Archive for August, 2007

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How doyou spell FREAK OUT????

My WW food scale broke this morning. i had to run out an get one from bed bath and beyond ($33.00) …I was so upset i cried…This is the 2nd WW scale I’ve owned ($40.00). I am very disappointed. The 1st one I bought from my meeting when I got home…it would not turn on. I […]

Sea Food Tacos…so good

I made seafood tacos and they were super yummy
two onions (3 pts)
3 cups of mushroom (.5 cups)
4 ears of corn (6 points)
2 green peppers (.5)
8 oz salmon (8pts)
shrimp (1 cups 3 pts)
catfish (4 oz 4 pts)
cilantro (0 pts)
tomatoes (2 medium .5 pts)
avocado (1oz 1pt)
spread 1/4 fat free sour cream mixed with 1/2 a packet of low […]

up .4 …not too bad

Oh boy for all the damage I have done over the w/e up .4 is not bad. My leader made a good point. It is all relative. She asked “what did you consider bad b/4 the plan?”. She is right. even being “bad this w/e comes no where close to me being bad in the past. […]

oh boy have i been bad in the last 24 hours

how much weight can one person gain in two day? The thing is it does not matter. I am going in for my weigh in tomorrow. I am going to own my gain. I have 5 week…hopefully I will be down 10 lbs before my reunion.   I know part of the prob is that I am […]

It is working…Im not looking at food the same way

 I had a big convo with my b-friend yesterday…It went well…and then we went to dinner to a hibachi place. I like seeing the food being made, but it sadden me to see how much butter was used. I gave 75% of my food to the b-friend and I ate until i was no longer […]

looming break-up + no points being eaten= WW disaster! Help

anticipating a problem. My b-friend and I have been fighting like cats and dogs and we are going to have a talk this w/e. So, here is the prob. when I am upset (which I am) i don’t eat…I can’t eat…It so hard. Last night I struggled to get my food down…I started eating several […]

Up 1.7

Oh Lawd, I missed my reg Monday weigh in, so i went to a meeting near my job today. I say “oh lawd”, but really I am not upset. I have 4 days until my reg weigh in …I am thinking at worst I will break even.  Not to mention…I did not have my weigh in outfit […]

The good the bad and the PIZZA

OK in order…the good…I took a hour long bike ride today that seemed like 5 hours. My legs don’t even hurt(yet)…I guess, I really don’t know b/c I can’t feel them.  Oh my goodness. My b-friend and I rode with another couple (that ride all the time). It was way to hard for me for […]

a picture may be worth a 1000 words, but a bad one is worth a MILLION

So, last night I decided to post pictures of myself. It is really having an adverse effect on me. I feel sad and depressed…I guess I should be glad that I did not take the photos 18 lbs ago. I can’t believe how big I am. I mean there was no denying it once it […]

Another weigh in…down 6.8 pounds

Well, I have lost a total of 18.4 lbs …I am so happy …I am hoping that next week I will hit my 10% goal, but I am 4lbs from that goal.  This really amazing to me.  I can do this plan and it works!!! It is painless 95% of the time and I am […]

Split Pea soup

2 16 0z bags of split peas 14
2 32oz boxes of Kitchen Basics Chicken stock  3
64 oz of water 0
2 onions sliced 0
2 cups of carrots 0
2 bay leaves 0
Top of one celery stalk 0
5 garlic cloves 0
2 smoked turkey sausages ( used oscar mayer) 2/3 less fat  16
 
Wash and soak peas for 2 hrs […]

Salmon on my mind and in my Belly!

So, good. I made salmon in the oven with a rub. I ate a 7 ounce piece of salmon. I am adding a point for the rub, I had a cup of fresh string beans (0 points) . I had a cup of spring squash with onions (0 points) . 2pts ( I have a […]

Another weigh in…under my belt

I had a week of on and off the plan…I had decided not to weigh in tonight,but when I got to the meeting i thought it was best to own it.  I was so scared to see the damage I had done, but I broke even!  I’ll take it! I got to get with it. My class reunion […]

Monday is the day

I have my WW meeting come monday. I am getting back on plan and I am not going to make excuses for me. I am going to get my work outs in. I have a class reunion 9/28 and there is zero reason that I can’t be under 200lbs and at my height (5′10) I may […]