This morning I walked to the meeting, which was the first time since my mom joined a few months ago. I forgot how much I enjoy walking outside, and how much I enjoy the walk to and from the meeting. It gives me time to get in some activity as well as reflect on the past week and make plans for the new week ahead.
I was up 5.2 pounds this week, the most I have gained in one week since I joined. I feel like this past week was the longest WW week I have gone through, and I have no intention of repeating it. Day 1 I got bit by the dog, ate creamy pasta without even thinking once much less twice! Day 2 I whacked my head on the cabinet door, cooked Christmas dinner with one hand, and ate more sweets than usual. Days 3 & 4 included included hand and head pain and more sweets and eating out without making many healthier choices. Day 5 was another long day full of not WW friendly choices. Day 6...more of the same nonsense. Day 7...much better than the previous days, but still not within my daily pp target, and still no intentional exercise. Every single choice I make, whether it be good or bad makes a difference in my success...or lack thereof.
This week I am ready to get back to my old WW self...the self who tried hard, worked hard, and lost 76 pounds in 2011! Even though the last few months have not been super fabulous, I cannot forget that I am still starting 2012 much lighter than I started 2011. I cannot forget how hard I worked for those 76 pounds, or how hard I need to work to lose 76 more.
My 1st weight loss goal of 2012 is to lose 100 pounds by February 25th...my 1 year WW anniversary. I have 56 days to lose 24 pounds, and I totally think that I can do it.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Thursday, December 29, 2011
One more day to go...
I am so thankful tomorrow is finally Friday! I am looking forward to weigh in on Saturday so I can get over with. I am not looking forward to starting school again on Monday, but I will be glad to get it over with too. Today was not too bad. I got some walking in with my daughter, I drank plenty of water, and ate fairly well too. Tonight I am going to make a menu for the next week so I can go grocery shopping tomorrow. I tend to do better when I have things written down and planned out ahead of time.
For the first, and probably the last, time my husband did Just Dance & Zumba with my daughter. He always tells me how I am doing it wrong, it was nice to see him try.
Tomorrow will be a busy day out and about...I am glad to be getting out of the house.
For the first, and probably the last, time my husband did Just Dance & Zumba with my daughter. He always tells me how I am doing it wrong, it was nice to see him try.
Tomorrow will be a busy day out and about...I am glad to be getting out of the house.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Goals for 2012...
There are several things I want to accomplish in 2012. Here are just a few...
- Enjoy the rest of the "stay at home mom" time I have with my kids
- Finish school...only 2 more weeks of classes until I am a college grad with an AA in Accounting
- One of many weight loss goals...lose 100 pounds by February 26th (my 1 year WW anniversary)
- Another...reach my ultimate goal weight...I am still not sure what that number is, but I will as I get closer
- Share my weight loss journey and post my success story with WW
- Become a WW leader...probably part time
- Inspire at least one other person in this world to find the strength to lose weight and become his or her own success story.
- Brave some new classes at the gym...I love spin, Zumba, and Miami Mama!
- Get a job with a good company and fabulous people
- Become a better blogger and remember to take pictures and write down recipes as I create them
- Learn to ice skate...random I know...but it's my list!
...can't forget about me...
I can hardly believe Christmas has been here and gone. This past week has been rough, and I need to remind myself that I can't forget about me as I certainly do not forget about anyone else!
Christmas Eve we went to my husband's cousin's house and during an instant of stupidity I opened the sliding glass door and stuck my hand out to pet his new dog and got bit instead of welcomed. Thankfully I was smart enough to tell my kids to stand back inside, and I had quick enough reflexes to take my hand back and close the door. The bite happened so fast, but was quite effective...he even bit my pretty blue glittered nail right off and was crunching on it as I was trying to figure out what had just happened on the other side of the door. After rinsing my throbbing hand under cold water, we decided to go to the ER to make sure it was ok. About an hour and a half and $ 100 later, I was free to go with 5 band-aids, pain medicine, antibiotics, Benydryl, and no stitches. Best part of the trip...finding out that I am allergic to iodine after it was shot directly into one of the holes in my hand and my hand swelling up like a freakish rubber glove being filled with jello. To counteract the reaction, they proceeded to squirt the biggest bottle I have ever seen worth of clear something or other into the same wound and then try to squeeze out what they had put in...I think that ordeal hurt more than the actual bite itself...
