Weigh In Day Arrived

Well Thursday was the test for me. Did I work hard enough to loose any weight this week? Did I watch close enough to my food intake and calories to stay on target for it to make a difference?

I got up Thursday morning and weighed myself before I did anything. Then I got dressed and weighed myself again to see how much I would weigh fully clothed. I felt that if I had done anything positive I would have to see how much I weighed fully dressed. When we have weigh in for the health challenge we weigh in at night. WELL that is when I weigh the most! I knew this was going to be my biggest challenge. I also chose to fast the day of weigh in. I ate a minimal calorie breakfast and lunch, but made sure I took in my water. I also had one more chance for a workout before the weigh in. Last chance workout you might say...


We actually had some of the worst weather come rolling into central Texas on Thursday. It was suppose to snow...and that meant I was going to have to figure a way to do a simple 30 minute, strong workout indoors. Since it's so hard to come home and leave again from my house at rush hour. I chose to hang out at my elementary school and wait for the meeting time. I really had planned to used the big open hallways to walk...when I remembered that we have a so call, "workout room" our P.E. teacher had put together for our staff to use. I went to check it out.

There were 2 old treadmills and a stationary bike for equipment. I stepped up on one of the treadmills to check it out. This was a very old machine...it was me doing all the work...not setting the machine to a pace and keeping up. I tried to run and realized...it was going to be just what I needed for a quick, strong workout. After 20 minutes on the machine...I went to the floor to do some basic floor exercises...crunches, push-ups, leg lifts, and lunges. I used some simple hand weights that were available...really not much weight but I felt I could do more reps with them to make it worth it. IT DID! Overall I got in a 45 minute workout before the weigh in and it felt good.

Doing all this and preparing my mind for a chance that it wouldn't be a big number...6:30pm came and it was time head to the meeting. I arrived to much excitement going on at the meeting. The weather, the chance for snow meant we were not going to have a full meeting...we needed to get weighed in, then we would have a very brief discussion as a group. I got in line for the weigh in.

I brought a very lightweight pair of yoga pants and a t-shirt to wear for my weigh in clothing. I stepped on the scale and could see that I had lost weight...but how much was the question? When I asked what my starting weight was they told me and I knew then, I had lost 5 new pounds for week one! That is 2.9% for me. All the work I had put in for week one brought me positive results.

I listen briefly to the group discussion on motivation. They reminded me that motivation in the scheme of things is going to depend on me. No one else is going to do the work for me! I have to motivate myself to work hard and get results. Whatever that looks like for me...that is what will be my mantra.

Well I left the meeting thinking, "I have fasted all day...and now my reward is to eat!" When I got home I was fully prepared to enjoy a plate of my leftover pasta and meat sauce. I even got out the container and was almost ready to put some on a plate. When I stopped...I put the lid back on and put it back in the fridge. I got out a Larabar and filled up a big glass of water instead. I did my calorie update on myfitnesspal.com. I quickly realized I did need to eat more...or I would suffer in the long run from not taking in enough to eat. I made a bowl of cereal with dried blueberries and So Delicious coconut milk. (this milk is very low fat, low calorie) The bowl of cereal finally took me to a comfortable full feeling so I knew, now it's OK.

Bottom line...working and planning the days for worked outs, making a menu that was calorie safe, is how I will win this final battle to reach my goal weight. I have 21 lbs. to go.

I want you to know I walk this journey with God on my side. I can't do this on my own. As I stood at the counter last night getting prepared to fill up my plate. I stopped just long enough to hear Him say..."What about the victory? Don't you want to win?" I could see all the times I have won a battle against a sin in my life and then...turn my back on God and jumped right back in to my flesh. That is when I could put down the plate. Seeing a visual of myself overweight, frustrated, never making it to the finish line. I don't want to do that anymore, I want to think about winning the victory and how it will feel when I reach my goal weight finally! How it really feels to complete a race...to know that with God - I CAN DO IT! No one else runs 13.1 miles for me! I run those races with God. He moves me through every phase. The highs and the lows...He brings me to the finish line where I get to enjoy the victory in Him.

Another week of training has begun...no turning back! My victory is in Him.

"For the LORD your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory.(Deuteronomy 20:4)”

Mama Barb