Cheryl and Jessi's Space

I haven't written on here in forever. Life is crazy busy, but the weight loss is still a main priority. My total weight loss in the Million Pound Match-Up was 22 pounds. I didn't reach the goal I wanted to but I am proud of myself. I am also proud of my mom and sister who did amazing as well. Even though it is over I am going to try and continue writing. I was going through past blog entries and I am so pleased with the progress I made. Today is my first personal training session. Even though I lost weight I have not seen too many inches being dropped so I am hoping working with a trainer will help.

P.S. We met Bob Harper on his book tour. Check out our pictures. He is an amazing and inspirational person.

- Jessi

So I know I haven't updated in a while. I have been sooo busy but don't worry I have def still been working out. I started working with a personal trainer every other week to see if that helps me to lose more weight. So far since I started I think I have lost about 20 pounds! That is awesome. I am slowly seeing the results little by little. :) I can't wait for the finale! Woo Hoo!! -Cheryl

So I lost another pound this week. It is so hard for me to do weight watchers but it is working. I guess I always though dieting was eating less, but I have to eat more than I normally would on weight watchers. I exercise almost everyday for at least an hour, which means I need to eat more. I guess it is what Jillian always talks about. How you need fuel to run a car so you need to eat if you work out all the time. I have been eating all my points, but not adding in my gym points. Now I have to eat even more the days I go to the gym. I will get this eating thing down eventually. But I am happy. :)

Hope everyone else is having a good week. Show should be good tonight!

- Jessi

I passed my plateau!! Finally!! Ughh it feels so great to get on the scale and see a smaller number. I was seeing the same number for weeks it was making me crazy. I think I had to be on Weight Watchers for more than a week to see results and it worked :) To everyone else who might be at a pleteau DON'T GIVE UP!! I swear it may seem hopeless but it is not. I have been going to the gym systematically the past few days and I feel so much better when I go. After I weighed myself this morning I felt so good I got my haircut (split ends) to make my good mood stay

For dinner tonight my friend wanted to go to Red Robin but we convinced him to go to Applebee's. The food is really delicious AND it tells you how many points. There aren't tons of options but for dining out it was very good.

I hope everyone else is having a good week!

Jessi

So I am really trying to get to the 100s. I think if I can get there I will be more motivated to lose more weight. I am at 209 now so I am almost there! Just 9 more pounds but it feels like so much. I have had a bad couple of weeks. I traveled with my work to California and Washington D.C. and I must say it was hard to exercise.

I tried to make sure that I ate as good as I could but the exercising was so hard. I was in San Francisco so I made sure I picked large hills to walk up.

I just feel like I have no time to work out because I work so much but hopefully my work life will slow down soon and I will have more time.

At my Weight Watchers meeting out leader told us to count down the weeks to July 4th and if we lose 1 pound a week until then it will be almost 20 pounds. Since July 4th is my goal that really motivated me. I realized that I only have a few weeks left to my goal and am no where near I want to be.

I need to step it up!!

-Cheryl