Flying Pig 10K dominated by the Beam Dream Team!
So, here’s a non-scale goal I’m setting. The pictures above are me in some winter workout gear I bought on clearance this year. The shirt is super soft, warm, but still lightweight and it has thumb holes. It’s obviously too small and tight, but this winter it’s done the job of keeping warm and not having an excuse not to go for a walk.
It’s spring now and getting warmer so the winter workout gear will obviously get put away until fall here in a few weeks. My goal is that when I pull this shirt back out of the drawer in the fall that it’ll fit right. I will be able to wear it to the grocery and not worry about my rolls popping out!
EDIT: Woah - sorry for the bad photography. Left handed photography pre-coffee and post-workout is rough.
Over the weekend my 4 year anniversary of the first time I joined weight watchers occurred. I’ve been on and off the WW bus since then, but it is an important milestone b/c it is the first time I put my whole mind and heart into making myself healthier. A life long journey for sure.
Since that time I’ve lost and gained and lost and gained and lost a lot of weight. But the important thing I’m focusing on today is that the Amy 4 years ago weighed 42 pounds heavier than the Amy of today.
I have never done a before/after/progress photo because I feel like that is most impactful (for me, personally) when it’s before weight loss and at goal weight. But 42 pounds is a lot. It took a long time and a lot of work to do it. So here’s a progress photo. The before is at Christmas 2007 (because photos of me from that time period are hard to come by so this will have to do) and the current one is from the sister-cation Vegas trip in February 2012.
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One more motivation to keep my butt moving.
This has not been a good weekend, week, or week before. Skipping 1 WW meeting seems to have totally thrown me off track.
I’m not exercising.
I”m not tracking my food.
I’m not taking care of my health.
I will. Soon. But the pity party is still raging. Soon.
Today I officially have lost more than 5% of my weight. Woohoo!
As I try and lose weight without putting my quality of life at risk I come across 1 major road block. That is Peanut Butter. Yes I’m aware there is a low fat version of peanut butter. Yes, I’m aware of natural peanut butter. Yes, I’m aware that the fats in peanut butter are considered healthy fats. But I just can’t control myself around peanut butter. I want to eat the whole dang jar. With a spoon. On the couch. It’s my kryptonite.
Then I discovered PB2. I found it on Amazon. But never ordered it. Because who the hell would order powdered peanut butter from the Internet? Well, not me. But I would pay $1 more for it if I found it at Whole Foods apparently. Never said I was the smartest.
Somehow these geniuses figured out how to pull out a lot of the fat calories from peanut butter. I die. Seriously. die. There is a peanut butter AND chocolate version.
Tonight I mixed the chocolate and peanut butter version with a banana and some soy milk in a blender for a nice treat. It feels like I’m cheating. But I’m not. SO AMAZING.
BUY THIS STUFF!
I was out of town last week for work so I didn’t get to weigh in. So here’s a 2 week weight in:
- Starting weight: 199
- Last week’s weight: 193.0
- Current weight: 190.6
- Difference: -2.4
- Total lost: -8.4
