Oh, My!!

I'm down this week! I didn't hbe time to weigh in until today but I am down 5.7lbs! Crazy!! I think it's from working a lot the last two weeks! I tend to eat really well at work! Wow! I'm blown away!!!

Down 4! Yeehaw!

I had another good week of eating right and it was liberating. Biggest thing is no tummy aches. I just feel better all day - not sluggish. I survived by eating 0 pt veg soup, WW chili, popcorn, fruit and and reg food for dinner (smaller portions). All things I love. I even managed to eat under my points on 2 days - that was hard!

This week I'm going stick to a similar plan.

How did you do?

Kathy

zero - zero

Zero pounds lost BUT then again zero pounds gained... I'll take it, I truly thought I had gained back a couple of pounds as last week was a terrible eating week for me! My stomach was all in knots and absolutely nothing healthy sounded good at all, in fact, everything I ate was junk food! I found one night the only thing that finally soothed my stomach was a handful (ok, more like 2 handfuls) of milk duds!!!!
So far yesterday was off to a much better start then last week, so I'm hoping that's a good sign. Wishing you all a great week
S

It's still a loss....

Week 3: total loss this week according to Wii fit plus is 0.4lbs! Boo!! But I'll take it. It makes me more determined!! I have to confess that I had Chinese one night with Kevin and didn't pit it down! I feel a little guilty but not that much because it was sooo delicious! I also had movie popcorn with no butter! But I tracked that....

So what I've learned this week: suck it up and write it down! No room for laziness in this weight loss journey!!

Hope you girls did better!

Doing Better.....whew!

Finally saw some results this a.m. - down 1.5 lbs.  I stuck to my plan of journaling and staying within my points every day.  I ended up eating ALL of my points for the week and that may be why I only went down 1.5.  I'd like to lose at least 2 lbs per week so I think this week I'll try to eat UNDER my point allotment each day - by maybe 2-3 pts.  Nothing too crazy, but the difference between having a 2pt glass of wine and NOT having that wine :-)  ...sigh... I also plan to make another batch of chili.  That, and the Garden Veg Soup helped me jump start this week.

Hope you gals are doing well!!!  Kathy

- 1.5

A slow shedding of some unwanted pounds, happy to say I'm down 1.5 pounds from last week, wish it was more but I'll take every little bit! I have not been keeping a log of what I eat although I know I probably should, but for now it seems like one more task that I just can't add to my daily duties. Max has been a happy puppy this week as I've tried to make my walks a bit longer & a little bit faster, I'm certainly not running a marathon though!
Okay, signing out so I can go mow my lawns~ go ladies, go......................

Up a Little (!)

Wish I could've titled this the same as Nancy but Nooooooooooooo, I pretty much blew it last week. I was in a tired funk that I couldn't get out of. But, I caught up on sleep this weekend and now I feel MUCH better. I cooked over the weekend and made a batch of 1 pt chili and a double batch of Garden Veg soup (0 pt). My plan is to eat the chili for lunch and the soup for afternoon snack. Afternoons are my challenge so hopefully the soup will help.

So all in all I'm up 1.5 lbs from two weeks ago and 8 lbs down from when I did Biggest Loser a few yrs ago. That means I've gained 15 lbs back from the 23 I lost. Now that was pretty stupid of me! Grrrrrr

This is a new week and I'm motivated! I exercised yesterday and ate within my Pts (and journaled). I went to bed feeling good. Today I shall repeat that!

How are you all doing? Do we have Marna, Tracy and Jen on here yet?

Kathy

Down a little

It's week number 2 and I weighed in this evening and .... Drum roll.... I'm down 1.8 pounds!

I am tracking all of my food and it does make the difference for me. I'll actually decide if I really want that salty delicious handful of goodness for 12 points or a piece o fruit for no points. It is sooo hard to make the right choice but it pays off for me right now.

Still having a difficult time trying to find everyone friendly fast home made food for everyone. It's a challenge but I've got to figure it out! Looks like we may be heading towards vegan recipes. Ugh!!

Sleeping In

All I can think about this week is sleeping in. I just want to sleep in!!!! I've been tired all week and it finally dawned on me why. I went camping last weekend - barely slept - and now I'm paying for it. Camping for only two nights is not really worth it - it's way too much work for such a short time. No wonder I'm pooped this week. And when I'm tired, I unfortunately turn to food for energy - when really all I need is some sleep! Tried to lay on the couch and close my eyes after work yesterday but that just turned into an exercise in frustration. I might as well have posted a sign in my front yard saying "I'm trying to rest so come one come all!"

