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Monday, November 14, 2011

Wow sorry :(

Right when I say I want to keep blogging everyday things get crazy (ok not really) but things did get a bit busy and I got to have some over night alone time with my hubby :).My sister and brother in law were awesome and wanted to take my kids over night. OK so thats 2 adults with a 9 year old, 2, 6 year olds (one boy one girl) and a 4 month old baby girl (who is amazingly cute by the way, I mean come on she is my niece after all so she has to be right? LOL). Needless to say these are some brave siblings of mine.

This is where my weekend gets a bite scary.....

 We went out to their place about 9am and got to watch my nephews last soccer game. Then Mick and I said bye to the kids and went out to breakfast. Ihop is NOT my friend!!! I couldn't resist and I got hash browns with 2 slices of bacon and some scrambled eggs (egg substitute, see I was thinking) then I got Egg Nog pancakes and OMG they were so yummy!!! I didn't eat everything, I was so stuffed but I knew I had alot of points. After asking for the nutritional info (which they are more then happy to get you) My breakfast was 32 pts!!! I only get 35 DP's a day and I just ate all but 3.

It was Sat and I still had all my WP's so I felt I would be ok. After that we got to go to the De Young Museum in SF. We walked around for 3 hours looking at everything. If you have never been and live close enough to go, GO its awesome. After that we headed home for a bit before we went out to dinner.

One of our fave places for dinner is Texas Roadhouse (another evil place points wise). Since it was just  Mick and I, we splurged a bit. We each got a rib eye stake dinner. I got a salad and mash potatoes, but those peanuts and the bread OMG. I only had 1 roll and just a few peanuts, but we did get some drinks :( and those points added up fast.

After dinner we walked around at some stores before our movie started (we had about 1 hour to kill). When it was time we head to the movie theater, I got my 2 pt iced coffee from Starbucks (it was a 10pm movie and I was ready for bed LOL) we also got a small popcorn to share and Mick was cute and got me a small pack of Swedish fish (mmmm candy). After the very scary movie (paranormal activity 3). I had eaten my candy, my drink and about 4 handfuls of popcorn. When I got home I put everything in to my e-tools and OMG I was -16 pts!!! I had eaten all my DP and WP's in 2days most just in this one day.

I have been feeling so guilty about it, Mick has really been my support. He knows I'm a bit bummed but he also knows I will be fine if I earn AP's. SO Sunday before the kids got home I went for a run, then today I went and walked around all kinds of stores with a friend the whole time the kids were at school. I also ran to school today to pick the kids up and we all walked back home. Mick also got out of the shower tonight and told me I needed to do my yoga....... and I did :). After all this activity I'm starting to believe I'll be ok too. Even if the scale goes the wrong way or if it doesn't move at all. I had an amazing night with my hubby, a whole day and night alone, something we haven't been able to do in soooo long. It was worth every point I ate :)

I have zumba tomorrow night, and I'm dancing at a school cultural night, then dance thur night. As long as I stay with in my DP's I'll be fine. I mean I cant really complain I have lost at least 3.5lbs the last 3 weeks in a row. It cant last, and sometimes you just have to let lose. That what I love about WW's the most, I don't have to try to fit my life in to it, it fits in to mine.

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Day 15 Last day

Today is the last day of the Blog challenge, I actually made it 15 days blogging and I have decided I want to go another 15 days :). Its has been so nice to have a place to vent about my WW world. Mick is so supportive but I know he can only hear so much about it before he tunes me out LOL. SO I'm going to continue to blog at least 15 more days, who knows maybe Ill end up blogging till I hit goal :)

So today I really tried to kick up the workouts and earn some AP's. I did a BL workout video and a yoga video, then I had dance class to night. I'm hoping its been enough to make that scale move n the right direction. We shall see :)

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Day 14 Doctors report


I have worked at the kids school the last 3day and in fact it feels like I have been so busy. Today they got out early which was nice, I felt like I actually got things done at home. Although I wanted to go to Zumba toning tonight but I have a PTA meeting. So instead I am planning on doing a work out video as soon as I get home. I really want to get more AP's. Last week I earned 71 AP's (talk about sweating lol) this week so far I have 36. I am a bit worried that I wont lose much this week if at all because my exercise has been so low.

