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Something I never thought I would ever hear myself saying, but Monday means back to my day started a weekend of family events and with that comes food, and lots of it. Austin’s aunt is in from WA state so this week end we spent lots of time at with his family.
Friday dinner started things off and I have to say that I didn’t do as bad as I could have, in fact I did well. At his grand-pops house you do not put your food on your dish, grand pop serves everyone and then calls you into the kitchen to eat. So my plate was loaded with enough food to feed 4 people. I ate one cabbage roll and about 1/4 of the mashed potatoes that the loaded on to my dish, Austin ate the rest. Then for dessert there was pie, and apple pie with two crustes. So I cut myself a very tiny piece and when no one was looking I throw the top crust in the garbage and ate filling out of the pie. All and all and okay day.
Saturday rolls around and Austin and I took the dog for a walk in the park. It was so nice out and Lucian loves to be outside, also it was a good workout for the mommy, lots of hills. Of course it wouldn’t be Saturday if we didn’t have Chinese for lunch and I did good there as well. I had won ton soup and some seaweed rolls. I also had some fried rice, but not a whole lot. Then it was time to go to church, I was planning on coming home and making dinner, but the meat that I took out was still frozen and then hubby was really hungry so we went to Red robin. I had soup and 1/2 a wrap.
Sunday was the big family dinner at my mother-in-laws. I decide that I was going to make some picky foods that I knew I could eat, so when everyone was picking at stuff I had something to eat. It did the trick and then I took Lucian and MeekaMIL puppy) for a 1.5mile walk to get away from the food. I came back and it was time for dinner. I ate some ham and mostly veggies.
All and all I had a good weekend. And a very good day today.
I can’t believe that it’s April already, it seems like Christmas was just last week to me. Where does the time go? I say that it seems like Christmas because thats when I promised myself that I would get to work on this weight loss thing I’ve got going on. You know putting myself first, making sure that counting points and daily activeiy are part of my everday life. I can report to you that while I’ve been counting, well semi counting and some working out I’ve lost like no weight since December. But this very dark cloud that is my platue has a silver lining like all clouds and that is April.
April to me is the start of spring. There are some many nice things that come along with spring that really help me get motivated to do something about my weight. Here is a list of behaviors that I want to start changing now that’s it spring, and hopeful the number on the scale will follow my behavioral changes
- It’s still light out when I get home from work. You know what that means, that’s right no more excuses as to why I don’t want to walk the dog. Yesterday Lucian and I walked 2.5 miles, I’m working my way up to 5 miles by October.
- Yesterday I took my last sip of diet soda. I’ve been tyring to kick the habit for a while now and I thought no better day then the 1st of a month to give something up. I figure if I can go the whole month of April with out it, then I wont crave it after that.
- I got my hair cut. Now I know ya’ll are thinking what does a hair cut have to do with changing habits for positive weight loss. Here’s my thinking, I’ve then same since December and I liked the way I looked there for I didn’t feel like changing anything. So I cut my hair really short, (I’ll post a picture soon) in hopes that my new hair style will motivate me to take make the changes that I want to make to my body, so I can feel as good about that as I feel about my new hair. If that makes any sense to at all.
- No new clothing until I’ve lost 20 more pounds. I’ve been rewarding myself in a sense for coming this far, and I really think it’s one of things that are holding me back. I don’t want to get to comfortable at this weight.
Okay so there is the list of things that I want to do this spring. No its a list of things that I will do this spring. Got to run
Bye
I’m so happy that today is Friday, it’s been the week from hell here at work and I can’t wait to get as far away from it as I possible can. The stress at work is making me want to eat and I’m really trying to fight it, I’ve been good so far today and I wasn’t to bad yesterday. Tonight is going have it’s challenges tho, see I’m meeting on of Austin’s old co-works and his wife for the first time tonight. Nate and Becky are newly Weds like Austin and I. I believe that they got married in October, we were invited but couldn’t't go because we used all of vacation time to go on out honeymoon (the wedding was in MD I think). Anyway I guess he suggested that we go to the Texas Roadhouse and my husband being my Husband was like sure thinking that I could go on the internet and find the points of what I wanted to eat like I always do. As you know the Texas Roadhouse does not have information on there website regarding things of the nature so I guess I’m stuck with salad, I don’t want to blow my whole day in one meal I’ve been good and I really want it to stay that way. Beside being nerves about the food choices that I have to pick from there, I don’t do well with new people. I tend not to talk much and some people take that the wrong way, I’m just not good at breaking the ice and starting conversation os I’m hoping that Becky is. It’s time to take off, I have to pick Lucian (the puppy) up at daycare (yes I send my puppy to dogie daycare ;) before I can go home and get ready to go. I’ll be back tonight to let ya’ll know how it went and a food journal.
since I blogged on this site….I wish I knew how to link the sites together because it seems to be alot of work to keep up two blogs. Anyway I really haven’t lost anything since the last time that I updated I’m still going back and forth between 161 and 159.
Today I did some good things and some not so good things:
Good things:
- Worked out this morning
- Tracked everything that I ate so far today
- Drank all my water today and its only 4:10pm
- Planning a healthy dinner for tonight
Bad things:
- Ate to much at lunch. I has a business meeting and I should have gotten what I told myself I was going to get ( cup of soup and salad) instead I got a cup of soup (it was on the creamy side) and those dumb chicken mini rancher things that I see all over TV. Let me tell ya something……they better then that taste so don’t even waste the points. I’m estimating that they are 5 or 6 a piece.
- Drank 2 big diet cokes at lunch and then another 20oz when I got back to the office after I told my husband that I was going to stop drinking it. I told him that I would stop drinking it because he heard from someone that the fake sugar in to isn’t good for your ovaries and since we want to have a baby in the near future he asked me to kick my coke habit and I agreed. I failed miserably at this today.
Other then those two set backs I’m doing okay today. For those of you who have missed me you can check in on what I’ve been doing at http:binaliciouse.blogspot.com but from now on I’m going to try to update here first.
I’ll be back on tonight with a food journal.
That’s right I said it……craptastic. It’s dark and cold and rainy and all around gross outside. I’m really not looking forward to the 45min drive home from work that I have. On days like today it will could take me anywhere from 45min to 2hr to get home depending on how people are driving and fender benders. I am happy to report that my eating was very good today, that’s 2 days in a row, I just have to keep going and keep eating within my points. The weekends are never easy for me, I’m ether way busy and forget to eat and by the time I get around to it I’m so hungry I eat everything or there is nothing going on and I have to fight to keep myself from snacking the whole day. I really have to start being stricter with myself on the weekends, I don’t want to blow everything in just 2 days and that’s seems to be the pattern of things.
Changing subjects I wasn’t going to harp on this, I was trying to let it go, I know you all are sick of hearing about my MIL issues but I wanted to share one last thing with you on this and then I’m never going to speak of her again. Okay so I few days ago I posted about how she makes me feel like we are in competition with each other over just about anything, the latest battle is over weight loss. Now she was e-mailing me several times a day about how good she was doing and how much weight she lost on the Nutrasystem and always asking me how I was doing with weight watchers. I would simply say I’ve been on plan and the weight is coming off slow right now, b/c it is. Anyway last week after I posted that blog I answered on of her emails and like all the others she asked how I was doing and this time I said I’m not really watching right now, I’ve lost my motivation and wouldn’t you know I haven’t received an e-mail from her since then. That was over a week ago. I think it kinda sad that the only time she wants to talk to me is when she can put me down about something. So I’m done being the good daughter in law, I’m not going to go out of my way to make nice with her if she wants nothing to do with me. I guess I just have to come grips with the fact that we are not going to be close to each other, maybe I had the wrong idea of what that relationship was going to be like and this is just another reminder to come off of planet Sabrina and come back to earth. But like I said I’m not going to harp on in and this is the last time that you will be hearing about any of this because I’m letting it go.
If you have any advice on how to make a DIL MIL relationship better please let me know, I don’t want this women hating me for the rest of her life.
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I’m down 2lbs this week, I’ve almost made it into the 150’s on the Weight Watchers Scale. I wish we could get weighed in like a privet room or booth so that we could weight in nude, clothing sucks and we should be nudest. Now that I got that out of the way I wanted to up you all on the diet changes that I am making. It’s good so far but I think that I’m going add pasta back into my diet once a week, I just can’t live with out it. Also I think I’m still going to my 14 pretzels a day, one of my favorite snacks, we’ll have to see. This new way of eating my points is really working well for me, I’m down another 1lb this morning. But we all know how I weight myself in the morning.
