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This is for my Computer Information Systems Hospitality Class. The point is to know how to make a blog just in-case you want to use this branch of social media to promote your hotel.

And yes its random but I have to add a video and dont know how to save youtube videos onto my computer so heres a default video that was on my computer for you to enjoy!

So excited and just cant hide it!

I am soooo happy! This morning I go and find out I lost 4.4 pounds this week! Ah! And that takes me to a total of over 10 pounds. So of course I did my happy dance and have been smiling all day. The last week of August I will be going with my parents to Tennessee to see my sisters. So before then I want to lose weight and buy new clothes to show it off. The only problem with that is my lack of incoming money. But I went to Ross anyways today with my friend Ingrid who I am losing weight with and found an amazingly cute dress. I saw it on the rack and picked it up because it had ruffles but was a little put off by the grey color since I have nothing in my wardrobe that is grey. Ingrid saw it and said that she didnt like it which made me want to try it on more. Well I pick out 7 dresses to try on because we all know that in order to find that one article of clothing at Ross that fits you first have to try on at least 10 things. Well I found it in only 7. There was a cute runner up that was white but would have been a hassle since it had no sleeves and was kind of see through and kind of plain. But this grey dress is so cute I will have to post pictures of it and the grey and black heels that go with it so perfectly that I am borrowing from Ingrid. Ahh Im so happy! Now if only a job would come my way so I can buy more cute things!

This Weeks loss: 4.4 pds
Total loss: 10.4 pounds
Current Weight: 268.8
Starting Weight: 279.2

My Personal Pattern

ok so this week is not as exciting as last, I gained 2.4 pounds so now I've lost an even 6 pounds. But Im not too discouraged because after talking with the Weight Watchers rep she said that usually people have two patterns. Either they lose every week but just a little like .6,.2,.8 pounds a week or they lose alot then gain some back every other week which after looking at my previous weeks is what my pattern is. But the good thing about it is that even if I do gain, I dont gain as much as I lost, so I still lose. And also i blame it on my period still. So Im really interested to see what will happen this coming weekend. How much will I lose? I dont know but hopefully its over 3 pounds! This will not discourage me, but will keep me focused and determined.

This Week gain: 2.4 pounds
Total loss: 6 pounds
Current Weight: 273.2 pounds

Ahhh Yayness!

AHHHH I lost 3.8 pounds this last week! HOW COOL IS THAT? VERY COOL! Haha this makes me soo happy and to think this is only the beginning.

Week # 9
This Weeks loss: 3.8 pds!!!! :D
Total Loss: 8.4 pounds
Current Weight: 270.8
Starting Weight: 279.2

Part of the Journey

So I realized that part of blogging my progress is not only to report the good news but also the bad. At last weeks weigh-in I found out I gained 1.2 pounds. At first I was very very sad and disappointed. I couldnt find any reasons for it! I stayed within my points for that week and had worked out my regular 3 times. But then my friend Ingrid who also is going to weight watchers just asked me what I had told her whenever she had gained. Well logically I couldnt think of any reason why I would gain unless I was retaining water before my period (very probable), had eaten something very filling the night before, gaining muscle, or my weight was delayed a week. I've seen that happen alot. One week you eat a whole bunch but still lose a little but it will catch up with you next week. So I dont really know what happened but I cant fret over it. I can only try to do my best this week and make up for it. So another week another step in progress.

Last weeks gain: 1.2 pounds
Total loss: 4.6 pounds
Week number: 8
Current weight: 274.6

Yayness!

Ok so Saturday I'm very nervous while going in to be weighed at Weight Watchers because I didnt know how much the week of sickness was going to hurt me. But I had actually lost 1 pound! Yay! So in total I have lost 5.8 pounds in 7 weeks. This week I have high hopes and high standards.

