Curves again

So, curves was fun but it is too far from my house...I suppose I could use any excuse not to go but really, they moved from close to my house to far....
There was also, in the month that I went, 5 different trainers that had their last day. If turnover is that high can it be that good?

Do you think

if I cut out sugar and white flour temporarily that I will lose some weight?

Curves

I have a free month and started this morning. Anyone tried this and does it work?

I think I am realizing something

I am just gaining and gaining instead of losing and losing like I want to. I know I am an emotional eater but just realized last night how much of it has to do with my kids. Munchkins transition to Kindergarten, my transition to not having her at home all day, Little Mans diagnosis, looking at the future and not knowing if I am doing enough. I like to think I have dealt with my past issues fine but they probably won't be completely resolved until I speak to the person that caused them to let him know he is forgiven.
Then again, maybe I just have the fat virus...where is that cure again?

One Step At A Time

I had a friend visit today and she told me she was addicted to going to the gym and that the entire family is in on it now.

I want that back. I had that last winter, but haven't been to the gym in months.

So, tonight, I packed my gym bag. Everything I need. I'm not gonna pretend I am going to go for sure, but I figure packing the bag is a start.

I'm so tired of being tired. I want to have energy, be vibrant (in spirit), be happy.

A

How do I?

Get back on track. My vacation is over, my parents leave tommorow and all I want to do is sleep for 3 days.

LOL!

Why?

Why haven't I posted in awhile? Oh every ounce I have lost has made it's way back on to my body. Ugh, can't someone just wave a magic wand and make me skinny?

My Italy trip

Take a look at http://awomanofacertainage.blogspot.com because I have some pictures posted of our Italy trip. It's a very small fraction, since I took almost 1000 pictures, but it will give you a small idea of some of the things we saw. That was just the first day.

Weight Watchers

I went to my weigh in today and I lost 2.8 lbs. this week. I'm going to try to exercise every day this week and watch the pts.

Hi everybody, I'm back!!

I just spent the most wonderful 25 days, in Italy for 16 and then Alaska for 8. I was really concerned about gaining back the 20 lbs I'd taken off and talked to my Weight Watcher leader about it. She said that I should just go and have a good time and if I put on weight, I would take it off again when I got home. I took her advice and had a wonderful time eating and drinking my way through Italy and Alaska. Believe me when I tell you that Italy has the best food and wine I've ever tasted. I came back to find that I had lost .2 of a pound! Now I know that it is due to the fact that we were walking our heads off and on the go all day and late into the evening. At least it has got me back on my walking exercise program. The first three days nearly killed me because I hadn't been walking and so I'm trying to walk every day to avoid going through that pain again.

Believe me, I know about getting angry when someone eats my food. I have a cupboard just for my snacks with a keep out sign on the door, so don't feel bad about wanting your dh to keep his mitts off your food.

Am I That Stuck On Food

Yesterday, we were out and about and went to Cold Stone Creamery. We each got ice cream. I took a few bites of mine and felt a little guilty, so decided to save it for later.

I left to go study and limited myself to an ice tea at the cafe. I then told myself when I get home, I would have a few more bites of my ice cream as a reward for all the studying I had done (studied for hours). Then, I thought, what a great idea. A few bites at a time over the course of the next week instead of scarfing it down in one sitting. Meanwhile, I still get to enjoy a little ice cream in this summer heat.

So, the entire drive home I'm looking forward to my coffee ice cream w/almonds and a touch of brownie. But, when I get home, I discovered my child of a husband ate it. He didn't just take a few bites, he ate the entire thing. One, it was almost a pint of ice cream. Two, he already had his pint and three it was mine. I don't know but I've had this very "it's mine" thing going on with food since I had the kids. I'm more than willing to share, but I get very angry when people take my food without asking and eating it all.

Anyhow, so I locked myself in the den the rest of the night. I tried to convince myself this wasn't me being greedy about food, but that it was a respect thing about taking other peoples stuff. I'm constantly telling the kids if something isn't theirs, they have to ask the person if they can have some. Meanwhile, Tim just takes my ice cream. I see him do this with the kids too. Oh yeah, it's not just the ice cream. I'd be upset if it were a baked potato.

Anyhow, can this not be a respect thing and I'm just so stuck on food that it made me that upset? I don't want to be like this.......

Ugg!

Exercise help!

I've hit a wall with my exercise routine. Now that summer is here--it's hard to keep my momentum going. Does anyone have a favorite DVD or routine you do indoors?? Something I can do while the kids are down for a nap? I'm not a good "go to the gym" kind of gal. Actually, I prefer to exercise alone.....it's my only time to "think" during the day!!

Any suggestions?

Oh, slow your roll.....

Consistently loosing weight until I went off the deep end today. I think it had to do with me not drinking enough water. I was parched, but even though I drank water, I couldn't regroup and felt a need to eat all day.

So, off to drink some water tonight in the hopes to avoid this tommorow.

Hope you all are hanging in there.

That's 5

Okay, I have lost 5 of the 6 pounds I gained. I hope I can keep this up.

Keep on trucking ladies.

Made My Way

to a 6 pound gain in the past 4 weeks.

Made my way back here.
Made my way back to the gym today.
Made my way to losing 3 of the 6 lbs in two weeks.
Made my way back to making myself healthier.....

Down 3.6 pounds

I went in to LA Weightloss today and had lost 3.6 pounds. The same 3.6 pounds I lost a couple of weeks ago and regained. Erg. Now if the scale would keep going down that would be a bonus!

Who thinks

I will lose weight with this diet

Breakfast:
small bowl of cereal with milk
water

diet coke

Lunch

Salad with chicken
diet coke
1 trefoil cookie

dinner
small order of french fries
diet cranberry grapefruit juice

out with the girls (and 7 children)
slice of cake
diet coke

7:30 pm
home 1liter of water

Baby Steps

Okay, so I'm on the slow road with exercise, but today without even thinking began eating a couple of cookies.

So, trying to get back on track, I realized I need to take baby steps. If I can change one thing today, I can change more things later.

So, instead of grabbing for the soda, I sat down with a nice cup of hot camomille tea today. I also, took out my yogurt and a spoon to remind myself that would be a lot healthier snack than the cookies.

Here we go......

Okay, trying to get back on the exercise bandwagon. So, I'm gonna to try another round of 21 of 30.

Yesterday I went to aerobics class.

Today, I'm in for a workout on the bike and treadmill.

Anyone care to join me?

Hey You Guys!

How are you all doing?

I'm doing better. I'm finding myself craving a lot lately. Nothing in particular either. I think it might be my cycle, but I'm not sure. But, I'm trying to eat smaller portions too. So, I hope that helps.

I still haven't gotten back into the swing of things with exercise. Man alive, it's so easy to come up with excuses.

Anyhow, off to get my dose of sunshine this morning.

Hope is going well with everybody!

La Weight Loss Week 1.5

Down 3.6 pounds!!

Keeping Track

Okay, so I've been off and on about keeping a log. So, I thought I'd go back to
to do online logging. I really like this program.

This is what I came up with today.

I was at 2060 cals, 29% fat, 46% carbs and 26% protein. Now, I know I have some things to work on (ouch look at the cookies), but on an up note, I was way better on calories than yesterday AND lower on fat %.

After a week off work for spring break...

I lost 2.8 lbs. I could hardly believe it but I did. This just proves to me, that I can lose weight even through holidays and vacations. I just need to stay on my program and stay busy. This past week, instead of eating a lot, I worked on my sewing projects that have been piling up. I got a lot accomplished in a week. Several quilt blocks done for different quilts and 1 purse/beach bag done for my youngest daughter, 1/2 another bag done for another daughter and material cut out for a bag for me and material bought for the other two daughters bags. Plus I went to tea twice with one of my friends and managed to still lose weight by saving my flex points for those occasions. I am 2 lbs away from losing 10% of my body weight. I'm 4 lbs away from losing 25 lbs and I'm 9 lbs away from my goal of losing 30 lbs before we go to Italy in June. I'm sure I will make all of those goals!

Time to regroup....

Well, I'm up. I don't know that it's saying much, but I am. Time to regroup, so I'm off to exercise.

Anybody want to join me?

I'm sorry.....

I got so thrown off track. Who'd a thought Springbreak would throw me for a loop? And now I'm depressed. We've eaten out every other day for about 2 weeks now. Two of those days every meal was out. UGG!

I've gained about two pounds. I've only been to the gym a few times in the last two weeks.

I feel so down in the ditches. I've been checking the blog, but couldn't bring myself to post until today.

But, I made a very detailed grocery list. The hubby and kids came with me (which was so tiring). Next time I'm shopping by myself. LOL! Anyhow, I refused all snack foods, chips, ice cream etc. I did give in on the diet soda though. I suppose it could be worse.

I'm gonna start up the gym again on Tuesday. I didn't normally go on Mondays before so I'm not going to tommorow. I'm gonna take the morning/afternoon to cook the entire weeks worth of food, so I will have no excuse to eat out. And, I can't make excuses about school for not cooking. We need to go on a money diet anyway, so it won't be money shock when Ema begins preschool. So, expensive out here....GOSH! Thank goodness for tax returns!

Well, let me stop rambling.

But, I could use some encouragement as I sit here with my tummy tippith over onto my lap. How sad.

I wish we were all closer. I was just telling my sister I need a workout buddy. No one I know likes (of thinks they need) to workout.....

Didn't I say was going to shut up!

Talk to you guys later!

It's a start...

Down 1.6 pounds.

