Weighing In On Christmas

Well from the topic you can tell that I am going to talk about 2 things. Weighing In and Christmas and maybe a bit of weighing in on Christmas.

First of all I did weigh in just this morning and I am now 275.6 lbs so I am down 4.4 lbs. Not all that bad. It's progress and as long as it keeps on going in that direction I'm happy with it. I can always work on tweeking it later.

As for Christmas. It's sure coming fast this year. It's only 5 days until we leave to go and stay with my In-Laws. My husband told them that we are going to stay until Jan 2nd and I don't think that when he planned that he realized that it ment we would be there for almost 2 weeks. I have talked to my Grandmother in Ft. Lauderdale and she says that we are welcome to come and stay with her for a few days. I am trying to plan on going for the 27th through 29th. If we do that they the rest of the trip is broken up and it will not feel like we are being a burden on anyone in particular.

Now comes the hard part for my diet and exercise plans. I am going to be away from home for almost 14 days. I know I said it above but it's different when you think about it in the terms of eating and moving. I am pretty much at someone else cooking whim for 14 days.

So here is the plan:

Diet
1. Buy a case of Slim fast and use in emergancy if food is way, way out of what I am going to be able to eat. (My husband is Puerto Rican so rice, beans, and fried stuff with EVERY SINGLE MEAL)
2. Buy snacks that I can eat and keep them in our space so they all don't get eaten
3. Buy lots of fruit and veggies and cook them for everyone to go with the meals that my MIL prepares.

Fitness
1. Walk - ALOT - We used to live near by so this is easy as I know all of the walking tracks and neighborhoods near by
2. Zumba - My SIL is an instructor and I have been resisting her for years now. I think it's finally time to get over it and get on with it for my own good.
3. I am talking my Wii and all of my workout games with me. The bedroom that we stay in is big enough to set it up on the tv and have enough room to follow through.


So that is my plan. If you have any tips people let me know in the comments. I'm just trying to get though this for the first time. I have always used the excuse of but it's a VACATION and you don't diet on vacation. Well not this time buddy. This ass is not getting any bigger this time around.

Ups and Downs

First with the ups.

I am now officially 3.3 lbs lighter. My first week went great and I am so happy with my outcome. It's given me a great amount of strength to know that I can do this and lose all the weight I need to lose.

There are somethings that I worry about. Like will my skin go back. I don't want to be one of those people who look like someone fluffed them out and then have to go and have it fixed.

As for the down, it's kind of depressing. You want so badly for everyone to come on board and be with you. It's not always like that though. We are moving in the right direction. Both of my kids are starting to eat more healthy and my husband is now on board. This is not without it's own situation.

In my house we do not own a scale. The closest thing that we own is a Wii. We have the Wii fit plus game and since no one really uses it anymore I use it as a charting tool. I update my kids heights and I weight them occasionally. Everyone in the house get's weighted on Family Weigh Day. Other then that I try and keep the kids from getting obsessed with the number on the screen. Even for my own weigh in's which are weekly to record progress on my bodybugg site, I do it while they are at school. Now family weigh day was yesterday, since we missed the actual day. Everyone got weighed and finally it was time for my husband. He gets on the board and the program tells him that it cannot weight him. What?!? It must be a mistake right? So we try again, and again, and finally again. Nope, not a mistake.

I hope that you are seeing where I am going with this.

If you don't let me let you in on a little secret. The Wii Fit Balance Board has a weight limit of 330 lbs.

Now lets put all the together. If the game will not weigh him anymore then he actually put on weight and is now over 330 lbs. I'm pissed. That means from the last time that he weighed in he gained at least 15 lbs. Seriously? Why am I pissed? Because even when I was not trying to lose weight the whole purpose of family weigh day was to at least maintain your weight and not gain anymore. I know it's not good to be or stay fat, but if your not losing it, it's better then nothing to not be gaining more.

Let me know what you think. Am I way off on this for being mad at him?