Today was filled with more madness...running from store to store doing returns,searching for Christmas lights, and getting a few last minute items. Instead of Miami Mama this morning I opted for 37 minutes on the treadmill at a 3.3 mph pace. This switch allowed me to finish earlier so I could get my errands done. Nothing else exciting happened today...more baked kale and Laughing Cow... And now off to work on school and decorate the Christmas tree...
** Yesterday I did make some quite fabulous eggplant. I sliced it in 1/4" thick discs, sprayed with Pam, added salt, pepper, lawry's, and garlic salt...browned in a pan until cooked through...topped with tomato sauce and shredded cheese! A plate full of cheesy, veggie goodness for only 2pp! **
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Kale & Laughing Cow...
For some reason I have not tried baked kale or Laughing Cow cheese until today...they are both super tasty and super WW friendly! I baked the kale Hungry Girl style and we ate the cheese with Ritz crackers. I was glad that neither of food was an acquired taste. Some foods I have tried because they are healthy, or healthier, have taken me a few tries and lots of convincing myself that I like them. I was amazed at how good they both were, and the best part is that both of my kids like them too! Sometimes one of the two will like new things, but very rarely do they both like the same thing!
Today was busy, as most of my days are. I woke up early to start laundry and housework. We moved a bit of furniture around to make room for the tree. Last year we threw out our fake tree and bought a real one. This year we have a real one too...it is gorgeous, huge, and smells fabulous! I have school to work on, and we are going to decorate later tonight. It has been a few hours since this post and I have managed to get dinner done, but the tree is still naked. My son worked so hard to put the lights on the tree and then decided he needed to trim a few branches...in addition to cutting a branch, he cut right through the light wire. Needless to say I will have to get some new lights and put them on myself...at least he did take off the dead ones! Happy Holidays!
I can hardly believe that Christmas is only a few weeks away! Yesterday I got the majority of our gifts wrapped, and this coming week is my last of school until the New Year. I will be super busy next week focusing on baking, helping at my daughter's school, and finishing everything up for the holidays.
Today was busy, as most of my days are. I woke up early to start laundry and housework. We moved a bit of furniture around to make room for the tree. Last year we threw out our fake tree and bought a real one. This year we have a real one too...it is gorgeous, huge, and smells fabulous! I have school to work on, and we are going to decorate later tonight. It has been a few hours since this post and I have managed to get dinner done, but the tree is still naked. My son worked so hard to put the lights on the tree and then decided he needed to trim a few branches...in addition to cutting a branch, he cut right through the light wire. Needless to say I will have to get some new lights and put them on myself...at least he did take off the dead ones! Happy Holidays!
I can hardly believe that Christmas is only a few weeks away! Yesterday I got the majority of our gifts wrapped, and this coming week is my last of school until the New Year. I will be super busy next week focusing on baking, helping at my daughter's school, and finishing everything up for the holidays.
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Shout out to my WW peeps...
I am so thankful for all of the members of the 7:30am Saturday meeting, and of course our fabulous leader Dawn...you are all so encouraging and inspirational and have been a big part of my weight loss journey thus far. A hug, a nice comment, or just a smile from across the crowded meeting room...every bit of it means the world to me. One step, day, and pound at a time...I know we all can, and will, reach our goals!
Weigh in...
Even though I was up 2.2 pounds at today's meeting, I was pleased. At one point during the week I was up 6 pounds from Saturday...so technically I lost 3.8 between then and today. I worked out super hard Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and my hard work paid off! On Friday I had planned to walk for a bit before Zumba, not realizing that the class was not until 9am. I ended up walking on the treadmill for 70 minutes and then I did a 60 minute Zumba class. I was tired after, but felt good that I got so much activity in.
Last night I went to see some of my old coworkers who I had not seen in about 2 years. We had such a good time catching up, and it is amazing how once you start talking it seems as though no time has passed at all! I ate dinner before I left and did not even have one chip...we met at a Mexican restaurant...I was so busy talking to everyone that I wasn't even thinking of food. One of the women has lost a significant amount of weight...she looked gorgeous! I was inspired by her success for sure!
Today's meeting was good. We went over some of the new features of the 2012 program. I am so excited, I feel like I am getting a fresh start. I bought a new tracker, not because I needed one, but because I wanted one. They have a new look, and it went along with my "new start" theme. I also bought the updated Food Companion, Dining Out Companion, and pp calculator with bigger numbers and a better battery cover.
Today was a good day. I ate some of my weeklies, but on foods I really wanted and decided were worth using my precious weeklies. I did not go to the gym, but I did spend hours standing and walking back and forth wrapping Christmas gifts. Left on today's to do list...school, laundry, sleep.
Best hopes for a great week!
Last night I went to see some of my old coworkers who I had not seen in about 2 years. We had such a good time catching up, and it is amazing how once you start talking it seems as though no time has passed at all! I ate dinner before I left and did not even have one chip...we met at a Mexican restaurant...I was so busy talking to everyone that I wasn't even thinking of food. One of the women has lost a significant amount of weight...she looked gorgeous! I was inspired by her success for sure!