As for my mother-in-law I’ve decided that I don’t need to gage me success on what the other people around me are doing, I’m doing whats right for me and my body and I have to be okay with that. So I don’t lose 10lbs in a month, most people don’t and longer it takes me to lose it that longer I’m going to keep off because I know how hard it was to take it off in the first place. I am struggling right now and not just with weight lose but with may areas of my life and it’s bleeding into the time and attention that I should be paying to weight watchers. My role in has changed completely from a college student who only had to worry about herself, to a wife who now has to take care of another person, I hate my job, I’m trying to have a baby. I just think that I’m trying to do to many life changing things at one time. So went home and I talked to my husband and asked if he would mind doing some of the house work and he agreed to keep the kitchen and the bathroom clean. I know it doesn’t should like much be he’s also remolding the bedroom and office at this moment. I also asked him if we could hold off on the getting preggers part to, and he thought that was a good idea since we still have more remolding to do. So I think taking some of that purser off of me will help me focus on whats really important to me, losing weight so that I’m healthy enough to enjoy the children that I’m going to have some day. I’m also going to stop telling my mother-in-law how I’m doing, if she asked I’m going to say that I’m staying on plan and doing well and if she wants to share with me how shes doing I’m going to encourage her and be supportive about it.
I need to be happy with me and my husband need to be happy with me and everyone else thats wants to bring me down can kiss my big beautiful a*s because I’m letting letting them get to me anymore. 
I’m under 160lb for the first time since August. I was so shocked this morning that I almost fell off the scale. I should tell you I was nude and it was first thing this morning but still, I hit 159lb and I can’t believe it. I’m hoping that this new eating plan that I have myself on doesn’t get boring. I want to get out of the 150’s and in to the 140’s ASAP, so I replaced my mid morning snack (curves bar) with a small salad (about 2 cups) with 2oz of chicken on it. I replaced my lunch ( sandwich, chips, yogurt, fruit) with left overs from dinner eg making it a bigger portion of lean protein, small carb and a veggie. Then my afternoon snack ( 100 calorie pack) is now a small salad with tuna on it. Normal dinner like always and for a snack instead of ice cream I’m eating a yogurt. I’ll do this until I get sick of it and then I’ll find something new to eat. This eating plan is called the 6 week body makeover and my mother-in-law lost a ton of weight on it. I’ve been stuck in an eating rut for so long I thought I would try it, I have to you I feel like I’m cheating on my boyfriend. Like I’m betraying Weight Watchers for something new, but I am still counting the points for everything that I eat, it’s just someone else is making the menu up not me. I’m giving my brain a little break.
In other news I’ve been feeling odd lately, like I’m not comfortable with me and who I am. It’s been along time since I’ve felt like this and i’m not sure why I suddenly feel this way, I can pin point when I started feeling like this. I guess it was last May when I started WW, I was feeling great, I was engaged to the love of life, I was working out and losing weight and to top it off my future mother-in-law was gaining the weight she lost last back and for some reason that made me feel good. Like I was finlay going to be better then her at something. Now I’m not happy with the fact that I was happy b/c of this but still I didn’t know how to change it. Then my year anniversary of WW rolls around and again I’m feel great, 3months left till the wedding, I’m down like 24lbs almost in the 150’s. Again I was happy that I weighed less them my mother-in-law. Then the wedding came and went and I stopped losing weight bouncing between 159 and 163 for 6 months now I decided it was time to do something different. I stopped taking my BC changed the way I was eating (see above and started losing again). So then today I get and e-mail from my mother-in-law saying that she lost 10lbs so far this month on Nutrisystem and is going to lose another 10 next month. I don’t know what but at that moment I felt like I failed, I’ve been counting, and weighing my food and writing everything down and still it takes 2-3 months to lose 10lbs, once again she made me feel bad about my weight lose efforts. I feel like I’m in consent competition with her and I don’t know what to do about. I don’t want to get joy from someone gaining weight and I really way to be happy for her because she is sticking with her program and losing weight. So my question to you all is how do I end this cycle of competition? Anyone in a similar spot right now? How are you dealing with it? And please don’t send me hurtful comments on this, I know the way I feel is wrong and I feel bad enough about it. I’m looking for ways to over come this feeling of insecurity in myself.
I havn’t worked out at the gym in like a month, but I did go skiing last weekend and I believe that I’m going again this Saturday. It’s a great work out, I loved so much my husband bought me skis on Sunday. I can’t wait to go again, so if your looking for something new and fun to do, check out skiing.
since I posted anything so I thought I start the day with a blog. Last week I came down with a stomach flu and yeah you would think that because I had it coming out both ends that a person would loose like 5lbs not me I gained 2lb, tell how that’s fair? Anyway I feel much better this week so I’m back to tracking and eating all my fruits and veggies and drinking the water.
I have a business lunch today, and I don’t know where we are going but I have a plan. I’m going to get some soup and a salad that way I wont eat to much. Well I’ll be back tonight I have to get going to work!
Because I’m home sick and I love these things
Here I go
A - Age: 24
B – Bed size: Queen
C - Chores you hate: Folding clothes
D - Dessert you love: Cherry pie
E - Essential start your day item: I can’t start my day without brushing y teeth, it’s the first thing I do
F - Favourite actor(s): Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt,
G - Gold or Silver: Silver
H - Height:4′9″
I - Instruments you play:Flute
J - Job title: Office person lady
K - Kids: not yet
L - Living arrangements: Little house in Nazareth PA
M - My name is:Sabrina
N - Nicknames: Oh goodness I have so many: bina, beans, binabina, beaners and the list goes on. Not a single person that knows me uses my name, they all have nicknames for me
O - Overnight hospital stay: Never had one
P - Pet Peeve: dirty dishes in the sink when I’m getting ready to go to bed, they have be done or I can’t sleep
Q - Favourite quote: life’s tough get a helmet
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: 1 older brother and 1 younger sister
T - Time you woke up today: 6:30am
U - Unique habit:I rub my feet together when I first get into bed.
V - Vegetable you hate: brussel sprouts!
W - Wishing for: a baby
X - X-rays you’ve had: Teeth, and hand
Y - Yummy food you make: I make really good cherrypie
Z - Zodiac Sign:Capricorn
Short post tonight the hubby needs the computer. I lost .6 at weigh in last night so some of the changes in my every diet are working. I just need to keep moving down, 1lb and I will have broken the cycle!
1. Current Weight (Start weight) - 161.
2. Progress so far - .6 All together 2lbs
3. Daily Points Available/Used: 22/19.5
4. Flex Points Available/Used: 35/35
5. Activity Points Earned/Used: 0/0
6. Type of Activity: None
7. Journaled every bite? Y
8 Healthy Guidelines:
8. # of Fruits & Veggies eaten: 4
9. Whole grains chosen? Y
10. # Milk products consumed: 2
11. Healthy oil consumed? Y
12. 1-2 Servings of protein: 2
13. Limit added sugar/alcohol: Y
14. # of waters: 8
15. Vitamin: Y
16. One thing I would like to change about my day? Getting exercise.
17. What am I struggling with and do I have a strategy for tackling it? I still am haveing a hard time getting to the gym
18. What are my goals for today? I did really good last week so I want to keeping doing it
19. Any short term personal goals? To lose 3-5 pounds this month
20. Any short term victories? Not eating cheese (they only dairy I was getting)
21. Any non-scale victories? I didn’t over eat at dinner
22. Any new food finds? low fat coffee cake
For some reason I couldn’t log on last night so here are the answer to my questions. I had another really good on plan, tonight is weigh in I hope I did well.
1. Current Weight (Start weight) - 162.2 ( I was really 163.8 and didn’t know it)
2. Progress so far - 1.6
3. Daily Points Available/Used: 22/21
4. Flex Points Available/Used: 35/10
5. Activity Points Earned/Used: 0/0
6. Type of Activity: None
7. Journaled every bite? Y
8 Healthy Guidelines:
8. # of Fruits & Veggies eaten: 4
9. Whole grains chosen? Y
10. # Milk products consumed: 2
11. Healthy oil consumed? N
12. 1-2 Servings of protein: 2
13. Limit added sugar/alcohol: Y
14. # of waters: 8
15. Vitamin: Y
16. One thing I would like to change about my day? Getting exercise.
17. What am I struggling with and do I have a strategy for tackling it? I feel like I need to change the something to get going again, so I’ve changed some of the foods that I eat.
