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We’re about to go out to dinner (INDIAN and I blame Tina! ;p) and I’m sitting on the couch with my laptop checking something really quick and I had an itch so I lifted my top because after all I’m at home so who cares right? Well The Husband was at the end of the couch dialing a number and said “Look how skinny you are!” If you could see my face. I was smiling from ear to ear! The curvy hand motion thing is one thing but he hasn’t called me skinny in like 3 years! YAY

K, dinner time!

We’re about to go out to dinner (INDIAN and I blame Tina! ;p) and I’m sitting on the couch with my laptop checking something really quick and I had an itch so I lifted my top because after all I’m at home so who cares right? Well The Husband was at the end of the couch dialing a number and said “Look how skinny you are!” If you could see my face. I was smiling from ear to ear! The curvy hand motion thing is one thing but he hasn’t called me skinny in like 3 years! YAY

K, dinner time!

Shake it!

Shake it!

Seems like most of us miss the ‘Udates’ section of the Weight Watchen community. I was poking around google/blogger and found Google Reader. http://www.google.com/reader

You can add blogs & webpages to your subscriptions and then when you sign in to your gmail account, it shows you all the updated posts. It saves time from having to click through all the blog links. It’s not exactly what we were looking for but it should work for now. AND if you use FireFox and have tabs you can just leave it a tab and a number will appear when a blog or blogs have been updated. I’ve been using it since this afternoon and love it! Check it out!

Seems like most of us miss the ‘Udates’ section of the Weight Watchen community. I was poking around google/blogger and found Google Reader. http://www.google.com/reader

You can add blogs & webpages to your subscriptions and then when you sign in to your gmail account, it shows you all the updated posts. It saves time from having to click through all the blog links. It’s not exactly what we were looking for but it should work for now. AND if you use FireFox and have tabs you can just leave it a tab and a number will appear when a blog or blogs have been updated. I’ve been using it since this afternoon and love it! Check it out!

A friend sent this out and I thought it was interesting so I wanted to share…

Lies in the gym

It’s from stumptuous.com women’s weight training

A friend sent this out and I thought it was interesting so I wanted to share…

Lies in the gym

It’s from stumptuous.com women’s weight training

Thanks Melanie and Zazu!!!

All you have to do is copy and past from an old post or use the one below.
Highlight it, copy it and past it into your ‘Compose’ tab and then you can type directly into it and change the info so that it is your own.

Make sense?

Here’s a blank one for you.

Thanks Melanie and Zazu!!!

All you have to do is copy and past from an old post or use the one below.
Highlight it, copy it and past it into your ‘Compose’ tab and then you can type directly into it and change the info so that it is your own.

Make sense?

Here’s a blank one for you.

Let’s see if this works..

Let’s see if this works..

I am wearing an old pair of size 6’s. The do have some stretch and they are a bit snug but they fit and look ok with a longer top. I was SOOOOOOOOOOO excited to try them on and not have to struggle. I got them up and buttoned without having to suck the life out of myself. I was a but hesitant but The Husband said that with the top I have on you can’t tell that they are a little snug in the waist (I showed him so that he could see what I was talking about). I can’t believe it. I’m not totally “there” yet but I’m getting closer!!!!!!!!! Yay, definitely the boost of encouragement I needed before vacation. OH and I took my measurements again and my hips are finally starting to shrink, not a full half inch yet but like a quarter of one!
Have I mentioned that I’m not only obsessed with daily WI but also measurements every other day? *heehee*

I felt so great this morning that I decided I’m going to try an log an NSV every day regardless of how small. Writing and rereading my posts is really sinking in and giving me the positive reinforcement that my brain needs. They say that your body responds to positive thoughts so I’m going with that!

Hope everyone is having a great day!

I am wearing an old pair of size 6’s. The do have some stretch and they are a bit snug but they fit and look ok with a longer top. I was SOOOOOOOOOOO excited to try them on and not have to struggle. I got them up and buttoned without having to suck the life out of myself. I was a but hesitant but The Husband said that with the top I have on you can’t tell that they are a little snug in the waist (I showed him so that he could see what I was talking about). I can’t believe it. I’m not totally “there” yet but I’m getting closer!!!!!!!!! Yay, definitely the boost of encouragement I needed before vacation. OH and I took my measurements again and my hips are finally starting to shrink, not a full half inch yet but like a quarter of one!
Have I mentioned that I’m not only obsessed with daily WI but also measurements every other day? *heehee*

I felt so great this morning that I decided I’m going to try an log an NSV every day regardless of how small. Writing and rereading my posts is really sinking in and giving me the positive reinforcement that my brain needs. They say that your body responds to positive thoughts so I’m going with that!

