WOW! I can not believe its been a week already. It was a lot easier then I thought getting back into the swing of things.
I ate a lot of salads this week. Actually, I'm kind of sick of them, but will try to look for other ways to make them better. Find a way to add some pizazz
Most days I start with oat meal. (plain quick oats) Most of us (me included) think plain oat meal is ... well, just that, plain. My sister told me years ago how to make it taste good.
For 1/2 a cup of oats I add 2 turns of a grinder of coarse sea salt. (maybe 1/4 tsp) maybe a tsp of vanilla and a TBL of brown sugar (1 pt).
Then I have a salad for lunch and lean meat & veggies for dinner. I really haven't been having sweets too much although I did have sherbet the other night.
The biggest trick, and I can't stress this enough, is to weigh and measure. You can't just guess.
So anyhow, I get on the scale this morning before I head off to work and was shocked that it said 164.2.
That's just shy of 4 lbs down this week. woo hoo. Not only is it a great start, doing so well this week will keep me completely motivated to keep doing well!!!
Friday, January 18, 2013
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
This Time Will Be Different.
January 11, 2013 This time will be different.
I lost all that weight last year. I was in a size 8. I felt good. I looked good. But now, trying to find something in the closet that fits is a chore. Very few of my jeans fit. Everything looks horrible. Get on the scale. 168. UGH. How did that happen??? This is it. The last time. Get if off and keep it off.
Back to my trusty Weight Watchers. This time though, just the online version. Just the app (which is super fab!) and the web tools and my will power.
Lets pick Friday for a weigh in day. What better day? You get to have the weekend at the beginning of your week then all week to make up for it!
So I weigh in Friday morning, January 11th. 168.
The first few days were actually easier then I had expected. I jumped right in with my tools. My scale, measuring cups and a TBSP. (left out on the counter is the secret)
Today is Tuesday. So I have to get through tomorrow and Thursday. Honestly I can't wait for Friday morning to see how my first week went.
My goals.
10lbs down by March 8th weekend. (158 and 8 weeks to do it)
totally doable.
15 more lbs down by May 17th (143 and 18 weeks to do it)
I lost all that weight last year. I was in a size 8. I felt good. I looked good. But now, trying to find something in the closet that fits is a chore. Very few of my jeans fit. Everything looks horrible. Get on the scale. 168. UGH. How did that happen??? This is it. The last time. Get if off and keep it off.
Back to my trusty Weight Watchers. This time though, just the online version. Just the app (which is super fab!) and the web tools and my will power.
Lets pick Friday for a weigh in day. What better day? You get to have the weekend at the beginning of your week then all week to make up for it!
So I weigh in Friday morning, January 11th. 168.
The first few days were actually easier then I had expected. I jumped right in with my tools. My scale, measuring cups and a TBSP. (left out on the counter is the secret)
Today is Tuesday. So I have to get through tomorrow and Thursday. Honestly I can't wait for Friday morning to see how my first week went.
My goals.
10lbs down by March 8th weekend. (158 and 8 weeks to do it)
totally doable.
15 more lbs down by May 17th (143 and 18 weeks to do it)
Good to be back.
Wow its been a long time since I've been here and wow has things changes for me. I'll try for the fast forward version.
Shortly after that last post in 2009 my complete life took a 180. I stopped going to weight watchers. honestly, I just couldn't afford it anymore. I kept that weight off for a long time but then about a year later... it started to creep back on. Around Feb of 2010 I went back to WW meetings. I was doing pretty good for about 6 month... but then stopped going again. I of course went back up. By February of 2012 I was back up to a disgusting 170.8 lbs. That was it.... I was going back. WW had started the new Points Plus program, so this will be like a brand new WW for me. I remember my mind set back, just a year ago. I want this, I can do this, I want this too much, I can do it. I loved the new program. I decided to join the programs with meetings, however I never went to them. I just went to Friday morning "open hours" for weigh in.
I measured. I weighed my food. I counted every bite that went into my mouth. I never cheated and held my self responsible for everything I ate. By the end of July I had lost 21.2 lbs. I was 149.6. I earned every lb. but then I got cocky, I stopped counting. I wasn't going for weigh ins and it was time to cancel...yet again. Now I know the program works. I'm living proof of that but when you pay every month (and way too much, may I add) and are not doing the program anymore, its time to stop. August 10, 2012 I'm at 145 even. That's the lowest I've been in years... since well before my 2nd child in 1999.
Things change. I lost my job. Although I found another with in a month, it was a desk job. I wasn't on my feet all day like before, running around. Sep, Oct, Nov... December..... so now its January 2013 and that wonderful 25 lbs I worked so hard to loose last year had found its way back. Not quite all of it but most of it. .... so guess what time it is?
Shortly after that last post in 2009 my complete life took a 180. I stopped going to weight watchers. honestly, I just couldn't afford it anymore. I kept that weight off for a long time but then about a year later... it started to creep back on. Around Feb of 2010 I went back to WW meetings. I was doing pretty good for about 6 month... but then stopped going again. I of course went back up. By February of 2012 I was back up to a disgusting 170.8 lbs. That was it.... I was going back. WW had started the new Points Plus program, so this will be like a brand new WW for me. I remember my mind set back, just a year ago. I want this, I can do this, I want this too much, I can do it. I loved the new program. I decided to join the programs with meetings, however I never went to them. I just went to Friday morning "open hours" for weigh in.
I measured. I weighed my food. I counted every bite that went into my mouth. I never cheated and held my self responsible for everything I ate. By the end of July I had lost 21.2 lbs. I was 149.6. I earned every lb. but then I got cocky, I stopped counting. I wasn't going for weigh ins and it was time to cancel...yet again. Now I know the program works. I'm living proof of that but when you pay every month (and way too much, may I add) and are not doing the program anymore, its time to stop. August 10, 2012 I'm at 145 even. That's the lowest I've been in years... since well before my 2nd child in 1999.
Things change. I lost my job. Although I found another with in a month, it was a desk job. I wasn't on my feet all day like before, running around. Sep, Oct, Nov... December..... so now its January 2013 and that wonderful 25 lbs I worked so hard to loose last year had found its way back. Not quite all of it but most of it. .... so guess what time it is?
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