**update**

So, today was a “snacky” day for me…  I’ve said it before & I know so many of you can relate, but when there is stress, my hands take over & just begin to shovel whatever sounds good or is there at the moment.  My “super huge news” is that WE ARE BUILDING A HOUSE!!!  There are so many details & all kinds of stuff for me to tell you about- I can’t right now b/c my kids are still awake & interrupting every 2.8 seconds…  but I promise I will give more details soon.  But, that is why I’m stressed- options & money & timing…  stress, stress, STRESS!!!  Hopefully things will settle down soon…  here’s the menu for today…  not too bad…   I may still grab my Monday night cappuccino while I grocery & Wal-mart shop…  we’ll see…

So, anyway… I just wanted to post my WI (which I decided that I’m going to do on Sunday mornings- see reasoning below) & my menu for today.

So, as far as why I’ve (finally) decided to start on Sunday…just a few thoughts (if any of you care or are struggling with when to start too!)

- My hubby is counting points!! He likes to be able to eat & have fun with friends on the weekend & doesn’t want to have to “behave” the whole weekend. I want to support him & so I’m going to keep my WI day w/ him. I’m so excited- he’s already down 5 lbs!!!

-I do need to be able to “let my hair down” with friends & have a little more than normal occasionally. We usually get together with friends every weekend & I don’t want to be worrying about my WI on Monday morning after a piggy weekend!

Anyway, there were a few other things I had thought, but my tired brain can’t recall right now… in any case…. My WI this morning was 152.4 lbs. That’s DOWN 2.5 LBS since just under a week ago!! I’m really hoping to see the 140’s next week!! Gotta run, our house needs some cleaning b4 our friends show up!! Have a good night!!!

So, the evening didn’t go as well as the day started out, but that’s what the Flex points are there for- right?  We ended up going out for dinner & I stay w/in my points pretty well- even at our favorite pizza place!  Afterwards, I had a “date night” with my 6-year old daughter.  We went to Color Me Mine to paint some pottery together (she wants to be an artist)  & then drove through Mc-E D’s for a little treat.  Don’t ask about the Chex mix…  my hand just took control & started shoving it into my mouth while I was watching season finales….  Planning to run in the morning!  Have a good night!!

I always love the scale the first week back OP after being off track for a while! Every morning I wake up to see what new lower number there will be, and in the first week back OP, I’m rarely disappointed! Sunday morning, I weighed in at 155.7 (OUCH!) 4 days later, I’m “down” almost 3 pounds!! Obviously I hadn’t really gained it all back that quickly, but it sure feels good to have the scale prove it (cause I was really starting to wonder for a while there…) Anyway, I DON’T want to continue having the joy of watching the scale plummet at break neck speeds ever again after this week. Obviously it’s going to fluctuate- I’m fine with that, but once I get back down there, I don’t ever want to see a number higher than 145 again! I am (again) setting that as my comfort limit & this time, I’m going to stick to it instead of ignoring it & telling myself that I’ll lose it w/o much effort. Obviously that bit of arrogance got me an extra 10 lbs to lose, so that strategy didn’t work too well! Anyway, here’s to another OP day in the making- hope you all have good days too!!

Be back to update more later! Have a great day everyone!!

Anyway, I’m not sure if I like it yet or not, & my hubby is pretty sure that he doesn’t, so the scale being down would at least make me feel a little better. I’m not sure if I even want to post any pictures- it’s not like anyone is going to actually say “it looks horrible”, so who cares, I guess I’ll either get used to it or hope it grows fast!!

Anyway… here’s my menu. It was a good day- I didn’t even pig out at dinner even though I was STARVING by the time I got back from the salon & feeling insecure about my hair. So, hopefully tomorrow will be even better!! Have a good night all!! I have a few mountains of laundry calling my name!

So first, I have to apologize. I come back, start to post & get back to “normal”, ask you all for your opinions, get some great answers & then I fall off the face of the earth AGAIN! I don’t know what’s up with me right now, there is so much going on & I’m having a really hard time with my weight. I’m sure many of you can relate- when you get stressed, you reach for the comfort foods, & you sit in front of the boob tube to veg with a snack. It HAS to stop. My clothes are starting to not fit right (confession: I skipped church ON MOTHER’S DAY b/c I couldn’t find anything to wear! My poor hubby took the kids & went without me…) I know that I haven’t gone back to where I started over a year ago, but I have gained too much back. I am beyond my comfort zone & I don’t want to go any further in the wrong direction.

I AM GOING TO POST MY MENUS!!!

REALLY!

I WILL!!!!!

On the good side, (and I’m sure Erin will be happy to hear) I have started running & training for another 5K!! Dr. Drill & the current platoon will be racing there & my friend & former Boot Camp buddy Rigel and I are going to take them on!! When I ran my first 5k back in November, I did all of my running on the track during Boot Camp. It really hurt me when those hills came!! So, I’ve mapped out a run from my house- there are LOTS of hills!!! Right now, that’s hurting me b/c I can’t go the full distance running with the hills, but I know it’s going to make a huge difference when I get out there on June 8th!! My goals are just to make it under 30 minutes without having to walk. That would improve my time by more than 3 minutes & hopefully there won’t by any horrible side stitches this time around!

SO, other than that I’m going to (once again) track points & run my (big fat) tushee off!! I want to lose 5 lbs & be back in the 140’s by race day & then I want to be back at my comfy 142 by my birthday. We’ll see where I go or not from there!

So here’s my menu for today. I’m not going to wait to start points on a Friday, I’m just going to go! Maybe having to save up my points will help me behave better during the weekends!

Anyway, I hope someone is still reading here…. I’ll try to get up and running in our super cool new space soon!!

So, anyway… I did actually come back on Thursday & write a nice long post with all of my menu & activity points from playing volleyball… but unfortunately I fell asleep before I saved it & then tried to load a different page & lost it all! I was too tired to re-do it all, so I didn’t. Thursday was good for the most part- except for after volleyball. We decided to hit Chilli’s with some of our v-ball buddies. I was going to be reallllly good & only have a diet coke… but then the chips & salsa came with the curly chips that were fresh & still warm- the homemade salsa… it’s one of my favorites!!! Then my hubby & our friends ordered an awesome blossom & buffalo chicken strips… I only had one bite of the chicken strips, but the awesome blossom was just soooooo good. That counts as a vegetable right? lol……
So anyway… Friday’s WI wasn’t as good as it would have been w/o all that extra salt the night before, but I’m taking it for this week, b/c we did have a lot of fun out with our friends last night! Next week will be better- promise!!

So here’s the damage…  only down 0.3 lbs this week….   down is down, right!  I WILL SEE A 4 NEXT WEEK  FOR SURE!!

I’ll be back to post my menu later…

I felt bad b/c I only ate one of the eggs he made me this morning (b/c he remembered no jam for dipping)- but I just couldn’t afford the points….  of course he noticed…  I felt bad that he felt bad & I of course really wanted to eat it b/c it was realllly yummy…  but I just can’t eat 1/3 or more of my daily points for breakfast….