Hello!
I am a day late for my weekly weigh in posting. I totally forgot yesterday. Anyways, today I weigh 174, which is .6 less than last week. I am not too happy about how slow it has been, but I am glad it is at least lower than last week, even if it is just half a pound. A few days ago I weighed myself and was 173.5 and I was so excited. But that lasted for one day and then I was back up to 174 and have been for most of the week.
We leave for vacation in 2 days!! So I will probably not post next week. I will assess my weight when I get back and make a game plan for what I need to do. I have been tracking my calories every day and staying within the right range. But I am wondering if I am doing something wrong since I haven't lost much. I am supposed to have 1200 calories a day. But when I exercise I get some extra calories. So I have been eating all of my extra calories too which means some days I am eating a 1400-1500 calorie diet. When I get back from vacation, I am going to experiment with trying to not eat those extra calories, or at least not all of them.
We shall see how that works! I am hoping I will be able to maintain my weight on vacation. I have to stay focused on activity. As long as we are moving and active every day, my food intake should be okay.
Have a great week! Talk soon,
Tiffany
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Another Week
Well my weight has really not changed all that much this week. I weighed in yesterday at 175 and today at 174.6. It has been varying around there all week. We did travel to Ohio for Mother's Day and visited my husband Andy's family for the weekend. So after having a cookout and a couple glasses of wine, I was happy to stay in the same range I have been. I would love to have lost weight this week. But as long as the scale didn't go the opposite way, that is okay.
Our vacation is officially 1 1/2 weeks away. We leave next Friday for St. Thomas. My goal was to get to 170 before vacation but that seems so far away and I am not sure if that is possible in the next week and a half. I am going to keep trying though… definitely not giving up! My goal on vacation is to maintain my weight. I plan on walking the beach every day to help work off some of the calories we eat/drink. That way when we get back, I can jump right back into the swing of things. I don't believe in "dieting" on vacation. However, I am definitely going to watch it and try to eat healthy.
I will write again next week! Let's hope I am down at least a pound before then!
Tiffany
Our vacation is officially 1 1/2 weeks away. We leave next Friday for St. Thomas. My goal was to get to 170 before vacation but that seems so far away and I am not sure if that is possible in the next week and a half. I am going to keep trying though… definitely not giving up! My goal on vacation is to maintain my weight. I plan on walking the beach every day to help work off some of the calories we eat/drink. That way when we get back, I can jump right back into the swing of things. I don't believe in "dieting" on vacation. However, I am definitely going to watch it and try to eat healthy.
I will write again next week! Let's hope I am down at least a pound before then!
Tiffany
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Weekly Weigh-In
Good Morning!
I guess my weekly weigh in is going to be on Tuesdays because I keep forgetting to post on Mondays. I have been super busy with work and Andy being out of town for his job, which means I have to take of care of our 4 month old puppy by myself. He is such a handful! I think he is definitely preparing us for a baby! LOL. But the good news is that he keeps me moving, hence burning calories!
Anyways, today I weighed in at exactly the same as last Tuesday.. 174.8. But I am okay with that. This was the week that Aunt Flo visited and I always gain during this time. So I am actually happy to be the same weight!
We are on a countdown now for our big vacation! Andy and I are going to St. Thomas for our 2nd Anniversary! We are so excited! It is only 16 days away!! Woo! Gotta keep working this weight off!
Hope you have a great week! :)
Tiffany
I guess my weekly weigh in is going to be on Tuesdays because I keep forgetting to post on Mondays. I have been super busy with work and Andy being out of town for his job, which means I have to take of care of our 4 month old puppy by myself. He is such a handful! I think he is definitely preparing us for a baby! LOL. But the good news is that he keeps me moving, hence burning calories!
Anyways, today I weighed in at exactly the same as last Tuesday.. 174.8. But I am okay with that. This was the week that Aunt Flo visited and I always gain during this time. So I am actually happy to be the same weight!
We are on a countdown now for our big vacation! Andy and I are going to St. Thomas for our 2nd Anniversary! We are so excited! It is only 16 days away!! Woo! Gotta keep working this weight off!
Hope you have a great week! :)
Tiffany
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Counting Calories
Hello!
