Guess whaaaatttttt!!!!!!

I hit my first 5 lbs mark!!! WWWOOOHHHOOO!

I lost 2.4 lbs this week for a total of 5.4 lbs in 2 weeks.

Good bye 250's nice knowing ya wont miss ya :)

Stats.....

Starting weight: 250.0
Current weight: 249.6
Goal weight    : 150.0

Walking and cookies

We have had some NICE weather. So me and the kids took advantage and walked to school the last 2 days. It has been so nice, I get 2 miles in in the morning with out even really thinking about it.

Today was really nice cause we got to walk with friends so at least I had someone to talk to on the way home today :) (thanks Yentl, and Jen).

5 AP earned today all ready and Zumba tonight woohoo 23 AP in one day... sweet!

On another topic, one of the tenants at my place works for Ottis Spunkmayers and brought us over my fave cookies. White Chocolate chip Macadamia nut. I was concentrating so much on staying with in my DP that I didn't touch them. Mick and the kids have been eating them. Will yesterday it dawned on me I still had all 49 of my WP to use. I totally gave in, and it was GOOD! I had 2 cookies for a total of 14 pts and they were yummy. It was nice to get a treat in and I feel good about it. I also noticed I don't feel like me sweet tooth is out of control ether. I SOOOOO love WW I can have a small butt and my cookies too hehehe :)

Turkey Chili

I made my first WW inspired recipe last night and it was so yummy!!! I made some turkey chili that was loaded with veggies and its definitely one of these recipes that I will be making all fall/winter long.

I used.....
2 med Zucchini
1 1/2 cups mushrooms
1 red and 1 yellow bell pepper
2 small onions
1 1/2 TBS of EVOO
1 14oz can diced tomato's
3 1/2 cups pinto beans
1 pack (1.25 lbs) 99% fat free ground turkey
1 8oz can tomato sauce (and 3 8oz cans water)
1 Box Chili mix

Put all the veggies in a pan and cook till the onions and bell peppers are nice and tender.....

When veggies are done add 1 14oz can of diced tomato's.......

In a large pot brown turkey.....

Once turkey is done follow directions on Chili mix box. Basically add all the spices except the masa flour, tomato sauce and 2 cans water. Let that cook for about 10 min, then add your cooked veggies, pinto beans, and one more 8oz can water. I also added garlic powder, chili powder, and paprika for some more flavor..............

Let it simmer for about 20 min, then enjoy. It make 12 1 cup servings and 1 cup is only 5pts. Since I had some extra points last night I topped it with some shredded cheese and light sour cream it was SO GOOD!!!
Next time I think I'm going to use some kidney beans and maybe add some green onions mmmmm.

Im a Loser

And proud of it :). Had my first weigh in today and I lost 3 lbs!!! I cant believe it and I'm so excited.

Staring weight : 255
Current weight: 252
Goal weight     : 150

O yeah I'm a loser baby :)

Zumba

I SOOOOOO Heart Zumba!!!

Its a fun, fast, dance exercise that lets you sweat your butt off wile having so much fun. I will be at Dina's (for those in the know  *wink*wink) Tonight from 7:15-8:15 for Zumba class (only $6) if anyone wants to join me.

O and I earn 18 AP!!!!!

Walking

Last night I was thinking a lot about being more active. I was reading a message board post on WW about how even the littlest things count as activity just as long as your moving. The point of the post was "get off you butt and move more".

That lead me to wake up today and deciding I was going to go for a walk. I got the kids ready for school, got dressed in my workout cloths and got all ready to go right after I dropped off the kids.

There are lots of trails around my area but I had one in mind. I walked this trail years ago and knew it was a bit of a challenge, yeah if I was smart I would have thought about this more. Last time I walk this I was 50lbs lighter and had been working out every day for about 5 months. This trail kick my butt today....BUT I did it!!! and I got pics :)

The trail is 1 mile in one direction (so I walked 2 miles today, woohoo for me :) ) and is UP HILL the whole way and a very steep down hill coming back.

I got about half way when I saw this....

Yep nothing but more hill ahead of me. I felt good being able to go as far as I did that I really pushed myself to go the rest of the way. I was so happy I made that choice, see.....

Once I got to the top of that hill in the picture this is what I saw to my right....

I really love living in a city that has hidden gems like this.
This was on my left and still just as pretty. I love being able to see the city and ocean (it was really foggy this morning but trust me the water is there......

I made it all the way to the top of this crazy hill, and was so happy. The rest of the walk was down hill and was much easier, but its pretty steep the whole way and it worked some muscles I forgot I had. Then there it was the best sight I had ever seen. I almost let a tear shed when I saw it........