La Weight Loss Day 5

Well, I went back today to finish getting the rest of my program. I was a little worried because I had started reading some reviews that were horrible. I called my Mother in Law who was very supportive of the whole thing and made me feel like I hadn't made a huge mistake jumping into this program. They do recommend their LA Lite bars but they are not required. I think I will buy them for a couple of weeks and see how it goes then see if I want to take the plunge into buying the bulk amount of them.
I weighed after eating a very large amount of food at MOPS and am sad to say that I am back up 2 pounds from my take off weight but it is the afternoon and I ate a huge lunch. Hopefully the next weigh in will be better.
I do have to say I just have to get with it... there is no good time to start a diet! We had Easter then I was supposed to go to a Moms of Special Needs Kids meeting with a lot of food, then MOPS today, then tomorrow is supposed to be Pokeeno that always has good food. Crazy. Off I go to plan the rest of my day!

I'm back on track!

I lost 2.2 lbs this week even with Easter Sunday and my youngest daughter's birthday celebration. Whoppee! It was easy today to stay on program because I kept myself busy with my other hobby, quilting. If I stay busy, I sometimes forget to eat. It doesn't happen often but I feel good when it does. I've got 4 pts left for the day and I'm not eating them because it's after 7pm. So maybe I will see a bigger weight loss tomorrow.

LaWeight Loss Day 3

Well, it is just the morning. I have to go in this morning to weigh and get my program. My scale says I have lost a couple of pounds but I don't know what theirs will say. After my meeting there I have to go get a filling. So, I won't feel like eating after that.

LA Weight Loss day 2

Today feels like it has been harder than yesterday to stay on this juice, meat and veggies thing. I miss my carbs and sugar. I did have one tiny spoonful of mashed potatoes at lunch. I made ham, broccoli, mashed red garlic potatoes and garlic rolls. I did stay away from the rolls and ate a ton of broccoli. I go back in tomorrow to see what plan I am on and if I lost anything these last 2 days. We'll see. :)

Here goes nothing!

LA weightloss day 1. For today and tomorrow I have this drink that I am supposed to drink. I think it is kind of like a cleanse. 4ozs plus 4ozs of water 4 times a day. I can eat all kinds of meat and vegetables. On Monday I go back and get the rest of my program. I was worried the drink was going to be nasty but it actually tasted pretty good. I also need to drink 64 ozs of water along with the other stuff. I am sure I am going to feel full. I have already been tempted by the M&Ms in the kitchen and the bread in the fridge. It is for 2 days...I can do this!

I'm struggeling....

I weighed in yesterday to find out I had gained 4.4 lbs. I wanted to talk to my leader about it at Weight Watchers but she wasn't there. I talked to the girl at the scale because I knew she was another leader. I was hoping for some encouraging words but what I got was, "Stop having a pity party for yourself and get on with it!" I wanted to smack her! I guess she's right though. I'm responsible for what I put in my mouth, not her.

PS. I weighed this morning and had already lost 2 lbs. So I feel vindicated in some ways because I thought I hadn't eaten enough to gain 4.4 lbs. I don't think I drank enough water last week. I drank alot of water yesterday and I lost 2 lbs. Could there be a connection?

La weight loss

OK, so I just joined LA weight loss. I am headed out on a girls trip the next 3 days but they were so nice at the store. I am actually starting on Saturday then I go back on Monday to get the rest of my program. They apparently have 9 different programs depending on lifestyle, goal weight, and other areas. I will probably get the menu one since we are on the go all the time and eat out a lot because of it. I think I am going to like this program. It has a lot of accountability with it and a lot of structure. I will keep you posted on how it goes.

9 of 16

9 of 16

Okay, got 46 mins of walking in this morning.

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(as of April 1st)
I need to be careful. If I don't make a more steady pace, I'll not make my days. But, in the meanwhile. I say not bad. I'm getting in 3 to 4 days of aerobic exercise, anywhere from 50-60 minutes each.

Stalled

and don't know why. I think I have lost all motivation to lose weight. I want to lose it I just don't want to do anything to get there. In my head I want a nutritionist or someone to plan out meals for me, buy the groceries, and cook the meals. I know that is not possible because they will suggest things like tuna on crackers, cottage cheese and tomatoes. All of those are on my "I don't eat that" list. I also don't want to tell anyone if I am on a diet because I am afraid of what people will think if I fail. Maybe I am stalled because I am afraid I will fail...or maybe I am afraid I will succeed and then gain it all back plus some like has happened in the past... Who knows.

I need some motivation ladies!

Lost .4 of a lb.

Yes it's true. I lost .4 of a lb this week. I consider it a gift, considering I did no exercise this week and I did eat 3/4 of a lb. of See's candy. Now it's time to get down to business once again. I journeled the last page in my three month journal today. Looking back at what I've accomplished in the last 12 weeks really amazes me. I lost a total of 20.4 lbs in 12 weeks. I proved to myself that even as a post menopausal woman, I can still lose weight. It's onward and upward we go!

7 of 11

7 of 11 days today (March 29th).

Got into the gym. It was a hard workout today. I was about to give up at 40 minutes, but toughed it out.

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I went to the gym despite hacking up a lung. This cold just keeps lingering. I didn't feel well, but I managed. Oddly enough, I feel better now.

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5 of 9 days (March 27th). Got to get back on the band wagon.......

Walked today on the treadmill for 55 minutes. Feeling better, but got another cold. Hate exercising when I have a cold.

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4 of 5 days. Looking good Mr. Carter!!!!!

Actually, I didn't think I would make it through the entire workout, but I slowed down and managed to get in my 60 minutes.

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So far, so good. I almost didn't exercise. I was gonna using being sore from yesterdays workout as an excuse, but decided better of it.

So, that is 3 of 4 days!

Whoo!

Help

Not sure what's going on. But I had some serious cravings on Monday and today. I gave in both times and had some sweets. Anyhow, I'm perplexed. How can I be craving so much, but then once I eat the sweets, I'm completely unsatisfied. I don't think it's just guilt about eating junk, but I can't figure out what it is.

Has anyone else run into this?

A Fat Rant

Okay, Lisa posted this at Scrappin Mommas and I loved it. Thought I would share

Untrained Eye

Okay, I know I keep fluctuating within a few pounds, but never really loosing or gaining.

But, I should have taken Karen's advice at the begining of the year and taken my measurements.

Today, all day, I was pulling up my "loose" pants. I was a bit happy as the scale hasn't moved in quite some time.

I was just talking to my sister a week or so ago. She put herself on a 6 week challenge. She only lost 4 lbs., but lost 13 inches. How awesome is that?

Weigh in day-Week 12

I had my weigh in today and I lost 4.2 lbs this week. That was even going out to a nice restaurant with my red hat group on Saturday night. I've lost a total of 20 lbs. I'm confident that I will make my goal of 30 lbs before we go to Italy in June.

21 Days

Got a really good workout. Can't believe my instructor had us chasing paper plates today. But, it rocked!

So, we are at 2 of 3 days. Whoo!

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Okay, here we go. Finally getting back in to the swing of things.

Come on ladies........

1 of 2 days.

I wasn't able to do it.....

Okay, so I only did 20 of 30 days instead of 21.

But, you know what? I'm not mad and gonna get all down and depressed over it. I was so close and as both Debbie and Karen pointed out. I have to take care of my body or I only make it worse.

So, I'm getting better. Although, my nose, in three days, cannot decide whether to be plugged to runny. LOL!

But, you know what else? I can do it again. So, come Monday, it's off to another personal challenge.

21 of 30 days. 60 minutes each!

Join me ladies.......

Reasons

What are some of the reasons we want to lose weight?
Mine are:
Show my kids a healthy body image
Not pass on bad habits to them
Be healthy
Be active
Look smokin in a swim suit

Staying Motivated

Karen asked how I'm staying motivated. One, I have a subscription to Weight Watcher magazine. They have great articles and tips. They also have after stories by people that have lost a lot of weight and kept it off. I read an article by the Duchess of York, where she said even now the fat lady talks to her in her head. I've decided to let the thin lady talk to me and to tell the fat lady where to go! It really is about positive thinking. Any other thinking is "stinking thinking"!

I'm letting the madness take over.....

Okay, so I was in this "can't let the sick beat me" mode. I skipped working out yesterday because I barely got Johnny to the busstop let alone me to the gym.

I was feeling a "little" bit better this morning, so I went.

I shouldn't have. About 25 mins into it, I started feeling dizzy again, my nose plugged up again and I began sweating. I don't rightly know if I was sweating because of the workout or the allergies. Sometimes, my allergies get so bad, I get chills and dizzyness.

ANYHOW, I stopped after about 35-40 mins. I sat down for about 5 mins and decided I couldn't do it anymore.

But, on the bright side, that is still 20 of 29 days. If I'm well enough tommorow, I'll make my goal of 21 of 30 days. While, I only got 18 days of 60+ mins, I'm not mad. I'm not gonna get down on myself.

This is the most I have worked out in a very long time.

Thank you so much Debbie and Karen for all the motivation.

Hope you all are having a great one!

Sorry I fell of the face of the earth this week!

I've been really busy with work and working my program. I did weigh in on Tuesday and lost another 1.6 lbs so that brings me to 15.6 total weight loss. My darling hubby has finally decided he needs to work the program with me, so I'm trying not to let it distract me from what I'm doing for myself. I don't want to end up being his food police! Things are going well and we are both sticking to it. I'll try to contribute more this week.

A Little Motivation

Okay, since I ate sweets today and I'm atleast planning on sweets being presented to me atleast two days this week, I have to work around that or I'll never make my 21 of 30 days.

So, okay, I've got to get my willpower kicked in. I cannot eat sweets on any other days this week besides Tuesday (my anniversary) and Saturday (planned dinner and movie with Tim).

Fat Farm

So, I told Bobby today that I feel like I should check myself into a fat farm (I said rehab but I meant fat farm). I don't feel like I have any self control at all and want to eat all junk in sight...I suppose if it was every vegetable or fruit it would be ok...maybe it is the PMS talking. I also just found out that the pool I have been going to closed its lap pool indefinitely. Grr.