Hope everyone is having a great day!

I thought this was interesting…Now technically my thumb and finger overlap but not by a ton so I chose medium frame.

Use SHAPE.com’s Ideal Weight Calculator to determine whether your weight falls in the ideal range for your height and frame size.

To measure your frame size, put your right thumb and index finger around your left wrist. If your fingers overlap, select “small”; if your fingers touch, choose “medium”; if your fingers do not touch, choose “large.”

Based on your height, your ideal weight range is between 127 and 141 pounds.

According to the information you have entered, your weight may be above your ideal weight range.

I thought this was interesting…Now technically my thumb and finger overlap but not by a ton so I chose medium frame.

Use SHAPE.com’s Ideal Weight Calculator to determine whether your weight falls in the ideal range for your height and frame size.

To measure your frame size, put your right thumb and index finger around your left wrist. If your fingers overlap, select “small”; if your fingers touch, choose “medium”; if your fingers do not touch, choose “large.”

Based on your height, your ideal weight range is between 127 and 141 pounds.

According to the information you have entered, your weight may be above your ideal weight range.

TOM came just in time to be gone before our trip YAY!. My lower back has a dull ache, my boss is gone and I don’t want to work. I am craving sweets and only brought salty snacks so I’ll get some frozen yogurt, only I have to wait a bit because I hate crowds and the cafe is crowded at this time.

This morning I noticed that my jeans got longer. No, I didn’t shrink, at least not in length, but in width. I realized that my loss has caused them to sit even lower on my hips which makes them longer. I found this to be very interesting. Makes me wonder how tight these puppies were before? Was I the girl who should have been wearing a bigger size but refused? Dunno, but what I do know is that now I am the girl with the saggy butt pants because they are getting too loose. They still look “okay” but another 4 or 5 lbs and I think they need to be put to rest. I also noticed that my belt is wrapping around me more. You see I have this belt that has grommet holes all the way around, so you can wear it at any size. Well you know those 2 loops at your sides? Before the end of the belt BARELY got under the side one, to the point that I just had to fold it and tuck it back in the front. Well not anymore! It’s like 2 and a quarter inches past that side loop! I could even tighten the belt more but then I think it may look funny with these pants. So now the belt is more for looks than serving a purpose. At least for today.

AND this morning my husband did the curvy motion with his hands again. I LOVE IT! Yes, we’re goofy. OH did I mention that the bugger is 2 pounds less today then he was yesterday? So he’s at like 209 (started at 225, he’s 6′2″). He likes to “WI” at least twice a week LOL.

My calves have been killing me since Sunday. I have thin legs and my calves refuse to gain definition or muscle. Last Thursday I decided to start doing calf raises in my never ending attempt to get them to pretend to be shapely. I like to do them while getting ready. Not many but enough to feel the burn. So I did 3 sets of 20.
No big deal right. Well I also live in heals. 2″ equals flats all the way up to 5″ platforms. So the only time my calves get a stretch is after work when I’m in my socks. It could be that I wore Chuck’s (aka Convers) all day Saturday while working on the car but on Sunday it hurt to stand up! Not once, not just in the morning, but each and every time I got up at all. To the point where I even started walking around the house on my tip toes hoping that it would help. I also tried to stretch when ever possible but they even hurt to touch.
By Sunday night I slathered them in BioFreeze and I think it helped a bit. I stretched them as much as I could too. Then on Monday what did I decide to do? You guessed it. More calf raises. Only this time I did only 2 sets of 15. But again I do them in the morning and then wear big ‘ol heels the rest of the day. So last night I was in a bit of pain again, but I just kept stretching every chance I got. So guess what I did this morning?
WTF is wrong with me? If only I could do abs as easily. Now I’m torturing my poor little calves every other day and my thighs daily with the stairs. My legs BETTER look good next week!

I miss our Weight Watchen blog site :(. I know a lot of us are here and I love that, but I really loved being able to see who had recently updated and the recent comments all in one spot. I hope we can convince Roni to do it again, but I also understand her hesitancy.

Ok, frozen yogurt time!!!!!!!!!!!

Monday I only ate 16.5 out of 20 points so I had unused points.
Tuesday I ate 22 points, so 2 over my daily of 20.

Do I
a: call it a wash since I had extra from Monday that I didn’t eat
b: count it as 2 FPs

TOM came just in time to be gone before our trip YAY!. My lower back has a dull ache, my boss is gone and I don’t want to work. I am craving sweets and only brought salty snacks so I’ll get some frozen yogurt, only I have to wait a bit because I hate crowds and the cafe is crowded at this time.

