Today was my 8 week weigh-in. Its hard to believe that it has been two months all ready since I've started on my way to a happier healthier me.
This morning I had to work, but decided that I would attend the early meeting to get my weigh-in over with. I showed up at 10:30. The meeting was over (it had actually started at 9:30). But they still had the scales up and weighed me in!
From day one till now I have lost 16.2 pounds!!!! My current weight is 260.2 and I started at 276.4.
I am so excited that I decided to start Weight Watchers and really take care of myself. It has made all the difference.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Gym Membership
Okay, so the other day I was thinking that I should join the gym again and start trying to work out.
I used to go to LA Fitness because my sister worked there and I got a discount.
Back in August I stopped going and thought I had canceled my account. Come to find out when I went in, I never did! So I was up to almost $300 in back fees!!! Well the lady at the front desk tells me that LA Fitness has decided to wipe everyones past due fees clean AND renstate them at their original price!
So I'm looking at $50 up front (first and last month fees) and then being billed $25 each month!!! What a deal. I'm so excited to go next month and sign up again! I cannot wait to start moving. I love how I feel after a long work out.
And I'm extra thrilled about being able to play raquetball again!!!!
Back in August I stopped going and thought I had canceled my account. Come to find out when I went in, I never did! So I was up to almost $300 in back fees!!! Well the lady at the front desk tells me that LA Fitness has decided to wipe everyones past due fees clean AND renstate them at their original price!
So I'm looking at $50 up front (first and last month fees) and then being billed $25 each month!!! What a deal. I'm so excited to go next month and sign up again! I cannot wait to start moving. I love how I feel after a long work out.
And I'm extra thrilled about being able to play raquetball again!!!!
Behind on my posts...
Okay so I've not been so good with posting weekly updates, but I'm going to try to get you up to speed.
I have not been good all together with the Weight Watchers program these last few weeks. :/ About 2 weeks ago I went to weight in and didnt lose anything. But I was okay with that because I didnt gain anything. Then last week I didnt go to weigh in because I thought I had gained a few pounds and I didnt want to see that and cry!
But I will be going to weigh in sometime this week. I just have to figure out when because I've been working so much. So my normal Tuesday nights I cannot attend. So maybe Wednesdays before I head in to work. But the meetings are at 10am and am usually scheduled at 9:25am. Although this week I dont go in till 11am. And there are meetings on Saturday at 10am too, but again just depends on if I work or not.
Anywho, I weighed myself on my scale and depending on if it tells me the same weight at when I weight in at Weight Watchers, I could have lost some where between 16 and 20 pounds!!!
I know I've been rambling but its been a while since my last post.
I have not been good all together with the Weight Watchers program these last few weeks. :/ About 2 weeks ago I went to weight in and didnt lose anything. But I was okay with that because I didnt gain anything. Then last week I didnt go to weigh in because I thought I had gained a few pounds and I didnt want to see that and cry!
But I will be going to weigh in sometime this week. I just have to figure out when because I've been working so much. So my normal Tuesday nights I cannot attend. So maybe Wednesdays before I head in to work. But the meetings are at 10am and am usually scheduled at 9:25am. Although this week I dont go in till 11am. And there are meetings on Saturday at 10am too, but again just depends on if I work or not.
Anywho, I weighed myself on my scale and depending on if it tells me the same weight at when I weight in at Weight Watchers, I could have lost some where between 16 and 20 pounds!!!
I know I've been rambling but its been a while since my last post.
22 to 18
No you did not read the title wrong. And no I did not figure out the secret to regaining my youth. But YES I did figure out how to shrink pants sizes!!!
Last week I put on a pair of pants I havent worn in 2 years!! And they are 2 sizes smaller than when I started Weight Watchers!!!!! I was so pumped!!!
Last week I put on a pair of pants I havent worn in 2 years!! And they are 2 sizes smaller than when I started Weight Watchers!!!!! I was so pumped!!!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
10.4 pounds going, going, GONE!
Today was my 4th weigh-in. I am so excited with my progress.
Starting weight: 276.4
Loss to date: 10.4
Current weight: 266.0
Goal: 165.0
This has been great! I cannot wait for the days to come!
Starting weight: 276.4
Loss to date: 10.4
Current weight: 266.0
Goal: 165.0
This has been great! I cannot wait for the days to come!
Sunday, March 7, 2010
How do you save when spending so much $$?
I feel like I'm working just so I can eat.
Are there any suggestions? (ie coupons, different foods or brands? or stores?)
HELP!
A detrimental weekend binge
Friday started off great! I went with a friend out to eat, and I got to pick. So we went to applebees and I ate off the WW menu!! But then my sister and I went to the Melting Pot afterwards. We had cheese fondue and chocolate fondue! It was soo good, but I'm sure I was WAY over points for the day and the week.
Saturday was Girls Night Out with some friends. Well, there was cookies, chocolate eggs, chips, pizza, and crazy bread. Oh and of course alcohol! But then we went to a club, and I'm now wondering if I can count my dancing toward activity points!?
