Week Six Weigh-In Results

Happy to report --- Down 2 pounds for the week! Yeehaw!! Good results for a pretty decent week of eating right(ish) and exercising. I'm pleased.

Yesterday I got goodies in the mail. A box of stuff from The Body Shop - fun, smelly, girly stuff to pamper ME with and a DVD from Amazon....The DVD is Yoga: Just My Size. I love yoga but have never felt comfortable doing it in a class with real people at the Y. This is geared toward big girls so I'm hoping to learn some poses and get comfortable with them while I'm losing enough weight so I can feel good about going to classes again at the Y. Look for my review coming soon.

The upcoming week will be somewhat challenging. For the 4th, I will be going home....my hometown is having a 125th year anniversary. There will be a parade, lots of looking around, fireworks, hopefully seeing people I haven't seen for a long time, and food. I don't know what kind of food. It's hard to plan ahead when everything ahead is unknown. I'm planning on doing as much walking as my bad foot will allow, drinking lots of water and focusing on the real reason I'm going: people, places and memories that have a special meaning to me.

Another challenge for me will be this: I won't be here to weigh-in on Saturday morning. Note to self: This is not an excuse to eat anything you see this week. DO NOT FORGET THAT!

Well, I have a lunch date with my son....he is allegedly buying, so I won't order much. Maybe...

I need this for MY Fridge!!

more cat pictures

School's Out! For Summer

Last night I finished up my computerized accounting class. I love going to school. I'm so glad I decided to take the plunge and pursue my bachelor degree. However....working all day and then class at night, does not make it easy for Katrina to eat her fruits and vegies. Ah, poor me.

So, now that school is out, I am making my main focus for the next 7 weeks to follow the WW program to a tee! (and to not freak out if I don't - heehee!) I will get those Healthy Guidelines down to a habit!! I need a good habit.

I started out pretty good today....even took a vitamin! For lunch I walked over to the Capitol and had a reuben....it was yummy.....then, I looked up the points. SEVENTEEN!! ugh....Thank Gods for WPA! It's been recorded in the journal. Victory!

Tomorrow morning I have a gym date. I have time to run to the grocery store for fresh produce. I am planning on signing up with a personal trainer for 12 sessions right after I get back from my July 4th extravaganza.

Eat, Eat, and then Eat again

I was doing so good with the journaling. Then Saturday and Sunday happened. I went to my Saturday morning WW meeting. I really tried to talk myself out of going because for no good reason I can come up with, my weight was up. I had journaled every day. I was within my points. I exercised 3 days - well, 4 if you count my teeny tiny walk I took to check out a walking trail near my house. Lots of things done right! What did I do not so right? hmmm, still missing those healthy guidelines! Water - close most days. Fruits and Vegies - hit and miss. Healthy Oils - hardly ever. Vitamin - never. Dairy - close most days.

Oh, and I'm pms-ing.

But really, who cares? It's a gain. It's a small gain. It's hardly even worth talking about and certainly not worth worrying about and over-analyzing to death. What really needs addressing is why I ate like I did this weekend.

I'm sure that Saturday probably would have worked out okay. I had a lot of WPA left so it would have been fine. Sunday...don't even know where to start. Sundays are a munchy day for me anyway. I don't know why, but Sundays I just want to nibble. All day long. This Sunday, no exception. Got up had a healthy breakfast and a plan for the day. Ten am rolls around, I have light hot dogs in the fridge and seem to think I need to eat one. So, I do. Noon rolls around and I've just taken 3 loaves of banana bread out of the oven. Ate a couple pieces of that. Noon-thirty and a loaf of regular bread comes out of the oven...had to taste that. With Butter, of course. It's one-thirty now and the kid and I are at the movie theater with a LARGE tub of buttered popcorn. WTF? I ordered it. How did those words come out of my mouth? And who kept shoving popcorn (that wasn't even good) in my mouth? argh.

Well, now it's dinner time and thoughts of skipping dinner are running through my head. But, I must have had my head on somewhat straight because I know that if I had skipped dinner, I would have probably eaten the rest of the banana bread before bed.

It's Monday now and I haven't eaten the best so far today, but it's all journaled.

I'll be okay. Really.

Father's Day Fare

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For breakfast I made what I thought would be a great breakfast burrito. Boy was I wrong!! I ate half, tossed half. About an hour later I had toast. Lunch was some leftover rice with chicken, green pepper, onion and mushroom in it; and some really squeeky green beans. They tasted fine, but felt funny so only ate about half of them. Later I had a fart bar (not pictured because I'm too lazy right now) and later than that I had a Weight Watchers Peanut Butter Bliss Bar, which while it's not entirely blissful, is tasty. Dinner was fresh trout - well caught and frozen last Sunday - potatoes and California blend. Dessert was a fantabulous WW vanilla smoothie with fresh raspberries mixed in. Yummy. Points total for the day - 31.5. HG's - got them all except exercise and vitamin, but I'm not much of a vitamin taker. I should be, but not gonna stress about that.