This morning I noticed that my jeans got longer. No, I didn’t shrink, at least not in length, but in width. I realized that my loss has caused them to sit even lower on my hips which makes them longer. I found this to be very interesting. Makes me wonder how tight these puppies were before? Was I the girl who should have been wearing a bigger size but refused? Dunno, but what I do know is that now I am the girl with the saggy butt pants because they are getting too loose. They still look “okay” but another 4 or 5 lbs and I think they need to be put to rest. I also noticed that my belt is wrapping around me more. You see I have this belt that has grommet holes all the way around, so you can wear it at any size. Well you know those 2 loops at your sides? Before the end of the belt BARELY got under the side one, to the point that I just had to fold it and tuck it back in the front. Well not anymore! It’s like 2 and a quarter inches past that side loop! I could even tighten the belt more but then I think it may look funny with these pants. So now the belt is more for looks than serving a purpose. At least for today.

AND this morning my husband did the curvy motion with his hands again. I LOVE IT! Yes, we’re goofy. OH did I mention that the bugger is 2 pounds less today then he was yesterday? So he’s at like 209 (started at 225, he’s 6′2″). He likes to “WI” at least twice a week LOL.

My calves have been killing me since Sunday. I have thin legs and my calves refuse to gain definition or muscle. Last Thursday I decided to start doing calf raises in my never ending attempt to get them to pretend to be shapely. I like to do them while getting ready. Not many but enough to feel the burn. So I did 3 sets of 20.
No big deal right. Well I also live in heals. 2″ equals flats all the way up to 5″ platforms. So the only time my calves get a stretch is after work when I’m in my socks. It could be that I wore Chuck’s (aka Convers) all day Saturday while working on the car but on Sunday it hurt to stand up! Not once, not just in the morning, but each and every time I got up at all. To the point where I even started walking around the house on my tip toes hoping that it would help. I also tried to stretch when ever possible but they even hurt to touch.
By Sunday night I slathered them in BioFreeze and I think it helped a bit. I stretched them as much as I could too. Then on Monday what did I decide to do? You guessed it. More calf raises. Only this time I did only 2 sets of 15. But again I do them in the morning and then wear big ‘ol heels the rest of the day. So last night I was in a bit of pain again, but I just kept stretching every chance I got. So guess what I did this morning?
WTF is wrong with me? If only I could do abs as easily. Now I’m torturing my poor little calves every other day and my thighs daily with the stairs. My legs BETTER look good next week!

I miss our Weight Watchen blog site :(. I know a lot of us are here and I love that, but I really loved being able to see who had recently updated and the recent comments all in one spot. I hope we can convince Roni to do it again, but I also understand her hesitancy.

Ok, frozen yogurt time!!!!!!!!!!!

I have so many cook books and recipes yet I never seem tot really use them. Instead I like to experiment with what we have already around and what strikes my eye at the time.

This week is hectic for us. The Husband is in the middle of “crunch time” for work in general but even more so because we are going on vacation next week and NOT taking our laptops (we are both addicted to them and we each have our own). The reason I mention all of this is because “crunch time” used to mean ordering out a lot because it was easy and we’d have left overs (we both always cook together). Since this is the first “crunch” since starting WW we were not prepared, but I refused to give in and loose momentum. BTW The Husband has been doing the Core plan since I started Flex and he’s already lost 14 lbs!!!!!!
Once we got home I started poking around to see what I could make alone (I hate cooking alone - and yes I realized that I am lucky and spoiled that he does so much with and for me). Oh, I should also mention that we typically only go big grocery shopping once every 2-3 months.
The Husband had some meat from TJ’s that I had picked up during one of my “hold us over” grocery trips (about once every 2-3 weeks), and since I don’t eat meat it was all for him and he cooks that himself (I won’t touch meat). Since he is doing Core I try to buy foods that will work for both of us.

Here is what I found;
JenniO Extra Lean ground turkey
Whole wheat pasta (TJ’s)
Low point pasta sauce (TJ’s Marinara)
And garbanzo’s (cuz I’ve been wanting them forever)

Remember I mentioned that I don’t touch meat, well I also don’t touch raw chicken or turkey which is all I eat, so that meant no patties or balls, since The Husband was busy with work and I didn’t want to bug him to make either for me (he’s really slammed right now). So i decided to just break it up in the pan and make “crumbled” ground turkey to go with my sauce and pasta. But I still wanted garbanzo beans. So I decided to try something new. Why not use the same coating as Roni’s zucchini fries minus the egg white? It was worth a try.

This is what I ended up with and I must say that it was all very tasty. I took a picture but it didn’t look too pretty so I’m going to leave it out because it definitely tasted WAY better than it looked!

