Today’s Weight: 199.6
7 day avg: 200.31
Today’s Exercise: taking today off

Happy Halloween!!
Self Carving Pumpkin Video

Today’s Weight: 200.0 (aarrrghh!!! :-()
7 day avg: 200.63
Today’s Exercise: 5280 feet in 15 minutes or 1 mile at 4 mph

Today’s Weight: 201.4
7 day avg: 200.74
Today’s Exercise: 5280 feet in 20 minutes or 1 mile at 3 mph (bleh)

I started off so well this week; actually started jogging during my walks, and was feeling great. I took Wednesday off, as I normally do, with every intention of going back to it on Thursday.

Then we started having problems with our bathroom. Long story short, it took almost 3 days and $500 to fix a problem that should've been fixed 2 months ago when we had a similar problem.

I've been so frazzled I haven't even weighed myself since Thursday. Oy. I did exercise today, though. Small victories. Yeah, that's it ;).

Today’s Weight: 199.8
7 day avg: 200.66 (new average low!)
Today’s Exercise: 6600 feet in 20 minutes or 1.25 miles at 3.75 mph

Today’s Weight: 199.4 (holy shit!)
7 day avg: 200.8 (new average low!)
Today’s Exercise: TBD

Today’s Weight: 200.4 (new low!)
7 day avg: 201.03
Today’s Exercise: Taking today off

I can't believe I reached my exercise goal for the month a whole week early!! I'm so excited I could dance (if I didn't feel more like just curling up in a ball and sleeping for a week, anyway). I'll have to up the ante a bit for the following month - maybe 25 miles by November 30th, starting tomorrow? We shall see.

I've redone my weight-loss goal. It's obvious I won't be near 195 by Halloween :(. Boo. However, if I can manage to lose 1.4 pounds by next weigh-in I will be a happy camper.

Today’s Weight: 201.6
7 day avg: 201.34
Today’s Exercise: 9900 feet in 30 minutes or 1.875 miles at 3.75 mph

Today’s Weight: 201.8
7 day avg: 201.62
Today’s Exercise: 9570 feet in 30 minutes or 1.81 miles at 3.62 mph (woo-hoo!)

Today’s Weight: 200.8
7 day avg: 201.74
Today’s Exercise: TBD

Today’s Weight: 200.8
7 day avg: 201.82
Today’s Exercise: 5280 feet in 15 minutes or 1 mile at 4 mph (holy s***!!)

Today’s Weight: 200.8 (new low!!)
7 day avg: 201.85
Today’s Exercise: TBD

Today’s Weight: 201.0
7 day avg: 201.94
Today’s Exercise: 5940 feet in 20 minutes or 1.125 miles at 3.375 mph

Today’s Weight: 202.6
7 day avg: 202.08
Today’s Exercise: 8250 feet in 30 minutes or 1.6 miles at 3.2 mph

Today’s Weight: 203.6
7 day avg: 202.02
Today’s Exercise: 5610 feet in 20 minutes or 1.1 miles at 3.2 mph

