This is Week 8

Hello,
I know that I haven't blogged in a while (about 2 /12 weeks) but for some reason I have just been scared of not losing enough weight ,so I just haven't weighed myself at all. For the last 2 weeks I have absolutely been trying to eat right and exercise; I feel that as far as that goes I have mainly succeeded. I was scared to weigh myself because I was afraid of really trying hard and nothing happening... which it did! I weighed myself this morning and I weighed 154. I am really frustrated because I am daily logging my calories and eating 1200 on the days I do not work out and 1500 on the days I do but still not really losing. Its like the first few weeks have been easy to drop the lbs, but for some reason now its getting really hard. So instead of letting myself get down and depressed Im just going to continue to keep going until my goal of 130. I google'd ways to get through a plateau and it said to make sure you are really carefully logging your calories, making sure your portion sizes are accurate, and that sometimes when you lose weight your body is smaller and burns less calories throughout the day so its ok to lower your calorie intake just a little bit as you lose. Im not sure that I can lower my calorie intake right now but I am really going to try and pay more attention to my portion sizes because I know this is a struggle of mine. Also if it gets warmer outside I might consider walking and running to switch out my workout routines. Well, my goal is still to lose another 24 lbs and its going to be hard, but l want to do this by my vacation in May so I still have time. Also, my goal is not only to get to 130 but to never be a yo-yo dieter again, so after I get to  my goal weight my next goal will be to maintain it and continue to be healthy the rest of my life so I wont have to go through this again. Check in next week and hopefully I will be down at least 3 or 4  more lbs.

Week 5.... WHAT?!

Ok, I am shocked that I gained two lbs this week! I counted calories everyday and worked out almost every day this week! When I weighed myself this morning I was shocked! I thought for sure I would lose about 3 lbs this week , but to gain 2... WOW! I feel like those contestants on the Biggest loser that blew the weigh in! Well, I can say I did not blow the weigh in! And I can definetly see how you can try everything possible to lose and still gain now that it has happened to me.
   As I thought about how this could be possible my husband reminded me that we ate fast food (chick fil a,  five guys, and taco bell) about four times last week. Even though I counted all the calories that I ate, It was probably still not a healthy choice, therefore may have caused me to gain weight. Also, My cycle (sorry men if your reading this...) has been very off the last few weeks; and that might also have something to do with it considering my boobs feel like they weigh about 10 lbs! :-)
  Well, all I can say is I am very disappointed in myself. But all I can do is try harder this week. My plan is to continue to work out as much as possible, eat 1500 calories on the days I do work out and 1200 on the days I do not, and try to make healthier food choices. We will see what happens this week!