Creating the new me

 I am looking forward to 2008, I think great things will happen this year and I am saying “bring it on”!

I am not very good at making new years resolutions, mine are always so cliche, but I’m going to do it anyway this year. I am hoping that writing them down in my blog will help keep me accountable, and help me remember about them.

In 2008 I would like to:

1)  Get to my Weight Watchers Goal Weight - Totally achievable. To help get me there I will go to the YMCA an average of 3 -4 times a week, continue to eat healthy, following the Weight Watchers “lifestyle” and journal every bite that goes in my mouth.

2)  Do a 5K run - This is totally achievable by spring time, I would love to run/walk/job  a local 5K with a friend. 

3) Be more organized at work and home - Use electronics to help keep your finances, work, social life etc all balanced and on track. Between the desktop, laptop, and work computer you can do it!  Focus on keeping things electronically to cut down on paper waste. Be more organized financially. Make as many payments automatic and electronic as possible, continue contributing to the 401K, and work on a savings plan. 

4) Try to not collect “material” things - You don’t need them. I know you love Lip Gloss, but you have enough to last 2 years, do you seriously need more? Use things you do have, take pictures to make the memories last…not a t-shirt!

5) Don’t sweat the small stuff - Maybe you should buy a book on the subject? Seriously, take a deep breath and think about the situation consciously decide if it is worth getting upset over. More times than likely it’s not, get over it! 

   Well I think overall 2007 was a great year. I didn’t have any resolutions last year, at least I don’t remember them anyway. But I wanted to take a moment to reflect on how the year has been.

In June I decided to try Weight watchers and I’ve lost 32 pounds thus far.

I am searching for my birth mother, basically I have done everything I can and the rest is up to the courts.

I traveled to 4 countries outside the US this year (Russia, UK, Canada & Mexico).

We are in a better financial situation this year (major accomplishment due to all the traveling)

We have made improvements on the house

My health is better due to exercising and eating right.

DBF and I are still going strong, and have a good relationship

I am doing well at work, shown by my 2007 review and raise!

Overall it was a very successful year, and I am looking forward to 2008!

Well I just got back from WI and I gained a pound. I lost a pound last week so I am even for the past 2 weeks.

I totally deserved the 1 lb gain, and am thankful it wasn’t more.

I have been back on plan since yesterday, and plan to stay that way for a long time.

I feel like I got a lot of junk in, and now am craving the healthy stuff. I’ve had my fair share of junkfoods, and getting back on track wasn’t as hard as I thought it might be.

Overall I am going to call it a success!

Well, i’m back on plan with Weight Watchers. Honestly I haven’t been very good at all since last Thursday, which was my last WI and the last day that I tracked my points (until today).

I am drinking lots of water today, and staying OP. Heading to the gym after work for some AP’s…Hopefully the scale is a little forgiving tomorrow. Although honestly I don’t deserve it. It’ll probably be up a little.

I know what I need to do to get it moving in the right direction though. I am thankful for that. I am also getting right back OP the day after christmas, no more goodies, or treats out of my points range. 

Well gotta run, I’ll be back tomorrow with the WI results and damage

Hope everyone had a great christmas and is having a great OP Day.

I lost 1.0 pounds this week. Makes my total for December 5.2 so far.  I am pretty happy. I have 1 more WI this month, and I am just hoping to maintain. 

I also lost a point today with my new weight. I am only allowed 24 points daily now. We’ll see how that goes.

Well gotta run, lots to do.

Well I didn’t make it to the gym last night :(  I was dressed and ready to go but then life got in the way. I’m not going to stress about it, i’ve got enough stress this week and next with Christmas coming up.

I made it to the gym 2 times this week, not great, but considering the time of year, and that 3 months ago this would have been a major achievement I’m OK with it.

Things are going to happen and i’m not going to make it as often as I want in the next 2 weeks so I am not going to beat myself up over it.

I probably won’t make it to the gym tonight because I have a haircut and color (thank goodness I am going to get this mop of a head dealt with).

Tomorrow I should be able to fit it in, but the weekend is sketchy. I’ll just play it by ear and take each day as it comes.

WI is tomorrow…I’m keeping my hopes up for a loss this week!

Ok, I don’t have much to report, but want to keep up my goal of daily blogging.

