Belly be gone!

last night’s dinner was yummy. we had mexi-fry. not sure what to call it. ok, that sounds bad b/c it wasn’t fried, but i was thinking of stir-fry. DH thought of last night’s dinner - he made nachos, i just had all the yummy stuff on top of the nachos! we cooked some ground turkey, he added some spices. i sauteed peppers, onions, & mushrooms. we had tomatoes, salsa, some avocado, and black bean dip. DH put his over tortilla chips (left over from guys’ poker nite @ our house) w/some queso. i just put mine on my plate - no queso or chips. it was yummy!!! i had to stop after i ate what was on my plate to register that i was full. i haven’t really done that in a while…and i’m really glad i stopped eating! if i go home for lunch, then i’ll be having some left overs.

meanwhile, i think yesterday’s mini meltdown got to me and got me motivated again!!! i went running this morning, and it was a bit cool for me! but i did it! and it actually didn’t feel that bad. i also found out about a mini boot camp that starts next week, and there’s one spot left if i want it. i’m a little torn b/c i’m playing phone tag w/a trainer!!! i might find out more info on the mini boot camp and different courses she does throughout the year, and do the trainer for now. it should get me through to thanksgiving.

one of my co-workers is transferring offices (to another state) and the office manager is putting together something for him. i saw all the foods!!! it’s going to take everything i have NOT to eat anything! esp since i’m still hungry (b’fast was english muffin w/LC & apple…it was good, but i don’t think it was as tasty as i was expecting/hoping it would be!). while nothing is WW friendly, there is yogurt & mini muffins. if i can just stick to one of those, i should be good…

ok…just wanted to share my randomness. need to think about work…

o-m-g  i just stepped on the scale and it said i higher number than i like!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  ok….my home scale is usually reads a couple pounds lighter than the WI scale.  i have no problem stepping on the scale several times a day.  normally.  but this week…ugh…i noticed it last night, when i got home from bunko.  128.  that is high for where i’ve been the past week or so.  ok, so i attributed it to the brie i ate last night, and the sodium in the soup i ate for lunch yesterday.  this morning, i think it was 126.  yup, it was, several times, until the last time when it was 127.  now, when i got home - i took my shoes off…are you ready for this?!?!!  i’m not…130!!!!!!!!!!   HOLY FREAKIN CRAP!!!!!!!!!!  i’m in maintenance, but i obviously haven’t been eating like i am!!!!!!!!!  i realize i have 2.5 more days until WI.  my first thought was…do i skip WI this week?!?!?!?  then the rational side of me said- “wait a minute, you have a couple more days that you can try to bring that number down.  besides, that is your end of the day weight…see what it is tomorrow morning.”  i ate so well today…need to keep it up.  need a good run tomorrow.

but what if i don’t bring the number down?!?!?!  what do i do about WI?

oh…and i think a cold front is ocming through this weekend.  i have been going to WI in shorts & a t-shirt.  if it’s cold (and i get cold easily), then what in the world am i going to wear that won’t be a disadvantage to my WI?????????? 

ok…i’m through w/the mini meltdown for a little while….

the scale was not my friend this morning. it said i was up more than a couple of pounds. and i stepped on it SEVERAL times throughout the morning. damn brie from last night!!! that, and i had (canned) soup for lunch yesterday!!!!!!! i hope tomorrow is better…and i hope i’m not sabotaging myself. just b/c i made WW goal, i hope i don’t keep up with it to get to my personal goal. i don’t think my personal goal is a # on the scale…it’s totally a vain one - i want to be comfortable in a 2 piece without a shirt on. so, we’ll see…my body may not be cut out for a 2 piece, though, given the shape i’ve lived with for the past 30 years or so!!!

meanwhile - here’s daily menu so far…
dannon light yogurt - 1 pt
1 low carb tortilla - 1 pt
homemade black bean salsa - 1 pt
coffee w/cream - 1 pt

so that’s 4 points so far. lunch is either a salad from McD’s, or a sub from subway. with that, i’m gonna eat b/c i’m getting hungry!!!

udpate - went to subway b/c i thought i was going out for mexican tonight and i wanted to keep lunch low(er).  i forgot to add that i earned 2 AP this morning w/a 40 min walk. 

lunch was a turkey sub w/apples — 5 pts, for a total of 9 pts

i think i sometimes eat out of boredom, esp at 3PM.  don’t know why that is the magical time for me, but it is.  so i’m trying to be better about having healthier snacks, and not something that is so empty, even if it is low in points.  i may have found my new favorite snack.  i had an apple, with a laughing cow lite swiss wedge.  YUM!!!  almost as yummy has having brie w/cheese, but probably a lot less fattening than brie!!!  i may have it for breakfast tomorrow on top of an english muffin.

total pts eaten after snack - 11 pts (1 for apple, 1 for LC wedge)

i had bunko at a neighbor’s tonight.  so DH had poker at our house.  they’re still playing, so i snuck upstairs to do some things, like blog.  even though i’m tired & could probably go to bed now since puppy decided to bark for an hour in the middle of the night last night.  but i digress…so i’m glad DH is having poker.  i go out once a month for bunko, and occasionally for mah jong.  so he needs to have the guys over & play some poker.

today’s jog wasn’t all that bad!  yeah me!  and i called & talked to the fitness director at my gym to discuss working with a trainer.  he was supposed to pass my name on to one of the trainers.  i haven’t heard from the trainer yet…hopefully tomorrow.

