Wow – okay, so I have faltered a LITTLE bit on a few of my blog resolutions. But worry not, I am still working on them!
I had quite a few things to integrate, so that takes a little getting used to!
The two things that I HAVE improved on have been: posting more (I haven’t been posting DAILY, but I have been posting a LOT more than I have this past year) and keeping up with my nails (honestly, I have been, just haven’t posted them all because of that blasted pink nail polish – even when I TOOK the picture it was starting to chip, but not so bad I had to remove it!).
Anyway, so those aren’t really the BEST resolutions…I still need to work on Vlogs, more interesting stuff :/, and giveaways!! OH YEAH, and being accountable!!!
Man!
So anyway, I joined the X Weighted National Challenge - and honestly. I am not loving it…I joined the first week after I lost 8.2 lbs (yeah, that’s pretty awesome). The week after that I worked out 4 times and I lost 1 lb, kind of sucked at first but I accepted it. When I got around to logging my weight loss on the site it said “OOPS – Looks like you have strayed off track!” – okay…whatever, still, I accept my losses even if it happens one pound at a time!
So this past week, I was only able to work out 3 times due to a course I was in (time consuming/mental energy drain) and went out for dinner the night before weigh in – I ate good, but you know, sodium and my body do NOT get along.
So I stepped on the scale on Saturday morning and saw a loss of 2.2 lbs!! YAY!! So happy to see that seeing as I had eaten some salty food the night before!! So once again I plugged it into the X-Weighted site and it tells me “OOPS – Looks like you have strayed off track”
WTF????!!!!!!
Apparently my goal for this challenge (ACCORDING to the challenge) is to lose 76 lbs in 26 weeks (which is 2.9 lbs per week for those without a calculator handy)…that’s high, and I knew it was when I started but I went in saying “I will lose as much as I can and keep going” – but do they really think they are helping me by telling me I strayed off the track??? I am eating well, exercising and choosing fitness over laziness…I don’t think I need to be told that I am straying when really I am doing my damnest!!
AND, if I had put my “start weight” (before my big loss) – instead I would have an 11.4 lb loss total over 3 weeks and that, my friends, is 3.8 lbs lost per week (averaged out).
So…I am kind of ignoring that part of the XWeighted page and just inputting my weight and quickly minimizing the screen…
I don’t need a glaring red “OOPS” in my face when it should REALLY be saying “Jen, you effing RULED this week”
18 Comments
January 27, 2010 at 11:04 pm
Jen, you effing RULED this week.
January 27, 2010 at 11:52 pm
I had the same thing happen with the challenge and do the same thing, log my weight and skip everything else… it’s a little frustrating, especially since I was so happy with my loss…lol
January 28, 2010 at 12:20 am
Lol, I agree….I think we talked about this on the site (but I didn’t realize it was you!). I think the message that comes up should definitely be changed to something a little more motivational!
January 28, 2010 at 12:42 am
yeah. They need to work on those messages. You’re doing REALLY well and don’t let ANYTHING discourage you
January 28, 2010 at 3:59 am
Geez, that’s not very helpful, is it? What you’re losing is a healthy amount per week.
January 28, 2010 at 4:48 am
You are doing fabulous with the challenge so try not to let it get to you! I was definitely disappointed to see how high the expectations were for losses for the challenge. I’m not a fan of the messages either.
Keep it up!
January 28, 2010 at 1:41 pm
Oops?! That is ridiculous – you’re doing amazingly well! Keep it up!
January 28, 2010 at 2:20 pm
Those messages are terrible! Jen, you ARE doing amazing! Those messages should be more encouraging!!!
I can see why you’re not loving it!
January 28, 2010 at 3:36 pm
Eff them, you ARE RULING 2010!!!!! I don’t know what they were thinking telling those messages to come up when you’re doing awesome!
I’m super duper proud of ya Jen, like SUPER proud
January 28, 2010 at 5:24 pm
That is aggravating!! A weight loss tool should be congratulating you on EVERY loss – not just big ones! Poor planning on their part!
January 28, 2010 at 5:33 pm
You should totally send this to Lola so she can pass it along to whoever is in charge of the stupid website.
You did effing rock and your attitude rocks even harder. Keep up the good work girlie.
January 28, 2010 at 5:59 pm
I think we should blame whoever designed that computer program. WTF indeed “oops”. Any loss, even if it’s 0.2 pounds is a loss to be celebrated.
I think you are doing amazing!
January 28, 2010 at 7:22 pm
Oops? Seriously? That is ridiculous.
You rock.
THAT is seriously.
January 28, 2010 at 7:44 pm
You’re doing so well. Keep that beautiful head high!
January 28, 2010 at 10:23 pm
I’ll say you ruled – you rocked – you did it all! Way to go!!
January 29, 2010 at 2:21 pm
ok that is so not cool, thank god you’ve got a good head on your shoulders and know that its not right, can you imagine someone starting out and getting that type of message? OMG, horrible! Reminds my of the original Wii Fit, that took your Mii and then “blew” it up to match your weight on their board… bad, bad, bad
February 1, 2010 at 3:09 pm
Obviously that sucks, I certainly hope they fix it! But you are totally rocking it! Keep up the amazign work!
March 10, 2010 at 2:44 pm
And this is why I like diaryofarealgirl.com. Mavelous post.