Weigh in and plans :)

Hello there! Hoping today is going better than yesterday :) So here are my stats for this past week.

Previous 181.2

New 179.4

Loss -1.8

Yay for being back in the 170's. I didn't do what I said I wanted to do as far as losing what I gained last week plus a pound. But, I know I have set goals a million times and I never stay disciplined enough to stick to them. This time I feel different so I'll show you the goals I set for myself a few days ago....

Goal Weight: 125 pounds by June 15 2012 (before summer officially begins;) )

1st Milestone goal: 10% (-8.6) by September 16
2nd Milestone goal: 25 lb by October 14th
3rd Milestone goal: 50 lb by Feb 24
GOAL! 66.8 by June 15 ( this is including what I have lost up to now starting back in November last time I was on WW)

Now I have done some math to figure out how much I need to lose each week to get to these goals.

From now until January 1st I would like to lose an average of 1.5 lbs a week. I know this is on the high end of WW recommends but I feel since I am so overweight and have so much to lose I should be able to at least AVERAGE this. I know it's going to be tough going through the holidays and wanting to lose this much. But I figure if I can do it through the holidays I can do it anytime. There is no excuses!

From January 1st until June 15 I would need to lose an average of 1 lb a week. Again, I know this is kind of high but I feel like if I can lose more than that for the first couple of months when I start getting smaller then it will be okay to start losing less than a pound a week.

While I was doing this math I figured out a few fun facts...

Before September is over I will be in the 160's
Before Thanksgiving I will be in the 150's
Before the END OF 2011 I will be in the 140's
Before St. Patricks day I will be in the 130's
Before Luke is done with Spring Semester I will be in the 120's!

It helped a lot to break it down this way because I feel like I can concentrate on the smaller numbers easier. Which is funny because in the meeting I took minutes for yesterday there was a strategy planning guy there and he was talking about how you need to set small attainable goals for your employees because they can emotionally connect to those goals. I feel this is the same way with weight loss.

So, I lost a little MORE than my goal this week which will help when my period comes around or when I have a bad week or just get to my goal faster ha ha! The funny part is, even though I'm super excited about the loss, and I'm really glad to be back in the 170's. I would have felt good even if it wasn't as much. This week has been a huge turnaround for me and all week I've been getting comments on how I'm skinnier, I feel better in my clothes, and I just walk with more self confidence. This means so much more to me then the number on the scale, especially since I know if I continue to feel this way the number on the scale will go down and I will continue to feel even better.

Anywho, enough of that now for my goals for next week! (They are going to be pretty similar to last week)

1. I would like to eat only what I earn in Activity points, no Weekly points just to see how it compares to this last week where I ate all of my activity points and about 15 or my weekly points. I would however like to earn a little more activity points.

2. I would like to continue doing 30 Day shred every morning (except Sunday) which means by next Thursday it will be my 11th day and I will start level 2!

3. For aerobic exercise I would like to get my C25K in on Saturday Morning, Tuesday night and Thursday night and complete week 2. I would also like to get a long bike ride in on Saturday night (depending on the weather it is suppose to rain) and shorter rides in on Tuesday and Wednesday night. And maybe a brisk walk on Sunday...

4. I want to continue planning my whole week ahead and planning what to eat before I go out to eat.

5. I would really like to get all of my healthy checks in every day.

So we'll see how my body reacts to this plan and compare and contrast next Friday.

I have also decided (I know Mom and Dad may not be happy about this so we'll see...) depending on how much extra we make for the next 2 semesters I would like to go on a trip next May (if I am where I am suppose to be) hopefully to Disneyland if not then I would like to go to Seattle or something fun and different as a reward and before we start trying to have a baby.

Sorry for the long rant, have a good Friday!