Hope's Weigh In ~ Feb. 24, 2010

I was hoping to have my weekly pictures to add to this post, but it has been a very hectic week for the Masseys, so I will have to post them tomorrow.  Since Friday, I have been following my online Weight Watchers program.  I love it!  It really helps me stay on top of my eating habits since I have to log everything into my points tracker.  As I stated in an earlier post, I get 29 points per day, and an extra 49 points per week.  I also track my activity on the activity tracker.  I can plug in any exercise I do and the calculator will assign points to it.  I can choose to either cash in the points for extra food, or just leave them unused.  To date, I have not cashed any in.  (Yay me!)  I am learning to love my treadmill, and now feel guilty if I don't use it twice a day.  I can choose different weight loss programs on it that make the walking interesting.  The speed and/or incline change every minute, so it is not so monotonous.  I don't have a TV near it, (which I would LOVE), but I do listen to music.  It really helps the time to go by faster.  Some of you may not know that I have four kids.  Two of them stay home with me during the day, and because they are only 13 months and 2 and a half years old, I have to get my activity in during nap time in the afternoons, or after they go to bed at night.  It makes it a little difficult, but I am trying to stay true to achieving my dream of being a healthier, more active mom. 

Last week, I did not use any of the 49 "extra" points that I am allowed, and I did not cash in any of the 20 activity points that I had earned.  I exercised every day, and on Sunday, I walked the treadmill twice AND walked the subdivision with a friend/neighbor.  The entire subdivision is about a mile and a half. 

Now to the good stuff!  I began last week weighing 201 pounds, and I got down to 198.8 a couple of days later.  Well, I am still at 198.8, but I feel a lot better!  I wore my black dress pants to Indianapolis today, and they were really loose in the waist.  Unlike Crystal, (who I am so proud of!), I did not take initial measurements, but I hope to do that this week.  Even though I didn't have a drastic loss this week, I know that  the end result will come if I continue to exercise and watch my diet.  I am determined to do this, and I will succeed!  It also doesn't hurt to tell myself that "Nothing tastes as good, and looking great feels!"
~Hope