In a Funk.

I’ve been fighting with the same few pounds for four weeks now. I’d say I am in a funk.

I’d like to get over this and move on.
Here’s the deal. The past two weeks I’ve been focused on hitting the gym – and I’ve been fairly successful on that level.

The routine:
3X Week Cardio – C25k and 20 mins of bike
2X Week Strength Training – 15min Elliptical and 45 of free weights
1 X week – Cardio Class (On Sundays: Zumba or Dance).

However, because I am concentrating on the gym I’ve been really messing up on the tracking. Why Am I unable to do both?

This week I’m going to start posting a photo of one meal a day – this way I know I have to be accountable at least once.

It's all about staying on track.

An Open Letter To My Jeans

Dear Jeans,

I’m feeling skinny today. Shocking, seeing as today was my meeting and I gained .6 pounds. I should be more upset, but I’m not because I feel skinny today. Where is this sudden skinny feeling coming from? It’s the jeans. The jeans that I could barely even squeeze into a few weeks ago, the jeans that made we walk like a penguin, and fearful of a heavy sigh. Today these Jeans fit. Today these jeans are loose. Today these are my skinny jeans.

I know I gained. I know why I gained. I refuse to make excuses and blame this gain on the program. The program works, and this week I didn’t work it. I hit the gym twice. I ate a brownie on top of fast food. I did NOT always track. This week I failed the program.

But, Jeans you are giving me new found confidence to keep on trucking.

Thank you Jeans.

Youtubes!

Procrastinator no more!

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheFattyCakesVlog

Where are my manners?

I realize now that I started this blog without ever really properly introducing myself, how rude!

Hi, my name is Sonya. Thank you for checking out my little blog. In the future I plan on posting Vlogs too – but I haven’t gotten around to it yet. Procrastinators unite! I started this blog to keep me accountable during my weight loss journey.

Why did I join Weight Watchers? Like most people that have struggled with their weight I have lost and gained weight throughout my life. At, 15 years old I lost 20 pounds during summer break. I quickly gained that weight back. At, 19 years old I lost 40 pounds, and quickly gained that weight back. I’ve lost a few here and there, but for the most part I’ve steadily gained.

In November 2009 I found myself unemployed and depressed. The weight packed on quickly over a six month period. During this time I gained 40 pounds, my highest weight ever of 240 pounds. I had given up, I thought I tried everything. Over the next few months I resolved to the fact that I was going to be unemployed and fat forever- and then I landed a job. After a few months of work I decided I should try losing weight again, but I had tried everything already!

A very good friend of mine joined weight watchers and lost a good sum of weight – that’s when I finally realized I hadn’t tried everything! I wasn’t prepared to try the plan yet, I begun to look online for testimonials and proof that Weight Watchers could work for me. I found so many inspiring blog, vlog, and networks dedicated to Weight Watchers.

I decided that I was ready to give WW a go.
I joined Weight Watchers October 2nd, 2010. My weight loss thus far:

I’ve lost 24.8 so far and I’m still going strong! As, you can see I’ve had a few bumps along the way, but I just keep picking myself up again. Nothing is going to deter my devotion to this adventure.

10% goal

3 1/2 months of hard work for a cheap key ring....totally worth it. Feels like I've been given 100000000 bucks, and a puppy.

Artist to DROOL over

This is a non-weight watchers related post, Despite the fact that I am posting an image of a girl on a scale….

Recently, well conducting an image search I came stumbled upon the blog of Richard Wilkinson. Wilkinson is a talented artist – his work has been featured in one my favorite magazines of all time, Juxtapoz. Do me a favor, No do yourself a favor and check out my new artist crush Richard Wilkinson.

www.richard-wilkinson.com

Exercise and Weight by Richard Wilkinson for The Telegraph Magazine