My extended holiday is over

Time to get back into the groove of blogging, watching what I eat and all that fun stuff! I stepped on the scale last night, but I'm not even going to report that weight b/c I'm hoping most of it is water weight from splurging since the 23rd. Still doing Weight Watchers, but have definitely hit a mental plateau with the program. As of last week I was down to 166.6, for a total of 19.8 pounds lost in 10 weeks. I just have to remember that it's a journey and not a race.

George & I are going on a trip to Mexico in less than a month, so I need to step up my game. I'm going to start doing the 30 Day Shred tonight since I have heard good things about it and the amount of time required is right up my alley since Elliott only naps for 30 mins on average. I plan on getting to the gym about three times on top of that and tracking my points again.

Tonight I will brave the camera and take some "Before" pics and measurements.

Weight Watchers...again

I wish I knew what it was that made one attempt more successful than another when it comes to weight loss. Then I could conjur up that motivation and lose weight whenever I wanted. This time around I think it had to do with Elliott getting close to turning one and "just having a baby" not being an excuse anymore. Seeing my friend who joined Weight Watchers and who was losing weight and getting attention for it also helped. I admit that I was hesitant to sign up again because I've done it and quit before, even though I had success losing over 30 pounds several years ago. I know it works, but sometimes I think it's a bit cheesy and it's not completely my style. So this time I joined and decided meetings were the only way to go. So far, so good! Here are my stats:


Week 1: 186.4

Week 2: 179.8 6.6 lb. lost

Week 3: 177.6 2.2 lb. lost

Week 4: 173.0 4.6 lb. lost

Week 5: 174.2 +1.2 (oops!) I think it had to do with wearing very light clothing in Week 4

Week 6: 171.0 3.2 lb. lost

Week 7: 168.8 2.2 lb. lost

So far it's a grand total of 17.6 pounds lost in 7 weeks, yay! This past week I hit my pre-pregnancy weight just by the skin of my teeth before Elliott turned one (I was 170). Only .4 pounds to my 10% goal and then I'll reevaluate my next goal.

Mr. Momentum

I really want to make something of this blog, but my momentum is lagging a bit. I think it's because I have so much on my mind, I don't even know where to begin. Among these things:

• Do we put our house on the market soon and buy up? The dang First Time Homebuyers Credit extension, low interest rates and pretty much bottomed out prices are tempting. So is having a mortgage that is less than our rent in NYC and being able to do whatever the heck we want to with our extra money (not like we're swimming in it, but we're comfortable).


• Doing good with Weight Watchers and have lost 15.4 pounds as of today and have one pesky pound to lose to get to pre-pregnancy weight, so I'm a bit obsessed lately. Of course then my mind wanders to the hefty amount of weight I really need to lose on top of that, ugh.


• VBAC, VBAC, VBAC! I had a c-section with Elliott last year and the more I learn, the less I feel it was necessary. This kills me since I wanted to go completely natural and was under the care of a midwife, but in the end I feel screwed over by her and wonder if it would have been different if the other midwife was on call that night. I really hope that when we decide to TTC #2 that I can find a good healthcare provider that is VBAC-friendly. We have already decided a doula is a must!

• One car or two? We've been living with only one for the past 9 years, but having a baby and a husband that can't always take public transportation is making it tricky. I'm still leaning towards one, but every other week this discussion is renewed. :)