Too busy NOT to be skinny!

Alright, this week STUNK as far as my motivation and abilities went. But I still clocked it, despite it all, with a 0.5 pound loss. That puts me at 156.5. I need to do better this week, but that just means getting my butt in gear. I plan on doing that IMMEDIATELY.

In other news, I received the pediatric scholarship of the year at my medical school today! Not only does that mean my tuition is paid for, but I am now looking toward residency at Hopkins or Mass General, two places I never thought I’d be able to go. SO EXCITING!!!! Now I have even MORE reason to lose the weight… I’ve gotta look good at my top program

I had a great week… I ate well, used my 30 “bonus” points over the weekend (even though I ate several things I shouldn’t), I drank my water most every day in full, I ate lots of fruits and veggies, I said “no” when I knew I wasn’t eating out of hunger, etc. I’m really pleased with my first week! I started at 160, and this week I weighed in at home on Monday at 157… three pounds gone! I have a goal of losing a pound-a-week so that by our big NYC trip at Christmas time, I hope to have lost (scratch that… I *WILL* have lost!) 20 pounds and weigh 140. If I lose more, that’d be great, too. My “ultimate” goal is somewhere between 130 and 135. I am 5′4″ and have a medium build, so I think that’s a good place to be. It’s what I weighed at the beginning of college when I thought I was “plump”… HA! I also think that’s a great weight to be before we have a baby (in the next few years, hopefully during or after residency).

So things I want to improve for this coming week:
1. Better weekends. I think this is a theme for everyone. I know that I ate several things this weekend that were poor choices, but I know I can do better. I did do a good job of saving my extra 30 points to use on the weekend, but I can do better! I’m going to try to not think of the weekends as so much of a “treat” time for doing well, but instead try to focus on steady, healthy eating. We’re going to the beach this weekend to visit our families so there will be LOTS of good food… but luckily mother-in-law loves to go out rather than cook (and she’s a tiny stick of a woman who is VERY active and beautiful…grr) so I will be able to choose healthy options easily if I allow myself to do so!

2. More veggies. I did very well with adding fruit this week, but I still need to up the veggies… for me, they’re hard to get in! Even though I love them, I associate them with “dinner” rather than snacks or additives at breakfast or lunch. Any ideas?

3. Less snacking. I did to eat more earlier to prevent mid-afternoon snacking/post-dinner snacking. I did well with that this weekend, but that’s a major pitfall of mine. I also need to get some healthy snacks to keep around in case the cravings come

4. Keep buying exciting food! We live on quite a budget, but there are SO many great groceries around that have such special food like: http://www.traderjoes.com/, http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/, and http://www.freshmarket.com/. I love picking up special things… it makes it feel like it’s a treat even when it’s just a really good piece of fruit that’s out of the ordinary

Ok.. that’s it! From 160 to 157 this week… maybe 155 by next Monday?

I had a FABULOUS day today! Not only am I “hanging with the preemies” as I’m working in the intensive care nursery this month, but I also stayed on track, drank lots of water, ate tons of fruit/veggies, stayed full and satisfied, and didn’t stray a bit! I also went on a brisk 30 min walk outside with my husband! SO THRILLED! (Hence all the “!”s haha)

A brief sketch of my points (without totals… it worked out to 22… I keep up on paper:
B: Kashi Go Lean with skim milk and a coffee
S: Dried peach
L: Tuna on low point toast, fresh peach/blueberries/strawberries chopped up into a salad
S: Rest of the lunch fruit, stick of gum
D: Coconut Curry Chicken with peppers over rice with asparagus
S: McDonald’s ice cream cone

YUM I’m feeling so inspired and good about my start. I really hope it sticks. Check out Emma’s blog for our contest: http://blogs.weightwatchen.com/jennifer

I’ve been completely out of control on the weight watching side of things… I’ve decided that enough is enough; I’m turning a new leaf! Nevermind the ice cream and pizza leftovers I ate for lunch, my water bottle is filled up and I’m looking toward a walk this evening! My current weight is 160, and I plan to lose 20+ pounds by Christmastime when my husband, his parents and sister, and myself are headed up to NYC for a fantasy week vacation. I think that is 100% accomplishable, but it will surely take a lot of hard work and energy. I’ve made a paper WW chart for myself, but I may decide to post menus here, too. Mostly I just need something to keep myself reminded of what I’m committed to. I could use a lot of encouragement since I’m still feeling really defeated, so feel free to shoot some nice comments my way!

I’ve missed this community, and I hope there are still some people out there since the big switch to Roni’s other site. I still like the format of this one better, but who knows… as long as I’m tracking, that’s all that matters to me!

Take care! *Jen

I’m thrilled. I really am. I have had a very good WW day today, even if it’s only 4pm I even meal planned for the remainder of the week, and I’m really starting to look forward to the prospect of only having 26ish pounds to lose (*ONLY… HA). I do feel like I have more energy and like I am comfortable in my skin when I eat healthy foods and smaller portions. Why did I ever let myself get away? Note to self: Will re-read this post when thinking about a candy bar or cookie or chip.