18. What are my goals for today? My goals for today were to stay OP drink my water and get two milks in!
19. Any short term personal goals? To lose 3-5 pounds this month
20. Any short term victories? Not eating cheese (they only dairy I was getting)
21. Any non-scale victories? I didn’t eat cheese today….very hard for a person who is half rat! 
22. Any new food finds? none today
So the hubby and I decided that we are going to go to Florida in late October to visit family. So today I was on line looking at bathing suites and I found the one that I like, it wont look good now but I figure by October if I work really hard it should fit by then. Here is a picture
Its super cute and it says love all over it, I want to fit in to it so badly. So I’ll back on tonight with the answers to my questions. Wish me luck it will be my first cute bathing suite
So yesterday was the super bowl and my mom had my hubby and I over. My brother and his wife went to a party and dropped off my 7yr old niece and my 6 month old nephew. Anyway the point of story, Juliet is a very picky eater so she packed her self this lunch and only ate what was in the lunch box, so today I tried something, I brought my lunch to work in my lunch box and only ate what was in the box and you know what it worked for me, its what I had to eat and I wasn’t hungry all day long. So I’ll do the something tomorrow. I had a good day on plan, here are the answers to my questions.
1. Current Weight (Start weight) - 162.2 ( I was really 163.8 and didn’t know it)
2. Progress so far - 1.6
3. Daily Points Available/Used: 22/17.5
4. Flex Points Available/Used: 35/10
5. Activity Points Earned/Used:1/0
6. Type of Activity: House Work
7. Journaled every bite? Y
8 Healthy Guidelines:
8. # of Fruits & Veggies eaten:4
9. Whole grains chosen? Y
10. # Milk products consumed:1
11. Healthy oil consumed?Y
12. 1-2 Servings of protein: 2
13. Limit added sugar/alcohol: Y
14. # of waters: 8
15. Vitamin: Y
16. One thing I would like to change about my day? Getting exercise.
17. What am I struggling with and do I have a strategy for tackling it? I feel like I need to change the something to get going again, so I’ve changed some of the foods that I eat.
18. What are my goals for today? My goals for today were to stay OP drink my water and get two milks in!
19. Any short term personal goals? To lose 3-5 pounds this month
20. Any short term victories? Not eating cheese (they only dairy I was getting)
21. Any non-scale victories? I didn’t eat cheese today….very hard for a person who is half rat!
22. Any new food finds? light potato chips
I don’t feel well today, the weather is crap and it took forever to get to work because of all the fender benders. All I want to do is go home and lay around until I fell better so instead of working I’m going to fill in this question thingie
Do you like blue cheese? Yes, on hot wings
Have you ever smoked heroin? no way
Do you own a gun? my husband does, but I don’t personally
What flavor do you add to your drink at Sonic? Never been to a Sonic the closest one is in reading PA and I’m not driving like 2hrs to go to one
Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? the OBGYN I hate going there
What do you think of hot dogs? I like the 100% all beef hots dogs that are 1pt
Favorite Christmas movie? National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Coffee!!!
Can you do push ups? sadly no, but I could at one time
Why is there a missing questions here?? who ever came up with this thing had brain fart and couldn’t think of anything to ask
What’s your favorite piece of jewelry? This is a hard one because I like all the jewelry that my hubby got me, but if I have to pick something I pick my wedding bands, my e-ring is hart shaped and thats my shape so I guess that makes it my favorite piece of jewelry
Favorite hobby? Baking and scrap-booking
Another missing question, whoever came up with this one can’t count!
Do you have A.D.D.? No I move way to slow for that
What’s one trait you hate about yourself? I dislike things about myself, but I don’t hate anything. I hate the word hate people use it to loosely
Middle name? Anita
Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment… I want to be in bed, I don’t feel well, it it time for lunch
Name 3 things you bought today… Nothing not even my morning coffee
Name 3 drinks you regularly drink? Water, coffee and diet coke
Current worry? That I wont be able to get preggers
Current hate right now? people that drink and drive and the reason that I say that is because on Saturday night as my husband and I were going to a 1st birthday party we saw a car speed by us and hit a fence and flip the mini van that he was driving into a corn field. Luckily he didn’t hit anyone in the process of this. Anyway my husband and I stopped the car ran into the field after him pulled him out of the car and then he had the nerve to cruse at us and tell us to get the hell away from him, guess what he was drunk out of his mind doing 90 mph in a 55 mph zone. Thank god the person got out his way before he flipped the van
Favorite place to be? In bed with the hubby
How did you bring in the New Year? At home with my hubby
Where would you like to go? England.
Name three people who will complete this? I know a few community members will pick up on it!
Do you own slippers? Yes I always have them on when I’m home
What shirt are you wearing? A Tommy shirt that I got 70% off of the week after Christmas
Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? Never tried it
Can you whistle? No
Favorite color? Pink and Red
Would you be a pirate? Yes, it looks like fun
What songs do you sing in the shower? I don’t sing in the shower
Favorite girl’s name? I have to two: Stella James, and Isabelle Frances.
Favorite boy’s name? I have three: Phinnaeus Andrew, Seamus Kevin and Cillian Austin
What’s in your pocket right now? Nothing
Last person that made you laugh? My hubby
Best bed sheets as a child? Hanson
Worst injury you’ve ever had? Never really had one, knock on wood
Do you love where you live? yes for the most part
How many TVs do you have in your house? 2 one in the living room and one in the kitchen
Who is your loudest friend? Me I’m the loud friend and I know it, I can’t help that I have voice that projects
How many dogs do you have? Cats? I have one bulldog his name is Lucian, I can’t have any cats but I don’t have a Fish named Lilly
Does someone have a crush on you? Who cares I’m married
What is your favorite book(s)? A walk to remember
What is your favorite candy? Hard to say, I like all candy
Favorite Sports Team? I don’t have one
What song do you want played at your funeral? Mozart’s Requiem
What were you doing 12 AM last night? Sleeping
What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? I wonder if the husband has time time to you know what before he has to leave for work?
It went really well, I’ve changed something about the foods that I’ve been eating and feel really good about what I’m doing this. Here are my answers to my questions for today
1. Current Weight (Start weight) - 162.2 ( I was really 163.8 and didn’t know it)
2. Progress so far - 1.6
3. Daily Points Available/Used: 22/22.5
4. Flex Points Available/Used: 35/.5
5. Activity Points Earned/Used: 0/0
6. Type of Activity: None
7. Journaled every bite? Y
8 Healthy Guidelines:
8. # of Fruits & Veggies eaten: 5
9. Whole grains chosen? Y
10. # Milk products consumed: 2
11. Healthy oil consumed?Y
12. 1-2 Servings of protein: 2
13. Limit added sugar/alcohol: Y
14. # of waters: 8
15. Vitamin: Y
16. One thing I would like to change about my day? Getting exercise.
17. What am I struggling with and do I have a strategy for tackling it? I feel like I need to change the something to get going again, so I’ve changed some of the foods that I eat.
18. What are my goals for today? My goals for today were to stay OP drink my water and get two milks in!
19. Any short term personal goals? To lose 3-5 pounds this month
20. Any short term victories? Not eating cheese (they only dairy I was getting)
21. Any non-scale victories? I didn’t eat cheese today….very hard for a person who is half rat!
22. Any new food finds? none today!
Last night was weigh in and I didn’t do as good as I was thinking I did. I didn’t lose anything, I stayed the same. I didn’t meet my goal of losing 3-5lbs this mouth and that is very disappointing, I don’t like to fail, I worked hard, followed the program, counted all my damn points, and nothing………WTF!!!! So at the meeting I talked to the people that I think are doing great so have met their goals and others are almost there so I went to them for information and what I got was good. They seem to think that its because I’m stuck in a food rut, I eat the same things all the time. If you look in my freezer there is nothing in there but chicken, turkey and veggies. It’s all we eat, everyday I cook chicken, so this week I’m going to try to eat fish, red meat, & chicken meals. I’ve also changed what I take for lunch, I almost always have a salad and a frozen dinner, well today I have a ham sandwich on WW bread with out cheese…….yes thats right me the rat is trying not to eat so much cheese this week. I also discovered that I was only getting one kind of dairy, so this week I’m going to try to have a yogurt and glass of milk for my dairy. I hope this will help to break out of the 160’s for good, I’ve about the same weight for a while now.
I’m still going to be answering the questions everyday and February’s goal will be to lose 3-5lbs. I hope get there!
I also want to congratulate Kristy for doing a great job and meeting her goal, she’s on a roll and hope she can keep it up!
