Mommyrella-Stay at Home Mom Diet, Weight Watchers Blog, Losing Weight

I'm still losing weight.

2011-10-27T08:27:00.000-05:00

I haven't had time to update my blog. But according to my scale as of today I'm weighing in at 244 lbs. I had a doctor's appointment yesterday and fully clothed and with my shoes on I weighted in at 244 lbs. I need their scales! I'm slowly losing weight. In 1.5 lbs I'll hit my first goal of 20lbs down and purchase a new pair of jeans. I hit my weight watchers goal. So I had to set a new one and 10% of my weight is what I decided on. Hopefully I'll be able to update pictures and such soon. I have two sick kiddos, trying to organize my house, finish my christmas shopping, and all the other fun stuff of running a household :)

I'm still chugging along-Weight Watchers' Blog

2011-10-12T09:14:00.000-05:00

I haven't had much time to post. We have been organizing the basement. We moved into our house less than a year ago. Everything that we didn't or couldn't use was kind of thrown down there without rhyme or reason. Our basement isn't finished yet. Which I want to do soon but also look at it as another 2,000 square feet I would have to clean. Currently, I clean 3700 square feet on my own. Once we finish it I'm getting a maid :).

As for my diet, things went south starting Friday. I have no more week points and probably in reality couldn't eat for the rest of the week. I haven't gained weight but I doubt I'll lose tomorrow. My husband was off for 4 days and he isn't the best with following a plan. And I'm weak. Mexican? Chinese? Original House of Pancakes? Of course fill me up! I need to work on it better. At least this time I didn't just give up, I find that a plus. I'm back on the plan.

Hope all is well in your world!

Week Two Results-Weight Watchers'

2011-10-06T08:30:00.000-05:00

I have finished my second week of Weight Watchers' and I have to say I am really loving it. I didn't have a huge loss like last week but still a loss. I will post later the amount of points I used and didn't use. I do have to say my measurements are probably a little off because my Little Dude ripped mine in half and I didn't notice until this morning. I'll be buying another this weekend.

But here it is....I lost 3 lbs. A total of 12 lbs gone. I weighed in this morning at 250.5.

Stats

Weight:250.5
Height: 5'6
Shoulders:53
Chest:44
Boobs:49
Bellybutton: 44
Lower abdomen: 47 1/2
Neck: 15 3/4
Arm: 16
Thigh: 27
Hips: 50 1/4
Calf:18

And the pictures...And by the way...I don't go out of the house in that shirt or with my hair like this. :)

My Embarrassment-Weight Watchers Blog

2011-10-05T13:34:00.001-05:00

I have been overweight in one way or another my entire life. I think I started gaining weight my sophomore year of high school and stayed overweight until I was 26. After a year or so I lost 100 lbs. I vowed I would never be fat again. I felt good about myself. I felt proud of my body. When my husband and I found out I was pregnant, I looked to a future of cute maternity clothes for my new body. But instead of gaining 30 lbs of belly. I gained 80 lbs of fatness. It was awful. After the birth of my son, I lost 30 lbs. My daughter's pregnancy I did okay, I gained 35-40lbs. Unfortunately, I only lost 10 lbs after. Here I am, 100+lbs overweight. Embarrassed of how I look. I haven't bought new clothes unless it was necessary in 4 years. I'm not a proud overweight person. I read magazine articles of plus size models and other plus size women speaking of how they embrace how they look. I can't. I look better at a healthy weight and I feel 100% better at a healthy weight.

I'm not only embarrassed for myself, but I'm embarrassed for my husband and my children. I don't want to be the fat wife or fat mom. My husband's company has an annual Christmas party each year. It's a big to do. He has worked for this company for 3 years now and we have not once attended. Once I was too pregnant but other than that I've had no other excuses other than I'm fat. I told him this year we could go. He has a pretty big position in the company and really needs to attend these things. I don't think they make cute fancy dresses that will look okay on my body. I feel like the only place I'll be able to find a cocktail dress is at a tent store.