In other news, I just started a new surgical service today (I’m finishing up medical school). I’m on the abdominal transplant surgery service now. It’s so exciting! I have to keep my pager on me at all times in case of a procurement… and when there is, I have to rush to the hospital like they do in the movies, take a limo to the executive terminal at the airport, and jet off somewhere in the country to harvest a kidney or liver How fun! I’m hoping for a call while I’m on

FOOD:
B: WW Muffin, 3
B: Medium skim cafe au lait, 2
L: Ham sandwich on LP bread, 3
L: Orange, 1
L: Unsweetened applesauce, 1
L: Delicious chocolate chip cookie made from this month’s WW magazine (will post recipe: too good to be true!), 1
L: Diet coke, 0
Giant water (4 glasses), 0
D: still to come…
RUNNING TOTAL: 11

So I have continued to eat what I when, how much I want, when I want… without any regard to points. I did, however, have a major breakthrough yesterday. I decided I was okay with being fat.
…Until I stepped on the scales that I was placing back in the bathroom after scrubbing the floor. I had flipped them over to see if there was a place to change the battery, which clearly had to be broken as the hundreds place on the scale continued to not work, displaying “77.6″ when I stepped on. And then it hit me. “It” being a little button, hidden on the bottom of the scales, that read “kg to lb.” It was on kg!!!! I did not weigh 177 as I had been guessing…. I weighed 77 kg!!!! I flipped the buttom, set the scales down, and hopped on…. 156.0. WHOA. That’s instant weight loss! Now I am remotivated to lose the weight to be at goal knowing that I’m halfway there anyhow!

I have been beating myself up though overnight about having let myself get this far off plan. Who knows, I could be at goal now if I hadn’t given up! But I’m getting back on plan today. I’m going to spend some of the afternoon after church writing a meal plan, making a points tracker, etc. I really want to get to goal!!! And I need some motivation. So for those of you still on this old site, help!

(PS: I refuse to go to the new one… I don’t like the set-up as much, and all my stuff is here!)

Ok. I confess. I’ve forgotten all about points, weight loss, and “dieting” for the past few weeks. I feel gross, fat, tired, and sick. And it stops now. I’m getting back on!!! I’ve bought healthy food, planned a few menus, and I even picked up the May/June WW magazine to read for inspiration tonight. I’m not going to weigh myself (since we’ve seen how far off my scale is!) until mid-May when the husband and I get our Wii Fit in It has a built-in BMI tracker, so I’ll use that since it will likely be most accurate. I need some encouragement and motivation though, so feel free to send those comments my way! Clearly something went wrong over the past few weeks (likely linked to a super busy schedule with 20 hours of work a day on NIGHTS ewww) but it needs to stop! And I say enough is enough!

I’ve been working 14+ hours a day for the past two weeks! It’s killing me, but there’s only a little more to go. Eating has gone out the door mostly, and forget exercising, but I’m making pretty decent choices despite it all. Here is the exciting information though….

So as most of you know, I’ve been SUPER frustrated with having only lost 5 pounds in about 11-12 weeks of self-WWing. I’d lost from 176.6 to about 171 +/- a fwe ounces. I’d tried Wendi, varying my points, eating only 22 points a day, etc. etc. Well, this Tuesday I had a regular doctor’s appt for an annual Pap. I hop on the scale after a wedding weekend with lots of delicious eating, fully expecting to see 174 or so… and what do I see? You’ll never guess….

161.5

I am not even kidding you.

MY STUPID SCALES HAVE BEEN WRONG THIS WHOLE TIME! I’ve lost bucket-fulls of weight! That’s at least 10 pounds less than I thought I weighed!!!! I don’t even know what to do at this point, but I have GOT to buy some new scales. Any suggestions?

I don’t know whether to be angry, or ecstatic or what…. but I’ve been pretty much spastically excited about it I just KNEW something was working! I now have an incentive to keep with it, and I am going to spend some time this weekend thinking about just what that might look like right now. Back to sleep before work… but I really needed to update y’all!!!

Ok… life is definitely crazy and in HIGH GEAR. My first day of OBGYN was quite hectic, and today was even worse. Yesterday (Mon), I got to spend much of my day working in the infertility clinic, which was really neat. It involved mostly counseling women who were trying to get pregnant but unable to about their options and checking all sorts of levels to see what was causing their problem. I really enjoyed it Today, however, was a different story! I was in the OR (operating room = think Grey’s Anatomy) from 5am until 7pm…. YUCK O… doing gynecologic oncology (cancer in ovaries, uterus, etc.) It’s messy, and quite sad for the patients, and a very difficult schedule! I absolutely did NOT get to eat today (good? bad?)… I had a bar for breakfast and a half of sandwich some some salad at “lunch.” I just go thome (7:30pm) so I’m going to eat before doing some more work, going to bed, and waking up for a repeat at 4am!

Today’s Weight: Scale is in the closet until Monday, April 14th!

FOOD:
B: Oatmeal To Go Square, 4
B: Big, big coffee, 0
L: Half turkey wrap, 5
L: Side salad with strawberries and a vinagaerette, 2
S: Apple, 1
D: Pasta, beans, tomato soup, 6
D: Two slices of bread toasted with light butter, 2
S: Skim milk with SF chocolate sauce, 2
TOTAL: 22

Ok… I’ve been off the wagon here for about a week. My routine was disrupted with my husband sporadically home, the end of one clerkship, and a birthday! Now, no joke… it’s back to it. (See posts below from Sunday)

Today’s Weight: 171.0 (ugh… same)
Next Weigh-In: Monday, April 14th (I will NOT weigh myself until then! I’m packing up the scale!)

Food:
B: Oatmeal-To-Go Square, 4
B: Half of a small skim cafe au lait, 1 (only half because I had to run to clinic!)
S: 90 calorie granola bar, 2
L: Ham and RF cheese on LP bread, 3
L: Apple, 1
L: Orange, 1
S: Kashi Bar, 2.5
D: Stir-fried veggies, 1 (just because of the bulk)
D: Pasta, tomato, canellini bean soup (BIG portion), 6
TOTAL: 21.5

AND… I went on a very, very brisk 33 minute walk in a hilly nieghborhood