Reset

November 16th, 2011

It's been nearly 2 months since my last official weigh-in....and unfortunately the scales show it. Actually I was still maintaining my most recent weight (148) that is until my boyfriend and I went on a 7 night cruise.

Have any of you ever been on a cruise? It's a dieter's nightmare (or greatest dream since the reason dieters need to diet is because they love food too much). There is food available literally 24/7, awesome buffets, great desserts...I just couldn't say no...EVER. As of today I am up to 156, but as this post's title suggests, I am resetting and moving forward.

Under my weight goals on the right hand side, I have set new goals for myself and even a new (and lower) final goal weight.

Now for your viewing pleasure...a few pics from my cruise:


Holding a wild string ray in Grand Cayman



Mayan Ruins in Belize




Grand Cayman



Honduras



Snake in Cozumel



Chillin on the boat



Video Blog!

August 8, 2011

7lbs. 2 Days.

June 21, 2011

How does a person gain 7lbs in 2 days?!? HOW!?!?

You visit your pushy, controlling, "What? You don't like my cooking??" boyfriend's father for Father's Day weekend. I know what I put in my mouth is ultimately my choice, but this past weekend I was definitely put in positions where I was either without better food choice options or felt like "I had" to eat what was cooked. Not to mention I have been eating super healthy lately, and Matt's parents - well, they don't. Everything is processed food and there is virtually no balance between veggies, carbs and proteins (everything is meat and carbs).

My stomach is in complete knots and has been since Saturday. Saturday night I woke up at 3am in a hot sweat, stomach in serious pain and unable to fall back asleep. Yesterday, I even left work early because I was in so much pain. Today isn't much better.

Next time we go up to visit his family I am bringing my own food. I am so frustrated because not only am I in pain, but I was at a new low in my weight loss and only 1.7lbs away from my Nebraska goal. Now I am WAY UP and going to have to bust ass to get back down to my low and I don't even know if I can meet my Nebraska goal anymore. I am not going to have an official weigh-in  until the morning I leave for Nebraska but I will be sure to update everyone with my progress along the way. I have 11 days to get down into the 140's...

I hope everyone had a better weekend than I did. :/

Rachelle xx

Up and Down

June 10, 2011

The past week as been insane and brutal with my weight loss. Last week I was down to 152.2. My lowest low so far. At one point over last weekend I even saw 151.1 on the scale. I bought myself a pair of jeans 2 sizes smaller that the ones that were currently hanging in my closet. I then proceeded to pull out my "Skinny jeans" - not because they are the skinny jeans style, but because they are actually a size 8 and I haven't fit into those in well over a year. Well I pulled on the "skinny" size 8 jeans and to my astonishment they actually fit. I am not saying they fit perfectly, but even a bit snug, I almost wore them that day but opted for the jeans I just bought instead.

So my week started off well. Then Tuesday was my anniversary with my man, and I ate. Alot. Then Wednesday my company was hosting an all-day business seminar, at which I started off watching my eating (even brought my own breakfast and lunch!) but then I lost all control during the networking reception afterwards (free drinks and delish apps!). THEN, yesterday my company was sponsoring a hole at a BBB Golf tournament which meant my coworker and I were out on the green from 10am-5pm yesterday with beer, snack food, and then were treated to a delicious dinner during the awards ceremony.

CRAP. CRAP. CRAP. Let's just say, the scale didn't say 152.2 when I stepped on it this morning for my weigh-in.

I am getting so frustrated with this roller coaster crap. One week my weight plummets and then the following week, I gain like 4 lbs! How is that even possible? It's not like I have been eating an entire pizza every meal, everyday for the past week.

UGH. As I have mentioned recently,  I am flying out to Nebraska with my boyfriend over 4th of July to visit his family. I was hoping to be 145 by then, but at this rate and this roller coaster pattern, I am just praying for anything in the 140's.

But today is a new day, right? So far so good :)

Hope everyone else has a good weekend!

Rachelle xx

I need to be saved from myself

April 21st, 2011

Let's start with the good stuff. I've been MIA cause I went to Vegas last week. It was awesome.

How HOT is my man!? :)

Life "since Vegas"....not so awesome.
1. Between Vegas and everything I am about to explain, I've easily put on at least 5lbs. Maybe even more like 7lbs - FAIL.
2. The day I am back to work from my mini "vaca," the shit has hit the fan and now I am STRESSED the F OUT!
3. My boyfriend and I are moving in a couple weeks and have a schedule so jam packed, that it literally only leaves us with evenings after work and one weekend to pack. UGH.
4. Someone VERY important to me has had a drug addiction for awhile now, been in and out of rehab, recently kicked out of rehab and on Monday I got a call because they were admitted to the hospital for "OD" type symptoms from shooting up heroin............