Week in Review

Wednesday, March 14th......19 of 27 days. Not only do I have only 3 more days to make my goal and one more day off. I have worked out 3 days in a row. I don't do that often. My aerobics class was really good today.
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Tuesday, March 13th......18 of 26 days. That's only 4 more days to go. I did get my entire 60 mins on the treadmill today. I feel good too. Got my dose of energy. Hope it can get me through the whole day.
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Monday, March12th......17 of 25 days. But, I only did 45 mins today. But, I guess that's better than taking the day off.
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Okay, standing at 16 of 23 days. Almost there! (March 11th)
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Okay, I'm at 15 of 22 days. I say not bad. But, I have to make a concerted effort to get an extra day in the gym each week in order to make my goal. Only 8 days left. Wait, that doesn't seem right. I've gonna have to go back through my postings and check.

*Nope, that's right. Only 8 days left. Whoohoo and two more days I can take off. I got it, I got it. I say that now until I leave my shoes in the hubby's car again. LOL!

As for my unsweet days, this is not so easy. So far I'm 3 for 5 days. But, I suppose that's better than no days. I've eaten sweets twice this week.

Why Do I Do This To Myself?

Ugg!

It's my fault. I forgot to take my gym bag (my shoes are in there) out of the car yesterday and Tim took my car this morning. So, he has my gym bag. Now, he is at work, but his car is at the park and ride, so I could easily go get the bag and come home and workout at home.

But, I don't want too!

Go get the bag that is......

Making Progress......I hope

So, about half the days I eat a bowl of whole grain shredded wheat. The other half of the days, I indulge in a large muffin of some sort. In an effort to try and eat better, I thought, I would take it one step at a time. So, today I opted for a croissant. Now, I know they aren't much healthier because of all the butter that goes into them. However, my thought process is to try to deal with my overwhelming need to have something sweet. So, since the croissant isn't so sweet, I started there. I'm hoping I can eventually move my way to toast or something. It's a little harder when your out and about. When I'm out is the days I usually indulge in the muffin. If I can't get toast or even a small bagel, I may move into the rice cake realm. I do like the flavored rice cakes and they still manage to keep them relatively low fat.

Wonderful Weigh In

I'm doing a happy dance! I lost 2.6 lbs this week. Total 14.2 since January 2nd. Now if I can just get my exercise in. Hubby and I went out to dinner tonight and I used some of my flex pts but then we went for a walk in the park and all around downtown so I feel like at least I got some exercise.

13 of 19

Well, I half assed it today, but I managed to break a sweat. But, I have to admit, the instructor put together a really good workout, I think I was just really wiped out.

That's 13 of 19 days.

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Okay, today is 12 of 18 days. But, I was just shy of 60 mins. I had to stop because my neighbor accidentally locked herself out of her house with her 3 year old and 6 month old baby. To boot it was only 32 degrees outside. Good things she had them all bundled up.

Anyhow, so, that leaves me with 12 days left and 3 days of breaks. I'm not sure I can do 12 days with only 3 days of breaks left. But, I'm gonna try. Maybe I can strategically place the days off. It's my own fault. I took two days off in a row. But, I did get exercise in today, plan on it atleast the next two days, but going for a record on Friday and if my legs are not falling off, maybe, just maybe Saturday. Depends on if we have company or not.

Anyhow, hope you all are doing great!

So, I was hanging out

with a few friends that probably range from the 115-140 range the other day. One has 3 kids, the rest of us have 2. I am hanging in there around the 199-200 mark because I am obviously not doing what I am supposed to. Anyway, we were talking about the jeans that are out right now. Even my friend at the 115 mark said she has to tuck her stomach in under her jeans. She is a runner. She will be running the 1/2 marathon in April. All of us had the same problem. I didn't realize so many women had to tuck their tummies into their pants. It just made me realize no matter what size we are as women that we are insecure because of what the media and society say we should look like. I told them I was sorry that they had that problem but it made me feel better to know I wasn't alone. They commiserated! :)
I do want to get on the ball though and shed some of this weight..especially since we may go on a cruise in December!

I decided......

If this 21 of 30 day thing is working for me with exercise, why not try it with food. It seems the more I exercise, the more I eat.

So, now that I've gotten pretty good at the exercising. Time to add on a new element. For the next 21 of 30 days, I'm going to attempt to not eat sweets. That still gives me about 2 days per week to eat something sweet. Meanwhile, if I just have to eat something sweet, I will attempt in said 21 days to replace it with something sweet, but healthy. Such as fruit, yogurt, juice etc.

Wish me luck!

Getting Back on Track

Hi everybody,
Anissa, you are just doing great! Congratulations on keeping up the exercise. I managed to do an hour on the treadmill this morning before I started out for the day. Exercise is never going to be my favorite thing to do, but I know I have to do it. The days that I exercise are easier to stay on pts, too, since I'm not as hungry.
The key for me on the treadmill is having something else to do. I've seen women at the gym reading a book while they walk on the treadmill. That won't work for me because I have a hard time keeping my balance and not reading the same sentence fifty times. LOL.
This morning I put the movie "Shall We Dance" in my dvd player and the hour flew by. I figure that at least I can watch a whole movie about every two days that way.
How do you all stay motivated?

swimming

Alright, I think I am going to try and get back into the swimming groove starting Monday!

Today

Today is 11 of 15 days.....moving right along.

I ate stupid yesterday and gained a little of the weight back. Gonna try and do better today.

Feeling exceptionally good today. I think it's because the sun is out and I still went to the gym. Although, I will readily admit, I only worked out for 45 mins this morning. But, better than not working out at all. Maybe, I can convince myself the housework I'm about to do will count as exercise. LOL!

Hope you all are having a great one!

A

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Update

We have 10 of 14 days.

I was sore this morning, but nada ouch in my shoulder. Today it was my biceps, but I realized that was a direct result of yesterdays workout. Got 45 mins step aerobics and 15 mins of light weight lifting. Whoot, whoot!

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Is 9 of 13 days. Wow, that's almost two weeks.

Anyhow, got in a 60 minute workout. Did a little kick boxing, a little step work, a little abs and a little stretching. Just love my Wednesday instructor.

Although, I coudln't do a lot of the jab work because my shoulder is still hurting and figured it was better to low impact it for a couple of days instead of reinjurying it and having to sit out even longer.

Reasons To Stay Motivated

So, I've been bummed because I haven't been loosing weight despite all the extra working out I've been doing. Plus, I was semi depressed because my cycles are all messed up again.

Well, ladies, I finally stepped off the cliff and onto the scale this morning. I'm convinced my haywire cycle has kept me from seeing my true weight over the past few weeks.

As of this morning, I'm down to 203. I was up from the 205 to 208. So, that's 5 lbs. I'm sure, some of it was "cycle weight". But, I came down even lower than I was before my cycle, so I'm convinced it was because I didn't let myself get down and kept exercising.

Keep motivated everybody!

Gained this week

I gained two pounds this week. I'm reminding myself that this is just information and what do I want to do about it. I have still taken off and kept off 11.6 lbs. Now all I have to do is drink my water, exercise, journal my food and pts and get busy and do it now!

8 of 12

Okay, rocked it today!

I sweated and felt good about it. Although, I stink right now and have to somehow manage to get a shower in before I have to take Johnny to school. LOL!

Anyhow, that was 65 mins today and 8 of 12 days.

That's what 77% of my days are getting exercise? Where is my calculator?

Tuesday Points

Breakfast
Cereal and Milk : 5 points
19 points left

Lunch
Sandwich: 6 points
Cookie: 3 points

10 points left

Points for friday

Breakfast:
7 points
lunch
10 points

7 points left

Get up

off your lazy butt and workout.

Talking to myself here......

Okay, did it! Hated it, but did it.

66 mins
just over a 5K

BTW, that's 7 days out of 10.

I'm feeling

rotten right now! I hurt myself at work today. I was loading a wheel chair onto my bus and one of the aides decided to "help" me. She helped me alright. She pushed the chair while I was pulling and knocked me back into the lift. I felt something pop in my lower back and I couldn't straighten up. Off to the workman's comp doc and I'm icing my back, taking drugs and walking gently. I'm restricted to picking up no more than 10 pounds (I guess my purse will have to go) and no pushing or pulling anything. By the way, Karen, do I get a prize for posting the 100th post. I feel better already.

6 of 8

Moving right along. Got in 61 minutes on the treadmill. Still debating tommorow since Tim won't be able to watch the kids. I usually don't have them with me on Saturday gym days.

Todays Points

So, I am starting over on my points today and I thought I would keep track of them here today. Maybe that will force me to stay at 24 for the day.

Breakfast:
Bacon, Egg and Cheese Muffin Sandwich 5 (yes at home mom! :) )

19 left
Lunch 9.5

9.5 left

Dinner:
8.5

1.5 left

30 Minutes

Hey, it's a start. We have all been sick in our house for the last 2 weeks. I am finally feeling better. So, I walked the dog for 30 minutes this morning. Maybe I can get another 1/2 hour in later today when Munchkins friend is over playing. :)

I got my 60 minutes...

of exercise in tonight. I walked on the treadmill. I told myself that all I had to do is watch two half hour shows on TV while I walked and it worked. I set my incline on 3 and sometimes 4 and walked at 3.2 miles per hour. That's good for 4 activity pts with Weight Watchers. Hurray!

5 of 7

This morning I got in a 50 minute workout. I was dragging though. I think I'm gonna have to take a break today. I will finish up that other 10 minutes later today on the treadmill.

My left shin, the bottom of my feet and thighs were not cooperating today. But, I managed.

Hang in there everybody!

Well....

I know that's a deep subject. LOL. I managed a 20 minute high intensity treadmill workout after dinner. Day 7 and I'm still exercising even if it's not an hour all the time.

Weigh in day

My weigh in went well. I lost another 1.8, yippee! That's 13.6 total. I will walk tonight before dinner for an hour.

Day 4 of 6

That wasn't so bad. It was so much easier walking for 60 mins than trying to put some running in there. Also, I found that I didn't loose that many calories (since I don't run so fast) by just fast walking most of the time and putting some incline in there (even though I didn't incline it the entire time).