Tonight is weigh in for me and feel like its going to be a good week for me. I’ve counted my points, drank all my water and even got a bit of activity in the form of playing with the puppy. I hope the scale reflects how I’m felling, wish me luck. I’ll be back with official weight loss tonight after the meeting!
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Tuesdays answers
1. Current Weight (Start weight) - 162.2 ( I was really 163.8 and didn’t know it)
2. Progress so far - 1.6
3. Daily Points Available/Used: 22/24
4. Flex Points Available/Used: 35/6.5
5. Activity Points Earned/Used: 0/0
6. Type of Activity: None
7. Journaled every bite? Y
8 Healthy Guidelines:
8. # of Fruits & Veggies eaten: 5
9. Whole grains chosen? Y
10. # Milk products consumed: 2
11. Healthy oil consumed? N
12. 1-2 Servings of protein: 2
13. Limit added sugar/alcohol: Y
14. # of waters: 8
15. Vitamin: Y
16. One thing I would like to change about my day? Getting exercise.
17. What am I struggling with and do I have a strategy for tackling it? Drinking water, and not soda and also I’m thinking about giving up coffee in the morning for green tea
18. What are my goals for today? I’m on a roll, I just have to stay in control and not let the fat chick talk me into eating something that I don’t really want to
19. Any short term personal goals? To lose 3-5 pounds this month
20. Any short term victories? Losing 1.6 pounds so far this month.
21. Any non-scale victories? I look better in my clothing
22. Any new food finds? none today!
The new week starts again today, not a new points week but a new work week. I was in such a rush today that I left the house with out my cell phone, turning the tv off and brushing my teeth….gross I know. Anyway I did manage to grab a low point lunch as I was pushing the puppy out the door. Today is a dare care day and I didn’t want him to late, because then I would be late for work and I hate that. Anywho for the first weekend in a long time I didn’t over eat. It feels great to know that I’m having a great week and the weekend didn’t undo anything I did the week before. Thats really all I wanted to say today, I’ll be back on tonight with answers to my questions and a new recipe that I got off line, creamy lemon pie
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Today’s answers:
1. Current Weight (Start weight) - 162.2 ( I was really 163.8 and didn’t know it)
2. Progress so far - 1.6
3. Daily Points Available/Used: 22/24.5
4. Flex Points Available/Used: 35/4.5
5. Activity Points Earned/Used: 0/0
6. Type of Activity: None
7. Journaled every bite? Y
8 Healthy Guidelines:
8. # of Fruits & Veggies eaten: 4
9. Whole grains chosen? Y
10. # Milk products consumed: 1
11. Healthy oil consumed? Y
12. 1-2 Servings of protein: 1
13. Limit added sugar/alcohol: Y
14. # of waters: 8
15. Vitamin: Y
16. One thing I would like to change about my day? Getting exercise.
17. What am I struggling with and do I have a strategy for tackling it? Drinking water, and not soda and also I’m thinking about giving up coffee in the morning for green tea
18. What are my goals for today? I’m on a roll, I just have to stay in control and not let the fat chick talk me into eating something that I don’t really want to
19. Any short term personal goals? To lose 3-5 pounds this month
20. Any short term victories? Losing 1.6 pounds so far this month.
21. Any non-scale victories? I look better in my clothing
22. Any new food finds? none today!
Oh the weekend is upon me and I don’t want to blow it like I did last week. I don’t know what it is about Saturday and Sunday that I forget to track and count and drink water, the things that are part of every day life for me. But this weekend my goal is to track, and drink water.
Tonight is a crazy night for me, see my mother-in-law called Monday and asked if we could come for dinner again this week, thinking we didn’t have anything to do said yes. That’s same night my husbands aunt called him and asked if they could come over to see the house, they haven’t seen it since we redid the bedroom, my hubby thinking we didn’t have anything to do said yes. SO NOW we have to places to be at the sometime, we I called and ironed it all out. We are eating dinner at my in laws and then its off to his aunts. Not the way his aunt wanted it, but hey what can I tell ya, call me and not my clueless husband. He never knows whats going, he forgets things doesn’t write them down, he’s like every other man that I know, but hey I love him! Then the rest of week end is okay. I think that I have to go to dinner at moms on Sunday we’ll see.
So today I want to have another good day on plan and continue that through the weekend. Have a great weekend everyone!
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Yesterday was another good day on plan, sorry I didn’t get this up last night my Internet wouldn’t work at home.
1. Current Weight (Start weight) - 162.2 ( I was really 163.8 and didn’t know it)
2. Progress so far - 1.6
3. Daily Points Available/Used: 22/25
4. Flex Points Available/Used: 35/33
5. Activity Points Earned/Used: 1/1
6. Type of Activity: House Work
7. Journaled every bite? Y
8 Healthy Guidelines:
8. # of Fruits & Veggies eaten: 5
9. Whole grains chosen? Y
10. # Milk products consumed: 1
11. Healthy oil consumed? Y
12. 1-2 Servings of protein: 1
13. Limit added sugar/alcohol: Y
14. # of waters: 8
15. Vitamin: Y
16. One thing I would like to change about my day? Getting exercise.
17. What am I struggling with and do I have a strategy for tackling it? Drinking water, and not soda
18. What are my goals for today? Keeping track and not eating to much tonight at dinner. I’m going to my mother-in-laws
19. Any short term personal goals? To lose 3-5 pounds this month
20. Any short term victories? Losing 1.6 pounds so far this month.
21. Any non-scale victories? I look better in my clothing
22. Any new food finds? none today!
Here is the recipe that found, I made it and it came out very good. I got this recipe out of Weight Watchers Simply the Best cook book.
- 3 1/3c all-purpose flour
- 1/2c unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2c granulated sugar
- 1/2c plain non-fat yogurt
- 2 egg whites
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar
- Preheat the oven to 350. Spray a 13×9 baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a medium bowl combine the flour, coco powder, baking soda and salt.
- In a large bowl with and electric mixer at medium speed, beat the sugar, yogurt, egg whites, vanilla and vinegar until fluffy, about 2 minutes. With the mixer on low speed, gradually add the flour mixture, stir until just combined (do not overmix). Add two cups of water and stir until just smooth.
- Pour the batter into the pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted the center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cool completely in the pan on a rack. Dust with confectioners’ sugar before serving.
I hope you guys like it, its my new go to chocolate cake!!!
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Here is yesterday’s info:
1. Current Weight (Start weight) - 162.2 ( I was really 163.8 and didn’t know it)
2. Progress so far - 1.6
3. Daily Points Available/Used: 22/24
4. Flex Points Available/Used: 35/18
5. Activity Points Earned/Used: 0/0
6. Type of Activity: none
7. Journaled every bite? Y
8 Healthy Guidelines:
8. # of Fruits & Veggies eaten: 3
9. Whole grains chosen? Y
10. # Milk products consumed: 1
11. Healthy oil consumed? N
12. 1-2 Servings of protein: 1
13. Limit added sugar/alcohol: Y
14. # of waters: 8
15. Vitamin: Y
16. One thing I would like to change about my day? Getting exercise.
17. What am I struggling with and do I have a strategy for tackling it? Drinking water, and not soda
18. What are my goals for today? Knowing that 1.6 down is good and I shouldn’t be upset because it wasn’t a bigger lose
19. Any short term personal goals? To lose 3-5 pounds this month
20. Any short term victories? Losing 1.6 pounds so far this month.
21. Any non-scale victories?Knowing that I’m happy and heather then I ever have been!
22. Any new food finds? none today!
Sorry I haven’t been keeping up with my blogging lately, my husband invited his family over for this Saturday for dinner so I’ve been running around like a nut trying to get the house in order. We don’t live like pigs or anything, but when you live in half a house this tend to get messier faster. The house we have is already small, so the living space that we have now is half of what it will be once he gets the bedroom and the office done. Then its on to the bathroom, dinning-room, living room and last but least my favorite room in the house……the kitchen! So never the less I’m trying to move stuff around so that people can walk through my very tiny house and possible find a spot to sit. So I’ve been putting things in plastic bins and taking them to the basement and all that jazz. Its really starting to look better, but you know there are still holes in the walls that haven’t been fixed yet, and the room we sleep in is still in the middle of the house, its just not what I want to show people you know. Well I’ll guess they will have to get over the fact that my house is clean but disorganized.
