Week 5 - Weigh In

Loss for the week: -1.4 lbs
Starting weight: 238.0 lbs
Current weight: 229.4 lbs
Total loss to date: 8.6 lbs

Total Percentage Lost: 3.61%

Week 3 - Weigh In

Loss for the week: -2.8 lbs
Starting weight: 238.0 lbs
Current weight: 234.6 lbs
Total loss to date: 3.4 lbs

Total Percentage Lost: 1.43%

Well needless to say, I did a lot of stress eating over the weekend. I’m thankful I still had a loss at all! I did weigh in last week sometime {naughty me.. I know} and I was down to 233 lbs but then gained a couple back over the weekend. I guess Ponderosa and McDonalds will do that to you!! Who woulda thought?? I also only got one day of exercise in, and only for 30 minutes. So my goal this week is to get in at least 3 days of exercise for at least 30 minutes each… hopefully more.

Dave has been at his Dad’s house since Thursday. He stopped in on Saturday to pick up some mail and some more clothes. I’m still being strong about the whole break up. He seems to also act like this is it for us. Everything went fine until he gave Brayden a kiss and hug goodbye and then he broke down and started crying. That was rough to hear. I was in the living room while he was in the kitchen with his Dad and Brayden. Then after he put Brayden down he said “I’m ready!” And they left. I was at least able to hold my tears until they left. I think that is what makes me sad the most, is that he’s going to really miss Brayden. I hope he continues to see him on the weekends or whenever he can though. He said he might be able to still fix my car on Friday or Saturday of this week {my thermostat is broken} and asked if he could take Brayden back with him and then have me pick him up on Sunday. I think I’ll be a little nervous about Brayden going there without me, but at least his Dad and possibly Grandma will be there to help him take care of him. I just feel like sometimes Dave doesn’t watch him as closely as he should. And now I also have to think of a way to explain to Lukas why Dave is going to take Brayden with him and not him. He still calls him Dad and everything, and loves going to Grandpa’s house, so that might be a tough one for him. I think it will help though that Lukas has been seeing his real Dad, and I’ll have to explain to him that Brayden doesn’t come with him when he goes to see his real Daddy and go from there.

I also talked to the landlord on Friday and told him everything that went on. He was surprisingly pretty nice about everything and said that he knew we didn’t plan this and that I have always been pleasant to work with, etc. He said he is going to start to look for someone else to rent the place. He didn’t actually say for March 1^st but I told him I wouldn’t be able to pay the rent for that month, so hopefully he’ll get a move on it.



Week 2 - Weigh In

Loss for the week: +1.0 lbs
Starting weight: 238.0 lbs
Current weight: 237.4 lbs
Total loss to date: 0.60 lbs

Well I am not happy about my weigh in today but I had a suspicion my weight would go up after this weekend, so I was kind of prepared for it.

On Friday I suggested to my sister that we go out to dinner and guess where we ended up? A Fish Fry. And yes.. It was my idea. I had two Fried Cod fillets, some fried shrimp, and potato pancakes. Very yummy, but not so good for the diet.

Then on Saturday I skipped breakfast but went out to lunch with my Mom and sister to Perkins. I had a Grilled Chicken Salad though, so that was good. I even omitted the bacon it came with and added hard boiled egg. Then at the Holiday party I had some kind of Chicken meal with rice and some unknown substance on top (looked like gray guacamole??), and green beans. I also indulged in dessert and then had a few drinks. It was a good time though. I got a few compliments while I was there that I looked nice, so that felt good. I only danced for one song though, so didn’t really burn any calories off.

Sunday I went grocery shopping and then had Chips & Hummus for what we’ll call lunch and Chips and Taco Dip for what we’ll call dinner. It was kind of more just like an all day thing during the Packer game. So yea… Not a good weekend for my journey, but hopefully I can work extra hard to lose the gain plus some.

On another note, I bought some Whey Protein {Vanilla Cream flavored} & some Orange flavored drink mix. I read online that if you mix it together it tastes similar to a dream sickle. I had that for breakfast, in place of my Slim Fast. At first I got the dream sickle flavor, but after a while I had to choke the rest down. I could taste the iron flavor in it. So I’ll have to find some other way of drinking it. Any ideas? I read that you can also mix it with yogurt, tuna, or make a shake out of it. So maybe I’ll try one of those ideas. I’m still confused if I should be using this in place of a meal or if I should be having it after a workout? Any advice on that?

I’m giving blood today over my lunch hour at a sister company of ours. Think I’ll lose some weight? ;-)