Shelli Belly

I lost – 0.0 pounds this week.

Starting Weight : 365.1
Current Weight : 342.0

Total pounds lost: – 23.1 lb.

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Hmm!?!  Maintaining?
 

 Day 164 – Week 23

I lost .9 pounds this week.

Starting Weight : 365.1
Current Weight : 342.0

Total pounds lost: – 23.1 lb.

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I’ll take it!  Whew things are getting back to my new normal.  That cold crud really threw me for a loop for awhile.  So I’m excited for the next week. 

I lost 5.0 pounds this week.

Starting Weight : 365.1
Current Weight : 342.9

Total pounds lost: – 22.2 lb.

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Well I feel like I’m back to it again. Boy I was flown for a loop in the last few weeks. You really need to read Day 149′s Post. It explains why this week doesn’t feel like a 5 lbs loss but a 2 lbs loss. (I explain everything a little clearer than in this following sentence).    With good choices one week and a very little loss and then a “who cares week” and a gain and then a week of sickness and no excercise but a loss, You can see how I just can’t figure this out.  I’ll just have to keep reminding myself that it’s not about the # on the scale but patterns and routines that are being established from day-to-day.

So I will CHEER   —     A NEW LOW — 22 in 22!

Loretta, thank you for your blog post on Monday it helped me to refocus.

I gained 3.1 pounds this week.

Starting Weight : 365.1
Current Weight : 347.9

Total pounds lost: – 17.2 lb.

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       What a maddening couple of weeks.  The scale held too much power over me.  I allowed it to be the final verdict as to my progress.  Arg I hate that.  So in Week 20 I was making so many great decisions.  I was eating within my 1500 calorie count, excersing, and very determined.  But the scale read a 1 pound loss.  GOOD GREIF! I knew it was a fluke.  I should have weighed in the next day because I knew it was incorrect ie. stress – hormones – sleep, something.  But no! I told myself  “Well then you might as well eat!” So then Week 21 hits with a massive schedule collision with Jury Duty, Head Cold, chipped tooth, Parent Teacher Conferences, LIFE, Period. Thus the 3 lbs gain.  So as if it hadn’t happened I shamefully didn’t officially report the weight gain on the blog, but in order to stay truthful I hid the result on Twitter and the Perfect 10 recap.  Oh the games we play.

 I am happy to report a loss for Week 22 but the lessons learned in Week 20 & 21 will help to remind me why I’m on this journey. It’s not about the # on the scale it’s about the patterns and routines that will last in this new life.

Loretta, thank you for your blog post on Monday it helped me to refocus.

I lost 1.0 pound this week.

Starting Weight : 365.1
Current Weight : 344.8

Total pounds lost: – 20.3 lb.

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      I was so excited about this weigh in.  I even had a crazy last chance workout in the pool last night.  I chased after every swimmer in front of me.  Some even had flippers on.  I was so ready to see a great number.  Darn!    Well its not about the number.  So I will hold my head high and keep on keeping on. 

I now might be even more excited for next Thursday.

So what can happen in a year’s time from 09/09/09-10/10/10? I will continue to answer this question within this blog.

I lost 4.0 pounds this week!

Starting Weight : 365.1
Current Weight : 345.8

Total pounds lost: – 19.3 lb.

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        That’s 10 lbs. since the New Year.  What a great week!   I’ve kept my calorie intake around 1500. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays I’ve been swimming for 35 minutes,  lifting weights and on the elliptical  for 20 minutes.   I took a week off from my 7 day Challenges and I really missed it.  So I’m starting another one tomorrow.

Being this intentional is so much fun.

So what can happen in a year’s time from 09/09/09-10/10/10? I will continue to answer this question within this blog.

I lost 6.1 pounds this week!

Starting Weight : 365.1
Current Weight : 349.8

Total pounds lost: – 15.3 lb.

I’ll take it!

So what can happen in a year’s time from 09/09/09-10/10/10? I will continue to answer this question within this blog.

I gained an .8th of a pound during the 3 weeks of my Christmas Vacation.

Starting Weight : 365.1
Current Weight : 355.9

Total pounds lost: – 9.2 lb.

I’ll take it!

This vacation included a Carnival Cruise to Mexico, countless Christmas parties and wonderful restaurants. I’m shocked and excited because my goal was to maintain. I’m now even more jazzed for the possibilities of this New Year.

So what can happen in a year’s time from 09/09/09-10/10/10? I will continue to answer that question within this blog.

“People don’t believe what you say. They believe what you do.”

Time to get busy!!

I lost -1.2 pounds this week.

Starting Weight : 365.1
Current Weight : 355.1

Total pounds lost: – 10.0 lb.

I’ll take it!

These next few weeks will be a little less than routine.  In fact there will be no routine.  I’m going on vacation which includes a 3 day cruise to Mexico and then I will be visiting  family and friends. So you can see the many bumps along the way that I may face.  I’ll handle it choice by choice, meal by meal and day by day.  Any advice will be appreciated.

Merry Christmas to all!