So things are going well for me! I have been losing weight already! I weighed in today 174.8, which is already 2.2 lbs weight loss! I changed my diet around a little bit. This will probably happen pretty often. I think change is good. Anyways, I spoke with a friend who had lost quite a bit of weight recently and asked her what she did. She gave me 2 big suggestions..
#1: Don't let yourself get "full". When I say full, I mean that overwhelming feeling of being stuffed. I think I have tricked my mind into thinking that I am not satisfied until I feel that feeling. It is horrible. That is why I eat way more than I should. So I am working on training my body to be satisfied with less.
#2. Track calories. There is an amazing app called My Fitness Pal that helps you track the calories of all your food and also the calories you burn with exercise! I love it! I have been using it the past couple of days and have noticed a big change. It helps me to really see the nutritional value of everything I eat. It breaks it down and gives you a goal for how much fat, protein, sugar, carbs, etc. you should be eating every day. My calorie limit is 1200 calories a day. So it is challenging but do-able.
I am excited to be documenting my progress as I try something new! Thanks for reading. :)
Tiffany
So things are going well for me! I have been losing weight already! I weighed in today 174.8, which is already 2.2 lbs weight loss! I changed my diet around a little bit. This will probably happen pretty often. I think change is good. Anyways, I spoke with a friend who had lost quite a bit of weight recently and asked her what she did. She gave me 2 big suggestions..
#1: Don't let yourself get "full". When I say full, I mean that overwhelming feeling of being stuffed. I think I have tricked my mind into thinking that I am not satisfied until I feel that feeling. It is horrible. That is why I eat way more than I should. So I am working on training my body to be satisfied with less.
#2. Track calories. There is an amazing app called My Fitness Pal that helps you track the calories of all your food and also the calories you burn with exercise! I love it! I have been using it the past couple of days and have noticed a big change. It helps me to really see the nutritional value of everything I eat. It breaks it down and gives you a goal for how much fat, protein, sugar, carbs, etc. you should be eating every day. My calorie limit is 1200 calories a day. So it is challenging but do-able.
I am excited to be documenting my progress as I try something new! Thanks for reading. :)
Tiffany
Saturday, April 25, 2015
Healthy Lifestyle
So what am I doing? What will this healthy lifestyle look like? Well for one I have decided to not follow any specific "diet" or program. I am going to create my own program that is challenging but not impossible. I feel like that is why I fail at so many diets. I cannot stay on track and when I mess up, I feel like well I might as well stop now. So anyways, here it is:
For my 80% healthy lifestyle I will:
For my 80% healthy lifestyle I will:
- Eat only whole grain products, no white flour.
- Limit my sugar intake.
- Drink only diet soda (eventually this will be cut out too, one step at a time).
- Eat a lot of fruits and veggies.
- Run 3 times a week and do Zumba 1 day a week (4 days of exercise).
- Limit processed food.
- Drink 8 glasses of water a day.
That is all I can think of right now. Overall, I am going to use good judgement on food choices. I am not expecting myself to be strict 100% of the time. That is why I love the 80/20 rule. I am allowing myself to have an occasional meal that doesn't follow this guideline, as long as it is occasional.
I am going to weigh in once a week on Mondays and post it in the blog to share.
Talk soon!
How It All Began
I'm Tiffany! I have been struggling with weight loss for years. The last time I would consider myself skinny was in high school and maybe my first couple years of college. Although looking back, I would love to be the weight I was just 3 or 4 years ago when I met my husband.
Let me first start out by saying I am currently 177 lbs. In high school I was 125-130. And 3 1/2 years ago when I met my husband, I was 149. I remember thinking then.. wow, I really don't want to be in the 150s. That is a lot! I need to do something about my weight! Well then add on a year of happy dating and lots of dinners out and wine and beer and then I was 25 pounds heavier. Actually.. let me be honest… I gained 25 lbs within 8 months! Not even a year's time span. And I have struggled with it ever since.
I do have a thyroid disease and unfortunately that has had a play in the weight gain and inability to lose. Right around the time I stopped gaining weight and was finally able to at least maintain was when I found a thyroid specialist and changed my medicine. I do not think that was a coincidence.
So fast forward through our engagement and wedding and honeymoon and I was still in the 170s the entire time. Until last summer (2014) I joined weight watchers and started counting points and I also started running. My husband and I did the Couch to 5k program (since I have never been a runner). And over the course of 4 months I lost over 15 lbs and weighed about 160. I felt amazing. My clothes were fitting better.
