Creating the new me

  You guys are that is :)  I just wanted to say thank you to all of you who continually motivate and encourage me along my WW journey. If it wasn’t for Roni, and this great community she has built I am sure I would have fallen off the wagon by now.

 I’ve had a big “high” this week and a big “low” and you guys were supportive through it all…the NSV that was excellent and my first gain at WI. (Which BTW I stepped on the home scale this morning and it is the lowest I have seen it in a looooonnnnnnggg time).

I’m still doing great, staying OP and more determined than ever to lose the weight and keep it off for life. But you all is what I feel is making it possible. I know you can’t do it all, and I’m not asking you to, but what you do is magnificent. I feel so grateful, and full of hope that I will make it through to the end.

 OK, I’m through with the “sap fest”.  But genuinely thank you from the bottom of my heart. Ok, now I’m off to read everybody elses blogs. Because as much as I get motivation from writing my own blog, I get just as much from reading about what everyone else is going through and commenting on their achievements, and sometimes setbacks. Together we’ll get through it.

Ok, now the sap fest is now completely over. We’ll return to our regularily scheduled blogging tomorrow!  Have a great holiday weekend everyone.

Well WI was this morning, and I gained .4 lbs.  I am not thrilled to say the least.  However, I do have an excuse, and yes, it is probably a valid excuse, but it is one none the less.  I wore my big heavy jeans and a big belt to WI today. I go during work, so I am normally in my dress slacks and nylons, but this week is Fair week here and we can all wear jeans so….. That may account for my small gain.

I’m not gonna let it get to me, I still have lost 18 lbs in 10 weeks. I’ll take that. I’m on the road to skinny, and nothing is going to stop me.  I won’t let that metal devil get to me.

I am going to Keep On Keeping On, week 11 here I come. I am 3 pounds from my 10% and I’m gonna make that goal very soon.

Ok… Well I finally tried the Shirataki noodles….I didn’t like them. There was something about the texture of them that I just couldn’t stomach. I had been warned about their odor, and rinsed them and then boiled for a few minutes, but I just couldn’t handle their texture. I couldn’t even finish my dinner.

I think they are a great idea, and I am glad I tried them. I think everyone should give them a try because their taste was great, and its such an excellent alternative to noodles, their Nutritional Info is amazing… I just couldn’t hack it.

Oh, I am so excited. Someone noticed my Weight loss today that didn’t know I was on WW’ers.  I am so excited.  She stopped me in the hallway at work and asked if I had been losing weight. I said yes, and she said she could totally notice.  She said I was looking great, and she was happy for me.

That was so nice to hear. This NSV is actually on my list of goals, but I’m gonna wait until one more person notices until I check it off. There is a small possibility that she knew I was on WW’ers and was just being nice. I’ll totally take it, but want to make sure that this NSV is completely legitimate before I check it off my goals page!  Yippee.

YEAH, I am so excited I can now RELAX. The surprise party we have been planning for DBF Mother’s 60th bday is OVER, along with the weekend long festivities. All went perfect, and played out without a hitch.  She was oh-so-surprised, and really appreciated all the hard work that we put into it. It’s weird to think that we planned this for 6 months and it is over now.

Also, our patio remodel is COMPLETE!  This excites me to no end as this was a constant source of stress, money and bad eating choices. 

I did pretty good this weekend and had a few NSV’s.  The first being that on Friday  night I had planned to eat the seafood buffet at the surprise party dinner.  It’s my favorite food in the entire world, and I had planned on eating at least one of everything that I loved and using my flexies for it. Well, when it came time to order I just couldn’t do it, so I ordered a crab louie salad (green salad with crab meat), it was oh-so-good.   It was a much better choice than my original plan.  I think I was so excited about losing 2 pounds at WI the day before I didn’t want to jeopardize this week at all because I know I can keep it up.  Only 3 more lbs until 10% (and only 1 more pound before I leave the 200’s FOREVER). 

Also, that night I served cake to like 100 people, and only ate 2 bites myself.  YEAH me!

So, I put in a full day at work, could definately focus more on work today because I didn’t have to worry about any party details or remodel crap.  The house is clean, the patio is complete, there is tons of healthy food in my fridge and I am just enjoying my night. I’ll probably BBQ some salmon for dinner, have a glass of wine (I have the points for it) and a baked potato with cottage cheese. YUM.    I have gotten out of the habit of blogging daily, but I fully plan to go “full steam ahead” this week and get back in the habit. 

 We leave for a 4 day vacation in about 2 1/2 weeks, I am so excited, but already getting a little nervous for food planning and trying to stay OP while we are there. We are going to a dude ranch in Montana and I have no control whatsoever on the cooking.  My plan is to make the smartest choices I can, and totally watch my portions.  I don’t want to “lose ground” while I am there, but I want to enjoy myself too. I think it’ll be a good short trip to “test the waters” on how I can handle meals I have no control over, and get right back OP 100% the day we return. We’ll be traveling a little more coming up in the next few months so I need to get in the right mindset.

Well I’m off to enjoy the night. TTFN.  I’ll catch up on everyone else’s blogs soon. Have a great evening

  I lost 2.0 pounds today at WI. I was a little nervous, but oh so excited to see that loss on the scale.  I have lost a total of 18.4 lbs in 9 weeks.  Still averageing 2 pounds a week. I’ll take that anyday. Well gotta run, just had to share the news!  Have a great OP Day Everyone. It’s days like this that really get me excited about losing weight and wanting to do my best each day because the benefits are awesome.