Today's meeting was good. We went over some of the new features of the 2012 program. I am so excited, I feel like I am getting a fresh start. I bought a new tracker, not because I needed one, but because I wanted one. They have a new look, and it went along with my "new start" theme. I also bought the updated Food Companion, Dining Out Companion, and pp calculator with bigger numbers and a better battery cover.
Today was a good day. I ate some of my weeklies, but on foods I really wanted and decided were worth using my precious weeklies. I did not go to the gym, but I did spend hours standing and walking back and forth wrapping Christmas gifts. Left on today's to do list...school, laundry, sleep.
Best hopes for a great week!
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Today was a good day, busy, but good. After dropping the kids off at school I went to the gym, I got there super early so I hopped on the elliptical for 15 minutes before class...probably not the best idea since it was a step class, but I made it through to the end and I felt quite accomplished afterward. I went home for a quick shower and a protein shake and then I was off to a friend's to be her model while she went through Mary Kay training. If I was working, and had enough money, I would certainly buy some of their product, but at this point and time, beauty products are not a priority.
After my few hours of beauty, I was off and running once again. I stopped by Subway for a late lunch...an 8pp Roasted Chicken Sandwich on wheat with tons of veggies, no sauce, and no cheese. It was good and had the taste of goodness rather than guilt. Then it was off to pick up my daughter, a quick trip to Sam's Club, and a quick trip to the grocery. We saw one of my daughter's classmates and his cute little sister at the grocery...I love how excited the kids are to see me...always...they do not seem to have a care in the world and I forget about life's nonsense when I am around them.
When we got home I made my version of In-N-Out...cheeseburgers with grilled onions and fries with diced grilled onions and melted american cheese...I even made "spread" with fat free sour cream, ketchup, and relish. I will be sure to take photos next time I make it because the meal really is delicious and tastes as naughty as it "isn't". My whole meal came out to 12pp.
After dinner, my daughter and I made flourless peanut butter cookies that my son needed for school tomorrow. They turned out really good, and when I put them into the WW Recipe Builder, they came out to be 3pp for 1 cookie, or 1pp for 1/2 of a cookie. I opted for 1/2 as I had used exactly all of my pp for the day...it only put me 1pp over and I was good with that, especially since I worked so hard at the gym this morning and ate well the rest of the day. Molly says "the cookies are DELICIOUS...I mean it"!
After cookies I made the second round of dinner for my hard working husband, I was so satisfied from my dinner that I wasn't even tempted to eat one fry...yeah!!! Next on the list was helping my daughter with her homework, and now it is 9:30pm, and I am finally off to bed. I am trying hard to get more sleep, every extra minute counts!
Tomorrow I will walk or elliptical and then Zumba. After a shower I will be off to help at my daughter's school...home to work on my school...do dinner...and then take my kids to a "reunion" with my old coworkers. Another busy day, but one more closer to the end of this week...
After my few hours of beauty, I was off and running once again. I stopped by Subway for a late lunch...an 8pp Roasted Chicken Sandwich on wheat with tons of veggies, no sauce, and no cheese. It was good and had the taste of goodness rather than guilt. Then it was off to pick up my daughter, a quick trip to Sam's Club, and a quick trip to the grocery. We saw one of my daughter's classmates and his cute little sister at the grocery...I love how excited the kids are to see me...always...they do not seem to have a care in the world and I forget about life's nonsense when I am around them.
When we got home I made my version of In-N-Out...cheeseburgers with grilled onions and fries with diced grilled onions and melted american cheese...I even made "spread" with fat free sour cream, ketchup, and relish. I will be sure to take photos next time I make it because the meal really is delicious and tastes as naughty as it "isn't". My whole meal came out to 12pp.
After dinner, my daughter and I made flourless peanut butter cookies that my son needed for school tomorrow. They turned out really good, and when I put them into the WW Recipe Builder, they came out to be 3pp for 1 cookie, or 1pp for 1/2 of a cookie. I opted for 1/2 as I had used exactly all of my pp for the day...it only put me 1pp over and I was good with that, especially since I worked so hard at the gym this morning and ate well the rest of the day. Molly says "the cookies are DELICIOUS...I mean it"!
After cookies I made the second round of dinner for my hard working husband, I was so satisfied from my dinner that I wasn't even tempted to eat one fry...yeah!!! Next on the list was helping my daughter with her homework, and now it is 9:30pm, and I am finally off to bed. I am trying hard to get more sleep, every extra minute counts!
Tomorrow I will walk or elliptical and then Zumba. After a shower I will be off to help at my daughter's school...home to work on my school...do dinner...and then take my kids to a "reunion" with my old coworkers. Another busy day, but one more closer to the end of this week...
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Best intentions...