Once we got back to the cousin's we had pork and creamy pasta for dinner...I was still in shock and was not even paying attention to what or how much I was eating...looking back I probably had about 2 cups worth of pasta and who knows what was in the sauce?!?!
Christmas morning was good...the kids, my husband, mom, and dad were all pleased with their gifts...as was I! My hubby braved Joanns and got me a new Cricut...it is more complicated than my old one so I will actually have to read the manual this go round, but I love it (and him of course too!) Trying to cook Christmas dinner with one hand was challenging...at around 9am I stood up and whacked my head on the corner of one of the cabinet doors in the kitchen...I don't know how it didn't break my head open considering it is still sore and the bump hasn't gone away yet! With a pretty good headache and only 1 good hand I managed to get dinner made...pork roast, sweet potato madness, mashed potatoes for my daughter, gravy, biscuits, fresh green beans, and rice pudding.
Monday, Tuesday, and today have flown by...I have not felt well at all the past few days. I think it is a combination of too many sweets that I usually do not consume, not enough fruits, veggies, water, or activity, or sleep, and my hand and head injuries. I had decided to take a short break from WW...still being mindful, but not tracking or calculating...the break happened, but the mindfulness went out the window. Even with the best intentions, when I don't feel good and I am too tired, I don't do well. I have eaten more nonsense in the past few days than I have since I joined WW.
Today I did get back to tracking and I also entered everything online. Using my paper tracker and WW online keeps me accountable and gives me more options to see what I am really doing...good or bad. Even though I did eat more peanut M & M's than I should have today, I did track them and realized that no one in the house needed them so I made the choice to throw the rest out instead of keeping them as temptation or eating them myself. As they were pouring out of the dish into the trash bag, I was thinking how wasteful it was to throw them away, but then I figured it was better to fill the trash than to fill myself! I went over 17pp today, in addition to how many I had already gone over since Saturday. I am not waiting for Saturday to start fresh. Tomorrow is a new day, and I will do my best to get through it in a healthy manner. I will eat well, drink my water, track everything, get in some activity, and look forward rather than back. I have come too far to turn back now...
Christmas Eve we went to my husband's cousin's house and during an instant of stupidity I opened the sliding glass door and stuck my hand out to pet his new dog and got bit instead of welcomed. Thankfully I was smart enough to tell my kids to stand back inside, and I had quick enough reflexes to take my hand back and close the door. The bite happened so fast, but was quite effective...he even bit my pretty blue glittered nail right off and was crunching on it as I was trying to figure out what had just happened on the other side of the door. After rinsing my throbbing hand under cold water, we decided to go to the ER to make sure it was ok. About an hour and a half and $ 100 later, I was free to go with 5 band-aids, pain medicine, antibiotics, Benydryl, and no stitches. Best part of the trip...finding out that I am allergic to iodine after it was shot directly into one of the holes in my hand and my hand swelling up like a freakish rubber glove being filled with jello. To counteract the reaction, they proceeded to squirt the biggest bottle I have ever seen worth of clear something or other into the same wound and then try to squeeze out what they had put in...I think that ordeal hurt more than the actual bite itself...
Once we got back to the cousin's we had pork and creamy pasta for dinner...I was still in shock and was not even paying attention to what or how much I was eating...looking back I probably had about 2 cups worth of pasta and who knows what was in the sauce?!?!
Christmas morning was good...the kids, my husband, mom, and dad were all pleased with their gifts...as was I! My hubby braved Joanns and got me a new Cricut...it is more complicated than my old one so I will actually have to read the manual this go round, but I love it (and him of course too!) Trying to cook Christmas dinner with one hand was challenging...at around 9am I stood up and whacked my head on the corner of one of the cabinet doors in the kitchen...I don't know how it didn't break my head open considering it is still sore and the bump hasn't gone away yet! With a pretty good headache and only 1 good hand I managed to get dinner made...pork roast, sweet potato madness, mashed potatoes for my daughter, gravy, biscuits, fresh green beans, and rice pudding.
Monday, Tuesday, and today have flown by...I have not felt well at all the past few days. I think it is a combination of too many sweets that I usually do not consume, not enough fruits, veggies, water, or activity, or sleep, and my hand and head injuries. I had decided to take a short break from WW...still being mindful, but not tracking or calculating...the break happened, but the mindfulness went out the window. Even with the best intentions, when I don't feel good and I am too tired, I don't do well. I have eaten more nonsense in the past few days than I have since I joined WW.
