2.4 pounds

Woohoo! I've officially lost over 1 pound. Finally. I need to stop watching Biggest Loser where they can lose over 5 pounds in a week. They are working out a lot more than I ever will, and their whole lives are dedicated to losing weight. I am feeling better than I have felt in a lot time. I have more energy (sometimes) and I don't get headaches as often. I am noticing that I feel skinnier too, even though I haven't lost pounds. I must be building muscle since I'm pretty sure I didn't have any muscle before I started. It was all fat! Anyway, this journey has been so fun so far. I really enjoy working out and love the way I feel when I'm sweating and working hard!

Weighing in

I have lost 1.2 pounds! Not as much as I was hoping for, but I'll take it. I think I'm going to weigh in even less than just once a week. I don't want to get frustrated. My clothes are fitting better, and I have more energy since I've started working out, so I think weight doesn't matter.

Week 2

This week has been amazing! I have worked out every day this week, and I have felt so good. I'm also counting calories now. I have an app on my Ipod that lets me track my calories. It is also a webiste, so I can log onto either one and put in the food I eat. My goal is to eat 1750 calories each day, and I have done it every day since Monday. Yesterday I did this awesome exercise video. I'm kind of a freak for exercise videos, but I love them. This one was walking 4 miles, and it was so much fun. I felt so amazing when I was doing it, and I had so much fun. I think I'm officially addicted to working out! It seems like I'm not losing any weight though. Back in the day when I had a thyroid, I lost 5 pounds in my first week of counting calories. This week I have only lost 0.2 pounds. But I'm not letting it get me down. I love the way I feel and hope that since I'm going to keep doing this, eventually I will lose weight. If not, I'll be having a good talking to with my doctor in April to see if he knows how people without a thyroid can lose weight!

Getting started

This is my new weight loss blog. I found out last year that I have/had thyroid cancer. I kind of used it as an excuse to eat my way through the stress. I gained 30 pounds. Not fun! Now I need to lose weight, so here is my blog to keep track of myself. I have a hard time being motivated, so I'm hoping that this will be my new weight loss journal. I started my new plan last week on January 31. I don't have a certain number in mind, but I'm going to lose weight, dang it!

The first thing I've decided will help motivate me is money! I withdrew 65 one-dollar bills on January 31st. If I exercise five times a week, I get to keep the money. For every day that I don't exercise, I have to give $1 to my husband to spend on something frivolous. The money that I get for exercising will go to something frivolous that I want! You have to understand that I'm a huge tight wad. I don't spend money on myself. But I really feel that this is going to help. 65 will cover January 31st to April 29th. After that I'll have to come up with a new motivator. Maybe I'll increase it to $2 per day.

My second plan is to eat more fruits and vegetables. I went to the dollar store and bought 5 plastic containers. Each Sunday night I cut up a week's worth of vegetables to eat. Every day I put a container in my lunch box for work. I'm on day 6, and I have loved eating vegetables.

I like to think that I'm going to keep track of calories on this blog too. Maybe I'll do that or I'll just write what I've eaten. That way I can look at it and cut back if I need to.

Anyway, here's to losing it my way. I'm sure this blog will be kind of boring, but I'm going to do it anyway!