I have been doing really good food wise which is always a plus, but not always a scale mover. Ether way I still feel GREAT and that what really matters. I just went yesterday to the Doc and had a full physical and got the results of all my blood work I had done. I'm very happy to say everything is PERFECT! No health or potential health issues at all. Good cholesterol is great, bad cholesterol is nice and low, no thyroid probs, no liver or kidney probs, and no blood sugar probs, and I have really good blood pressure :)

I was so happy to hear all that. Its always so nice to know you don't have health issues. I do have to admit I was pretty scared I did. I don't feel bad, or anything but I was pretty much assuming because of my weight and the lack of giving a crap about it for all these years, that I would have something scary starting, or close to it. I'm kinda taking this A+ health check as my get out of jail free card. I have to keep doing WW, I have to keep losing weight, I need to be in a healthy weight rang and have a good BMI. I need to keep eating healthy foods and lots of water. I have to keep doing some type of exercise everyday. I have too cause if I don't I will have health problems.

I want to be around for my kids and being at a normal weight with a good BMI is one of the way to do that. I want them to know eating right and being active is super important. Also I want them to try new things and being healthy is the only way that's going to happen. So I'm going to keep up all this hard work for me and for my kids.

I have so many good recipes I figured I should have shared more then I have at this point. So here is a quick yummy Breakfast recipe. I make this all the time (when I have the pts to spear) ether for Breakfast or just a snack.

Strawberry smoothie

1cup Plain non fat Greek yogurt
5 strawberry's
1 TBS Sugar (or any type of sweetener you like)
2-3 Ice cubes

Put it all in the blender till its well mixed and ice is crushed. That's it that simple and its so YUMMY!
Only 5pts for the whole thing, great if you have a Bullet blender (I'll tell you all about mine later :))

Day 13 Lucky number 13 :)

Today has been a good day. I have really tried all day to put yesterday behind me. On thing I'm loving right now is our weather. Its been so cold and I'm in a total winter food mood. Winter foods = soups, stews, chowders and chili's mmmmmm nice hot yummy winter foods. Also cant forget a warm breakfast!

A friend of mine was telling me about this oatmeal she makes with pumpkin in it OMG its amazing. I have never been an oatmeal fan till I had this. One of the things I really like is the steel cut oats. I have only ever had instant oatmeal, you know with the flat little pieces of oats. Well steel cut are WAY better, they plump up when they are cooked and have more of a chewy texture, who know you could actual bite in to an oat (lol). Anyways this oatmeal is super yummy (I'll post the recipe another day).

Along with the cold weather I'm make a turkey chili tonight for dinner, its LOADED with veggies, I am even throwing in egg plant :)

Well I'm off to zumba, so I will post a few recipes tomorrow, but over all today is a good day :)

Monday, November 7, 2011

Day 12 What a long day OP :)

Today was a bit long (some of it unexpectedly) but I did plan. I made a great low points chowder last night for dinner, and that was what I planed on eating for lunch today. After I dropped the kids off at school I came home and started to plan out my dinner. We were having home made fajitas, I got this pre cooked stake strips at costco (one less thing to cut and cook, just reheat). I cut up 1 green, yellow and red bell pepper, 2 small onions and sated them in a little bit of EVOO. In another pan, just for me and Mick, I sated 2 chopped up jalapenos (mmmmm spicy). The point were a bit high for 2 fajitas (11 pts = 6 oz stake, 2 tortillas, and 1 cup of veggies).

So dinner was planned I was getting my lunch together and tracked it all. As I got my 1cup scoop of soup, I thought to my self "that doesn't look like much?". So I grabbed a 100 cal pack of snack mix, and a pack of fig nutin fruit crisp as a treat. For some reason it still didn't look filling so I grabbed a bunch of grapes. I had to work at the kids school today so I took my lunch with me and ate with a friend before my shift. My soup was so good and that 1 cup was filling, but I still ended up eating the rest of what I brought. I was SOOO full!!! Way to full!! I couldn't believe I didn't stop I just kept eating.

Then came dinner. I was so full from lunch I didn't have any snacks in between lunch and dinner. I was getting a bit hungry wile I was cooking so I just finished, then made my two fajitas. I again thought "this don't look like much" and started to think what I was going to eat with my last 9 DPs and maybe some 0pt fruit. Well I ate one fajitas and was full but..... I don't know really maybe just because it was on my plate.........or because I tracked it......... I don't know really but I ate the second one and was again STUFFED, beyond stuffed.

