WEIGHT LOSS UPDATE

EVERYONE PLEASE STAND AND CHEER, I LOST 10 POUNDS!  FOR SOME THIS IS NO BIG DEAL FOR ME ITS HUGE.  IT'S HUGE BECAUSE I WAS GETTING FRUSTRATED.  I WORK OUT AND BURN A LOT OF CALORIES AND I FOLLOW MY FOOD DIARY AND YET.....ITS BEEN SLOW.   I EAT WITHIN MY CALORIE INTAKE DAILY WITH THE OCCASIONAL STEP OVER.  WE EVEN WENT AWAY AND I LOST.  I THINK THAT I HAVE RUN INTO AN "ISSUES".

THE ISSUE IS THAT I HAVE BEEN BATTLING A CYST ON MY OVARY.  MY TUMMY SWEELS REALLY BADLY AND I AM BLOATED AND VERY SORE.  I NOTICED THAT MY WEIGHT WILL GO UP 1-3 POUNDS WHEN I AM OVULATING AND HAVING THIS CYST PAIN.  I THINK THAT IT HAS BEEN A FACTOR--OR AT LEAST THAT IS WHAT I AM TELLING MYSELF.  I CAN SEE A DIFFERENCE IN MY CLOTHES AND IN MY WORK OUTS.  I SEE A DIFFERENCE IN NOT ONLY MY STAMINA BUT IN THE TONE AND SHAPE OF MY BODY THANKS TO MY WORK OUTS.  BUT THIS CYST THING HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR AWHILE AND BECAUSE I AM TRACKING EVERYTHING, THE LAST 2 MONTHS FOR ALMOST 2 WEEKS (ONE FOR THE DAMN PERIOD AND ONE FOR THIS CRAP) I AM UP 3 PDS, ON AVERAGE.   ANYWAYS, I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH MY GYNO AT THE END OF MARCH AND I AM TOTALLY HOPING THAT THIS STUPID THING GOES AWAY AND GETS DELT WITH.  I AM ALSO THINKING THIS WAS WAY TO MUCH INFORMATION. LOL

I HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE BIGGEST LOSER FOR MANY YEARS AND THEY REALLY ARE INSPIRATIONS TO ME.  I USE TO WATCH THE SHOW AND EAT CHIPS NOW I JUST WATCH AND REALLY LISTEN TO THE SHOW.  I FIGURE IF THERE ARE WEEKS WHERE THEY ARE LOSING 3 POUNDS AND HAVE BEEN IN THE GYM 4 HOURS A DAY FOR A WEEK, I AM GOOD WITH THE 1 POUND I LOSE HERE.  I ALSO WATCHED A SHOW ON TV THE OTHER NIGHT CALLED "MY 600LBD LIFE".  SEEING THESE PEOPLE STRUGGLE WAS SAD.  I USE TO THINK, WTF IF I WAS THAT BIG I WOULD DO ANYTHING TO LOSE IT.  THE "SAD" PART IS I JUST REALIZED HOW QUICK THE WEIGHT CAN GO ON AND HOW SLOW IT CAN BE TO TAKE OFF.  I SEE THEM AS HERO'S.  GASTRIC BY-PASS IS INSANE.  THE IDEA OF NOT BEING PHYSICALLY ABLE TO EAT ANYTHING AND THEN DEALING WITH THE CRAVINGS AND WITHDRAWAL AND ADJUSTING WHAT AND WHEN YOU EAT, HAS TO BE CRAZY ASS HARD.  PROPS TO THE PEOPLE I KNOW THAT HAVE DONE THIS AND HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL!

IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING WITH YOUR WEIGHT OR ANY NEW YEARS RESOLUTION JUST KNOW ITS ALL GOOD.  IT WILL WORK OUT.  TRY AGAIN, TRY HARDER, LEAN ON A FRIEND, OR HUBBY/WIFE.  EVEN OUR KIDS ARE GREAT MOTIVATORS.  I LOVE WHEN MINE ARE CHEERING ME ON WHILE I PLAY THE Wii, OR RUN ON THE TREADMILL.

AT THE END OF THE DAY I AM EXTREMELY HAPPY AND REALIZE THAT I WILL REACH MY GOAL AND IF IT TAKES MORE TIME I WILL HAVE TO BE COOL WITH THAT.  YOU SHOULD BE TOO.  HAVE A HAPPY, HEALTHY, AND LOVED FILL REST OF DAY.

THE SCALE

Ok, so I have been working out, eating better, and loving myfitnesspal.com.  I have had success, I have lost 8 pounds.  I am so excited, BUT I want it to be more.  I somehow feel that it should be more.  I hate the 1/2 pd here, etc.  I know I should be happy, and I know I said that I did not care what the scale said but I find I am becoming a slave to the scale every Wednesday which I did not want.  I am so frustrated.  I find that dealing with the fun woman stuff screws me up.  I am either on my period, getting my period or just flat out bloated.  Men, do not have these issues and it sucks!  However, on a high note my husband has lost 20 pounds.  He has been following the myfitnesspal.com since August 2012.  He started a more regular exercise routine closer to September and October.  He did not input everything over the holiday season and still lost 10 pounds.  The second 10 pounds have come off since Feb 2,2013 when we started together.  I am very proud of him, but I will admit I am jealous too!  I am jealous cause he does not whine and dine like me!  He does not get frustrated as much or sad.  Again, I think that is the whole women being mentally screwed up with weight issues!  He has really taken to Spinning.  He burns a shit load of calories while I dance, work out or do the treadmill.  I promised myself I would try the spin bike again in another couple of months hoping it won't hurt my arse and girly parts!  LOL  I do recommend "My fitness Coach" by the Wii.  It is a great program.  You have to input your weight, measurements, and goals.  It comes up with a program that incorporates some home gym equipment if you have it.  It asks if you have a step, a balance ball, or free weights.  I have all of them so my workouts use them.  I love it.  I say try it!  Let me know if you will like it.
Anyways, I just wanted to see how everyone else was doing with their new years resolutions.  If its not a healthy living/weight lose program, what is it and are you still trying to do it?  Thanks for listening!