Here are the answers to yesterdays questions:
1. Current Weight (Start weight) - 162
2. Progress so far -none so far
3. Daily Points Available/Used: 22/26.5
4. Flex Points Available/Used: 35/16
5. Activity Points Earned/Used:0/0
6. Type of Activity: none today
7. Journaled every bite? Y
8 Healthy Guidelines:
8. # of Fruits & Veggies eaten: 1
9. Whole grains chosen? Y
10. # Milk products consumed: 1
11. Healthy oil consumed? N
12. 1-2 Servings of protein: 2
13. Limit added sugar/alcohol: Y
14. # of waters: 8
15. Vitamin: Y
16. One thing I would like to change about my day? I want to get back into going to gym at night.
17. What am I struggling with and do I have a strategy for tackling it? Motivation and self control at times
18. What are my goals for today? To keep going! Keep tracking!
19. Any short term personal goals? To lose 3-5 pounds by January 31st.
20. Any short term victories? I feel better because I’ve been tracking
21. Any non-scale victories?I’ve been looking through my cook books and trying out know foods and ways to cook them. I’m less board and enjoying my food again
22. Any new food finds? 100 calorie cupcakes yummmm
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1. Current Weight (Start weight) - 162
2. Progress so far -none so far
3. Daily Points Available/Used: 22/22
4. Flex Points Available/Used: 35/0
5. Activity Points Earned/Used:0/0
6. Type of Activity: none today
7. Journaled every bite? Y
8 Healthy Guidelines:
8. # of Fruits & Veggies eaten: 1 :( bad sabrina you know better
9. Whole grains chosen? Y
10. # Milk products consumed: 1
11. Healthy oil consumed? N
12. 1-2 Servings of protein: 2
13. Limit added sugar/alcohol: Y
14. # of waters: 8
15. Vitamin: Y
16. One thing I would like to change about my day?Nothing really another good day on plan. I should have planed better so that I could have gotten my activity for the day
17. What am I struggling with and do I have a strategy for tackling it? Motivation and self control at times
18. What are my goals for today? To keep going! Keep tracking!
19. Any short term personal goals? To lose 3-5 pounds by January 31st.
20. Any short term victories? I feel better because I’ve been tracking
21. Any non-scale victories?I’ve been going to the gym and liking it. big step for a person that hurts themselves every time they try to do something physical
22. Any new food finds? Fat Free chocolate cake recipe
I will post the recipe if anyone wants it.
and the well needed weekend is on it’s way. This past week has felt so long to me, plus my puppy hasn’t been feeling well. He’s been pooping like crazy….not that you needed to know that or anything. Any way have a bunch of things to do tonight that involved driving with the puppy that can’t stop pooping in the car.
First thing on the list is to take Lucian(thats my puppies name) to his interview tonight to get into doggy day care. Seems crazy but they only take so many dogs and that have to be able to play nice with the other dogs and the people that work there. It’s a very nice place and the people are great, my mother-in-law takes her dog there.
Second thing to do is go to in laws for dinner so that the dogs can play and we spend time with Austin’s rents. I’m not sure what we are having for dinner but I do know that we are having fat free chocolate cake for dessert because I baked it last night. It looks and smells so good. Anyway I’m sure I’ll be fine there will be salad and veggies and most likely chicken so I shouldn’t have a hard time sticking to my plan.
Third thing on my list of to dos is get to the gym. I didn’t have time this morning to go because the weather was bad and I wanted to get to work on time blah blah blah roads were not that good here. Anyway if I don’t get home to late I want to run down to the gym. I should probably call and see what time they close.
I just hope that I can get the dog to these places without him pooping in the back seat of the car. Wish me luck
have a great weekend.
1. Current Weight- 162
2. Progress so far- Non so far
3. Daily Points Available/Used- 22/23.5
4. Flex Point s Available/Used- 35/0
5. activity Points Earned/Used-2/1.5
6. Type of Activity: 30 min of cardio, lower body weights and an ab workout
7. Journal every bite? Y
8 Healthy Guidelines:
8. # of Fruits and Veggies eaten-1
9. Whole grains chosen? Y
10. # of Milk products consumed-2
11. Healthy oil consumed? Y
12. 1-2 servings of Protein-2
13. Limited added sugar/alcohol? Y
14. # of waters-8
15. Vitamin?Y
16. One thing I would like to change about my day? Nothing really I had a really good day on plan. I want to do the same tomorrow but eat more veggies
17. What am I struggling with and do I have a strategy for tackling it? motivation
18. What are my goals for today? Drink all my water, eat my veggies, find more filling foods. Get to the gym
19. Any short term personal goals? To lose 3-5lbs by January 31st. (sounded like a good goal Kristy)
20. Any short term victories? I got to gym even tho the weather is bad
21. Any non-scale victories? Not today
22. Any new food finds? Not today
Know how many times have you all heard me say that, “this week I’m going to do it, I’m going to track!” I can tell you that I’m very good about keeping my promises unless they are to myself. I seem to have no problem giving in with it comes to me. Somehow I always find away to justify my bad behavior when it come to food. I’ll say things to myself like….” well hubby isn’t home no one will never know you had 3 pieces of candy” or ” you’ve had a bad day how about some ice cream you deserve it after what you’ve been through”. The truth is some days I just feel like eating, for no reason I just want to eat and eat and eat until I’m so stuffed I feel like I have vomit. These are the behaviors that I’m having the hardest time changing. It wasn’t hard to add veggies into my meals or eat chicken instead of beef……those are things that I started to do before I even started doing weight watchers.
I really feel like my lack of success had to do with the fact that I’ve addressed the issues that I just spoke about. i don’t know where to start, what I do know is I have to start controlling my feelings, and mood swings. My husband has turned me into a spoiled brat and I’m not so sure thats a good thing. I get what ever I want when I want it and he gets it for me. If I say I don’t feel like cooking lets go out, he’ll say why don’t I cook tonight I don’t know if we should spend the money. All I have to do is stomp my feet a little and look sad….he gives in every time. It should be said that this behavior that I’m not proud of. I should also tell you that I wasn’t always like this, in fact I was an easy going person at one time who do what ever and went with the flow. My father past away 3 years ago, during his 2 year battle with cancer my personality changed from this easy going, care free person….to mega bitch. I don’t know what happened I started acting out, demanding things I turned into a monster and I havn’t found my way back to who I was. Of course I stress eat when my dad was sick and that didn’t make things better as we all know it never does. Anyway the whole point of this is that life is to short not to do the things I want to do, and I want to lose weight.
So if anyone reads this post and has any suggestions on how to change my very bad behavior’s please help me. I need you guys badly. Sorry its so long and it might not make any sense to you, but I need to let it out. Thanks for reading
Also I will post answers to my questions this week!
came to visit me this weekend. That’s right my fat chick came back after all the hard work I did last week tyring to chase her away. Friday I was really good until dinner my husband and I decide that we would go to Red Robin for dinner and I had every intention of getting a salad. Well by the time we got a table I was hungry every good intention that I had went out the window….I got the burger with the fries! Then Saturday morning I was waiting for my husband to get out of bed to eat, well it was like 10:30am before he told me what he wanted for brunch. Well once again I let myself get way to hungry and instead of eating 1 sandwich I had 2 and tater tots that I didn’t keep track of how many I was eating. Then we went to dinner with friends and I had some calamari and a Salad for dinner not to bad…..oh I almost forgot the cannoli that I ate. So Sunday rolls around and once again I let myself get to hungry. I think I see a pattern here…do you. Anyway I had a bagel with a piece of cheese on it in the morning then for lunch I had a jr hamburger and child fri then we went to Aldis and when we got home I started dinner. Well I was snacking while I was cooking and before I know it I ate the whole box of wheat crackers. Not mention I was cooking stuffed shells (home made not frozen) so I ate like four of them with a salad for dinner. So as you can see i have a lot of damage control to do today. I packed a good lunch and I had my cereal this morning. Dinner tonight is going to be fish, so I should have a good day. I’m not posting my questions for the weekend but I will post again tonight with how well I did.
So now I think I need to learn how to plan better for weekends so I don’t get so hungry, and think that will help keep the fat chick away.