I'm pretty convinced that since I don't eat as much as I used to all the time my stomach cant hold as much, or I just know how to read the satisfied feeling much better. Ether way I went over that and completely throw that feeling and knowledge out the window. I stayed OP and still have 9 pts left for my day but I so don't want them! The reason I don't want them..... All my over eating made me super sick. I have been in and out of the bathroom for about 3 hours now and finally took a bath to relax. Luckily it helped and I feel better but man that sucked!!

Worst part (and its not sitting on the toilet) I feel like I let myself down. I feel guilty, like I went completely off program (even though I didn't). I feel like I binged, which in fact not listening to that "satisfied" feeling, is binging. Now I just feel like crap and its not my stomach :( I still have 9 pts left and I think I'm just going to get them in with some apple juice I got when I went to Apple Hill Saturday. Its so hard sometimes, even when your doing what your supposed to sometimes it still not right.

On a good note I am learning to read my body much better. Just wish my brain and eyes would catch up to my stomach. The food I ate today was pretty heavy and I'm finding that I just cant handle that all day, at every meal. I need my fruits and veggies to help my tummy and to help me not go over on the heavy foods. Also even though I stayed OP, I need to deal with the fact I went over my limit and ignored my body signs. One step at a time I guess. Its a long journey and this is just a little bump in the road. I'll get it down, but I suppose even if I do I'm still going to have slip ups here and there.

"When you fall off the horse, all you can do is say ouch and get back on"

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Day 11 Apple pick with WW friends

Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting these lady's
Left to right: Lauren, Me, Jen, Rhonda and Brandi
For the first time ever I was not self conscious about being the heaviest one of the group. Cause all these lady's a proud ex-fatties :) my role models. I know they all have a wight goal, and are still just a few lbs from that but they have all accomplished MAJOR changes all ready. Between the 4 of them they have lost 427.4 lbs!!!! That's no joke, I'm not exaggerating, they have really lost that much weight. Its absolutely amazing to me and meeting them in person has really boosted my confidence that I can do this too.

Not to mention they are so much fun to hang out with. We talked, picked apples, ate, laughed like crazy, had fun being completely goofy and just enjoyed being with WW like minded people....... Yep these are my kind of girls!

We headed up to Apple hill, and stopped at a cute little farm to pick apples.

Finding the right row of trees
Crazy gorges Brandi out in like 50' weather with only a sweater on.

Rhonda and Lauren found some Granny Smiths

Peeking Jen hehehe

The reason we came out here.

Just to show how goofy we are. Here is a pic of Rhonda taking a pic of Lauren taking a pic of Brandi LOL
Yep we are that cool :)

After the apple pick we went to another farm/ranch called High Hill, it was huge. It had all kinds of food, pies, apples, crafts and to many things for us to make fun of hehe.

One of the things we were cracking up over..... Skull caps!

Freezing but still happy to be hanging out.

They had a really cute place to eat, with some points friendly choices. I had a yummy Turkey sandwich.
Lauren got the same thing with a salad, and Jen had a veggie burger that looked good too (although she swears it was deep fried LOL).

My new nick name for Rhonda (said with lots of love) is the "Evil Queen" hehe, you know from Snow White haha apples get it?..... Just go with it.

The reason being, she brought this to the lunch table.
She even held me down and forced 2 bites down my throat...... OK maybe not but it did taste so good I had to buy one to take home to Mick and the kids (ok and for me too) :) Best apple pie ever, thanks for sharing Rhonda.

This ranch was huge and had alot of craft booths, I got a really cute ornament and the other girls got some good stuff too.

Me and Brandi at the High Hill ranch.

After the ranch we headed back to Rhonda's place to skate. Lauren is a Roller Derby girl and so we took advantage of the fact she had skates in her car :) (I just took pics and some video).
After earning some AP's skating, and before we said bye we went out for some frozen yogurt. It was so good!

Thanks lady's (my FF's) for such an amazingly fun day. Thanks for all the laughs, stories that letting me know I'm not alone, and all the encouragement. You are the best :) cant wait to go out again!
Fatties for ever :)

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Day 10 Awesome day out

So I will have way more to post tomorrow once I get my pics uploaded.

I had the best day today mainly because I got to hang out with some WW buddies I met on the WW message board I hang out in alot. These are some of the most down to earth, totally get me and my WW ups and down, and SO MUCH fun women I have ever met. Don't get me wrong I have alot of amazing friends but these lady's totally get my WW world. All my friends are super supportive, but this group has been there done that and still doing it WW wise.