I can't even deal with all of this right now. I feel like I can't escape. And....here's where this blog is ideal to vent about all this crap - I have been binging on anything and everything to find comfort. I feel like I can't stop. I don't want to exercise. I just want to eat, and eat bad, BAD foods. I want chocolate, and cheese, and chips, and mexican food....lots of it. I wish I was one of those people who can't eat when they are stressed or upset - THOSE people are so lucky (although they probably don't look at it that way).

Anyho...thanks for letting me vent. I put up progress pics right before I went to Vegas....here's to hoping I don't stray too far from the progress I have made in them.

Bad and the Good

March 26, 2011

Let's get the bad news over with:

1. The dresses I ordered for Vegas were apparently delivered at 4:00pm on Thursday and left at my front door. Were they at my front door when I got home from work an hour  later? Of course not. Now it's going to take UPS and the place  I ordered them from up to 8 business days to process a "Lost Package Claim." I have no idea if I'll get my money back, or a new product sent to me. Just my luck....

Now for the good news:

1. I did a 5k at the gym Thursday night. I'd been really sick for the week prior, so I was very impressed at what I was able to do accomplish. I was able to run 2.8 miles of the 5k and only had to walk .3miles of it (in 0.1mile increments). My time was 34:50min, which is not good, but for being sick, not having run in a week and walking a portion of it, I'll take it! ;)
2. I didn't make my weigh-in this week - my parents are visiting from SF and I had to go in early to work to get off early in order to pick them up from the airport. I did weigh myself at home and I was at 156.2, which is a bit down from my last WW weigh-in, but still not where I wanna be. I've been having a hard time lately being motivated :/
3. Matt and I just booked our Caribbean cruise for later this year. I am so excited! Neither of us have been on a cruise before so it will be an awesome trip. Also, gives me another date to set some weight goals for. We leave for our cruise on October 30th and I'd like to be at my goal weight of 120 by then. I think it's manageable if I buckle down and get serious about losing this weight!

5k is in 8 days.

Vegas is in 19 days.

At this point, I would like to weigh 150 for Vegas. That's about 6lbs in just under 3 weeks. Can I do it? Probably not, but I am sure gonna try.

Rachelle xx

I Suck

March 14, 2011

I'm pretty disappointed in myself. At my weigh-in on Friday I was up 0.6 lbs. I wasn't expecting a big loss since I technically lost over 4lbs the week before, but I wasn't hoping for a gain of any sort.

Where I think I went wrong: I'll admit, I was intentionally not eating all my daily points and I know that's something you are not supposed to do. I think my body was in "starvation mode" and clinging to every calorie and gram of fat that I did eat.  This week I am going to focus on drinking lots of water and eating all of my daily points.

However, I am even more disappointed in myself because not only did I not run my 3miles on Friday, I didn't run at all last week since my lame 1 mile run on Monday. I haven't run in a week. L.A.Z.Y.

My 5k is in 20 days and there is no excuse for this.

Today I am going to run 1.5 miles, Wednesday 3 miles and another 1.5miles over the weekend (aiming for Saturday).

I pledge to all of my fellow followers that I will make these distances happen this week.

Hope your week went and is going better than mine.

Rachelle xx

I Mean Business...

I weighed myself today after weeks of not counting points, weeks of saying "I'll be better next week/tomorrow," weeks of blowing off my WW meetings and weigh-ins for whatever reasons.

After all of that, I weighed myself at home and my scale read 160.1.

UGH. That's 4 lbs up from my last weigh in at WW X-amount of weeks ago. So til I weigh in on Friday morning, I am counting every last point. Running EVERY single day that I have already set in my schedule:

Tonight: Running 1.5 miles
Wednesday: Gym Run: 2.5 miles
Saturday Run: 2 miles

I've got 34 days til my 5k.
And 45 days til Vegas.

I MUST weigh 145 by Vegas.

45 days to get down to 145...

...It's time to get my a$$ in gear.

Epic Weekend, Epic Fail

So the past few weeks have been an epic FAIL (in the diet sense).

This past weekend I had the most epic weekend visiting my family and friends from home. I ate. I ate ALOT.

Crap. Bad. Damn it. Crap.

Today I have started focusing on what I eat again, and counting, counting, counting.

My 5k is in 39 days.

Vegas is in 50.

I MUST weight 145 by Vegas.

Any suggestions how to "get back on that horse" ?

Even Worse.

Just when I thought I was being BAD. I got even Worse.

Celebrating my boyfriend's promotion & my promotion by taking serious advantage of taco tuesday. BAD

Valentine's Day Dinner complete with Creme Brulee. BAD

Not caring what I ate all weekend long. BAD

Emotional dinner and drinks to deal with stress of promotion. BAD

I weighed myself Monday morning and I was at 160.1. DAMN IT. I thought I had kissed the nasty 160s goodbye.

I am going back home on Friday to see my friends and family, and I really had hoped to be at least 155lbs. Now I am just hoping for the same weight that I was weighing in at during my last Weight Watcher meeting weigh-in.

UGH, why? WHY????