1. Current Weight- 162
2. Progress so far- Non so far
3. Daily Points Available/Used- 22/24
4. Flex Point s Available/Used- 0/ 40
5. activity Points Earned/Used- 0/0
6. Type of Activity: non today
7. Journal every bite? Y
8 Healthy Guidelines:
8. # of Fruits and Veggies eaten-4
9. Whole grains chosen? Y
10. # of Milk products consumed- N
11. Healthy oil consumed? Y
12. 1-2 servings of Protein-2
13. Limited added sugar/alcohol? Y
14. # of waters-8
15. Vitamin? N
16. One thing I would like to change about my day? I would like to drink more water and less diet coke
17. What am I struggling with and do I have a strategy for tackling it? Tracking, portion size
18. What are my goals for today? Drink all my water, eat my veggies, find more filling foods. I’m feeling very hungry lately
19. Any short term personal goals? To lose 3-5lbs by January 31st. (sounded like a good goal Kristy)
20. Any short term victories? tracking is getting better
21. Any non-scale victories? Not today
22. Any new food finds? Not today
I know, I know everyone is always so happy for the weekend to roll around but not me. That means tomorrow is Saturday and do you know what happens to me between the hours after lunch and Monday morning? No I don’t turn into a werewolf…its worst then that I turn into the dread fat chick. I know I’ve been posting about her alot lately but I’ve been battle myself for the past few weeks, its an on going war and I’m sure all of you have your own fat chicks to deal with at time. Now back today, I’ve been doing really so far, I got up and went to the gym, had a low b-fast and lunch and I’ve controlled the Friday afternoon snacking. I have the fat chick under my thumb for now and I’m so proud that I’ve been so good this week. But tomorrow is another day and I’m going to carrabba’s for dinner with friends and you know what thats the fat chicks favorite hang out. I don’t know how I’m going to handle it. I do know that I’m going to the gym to earn some activity points tomorrow morning and I haven’t used any flexees, but still I really want to do well and I don’t want to get out of control just because I have 35pt to play with. That’s what the old Sabrina would have done, the one that fat chick controlled. The new fat chick free Sabrina, oh no I’m sticking to the plan this week no mater what!
Wow now ranted its time to get back to work, I’ll post the answer to my questions tonight after dinner. Have a great weekend everyone.
1. Current Weight- 162
2. Progress so far- Non so far
3. Daily Points Available/Used- 22/24
4. Flex Point s Available/Used- 35/0
5. activity Points Earned/Used- 2/2
6. Type of Activity: 30 mins on the treadmill,ab workout
7. Journal every bite? Y
8 Healthy Guidelines:
8. # of Fruits and Veggies eaten-5
9. Whole grains chosen? Y
10. # of Milk products consumed- 2
11. Healthy oil consumed? Y
12. 1-2 servings of Protein-2
13. Limited added sugar/alcohol? Y
14. # of waters-8
15. Vitamin? Y
16. One thing I would like to change about my day? I would like to feel less guilty when eating out
17. What am I struggling with and do I have a strategy for tackling it? Tracking, portion size
18. What are my goals for today? Drink all my water, eat my veggies.
19. Any short term personal goals? To lose 3-5lbs by January 31st. (sounded like a good goal Kristy)
20. Any short term victories? tracking is getting better
21. Any non-scale victories? Went to the gym this morning
22. Any new food finds? Not today
have a good day everyone
1. Current Weight- 162
2. Progress so far- Non so far
3. Daily Points Available/Used- 22/20.5
4. Flex Point s Available/Used- 35/0
5. activity Points Earned/Used- 2/0
6. Type of Activity: Full body work out with weights, plus 30 mins on the treadmill
7. Journal every bite? Y
8 Healthy Guidelines:
8. # of Fruits and Veggies eaten-4
9. Whole grains chosen? Y
10. # of Milk products consumed- 2
11. Healthy oil consumed? Y
12. 1-2 servings of Protein-2
13. Limited added sugar/alcohol? Y
14. # of waters-8
15. Vitamin? Y
16. One thing I would like to change about my day? I had a really good day today, so nothing
17. What am I struggling with and do I have a strategy for tackling it? Tracking, portion size
18. What are my goals for today? Drink all my water, eat my veggies.
19. Any short term personal goals? To lose 3-5lbs by January 31st. (sounded like a good goal Kristy)
20. Any short term victories? I tracked today
21. Any non-scale victories? I went to the gym tonight
22. Any new food finds? Not today
Well today I had a really good the first I’ve had in a long time. Tomorrow I’m going to try to do just as good. Like my leader says “take it one day at a time”
good night everyone, hope everybody had a wonderful day!
So last night I gain 0.6lbs not a big gain but still I don’t like moving in that direction. When I was driving home from the meeting my favorite Cake song was playing and the refrain to the song got me thinking about my fat chick problem, so when I got home I had a nice little chat with her. I looked right at her and said “I want you out, out of my head, and out of life!” and then I put that cake song and danced around the room singing ”take your economy car and your suitcase, take your psycho little dog, take it all away.” because thats what I’ve been tyring to say to her for years. She has over stayed her welcome and I don’t need her anymore! I’m sure she is going to put up a fight but I can take her.
I will be back later tonight with the answers to my challenge questions. Thanks for listing and thanks for the great comments that you left yesterday!
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Well as I said before I have fallen off the wagon, it ran me over then backed up and ran me over again. And do you know who is driving the wagon…….. the fat chick that lives inside my head, the chick that wants to eat and eat and eat until we can’t move, the one thats always wispering “you know you want the candy just eat it, who cares you like looking like this!” And as she was running me over fat chick stopped and waved and said to me ” see you later Fatty McFatty, I win today!” Well guess what fat chick get out of my head, because I’m not listening to you anymore. I’m back and I’m not going to let you win, you can’t make me eat that, I’m stronger then you are and just to prove to you fat Chickie that I mean business I’m going to answer my questions even though I didn’t do well! HAA so take that!
1. Current Weight- 162
2. Progress so far- N/A
3. Daily Points Available/Used- 22/30 estimate
4. Flex Points Available/Used- 35/35
5. activity Points Earned/Used- 2/2
6. Type of Activity: Full body work out with weights, plus 30 mins on the treadmill
7. Journal every bite? not even close
8 Healthy Guidelines:
8. # of Fruits and Veggies eaten- 3
9. Whole grains chosen? Y
10. # of Milk products consumed- 2
11. Healthy oil consumed? N
12. 1-2 servings of Protein- 3
13. Limited added sugar/alcohol? Y
14. # of waters- 6
15. Vitamin? Y
16. One thing I would like to change about my day? TRACKING I need to get back to TRACKING!
17. What am I struggling with and do I have a strategy for tackling it? Tracking, portion sizes everything.
18. What are my goals for today? Drink all my water, eat my veggies.
19. Any short term personal goals? To lose 3-5lbs by January 31st. (sounded like a good goal Kristy)
20. Any short term victories? I’m posting this even though I’m not doing so well, hopefully this is the kick in the butt that I need to get back on track with everything.
21. Any non-scale victories? I went to the gym last night!!
22. Any new food finds? well I finally found a brand of 1pt wraps that I like.
I need to be motivated, I need something I’m just having a hard time finding it. But I do know that I don’t want to be that fat chick that I hear in my head all the time, I want to change and I’m going to work really hard to do that. I’ve set a new goal for myself this year, I want to be able to run ( at a competitive pace) a 5k by the end of December 2008.
Today is officially my first day back to a normal routine. This weekend was great I turned 24 on Saturday and had a wonderful day with my husband and an awesome birthday dinner with our families. I didn’t that great eating wise but I did track all of it. For some reason the only thing that I want to eat is candy but I made the husband hide in places that I can’t find. So I was reading another site and found some questions that I’m going to be answering daily to keep me on track to lose 4 pounds this month.
Here are my answers for today:
1. Current Weight- 162
2. Progress so far- N/A
3. Daily Points Available/Used- 22/6.5
4. Flex Points Available/Used- 29/6
5. activity Points Earned/Used- 0/0
6. Type of Activity: Cleaning, food shopping
7. Journal every bite? Y
8 Healthy Guidelines:
8. # of Fruits and Veggies eaten- 3
9. Whole grains chosen? Y
10. # of Milk products consumed- 1
11. Healthy oil consumed? Y
12. 1-2 servings of Protein- 1
13. Limited added sugar/alcohol? Y
14. # of waters- 6
15. Vitamin? N
16. One thing I would like to change about my day? I need to remember to take my vitamin and also to get going to the gym
17. What am I struggling with and do I have a strategy for tackling it?Portion size, I need to focus on that for a bit. They seem to be getting bigger by the day. My strategy for this is to weigh and measure again.