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Happy Father's Day to all the Dad's. Even mine. Sorry I didn't call, but we really don't have the most comfortable conversations. And besides, I'm kinda pissed that you do actually call all your other children. Guess I'm just not worthy. But then I guess you were the one who told me no one would ever love me if I was fat. Wish I could stop believing that.

Yesterday's Weigh-In and Other Stuff

I'm still seriously neglecting the blog....

But other than that, it's been a good week again! My weight is down - a whole .8 pounds. But I'm okay with that. I thought about being pissed about it, but that would be stupid. You see, after pushing away the negative thoughts, I remembered what I did right this week. Which lead to a whole discussion with myself about my entire life. All my life -- and that's a whopping 47 years to contemplate --- I have either been gaining weight or losing weight. I have NEVER maintained a weight for any significant amount of time. Am I happy when I'm gaining? No. Am I happy when I'm losing? Mostly. Sometimes I feel like I'm working hard with little result. Sometimes I'm mad because I don't understand why I can't be thin and beautiful with no effort like so many people I know. But most of the time. I just feel good. I love having more energy. I like loose pants. I like having to go buy new clothes because everything is too big. It's way more fun to go shopping for smaller clothes than it is for bigger ones! Duh! So if I have to spend the rest of my life either losing or gaining, which should I pick. Gee, no brainer....losing. I wanna be a loser!

So, would you like to know what I did right this week? Well, I'm continuing on my journalling every day streak. (This is day 26) I made it to the gym one whole time. I ate all my WPA - first time ever that it has been recorded. I'm sure I've done it in the past, but would just skip those "bad" days.

I'm still struggling with the healthy guidelines, but know that I will do it right! Even if it is just for one day. I'll try again tomorrow. Today was close, but I didn't get any exercise. I've been a lazy slug all day. And have enjoyed every minute of it!!

Oh and just so you don't have to go get a calculator - Grand total - Down 6.6 lbs. total.

Saturday Morning Weigh-in

Down 1.6 this week for a total of 5.8! I'm pleased!

Today's meeting was about stopping negative thoughts. My brain runs on negative thoughts. Time to think positive and stop beating myself up. Time to get out there and enjoy this life! It's probably the only one I get!!

Goals for next week:

• Keep on journalling
• Get to the gym 3 times
• Meet or exceed the 5 fruits and vegetables in the healthy guidelines EVERYDAY!
• Be happy

I have to say I feel so much better. I'm not as tired, I seem to be thinking clearer and I'm smiling more. (Note to self: Please come back and read this statement often)

Blog Neglect

I've been a bad blogger this week, but I've been a good Weight Watcher! I have been stupid busy this week, had something going on every night except tonight. I hate when I get over-busy, it usually leads to bad eating, followed by guilt, followed by more bad eating, followed by missing a meeting....and on and on. BUT - this week I have still managed to stay within my points and have journaled everything! That makes 17 days in a row of journaling! I think that may just be a record!

I'm still struggling with those healthy guidelines. I've got water down. Really have trouble with the healthly oils.

Tomorrow morning, I WILL go weigh in. Also, I've been having fun with this blog so will get back to my picture taking and posting this weekend.

Rainy Days and Mondays

Breakfast - Special K with Red Berries. Lunch - Turkey Breast and Ham sub from Subway. Dinner - ate on the run in the car....Wendy's spicy chicken sandwich and half an order of fries (not pictured)
Snack - Chocolate Smoothie with banana.

Total points for the day - 31.5. Still struggling with the Healthy guidelines. Argh.

Weekend Update

I'm way behind....so will just sum up the last 4 days in one little post.

Thursday - 31 total points - All my f&v, all my water!!!

Friday - 33 total points - 3 f&v, 3 waters...ugh not so good! Had a very fun day, though! My SIL and niece were in town. We went to the summer reading kickoff at the capitol and the zoo. Lunch was at Red Lobster (only 1 bisquit!) and "dinner" was a small coconut ice cream at Coldstone Creamery that only had 19.6 grams of fat. Ugh!! 9 points for that....but yum!

Saturday - 43.5 total points - 4 f&v, all my water. Used some WPA on a really tasty steak. So worth it.

Sunday - 31.5 total points - 4 f&v, all my water. Tried something new - tuna steak. I'd never had that before and it was on sale. I cooked a 7.5 ounce steak and ate about half of it. I was stuffed! Hopefully, it will be good as leftovers. I will make it again.

And the best of all ---- WEIGH-IN RESULTS from Saturday ---- Down 3.2!!! woo hoo!