Anyway, enough of my feelings. I weigh in tomorrow. I'll post pics and measurements. Oh and of course the amount of weight loss.

Second week of Weight Watcher's

2011-10-04T10:14:00.000-05:00

I've been on track with my points this week. I weigh in on Thursday. I'm hoping for at least a 2 lb weight loss. We've had to eat out a couple times this week. But I tried to do "better" choices. Instead of a double quarter pounder with cheese, I chose the double cheeseburger and didn't eat all of my fries. I stayed within the points of the day though. I think the biggest thing I'm proudest of is the lack of peanut m and m's at night. They were my downfall. We would tuck the kids in and then both of us would grab the most unhealthy snacks. I seriously would eat a large bag of m and m's in two nights.

The one thing I haven't been able to do is exercise this week. Our kids sleep is all messed up so nap times have been sporadic and weird to say the least. Hopefully next week I can step it up a bit. Today I'm cleaning out closets and carrying things down to our basement for storage so that is something. I know I didn't put all this weight on in a week or a month so I will keep on keeping on ;)

I do want to lose at least 15lbs before my Reproductive Endocrinologist appointment which is in 3 weeks. So I would only have 6 more pounds to lose in the 3 week period of time.

Eating Out

2011-09-30T15:10:00.000-05:00

Tonight will be my first time eating out since starting the diet. It is actually a little unplanned. Our SUV is in the shop for the 2nd time this week. It's not even 2 years old. But we have a rental and if the vehicle is done today we will end up needing to grab some food out. So knowing this I have kept my points pretty low all day. I still have 30 points to use. So I'm hoping I can stay within the limits. We will see.

I have decided when I hit 20 lbs lost I'm buying a new pair of jeans. I'm currently wearing maternity jeans. Why would anybody do that? Well, I have bought 1 pair of regular pair of jeans since gaining all my weight. Size 20. It made me sad and embarrassed. So I'm hoping to at least buy a pair of 18. Plus...I've spent my last 4 years pregnant in some way shape or form. They may not stick but I end up with a belly pretty quickly these days.

Here's hoping I can buy a size 18 in a week or 2.

What I did week 1

2011-09-29T15:07:00.000-05:00

Weight Watcher's is based on a point system. They give you points once you fill in your weight and height. Each food is also given a point. So when I signed up they gave me 40 points a day to use. You also are told you can have weekly points. Which mine is 49. (I'm not sure if that is the case for everybody.) Then you can earn exercise points.

I did not use all 40 points everyday. Some days I would go over 40 points and use some of my weekly points. At the end of the week I had 13 weekly points left and 6 Activity points left.

I didn't document ALL my activity. When I was scrolling through the activity points I noticed carrying 25 lbs up a flight of stairs. I can't count how many times a day I do this. We have a 2 story house and I have a 36 lb 3 year old and a 24 lb almost 2 year old. I'm constantly carrying them or laundry or who knows what toy up the stairs that weighs 25lbs. I didn't count the activity that I do normally before I started the diet. I felt like I was already doing it...it apparently isn't enough. That said...I did walk on our treadmill 3 times that week. 22 minutes, 24 minutes, and 18 minutes...the last one my sweet princess decided nap wasn't for her that day so I had to call it quits early. I think I cursed God because of that by the way. I feel a little guilty about that now :)

Anyway, I did try 2 Weight Watcher recipes. Dijon Mustard Potatoes and a Rosemary Chicken recipe. Both were extremely good. And I'm a picky eater. I only like fatty, sugary, and greasy food :) The rest of the week I tried my best to control portions and NOT snack off of my kiddos plate. I tend to make their snacks and do the one for you, twelve for me routine. None of that this week.