i tried to be OP today.  and really count points.  did ok until the evening when i was at bunko.   then everything went out the window, esp b/c there was baked brie.  i LOVE baked brie w/apples, which they had.  i probably over did the brie.  ugh…

so, before bunko, here’s my food…

1 sliver (and i mean sliver) of pumpkin bundt cake  -  1 pt

WW chocolate shake made w/skim milk   -  3 pts

coffee w/creamer  -  1 pt

progresso soup (whole can)  -  2.5 pts

veggie burger on english muffin w/relish & mustard  -  3.5 pts

13 hershey’s kissables  -  1 pt

2 hershey’s dark chocolate kisses  - 1 pt

which brings me to 13 points.   i get 18 points, not counting AP or FP.  i got 2 AP today.  and i know i ate poorly at bunko.

tomorrow is mexican for dinner, i think.  ugh…i just need to get mentally motivated to be back on track of counting points.  i think it’ll be good for me!

ok, hit the fading point.  good night y’all…

ok…i don’t want to do this, but i’m gonna.  i’m gonna be honest about everything i ate today!  ugh…so not good, i know…

but i will say that i started the day off w/my exercise.  i tried running again - it’s been a while since i’ve run.  i don’t know exactly how long, but a while.  so i took it slowly - i knew there was NO way i could run the 30 minutes i was doing 2 months ago.  so i ran my “short route”, which is about 1.8 miles.  and as i was getting to my turn around (half way point), i was not loving it.  it wasn’t that bad, but it wasn’t that easy.  but i kept going.  and i was telling myself that it’ll probably not be that bad as when i first tried running and was carrying 20 more pounds on me.  and then it got easier.  yeah!  so i ran my short route, and it felt good.  i’ll try again on tuesday.

then i made the gooey chocolate cherry muffins i found on hungry girl.  i had the ingredients and was wanting to make them.  not bad - DH was a little taken aback as he was eating his…i thought i had mentioned there were cherries in there, but apparently i hadn’t.  i’m waiting to see if my stomach will shrink a little so i can taste one that i froze to see how it is!!!

and, we made our first slow cooker meal!!!  woo hoo!  and it came out and DH actually liked it even though it’s not his favorite dish - chicken caccitore.  i’m glad it turned out well, as i’m considering trying core and i think that this is a good dish to eat while on core.

ok…the dreadful daily menu (it’s only dreadful b/c i ate too many points!!!).  no idea the points on all of these…

1 small slice of pumpkin bundt cake

2 slices of veggie pizza

1 mini muffin (chocolate gooey)

3 pieces of quaker quakes

1 mini muffin (chocolate gooey)

couple spoonfuls of n/f plain yogurt w/splenda (wanted to taste it in case i do core - would be good for a snack of b’fast)

whole wheat pasta (probably 1 serving)

chicken caccitore - a lot (probably shouldn’t have had the second small serving i had)

so, when i look at it, it probably wasn’t all that bad.  i just ate too much at dinner.  that’s all…

i realize i haven’t written in a while.  from mid-august until last weekend, i was out of town on at least 4 occasions for probably about 20 days.  and i haven’t been good about counting points (more on that later).  and i haven’t wanted to blog so much…and i’ve been tired.

ugh…so all my random thoughts…i haven’t been counting points, partially due to being out of town for so much.  but here’s the kicker…everytime i have gone to WI, i’ve LOST something.  granted…i haven’t gone to WI every week for the past 2 months - maybe a couple of times, due to being out of town - but when i did, i still LOST!  which has added to my apathy to not counting points.  that, and i decided on a goal weight, and i made that too!  (ok…pat on the back & a woo hoo for me :)  )  again, adding to my apathy in counting points.  even though i picked a higher weight for goal and i still want to lose more. 

i also think it was hard to count points being out of town so much.  i still tried to make healthy choices when eating, but i ate out so much.  but now i’m back home, and i am happy to be home.

but, with that, i felt like i haven’t had time to blog.  maybe b/c puppy is still taking a lot of time.  or rather, i feel bad when i’m not playing with her.  and she still isn’t potty trained, which is tiring…constantly having to clean up after her.  oh, and my computer is upstairs…away from where we do everything.  so i feel bad about escaping to blog.  BUT, i kinda miss blogging.  i’ve been trying to keep up on others’ blogs.  so i’m going to try to better keep up with blogging.  that, and i need to write down my food.  i want to get back OP so i can continue to lose weight.  so if i write down my food, then i should be blogging again.  at my meeting this morning, i saw someone i hadn’t seen in FOREVER.  she just came to WI, but she’ll be back at the meeting next week.  between that, and actually staying for the meeting and hearing some of the things that were said, i think i’m ready to be more conscious of what i’m eating and the points i’m eating.

i don’t know how you women out there do what you do when you have one or more kids to take care of, work, keep up with your plans and blogging….i just have a 4 month old puppy!!!  i guess my big “me” time is in the mornings, when i work out.  but that’s it.  i guess i also get screwed up when i don’t sleep well or get enough sleep…which could happen a couple times a week, at most (this week was one of those weeks!)

and for my last bit of blogging…i’m going to call about a trainer tomorrow.  i’m excited for this.  when i started WW, i started being really good (or anal?! ) about exercising - walking & jogging.  DH asked if i wanted a trainer, but i wasn’t ready for one.  and it was ridiculous to meet with one and pay for it if i wasn’t ready.  i know enough about complex behavior changes to know that you really have to be into it.  so, only recently have i talked about getting with a trainer.  i need it more for the weights & toning aspect of working out.  there are definitely parts that i want to tone up!!!  so, while i’m ready for this…i may still have a little more of a mental push that is needed.  but i’m ready!

ok…enough of my random thoughts for today.  i need to clean / organize several parts of my house, and there are some BIG rivalry football games to watch!