Sigh.

Sleep shall come tonight.

Happy Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Walkin'

Yes indeed I was walkin'. A 35 minute walk w/ Max and friends this a.m. then headed to Santa Maria to get oil changed. while waiting, I walked from Toyota dealership (by Walmart) to Kohls, then to Michaels craft store and back ~ about an hour of walking :)
As I was out walking, I could smell EVERY single drive thru & restaurant around and boy did it smell terrific. By the time I got back in my van I was starving, I finally settled for a Wendy's cup of chili (think about 300 calories) all in all not too bad, certainly could have been a lot worse... It's Thursday which means that dinner for the girls and I is on the run in between soccer & dance practices. I've packed a fairly healthy sandwich, carrots and hard boiled egg, hope that tides me over, right now it's not sounding too appealing to me...

How are ya doing??

Ok so it's Thursday, and I finally got to exercise! I went for a brisk walk with my friend Karen this morning. I will say that it was great! I really needed to get out and do something. I feel much better too! Before I went this morning I was grumpy and antsy and now I feel much more relaxed and have a better sense of well being. Now if I could just regulate my work schedule I would be a happy camper!

great lunch, NOT!

oh, did i forget to mention that today is one of my "late" breakfast days so, I'm eating everything in sight= lunch diet pepsi & a bag of peanut m&m's. I better sign off so I can go walk the dog to help cancel out some of my lunch calories, gulp :}
I will work on a healthier dinner, probably soup...

OMG!

I just weighed in and I lost..... 5.1 lbs! Holy hotcakes! I am flabbergasted! Yay weight watchers! Go Nancy, go Nancy!!

I used all of my points everyday and have had to use the extra points given to you weekly a couple of times. I think it really helped that I packed my lunch everyday I went to work and did not snack at work.

Being a nurse, as a thank you patients bring boxes of candy and cookies and ever imaginable sweet item in for us. It's awesome! However not conducive to loosing weight.

I need to work exercising into my plan. I think I actually need to "schedule" it, which is just sad. I feel like part of the problem is that we tend to schedule ourselves to death. With everything that the kids do, trying to maintain your household and just trying to find time for yourself and your spouse, how can we do it all and not go crazy!! No wonder we choose convenience over the time it takes to plan a meal that doesn't come out of a box!

Well, guess that means I need to pick a day each week and meal plan with Kevin in an attempt to eat out less and have less meals out of convenience. I think I am going to try to get the kids involved as well....

Well it looks like I have a new plan for the coming weeks. Just to recap and spell it out for myself

1. Work in exercising
2. Meal planning
3. Involve family in meal planning and exercising.
4. Stop eating out of convenience.

Ok, lofty goals but let see how well I do in the coming weeks.

Monday, Monday.......

"Monday, Monday........."  that's the song going through my head right now.  Do you often want to break out in song when people happen to say something just as it's sung in a song you know?  This happens to me ALL THE TIME.  Is that weird?  Okay, don't answer that.

Anyhoo, got on the scale this morning to find out I'd gained a whole pound :-(  Not too happy about that. I felt that I did pretty well during the week - like if it was a test I would have gotten a B+/A-, until the weekend came.  We went camping at Lake Lopez and in typical camping style we pigged out on all the worst foods - hot dogs, hamburgers, mac-n-cheese, etc.  My bag of carrots and celery and my tub of hummus sank to the bottom of the soggy cooler and looked most unappetizing.  The giant red bag of Doritos, however, were calling my name...."kathy...oh kathy!.....come here and eat me!"  That and the chilled white wine.  Mmmmmm. I wouldn't say that I ate and drank myself silly, because I didn't, but I did dip my hand into that big red bag more than a few times AND I drank an entire bottle of white wine (minus one glass) in two nights.

...hiccup...

:-)  

So, a pound later, here I sit.  Sigh.  Time to start again.  I want an A+ this week.  My goal is to log EVERYTHING I put in my mouth this week and to NOT exceed my daily points AT ALL.  If I do that, will I lose a pound or two?  We'll see.

This is hard work! How'd you do? I sure hope you did better than me.  I need some healthy competition ladies.  Bring it on!

Kathy