For the Turkey
JenniO Extra Lean Ground Turkey (20oz pack)
Fresh Ginger
Shallot
Lawry’s Seasoning
Cayenne
Garlic Powder
Bell’s Poultry Seasoning
Fried Chicken Seasoning
Mustard (yellow this time but you can use what ever kind of mustard you like)
Worcestershire Sauce
Teensy bit of Olive Oil (less than a tsp) since the Extra Lean has like no fat
1 TBS grated Parm

Mix it all together in the pan and use a wooden spoon to mix and break up until it’s all crumbled. Cover on Med. heat so that it gets some condensation and stays moist.

TJ’s Marinara
2 C
Cayenne
1 TBS grated Parm

Eat on the stove and mix with the pasta once that is done.

For th Garbanzos (you can season how ever you like really)
1 can of garbanzo beans
.5 C ground Fiber One (I use our coffee grinder)
1TBS Grated Parm
Cayenne
Garlic Powder
PAM Olive Oil Spray
Big plastic bag

Mix all dry ingredients in a large ziploc type bag.
Drain and rinse the beans.
Once the beans are completely drained and dryish dump them in the plastic bag and shake until they are completely coated.
Line a broiling pan with aluminum foil and spray with Pam. Then pour the contents of the bag onto the pan and spray with Pam and broil until browned. If your rack is high then probably only like 5 minutes. Ours was lower so it took longer. They end up looking like CocoPuffs but they don’t taste like it. One thing that I forgot that I will add next time is either garlic salt instead of powder or Lawry’s. They were good but needed a hint of salty.

Points for TOTAL cooked:
2C Sauce: 5
20oz Turkey: 8
3C Pasta: 16.5
1/2 C Fiber One: 0
1 can Garbanzo Beans: 16

Servings per item:
Turkey = 5
Pasta & Sauce = 4
Garbanzos = 8

Points per serving:
4oz Turkey = 4
3/4 C Pasta & Sauce = 4
1/2 C Garbanzos = 2

10 points for the entire dinner and it was filling, YUMMY and Core friendly.

Monday I only ate 16.5 out of 20 points so I had unused points.
Tuesday I ate 22 points, so 2 over my daily of 20.

Do I
a: call it a wash since I had extra from Monday that I didn’t eat
b: count it as 2 FPs

I have so many cook books and recipes yet I never seem tot really use them. Instead I like to experiment with what we have already around and what strikes my eye at the time.

This week is hectic for us. The Husband is in the middle of “crunch time” for work in general but even more so because we are going on vacation next week and NOT taking our laptops (we are both addicted to them and we each have our own). The reason I mention all of this is because “crunch time” used to mean ordering out a lot because it was easy and we’d have left overs (we both always cook together). Since this is the first “crunch” since starting WW we were not prepared, but I refused to give in and loose momentum. BTW The Husband has been doing the Core plan since I started Flex and he’s already lost 14 lbs!!!!!!
Once we got home I started poking around to see what I could make alone (I hate cooking alone - and yes I realized that I am lucky and spoiled that he does so much with and for me). Oh, I should also mention that we typically only go big grocery shopping once every 2-3 months.
The Husband had some meat from TJ’s that I had picked up during one of my “hold us over” grocery trips (about once every 2-3 weeks), and since I don’t eat meat it was all for him and he cooks that himself (I won’t touch meat). Since he is doing Core I try to buy foods that will work for both of us.

Here is what I found;
JenniO Extra Lean ground turkey
Whole wheat pasta (TJ’s)
Low point pasta sauce (TJ’s Marinara)
And garbanzo’s (cuz I’ve been wanting them forever)

Remember I mentioned that I don’t touch meat, well I also don’t touch raw chicken or turkey which is all I eat, so that meant no patties or balls, since The Husband was busy with work and I didn’t want to bug him to make either for me (he’s really slammed right now). So i decided to just break it up in the pan and make “crumbled” ground turkey to go with my sauce and pasta. But I still wanted garbanzo beans. So I decided to try something new. Why not use the same coating as Roni’s zucchini fries minus the egg white? It was worth a try.

This is what I ended up with and I must say that it was all very tasty. I took a picture but it didn’t look too pretty so I’m going to leave it out because it definitely tasted WAY better than it looked!

For the Turkey
JenniO Extra Lean Ground Turkey (20oz pack)
Fresh Ginger
Shallot
Lawry’s Seasoning
Cayenne
Garlic Powder
Bell’s Poultry Seasoning
Fried Chicken Seasoning
Mustard (yellow this time but you can use what ever kind of mustard you like)
Worcestershire Sauce
Teensy bit of Olive Oil (less than a tsp) since the Extra Lean has like no fat
1 TBS grated Parm

Mix it all together in the pan and use a wooden spoon to mix and break up until it’s all crumbled. Cover on Med. heat so that it gets some condensation and stays moist.

