Week 5

I was really worried going into this week. Parent Teacher conference week is always stressful and stressful=comfort foods. I knew that I had to do something big to avoid gaining weight this week. So I decided to cut back on sweets. When I got on the scale this morning I saw that it paid off... pretty big too, if you consider the first 4 weeks of this adventure. I am down to 146.8. That means I lost almost 1 1/2 pounds this week! All together I am down 3.8 pounds! I have to say, it was bitter-sweet when I got on the scale this morning. No, I am not secretly wishing I had that pound back. I just didn't change anything this week other than *almost* getting rid of sweets completely. That tells me that to continue getting these good results I need to continue skipping out on sweets. This week was hard enough and the only thing that got me through it was knowing that I only had to go one week. Well, I guess I will just have to be more careful in the future when it comes to sweets. On that note, here is my picture for the week.

I got up early so that Chris could take this picture before he went to work today. I know most people probably don't notice a difference. I saw something on Pinterest once that I loved and I didn't pin it, now I can't find it. But it said something about how I will see differences in 4 weeks, my husband and close family will see changes in 8 weeks, and everyone will see them in 12 weeks. I noticed changes in my endurance when working out after two weeks, but it has taken me 5 weeks to notice changes in my body. That means at this rate by the end of April my family and friends will be able to see changes. By the time I meet up with Chris in Casper in June, I am hoping to be down near my goal weight. Right now I am feeling good about it. Let's see what next week brings!

End of week 3

Ok, so I have been at this for 3 whole weeks now. When I weighed myself yesterday I was 149.4. I have lost 1.2 pounds in 3 weeks. Not great. It isn't for lack of working out. I went to the gym every day last week except for Thursday. The low weight loss is completely due to bad eating. This week I have a new goal. I am going to find two HEALTHY recipes and make them for dinner. This will be hard because Chris and I are both picky eaters, but I have faith that we can find something that will work for us.
Although I am not seeing great numbers on the scale, I am noticing some major changes in my exercising. I started out struggling to run a mile. I attribute part of that to the fact that I am running on a treadmill and I get bored easily, but, come on, a mile?! That was hard for me to see since I used to really enjoy running. After two weeks of running almost every day, I ran 3 miles yesterday and could have gone further if I had more time! I ran most of those three miles at a 5 mph rate, so now I want to work on running faster.
Well, on that note, here is my picture for the week.

I realize this is not the most attractive picture. I took this right after going to the gym.

Namesake

This picture is the inspiration for the name of my blog. When I was young, I was quite the pork chop. A family friend gave this to me as a joke. I didn't get it. In fact, I remember wearing it, thinking I must be thin to be given such a gift. Sarcasm doesn't work on 3 year olds.

Day 1

Not my best picture. Then again, not my worst either!  

Here I am on Day 1 at 150.6 pounds. I realize I won't see a result every week, but hopefully after a few weeks I will start noticing changes.