No Weigh-In This Week

I'm not getting anywhere NEAR a scale today - in fact, it's probably best if we just pretend this past week didn't happen at all.

However, I'm hoping to get some good news soon regarding a new apartment.  Keep your fingers crossed...

Monday Weigh-In - Small Victories

Despite cheating early and often this past week (McDonald's, Chinese takeout, the 2:00 am run to the store for Swedish Fish), I still somehow managed to lose a pound. This makes a grand total of 27 lbs - 2 pounds away from my first goal.

The stress over my apartment situation (I'm still not 100% sure where I'll be living in the coming weeks) and general burn-out contributed to a less-than-stellar week.  However, I still walked a lot - which definitely helped.

This week I plan on getting back on track and losing these two measly pounds, so I can start working on my NEXT goal...

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Monday Weigh In - 20 Pounds, Biatches!

That's right - I lost 5 lbs. last week, which makes me 20 lbs. lighter than I was on March 25th!!  As a matter of fact, I am wearing a pair of jeans I couldn't even THINK about putting on two weeks ago.

This is a bit of a shock to me, considering I had a liquid dinner drinks with my dear friend Agnes Gooch on Monday, and then spent a hungover Tuesday touring various McDonald's in search of carbs (I found them, TRUST).  But after I got that out of my system, I got back on track and walked my butt off every day.

I don't want to jinx myself, but this is a fantastic way to start off my week.

>P,B!

Monday Weigh In - Small Victories

I lost another pound last week – bringing my total up to 15 lbs lost since March 25^th.  My goal is to lose 2-3 lbs. per week – so dropping only 1 is a little disappointing.  But considering all that happened last week, it could have easily been worse.

For some reason I just wasn’t “into” walking – and didn’t do it every day.  And when I did walk, I usually didn’t make it the whole way.  In addition, work was stressful with at least one major crisis that resulted in me getting yelled at by my boss.  I tend to take these things extremely personally, and since I am an emotional eater all I wanted to do was lose myself in a carb frenzy.  However, I resisted.

One thing I couldn’t resist, however, was hanging out with The Minx this weekend!  She was in NYC for an event, so we arranged to meet on Friday and Sunday for meals.  On Friday, THIS was my dinner…

Yep – I took The Minx to dinner at Arby’s in Brooklyn.  And I must say, I was extremely good – only eating ONE of the Minx’s curly fries!!  However, due to a kitchen mix-up I ended up with an extra (free) roast beef sandwiches (I just HATE it when that happens!).  I ate one at the restaurant and the other one I shared with my kitties later that night. Apparently Oscar adores Arby’s roast beef almost as much as I do.

On Saturday night I found myself craving ice cream.  So I walked to Gristedes to get some of that Breyers “Carb Smart” stuff (below)…

Unfortunately they only had chocolate (which I don’t like) – so I ended up buying a pint of “Root Beer Float” ice cream – which is definitely NOT “carb smart”.  Needless to say, that pint didn’t stand a chance.

On Sunday The Minx and I got together again – this time in Koreatown.  We had decided on Korean BBQ so I could eat meat (insert joke HERE) – and the restaurant didn’t disappoint…

Each table at Kang Suh has a little grill in the middle, and if you order the BBQ, they grill it up right there.  The picture above is the “pork” I ordered – which was basically two giant, thick slabs of bacon - surrounded by all the accoutrement they give you.  Delish!

Anywhore – with all that happened (or didn’t happen – e.g. walking) last week, I can’t complain that I only lost one pound.  It’s certainly better than gaining.

Monday Weigh In - Good News!

I have surprised even myself - another 4 pounds down last week!  That means I've lost 14 pounds since starting back on my low-carb diet and walking regimen only 1 1/2 weeks ago.  It also means that I'm about half-way toward reaching my first goal of losing 29 lbs (10% of my body weight as of 3/25).

Exercise: Last week I walked all the way home from work 3 days and part-way home the other 2 days.  In total this probably adds up to almost 10 miles for the week.  And to top it off, I did an hour of aerobics at my apartment last night.