TJ’s Marinara
2 C
Cayenne
1 TBS grated Parm

Eat on the stove and mix with the pasta once that is done.

For th Garbanzos (you can season how ever you like really)
1 can of garbanzo beans
.5 C ground Fiber One (I use our coffee grinder)
1TBS Grated Parm
Cayenne
Garlic Powder
PAM Olive Oil Spray
Big plastic bag

Mix all dry ingredients in a large ziploc type bag.
Drain and rinse the beans.
Once the beans are completely drained and dryish dump them in the plastic bag and shake until they are completely coated.
Line a broiling pan with aluminum foil and spray with Pam. Then pour the contents of the bag onto the pan and spray with Pam and broil until browned. If your rack is high then probably only like 5 minutes. Ours was lower so it took longer. They end up looking like CocoPuffs but they don’t taste like it. One thing that I forgot that I will add next time is either garlic salt instead of powder or Lawry’s. They were good but needed a hint of salty.

Points for TOTAL cooked:
2C Sauce: 5
20oz Turkey: 8
3C Pasta: 16.5
1/2 C Fiber One: 0
1 can Garbanzo Beans: 16

Servings per item:
Turkey = 5
Pasta & Sauce = 4
Garbanzos = 8

Points per serving:
4oz Turkey = 4
3/4 C Pasta & Sauce = 4
1/2 C Garbanzos = 2

10 points for the entire dinner and it was filling, YUMMY and Core friendly.

I’ve gotten this question a few times so I’m going to post the instructions here and hope they makes sense and help.

How to add/create your own “Blog roll”:

1. Click on th Template tab
2. Make sure that you are in the section labeled Page Elements
3. Find the square that says Add Page Element and click the link
4. A pop up will open and find the section that says Link List Add a collection of your favorite sites, blogs, or web pages. And then click ADD TO BLOG
5. It will then add itself to your page elements section. You then click edit and a new pop up window will open. You manually add them there. There may be an easier way to add the links but I haven’t found it yet so I just manually add each one.
6. You can then rearrange the elements in what ever order you want by dragging and dropping.
7. The one bummer that I have found is that you lose these links if you change your overall Template so be sure to have that finalized first.

Hope this makes sense and helps!

I’ve gotten this question a few times so I’m going to post the instructions here and hope they makes sense and help.

How to add/create your own “Blog roll”:

1. Click on th Template tab
2. Make sure that you are in the section labeled Page Elements
3. Find the square that says Add Page Element and click the link
4. A pop up will open and find the section that says Link List Add a collection of your favorite sites, blogs, or web pages. And then click ADD TO BLOG
5. It will then add itself to your page elements section. You then click edit and a new pop up window will open. You manually add them there. There may be an easier way to add the links but I haven’t found it yet so I just manually add each one.
6. You can then rearrange the elements in what ever order you want by dragging and dropping.
7. The one bummer that I have found is that you lose these links if you change your overall Template so be sure to have that finalized first.

Hope this makes sense and helps!

When Zero Doesn’t Equal Zero

Interesting article from the WW site about zero point foods.

When Zero Doesn’t Equal Zero

Interesting article from the WW site about zero point foods.

I lost exactly 1 pound today! Which makes a total of 7.2 pounds lost since April 16th and I am half way to my 10%! YAY! I’m going to do my best to stay totally OP this week since next week will be a crap shoot in HI (7 days).
I was hoping for a 3lb loss but 1 is good too :).

We have a lot of food around this place. Seriously. It’s either from canceled meetings of left over from a meeting. And sometimes it gets really out of control. Lately it hasn’t been too bad but this morning there was breakfast from a meeting. Fruit, bagels and muffins. In the past I would go straight for the bagel and cream cheese. Lately however, I’ve been avoiding the bagels and cream cheese and muffins and just getting fruit. I’ve been doing this for a while now but it really just dawned on me today. It make me realize that I CAN make the right choices easily :).
Of course since it is WI day I am waiting to eat anything. I had breakfast and some water but really trying to limit it until after I get on the scale. After all every ounce counts when it comes to WI right?
WI is in 25 minutes, wish me luck!

I lost exactly 1 pound today! Which makes a total of 7.2 pounds lost since April 16th and I am half way to my 10%! YAY! I’m going to do my best to stay totally OP this week since next week will be a crap shoot in HI (7 days).
I was hoping for a 3lb loss but 1 is good too :).

