Sharpredpencil’s Weblog

Thanks to you all for your comments and e-mails regarding my last two posts. You are certainly helping me feel better and I greatly appreciate that! Blogging about my feelings yesterday really turned my day around. It was very freeing to get those thoughts out of my head; I was able to focus on work and have a great dinner out with Junior. I even put on makeup and did my hair. And wore real clothes!

Our date night was cut short, though. We planned to go to a movie, but I started feeling sick during dinner. By the time we bought my favorite gummy bears to smuggle into the movie perused the home decor section of Target, I had the worst body aches. So, while I’m feeling much better emotionally, I’m siiiick. I have the flu or some virus. It stinks being sick anytime, but I think it stinks even more during the summer. What do you think? It has something to do with not being able to fully enjoy the sunshine, I think.

Even though I really, really, REALLY wanted to stay in bed this morning, I got my butt to the gym and weighed myself. I’m down another 2 pounds. That’s 15.8 total!

There is a CUPCAKE SHOP in downtown Champaign! I just said to Junior last night, “You know, I really have a craving for a cupcake. Cupcakes make me happy. When I think about eating a cupcake, I feel warm and fuzzy, but not so much when I think about a piece of cake.” I was this close to making cupcakes last night but stopped myself because I didn’t want a whole batch of cupcakes. I just wanted one.

Imagine my delight when I heard through a coworker that there is a cupcake shop in town. I can’t wait. Cakes on Walnut, here I come!!!

Yay!

Weight Watchers has officially ended, and while I’m keeping up with the points system on my own, I’ve had to create my own weekly weigh-in. I’ve been taking cycling Thursday mornings at the gym, and they have a good scale there, so I figure that’s official enough. I had a good week this week. I’m down to a total weight loss of 12.8 pounds. Yay!

I lost that pound I gained from last week, which put me right back where I was two weeks ago. I guess that’s not so bad.

Well, I gained one pound this week. One stinkin’ pound.

I’m not too bummed out about it, though. I feel great and I went down a size in jeans this week, so that’s the important thing. I figure my small gain is due to weight lifting or something. I wasn’t doing that before, but I added that in this week. Maybe that has absolutely nothing to do with it, but I’m not going to let the weigh-in get me down. I’ll have better news next week.

SBS is my very own made-up acronym for Saggy Butt Syndrome. That’s what I have going on right now. Not that my butt itself is saggy (quite the opposite, thank you very much!), but all my pants are. I really need to go shopping for new clothes. That’s a good thing, especially since the reason is that I’ve lost weight, but it’s also a pain to know your clothes look incredibly bizarre. Jeans look especially odd when you are able to tighten up one more hole in your belt, resulting in the ever-so-lovely bunching up of the button and zipper area. Very nice. It’s so in this season.

Today was my Weight Watchers weigh-in. I couldn’t wait to post this. I’ve been waiting for weeks to get to the 10 pound mark, and I was so close last week, but with the measly less-than-one-pound losses I’ve had the last several weeks, I really was hoping it would happen today. Well, I surpassed 10 pounds! I lost TWO pounds this week, so that brings my total loss to 11.4 pounds.

If you couldn’t tell, I’m beaming.

I’ve been reflecting quite a bit this week and working hard at noticing changes in my life because of my weight loss. Here’s what I like about being over 10 pounds lighter (and 4.5 inches smaller!):

• My clothes fit better (now, I really need to buy clothes that actually fit and *that* would make me feel a whole lot better, but I’ll take what I can get).
• People compliment me. My husband compliments me all the time and that is wonderful, but it also makes my day to hear it from other people.
• I have more energy and I feel good about working out. I’m also more comfortable being at the gym.
• I’ve paid more attention so I stop eating when I’m comfortable. Not stuffing myself is a great thing.
• I truly have reshaped my eating happens. I’m not perfect, but far better and my not-so-healthy choices are planned and accounted for (even wine).
• I’ve been cooking healthy meals, which is enough in itself, but I feel extra warm and fuzzy for the positive effects that has on my husband’s health.
• I noticed while driving the other day that my hips don’t take up so much room.
• Strange one: It’s more comfortable to cross my legs.
• I like doing exercises that build up muscle in my legs. I’m sure my thighs will always be a little larger than I’d like, but seeing good muscle tone makes it better.

I’ve found it rewarding to reflect on these changes. It’s easy to get caught up in the every day life and not sit back and really think about what’s happened since January. I know the weight loss will get a little tougher as I continue to lose, but adding up all the pounds gives me motivation to just make that number larger.

Thanks for reading and giving me continued support. It makes such a huge difference.

Well, here it is. I’ve lost 9.4 pounds. Quite a bit slower than I would like, but I remind myself it’s healthy this way and it will stay off if I lose it slower. I’m so close to that 10 pound mark I can taste it. I thought it was going to happen this week, but alas, I’ll have to wait another week. I know I can do it, though!