Diet:  I only cheated once, and it wasn't major.  One of the servers at my restaurant left a STACK of Girl Scout cookies in the office for days, and finally I couldn't take it anymore.  I totally swiped a box of Lemon Chalet Cremes - but then only ate about 4 of them, felt guilty (not for the theft, for cheating on my diet), and threw them away.

This week will be challenging.  The Minx will be in NYC this weekend, and we plan on meeting on Friday and Sunday for lunch/dinner/whatever.  Sunday's meeting will be at ... ARBY'S (!!), so I'm going to have to be extra good this week to make up for cheating a little over the weekend.

How was YOUR week??

So Far ... So Good

Things are actually going well with my new weight-loss REGIMEN.  So well, in fact, that I'm going to do a WEIGH-IN post tomorrow!!  I know, right?!?  Yes, I have surprised myself.

And NO, I have not had any "raw toast" and/or bread...

Time To Get Back On The Wagon

I have been SOOOOOO bad lately. Today I try this again...

Monday Weigh-In

I didn't have a very good week diet and fitness-wise. The previous week was phenomenal - I lost 6 lbs. - so this week I kept allowing myself to cheat for just "one more day". I kept thinking I could make up for it by the time "Weigh-In" came around, but I was wrong.

Well, Weigh-In day is here, and I ended up gaining 2 pounds last week. I'm surprised it wasn't more since I am fighting a cold and I had to deal with some dating-related rejection last week. I know those are just excuses, so it's time to get off my butt and do better this week. Wish me luck...

Monday Weigh-In

I had a pretty good week health-wise: I walked home from work every day and did my dance/exercise thing on Saturday and Sunday at my apartment. I did have a few slip-ups on the diet (I caved in and ordered Chinese food once) but I did my best to stay within my Weight Watchers point limit.

My efforts definitely paid off, because I lost 6 pounds! Now keep in mind that I’m still RE-losing the 25 pounds I lost last year (and gained back this year) – but after 2 weeks I’m already halfway there.

My next goal is to get back to the gym…

Friday Weigh-In

Despite my freak-out post on Monday (which I have deleted), my diet plan has not suffered. Even with the stress of the holidays, I managed to lose another three pounds over the past two weeks. That makes me 25 pounds lighter than I was on October 17th. Not too shabby.

Back To Baby Carrots...

I'm back from Thanksgiving, and I'm happy to report I didn't completely lose control of my diet while in Pennsylvania. I did NOT count my points while there, but I DID buy a bunch of fruit and other Weight Watcher's-friendly foods upon my arrival. So instead eating stuffing and mashed potatoes 100% of the time, I only did it 50% of the time. I consider this a triumph.

Weight-wise, I have gained 4 pounds since my lowest point 1 1/2 weeks ago. Again, a TRIUMPH. I am, as we speak, eating baby carrots and am back to counting points.

This next month will be difficult - it is my busiest time of the year, which makes it difficult to stay on plan. But I have promised to do my best. Wish me luck.

Dieting...

Back On The Diet...

I am BACK on my friggin’ diet this week (which is the story of my life). After losing 40 lbs. last year, I gained it all back over the holidays and during the beginning of this year. But I have TOO MANY activities coming up this summer to be a big lardass. Here is what’s coming up:

June:
Puerto Rican Day Parade
Gay Pride

July:
Mr. Escuelita – Go-Go Boy of the Year Contest
Yaz Concert

August:
Dominican Day Parade
Southern Decadence/New Orleans Trip


Busy, busy, busy! So maybe it’s a GOOD thing that Arby’s has closed…

The Diet Restarts TODAY...

After gaining back ALL the weight I'd lost during 2007, it's time to go back on the old reliable Atkins diet. I wonder how many carbs there are in a horse?...

Carbs = BAD

Things have NOT been going well on the diet and exercise front this week. There have been lunches at McDonald's, Chinese food deliveries, and carb shopping at the dollar store.

Last night was no exception – the entire evening can be summed up in three words: STOVE TOP STUFFING.

Those are three words you DON’T want to deal with when fighting the evil Carb Empire.

It’s time to get my shit together…