Moving right along......

Day 6 for Debbie

Hey there,
I'm glad you didn't give up after 40 minutes. I walked an hour this morning on the treadmill. I was hitting a wall about 45 minutes and then I reminded myself that I only had 15 minutes to go, so I pushed on and made it. I told my friend Terri that I was having a really hard time with my shins hurting and she gave me a really good tip. She said to slow down and raise the incline. I did that today. Instead of walking 3.5 mph. I slowed down to 3.0 mph and raised the incline from 1 to 3. I did the hour and walked 3 miles and my shins are not hurting. Now it's my butt! Lol. But I guess I need to work on that area of my body too, and I'd rather have that sore then my shins.

3 of 5 days

Okay, this is day 3 of 60 mins exercise. That's 3 days of the last 5 days. On track so far.

After I fully woke up, I "FORCED" myself onto the treadmill. I wanted to stop after 40 mins, but then thought about Debbie. I thought I'd get a lecture from her if I stopped so close to 60 mins and not just go all the way. LOL!

I almost did homework instead, but Tim convinced me I'd feel better and work better if I exercised first. So, I did mostly walking, but still got a little bit of running in.

And, Tim was right. I feel tons better!

Day 5 for Debbie

Not much to say except I did take a 30 minute walk today with the dog. Didn't walk very fast but got at least a mile in.

Day 4

We had another beautiful day today. I got up at 6 am and didn't get started until 7:30 am, but I walked 2.5 miles in 45 minutes. That's good for 3 exercise pts. My shins were screaming when I got done, but the rest of my body and my mind felt great!

Day 2

Okay, so today was day 2 out of 3 days (Goal: 21 out of 30 days).

I spent 60 minutes dragging my butt. I was still sore from the 5K I did. I didn't think I was until I actually started working out.

But, I managed to break a small sweat. Did 40 mins cardio, 10 mins abs and 10 mins stretching. So, nice to take a class, so you don't have to think of all this stuff yourself.

LOL!

Day Three of 21

I got up this morning at 4am again. I went to the treadmill and did 10 minutes and my body revolted! My shins were hurting so bad that I decided the better part of valor was to stop so I would be able to do it later.
This afternoon after work and walked for 40 more minutes with one of my friends. It was a beautiful day today and the tempeture was 75 degrees. Will update you on day 4.

I look thinner!

So I haven't weighed in a few days. I had lost a total of 3 pounds the last time I weighed. But, my friend Angela said I look thinner tonight! Woo hoo!! That made me feel good and motivated to keep pressing on toward the goal. Which would be to be healthier, lose weight, and not pass on negative self image issues to my daughter!

5K

So, I did a 5K today!

Actually, I got quite a workout. My intention was to go to an aerobics class, but the car got stuck on the ice. So, after spending 40 mins digging myself out, I was too late for class. So, I got on the treadmill and saw they had a 5K loop. Now, I did do quite a bit of walking and wasn't running particularly fast. However, I did manage to get my running spurts longer and longer. While not great (57 mins and some change), I finished. And, I finished after 40 mins of digging snow and ice.

That's 1 day of 21.

Okay

So I did 32 minutes on the treadmill today and walked 1.76 miles. I am going to amend my former post to say I will work up to 1 hour of exercise a day for the next 21 days. I felt great after I did the treadmill at 4:00 am this morning, but after working a full 8 hours at my job as a school bus driver and having a very stressful day today, I feel like my butt has been kicked. So I will get on the treadmill again tomorrow morning at 4:00 am and let you know tomorrow night how it went.

Today I was inspired....

by my friend Terri. Two years ago, Terri was contemplating gastric bypass surgery. She had to lose a certain amount of weight before they would do the surgery. She went to work and started losing weight. Before she knew it, she had lost the required amount of weight and then some. She decided to try and lose more weight and put off the gastric bypass surgery. She lost 70 lbs! She started walking on her treadmill for an hour every morning before work. She watched what she ate and walked seven days a week. The weight has stayed off for two years and she still walks five days a week.

Terri told me it takes 21 days to form a new habit. I thought about what I do in the morning. I get up and get ready for work, drink my coffee and eat a light breakfast and sit on my fanny and read the paper. What if I walked an hour on my treadmill instead of reading the paper for an hour? I can still read the paper on my break. I have resolved to walk every day for the next 21 days for an hour. It may be in two 30 minute blocks but it will be an hour a day. I want to challenge you all to join me for the next 21 days and see what a difference it will make in your life. I'm going to reveal something about myself. I'm Karen's mother and I'm almost 55 years old. I think I'm the oldest one here. Don't let an old broad out do you young chicks! LOL!

Still Got My Workout

Completely snowed in today. Okay, not completely. However, I wasn' t in the mood to dig out the car. So, I waited around all day and Tim did it. Anyhow, I never made it to the gym.

So, in an effort not to be a lazy bum (because I didn't get my butt onto the treadmill). I hung up some very large, framed artwork onto the walls. Then, I took the kids outside to play and shoveled the path to the front of the house and the path that runs up to the back of the house.

Man alive, I didn't realize shoveling snow was such hard work. And, who would have thought snow was so heavy.

LOL!

I'm proud of myself, too!

I had my weigh in at Weight Watchers today. I lost 2.2 lbs for a grand total of 11.8 in six weeks. Hurrah! I'm almost to my half way goal of 30 lbs before we go to Italy in June.

I'm so proud of myself.....

Is that okay? This weird thing my family and hubby has that they don't like being proud of themselves or atleast they don't like to show it. I tell them not to mix that up with being too vain/vane (how do you spell that anyway).

I use to never be proud of the things I do. It took me a long time to get over that mentality. There is nothing wrong with being proud of your accomplishments. Why not? We compliment other people on theirs. Don't get me wrong. It's not like I'm stopping people in the street to tell them about all the great stuff I do.

and on that note......I digress.....I'm gonna brag to you guys.

I am proud of myself because despite getting down on myself about my eating habits. I did manage to workout 4 days so far and I'm up in the air about tommorow. That was one of my goals. To get into the gym or workout at home 3-4 days a week. I've been working on this goal since October. I've arrived and to tell you the truth, as hard as it is to get up, get the kids ready and get to the gym in time for class, I am feeling pretty darn good.

Is this the path to goodness everybody keeps talking about?

Cake for Breakfast

Last night I had Pokeeno at my house. This means that I had to cook for 12 people including dessert. I made tri tip steak, a big salad, garlic mashed red potatoes, and Hawaiian rolls. For dessert I made a triple chocolate bliss cake. It was all yummy and I ate a lot of salad and a little bit of everything else.

This morning the cake called to me. I ate 1 piece with a very small scoop of ice cream. Unfortunately I couldn't taste it at all. I am planning on staying in my points today. 24 points. The cake was 7 and ice cream 3 so I have 14 left. Off I go to plan what I am eating the rest of the day. If I keep feeling like this it won't be hard.

Be kind to yourself

I'd like to respond to New fan's previous post. Be kind to yourself. Thinking negatively will not get you anywhere. Instead of a negative statement about how a food is not good for you, try stating it in the positive. Such as, "I can have that candy bar, but I don't want it today."If you have a food that you just love, but you're afraid of what it can do to your waistline, try giving it up for a short time. I love cheese. One time I decided that I would rather give up cheese than eat lowfat or fatfree cheese (what is fatfree cheese anyway, it doesn't even melt!) I gave it up for about six weeks and when I decided to eat it again, I tried lowfat cheese and found that it was pretty good. I still like regular, full fat cheese and I can still have it, I just have it in smaller amounts.

Don't make this about deprivation! Make it a lifestyle change and find how to eat what you want by allowing yourself to eat. I'm feeling that I'm having success this time because I'm eating what I want within my points for the day and I'm enjoying my food more. For myself, I've found that if I eat breakfast with a little protein I do better during the day. Orowheat's 100% whole wheat english muffins are great with 1 Tablespoon of lowfat peanut butter and it satisfies my hunger. I also eat a better lunch with a snack when I come home from work and then dinner. I'm trying not to eat after 7:30pm. I hope this helps and encourages you all. I know it's hard but we are all in this together.

Don't know what my problem is......

I have got the exercise thing down pat. Feeling good and getting to the gym atleast 3-4 days a week. If it snows, I get on the treadmill.

My down fall is the food. I look at things, tell myself they are bad for me, but eat them anyway.

I feel so lost and out of control when it comes to the food. The exercise is the only thing keeping me from gaining weight and the food is the only thing keeping me from loosing it.

Ugg!

Survived the Super Bowl Party and still lost weight!

That's right, ladies. I lost another 1.2 lbs. bringing me to a total of 9.6 in 5 weeks on Weight Watchers. I really wanted that 10 lb goal to be met this week but I will not allow myself to get discouraged. I will have at least 10 lbs off my next Tuesday!

And for last week . ..

I lost .5 lbs. Not as outstanding as before, but it still feels great. I wasn't as active as last week, but I've found that eating what I want when I'm hungry, and stopping the second I feel satisfied is my key to success. I'm 14 lbs away from my first goal, and it feels great! probably because 14 is so much smaller than 21. Have a terrifc week, ladies!

Off the wagon

I have lost a total of 2 pounds since the 1st of January. I have lost several inches like I posted earlier but I have lost my motivation. This always seems to happen when I start a "diet" or "change of lifestyle" or "new way of eating". I always seem to fail. Why? I don't know.

When I started working (outside of babysitting) I had this certain feeling of entitlement. Because of some of the things in my past I thought if I wanted something I should have it. If I wanted days off at Burger King I just told the boss what days I was going to work. They let me get away with that and I am not sure why. Maybe I was a good employee or maybe I was just assertive. When I went to college I was the same way and in my jobs. I felt like if I wanted something I should have it.