Today I did get back to tracking and I also entered everything online. Using my paper tracker and WW online keeps me accountable and gives me more options to see what I am really doing...good or bad. Even though I did eat more peanut M & M's than I should have today, I did track them and realized that no one in the house needed them so I made the choice to throw the rest out instead of keeping them as temptation or eating them myself. As they were pouring out of the dish into the trash bag, I was thinking how wasteful it was to throw them away, but then I figured it was better to fill the trash than to fill myself! I went over 17pp today, in addition to how many I had already gone over since Saturday. I am not waiting for Saturday to start fresh. Tomorrow is a new day, and I will do my best to get through it in a healthy manner. I will eat well, drink my water, track everything, get in some activity, and look forward rather than back. I have come too far to turn back now...
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Time flies...
...when you have too much to do! I cannot believe tomorrow is already Friday! I have been so busy this week and have not been to the gym once. I have realized this week amidst all of the chaos that they gym is the only place I can go where I do not think of anything except for what I am doing...I miss the release that going to the gym or taking a walk outside allows me. Our holiday season will be over by Monday...no more gifts to stress over, no more crafts to work on under a deadline, and no more holiday meals. I have one more week of freedom for school and I want to make the most of it...which will include going over my new 2012 WW materials and getting to the gym!
I am not sure what the scale is going to say this week, but I will take it for what it is. I have not stopped to take a breath in days, but I have also not tracked...food-yes, pp values-no. I am being more lax about what I am eating than I have been since I started WW, but I am still very aware of what I am eating. I have enjoyed a few holiday goodies, but definitely not even close to what I might have eaten in the past. I love feeling like I am in control, even when I am not completely on plan.
Tomorrow is another day...my daughter and I are off to get my husband's truck windows tinted for Christmas...I tried my best to make up a good story as to why I needed his truck...I almost got away with it, but he figured me out...I am not good at lying and he just knows me all too well! While the windows are being done, my daughter and I will take a walk to the mall to have lunch and brave Build-A-Bear. On the menu...tons of salad with veggies and fat free honey mustard dressing & some broth based soup. Might have a bite or two of something really good...we'll see.
I am not sure what the scale is going to say this week, but I will take it for what it is. I have not stopped to take a breath in days, but I have also not tracked...food-yes, pp values-no. I am being more lax about what I am eating than I have been since I started WW, but I am still very aware of what I am eating. I have enjoyed a few holiday goodies, but definitely not even close to what I might have eaten in the past. I love feeling like I am in control, even when I am not completely on plan.
Tomorrow is another day...my daughter and I are off to get my husband's truck windows tinted for Christmas...I tried my best to make up a good story as to why I needed his truck...I almost got away with it, but he figured me out...I am not good at lying and he just knows me all too well! While the windows are being done, my daughter and I will take a walk to the mall to have lunch and brave Build-A-Bear. On the menu...tons of salad with veggies and fat free honey mustard dressing & some broth based soup. Might have a bite or two of something really good...we'll see.
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Two weeks of school freedom...
I just submitted my last school assignment of 2011...I am so excited and relieved! Only two more weeks of school in January and I will be FINISHED...but for now, two weeks to finish up Christmas goodies, spend time with my kids once they are out of school at the end of this week, spend some time with my hubby since he will have two three-day weekends in a row, get to the gym as much as I possibly can, and bring in the New Year.
Today was busy and very productive. My hubby, daughter, and I went to Denny's for breakfast. My son decided he would rather sleep in and have me make him breakfast when we got home. I was going to have french toast, but they did not sell "just one piece" and no one wanted to share with me so I opted for egg whites, chicken sausage, hashbrowns (shared with Molly), and fruit (also shared with Molly). It was good and I was satisfied. I think I am going to take the time to make some lightened up french toast one day this week...maybe on Friday since both kids will be out of school. Sometimes I just need to eat something once and then I am good and don't need to have it again for awhile.
