week seven, am i dreaming?

more progress! while it was disappointing last week that my ticker didn't budge a bit, i was happy it didn't go up. but this week, woot, weight loss! a whole 3.2 lbs. which i'm absolutely gobsmacked by, i mean, wow. so, flutter right along, miss butterfly.

even steven into week six

so, i didn't gain any weight, but i didn't lose any either. i'm the exact same, right down to the same tenth of a pound as i was last week. which is a wee bit discouraging, but i'm glad i didn't gain. THAT would have been very demoralizing.

riley tried to cheer me up today by saying that i could be gaining muscle while losing fat & muscle weighs more than fat. i'll hang onto that for the next week & hope that all that new muscle starts burning some more fat PDQ.

it doesn't help that i'm sick today. feeling achy & miserable & very much like vomiting & then passing out, or passing out & then vomiting, whichever.

but, here's the ticker, even & all:

almost half through

i can't believe time has flown by so quickly, we're already over halfway through february! ok, over by one day, but still, over half through! which means 2007 is NEARLY one sixth finished! e-gods!

& that means the competition is nearly half done. week six weigh in is nearly here, which signals the halfway point of the competition. & i have to say, so far everyone seems to be pushing & doing the best we can. OF COURSE, if we were all perfect we would've lost a lot more weight than we would have. then again, if we were all perfect none of us would be above our ideal weight in the FIRST place, right? can i get a hell yeah?

but we aren't perfect. & we don't even work in a perfect situation, it's far from ideal. working in a call center is the perfect way to gain weight & spread your ass. sitting at a computer, tethered to a phone for eight hours a day, your only escape a half hour lunch & two very brief fifteen minute breaks. surrounded by candy jars & cookies & cakes & every other damn thing you can think of.

but, as a group i think we're still doing reasonably well. considering all the opportunities to binge that we're presented with here at work.

five weeks in

my scale was very nice to me this morning. ok, well, maybe not VERY nice, very nice would have taken me down into the 250's, but i'm down another 1.6 lbs, which is my scale being pretty nice to me. & there is now a bit of separation between the bmi numbers at the top & my butterfly is enjoying some more daisies along the way.

i'll post a longer update soon, not simply scale related, but i must update my other blog now. btw, my cohorts here at work are doing pretty dang well too, 19.4 pounds lost total as a group, way to be rockstars, gang!

going strong into week 4

week four is definitely treating me better than week three. the biggest is that i lost weight. yippee! but even aside from that, it's because i'm starting to feel stronger going into week four. riley completely kicked my ass last week, my legs were STILL hurting yesterday! but i was glad for the hurt because it meant i had challenged myself & pushed my body to it's limits. i'm excited for this week to see what we're doing & what i can learn.

i'm also super excited because i'm getting stuff in order at home & by the end of the weekend i should have my space set up for my pilates & firm workouts, which i really miss!

& since i lost 2.8 lbs my ticker went down this week! my butterfly sailed by that 10 lbs total lost to say 12.8, woot!



ps: btw, my challengers are doing fairly well too, we have two more to weigh in this week, BUT, since the challenge started, as a group we've lost 14 lbs. which i think is pretty dang spiffy.

is it wrong to smell like aspercream?

that was the question that i pondered all morning while i limped around my house going, "oh, oh, OH! oh god that hurts!" a long lamenting moan. in the end, i decided that while i'm not at work trolling for boys, i'd prefer not to show up smelling like aspercream, i think that falls under the category of definite turn off!

as i've mentioned in the very last stop, jenn & i did bite the bullet & sign up for a personal trainer at the Y. & so far it's been money well spent. not only has riley kicked our collective asses from one side of the gym to the other, in a supportive kind way, but he's shown me a lot of exercises i've never done before. he's also given some great tips on cardio & what the best strategies are for weight loss.

& one thing he mentioned yesterday, was time. & it SUCKS, cause i know he's right. & in so many ways it really is about time. i can't just sit around on my haunches & WAIT for the weight to disappear, but i do have to give it time while i do my best.

patience is a virtue. & sadly enough, not one that i seem to possess. but i'm trying. i know that it took me a long time to get fat, so it should at least take some time to become less fat. but, it's hard!

& then there's the competition. & i want to WIN. not just for the sake of the money, which would be VERY nice, but also so that i can say i won. so i can know that i'm that much lighter & i did my best to work out & make a great showing.

right now we're 25% through the competition, & since we started on january 8th i've lost 4.4lbs, so theoretically, at the end of it all, on april 2nd, i could be down 17.6 lbs if i keep the same rate of weight loss, which would be a great thing.

just trying to stay positive, keep working, & avoid the free cake at work like it's a flea infested with the black plague & i'm a poor country peasant in england. we all know how THAT story usually wound up. then again, the pope made it through the plague, i can beat the cake.