OMG... I finally lost more than a pound! I lost 2lbs this week! That is a 10lb loss for the month! WAHOO! I really tried to behave this weekend... although I did have ribs & breaded shrimp on Saturday night. (tsk-tsk)! But Sunday I ate good and drank quite a bit of water, much more than normal!
This is my last week of eating yummy Atkin's style foods... Bacon, cheese etc. Next Sunday & Monday I will be "loading" for the HCG Diet. I am really excited about being able to eat foods I haven't had in a while, but also really nervous that it will cause cravings! I hope the diet works for me, it's gonna be interesting! My goal is to lose 20lbs in the month of February! My last day of the HCG will be March 4th, when I will continue Atkin's, but starting in the Induction Phase again.
I keep dreaming of what I could look like in November if I stick to my goals and give it my all! I hope I can stay this motivated in a month or so... I tend to give up when things start to calm down. I just need to keep telling myslef that I am worth it.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Facebook Link
If anyone is interested, I have a Facebook page for my journey also...
www.facebook.com/pages/Recreating-Robyn/154613781254174
Tomorrow is a new weigh in! I hope it goes well! I am planning on drinking A TON of water today! Also one more week until I start the HCG diet!
www.facebook.com/pages/Recreating-Robyn/154613781254174
Tomorrow is a new weigh in! I hope it goes well! I am planning on drinking A TON of water today! Also one more week until I start the HCG diet!
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Playing Catch Up
Oh man! Let the stress of the new semester/winter begin! Not only do I work 40 hours/week, but am also taking 2 college classes as well. Anatomy & Physiology on Tues & Thurs and College Algebra online. Right now I am drowning and forgot how to swim!
It really hit me, well more like bitch slapped me yesterday! I have been so caught up in celebrating (my engagement, Randall's B-Day) that I have let my diet & school take a back seat. I missed an online lab quiz in Anatomy, because I forgot all about it this past weekend. Even though it was only 5 points, it felt like 50! How did I forget about it? I didn't give school a thought this past weekend and now I am paying for it. I have a math assignment due everyday this week and a lab identification quiz in class on Thursday.
Not only is school stressing me out, but also where the hell did all my damn money go? I feel like all of a sudden I am living paycheck to paycheck, and still have to borrow against my line of credit every week! It didn't help that I spent $80 on dinner and $80 on drinking this past weekend for Randall's b-day! $160 gone in one night! And What did I get for it? A 4 hour puking fest since I was so hungover! Funny if I was 23, but come on, I am 29.... Grow up!
So now I am grounding myself! No more fun for me! Not until this semester at school is over in May. The month of February I am going tubing and to a Superbowl Party, but that is the only planning I am doing outside of work and classes! I think this is the only way I will pass Anatomy and Algebra! Seriously. I honestly never learned how to study and that was very obvious in my Chemistry class last semester. Time to buckle down!
I need to focus on my work, school & diet! I always let fun come before work! Time for a true investment in my future! It is only 3 1/2 months I am giving up a social life! I am not taking classes this summer, so I will be down for fun then!
I could really use a movie montage to move this along!
It really hit me, well more like bitch slapped me yesterday! I have been so caught up in celebrating (my engagement, Randall's B-Day) that I have let my diet & school take a back seat. I missed an online lab quiz in Anatomy, because I forgot all about it this past weekend. Even though it was only 5 points, it felt like 50! How did I forget about it? I didn't give school a thought this past weekend and now I am paying for it. I have a math assignment due everyday this week and a lab identification quiz in class on Thursday.
Not only is school stressing me out, but also where the hell did all my damn money go? I feel like all of a sudden I am living paycheck to paycheck, and still have to borrow against my line of credit every week! It didn't help that I spent $80 on dinner and $80 on drinking this past weekend for Randall's b-day! $160 gone in one night! And What did I get for it? A 4 hour puking fest since I was so hungover! Funny if I was 23, but come on, I am 29.... Grow up!
So now I am grounding myself! No more fun for me! Not until this semester at school is over in May. The month of February I am going tubing and to a Superbowl Party, but that is the only planning I am doing outside of work and classes! I think this is the only way I will pass Anatomy and Algebra! Seriously. I honestly never learned how to study and that was very obvious in my Chemistry class last semester. Time to buckle down!
I need to focus on my work, school & diet! I always let fun come before work! Time for a true investment in my future! It is only 3 1/2 months I am giving up a social life! I am not taking classes this summer, so I will be down for fun then!
I could really use a movie montage to move this along!
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Happy Birthday Randall!
Today is Randall's (my fiance) birthday, so we are going to dinner and out after that! Should be a good time! I will try and be good this weekend, NO SWEET WINE!