So needless to say this weekend ruined my entire week and I will doubt that this weeks weigh-in will bring about anything good.So I am hitting the DELETE button and starting over today, even though I want to snack like a crazy woman during the Oscars. :)
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
-5 + -3 = -8
Yay! I thought this weeks weight in was going to be a disaster!
But I lost 3lbs!!!!!!
Start: 276
To Date: 268
Total Loss: 8lbs!!!!
But I lost 3lbs!!!!!!
Start: 276
To Date: 268
Total Loss: 8lbs!!!!
Cookbook Disaster
Today I purchased a WeightWatchers Cook book at Meijer. As I was flipping through it tonight, I found a few recipes that only required things that I already had laying around the house. I decided to try them!
First I cooked a sausage dish. It was so simple! Turkey sausage, red pepers, green peppers, yellow peppers (which meijer was out of!), and onions. A little chicken broth, and organo. It was SOOO good!!
Second I baked the Chocolate Muffins and then some flat bread from India. Well the Chocolate Muffins were TERRIBLE! :( It was like sinking my teeth into a cardboard box lightly dusted with confectioners sugar!!!
The flat bread is still in dough form however. And I have another 2 hours before it rises and I can bake it. Hopefully it will turn out much better than those cardboard muffins.
First I cooked a sausage dish. It was so simple! Turkey sausage, red pepers, green peppers, yellow peppers (which meijer was out of!), and onions. A little chicken broth, and organo. It was SOOO good!!
Second I baked the Chocolate Muffins and then some flat bread from India. Well the Chocolate Muffins were TERRIBLE! :( It was like sinking my teeth into a cardboard box lightly dusted with confectioners sugar!!!
The flat bread is still in dough form however. And I have another 2 hours before it rises and I can bake it. Hopefully it will turn out much better than those cardboard muffins.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Night-time Binge
Ok...its almost 3am and I am still WIDE awake!
I am getting hungry. At least I think I am. I could totally just be bored. But I think that I've already eaten close to ALL my weekly points, if not more.
And I have weigh-in on Tuesday and well I sorta cheated today and weighed myself. I havent lost anything. But I havent gained either. So I guess thats good!
Tuesday is weigh-in and I'm trying to get a friend from work to come with me! I need a weight loss buddy bad!!!
So instead of eating I figured I would write on my blog to try and keep my mind off things. But that doesnt seem to be helping especially because I keep talking about. And besides theirs no food in my house anyway because people keep eating ALL my food. My sister ate a whole pound of turkey meat and my dad ate all my skinny cows!! It like I buy food but it keeps disappering! AGH!!!
I am getting hungry. At least I think I am. I could totally just be bored. But I think that I've already eaten close to ALL my weekly points, if not more.
And I have weigh-in on Tuesday and well I sorta cheated today and weighed myself. I havent lost anything. But I havent gained either. So I guess thats good!
Tuesday is weigh-in and I'm trying to get a friend from work to come with me! I need a weight loss buddy bad!!!
So instead of eating I figured I would write on my blog to try and keep my mind off things. But that doesnt seem to be helping especially because I keep talking about. And besides theirs no food in my house anyway because people keep eating ALL my food. My sister ate a whole pound of turkey meat and my dad ate all my skinny cows!! It like I buy food but it keeps disappering! AGH!!!
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Mother Nature
Mother nature is very crule! I am trying to eat right and keep up on my points. BUT! I am craving food! All types of food. Salty food, sweet food, hot and cold food!!
AHHHH! I think that this week if I dont lose anything I will most deff gain a pound or two!
AHHHH! I think that this week if I dont lose anything I will most deff gain a pound or two!
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Down 5lbs!
YES! I have have lost a total of 5.6 pounds!!!
Starting weight: 276.4
Last week: 272.6
This week: 271
Yay! So excited!!
Starting weight: 276.4
Last week: 272.6
This week: 271
Yay! So excited!!
Day 14
Tomorrow is weigh-in. And today I did not track my points. (Although I did have about 20ish weekly points left.) I think that I may have eaten one to many today, expecially the day before weigh-in!
On the menu today I had lots of fruit (watermelon and strawberries...YUM), turkey tacos, diet soda cake, and so many other things! :/
Well I just had to vent that I did not to to well today, and that I will hope that it wont kill me on the scale tomorrow.....wish me luck.
On the menu today I had lots of fruit (watermelon and strawberries...YUM), turkey tacos, diet soda cake, and so many other things! :/
Well I just had to vent that I did not to to well today, and that I will hope that it wont kill me on the scale tomorrow.....wish me luck.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Diet Soda Cake!!
Alright - I know this sounds crazy, but its a must try!
What you need:
- One box of chocolate cake
- One can of diet pepsi (diet coke doesnt taste as good)
What to do:
- Mix cake and Diet Pepsi together!
- Bake at 350 for about 25 minute (or until done)
Serve:
- Warm (not too hot or too cold)
- Add cool whip or redi-whip on top
- Cut up strawberries
ITS AWESOME! And low calories but hits the sweet spot!
What you need:
- One box of chocolate cake
- One can of diet pepsi (diet coke doesnt taste as good)
What to do:
- Mix cake and Diet Pepsi together!