Brandi, Jen, Lauren and Rhonda thanks for an awesome day, cant wait to hang out again :)

Friday, November 4, 2011

Day 9 Look what I got....

I made my 5% GOAL!!!!! IM so on cloud nine right now its AWESOME!!!!

Its always so nice when you see you results. I was hoping I was going to get it but I didn't expect the big loss I had. I lost 3.8 lbs this week! I guess all the walking and Zumba really paid off :)

I just had to post this, cause I'm going out to go do some cloth shopping. I need some new cloths cause poor me nothing FITS!!

Quote for the day:
"I never said it would be easy, I just said it would be worth it"

Stats
Starting weight: 255
Current Weight: 240.4
Goal weight: 150

Total lost so far 14.6 LBS!!

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Day 8 Getting ready for WI

I know I have talked about it a bit in my last few post but I am really nerves for WI tomorrow. Well lets talk about my week. I feel I have had a great week. I have been tracking everything, and earned a ton of activity points this week (71 to be exact). I have been drinking water like crazy (to help with water weight from exercising so much). I have also been keeping up on my GHG and getting all my veggies and stuff in.

I'm only 2.2 lbs from my 5% goal. That means I have lost 5% of my body weight. To me that's a big deal, and alot of motivation. 2.2 lbs is still alot to lose in one week, even though I have done that and more before, its still alot. I feel good about it though. I also think since I have been exercising so much, that's my main reason for not having many emotional issues.

Exercising this week I feel has helped improve my mood, and helped a ton with my emotional eating. I was even super stressed and getting really upset this after noon cause my computer wouldn't work (the apartment one). SO I couldn't print out some rental agreements I needed and I was getting SUPER upset. Any other time I would have gone right for the Halloween candy sitting on my table. This time I walked away got dressed for dance class, came back and got it to work. Then took off and worked my butt off in Hula and Tap tonight. I came home relaxed (and sweaty), feeling good and strong.

I don't want and I will try my best to not let the scale impact my mood. I also want to keep up this awesome work out routine I have going on. I love my Zumba classes and Love my dance class so I don't think that will be a problem. After all that the scale is still a scary thing cause you just never know how your body is going to react to new workouts, food I ate, or anything really. SO I will just have to suck it up and get on that scale tomorrow and let the chips fall where they may. Most of all I need to be ok with a gain or a small loss if thats what happens. This is a LONG journey and I have a LONG way to go, so little steps is the only way I'm going to do this and make it stay off.

Wish me luck :{ cause after my pep talk to myself I'm still scared.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Day 7 Zumba freak

I'm so turning in to a Zumba freak. I took a class Saturday morn, then my regular class Tuesday night, and I took a toning one tonight. The Toning one was AWESOME, if you like Zumba you will like this change to it. Its not a huge cardio work out but its still dancie and fun and boy do you work those muscles and sweat.

I can all ready feel my shoulders and legs beginning to tighten from all the working out. Tomorrow after I drop the kids off at school I think I might take a bath. I'm trying really hard to work out more and the best park is I can actually see the results!! I don't think anything is more motivating then that, I feel stronger, I don't get winded as fast, I can easily keep up with the kids and dance class, and I can see things getting smaller. Also some of my pants don't really fit anymore. Shopping :)

I have WI fri and I'm a bit nerves. I have been trying really hard but its always something that can be a bit scary. I want to see that scale go down so bad, I want to lose weight and feel good about my appearance. I have to just keep reminding myself this take time and I'm doing the best I can and I have to just keep going.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Day 6 Im so....

Tired!!!! After all the fun of walking around Trick or Treating, then going to Zumba tonight I'm so tired. All I want is a good night sleep and a slow day tomorrow. I'm also trying a new toning Zumba class tomorrow so I will let you know how that is.

All in all its been a good day even with 2 HUGE bowls of candy sitting on my table all day. Its pretty funny how our body's work. Since I have been eating so many fruits and veggies I don't crave sugar like I used to. I would be lying if I said I didn't have any Halloween candy. I did in fact indulge a bit, but after 2-3 pieces I was good. Its nice to feel in control and its nice to know I can do this.

I'm sure.... No I know I will have some hard days but at least they feel like they are going to be further apart then they used to. I'm really proud of my self about how well I handled my last bout of emotional eating, that has given me some strength that no matter what I can bounce back.

NEVER GIVE UP :)