Small steps

So, I realize that I have not posted in a month. I have been trying to figure out what I wanted to do. I was not holding myself accountable and I was having a hard time motivating myself. I got REALLY busy and just kind of let everything go. I know that I need to make myself a priority. I decided that instead of trying to do weight watchers on my own that I would start going to meetings again. It really does help. I will be held accountable and there will be other people right there who will be seeing my weight and whether or not I lose. It also makes me feel extremely guilty when I do not lose and there are other people who drop a couple of pounds. I think it is what I need right now.

So I went on 10/4 and I weighed in at 273.4 lbs. I do not think that I actually gained back 6 pounds but that I do not have a very accurate scale at home or rather I might be biased when reading my weight. I do know that I gained back some weight but anyways, it doesn't really matter right now. That is the number that I am going with now. I weighed in last week at 272 lbs so I lost 1.4 lbs. It was ok. I did not track very well throughout the week and I really did not exercise. I guess I have to be happy with that number. At the meeting they announced who came back for their first weigh in and how much they lost and I was a little embarrassed by my number. I realize that I need to really commit myself to this.

So far this week I have been tracking all my food and I have been exercising as well. I am really glad that I am finally getting some exercise in and I just need to make this a regular thing now. I am hopeful that this next week will be much better. I also will post some recipes later this week that I have been enjoying. I made a chili with morningstar crumbles and a wonderful pumpkin pie that is only 3 points per slice. It is a nice dessert that is not too many points.

I have been having a really hard time getting started with changing my life. I picked a time to start this change when everything with grad school is getting crazy. So I am just going to take one day at a time and try not to be too hard on myself. My goal this week was to get some sort of activity every day. So far so good. My roomies and I did crazy amounts of shopping on Saturday and Sunday. There was a lot of walking involved. I also had to go into lab on Saturday and the procedure that I was doing required me to go between two chairs about 6 feet apart. It was like doing a bunch of lunges. I guess that is all part of the grad student workout :)
My roomie and I went to the gym on Monday night and I walked 2 miles this morning. I am planning on walking 2 miles tomorrow and Thursday. So hopefully I can keep up with this for the rest of the week and we will see what happens on Saturday. Fingers crossed!