- Bake at 350 for about 25 minute (or until done)
Serve:
- Warm (not too hot or too cold)
- Add cool whip or redi-whip on top
- Cut up strawberries
ITS AWESOME! And low calories but hits the sweet spot!
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Day 13
Wow. Hard to believe that it has been almost 2 weeks so far!
This week was a hard one. I think that I only tracked like 3 of my days! Which is not good! If you dont get all of your points in or you eat to many points you could gain weight!!! So I hope that this Tuesday on the scale I will have lost more weight.
We shall see.....which me luck!
This week was a hard one. I think that I only tracked like 3 of my days! Which is not good! If you dont get all of your points in or you eat to many points you could gain weight!!! So I hope that this Tuesday on the scale I will have lost more weight.
We shall see.....which me luck!
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Day 8: First Weigh-In
Alright! I did it! The first week is behind me. But I only see things getting more difficult from here! Tonight I finished all my daily points by 9pm! And by 11pm I had the munchies!!!
But lets get back to the good news! I stepped on the scale and saw that I was 3.6 pounds lighter!!! YAY!!
Start weight: 276.4
Current weight: 272.8
Goal weight: 165
But lets get back to the good news! I stepped on the scale and saw that I was 3.6 pounds lighter!!! YAY!!
Start weight: 276.4
Current weight: 272.8
Goal weight: 165
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Emotional Eating
For many years, as you know, I have struggled with my weight. But this year 2010, I plan on taking control of this issue once and for all. And one way I plan on doing that is discovering different things about myself and changing the way I look at things.
I saw a commercial today and it said " You eat when you're happy. You eat when you're sad. You eat when you're bored.....". I felt like they were specifically talking to me! But I would continue to add that I eat when I'm angry, I eat when I'm frustrated. I eat when my heart is broken.
I think that I have been "eating" my problems aways since I was young! Food was my comfort, my best and only friend. I turned to it whenever life let me down, whenever I felt alone.
I relize as I look back that I would eat in secret. I felt ashamed of my eating habits and of how much I would eat. I felt like I was too fat and that I didnt deserve to eat, so I would hide food and eating. I would sneak out to the fridge or hide food in my drawers. Whatever it was it was mine, and it could make me feel better.
This week I did not emotionally eat. However, I'm not sure if I was really presented with the opportunity to emotionally eat. I think that I was on an adrenaline high from starting with weight watchers.
But emotional eating and comfort food is most deffinatly what got me to where I am in the first place. Now I have to learn to control my habits and my emotions so that I can get out of this obese state of being that I have been stuck in for so long.
I saw a commercial today and it said " You eat when you're happy. You eat when you're sad. You eat when you're bored.....". I felt like they were specifically talking to me! But I would continue to add that I eat when I'm angry, I eat when I'm frustrated. I eat when my heart is broken.
I think that I have been "eating" my problems aways since I was young! Food was my comfort, my best and only friend. I turned to it whenever life let me down, whenever I felt alone.
I relize as I look back that I would eat in secret. I felt ashamed of my eating habits and of how much I would eat. I felt like I was too fat and that I didnt deserve to eat, so I would hide food and eating. I would sneak out to the fridge or hide food in my drawers. Whatever it was it was mine, and it could make me feel better.
This week I did not emotionally eat. However, I'm not sure if I was really presented with the opportunity to emotionally eat. I think that I was on an adrenaline high from starting with weight watchers.
But emotional eating and comfort food is most deffinatly what got me to where I am in the first place. Now I have to learn to control my habits and my emotions so that I can get out of this obese state of being that I have been stuck in for so long.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Day 7
Well I have almost completed my first week on Weight Watchers!! :)
Tomorrow is my first weigh-in! To be honest I am really nervous to see how much (if any) weight that I lost! :)
I think that this week I am going to make it my goal to work out at least 4 times. I've been doing well tracking my points now I think that I need to get my body moving. Even if its just walking on the treadmill for 30 mins.
Wish me luck!
Tomorrow is my first weigh-in! To be honest I am really nervous to see how much (if any) weight that I lost! :)
I think that this week I am going to make it my goal to work out at least 4 times. I've been doing well tracking my points now I think that I need to get my body moving. Even if its just walking on the treadmill for 30 mins.
Wish me luck!
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Day 5
Today I at out with a friend. But! I stayed within my point limits AND still had enough left for dessert when I got home!! :)
Tomorrow is Valentine's Day....and I have to work all night. But thats okay it will keep me from eating a bunch of chocolate while trying to drown my sorrows!!
Its day 5 and I think that I am doing well. I am still motivated and really excited to be losing weight! Plus, a few people have already said that they thought I looked like I was losing weight!!! YAY! But I cant tell, nor will I know until Tuesday when I have weigh-in. I guess we will have to wait and see.
Tomorrow is Valentine's Day....and I have to work all night. But thats okay it will keep me from eating a bunch of chocolate while trying to drown my sorrows!!
Its day 5 and I think that I am doing well. I am still motivated and really excited to be losing weight! Plus, a few people have already said that they thought I looked like I was losing weight!!! YAY! But I cant tell, nor will I know until Tuesday when I have weigh-in. I guess we will have to wait and see.
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