Weight Loss Wednesday - Week 3

Weight This Week: 213.6 lb  Last Week: 214.6 Difference: -1 lbs Total: - 3.4 lbs (Goal is 191 lbs...no longer obese)
Body Fat This Week: 44.0%  Body Fat Last week: (same as week before) 45.6%  Difference: -1.6% (Should be 16-23% for "Good" health, my goal for now is "Acceptable" 24-30%)
Hydration This Week: 40.8% Hydration Last Week: (same as week before) 39.7% (Should be 50%)
Muscle This Week: 57.8 lbs Muscle Last Week: 56 lbs (week before it was 58 lbs) Difference: -0.2 lbs still
BMI this week: 33.5 Last week: 33.6 BMI I started with: 34.2 Difference: - 0.7 (My goal for now is just no longer obese so 29.99)

Goals from last week:
Going to be more intense. Lose 1.5 lbs Failed, lost 1 lb.
Exercise 4 days this week. 3/4 accomplished
Count calories and stay under 1420, also I am eating exercise calories. I need to stay under the 1420 for my goal of 1.5 lbs weight loss a week. I didn't count calories this past weekend, so I met 5/7
Meet my 10,000 steps goal at least 3 days this week.  Accomplished
Drink 12-14 servings of water daily.  Met 2/7...an additional 3 days I drank either 10 or 11 though
One day this week drink 1 gallon of water. Yesterday!

Goals for this week:
Lose 2 lbs
Exercise 4 days this week, for at least a half hour total
Count calories daily, staying around 1200-1300 for the day.
Meet my 10,000 step goal at least 3 days this week.
Drink 12-14 servings of water daily.
One day this week drink 1 gallon of water

I am going to start leaning on God more during this journey of weight loss. I have done it before, I know I can do it again...but it would be much easier if I involved God in this area of my life as well. Because he cares for me, even the small things that may seem insignificant such as weight loss. And fitness.

Proverbs 16:3
Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.

I have been thinking more about the WHY do I want to lose weight? I want to lose weight to better my chances of a long life. To be a good example to my son. To decrease my blood pressure medication. To make sure that I am removing the stone from in front of the proverbial tomb that is my womb, I wrote about that here on my family blog, it's a good one you should read it. :-) I want to treat my body as the temple that God created it to be. I want to make sure that there is nothing truly standing in the way of James and I having one more child before we make the dreaded choice to have him fixed so we no longer have to face loss after loss, and the impact that it places on our marriage.  

I want to lose weight and honor God in the process. 

Proverbs 31:7
She is energetic and strong, a hard worker. 
Proverbs 31:17
She girds herself with strength and makes her arms strong.

That is part of the woman I want to be. Energetic. Strong. A hard worker. All of those things are hindered by my weight. I hear people scoff when I call myself fat, I don't say it to be mean. I say it being honest. I am obese. This weight is weighing me down (haha, sorry for the pun). I would like to have strong arms, not only so they won't flap after my arm has started moving...but also so I will be strong. 

On other news I go to my OBGYN tomorrow. I am hoping she will be okay with thought of prednisone from ovulation to 14dpo, and adding lovenox around that time as well, and until I lose weight and my progesterone levels increase...prometrium to ensure that those low levels are not what is causing my losses.  I have a feeling she is going to encourage genetic testing, or send try sending me to a rheumatologist. The downfall of all of this is our insurance wants me to make sure that I use a specific lab site. It is an hour away from our house, one way. I have to still call to see what exactly it does cover if I continue to use my hospital's lab. That is conveniently 20 minutes from my home instead of an hour. 

I am also trying to wean Matthew. He is very resistant. I am okay with 30 minutes a day, which is what it has been most of this week. But today with him not feeling as hot he keeps asking for Boo, so I get up and offer him a water cup or ask him if he wants a snack. I am discovering that when he is asking to nurse when it is not wake up, nap, or bedtime....he is either thirsty or hungry. James and I have also been wondering if he is having growing pains like his brother did around this age until he was about 8. He would cry and cry and cry due to pain until finally a doctor said truly was considered growing pains. 

Regardless, this blog post is now feeling like a book so I should end it now. I will try to update after my appointment tomorrow evening.