly goals for yourself and make sure you meet them 100%.
My weekly goals:
1. Eat at least one fruit and veggie at lunch and dinner.
2. Try to work out every day.
3. Try not to use my extra weekly points.
If I can follow these simple goals then hopefully this week will be a bigger jump down on the scale!

What does this mean to you? Let this process take its natural course. You can't rush it all you can do is work your hardest and hope you get the results you want. If you are doing your best and following the rules then the results WILL come in their own time.