A week into phase three...

I have no clue what to title this because this is my third weight loss start or journey. I can't say Week 2...I have 2 others like that haha. Hmmm well I'll think about it this next week... Last week's weight: 207.8 This weeks weight: 206.4 Weight loss for the week: 1.4 Weight loss for this start: 5.2 I know its mostly water weight but its in the right direction!! My biggest motivator right now is the HUGE stack if size 14 hand-me-down jeans sitting and waiting for me on my closet shelf. I'm in a weird transition point right now. Before my big huge weight loss last year, the smallest I had been before kids was a size 18. I am a size 16 now. I only had one good pair of size 16 jeans. AAAannnnd those ripped in the inner thigh last week. Shoot....I'm out of good jeans and I am starting to go back to school in less than two weeks. I know I can do it and I have enough capri's and skirts to last till it gets cold. But by the time it gets cold, I hope those 14's are loose on me! I feel like I'm rambling a bit... This last week was a little tough. I made it to the gym twice. I didn't ride my bike at all because the air was so smokey and hazy from a fire up the mountain from us. We are having inspections this week so I have been cleaning a lot lately to help burn calories. With the Twin Tornadoes, I have been cleaning aaalot! They destroy their bedrooms during every nap time! The living room is being cleaned like three times a day. Scouring the bathrooms and kitchen.... Blah, blah, blah :) This coming up week will be very difficult to work out. Lots of heat and its expected to get even more smokier! YUCK! I hope to be able to watch an exercise video and follow through on that. I borrowed a Jillian Micheal's 30 day shred but its been collecting dust. Hopefully I can get Adam to join me! Oh last tangent...I think :) My current weight loss show of choice is Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition. I watched Jacqui's episode the other day and it really hit home. She suffered from extreme depression and never felt good enough. When she got over herself and her issues- she was AMAZING!! She exceeded EVERY goal- which I don't think has ever happened. I look in the mirror and go wow, my thighs are awful, look at my stomach, those rolls, ugh... Since that episode this week I have been doing more of, yea my thighs are jiggly but its much better than it did a year ago! My face is thinner, I look amazing in this dress... I need to give myself some more credit! Anywho- Have a great week everyone! Get up and do your dishes and vacuum because for every hour of light effort cleaning means 234 calories burned an hour! Wahoo!

Back on the bandwagon!

Hello everyone! I'm back...aaagain. I have been through one of the roughest times of my life since my last post. To follow up with the last post- I found out my foot hurt because of the way I was playing with the kids. I let them sit on my foot and I have them ride a pony. I stopped and so did the pain. Three weeks into the competition we found out we were pregnant so I left the competition. To cut a long story short, (which if you want the long version you can find it on my blog here. Two miscarriages later here I am 15 pounds from my lightest so far. Through prayer and receiving a blessing, we decided it would be best to stop trying and start again later. OK, now on to weight loss. My lightest I was down to 194 pounds- which felt AAAHmazing. A week after the second D&C I finally braved the scale for a start weight again. My new start weight was 212. This mornings weight was 207.8- YES!! I am trying to ride my bike a TON. The kids love it and it gets us out of the house. I can already tell my thighs are looking better! Yesterday I hit the pool again. (Your not allowed to swim for 2 weeks following a procedure). It was so much more difficult then I remember! I was out of breath and dying after two laps. I wanted to cry because I was so frustrated. I did aqua Zumba after that but I was so upset from laps that I didn't really enjoy it Zumba. I am not doing Weight Watchers anymore but trying the MyFitnessPal app. I really miss how easy WW was to track portion sizes but not missing the monthly bill! Its very difficult because I use my scale for all my food and when I enter it it wants tablespoons or cups. GR! My username is KatieGM in case anyone reading this wants to add me as a buddy. Well everyone, that's where I am. And I obviously didn't run my triathlon. Hopefully I will do a 5K instead by the end of the year. Maybe.