Just a head's up, I have decided to try Dr. Simeons weight loss protocol, the HCG Diet. HCG is a hormone that women produce while they are pregnant and it helps burn "brown fat" in the body, when taken with a very low calorie diet (VLCD). On the website for low carb support I frequent daily, there are quite a few people that have tried this and absolutely swear by it. So, I thought I would give it a shot! After the first round I will see what I lose and will continue Atkins from there. I just ordered my drops yesterday, so I am sure I will start in about a week or so! This will be an interesting experiment... I will be posting almost daily I am sure about it. Sure to be entertaining!
Check back on Monday to see if I lost any weight this week!
Just a head's up, I have decided to try Dr. Simeons weight loss protocol, the HCG Diet. HCG is a hormone that women produce while they are pregnant and it helps burn "brown fat" in the body, when taken with a very low calorie diet (VLCD). On the website for low carb support I frequent daily, there are quite a few people that have tried this and absolutely swear by it. So, I thought I would give it a shot! After the first round I will see what I lose and will continue Atkins from there. I just ordered my drops yesterday, so I am sure I will start in about a week or so! This will be an interesting experiment... I will be posting almost daily I am sure about it. Sure to be entertaining!
Check back on Monday to see if I lost any weight this week!
Monday, January 17, 2011
Week 2: Celebrate Good Times, C'mon!
Wow, I haven't written in a whole week! Tsk, tsk! It has been a great week for me! On Tuesday my fiance finally proposed! We have been planning our wedding since June of 2010, but I still didn't have a ring. So on 1/11/11, 10 months before our wedding he asked and gave me the most beautiful ring! I am so happy and lucky to be blessed with someone who loves me so unconditionally!
Unfortunately my weight loss suffered though! I followed my Atkin's plan eating wise pretty darn close, but we had some friends over on Saturday night and I got a little crazy with the wine! I had 2 glasses of champagne and 2 glasses of blackberry wine. The wine probably has more sugar in it than a soda! It is so delicious, but I think it stalled me BIG TIME! I only lost .6lbs! BUT... That still means that I have lost 6.6lbs since 1/3/11, so that is nothing to be ashamed of!
I know this week will be better even though there will be more celebrating this weekend as it is my fiance's b-day on Saturday!
Unfortunately my weight loss suffered though! I followed my Atkin's plan eating wise pretty darn close, but we had some friends over on Saturday night and I got a little crazy with the wine! I had 2 glasses of champagne and 2 glasses of blackberry wine. The wine probably has more sugar in it than a soda! It is so delicious, but I think it stalled me BIG TIME! I only lost .6lbs! BUT... That still means that I have lost 6.6lbs since 1/3/11, so that is nothing to be ashamed of!
I know this week will be better even though there will be more celebrating this weekend as it is my fiance's b-day on Saturday!
Monday, January 10, 2011
Week 1: The Starting Line
It's Monday, time to weigh in...
I am down 6lbs! WOOOHOOO! That is pretty damn good for a week wouldn't you say?
This first week has seemed pretty easy for me! I am in ketosis, which is ideal for losing weight on a low-carb diet. The biggest difference so far is that I have had an easier time, um... well... ya know... (TMI ALERT) going to the bathroom! I have never felt full to the point of bloating and I think I have slept harder, but still feeling a little sluggish! I have been a little "touchy"! I think I have cried at least once a day since Friday! Over really silly things! I think I am just nervous about starting classes again! That is what I am blaming it on anyways! I have been spending a lot of time alone lately and that gives me a jolt of anxiety for meeting new people in school. I always fear I am terrible at first impressions! It's like high school all over again for like a month, then you get used to it... But I feel really self conscious every time a semester starts.
Just wish the outside matched the inside! But don't we all!
I am down 6lbs! WOOOHOOO! That is pretty damn good for a week wouldn't you say?
This first week has seemed pretty easy for me! I am in ketosis, which is ideal for losing weight on a low-carb diet. The biggest difference so far is that I have had an easier time, um... well... ya know... (TMI ALERT) going to the bathroom! I have never felt full to the point of bloating and I think I have slept harder, but still feeling a little sluggish! I have been a little "touchy"! I think I have cried at least once a day since Friday! Over really silly things! I think I am just nervous about starting classes again! That is what I am blaming it on anyways! I have been spending a lot of time alone lately and that gives me a jolt of anxiety for meeting new people in school. I always fear I am terrible at first impressions! It's like high school all over again for like a month, then you get used to it... But I feel really self conscious every time a semester starts.
Just wish the outside matched the inside! But don't we all!
Friday, January 7, 2011
Bookworm!
I have recently ordered not 2, but 3 new books from Amazon! To be honest only because I got free shipping if I spent more than $25. So why not, right? My selections are:
1. Why We Get Fat and What To Do About It, By Gary Taubes
2. The All-New Atkins Advantage, By Stuart L. Trager
3. The Nine Rooms of Happiness, By Lucy Danzonger
This will be my weekend! I am going to dive in and read them ALL WEEKEND LONG! I am shutting my phone off and am making a date with myself!