And then life happened… my husband and I ended up getting word that we were going to have to move for his job and we started the trek from Florida to Nashville, Tennessee. We stopped thinking about dieting and started enjoying all the amazing food Tennessee had to offer. Pretty soon I was right back where I had been... in the 170s. Thanksgiving came. Christmas came. You know the drill. So I made yet another New Years resolution to be healthy and start exercising. And I did. For a while. I lost about 7 lbs. And guess what? I have since gained that back.
I know I have a million excuses as to why I have gained but I need to stop making excuses. I need to just do it. I need to work hard if I want results. So here I am, creating this blog in hopes that it will be an outlet for me to share my weight loss journey and that I will find the motivation I need. I fail at every diet I try. But this time is going to be different, right? I have decided that I need to stop calling it a diet and start calling it a healthy lifestyle. Because that is what it is. I have experienced the struggle of what happens when you stop your diet.. you gain all the weight back. This is going to be the new healthy me… forever. And yes there are days when you enjoy pizza and cookies and all sorts of yummy food. But the fact is that I want the majority of my days to be healthy. I read something on another blog a couple of days ago. It said.. 80% of your food should be healthy and 20% can be unhealthy. I think this is a good rule to live by.
Oh and don't let me forget.. we are trying to have a baby! We have been trying for about 7 months and it hasn't happened yet. I totally trust God and know that his timing is perfect. I am not too upset about it yet. I have started to really think about how much extra weight I will gain with pregnancy and I do not want to start out with my current weight. I also know that weight loss can help with infertility issues and overall I know that I need to focus more on losing weight before we try to have a baby. So here we go...
Let me first start out by saying I am currently 177 lbs. In high school I was 125-130. And 3 1/2 years ago when I met my husband, I was 149. I remember thinking then.. wow, I really don't want to be in the 150s. That is a lot! I need to do something about my weight! Well then add on a year of happy dating and lots of dinners out and wine and beer and then I was 25 pounds heavier. Actually.. let me be honest… I gained 25 lbs within 8 months! Not even a year's time span. And I have struggled with it ever since.
I do have a thyroid disease and unfortunately that has had a play in the weight gain and inability to lose. Right around the time I stopped gaining weight and was finally able to at least maintain was when I found a thyroid specialist and changed my medicine. I do not think that was a coincidence.
So fast forward through our engagement and wedding and honeymoon and I was still in the 170s the entire time. Until last summer (2014) I joined weight watchers and started counting points and I also started running. My husband and I did the Couch to 5k program (since I have never been a runner). And over the course of 4 months I lost over 15 lbs and weighed about 160. I felt amazing. My clothes were fitting better.
And then life happened… my husband and I ended up getting word that we were going to have to move for his job and we started the trek from Florida to Nashville, Tennessee. We stopped thinking about dieting and started enjoying all the amazing food Tennessee had to offer. Pretty soon I was right back where I had been... in the 170s. Thanksgiving came. Christmas came. You know the drill. So I made yet another New Years resolution to be healthy and start exercising. And I did. For a while. I lost about 7 lbs. And guess what? I have since gained that back.
I know I have a million excuses as to why I have gained but I need to stop making excuses. I need to just do it. I need to work hard if I want results. So here I am, creating this blog in hopes that it will be an outlet for me to share my weight loss journey and that I will find the motivation I need. I fail at every diet I try. But this time is going to be different, right? I have decided that I need to stop calling it a diet and start calling it a healthy lifestyle. Because that is what it is. I have experienced the struggle of what happens when you stop your diet.. you gain all the weight back. This is going to be the new healthy me… forever. And yes there are days when you enjoy pizza and cookies and all sorts of yummy food. But the fact is that I want the majority of my days to be healthy. I read something on another blog a couple of days ago. It said.. 80% of your food should be healthy and 20% can be unhealthy. I think this is a good rule to live by.
Oh and don't let me forget.. we are trying to have a baby! We have been trying for about 7 months and it hasn't happened yet. I totally trust God and know that his timing is perfect. I am not too upset about it yet. I have started to really think about how much extra weight I will gain with pregnancy and I do not want to start out with my current weight. I also know that weight loss can help with infertility issues and overall I know that I need to focus more on losing weight before we try to have a baby. So here we go...
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