Breakfast - banana, oatmeal

Lunch - broccoli & Shrimp,  Free green salad w/ zero point dressing

Snack - 90 cal cookie, 1/4 c ice cream

Dinner - 2 slices papa murphys delite pizza, 2 breadsticks

Now to gym to earn 4 AP’s  YEAH!

OK, it was a fantastic weekend. I got a ton of stuff accomplished. Let’s go through a quick list:

Friday - Went to Gym, and jogged on treadmill. 5 min warmup, then 60 sec jog intervals separated by 90 seconds walking for 15 minutes, 10 minute cool down. I was uber impressed with my effort.  Then out to dinner where I chose a cheeseburger and fries, I know not a good choice. Then to get our christmas tree, it was a lot of fun! Then a little christmas shopping with the DBF.  It was like dragging him to get him to do any at all, he is a total last minute shopper and hasn’t thought about any of it yet.

Saturday - Decorated tree, decorated house (5 hours total) Chips & Salsa for brunch.  Wrapped presents, another 3 hours. 5 ritz crackers with sharp cheese spread for a snack, then out to chinese. Usually chinese is a huge problem for me, I am always the only one that tries to eat healthy, and usually it just doesn’t work out when we order family style because I end up feeling guilty. But not this night, I ordered shrimp & Broccoli (2 pts per cup) and it was so fabulous. I had about 1/3 of my order with about 1/2 c rice, 2 pieces of bbq pork (small slices) and 1/3 of an egg roll and was totally satisfied and have enough leftovers for 2 more meals.

Sunday - Baked 2 batches of popcorn balls, ate a 1 pt bagel with 1 pt laughing cow cheese. Wrapped more presents. Went shopping. Ate at Del Taco, 2 chix taco del carbon and a small fry. I know not the best choices again, but I had hardly eaten anything all day and it was 3 pm by now. Then I did ALL my grocery shopping for christmas eve, christmas dinner and the rest of my baking. Went home put all groceries away, made peanut butter kiss cookies and a whole batch of chocolate coated pretzels (the whole bag of pretzels is now coated so pretty). 

I feel like I got so much done, It wasn’t a weekend full of healthy food, i indulged on a few meals, but stayed within my points.

Tonight the goal is to hit the gym after monday night football (GO BEARS), eat a moderate dinner. We’ll be having friends over but I am thinking of picking up a papa murphys delite pizza and salad. We’ll see.

Also…my NEW LAPTOP got delivered today. That’s right a laptop of my very own. I am so excited I can’t handle it. It’s a christmas present to myself, and I can’t wait!!!!!!!!

Recap:

Good:  I am ready for Christmas

Bad:  Didn’t make it to the gym on Sat or Sun

Ugly:  My horrible meal choices this weekend

I went to the gym again last night. I vow to never be a “grunter” at the gym. Last night as I was lifting weights there was a guy way over on the other side of the gym lifting weights also and grunting very loudly as he was doing it. I vow to never be one of those people. It was terribly uncomfortable for the majority of the people in the gym to overhear the sounds coming out of this persons mouth.  Even those with headphones could still faintly hear his animal like sounds.

 Oh, a good thing also happened at the gym last night…I ran…and I can’t wait to go run there again last night. OK, run might not be the right word for what I do…jog is more like it.  But I did it and I enjoyed it. I didn’t even fall of the treadmill :)  I did a 5 minute warm up then 4 sessions of running for 60 sec then walking for 90 then repeated.  I felt good afterwards, then lifted some weights, then stretched really good. I really want to go back tonight and try to get like 6-8 sessions of jog/walk. 

This is a complete shocker to me that I am actually jogging. Even when I was in high school and totally skinny  I couldn’t run. I have never liked jogging and have never done it except when forced, so for me to want to jog on the treadmill is a total NSV.

Ok. So I’ve lost what I consider a significant amount of weight, over 30 pounds, since starting on WW this summer.  But, I still look at myself the same old way. 

Today while at my WW meeting, I noticed that I currently weigh one pound less than my friend’s starting weight on WW.  I never thought she was that big. So, if she was never that big, and I weigh less than she did…doesn’t that make me not so big now?  It’s like a big mind game. I would never consider her big at this weight, so why do I consider myself big at this point?  I know we all carry our weight differently, but we are approximately the same height, so it can’t be THAT different right?

 It’s just all so confusing to me.