Today was a super busy day...Zumba...tons of shopping...dinner...and my son's Cross Country award ceremony. We ate dinner before we left, but I didn't realize we would be there so long. We did not finish until 9:30pm, which is super late for us to be out. The kids were starving since we had eaten dinner around 5pm and it was fairly light. I had a good day eating and dinner finished up the last of my daily pp. I was satisfied, but by the time we were on our way home, I too was hungry...physically hungry, not just my mind or my mouth wanting to eat. My son's choice...In N Out. Except for water, there really is nothing pp worthy on the menu, unless it is Saturday and I have a fresh batch of weeklies on hand! I ended up having two bites of my son's burger and some of his animal fries. I was truly hungry, although I am sure I would have survived if I had waited until I got home to have a healthier snack.
I AM NOT giving up on WW, or my weight loss journey. This week has been different than any other for me since I have been on WW, and I do not like how I feel at all. I feel like I have lost my groove, and I am no longer in total control. I am really looking forward to this week's meeting, not the weigh in for sure, but definitely the introduction of the PointsPlus 2012 plan. I know it will not be drastically different from the current plan, but I think it is going to be just different enough to give me the extra motivation that I need to carry on. I am eager to read the new material guides, and I think I might even buy a new calculator because I have heard it has bigger buttons.
Tomorrow is a new day which will start with walking and a Miami Mama class. I have no extras tomorrow, and I will stay within my dailies. Friday night I am going to take my kids to a reunion to see some of my old coworkers. We are meeting at a restaurant, but we are going to eat before we go. I will have water, and that is it. I will be so busy talking to people that food will not be an issue. I really don't want to turn a few bad days into a week worth of them. Even though I know I am going to see a gain on Saturday, I want to make every effort to make it as small as possible. I have two days to go, I better make them count!
I AM NOT giving up on WW, or my weight loss journey. This week has been different than any other for me since I have been on WW, and I do not like how I feel at all. I feel like I have lost my groove, and I am no longer in total control. I am really looking forward to this week's meeting, not the weigh in for sure, but definitely the introduction of the PointsPlus 2012 plan. I know it will not be drastically different from the current plan, but I think it is going to be just different enough to give me the extra motivation that I need to carry on. I am eager to read the new material guides, and I think I might even buy a new calculator because I have heard it has bigger buttons.
Tomorrow is a new day which will start with walking and a Miami Mama class. I have no extras tomorrow, and I will stay within my dailies. Friday night I am going to take my kids to a reunion to see some of my old coworkers. We are meeting at a restaurant, but we are going to eat before we go. I will have water, and that is it. I will be so busy talking to people that food will not be an issue. I really don't want to turn a few bad days into a week worth of them. Even though I know I am going to see a gain on Saturday, I want to make every effort to make it as small as possible. I have two days to go, I better make them count!
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Temporary insanity...
I don't know what is wrong with me lately. Although I am still a faithful "Weight Watcher", the past few weeks I have found myself going over my pp, using my activity pp, and even some days more than that. I think it has been harder on me than I realized since my mom started WW. I want her to succeed and I am happy to help her, but I have got to figure out a better way to be able to WW for her, and still WW for me at the same time. When I do something, I tend to put all of myself into it...this trait has led me to neglect myself far too many times...and I don't want that to happen ever again.
I have had two days filled with temporary insanity this week. My first day was Sunday with too many pp worth of that fabulous bread I bought at the Harvest Festival...today's moment involved 8pp worth of chili cheese fritos. Both of these foods are ones that I do not eat very often as they are high in carbs and salt. This afternoon I felt physically ill and emotionally drained. I think I am over tired and since today was the first day in a long time that I finally stopped and took the day off from almost everything...the gym, my school, laundry, crafts, etc...I realized that I have been going steady day in and day out and I have not been getting enough sleep or rest. I have got to get more of both and refocus on what is really important, which in addition to my family...is ME! I need to make sure I get to the gym and eat right...I feel so much better when I do...and I refuse to give up on me and gain the weight I have lost back or stop losing altogether. I still have so much to lose, and I have come too far to quit now.
Plans for tomorrow...take the kids to school, Zumba, walk on the treadmill or hop on the elliptical, drink a ton of water throughout the entire day, complete my assignment for school, eat well, and make sure I get all of these things done before anything else gets in my way!
I have had two days filled with temporary insanity this week. My first day was Sunday with too many pp worth of that fabulous bread I bought at the Harvest Festival...today's moment involved 8pp worth of chili cheese fritos. Both of these foods are ones that I do not eat very often as they are high in carbs and salt. This afternoon I felt physically ill and emotionally drained. I think I am over tired and since today was the first day in a long time that I finally stopped and took the day off from almost everything...the gym, my school, laundry, crafts, etc...I realized that I have been going steady day in and day out and I have not been getting enough sleep or rest. I have got to get more of both and refocus on what is really important, which in addition to my family...is ME! I need to make sure I get to the gym and eat right...I feel so much better when I do...and I refuse to give up on me and gain the weight I have lost back or stop losing altogether. I still have so much to lose, and I have come too far to quit now.
Plans for tomorrow...take the kids to school, Zumba, walk on the treadmill or hop on the elliptical, drink a ton of water throughout the entire day, complete my assignment for school, eat well, and make sure I get all of these things done before anything else gets in my way!
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