Partying!

Ok, so I love a good party. Really, mingling and hanging out is pretty much one of my favourite things to do. The only unfortunate thing is that I really can't control my eating at these things. I just nibble for the sake of nibbling - which is stupid. Last night, I went to a friend's birthday party, and even though I thought I was being really careful, I totally did aweful and ended up having to use 17 flex points. Worst. Definitely this is something I need to work on because I would love to be able to go to these things without messing up my ww diet.

WI - Score!

so my WI today was pretty fantastic. I was down another 3 lbs, putting my total to date at 9.6. I know that sounds super impressive, but I do need to temper it somewhat. I know that my body's natural state is at around 150-155. This is why it's not really surprising me that I'm losing so quickly - I basically expected the lbs to melt off until I hit that zone. After that is when the real test is going to occur because that will be new for my body. Still, I'm super happy with how it's been going so far! I just hope the lbs keep coming off and that I'll be able to stick with these, even if it does start to get harder.

Stats as they now stand
Week 5 Weigh In: 162.2
Pounds Lost to Date: 9.6
Pounds to go to Reach 10% Goal: 7.5

To everyone else who wi today and lost: congratulations! to those who didn't lose: stick with it, you're doing yourself a favour by being healthy. To those who didn't wi today, good luck when your time comes,

Sarah.

getting psyched before WI

Now, surely I am not alone in this odd behaviour, but for everyone else's I kindof hope I am. You see, I have this tendency to get horribly psyched up before wi. I wake up with a similar apprehension I would have before writing a tough final, with that overwhelming sense of butterflies in the stomach. Obsessively, I'll go over everything I ate the night before, cringing at some of the poorer choices we all tend to make on a Friday. Standing in line to be weighed is the worst. I attend a Saturday morning wi that is fairly busy (I think it is at least - I guess 35-40 people show up, sounds busy-ish to me). Usually by the time I get there, there is a sizable line. The 5-10 minutes I wait in line are just brutal. I find myself trying to think skinny thoughts, doing minor exercises in line hoping they might make a 0.1 difference, trying to force myself to sweat out that superfluous starbucks from the previous night. It all gets me quite worked up.

It’s funny though, because obviously I know that WI does not always reflect the work you did that week. I mean, I saw the most recent biggest loser; I know that water retention can be the culprit for anywhere from 1 to 17 extra pounds. But still, I just want so bad that scale to make me feel like I’m doing this right. I really just want to be able to take an extra paper clip (what we are given for each pound we lose) and share what I like about WW with the rest of the class (which we do upon significant weight lost gains (is that an oxymoron (sorry for the parentheses within parentheses))). I know that I should hold on to goals like the fact that my once tight jeans are losing up or the fact that I can know run an extra a few extra songs before needing a walk break. I know these things. But nevertheless, the scale is still what dictates my state of mind regarding my relation to this program.

So, long story short. I WI in 45 minutes, best of luck to me and to anyone else who shares a Saturday morning WI – and to everyone else for that matter as well.

Sarah

For your viewing pleasure

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4iGDSjOpXc

(I'm sorry that I'm so techno-illeterate that I don't know how to show the video on here...but the url is better than nothing)

A few more things before bed

Ok, so partially this is just to pad my blog numbers...but I realized that I need to say a few words about where my blog name came from.

Not going to lie, it has a slightly lame origin. Some may remember, but I'm sure most have forgot, but some time ago there was a boy band called LFO. Probably best known for their hit 'summer girls,' they also had another song called 'Girl on TV." In this should be classic, there was a line which went, 'the girl in the green dress, she took my breath away.' And yes, my friends, that is where this name comes from. You see, in my teenage foolishness, I had a slight celebrity crush on the secondary singer (his name might have been jeff), and so I always fancied myself as that girl in the green dress. Now while I'm fairly positive that, in fact, it was Jennifer Love Hewit in the video, I always imagined that I could at least be a girl in a green dress, who could take a breath away. And so, this is what I would like this journey to culminate, that perfect green dress (as an autumned coloured girl I do have to admit I look good in green). Hopefully, one day I will look perfect in that perfect green dress (which I don't actually own yet) and also hopefully one day I will master technology (an inability that does have a tendency to go hand in glove with my field of study) and be able to post that elusive picture of myself and that dress.

so curtousy of the Light Funky Ones,

good night

Sarah

Welcome friends

Welcome to my blog. First and foremost, I plan that this space is one that I will use to chronicle my – hopeful – weight loss. It’s secondary purpose, I suppose, will be a space to house my ramblings, but you don’t have to read those. Let’s see, a little bit about me: I am a recent university graduate in the area of study of political studies and philosophy. Personally, I see myself as fitting the description of humanities student to a tee. This will most blatantly be obvious in my love of long sentence – for these, I apologize in advance. Also, I have a tendency to talk about nothing. I’m sorry, but after writing 20+ page papers for the last four years of my life, the art of bullshit is a now a part of my nature.

Enough about that though: this is supposed to by my weight lose journal, not ‘learn about Sarah.” So, weight loss. I think my story is pretty standard. Since pre-puberty, I have been concerned about my weight. Currently I am at about my largest weight (which is around 170). At 5’5’’, this is not a great weight for my height. Last year I was at my smallest weight (about 145) thanks to insane amounts of exercise; unfortunately, stress of school and a frustrating breakup quickly changed this. Feeling the need to do something about this, I joined weight watchers about a month ago.

Here are my stats:
Week 1 Weigh In: 171.8 lbs
Week 2 Weigh In: 170.0 lbs
Week 3 Weigh In: 165.2 lbs
Total Weight Loss: 6.6 lbs

So nothing too impressive, but nothing to fret at. I really am hoping WW is going to work for me. My goal for this thing to eventually (hopefully by summer time – bikini season) reach a weight of 139.3 lbs (10% of my 10%) goal). I really hope people will help me by reading this blog and writing me uplifting/helpful comments – To those people I will be eternally grateful. Thanks for reading!

Sarah