In addition to Denny's and grocery shopping, we cleaned house, finished decorating, got the holiday boxes back to the shed, and wrapped quite a few gifts...including 2200 pennies and 30 $1 bills for my nephew. I figured if he wanted to dump the pennies in one of the machines at the store, at least he would still end up with $ 20 after the fee. We like to get creative with gifts, especially ones that can be very obvious like money or gift cards. I will have to weigh the 2200 pennies as the box is super heavy. We put them in plastic bags and then my husband went to town with the tape gun. It looks like a giant dinosaur egg and is inside another box so he will have no idea what it is until he gets through the box and all of the tape. For the 30 $1 bills, we taped them end to end, rolled them up, stuck them in a box, cut a slit on one side of the box, taped a piece of paper to the last $1 bill and wrote a few directions. I will take pictures and post them after Christmas...today was a bit of an eaty day, but I am ok with it. I have given myself a bit of freedom for the next two weeks...not to go nuts, but definitely to enjoy a bit more than I usually do. I have been a WW or a long time, and I have come to learn that I will have to be a WW for the rest of forever...giving myself some controlled freedom from time to time will keep me on the right track and prevent me from giving up altogether!
Tomorrow more to do...go to spin class, wash fabric and start cutting it for quilts for my son and daughter, make fudge, chocolate covered pecans, and chocolate-caramel-pecan treats, start cutting paper hexagons to make a framed quilt made of paper for my mom as she is a quilter and I have no patience for small fabric pieces but plenty for small paper pieces, cut, fold, and glue papers for my daughter's teachers' Christmas wreaths, finish up laundry, make another trip to Wal-Mart & Sam's Club, and hopefully nothing else jumps onto my list before the day is over!
Today was busy and very productive. My hubby, daughter, and I went to Denny's for breakfast. My son decided he would rather sleep in and have me make him breakfast when we got home. I was going to have french toast, but they did not sell "just one piece" and no one wanted to share with me so I opted for egg whites, chicken sausage, hashbrowns (shared with Molly), and fruit (also shared with Molly). It was good and I was satisfied. I think I am going to take the time to make some lightened up french toast one day this week...maybe on Friday since both kids will be out of school. Sometimes I just need to eat something once and then I am good and don't need to have it again for awhile.
In addition to Denny's and grocery shopping, we cleaned house, finished decorating, got the holiday boxes back to the shed, and wrapped quite a few gifts...including 2200 pennies and 30 $1 bills for my nephew. I figured if he wanted to dump the pennies in one of the machines at the store, at least he would still end up with $ 20 after the fee. We like to get creative with gifts, especially ones that can be very obvious like money or gift cards. I will have to weigh the 2200 pennies as the box is super heavy. We put them in plastic bags and then my husband went to town with the tape gun. It looks like a giant dinosaur egg and is inside another box so he will have no idea what it is until he gets through the box and all of the tape. For the 30 $1 bills, we taped them end to end, rolled them up, stuck them in a box, cut a slit on one side of the box, taped a piece of paper to the last $1 bill and wrote a few directions. I will take pictures and post them after Christmas...today was a bit of an eaty day, but I am ok with it. I have given myself a bit of freedom for the next two weeks...not to go nuts, but definitely to enjoy a bit more than I usually do. I have been a WW or a long time, and I have come to learn that I will have to be a WW for the rest of forever...giving myself some controlled freedom from time to time will keep me on the right track and prevent me from giving up altogether!
Tomorrow more to do...go to spin class, wash fabric and start cutting it for quilts for my son and daughter, make fudge, chocolate covered pecans, and chocolate-caramel-pecan treats, start cutting paper hexagons to make a framed quilt made of paper for my mom as she is a quilter and I have no patience for small fabric pieces but plenty for small paper pieces, cut, fold, and glue papers for my daughter's teachers' Christmas wreaths, finish up laundry, make another trip to Wal-Mart & Sam's Club, and hopefully nothing else jumps onto my list before the day is over!
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Weigh in...
Down 3.6!! So excited to have lost the 2.2 I gained last week, plus over a pound more...running total 83.4! There are only two more 2011 weigh ins...I am going to continue exercising, tracking, and being aware of what I am eating, but I am also going to enjoy a bit of the holiday goodies and try to enjoy my time off from school. I have one more assignment to post tonight and two posts tomorrow and then I am free for two whole weeks!
Tomorrow...tons to do...should be a productive day!
Tomorrow...tons to do...should be a productive day!
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