in the grand scheme of things... its just a number

so for 7 months i worked my ass off at the gym & by doing WW. did i meet my 50lb loss goal for Southern Belle's wedding? No.

but i did lose 23lbs & gained lots of muscle tone!!! i learned how to portion my meals, was reminded the importance of eating my vegetables, and now get 2 servings of milk in daily.
i went from being able to do 11 girly push-ups in a row to being able to complete 23 real, on my toes, push-ups in a row. i went from only being able to do a girly/knees plank for a measly 20 seconds to now staying strong on a full out plank on my toes for 45 seconds. my resting heart rate dropped from 75bpm to 61bpm. i lowered my blood pressure & increased my flexibility. Overall i lost 15inches and looked hot in my wedding weekend attire!!!! ***

moral of the story... the number on the scale really means nothing!
how you feel.
how your clothes fit.
can you run up a flight of stairs w/o hyperventilating?
those are the things that really matter!

so i truck on... 23lbs down and still many more to go. but one day at a time,** i will get there.

hope all my WW peeps are staying strong! keep me posted on your weekly weigh-ins... i would love to hear how y'all are doing!

xoxo

***thanks trainer :)
**or one spinning class at a time!

1 size down

so i bought my first new pair of jeans since January and guess what... they are a size smaller!!!! woooooo hoooooo!

i haven't blogged about WW in awhile so heres whats been going on....
it was down down down, the scale that is, until my 2 week birthday extravaganza where i gained a wee bit back. so i spent the next week losing that and then gained 2 weeks ago (no frigging idea how b.c i worked my tail off but whateves its over) and then last week i had a huge loss of 2.2lbs!!! i'm hoping the scale will drop another 2lbs this Wednesday and we will be back on track!

so far i've lost around 16lbs, and since my first goal is 50lb i still have a long way to go. but one day at a time, or one crunch at a time, i'm back on track!

one of my big problems recently is that i work out a ton (5 days a week, um yeah!) and apparently don't eat enough so my body went into starvation mode. tricky this whole diet thing. but now i'm trying to eat all of my points and up my protein intake and so far this week i have done both.

as for exercising... Trainer and i are doing great. she has me doing super circuits which is burning the calories way faster then our previous sessions. we used to average 500-600 calories a session... Wednesday we hit 787 and today we were at 683! she is working me hard, and i love it!!!! we have decided that we should make a video of our sessions, it would be similar to the Jen Lancaster one* and be totally hilarious! between my killer kick boxing skills, tripping over my each other, and hitting Trainer with the speed ball.... lets just say we would totally win America's Funniest Home Video!

so i still meet with Trainer 2 times a week, and do cardio 3 times.... with my weekends off for recovery im feeling great!*

cooking has been a new thing on my list. its going to help in adding healthy variety to my diet cuz right now lean cuisine is getting old. i made HG's 2 point egg salad yesterday and it was delicious. i piled it onto 2 slices of toasted multi grain WW bread for a total of 3 points. tonight i made beef stir fry (6pts) which was not only the first time i made stir fry, but also the first time i made beef strips! yum :)

so im off to bed... one more day til weigh in day... wish me luck!

xoxo

*see earlier post
**except my butt which still hurts from spinning class