I wonder if I feel like that about my eating habits. For awhile I feel good about my choice to limit certain foods. Not give them up but have them in smaller quantities. Then I get to a point where I get frustrated and feel like I should be able to eat whatever I want, go buy a bunch of junk that I am going to ration and then eat it all in 2 days. I know better. I know if I buy it I am going to eat it. So, I should just not buy it. My sense of entitlement says I should be able to have it. How do I smash my feelings of entitlement and make better choices?

New challenge

OK ladies,
I have been lax in getting new challenges up. Plus I have been a flaker on getting prizes out. So, prizes that were supposed to go out last week will go out in the next couple of days.

Our next challenge will be sweets. From Wednesday to Wednesday log all sweets and post them next Thursday. The person that eats the least sweets will win a prize. :) You can also log the temptations and challenges of this challenge.

Log

Okay, here is my log......

Thursday
shredded wheat cereal w/ff milk
handful of pita chips
3 cups of hot chai tea
2 oranges
pasta w/chicken
coffee
3 pieces of rocher chocolate

Friday
turkey sub sandwich (no mayo)
baked lays
diet pepsi
3 cups chai tea
1 oranges
1/2 brownie
beef sirloin salad

Saturday
coffee
tomato parmesean sandwich
5 triscuits
1 bite of donut
grilled chicken sandwich
french fries
diet pepsi
2 cookies
bowl of cereal w/ff milk

Sunday
water
bowl of shredded wheat w/ff milk
2 waffles w/jam
3 cups chai tea (caffeine free)
roast pork w/rice
small amount of carrot
spita chips
2 cookies
coffee

Monday
water, more water
1 serving of coffee cake
1 cup of coffee w/half and half
garden salad
lo mein w/chicken, beef and shrimp
bag of baked lays
2 chicken wings

Tuesday
water
coffee
bowl of shredded wheat w/ff milk
about 1 1/2 cups popcorn
3 spoonfuls of macaroni and cheese
about 10 crackers
beef stew
cupcake (I admit it, this was a stresscake)

Wednesday
hot tea
bowl of shredded w/ff milk
crackers
handful of french fries
white chicken chili
8 double chocolate cookies

Haven't been feeling or doing so well

I'm sure I've gained the weight I lost back. Well, not sure because I have so far refused to get back on the scale.

But, I got super stressed over school and ate a cupcake and then last night I think I ate um, atleast 8 cookies.

We are "ALL" sick with cold too. So, that can't be good. But in an effort to recover, all the cookies are gone and I bought a mondo bag of fruit. As soon as I'm done here, I am going to get on the treadmill despite me hacking up a lung. I promise not to overdue it though. The last thing I need is to be sick all weekend.

Plus, I'd hate to be sick when I have to go to my tutoring session. I can't miss it either because I have midterms begining on Monday.

Yippee

I lost 1.7 lbs last week. A total of 6.7 lbs and 5 inches. Whoo hoo!

Still maintaining

I am still maintaining my 2 pound weight loss. Haven't lost anymore but haven't gained those 2 pounds back. I think my new motto needs to be eat less move more, eat less move more.....

We got a Nintendo Wii and have been really active with that. It has been fun to actually be playing it as a family. I know it can't be a substitute for the real thing but this has made us sore more than once.

Don't forget to post your journals tomorrow!

Weigh In Week 4

I lost another 1.2 lbs. this week. Yippee!!! That makes 8.4 off my body and I'm starting to feel better.

Journaling everything

I like Karen's challenge this week because I think journaling is the key to success at least for me. If I write down everything that I put in my mouth, it makes me think about what I'm doing. I got in this shape doing a lot of mindless eating. If I take the time to write it down, sometimes I don't eat it because it causes me to think about if I'm really hungrey or what else is going on. I can put away a lot of food when I'm sad, when I'm happy, and especially when I'm bored. If you realize you are eating out of boredom, or any other excuse besides hunger, then just remove yourself from the food! Go do something else, anything else. Clean house. Take a walk. Call a friend. Work on one of your favorite hobbies (scrapbooking, reading, card making,) Or do something for someone else. Take the focus off the food and yourself and you will succeed at this.

Friday Weigh In

Okay, so I weighed myself this morning and I'm down another .8lbs. Less than I had hoped for, but more than what I lost last week. Maybe it will keep building.

Whoohooo!

Ps....I don't even feel like I need to treat myself to something sweet over this. That's usually my downfall.

Week 4 challenge Keepin' track

This week keep track of all of your food intake. Write down everything you eat and post it next Thursday.

Fruit!

Hey ladies!
Post your fruit intake in the comments for this last week. There is a little prize! Lisa and Anissa yours are both going in the mail tomorrow for the last two challenges.

Weigh in day

I weighed in today at Weight Watchers and lost another 1.2 lbs. Grand total 7.2 in three weeks. I'm stoked!

Ergh

I think I will skip weighing this week and weigh next Monday. I was away at a scrap retreat all weekend, sat at a table the entire time and ate more food than my points would allow. Soooo, I am afraid of the results. Back to swimming tomorrow morning.

I'm so excited!!!

First thank you ladies for your support. I know I don't blog everyday, but I do read the blog and I am encouraged by all of you.

So today I stepped on the scale and what did I see? . . . . . 206.2! That's a 4.2 loss from last week and a 5.4 loss over all. I haven't done my measurements yet but I fell great.

I've been exercising and eating right and less and it's working. I wish all of you the same success!!

Whooohoooo....

Okay, I know normally everyone weighs in on Wednesdays, but I also weigh myself on Friday because of the stuff I do over at the Jillian Michael's website.

Anyhow I'm down .6lbs this week. Thanks Karen. I think it's because of the fruit. Not that I'm eating tons, but it's really made me pay attention to not eating some of the other bad stuff I was eating.

I know it's not much but after gaining three pound in the past two week, it feels good!

Fruit, fruit and more fruit

I find all these logs help me better.

Wednesday
1/2 apple

Thursday
1 apple
1 orange

Friday
1/2 pear
1 orange

Saturday
nada

Sunday
nada

Monday
3 oranges

Tuesday
3 oranges

This weeks water log.....

Wed, Jan 16th
32 oz

Thurs, Jan 17th
8 oz

Friday

48 oz

Saturday
nada

Sunday
nada

Monday
nada

Tuesday
16.2 plus

My personal Exercise Log

Okay, Anissa get it together. You don't want an empty log do you?

Thurs, Jan 17th
55 mins step aerobics

Tuesday, Jan 23rd
20 mins bike
20 mins treadmill

Wednesday, Jan 24th
45 mins step aerobics

inches

I have been feeling pretty low because I don't feel like I am doing good at this weight loss thing. I will lose a pound and gain a pound. This morning I stepped in the scale (I know! I should only weigh once a week) and I was back up a pound. It didn't help that I had a bad eating day yesterday. So, I thought, maybe I should take my measurements again. I took the big ones since I thought I might see some progress there.
I have lost:
2.5 inches in my hips
1 inch in my abdomen
1.5 inches in my thighs

So I have lost 5 inches along with my 2 pounds that keep going up and down. It looks like swimming is at least helping me tone up if not lose the weight. I will stay in my points today and maybe that will help some more!
Lisa posted this before but it is a great tool. To track your weight and inches go here.

Week 3 Challenge: Fruit

Record each serving of fruit you eat this week and post in the comments next Wednesday. The winner will get a prize. Try to get 3-4 per day.

Water Challenge

Make sure to post your water in the comments section. Anissa, your prize from last week is on is way!

Still home....

sick. I finally stopped running a fever but I've got a horrendous cough and now I'm sneezing. If I feel better by this afternoon, I'll go back to work tomorrow. I'm still staying on program and drinking at least 64 ozs of water a day.

Still not sure what's going on.....

I'm up 3.2 lbs. Not sure what's going on, but I'm I'm not going to let it stop me. Just gonna eat better and get into the gym.

Besides, I talked to my little sis last night and she's lost 7 lbs. I've got to catch up!

Weigh In

I lost 1.2 lbs bringing me to a grand total of 6lbs gone!! Yippee for me. I'm not going to miss any of my Weight Watcher meetings until I go to Italy this summer.

Week 2

Well, good news I not only lost the 1.6 lbs that I gained but I lost another 1.2 lbs. I'm down to 210.4. Not a huge loss but baby steps will get me there just as well.

Weigh in week 2

Well, I lost .5 of a pound. I am down to 199 from 201.5 Woo hoo. Slow but steady wins the race.

Water

I've lost count after 64 ozs per day. I drink at least 2-32 oz Weight Watcher cups a day plus. I started getting sick yesterday with a cold or the flu. Aching, coughing, fever. So I'm going to drink more and try and flush it out of my system.

How is

everyone doing/feeling?
I am doing pretty well. Not losing like I hoped I would. Tomorrow is another day though. :)

Water Log

Just realized I won't be able to go back and edit in the other thread.

Wednesday 16.2 oz
Thursday 56 oz
Friday 8 oz
Saturday -8 oz
Sunday -16.2 oz
Monday 32 oz
Tuesday-12 oz

Breakfast

I had a 7pt cinnimon roll for breakfast this morning. Luckily it filled me up but I don't want to make a habit of that! It was a Grands roll that I baked myself, but I wouldn't even have bought the can yesterday if I would have had my pts calculator with me. It's an invaluble tool to use at the grocery store because when you can see the pts before you buy it, it may save you the money, time and pts. I'm going to have no pts Garden Vegetable soup for lunch today with a salad and 1 left over chicken thigh which will give me about 3 pts for lunch. I haven't planned dinner yet but I will have 17 pts left for dinner and snacks so that's doable.

Ah Oh!

I had a mini binge tonight. I pigged out on Meringue Cookies. They are two points for 4 cookies and I think I had 8 pts worth. Oh well, I took them out of the flex pts I was saving for this weekend. Back to just the normal pts for tomorrow.

