Had an excellent first week…

At least weight loss wise I did.  I love the first week back on program because I usually do really, really well.

I weighed in this morning at:

198.6

I am very pleased!  That’s a loss of 4.8 pounds.  I had forgotten to post my first weigh-in last week which was 203.4

I now have 11.6 pounds to lose to get back to where I was when I stopped WW last August.

I am drinking my water, eating 3 meals and 2 snacks and I am not snacking or eating dinner after 7pm (except for last night when I didn’t get home until 8pm).

Now I have to start getting the exercise in.  I hate exercise, truth be told.  I know I feel amazing when I do it, it’s just that I lack the motivation to start.  I am going to get the eating habits take hold for another week, then I am going to start with some kind of exercise.  I know that Amy wants to do the Couch to 5k.  I would love to be able to run a 5K in the fall, so I am thinking that this is something we can do together.

I think the hardest is trying to find ways to get the exercise in.  I work full time outside the home, and I am running children around every night of the week.   I am going to start by taking my runners to work and walk at lunch with a co-worker who wants to start exercising too.

That’s all for now!  Have a great week.

Restarting this blog and my journey…

I was doing soooo well with Weight Watchers.  I was down to 187 pounds in July 2011.  Then our money situation tightened and I stopped going to WW. 

I have officially gained back 16 pounds of the 24 I had lost.

I am back above 200 again.

I feel terrible.

So it’s time.  Time to start moving.  Time to start eating better. Time to get healthy and be more accountable.

I joined Spark People.  It’s a free website where you can track calories, track your fitness, connect with people.  If you anyone reading this is a member, my user name on SP is questforskinny and I would love to hear from you.

Also, if you know of any really great weight loss blogs, could you post the link the comments?  I need all the inspiration I can get!!

In order to be accountable here, I will be posting my weekly weigh-in (which will be Wednesdays), healthy eating recipes, my exercise progress…basically keeping myself accountable!

Hope you’ll all keep coming back and cheering me on.  If you’re on a weight loss journey too, please let me know and I will add you to my ‘Skinny’ Blogroll!!