We have a lot of food around this place. Seriously. It’s either from canceled meetings of left over from a meeting. And sometimes it gets really out of control. Lately it hasn’t been too bad but this morning there was breakfast from a meeting. Fruit, bagels and muffins. In the past I would go straight for the bagel and cream cheese. Lately however, I’ve been avoiding the bagels and cream cheese and muffins and just getting fruit. I’ve been doing this for a while now but it really just dawned on me today. It make me realize that I CAN make the right choices easily :).
Of course since it is WI day I am waiting to eat anything. I had breakfast and some water but really trying to limit it until after I get on the scale. After all every ounce counts when it comes to WI right?
WI is in 25 minutes, wish me luck!

It took a while but I think I was actually able to recover at least 98% of my blog. It took me quite a few hours to find and copy and past everything into new posts here. I can only imagine what Roni must be going through, but she is doing an amazing job at recovery!

So glad that a lot of us were able to find each other and get back in touch. I think this minor set back will make us all stronger!

Today was a pretty good day but I came in under points again. I think it was because I waited too long to have my breakfast which meant I wasn’t very hungry. Tomorrow is WI day and I really hope that eating more F&V pays off.

I had the most random dinner tonight! If you didn’t know any better you’d think it was a plate of junk food but it really wasn’t. Either way, even all of its randomness only brought me to 16 points for the day. Oh well, I feel very satisfied and am not about to eat more at 9:30pm. Tomorrow is another day.

It took a while but I think I was actually able to recover at least 98% of my blog. It took me quite a few hours to find and copy and past everything into new posts here. I can only imagine what Roni must be going through, but she is doing an amazing job at recovery!

So glad that a lot of us were able to find each other and get back in touch. I think this minor set back will make us all stronger!

Today was a pretty good day but I came in under points again. I think it was because I waited too long to have my breakfast which meant I wasn’t very hungry. Tomorrow is WI day and I really hope that eating more F&V pays off.

I had the most random dinner tonight! If you didn’t know any better you’d think it was a plate of junk food but it really wasn’t. Either way, even all of its randomness only brought me to 16 points for the day. Oh well, I feel very satisfied and am not about to eat more at 9:30pm. Tomorrow is another day.

My Weight Chart:

If you aren’t already on my list please post your blog here so that I can add it to my favorites and my list to catch up on. I’ve found a bunch of you so far but I’m sure there are more

My Weight Chart:

If you aren’t already on my list please post your blog here so that I can add it to my favorites and my list to catch up on. I’ve found a bunch of you so far but I’m sure there are more

For anyone who reads this but is debating about starting a new blog DO IT! If it helped you before, it WILL continue to help you. This new format is easy, not the same but close. So many of us keep popping up that you will still get support. “Nothing to lose” Congrats on your loss!!! That is awesome! Keep up the great work and come join us on here until Weight Watchen is back up in full force again. Go through your cache and find your old posts, check your trash and you can find the emails of those who would leave you comments. You can get back in touch.

I never thought blogging about my weight loss struggles and successes would make a difference but it has. The support is great and really does help. I look forward to posting my rants and ramblings. It makes me feel better and it gives me the opportunity to go back and see where I’ve been, what worked and what didn’t AND read the great comments from people. And even if no one reads. Remember what Roni said, “blog for YOU!” Anything else is just a bonus.

All you need is a gmail account to start on here and I have a ton of referrals so if you need one let me know. It’s really easy.

I’m not totally giving up but at least I found some posts and added them. I’m so happy that so many of us have managed to find each other and continue until Roni is able to get things back up and running. Thanks to her we really did have a great little community.

Time to move forward and log yesterdays food.

Oh and talk about changes. I ususally WI on Monday’s but that session ended last week so tomorrow starts a new week. I’m still counting today as Day 1 and really hoping for a nice loss tomorrow. It will be my last WI before HI.

Hope everyone is having a great day and thanks for all the comments so far!

For anyone who reads this but is debating about starting a new blog DO IT! If it helped you before, it WILL continue to help you. This new format is easy, not the same but close. So many of us keep popping up that you will still get support. “Nothing to lose” Congrats on your loss!!! That is awesome! Keep up the great work and come join us on here until Weight Watchen is back up in full force again. Go through your cache and find your old posts, check your trash and you can find the emails of those who would leave you comments. You can get back in touch.

I never thought blogging about my weight loss struggles and successes would make a difference but it has. The support is great and really does help. I look forward to posting my rants and ramblings. It makes me feel better and it gives me the opportunity to go back and see where I’ve been, what worked and what didn’t AND read the great comments from people. And even if no one reads. Remember what Roni said, “blog for YOU!” Anything else is just a bonus.

All you need is a gmail account to start on here and I have a ton of referrals so if you need one let me know. It’s really easy.

I’m not totally giving up but at least I found some posts and added them. I’m so happy that so many of us have managed to find each other and continue until Roni is able to get things back up and running. Thanks to her we really did have a great little community.