Week One Results using Weight Watchers

2011-09-29T14:08:00.002-05:00

I'm pretty excited to state that I stuck with the plan for a whole week. Which this is amazing for me. Usually I'll start a diet and after 2-3 days I'm done. I've been trying to figure out why this time I'm really dedicated to doing this and the only thing I can figure out is I need something I can control. My life as a stay at home mom is chaotic. Which I feel is a total understatement. I am the proud mother of a 3 year old and soon to be 2 year old. I feel much of the day is determined by their schedule, their needs, my husbands needs, and his schedule. Mine...not so much. We are also struggling to have baby #3. We've had 3 miscarriages since December of last year. Again totally out of my control. I'm not sure what clicked for me but I can control what I put in my mouth and I can to a point control if I exercise. Anyway, hopefully I can continue down this path.

Okay...so on to the results...Drum Roll PLEASE!!

I lost 9 lbs. I'm down from 262.5 to 253.5. I also lost 8 inches.
Weight: 253.5
Height: 5'6
Neck: 16 1/4 inches
Shoulders: 52 inches
Chest: 45 inches
Boobs: 49 inches
Bellybutton: 46 inches
Lower abdomen: 48 1/4 inches
Hips: 51 inches
Arms: 16 inches
Thighs: 28 inches
Calf: 17 3/4 inches

And the pictures from today.

Welcome!!

2011-09-28T16:55:00.000-05:00

I've decided to make this blog into my weight loss blog. I have 2 things on my mind that are concerning me and one of them is my weight.

I have struggled with weight issues my entire life. I was always in my mind the chubby girl in elementary, middle, and high school. The chubby girl quickly turned into the fat girl in college. I've lost weight 3 times in my entire life. The summer before I started as a freshmen in high school. I think because I grew taller and my mom started cooking differently I lost about 25 lbs which made me 145lbs. I am 5'6 by the way.

The second time I lost weight I went to a Dr. who specialized in dieting. She gave me the drug Phentermine and I believe what is now Alli. I went from 264 lbs down to around 200 lbs. She decreased my carb intake but that was about it.

The third time I lost weight I lost a lot of weight. I was 26 years old. Divorced. (No children) And sadly, I was not having luck with any men. I was the "friend." I was tired of being the friend. So I started Atkins. It worked for me. And fortunately before I was too far into my diet I met my current husband who loved me for me. (Thank God!!) I started out around 240 lbs. I met him when I hit 215 lbs. He was very encouraging about the whole process. I promised he would love me at 300lbs or 100lbs as long as I was happy with myself. In about a year I weighed 157lbs. I had started running between 3-5 miles a day. But I starved myself. Realistically, I was maybe eating about 900 calories a day. I didn't want to give up the bad food so I would eat 100 calories for breakfast, 100 calories for lunch and McDonald's for dinner. My Atkins turned into a modified diet I had made up. I was able to keep up with that craziness until I got pregnant. I was thin for about 2 years.

Here I am. 3 years, 2 children, and 4 miscarriages later weighing in at 262.5 lbs. Yep...I'm back to being the fat girl. But now it's more of the fat stay at home mom.

I researched diets about 2 weeks ago. Finally I landed on Weight Watchers. It seems to be the most logical and healthy diets out there. It will hopefully help me change my food choices. Just because I can have McDonald's chicken nuggets and large fries with my points doesn't mean it is the right way to do it.

So here I am. Blogging about it. And I will remain faceless and nameless by the way. I will not reveal myself until I hit my goal weight.

I started Weight Watchers on September 22, 2011. I've been doing it a week. My weigh-in is tomorrow. By the way I'm doing the online version.

I will leave you with my stats and pictures. Which I will update tomorrow and explain what I did through the past week.

Weight-262.5lbs
Height-5'6
Neck-16 3/4 inches
Shoulders-52 3/4 inches
Chest-47 inches
Boobs-50 inches
Upper Arms-17 inches
Belly Button-48 inches
Lower Abdomen-50 inches
Hips-51 1/4 inches
Thigh-28 1/4 inches
Calf-18 1/4 inches