I am

going to do better today, I am going to do better today, I am going to do better today....

hamburger bun 2
1 tsp margarine 1
brown sugar 1

cheeseburger 8

salad 3
jacket potato 8

brownie 5

28 points.

Exercise Log

So, I know I do things a lot better when I log everything. So I'm starting an exercise log. Join in everybody!

Thursday

45 mins step class

Friday
Does getting out of bed count?
clean house
walked 4 blocks

Week 2 Challenge

Water:
Drink as much water as you can. Post your results next Wednesday in the comments section. Congrats Anissa for our Week 1 excercise challenge. I will be sending you a prize in the mail!

Yummy Recipe!

Hi everybody,
Hope you've had a good day. This recipe is what we had for dinner tonight. It was delicious. Pts value=4 for 1/6 of the pie.

Turkey Shepard's Pie

1 large sweet potato, peeled and quartered

1 large Yukon Gold potato, scrubbed and quartered

1/4 cup low-fat(1%) milk

1 1/4 teaspoons salt

2 teaspoons olive oil

1 large onion, chopped

2 carrots, diced

1 1/4 pounds ground skinless lean turkey breast

2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh thyme, or 3/4 teaspoon dried

1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1 14 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth

1/4 cup tomato paste

1. Combine the potatoes and enough cold water to cover in a medium saucepan: bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, covered, until fork tender, about 15 minutes. Drain and mash the potatoes with the milk and 1 teaspoon of the salt.

2. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 425 degrees.

3. To make the filling, heat the oil in a 12 inch nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onion and carrots: cook until golden, about 7 minutes. Add the turkey, thyme, the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and the pepper. Cook, breaking up the turkey with a wooden spoon, until browned, about 4 minutes. Sprinkle in the flour and cook, stirring constantly, just until the flour is absorbed, about 30 seconds. Stir in the broth and tomato paste: bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, stirring constantly, until slightly thickened, about 1 minute.

4. Transfer the filling to a 2 quart baking dish; top with the potato mixture and spread evenly with a fork, making a pattern with the tines. Bake until heated through, about 15 minutes.

Ergh!

I kind of thought my points would be blown out of the water today and boy was I right. I feel cruddy tonight and it is all because I ate way too much. I got up and went swimming before everyone got up. That part was good. I got home made breakfast for the kiddos (warmed up cinnamon rolls), made mac and cheese for MOPS and skipped breakfast because I knew there would be good food at MOPS. I tried to fill my plate with veggies. I put carrots and cauliflower on 2/3s of my plate. Then I had a very small scoop of my mac and cheese and a small slice of sausage. Then I came across very small crackers wrapped with Parmesan cheese and a slice of bacon. I had 4 of those. Then another girl at my table brought toffee bars. They were graham crackers with butter, sugar, pecans, and chocolate chips. I had 2 of those. After that I did not have eat again until dinner. I made cheeseburgers and french fries. They were really good but I think that is why my stomach is feeling cruddy.
Anyway, back on the wagon tomorrow. I am planning my 24 points for the day and I am starting the day with swimming. I am going to LOSE THIS WEIGHT!!!

A Donut Saved My Butt Today

So, my dumb butt grabs a donut for breakfast this morning. I got it from the bakery at the grocery store. I knew it was bad, but couldn't help myself. Anyway, I go to take a bite and the bottom was actually burnt. I ditched it immediately.

Tainted my mouth from sweets for the rest of the day!

Whoohoooo......

Week 1 Challenge Check in

Well, it has been one week since I posted the challenge to excercise as much as you can. Post in the comments your totals and the winner will get a little prize!

Great Weigh In

My first week on Weight Watchers has been a rousing sucess for me. I lost 4.8 lbs. I'm really into journaling every bite and honestly counting my points. I also am trying to get all my water in and to exercise. I bought the Weight Watchers Walking Kit. It has a DVD with a ten minute, 20 minute and 30 minute walk plus a 10 minute Power walk. I did the 10 minute walk last night and it's a good work out. I really liked it and I told myself that if I do that 10 minute walk, 3 times a day, I will get my 30 minutes of exercise every day. Hope you all have a great week.
Hang in there!

Week one

Well, the good news is that my exercise has more than doubled and I am starting to eat right and use my points. But what did I find out (not much to my surprise since I did take a detour to Taco bell whoops!) a gain of 1.6 pounds. But what really matters is that I feel ten times better since I exercise everyday. I'm no longer doing pilates as much since the weighted ball broke while I was doing sit ups and that caused the bungy strap to leave a nice bruise on my leg. Thanks Everlast! But I walk a lot. And since my favorite pasttime is shopping, I've been pasrking way way out in the north eighty! Yeah, pretty far and I found that if I am going to shop, as I know I will, I get more exercise by walking the store before I even pick up anything.
So, in summary: Taco Bell not such a good thing, exercise GREAT!

My weigh in is tomorrow...

and I will post whatever it is. We went to Applebee's for dinner tonight. I had 12 1/2 pts left for the day and had picked out what I was going to order from the WW dining out guide. As luck would have it, they didn't have the thing I picked so nothing else looked good from the WW menu. I ended up having a combo that was a cheese quesidilla for an appetizer, a Tequila Lime grilled chicken breast and a Maple butter Blondie for dessert. The quesidilla was cut into 4 pieces. One piece was badly burnt, so I discarded that. One piece didn't have much cheese so I didn't finish that. I gave two pieces to my daughter. The chicken breast was good and I cut that in half and put half in a box. The tortilla strips under the chicken were burnt so I didn't eat that. The rice was just plain nasty so I didn't eat that. I shared the blondie with my daughter and husband. So I guess I didn't do to bad. It's the worst meal I ever got from Applebees and I'm so grateful; )

I feel good....

I had a LOT of energy today. I was in a good mood. It was nice for a change. I got up, had a good breakfast, got lots done at work, got a lot of errands done, packed a lunch for work and didn't eat any crap from the vending machines. and I worked out for 45 mins.....I actually had been looking forward to it all day.

I really needed that boost when I got on the scale this morning. Now that I FINALLY got past that damn 268 I had been hanging around at or above for so long, I don't ever want to see it again. I just want to keep on taking those pounds off one by one.

You guys are all doing a great job, keep it up!

Week 1

Okay, so it's not so good but I'm not gonna get down on myself. I started out with a 1lb loss, gained 5 and subsequently lost 2.2 lbs. So, officially it's a 1.8 lb gain. But, I know last week was really crazy, so I'm going to regroup this week. I've been watching what I'm eating and gonna get back into the gym.

Hoping you all have great one too!

I think....

I may have taught not only myself, but my beautiful daughter a good lesson today. She is forever wanting to feed me stuff and I'm constantly telling her that I don't want it while she is simultaneously trying to shove it in my mouth. LOL!

Well, it clicked today. I told her "Ema, I don't want it. Not because I don't like your crackers, but because I'm not hungry". She didn't quite understand this, so I looked at her and said "maybe we can save them (crackers) for later. When we are hungry, we can go back and eat them". Well, what do you know. She stopped trying to put them in my mouth and got herself a little sandwich bag and has saved them for later.

So, we learned not to waste and to eat when we are hungry!

So, how long do you think I can trick my brain into thinking I don't need to eat when I'm craving. LOL!

WOOT!

My week one weigh-in: 266. That's 4 pounds lost!
Now I just have to remember that I won't lose that much every week, 1-2 pounds a week is the goal.

Weigh in week 1

Drum roll please......... I lost 1 pound last week. Yeah! That is 4 sticks of butter off of my body! :)

Hmmm

What is there to say today? Tomorrow is my first weigh in. We are going to PF Changs again tonight for a friends birthday. I have my points all counted out already. Hopefully I will see a weight loss tomorrow. I will post it tomorrow no matter what.

*Edit Well all the planning in the world was all well and good but I still went over. I had a bowl of honeycomb with 2%milk and blueberries for breakfast. Crazy Bread for lunch. Then at PF Changs I had 1 chicken lettuce wrap, 1 lettuce leaf, 1 and 1/2 mu shu pork burritos and 1/2 of the flourless dome cake. It doesn't feel like I ate myself out of house and home but I think the cake alone was way over the points. Oh well, tomorrow is another day.

Is it possible to feel full and hungry at the same time?

Still struggling with that psychological aspect. I just had a nice bowl of oatmeal with peanut butter in it, and a glass of milk. I'm full. I feel nice and content. But I also have this feeling like I'm a little bit hungry. My tummy isn't rumbling or anything, so i KNOW I'm not hungry. I think it's just that part of my brain that says, "what, that's all you're gonna eat? there's no way that will fill you up!" even though my stomach is saying "hey, thanks for not stuffing me like a thanksgiving turkey!"

It's hard to differentiate this "phantom" hunger from the real thing. I've had a couple days where I was hungry ALL the time, despite eating lots of protein, fiber, and drinking my water - stomach was constantly rumbling. it seems like the rest of the time is my brain just wanting me to eat when I'm not hungry, because that's what it's used to me doing.

I was on a roll.....

So, I got up early and left before anybody woke up. I planned on getting my hair done and then heading over to the gym. Well, I went into the hair place, watched a couple of the girls working on the hair and felt I was safe. No, I get the one that seemed to be unconfindent in her skills. She rolled my hair and put the solution on. Then, made me move so she should work on somebody elses hair. But, then she couldn't figure out if my hair was curly enough, so she called over other people. I couldn't tell what they were saying because they were speaking in their native tongue, but it was definately about the hair, because they were both messing with it. It was then that I was like I better start praying. It did turn out okay, but I couldn't go to the gym because she spilled conditioner all over the front of my shirt and sprayed the back of my shirt (soak and wet) when she was rinsing my hair out. Plus, I think she tried to snatch my headband.

Anyhow, so I had to come home and skip the gym. But, I promise, I will clean off my treadmill and get my workout anyway.

Meanwhile, I resisted buying a cupcake at Starbuks and instead got a egg sandwich w/sundried tomatoes and a cup of coffee. Might not be much better, but it definately was less sugar. That's for sure........