I am super excited about the Why We Get Fat book, but after skimming The Nine Rooms of Happiness: Loving Yourself, Finding Your Purpose, and Getting Over Life's Little Imperfections, I think this will be very interesting. I am nowhere near a depressed person, but I always see the negatives in life and don't always appreciate the day for what it is!
I don't normally read, but I feel so inspired right now!
1. Why We Get Fat and What To Do About It, By Gary Taubes
2. The All-New Atkins Advantage, By Stuart L. Trager
3. The Nine Rooms of Happiness, By Lucy Danzonger
This will be my weekend! I am going to dive in and read them ALL WEEKEND LONG! I am shutting my phone off and am making a date with myself!
I am super excited about the Why We Get Fat book, but after skimming The Nine Rooms of Happiness: Loving Yourself, Finding Your Purpose, and Getting Over Life's Little Imperfections, I think this will be very interesting. I am nowhere near a depressed person, but I always see the negatives in life and don't always appreciate the day for what it is!
I don't normally read, but I feel so inspired right now!
Thursday, January 6, 2011
MGD 64 Biggest Loser - First Weigh In
The official weigh in was on Monday 1/3/11. I weighed in at 210.2 lbs.
Not much else to say about that. It is disappointing and I am embarrassed about it, but I can't change it overnight! Gotta start somewhere right?!
I will be weighing in every Monday and updating on here as well as my Recreating Robyn page on facebook. My ultimate goal is to look and feel my absolute best when I marry the man of my dreams in Jamaica on 11/11/11! Not only do I deserve to be healthy, but I shouldn't commit to someone else when I haven't committed fully to myself! This is for OUR lives together! I am so excited for our future!
So follow me on my journey to Jamaica for 11/11/11!
Not much else to say about that. It is disappointing and I am embarrassed about it, but I can't change it overnight! Gotta start somewhere right?!
I will be weighing in every Monday and updating on here as well as my Recreating Robyn page on facebook. My ultimate goal is to look and feel my absolute best when I marry the man of my dreams in Jamaica on 11/11/11! Not only do I deserve to be healthy, but I shouldn't commit to someone else when I haven't committed fully to myself! This is for OUR lives together! I am so excited for our future!
So follow me on my journey to Jamaica for 11/11/11!
It's Resolution Time... AGAIN!
Well another year has passed and it's again time for self renewal. And with that comes self doubt and hatred and a feeling of failure from the year before. Looking back on the year that has passed and wishing you had more fun, made more money, spent less money, got more sleep and lost some weight! I am not going to do that this year! I vow to make this year about being my own #1 fan! As in front row seat at any price, camp overnight in the snow type of fan!
This is 2011! This is going to be a BIG year for me! I am turning 30 in May and getting married in November. Both very scary ventures for me! When I was a teenager I never thought that I wanted to get married, I just wanted to be a successful actress on SNL or winning Academy Awards without hardly trying! Now I am a homeowner, have a great fiance and am going to school to become a sonographer. Don't get me wrong the life I have is fantastic, but there is still something holding me back. My weight!
I know I am not the only one who has struggled with this, but it is so devastating when you have lost and gained weight back! It would be so much easier if I could say that I have always been heavy and tried everything to not be. BUT, in my early 20s, I did lose a lot of weight and looked great! Or so I think now... when I was thin, I still felt I was too flabby! I look at pictures and wonder what the hell I was thinking. I looked amazing!
So now, to get back to a healthy weight and be proud of the accomplishment is all I want! And to maybe look gorgeous in my wedding dress!
So here we go 2011! This is my year! I will be using this blog to not only track my weight loss, but hopefully keep myself focused on self love and adoration for life!
This is 2011! This is going to be a BIG year for me! I am turning 30 in May and getting married in November. Both very scary ventures for me! When I was a teenager I never thought that I wanted to get married, I just wanted to be a successful actress on SNL or winning Academy Awards without hardly trying! Now I am a homeowner, have a great fiance and am going to school to become a sonographer. Don't get me wrong the life I have is fantastic, but there is still something holding me back. My weight!
I know I am not the only one who has struggled with this, but it is so devastating when you have lost and gained weight back! It would be so much easier if I could say that I have always been heavy and tried everything to not be. BUT, in my early 20s, I did lose a lot of weight and looked great! Or so I think now... when I was thin, I still felt I was too flabby! I look at pictures and wonder what the hell I was thinking. I looked amazing!
So now, to get back to a healthy weight and be proud of the accomplishment is all I want! And to maybe look gorgeous in my wedding dress!
So here we go 2011! This is my year! I will be using this blog to not only track my weight loss, but hopefully keep myself focused on self love and adoration for life!
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