Wow!  It just occured to me I haven’t blogged since last Friday…thats quite a long time for me. I’ve still been reading on everybody elses blogs, just haven’t taken the time to write on my own. 

I’ve been staying OP and feeling good. I even stepped on the scale this morning as sort of a “mid-week-self-check”.  Looks like I am down a few pounds. I am really excited about that. If I can lose 2-3 pounds this week I will be estatic, 10% is so close I can taste it. If I work really hard I can make my 10% goal by the August 30th which was a goal of mine.  We’ll just have to wait and see. 

I have decided to stop posting my menus here. I’ll still post new food finds. I just don’t feel like taking the extra time to post food journals on here anymore. I still journal EVERYTHING in E tools, and will continue to do that.

I will be super busy this week. DBF and I have been planning a surprise party for his mom’s 60th birthday for a few months now and the party is this Friday :)  We have almost 100 RSVP’s and are hosting it at the local Elks lodge. I still have tons to do though, decorating, cakes, punch etc. It’ll be a lot of fun however I will be uber happy when Sunday comes and the weekend of festivities (read: Food Challenges) are over.

Well better run. OH BTW stay tuned I found a fabulous 1 point oatmeal cookie ooey goey sandwich I want to post about later, it even has a yummy marshmallow eske cream center….they are GREAT for only one point!

TTFN

 I am so ready for the weekend!  We are FINALLY almost finished with the patio/backyard remodel. It feels like it has consumed so much of my time, energy, and money. It has created so much stress for me I am so “over” it.  I can’t wait to sit on my patio this weekend and enjoy all the hard work. The only things left are to put stuff back in order on the carport, put some bark in the beds, and have the shrubs trimmed (we are hiring someone to do this).  Putting bark in the beds should give me some good AP’s :)  Don’t have much else planned for this weekend though, gonna relax, and spend some time cleaning inside the house. It has been severly neglected with everything that has gone on outside lately.

Below is the menu from yesterday. Since yesterday was WI I splurged a little at dinner and used 5 flexies. Not a big deal, but I am going to try not to use any more for the rest of the week.  Also, I am going to eat ALL of my daily points each day. Seems a few days during the week I always have leftovers and I want to make sure I am not putting my body into “starvation mode”. 

Thursday- Daily Points Target 26
Food	DU
FF yogurt	2
Fiber one bar - still have problems with these	2
Lean Cuisine Lasagna	6
100 Cal chex Mix	2
apple	1
Rositas 1 Taco & 1 Enchilada	10
1 C Rice, 12 tortilla chips & salsa	8
Totals	31
5 Flex used, 30 remaining

Next week is going to be really busy for me. It is my busy week out of the month at work, and we are planning a surprise party for DBF’s mother.  This involves us coordinating a dinner party at the Elks lodge for 100 people, and then a BBQ the next day on our new patio!  It’s gonna be a lot of work, and hopefully a lot of fun.  TTFN, Have a GREAT weekend everyone. 

Just got back from WI and my WW meeting.  I lost .8 pounds (total of 16.4  lbs lost in 8 weeks)

I am pretty happy with that, any week that I lose something I am happy. I wish it was more of course, but I’ll take anything

 Ok, this is gonna be short, I gotta run and get some stuff done.

TTFN

Thanks for all the encouragement yesterday during my “blah” day. I am feeling better today. I am more positive about WW’ers, and outlook on life. I got some sleep last night.  I went to bed really late for me, but slept good once I got to bed :) 

My night was totally messed up last night. I didn’t get a chance to eat anything until after 10:30pm. I was starving, but didn’t want to eat a big meal so I had a 1 pt western bagel, some lite Laughing Cow Cheese & a 100 cal rice krispy treat. Yeah, I know not the healthiest choices, but much better than the fast food I contemplated grabbing from Mc Donalds, so I’ll consider that a small victory and run with it.  So, all in all I ended up with 7 points leftover from yesterday. 

I jumped on the scale this morning, because WI is tomorrow and I like to gauge how I am doing so I jump on about every 3-4 days.  It didn’t look too pretty. So, today’s plan is fruits and veggies, H20 and very low sodium.  I want to see a loss tomorrow

 Ok, here’s yesterdays menu:

Oh,  BTW, writing my menu out got to thinking about a “flub up” yesterday.  A friend let me try this water she got called Vitamin Water.

She did tell me that it had some calories, but I really wanted to try it. So I started chugging, THEN checked the nutritional data…Low and behold it had 3 points for the whole bottle (50 cal per 8 oz serving)….UGH, so glad I stopped myself before I downed the whole bottle. Lesson learned, check the NI first. I totally know better, but had a “whoops” moment. Oh, well at least I counted it. Looking at my menu at the end of the day I had the points to drink the whole thing, oh well. I freak out when I “drink” my points, because I hardly drink anything with points in it, I save my points for stuff I can chew. The only exception I usually make once in a while is alcohol

 All right, enough rambling for the day. I must be feeling better because this is a pretty lengthy post for me…if you haven’t fallen asleep yet have a great OP day