Stayed on pts today...

I had a really good day because I planned for every point and everything that went into my mouth. Breakfast: 1 cup shredded wheat with cinnamon=3 pts, 1/2 cup 1% milk=1pt, 1-6oz Activa yogurt=2pts and 1 cup of coffee with creamer=1pt.
Lunch: A sandwich made from 1 whole wheat english muffin=2pts, 2.6 ozs of deli ham=2pts, 2 teaspoons of lf mayo=1pt, sliced tomato=0. I also had a snack bag of baby carrots=0, and 1/2 cup of lf cottege cheese=2pts.
I went out shopping this afternoon and got hungry so I had a WW 2pts bar that I stuck in my purse, just in case.
Dinner: 4.7 oz grilled boneless, skinless chicken breast=5pts. 2/3 cup Wild Rice Pilaf (recipe follows)=4pts, steamed broccoli=0. Other snacks today included a fruit cup=1 pt. and a WW snack cake=1 pt. Grand total:27 pts.
I'm including the recipe for the rice because my whole family loved it. It's a WW recipe out of their new cookbook.

Wild Rice Pilaf with Cranberries and Pecans

3 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
1 cup wild rice, rinsed
1 bunch scallions, chopped
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/4 cup fresh parsley leaves, chopped
1/4 cup coarsely chopped pecans

Bring the broth to a boil in a medium saucepan. Stir in the rice. Reduce the heat to low and simmer, covered for 20 minutes. Stir in the scallions and cranberries; simmer, covered , until the grains start to pop and the rice is tender, 35-40 minutes. Fluff with a fork and stir in the parsley and pecans. Per serving(2/3 cup)=4 pts.

I have a plan...

As part of the health and wellness program I do at work, I get 2 free visits with the hospital dietician. Monday I'm going to call and set up an appointment. I want to do another week or so of food journaling, keeping track of how i feel after eating, when i get hungry, etc. I'm hoping she can give me some suggestions so I'm not feeling hungry so much when I eat good...even when I eat lots of protein, fiber, and drink my water.

I did horrible eating today, but I seem to do better when I have an 'off' day and don't worry about my points. I went to the store tonight and got food for tomorrow (all day wrestling tournament). I'm going to have some oatmeal with peanut butter for breakfast - I know that should keep me nice and full during the morning. I bought some low cal bread, turkey, and cottage cheese, plus I'm taking some carrots and apples too. That will give me lots to choose from and snack on during the day. I really hate all day events where I can barely leave to go to the bathroom, let alone make food. And to make it worse, it's supposed to be a nice day again tomorrow and it'd be nice to get out and go for a nice long walk - but nooOOOooo- i get to sit on my butt and wait for someone to get hurt ;)

Let's see if I can keep on track tomorrow.

How Do You Handle?

Okay, so we woke up late and had to get dressed fairly quickly to get to the dentist today.

So, we all left the house without breakfast. So, I hit Mcdonalds which isn't a big deal, but I was starving and wanted a salad, but knew I wouldn't be able to sit down and eat it because I still had to drop off Johnny at school.

Anyhow, I ate bad at lunch and continued to do so throughout the day.

This is what I ended up doing (after 1 lb loss this week).

snack wrap
small french fry
hot tea
two servings of homemade chicken salad (grilled chicken, romain lettuce, tomatoes, olives, feta cheese, carrots and avocados)
3 pieces of chocolate
1 oreo brownie
2 cups of coffee

So, any tips on how to workout a better eating plan for a day gone awry?

Frustration!

I know I should not weigh myself every day. I know in my head I shouldn't but I do it anyway. I have gone swimming twice this week and did cardio today and have been watching my points. What do I see when I step on the scale this morning? A 1 pound weight gain. Slow and steady wins the race they say but what if I am going in the wrong direction? I sound really whiny...sorry about that. It makes me think of that Pink song that goes "It's bad when you annoy yourself..."

I was thinking about your post earlier today Lisa about the psychological aspect. Bobby and I talked about it too. I feel satisfied in my stomach but in my head I think I need more food. I think for me it is because I am used to eating a lot more so I think I still should be. Grr..not fun. I will not weigh tomorrow. I will wait until Monday when I have been doing this 1 week. Then I will see if I have made any progress.

struggling

I'm having a really hard time with feeling full. I'm doing ok on my points, I've used a few of my flex points a day. It's just hard to balance out a decent meal points-wise and yet eat something that will make me full. Even the high-fiber/bulk stuff doesn't seem to help me feel full, which is leading me to believe that a lot of it is psychological. I'm not giving up though, I know this is gonna be tough. I just have to keep thinking of how much better I will feel when I lose this weight.

here is an awesome site http://www.weighttracker.info/Default.asp
You can keep track of weigh-ins, your measurements, your points, it even has points calculators on it. I challenge you all to go sign up and record at least your weight and measurements. I know taking your body measurements isn't pretty (at least for me), but once the weight starts coming off it's awesome to see the inches too. It's also a good reference when the scale isn't moving like it should be - you can see that you actually are losing the inches.

The next couple of days are going to be really tough for me. I have to work all day tomorrow, including basketball games tomorrow night; so i have to get something for lunch AND dinner that will keep me full, but that's not crappy fast food. And then Saturday i have an all day wrestling tournament- 8am to 6pm, so I'm going to really have to plan what to take. I can't leave, so if I don't take the right food with me, I'll end up eating hot dogs and chips. I think I may just go get a loaf of low-cal bread and some lunch meat to make sandwiches. If anyone has any ideas, let me know.

My baby sister......

Is here. She's posting under Phillina. That's her real name too! LOL......

I'm so excited......we are fat together, so now we can get skinny together...

On pts but it was hard today!

I've managed to stay on points today but I had a hard time because I didn't have the time to eat the way I should. I had a 7 pt breakfast this morning with a whole wheat english muffin=2, two slices of canadian bacon=1, and 1 scrambled egg=2, 1 Tbsp cheese=1 and 1 cup of coffee with creamer=1.

Then I had to go visit a friend in the hospital an hour away from my house. I picked up a 1 1/2 liter bottle of water and a 6 pt. protein bar with me for lunch on the road. By the time I got home from the hospital, it was 3:00pm and I was starving. I waited until 5pm and had a small plate of nachos and a candy bar. So I have used up my 27 pts today and I'm still hungry! I think I will wait a little while and if I'm still hungry I'll use 5 flex pts for something. Didn't exercise today.

Good Day today on pts!

I've had a really good day today. Breakfast this morning was 1 cup of WW oatmeal=2pts. , 1 banana=2 pts. 1 cup coffee with coffeemate=1pt. Lunch was 1/2 cup hash brown and brocolli cassorole=4pts. and 1 WW 2pts. bar. Dinner was at El Pollo Loco where I had 1 skinless roasted chicken breast with plain salad=7 pts. and 1 small bowl of tortilla soup=5 pts.
Snack was 1/2 a candy bar=2pts. Total 25 pts. I still have two pts. if I get hungry this evening. I may have a yogurt then. I have done a lot of walking today with shopping with my darling hubby. Hopefully that is worth at least 2 pts. My feet hurt anyway. Everybody hang in there. We can do it!

I am so

not posting points today. I had 1 and 1/2 cups honeycomb cereal for breakfast with nothing else because I knew we were going to PF Chang's for lunch. I did really well there eating 1 lettuce wrap, about a sixth of the fried rice and 1/3 of the lemon chicken plus 4 or 5 bites of the brownie they brought out with a candle for Bobby's birthday. So, I thought I would have a nice big salad for dinner. What should come in the mail today but a gift card for Chili's. That particular card can also be used at Romanos macaroni Grill. So after shopping at Target for awhile to spend some of the money from our gift cards (I got a little food processor, Corrine Bailey Ray, Lauren Hill, and 50 First Dates) we went to Romanos. I only had 1/2 a loaf of bread, a bowl of Chicken Toscana Soup, and 4 or 5 bites of the cake they brought out for Bobby's birthday. I can definitely say I am not anywhere close to hungry tonight.

Even though I sucked at points I did exercise! I went to the gym early this morning and swam like 20 laps (yes I know that is back and forth for a lap so I suppose I only did 10). The back of my legs are a little sore but it felt fantastic to swim! Someone though thought I shouldn't be going. When I went out to my car this morning there was a large sheet of ice on the windows. At least I knew where my scraper was. I just got a little more exercise than I was expecting!

Week 1 Challenge

I would like to set up a challenge each week (suggestions are welcome). This week (Wednesday to Wednesday) will be an exercise challenge. Post in the comments how much exercise you do for the week. You can come back and post each day or post it all on one day. The winner will get a small prize.

Protonix and Points

So, I am just over the 200 mark so I am supposed to get 26 WW points per day. But, at 199 I go down to 24 so I figured I should just start there. Well, I have definitely used more of my flex points this way but I feel better than I have in awhile.

I started taking Protonix last month for heartburn. I have a small hiatal hernia (which is apparently hereditary along with bad gallbladders...thanks mom! :) ) This drug is not the best thing in the world for me. For the most part it makes me feel better during the day but I am waking up at night choking on acid. I really think if I can get this darn weight off I won't have to take this medication. Right now it is helping my wallet feel lighter because it is expensive!

I did OK today but those darn biscoff cookies did me in. I gave most of them to the kids but had 2 servings of them instead of 1. They are gone now so no worries. Now, if I can get my hiney to the gym I would have exercise points that I could have as well. My alarm is set for 5:40. The pool opens at 6. Hopefully I won't turn the alarm off, roll over and go back to sleep. After I finish this and shave my legs (ya know for speed!) I am going straight to bed!