18. What are my goals for today? Drink all my water, eat my veggies and get to the gym.
19. Any short term personal goals? To lose 3-5lbs by January 31st. (sounded like a good goal Kristy)
20. Any short term victories? no not yet.
21. Any non-scale victories?I can wear clothing from the junior department.
22. Any new food finds? no not really, just trying new ways to cook my favorite foods.
Thanks to Kristy for coming up these really great questions, I know that this will help me keep tracking in mind all day long.
and like I said yesterday I was up 2lbs. I knew it was coming, but you know what I had really good holiday season and 2lbs really isn’t that big of gain. This week its back to counting and writing everything down and all that jazz. If any of you have looked at goal page I wan’t to be 147.6 by January 1st….didn’t happen so I have to rethink my goals. Today has been very good so far eating and point wise, I post a journal today we’ll see.
Have a great day!:)
and I feel great, I can’t wait to start my year off right. I know that I gain weight over the holiday like 2 or 3lbs but it doesn’t matter because I’m back on track today. Since its the new year and a new me, I thought it was time to write the good old resolutions down for the world to see. This year all I really want is to become more active, not just going to the gym and working out. I want to enjoy being outside more and spending time with my hubby and the puppy riding bike and taking walks and all that. I don’t want to be to busy to enjoy life like I was last year, I really want to become an outdoor person. There are other things that I want to work on to like my self respect level, I need to stop being so hard on myself because I’m not at goal weight at-least I’m trying to do something about it. I want to buckle down and really start living this program instead of doing half hardily. I want to work on me and become a person that I like that has confidences in herself not matter what she is putting in her mouth or what size paints I’m wearing at the time.
On another note I did go to the mall with my mother-in-law and I had a great time. I think we really needed that time to get to one another a part from Austin. I think she needed to know that I’m not there to take her baby away and all that jazz. I think we’ll being more outings like that more often. I just wanted to share that with everyone who commented on my last post. I’m starting feel okay around her and more importantly I’m starting to feel okay in my own skin as I move closer to my goal of becoming a happier, healthier person!
Have a great everyone and thanks for all the support I really do need this!
Well I made it Friday and I have to say it feels good to be coming up on the weekend. I’ve had a very busy 3 days at work and my house is a total dumping ground. So this weekend is going to be spent cleaning up the house and putting the Christmas gifts and the tree away. I’ve been doing really good on program these past two days, feels great to be back in control and counting. The weight is coming off slowly and I want to give myself a little kick start to help it come off a little faster. Any suggestions on how do this? I could use all the feed back that I can get.
I was talking to my mother-in-law today, who by the way never calls me always e-mails me. Anyway I called her because I’m trying to make an effort to get to know her better and improve the relationship that we have. Any-who I asked to see if she wanted to go to the mall on Monday because I have that day off from work and shes not working right now. Well we got to talking and she told me that her and my father-in-law are thinking about starting Nutrisystem, she had done it after she had Austin to lose the baby weight and I guess it worked because she is thinking about doing it again. So me being the noise person that I am got on the web and started researching this. Well let me tell ya, I don’t have that kinda of money to be buying all that food. Besides that you don’t get any joy out of eating it, I’m always so excited to try a new recipe or bake something new. I don’t know how people can eat prepackaged food for 3 meals a day 7 days a week 365 days a year. I did also notice that people who are doing are losing weight faster then I am and it makes me wonder if I should I give in and try it? But on the other hand what happens when you go out to eat, how do you know what you can have? What happens when you get you sick of eating like that? I could see myself maybe being able to do it for a month and then I think I would just binge on real food. Sorry if this doesn’t make much sense to you, I’m just trying to work this all out in my head and find the plan thats best for me. Plus I think alot of this has to do with the fact that I have to huge complex when it comes to my mother in law. I feel inferior to her and there isn’t a reason that I should, like being skinnier then her is going to solve the problem. Plus when you go off a plan like your more likely to gain weight back, but you never really go off of weight watchers because its a lifestyle change not a diet. I don’t know what to do someone please tell me what I’m doing is good for me, its working for me, and I’m going to be fine.
I really think I need to seek professional help for my issues with that women. Don’t get me wrong its not that I don’t like her because I do. Its this feeling like I have to be like her for my husband to like me. I know I’m crazy, my husband tells me all the time when I start to talk about this. Thanks for reading the crazy rant of Sabrina today!!
I love you all
Went alot better then I thought it was going to. I stayed the same, witch is a miracle considering I ate Christmas cookies like I was never going to see them again. So this week its back to counting and writing everything down, because News Years wont be any different then any other day. I’m staying home on New Years eve and then News day lunch at moms dinner at Grand-pops and I’ll just have to count and thats that. I want to ring in the New Year with a weight loss. December has been a really good month for me, I was going over my progress charts last night from the past year and December has been the only month that I didn’t slip up and gain weight. Granted I stayed the same two weeks in a row, but thats better then a gain. I really think that blogging has played a big role in keeping me motivated this past month.
I have the feeling that 2008 is going to be a really good year for me. Weight loss wise, work wise, life wise and maybe even baby wise, who knows! I’m just really looking forward to the new year.
This Christmas was great. My hubby did a wonderful job picking stuff out for me. He got me a nice bike so that we can go riding together this spring, witch is great because I want to be more active this coming year. He got me some movies and an ipod with a arm band so I can wear it while I work out and kitchen stuff. Over all it was a great Christmas I had a lot fun eating myself to death. Yes I did really on weight watchers this past week, I didn’t count a single point nor do I feel bad about it. Last I spent so much time thinking about what I was going to let myself eat and I still did bad, so this year I put no stipulations on what I could everything on moderation and the scale was only up one pound this morning at home. Tonight is the official weigh in at the meeting and I always weight more at night bit I’m not to worried about it. I really enjoyed myself and took so many pictures I might post some, I love to share pictures of my family.
hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!!!!!
This will most likely be my last post until after Christmas. Tonight is my holiday party for work and I’m going to do fine. I pick anything I want off the menu so that shouldn’t't be to hard for me. Then tomorrow I have an appointment at the back, then its off the pick up the parent albums for my mother and law and my mother, plus the picture for my grandmother. Those parent albums were expensive. I spent a good part of my Christmas budget on them. But I know its something that they both will enjoy. Then on Sunday its Christmas eve for my dads side of the family, good thing about that it we aren’t having a big meal just some pickier foods and I handle that well, shrimp and veggies no problem. Then there is Christmas eve for real with my In laws I don’t know what they have planed and when I called and asked them last night they didn’t know what they were having or what they wanted me to bring. Its hard to plan my day eating wise when I get answers like that. But I’ll have to power through somehow. Then there is Christmas day at my moms, finally a place where I know there will be good healthy choices. I’m thinking that I’m going to do really good over the holiday season.
One thing that kinda bums me out is the goal I set for myself for January 1st doesn’t look like I’m going to make it there in time. And despite that I still feel really good about WW in the fact that so far this month I haven’t gained anything, thats a first since starting a year ago. I hope I can keep it up.
was last night and I can’t believe that I lost a pound. I totally didn’t think that was going to happen. I didn’t make the best food choices over the weekend, but I guess writing everything down really does work. I still havn’t made a progress on working out. I even went to bed early last night thinking I was going to get up and do a video….guess what I didn’t and I still feel like I don’t sleep last night.
Tonight is going busy night for me and probably a late one to. I have to get home, make dinner, help the husband paint the bedroom, bake cookies and do laundry. AWWW sometimes I really hate the holiday season, my schedule is so out of sorts. I did however make to time to go to my weekly meeting and I’m really happy that I did that. Thats my time for me and I enjoy going to them.
Another thing I did today that I want to tell you all about is this web site that I found in the news section that Roni has going for us. The women who run’s this sight is Suzette and you can go on there an read why other people find weight loss blogging so helpful. I noticed that a few other weight watchen community members were on there as well as Roni. I hope you all check it, the link to the sight is under my blogroll labeled as suzette.
I was on a roll, I was doing so good and since last Wednesday I can’t seem to pull it together. I don’t know if its because the holidays are coming up so fast, and it seems like I never get anything done or what. All I know is I feel like I have no control over my life right now and that means no control over my eating. I have to get back to place in my life were I was in may. The wedding was planed, I finished college, the house was coming along everything was under control. Now everything is out of control, the house is a mess right now. The 1 year project of remolding the bedroom is coming to an end and I’m really happy about that. Only now I have one more thing to do, paint it!! witch is a strain on my time that I already don’t have. Then there is the never ending task of Christmas shopping, family get together, work parties and of course baking! Only this year instead of baking cookies for me, I’m baking cookies for my puppy and my mother-in-laws adorable britney spaniel Meeka. This way I get to do something I love, but don’t gain any weight from it. Plus its a healthy treat for my Lucian.
