I am feeling pretty darn frustrated with not losing any weight. I am staying under my calories every day and working out 3-4 times a week. It is hard to keep working so hard when I am not seeing results.

I don't know why but it just register that if I DO lose 2 lbs a week through the end of June as planned I will be down to 244 lbs!!!!! I haven't been down there for almost 7 years! I am SO motivated!!!!! Now off to the Y to sweat! The girls took huge naps and are just waking up so maybe I can stay for 1.5-2 hours today!

Stayed within my calories for the day! Woo woo! Didn't make it to work out but I will go tomorrow and that will be 4 times this week so still really good.

My legs/thighs look thinner to me today! I really should measure everything and track the inches.

I am now down 5 lbs from when I first started 3 weeks ago. Considering I said 2 lbs a week and I am only 1 lb short of that, I am happy. It does seem to be a slow process but slow and steady wins the race. I googled what 5 lbs of fat looks like and oh ma werd, so glad that this is NOT in my body anymore! Disgusting! That's the size of a small baby!

Tracking my calories is WAY easier than I thought it would be and putting down every single thing I put in my mouth is definitely an eye opener. There are days when I fail at it but for the most part I am staying under what my daily calories should be. Last night I got to go to the Y kid free. I hit a new record for me and was able to do the treadmilll for a full hour! I burned 495 calories. I am going to start working on increasing my speed. I plan to walk/jog/run a color race on May 4th and I want to get in better shape before then. There is another in April that I am considering doing as a practice run. Over all I am very happy with where this is all headed and this is the longest I have ever stuck with it. Motivation is at an all time high!

I am now 2.5 weeks in and it is really hard to keep motivated when  I have yet to see the scale budge. Everything I am reading says not to get discouraged and to push through because sometimes it takes time to see the results. It was very hard pushing myself through my work out at the Y this morning. I got on the treadmill and set it for 30 minutes and 5 minutes in I was saying, ok I am going to quit when I hit 10 minutes. 10 minutes in I was saying, I am going to quit when I hit 15. At 15, I said 20. Once I got to 20 I said screw it might as well finish up. I am glad I did because I felt great when I was done and it really got easier the longer I went. I really hope that I start seeing a difference on the scale soon. Even a couple pounds would be very welcome. I think I will buy a measuring tape and measure everything. Maybe at this point I am losing inches instead of weight. Next week I have my yearly doctor appointment so I might have them check my thyroid as well. I have never had thyroid issues but from things I have read if your thyroid isn't right it can cause you to gain weight/have trouble losing weight.

I have only loosely been keeping track of what I am eating, not really counting calories. Really just watching portions and making sure I am not eating garbage. I think at this point it is time to track every single thing I put into my mouth. If that is what it takes then that is what I have to do.