Here is my food intake today:
1 1/2 cups Honeycomb:3
3/4 cups blueberries:1
3/4 cups Milk: 2

4 biscoff cookies:3

2 tortillas:4
2 Oz cheese:4
WW strawberry smoothie:1

4 biscoff cookies:3

2 cups lettuce:1
1 Cup Broccoli:0
1/2 cup raspberries:.5
3 oz grilled chicken:3

1 cup popcorn:1
WW Fudge Bar:1
Hershey kiss:2

So 34 points today That would be 10 more of my flex points. So I am down to: 19 flex points for the week. Bobby birthday is tomorrow and we are going to PF Chang's for lunch. I think if I can stick with 1 lettuce wrap, a small serving of chicken fried rice, lots of water and a small serving of orange chicken I should be able to get out of there on about 17 points. I just will have a 1 point smoothie for breakfast and a big salad for dinner! It is in my plan! :)
have a good day tomorrow ladies!!

1st day back on program

Today I joined Weight Watchers. Again! This time I will make it. I get 27 points a day plus 35 flex points a week to use as I see fit. Also, exercise pts. If I exercise, I can use those exercise points for food. I have to use them that day though, or I lose them. Hope it's that easy to lose the weight. I've done really well today. I got in all my water, ate fruit and vegetables and I still have 4 1/2 pts for tonight, if I decide to use them. Losing weight really is all in your head. Stay positive, girls!

2007 My Journey

Day 1

Well, today was relatively good. I'm not sure because I have self control or because I haven't been feeling well.

Either way, my eating was much better, but still need to work on my water intake. The doctor can't see me until Friday, so I'll just have to tough it out until then.

But, I still made it into the gym, even if it was only to walk.......

2007 My Journey

Day 1

Well, today was relatively good. I'm not sure because I have self control or because I haven't been feeling well.

Either way, my eating was much better, but still need to work on my water intake. The doctor can't see me until Friday, so I'll just have to tough it out until then.

But, I still made it into the gym, even if it was only to walk.......

Admitting the problem is . . .

The first step to recovery and much easier to say than to do anything about it. Hello, my name is Megan. I am 21 years old and I'm sick of having to shop at the reject outlet store just to buy a pair of jeans that might fit. Since, (and appearently I never got this memo) anyone size 12 and up doesn't deserve to wear anything remotely "fashionable". Okay, that's my agony in a nutshell.
Almost four years ago I graduated from high school, upon doing so I was a size ten and it was because of my wide hips. At my lowest in 10th grade I was a size 8. Since graduating I have gained 60 pounds (my highest was 222 and I'm 5'2 1/2"). I did manage to lose eleven of those beastly things, but since June I have not lost or gained and ounce ( currently 211). I was quite heavy from the age of 9 on. I've had a few big life changing experiences and I used to eat to feel better. I would blame everything and everyone in my life for my weight, except for myself. How could I possibly be to blame?
Well, in about Sept of 2006 (seems like yesterday) I realized that I was to blame for my weight and all the other "problems" I thought I had. At that point I thought I was doing good. I had accepeted responsibility and admitted my problem: I'm fat and I'm the one who let myself get fat. Okay, step one done, step two do something about it. Oh, me? I have to actually do something? I thought I already did something!
Well, now I am doing something. Even if it is a small something. I've tried weight watches before and I wasn't fond of the program. Turns out you have to follow the program to get results (news flash). I'm hoping that I get inspired my all of you lovely ladies who are on weight watchers, since I know the program it might be easire to cath on. Since my mom will be preparing weight watchers meals, it will be easier at home for me to stay on track with food, at work is another story. Did I metion I work at Starbucks? yeah it's #1 on Weight Watchers "no no" list. I've been doing pilates for 15-20 min a day and I take my dog out for a walk/run, not everyday though. So, I plan to keep up with the pilates as it feels great, and switch off my days of walking the pooch with days I drag my lazy bum to the gym.
Like I said earlier it's easier said than done. But step one down. 10% to go (my fist goal is 21 pounds).

I'm fat.

Plain and simple, I'm fat. I always have been. I'm 28, 5'4", and as of this morning 270 pounds. Told you I was fat.

I've always been overweight - I can't remember a time when I wasn't. Looking back at my school pictures, I can see the time when I "porked out" - it was about 3rd grade. Up until then I looked like a normal kid, but then it's like I just got huge. I can remember my mom taking me to the doctor for some tests, but he just said it was genetics. My senior year I lost some weight and the smallest I got was a size 14 - and I still thought I was so huge! *insert eye roll here*

Then there was college - I just gained, and gained, and gained. My last year of college I managed to eat better and exercise, but I just maintained. The last 5 years or so that I've been out of school I've gone through periods of maintaining, then gaining 5-10 pounds, then maintaining, rinse and repeat.

I hit my highest sometime last year at 275 and finally said enough is enough. I've been pretty steady at 268 for the last several months now (until PMS + last nights overindulging). I've made little efforts towards losing, got a WW at home kit, started working out sporadically...now I just have to put it all together and KEEP AT IT! See, the thing is I'm a certified athletic trainer - I have a degree in exercises science. I work with athletes every day. I KNOW what I have to do and how to do it - I just don't. And it's funny, because I really DO LIKE to exercise. I just have a lot of excuses of why I shouldn't on a particular day.

Eating right is really hard too. It doesn't help that my boyfriend (of 9 years) doesn't like to eat healthy. He's pretty much anti-vegetable. It's hard enough to cook a meal for 2 people, but to cook 2-1person meals is even tougher so I just try to make something that is OK-healthy wise but he'll still eat. I'm definitely an emotional eater too, and at times a binge eater - although I've been able to get some control over that.

I'm hoping by blogging here with you all it will help keep me accountable. My first goal is to lose 10% - so 27 pounds. yikes. But it's better than being discouraged by the 140 or so pounds I want to lose overall.

I'm starting to use my WW stuff again, and will give exercising another shot. I was doing pretty good before x-mas, but the last 2 weeks haven't done anything. I have no excuse - I have free access to the weight/cardio rooms at the school and they're in the balcony above the gym, right outside my training room door.

Here's my points for today from 5pm on: (I've found that if I start my points "day" at 5, I don't have as much of a problem with going over - Dinner is my main meal, so I have an easier time with not worrying all day if I'll have enough points for dinner, and thus I'm not worrying/thinking about food constantly.)

Dinner:
6 oz. boneless skinless chicken breast fried in about 1 tsp margarine: 7 pts
1/2 cup couscous: 1.5 pts
1 cup mixed veggies: 1 pt

Snack:
orange 1.5 pts (it was kinda big)
Total so far = 11 points
Daily Target 30 points

Water: 60 oz

The very first rule....

of weight loss/life change/whatever you want to call it is NEVER GO TO THE GROCERY STORE HUNGRY!!! Do I listen to this rule? Most days yes but this is the first day of my diet so what do I do? Go to the grocery store at 5:30PM with a hungry baby. Our first stop of course was the bakery for an oatmeal raisin cookie for my son. Not too bad so far. We go through soda aisle and I get Diet Coke and Coke Zero (Diet Coke for Men) and have to pass all of the candy and chocolate. I am strong and pass all of that up. We go down the cookie aisle looking for 100 calorie packs and what do I see? Why Biscoff cookies of course. This is the first time I have seen them at a store. I have eaten them American Airlines before and have wondered when I could get my hands on them. Do I pass them up....by this point all sense of willpower has gone out the window. I stuck them in the cart. I did get some 1 point Weight Watcher Smoothies and 1 point Giant Fudge Bars for snacks. Not doing too bad so far, Only one outlawed item in the cart then I see the Kit Kat Bites near the register. I think "If I eat these in the car no one will know..." I passed them up. That is huge for me because I LOVE Kit Kat Bites.

The plan was for me to go to the grocery store get fruits and veggies and come home and have a salad. Instead I ate a Mcdonalds Cheeseburger. I passed on the fries though and now I am home. I went over points today. It is the first day of the new year and I couldn't stay in my points....what does that say for tomorrow? Hopefully, now that we have fruits and veggies in the house I will be able to make better choices for the rest of the week.

Here is my point breakdown for the day:

Breakfast
2 pancakes: 6
2 Tbsp Chocolate Chips:3

Lunch:
1 Cup Campbell's Chili: 3
1 oz cheese:2
1 Oz Salt and Vinegar Chips: 4

Dinner:
Mcdonalds Cheeseburger:8
4 Biscoff Cookies:3
Giant Fudge Bar:1

Total: 30 Points 24 used and 6 flex points used. Hopefully tomorrow I can stick with the 24 points.

This is me.....

Hi, my name is Anissa. I am a 35 year old, SAHM who is severely overweight. I would even say obese. Yuck, I hate that word. I have never (that I can remember) said this to anyone outside of my family and doctor, but I weigh 205 lbs. I personally want to loose 75 lbs. My doctor wants me to loose 90-95lbs. Yikes!

Anyhow, I have some serious issues. Even when I was at my most fit and athletic......mountain climbing, running marathons, playing racquetball and softball (with men mind you) there was always somebody or some entity telling me I was still overweight or "FAT". Men (besides my husband) never liked me unless I was skinny and growing up my family had issues with being skinny. It was never good enough.....I was told I wasn't skinny and that my friends lied to me when they told me I looked nice. Not even good, just nice. But, according to my family, they were lying. I think those reasons are directly what led to my emotional eating problem. It's huge too!

Anyhow, those are just a few of the things I deal with. I have to say I have a wonderful husband, who doesn't neccesarily see eating the way I do and keeps chips and soda in the house, he does support me on every other level. He ensures we have enough money for the gym memberships, healthy foods, sports clothing/shoes and/or doctors.

I don't know what they mean when they say "are you ready to loose the weight". I'm always ready, who isn't? I just haven't figured out how to get over my issues yet.

Oh one more thing. I don't neccesarily need to see dramatic, fast weight loss, but would like to see consistent weightloss over the next year. I figured out if I can loose "atleast" 4lbs a month, I can loose almost 50lbs. That is over half way to my goal in one single year.

Well, this is me.......