I’m hoping that after the Hoilday’s I’ll be able to spend more time on myself. I did do something for myself the other day, I joined a gym!! Yeah me miss I’ll do anything to keep from working out and breaking a sweat! I don’t know if I talked about how much I hate working out on here before but something changed. I was looking through the magazine that my mom gets for women over 40 years old and they had women in there 40’s 50’s and 60’s in underwear and I was like. OMG that 60 year old women has a way better body then me! I couldn’t't believe it here I am at 23 I’m like 60lbs over weight and if I look half as good as that women does at 60 I’ll thank my lucky stars. Then I started to read on about this women and it turns out that she is an avid gym goer. A healthy life style is what is going to keep you looking young. So I decided that I would give it go, I talked my husband and my mother in to joining with me. I’ll keep you up to date on how the gym is going for me.
Now that I’ve talked you ear off I need to get my work done.
Lets just say thats this weekend was less then spectacular for me. It started on saturday morning started out just fine, then we went for lunch and I did okay but then when I got home the s**t hit the fan if you know what I mean. I didn’t sit down to eat dinner on saturday because I was painting my bedroom and that was not good because then by the time I was hungry it was ten at night and instead of having cereal or something light, the mac and cheese was calling my name and on top of eating it I ate a cup and a half of it.
Sunday started okay as well and then I just couldn’t stop eating, plus my mom had me over for dinner and of course I forget how to control myself when I eat with people other then my husband. SO today I’m trying to recover from a weekend of eating. I’ve done well all day so far.
Till next time…….
It’s Friday my favorite day of the week. The one day of the week that I don’t cook, clean, do dishes, nothing. I get to come home from work to a showered husband (he is dirty after work) who is ready to walk out the door and go out for dinner. But today will not be like that, I was a mess yesterday. I could not get myself to do anything so I didn’t cook, I didn’t clean and I sure as hell didn’t do the dishes (they seem never ending at my house). So I will go home and make believe that it is Thursday night. I don’t mind the cooking, in fact I love to cook. Its all the other house work that I can’t stand doing. Thinking about makes me want to think of ways to get out of it. But I can’t because if I don’t do then who will. The husband is really good about doing stuff around the house I have to say that. He helps alot, but with him going to school two nights a week that leaves me with alittle more to do. Plus we are remolding so he is doing at of that work at night and on the weekends. All in all I have a really nice life, with a great husband, a cute puppy and a good job. I can honestly say that I’m happy well mostly happy. I’m happy with everything but myself, I don’t know how I let myself get so out of control. I wish taking control and losing the weight was as easy as putting it on. I have to say I do love a challenge and lose these 80 plus pounds is proving to be a very hard one.
I will win this war, true battles have been lost on the weight loss front but I will come out on top. I’m doing really well this month, the last two weeks my goal has been to write everything down and I have, this week I’m tyring not to eat any flex points so far so good but its only the second day. I think if I make it through the weekend I should be okay.
Well thats it for now….I’m off to go and journal my lunch!
I need somebody, HELP! not just anybody, HELP! you know I need somebody. HELP!!!!!!
You this song pops into my head every night when I’m trying to decide what to bring for lunch. See lunch is my hardest part of the day. What I have been eating this week is 2 slices of light bread with mustard 1oz of cheese, 2oz of turkey lunch meat. A hand full of baby spinach and sliced tomato. For a side I bring my 2pts of chips, 3 pickle spears and 1/2 a cucumber sliced. This is alot of food…..so why don’t I feel full after eating it? Someone told me that it could be the diet soda that I have everyday at lunch, the sugar taste makes you more hungry. Is this true?
I’m stuck at 160lbs and I don’t know what to do anymore. One half of me wants to say screw it your not getting anywhere and the other half keeps saying 25lbs off in a year is better then 25lbs on in a year. And that’s why I’m still doing this. If I stop I know I’ll gain all plus some. I just wish I could control my hunger. If you have any ideas please let me know.
Thanks for listening….sorry this isn’t a happy post!
And I did okay, I stayed the same better then a gain but I feel like I did better then that. Well I think this week is the week that I’m going to start working out again. I have a video that I like to do. Anyway with Christmas season in full swing I wanted to send my cards out on Monday. So I went to the store and I got reindeer antlers for then dog. I put them on him and try to take his picture in front of the tree. This did not go well, maybe I’ll be able to crop the picture to make it look better. Well I have to get going, house work and such.
One hell of week for me. With the saturday night sunday morning Denny’s fiasco behind me and weight in tomorow night I’m feeling really good about how I did on plan this week. I can’t tell you enough how having this blog and making a commitment to blog everyday or at least to try to blog everyday has helped me. I’ve been on WW a long time and have gotten no where…okay I got somewhere just not to where I want to be. Something changed when I started this, not only did I start bloging but I started writing my points down everyday. Thats something that I had not done in a very long time. So this post is just to say thanks for listening and encourging me to keep going.
I’ve already been thinking about me New Year’s Resolition. This year I want to make a effert to go to the gym. I need to be more physical and maybe the weight would come off alittle faster then it is now. So to get everyone in the mood I’m posting on of my favorite work out songs:
Lets just say that this weekend did not go as well as I had planed. Lets go through this step by step. Friday I had a really good day on plan, I eat only what I packed and 1oz of nuts that came in a gift basket at work. I know your thinking how do you know it was only an once. I use the postage scale to weigh my food when no one is looking. Anyway I came home from work and cooked salmon with whole wheat pasta and peas. It was very good tasting and very good for you. Saturday started like always, I had my one point English muffin with 1oz cheese and tomato. Then my picked me up and we went to Dunkin Dounts for coffee, everything was good until I decide that because I didn’t have that many points at breakfast I could eat a donut and I did. Then I took my grandmother (she doesn’t drive) to the bank and out to lunch. Again we went to Applebee’s and I could have a low point good for you lunch but I didn’t I had boneless wings. Then for dinner I ate to pieces of left over pizza in car on the way to the cake concert. Not the best choices a person could make.
So we went to this concert out in New Jersey about 2hrs from where we live in PA. Anyway we saw some people we know there and they asked us if we wanted to go to Denny’s after the concert, so we did. Keep in mind that is was 1:00 in the morning, I tried to make a healthy choice and I thought I did pretty good. I got the turkey club with no bacon and mayo. I took out 1 pieces of bread and then I look the points up when I got home. That’s right I journal my points when I got home at 3:30am. Anyway 15 points I use most of my daily points before the day had even started. So that’s the story of my Fiasco. Today I’m just trying to recover from yesterday.
For those of you who are reading this and have no clue who cake is here is a music video that they did. This is one of my favorite songs that they do. Its called Short Skirt/Long Jacket
Okay well so I have 6hrs before my weekend a start. To recap my day yesterday I started my day with on of my favorite drinks every. A not latte light from dunkin donuts. Its low in points and high in caffeine and I just needed that hit of something yesterday morning. Then for lunch I had a a sandwich, mini bite chips and pickles. Did I tell ya’ll how much I love pickles? Anyway then the husband came to pick me up from work and hour early. I car pool to work with my mom so he came and got me and went to pick pant out from the bedroom. I can’t believe that after a year my new bedroom is almost done. So after we picked that out we went to local farm market and I got lots of good stuff, fresh meat, fresh veggies and fruit. The produce and the meat looked so much better then the stuff at my local Giant. Anyway the husband was like since we are over here lets hit the chinese buffet. And so we did and I did great, I had everything that I like but only one piece of everything and you know what I was actually full when I got done eating. So all in all I had a good day all the way around yesterday.
Today however has not been that great to me. I remembered that my college loan payments we going to be, so I called the consolidation company today to ask where my bill is since I havn’t received one. The thing never went through…..here I am thinking that its all done. You think they would call a person and say hey look this isn’t going through. You know I don’t want to make late payments and all that. Okay enough ranting this page is not for ranting about money its about weight loss.
I almost forgot to tell you guys, last night I put together a book of all my WW stuff. I journal online so I printed all the journals from last week and put them in this book. I’m going to be doing this from now until I hit my weight goal. I think that this is going to make it easy for me reflect on what I did that work and what didn’t work. Also I’ve included pictures of me at me starting weight and pictures of me now that I lost 20lbs. Well I’ve lost 25lb but I plan on taking pictures with every ten pounds that I lose.
Now thats I’ve talked you ear off its time for me to get back to work. I’m going to be posting new pictures soon.