Time to move forward and log yesterdays food.

Oh and talk about changes. I ususally WI on Monday’s but that session ended last week so tomorrow starts a new week. I’m still counting today as Day 1 and really hoping for a nice loss tomorrow. It will be my last WI before HI.

Hope everyone is having a great day and thanks for all the comments so far!

Not sure if this is the easiest way but it’s how I did it. I jut googled my Weight Watchen blog name and when it came up I clicked on the ‘cache’ link and found some posts. YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not I feel relieved. Not sure how much I can recover but at least I found a few old posts. I will be updating htis blog with old posts and back dating so that it looks like they were posted on the actual dates that I wrote them.

For anyone else who needs help finding their cache click here.

I don’t do well with change. Never have. I found Weight Watchen and lurked for a bit then decided that I wanted to blog too. So I started my blog and instantly became addicted to reading and posting. When I read Roni’s post yesterday I knew I was bummed but I didn’t realize how bummed until this morning. I really do feel lost. All of a sudden I find myself trying to find my old “friends” so that we can still keep in touch and read about how their WI’s are going.
I’ve found some of you which is great, now I just need to figure out an easy way to bounce around between blogs since they aren’t all in one spot anymore.

It’s Monday, my boss is back in town for 1.5 days. I have a ton to do, I leave for HI in exactly 1 week and I want miss my Weight Watchen friends! For those who I’ve found, I hope you’re having a good day! Who woulda thunk that the internet and a weight loss blog site could bring so many people together? I never did, yet here I am totally lost without it.

Time to work so that I can surf the blogs later

PS
Everyone keeps talking about being able to recover some posts from their Google Cache. Now I consider myself to be pretty computer/tech savvy but I have NO idea what or how to recover my posts through google cache. Can someone help me?

Not sure if this is the easiest way but it’s how I did it. I jut googled my Weight Watchen blog name and when it came up I clicked on the ‘cache’ link and found some posts. YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not I feel relieved. Not sure how much I can recover but at least I found a few old posts. I will be updating htis blog with old posts and back dating so that it looks like they were posted on the actual dates that I wrote them.

For anyone else who needs help finding their cache click here.

I don’t do well with change. Never have. I found Weight Watchen and lurked for a bit then decided that I wanted to blog too. So I started my blog and instantly became addicted to reading and posting. When I read Roni’s post yesterday I knew I was bummed but I didn’t realize how bummed until this morning. I really do feel lost. All of a sudden I find myself trying to find my old “friends” so that we can still keep in touch and read about how their WI’s are going.
I’ve found some of you which is great, now I just need to figure out an easy way to bounce around between blogs since they aren’t all in one spot anymore.

It’s Monday, my boss is back in town for 1.5 days. I have a ton to do, I leave for HI in exactly 1 week and I want miss my Weight Watchen friends! For those who I’ve found, I hope you’re having a good day! Who woulda thunk that the internet and a weight loss blog site could bring so many people together? I never did, yet here I am totally lost without it.

Time to work so that I can surf the blogs later

PS
Everyone keeps talking about being able to recover some posts from their Google Cache. Now I consider myself to be pretty computer/tech savvy but I have NO idea what or how to recover my posts through google cache. Can someone help me?

I was only part of the Weight Watchen community for maybe a month but I sure became attached to Roni’s blog, the blogging community and support over there and some of the people who’s blogs I always read. Today is a sad day as many of us mourn our little comminity. The servers wend down and lost everything. Ron’s incredible journy, support and recipes and over 400 other blogs and our message board. It’s strange how you can become so attached to writing a random blog and to peopl who you don’t really know yet feel like you do.
Roni is doing her best to get her site back up and running and getting us all back together again. None of us know how long it will take but I know that we are all hoping for the best and staying positive.
In the mean time I realize that blogging daily has really helped me on my weight loss journey so I decided to take Roni’s lead and create a blog here on blogger. Even if none of my fellow Weight Watchen bloggers see it, it will keep me accountable and serve as my back up.

With that said here are my food logs for yesterday and today.