Today’s Weight: 202.6
7 day avg: 201.94
Today’s Exercise: TBD

Today’s Weight: 201.4
7 day avg: 202.05
Today’s Exercise: TBD

Saturday was interesting. I was going to take my kids swimming at the local gym in the afternoon, which they were hot to do, of course. We all got ready, got in the car, and left.
While heading around this one curve on the way into town (I live in an extremely rural area, not in the middle of a cornfield but a couple of blocks from some, so to do anything other than put gas in your car you have to go 'to town'...moving on..), my car started fishtailing, and there was a couple of moments when I thought I was going to either lose control of the car or start rolling. Luckily neither happened, and we continued the next couple of miles to the gym. As soon as we got there I got out and looked at my tires because while I don't know a lot about cars, the sudden loss of control like that made me suspect there was something wrong with one of the tires. Sure enough, the rear passenger tire was extremely low. This tire has been acting goofy for a couple of weeks now and I'd been keeping a close watch on it as I suspected it might have a slow leak.
So we drove over to the gas station and I put air in the tire and waited a minute. Sure enough, it started to get squishy again. I ended up having to go to Walmart because the tire place in town was closed for the day.
Maybe I'm off my rocker, but I could swear that I've been told that if you are going to replace one front or rear tire, you should replace both front tires or both rear tires. So I told the guy at the tire center there that I needed 2 new rear tires. He handed me a slip and told me my car would be ready in about an hour and a half.
An hour and a half. I was supposed to wander around Walmart for 90 minutes with a 2 1/2 year old and a 4 1/2 year old? All I can say is W..T..F??
We'd pretty much exhausted the store after 40 minutes so I figured I would take the kids to McDonald's or something and grab some dinner (there is no snack bar or other eating thing in our lovely Walmart any more). We went over to Culver's since it was closer and we had to walk, and I got them a kid's meal to split. And I got....nothing!
This is a major breakthrough for me because while I don't have a big sweet tooth, I love fried foods. I love hamburgers and onion rings and all those sort of 400+ calorie items. But when we were at the restaurant yesterday I didn't even have the desire to get anything. I'm so close to breaking the 200's it's almost an obsession now. I know they say that while the number on the scale is important to a degree you shouldn't go nuts about it, but it's my personal opinion that anyone who says that has probably not had to deal with a weight milestone like this. I mean, come on. It sounds so much nicer to say "I weight 198 pounds" vs "I weigh 201 pounds". Only a three pound difference, but that's a big 3 pounds!
Anyway, when we got back to the store my car was done and we merrily drove home. I just hope the rest of this weekend is a lot better than yesterday was.

Today’s Weight: 201.0 (new low!!)
7 day avg: 202.14
Today’s Exercise: TBD

Today’s Weight: 201.4 (new low!!)
7 day avg: 202.45
Today’s Exercise: TBD

Today’s Weight: 202.0
7 day avg: 202.62
Today’s Exercise: TBD

I've not been very good about updating the blog with actual, interesting information other than my weigh-ins. But in a way it's actually a good thing, kind of. I tend to blog more here when I'm stressed or struggling with being hungry. Kind of an outlet.

I have discovered that not eating after 7:30 or 8:00 at night seems to be helping quite a bit. Even though I've only lost 4 lbs in the last month I feel like I've lost quite a few inches; my jeans are starting to get loose, even my favorite ones that were getting tight. So, yay! :)

Today’s Weight: 202.2
7 day avg: 202.88
Today’s Exercise: TBD

Today’s Weight: 203.0
7 day avg: 203.17
Today’s Exercise: 7920 feet in 25 minutes or 1.50 miles at 3.59 mph (phew!)

Today’s Weight: 203.4
7 day avg: 203.5
Today’s Exercise: Didn't make it :(

Today’s Weight: 202.0 (new low! yay!!)
7 day avg: 203.77
Today’s Exercise: 2640 feet in 10 minutes or 1/2 mile at 3 mph

Today’s Weight: 203.2
7 day avg: 203.88
Today’s Exercise: 5940 feet in 20 minutes or 1.125 miles at 3.375 mph

Today’s Weight: 202.6 (new low! yay!)
7 day avg: 203.9
Today’s Exercise: 8250 feet in 30 minutes or 1.5625 miles at 3.125 mph (woo-hoo!!)

Ingredients
1 medium potato (preferably Idaho), scrubbed
Seasoned Salt*

*You can also substitute any seasoning of choice - dill, regular salt, mrs. dash, etc)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Slice the potato into semi-thin potato-chip-shaped slices (you don't want them super thin or they'll burn). Place foil on a baking sheet and spray with cooking spray to prevent sticking. Arrange on baking sheet and shake seasoning on top. Bake in oven for about 20-30 minutes or until dry (they don't have to be brown, necessarily; crispness is up to you). Remove and enjoy!! :) Makes 1 serving.

Today’s Weight: 204
5 day avg: 204.3
Today’s Exercise: Taking today off

i will admit that i'm disappointed by the scale today (since I have to log my weight at WW weekly, I go by what the scale says on my weigh-in day, which is today), but on the bright side, my clothes feel a bit looser.

I'm not sure why my weight went down to 202.8 on Saturday and then skyrocketed to 205.8 yesterday, but I'm trying to stay just as determined to get under 200 as quickly (and safely!) as possible. It's almost like a craving :)

Today’s Weight: 204.2
5 day avg: 204.2
Today’s Exercise: 5610 feet in 18 minutes or 1.0625 miles at 3.33 mph :)

Today’s Weight: 205.8
5 day avg: --
Today's Exercise: Walked 6930 feet in 25 minutes (or 1.3 miles @ 3.12 mph) :)