Another thing I tried to do different is reading while working out. My friend said that she reads while on the stationary bike and barely feels anything and can go on forever. Well I dont have a stationary bike (but want one!) but I do have the eliptical machine which has totally become my friend and it has a space designed for placing a book while you workout. Perfect! So I tried it out and it works. Its really really hard to read while jogging on the machine and always moving but somehow I can keep my place most of the time and time does go by faster and I get further in my book! Lately I will try to read a book and then just get distracted with other things but now I have specific times to read, when i work out. So its a win-win situation. The only thing that was on the down side is my workout pace slowed. I found that I have fewer steps after I finish because I slowed down while reading in order to read the page better. The faster I go the more I move around meaning the more I cant read. But I think that it is worth it. I feel that a slightly slower pace isnt going to hurt me that bad since mentally I feel more inclined to workout so I can get further in my book. So its a workout motivation :D which is what I need.

Also, I find that I sometimes end up taking 2 showers a day. One in the morning to start off the day if I have to be somewhere and then one after I workout which can be middle of the day or night. So I think I need to plan my days better before hand. If I know Ill be doing something in the morning then try to make do with my unrully hair or wake up earlier so I can workout. Or if I have something at night, then work out in the morning then shower for the day. I dont know, I just need to plan better is all.

On Sunday in releif society they always have a good news minute and no one was saying anything so I raised my hand and blurted out that I was on a diet plan and had lost 5.8 pounds so far. I shocked myself because I wasnt going to tell anyone until I had lost at least more than 10 pounds because then its noticable and more of a success. But I like that I told them because I was happy that I had crossed the 1st 5 pound hurdle and I was proud of it. Also this is another way to have support. Now I am held responsible by the relief society to lose weight. So if I dont I will feel like I let them down, but I wont because this is going to be a SUCCESS! And of course being the generation we are now, most of the girls there (even the ones with perfect figures) want to be on a diet or think they should be on a diet so its not so taboo.

For FHE tonight I signed up for refreshments and brought coffee cake because someone requested it. I knew it was going to be loaded with sugar and just sinfully delicious but I made it anyway. While taking it out of my car a girl saw me and asked which diet I was on and that she wanted to join. So I told her that I go to Weightwatchers and then she saw the coffee cake and got really excited and asked if it was from Weightwatchers. My heart sank. No they werent, they are loaded with calories (and later when I tried it also loaded with too much sugar! I had 2 bites and threw it away, wasnt worth it! Different recipe next time.) and she said then she wouldnt eat one. Well that is not what I wanted! I want people to eat what I make, and I want them to like it! I had just never thought that some of them were in the same boat as me. So now Im going to take healthy things to Break the Fast and Sunday Social and FHE and proadly say that it is 'the healthier version' and Just As Good!

Week 7
Total loss: 5.8
Current weight: 173.4
WorkOut: ummm didnt keep track that well but around 2.5-3 miles on eliptical in all
Realizations: I am not the only one on a diet, I feel better both physically and in my self-esteem, more energetic and flexible(though I might start doing pilates to be extra flexible and shed some of these inches).

Week of the Sloth

Ok so last sunday I woke up with a horrible sore throat and stayed home hoping some rest will make it go away. Monday I tried working out but something was off. My sore throat was getting worse so Wednesday morning I check out Webmd because I had woken up at 6am that morning in pain. After looking at all the different diagnosis for sore throats I supposed I had Strep Throat. So I get a doctors appointment that day and yes I did have strep throat. I started getting better Thursday and its getting better everyday. The only thing that makes me sad is that I didnt work out at all last week and I didnt track everything I ate, which was alot of pudding, potato soup, raspberry sherbert, etc. And I dont even know if I lost anything this week because I didnt weigh in on Saturday morning.

So what now? I am feeling alot better so I just get back to working out 3 times a week, watching what I eat, and moving forward! Not much to report other than that, I was exhiled in my house because I was contagious like the whole week so nothing happened. So yes there is the update for last week. The week of the strep throat and slothfulness.