Sunday - Daily Points Target 20
B - Coffee - 1
B - Scrambled eggs with RD Provolone and chicken - 5
S - Salsa Popcorn - 4
L - Indian Pizza - 4
D - LC SC Lemon Grass meal - 5
D - bowl of cherries - 0
S - Cup of warm milk - 2

Total: 22
Day 7 in Week - Flex Points Remaining: 27
Fruits & Vegetables - XXXXX
Water: XXXXXXXX
Milk: XX

Saturday - Daily Points Target 20
B - Coffee - 1
B - Fiber One Bar - 2
B - Banana - 1
B - V8 - 0
L - Subway Turkey Breast Sandwhich - 5
D - 2 slices Indian Pizza YUM!!! - 10
D - wine - 4

Total: 21
Day 7 in Week - Flex Points Remaining: 28
Fruits & Vegetables - XXXX
Water: XXXXXX
Milk:

I was only part of the Weight Watchen community for maybe a month but I sure became attached to Roni’s blog, the blogging community and support over there and some of the people who’s blogs I always read. Today is a sad day as many of us mourn our little comminity. The servers wend down and lost everything. Ron’s incredible journy, support and recipes and over 400 other blogs and our message board. It’s strange how you can become so attached to writing a random blog and to peopl who you don’t really know yet feel like you do.
Roni is doing her best to get her site back up and running and getting us all back together again. None of us know how long it will take but I know that we are all hoping for the best and staying positive.
In the mean time I realize that blogging daily has really helped me on my weight loss journey so I decided to take Roni’s lead and create a blog here on blogger. Even if none of my fellow Weight Watchen bloggers see it, it will keep me accountable and serve as my back up.

With that said here are my food logs for yesterday and today.

Sunday - Daily Points Target 20
B - Coffee - 1
B - Scrambled eggs with RD Provolone and chicken - 5
S - Salsa Popcorn - 4
L - Indian Pizza - 4
D - LC SC Lemon Grass meal - 5
D - bowl of cherries - 0
S - Cup of warm milk - 2

Total: 22
Day 7 in Week - Flex Points Remaining: 27
Fruits & Vegetables - XXXXX
Water: XXXXXXXX
Milk: XX

Saturday - Daily Points Target 20
B - Coffee - 1
B - Fiber One Bar - 2
B - Banana - 1
B - V8 - 0
L - Subway Turkey Breast Sandwhich - 5
D - 2 slices Indian Pizza YUM!!! - 10
D - wine - 4

Total: 21
Day 7 in Week - Flex Points Remaining: 28
Fruits & Vegetables - XXXX
Water: XXXXXX
Milk:

I think I may have this thing down. Eating every 2 hours really helps curb any hunger and cravings, they say it’s healthier than just 3 big meals and I really feel like I’m eating a ton even though it’s not. So even though I felt super hungry no matter what yesterday it ended up being a totally OP day! And I got in some F&V with a ton of watermelon.

Friday - Daily Points Target 20
Food	Points	Balance
B - Coffee	1	19
B - WW creamy chocolate smoothie	3	16
B - 1/2 fruit	1	15
S - TJ’s RD string cheese	1	14
S - Satiatrim Mixed Berry	0	14
L - LC Spa Cuisine Rosemary Chicken	4	10
S - VitaMuffin	1	9
S - 1/2C NF Frozen Yogurt	2	7
D - 1/2 C white rice	2	5
D - Rye Krisp crackers	1	4
D - Chicken breast w/mushrooms and onion	4	0
D - Watermelon	0	0
Total	20
Day 5 in Week - Flex Points Remaining: 28
Fruits & Vegetables - XXXX
Water: XXXXXXXX
Milk: XXXX
Daily Activity Log	Earned	Total/week
nada	0	7

I think I may have this thing down. Eating every 2 hours really helps curb any hunger and cravings, they say it’s healthier than just 3 big meals and I really feel like I’m eating a ton even though it’s not. So even though I felt super hungry no matter what yesterday it ended up being a totally OP day! And I got in some F&V with a ton of watermelon.

Friday - Daily Points Target 20
Food	Points	Balance
B - Coffee	1	19
B - WW creamy chocolate smoothie	3	16
B - 1/2 fruit	1	15
S - TJ’s RD string cheese	1	14
S - Satiatrim Mixed Berry	0	14
L - LC Spa Cuisine Rosemary Chicken	4	10
S - VitaMuffin	1	9
S - 1/2C NF Frozen Yogurt	2	7
D - 1/2 C white rice	2	5
D - Rye Krisp crackers	1	4
D - Chicken breast w/mushrooms and onion	4	0
D - Watermelon	0	0
Total	20
Day 5 in Week - Flex Points Remaining: 28
Fruits & Vegetables - XXXX
Water: XXXXXXXX
Milk: XXXX
Daily Activity Log	Earned	Total/week
nada	0	7

Even though I dipped into my FPs I feel really good about yesterday! Here is what I ate.

Even though I dipped into my FPs I feel really good about yesterday! Here is what I ate.

I’ve been tagged, by Roni herself, so here goes!WHAT WERE YOU DOING TEN YEARS AGO?

I had just started working at a new company earlier in the year and also mourning hte loss of my grandmother. It was a tough year. I was also about a size 4 loose 6.