I really did have a good time and I earned 4 activity pts today :). So what have you done today?

Weekends are hard!

Trying to stay on target over the weekend when Mick is home, the kids are home, and Sky is dancing at a festival that sells all kids of BBQ-ed goodies and sweet treats all over the place IS HARD! To say Saturday was a tough day is no joke.

Skyla had a show at a street festival in a little town by us. I knew going in to it that all kids of food vender's were going to be there and I went having a strong attitude. I planed to have a treat, and we had all ready planed to eat lunch wile we were out. We had to walk through the whole place to get to the stage were Sky would dance. Luckily we were a bit late so stopping on the way there was not an option but I did get to scan the food area and started to pick out what I wanted.

Sky had to do 2 numbers, she danced 1st and 18th, so we had a pretty good wait between numbers. Luckily her teacher kept me busy by having me help the other kids on and off stage, so I didn't get to walk around between skys numbers (that's when all the unintended eating would have happened). Mick was so sweet and took Justin around, and Sky just loves dance so she was glued to the side of the stage watching every number and singing to some of the songs. :)

It was hot and we were sun drained by the time the show was over that we didn't really want to stay to long. We hit our first stand on the way to lunch. Of course it was a candy stand and SO YUMMY. it is marshmallow cream filled licorice (one of my faves). Sweet and Sour has some of the best candy and the ropes are 2 feet long! Best part is they are low in fat and have low points. Also 2 feet of chew candy takes some time to eat so I felt like I was cheating eating this thing all day long.
Next we got lunch. I'm a sucker for a good Tri-tip sandwich and of course there were plenty to chose from. I ate about half of it when I started to feel satisfied. So I stopped, then after a few min I picked out all the meat (power food) and left the bread. With the BBQ sauce the points were a bit higher but it felt good eating normal food with everyone.

That has to be one of my favorite things about WW, your not on a diet, you just learning to change how you eat and how to pick better choices. At the same time you can splurge and have your goodies too. So needles to say I used almost all my WP on top of my DP yesterday, but my hubby being the sweetie he is suggested we hit the store on the way home to get some low and 0 point foods in the house for me.

All in all it was a good day :)

**Photo thanks to sweetandsourusa.com**

Me

I have been thinking a lot about well.......Me. I have been over weight almost my whole life. I was a pretty normal kid but once I hit about 9 I began to gain weight. Anyways......

2 kids later I'm not happy with my weight at all! When Justin was born I had a goal of reaching my "Goal weight" by the time I was 30. Well 30 hit last month and I'm nowhere near my goal weight. Turning 30 though has put somethings in perspective. One being I'm not at a healthy weight and I'm getting older, the older I get the more this weight will cause problems. I'm very lucky that I don't have any major health problems now but I don't want to wait till I do to start something. So today was a big day for me, I finally found my drive and joined Weight Watchers.

**Click on the link to find more info, but basically you are give a Daily Points target based on your weight. Everything you eat or drink has a points value and the goal is to eat your DP each day with out going under or over.
On top of your DP you have what are called Weekly Points (just in case you did go over your DP or just want a to treat yourself). You get 49 points a week and can use them how ever you want for what ever you want, or not at all. Also when you exercise you earn Activity point which you can use too or not. Pretty easy really don't let this bad description scare you its is really easy I promise**

So I went to my first meeting this morning wile the kids were at school (that was so nice). I got to listen to others tell their tips and tricks and I have the best Leader ever she is so nice and is loaded with tons of info. The best thing I like about weight watcher meetings, is the leaders who run the meetings are WW members too. They have been in my shoes, lost their weight, kept it off, and now maintain their new weight.

At each meeting once a week you weigh in. WW helps you keep track of all your loses and gains and they have little motivating rewards for milestones. Today at my first weight in, I weigh 255 lbs, yep I'm being completely honest about my weight. My goal for this blog is to have a place to whine, throw fits about how hard it is, and share the joys and things I learn along my journey to reaching my goal weight of 150 lbs. Each week after my weigh in I will post a update on here.
I decide to make this very personal experience public because I need some add support and feel that so many others are in my same position hopefully someday this blog will inspire someone else to get on the ball.

So today was my first day and so far I think I did pretty good on my points. My daily points target is is 38 a day with 49 weekly point to use as I like. Today I used all my DP and 20 WP. Not to bad especially since I didn't have many low points things in the house. I had a pretty good day :)

Stats: Starting weight = 255.0
          Current weight  = 255.0
          Goal                 = 150.0

A favorite quote of mine "If life is boring, then your doing it wrong"