First Time Mom and Losing It

I made the first version of my Weight Loss Command Center in March and it is a great reminder to keep on with my weight loss journey. I am a very visual person and the type that succeeds when I plan ahead and keep track. Since March I made some weight loss tracker magnetic pom poms that I upgraded it to some cool bottle caps ones.

I use the upper left hand whiteboard square to write down what I will be eating the next day. This helps me track my food the day before on My Fitness Pal. I like to track before eating so that I can try to fit everything I want to eat while still staying under my calorie and carb goal.


I use the middle magnetic square to keep track of how many pounds I have lost. I use the magnetic pom poms to keep track of the one's digit and the bottle cap magnets to keep track of the 10's digit. Let me tell you that every Monday that I can to add more pounds lost makes my day!


My motivational poster is to the left and I like to find motivational quotes and sayings that I can look at when I am having a hard time with my weight loss efforts. I have also added some pictures of my daughter to the frame because she is definitely one of the biggest reasons I want to get healthy.


The bottom middle cork board square is where I keep my monthly calendar. Here is where I plan the exercise I will be doing for the month. I also give myself a reminder to take my measurements the last week of the month.


Since I have been having a hard time drinking at least 64 ounces of water I decided to make a fun way to track my water intake. I printed out the glass of water and arrow image on card stock and then laminated it for durability. Every time I drink 8 ounces of water I get to put the arrow higher. I will probably make that my preschooler's job so that she can nag me to drink more water.


Do you use something like a Weight Loss Command Center to track your progress? 

As soon as I felt myself slipping with the weight loss efforts I went to my Weight Loss Command Center to tweak it up a little bit. Having this huge visual right by my door is super motivating because it makes it easier to schedule my day. I decided I wanted to make my Weight Loss Command center just a little bit better.

I have a weekly notebook planner where I write down what I will eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Now I take the Whiteboard part of my command center and write down what I am going to eat the night before. This way as soon as I wake up I can look at my command center and prepare my meals for the day.


The whiteboard calender was a huge disappointment as the marker wouldn't easily come off and it was already starting to peel off. I found the cork board square that went with my other squares in the center so I used it to hold a paper calender that I designed. Click on the link to download your own calendar. This made it easier to just write on the paper and post it onto the cork board then having to write on the wall.



I wanted to add a fun way to track my pounds lost so I made these super easy magnets out of pom poms. I always have pom poms on hand from my daughter's art projects so I took little pieces of magnetic tape and hot glued them onto 15 pom poms. For every pound lost I will move it over to the lost side. My first small goal is to lose 15 pounds so this is one way to keep track.



I also changed the motivational poster for the month. You can download it here.


What are some of the fun ways you keep track of your pounds lost?