Ding Dong...anyone home up there?!?!

I feel soooo stupid -

soooo stupid, in fact, that I was not even going to write a post about it.

But, to save anyone else the embarrasment and frustration I will!!!

(Actually I just have so free time and I am bored - HA)

Anyway......

The past three weeks of weight watchers have sucked!!!!

I lost 0.8 then 0.4 then actually gained!!

I could not figure out what was happening as I was doing nothing different that I could find and I always follow my online tracker for daily food points that I have left, evercise every other day about and generally could not figure it out!! I was getting frustrated and ready to quit and have four or five sundaes!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, on Saturday I was entering my weight and I said...

"Do you want to remain on Maintenance even though you gained weight this week?" MAINTENANCE; I am not on MAINTENANCE believe you me!!!!!

Well, I came to find out that somehow my online tracker accidently got switched from lose weight to maintain weight and I was eating (get this) EIGHT points extra a day!!!!!!!!!!

That's like over 400 calories a day!!!!!

No WONDER I am not losing weight and just maintaining! WHAT A DUNCE!!

My mom says "didn't you realize you were getting wayyy more points...no, I have no memory of points which is why I let the tracker tell me how many left for the day!

All in all I am glad it only took three freekin' weeks to figure that one out (I am not a rocket scientist) and I AM losing again and back on track NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

Down 2.0

WOW!!!!

Time flies!

Sadly, this is my first post since last weeks weigh-in.

I had my second weigh-in and I was down 2 pounds...I was a bit disappointed but then when I reflected on the week; it was not too bad. I ate A LOT of cheese last Sunday at my niece Madelyn's birthday party since I was starving and was avoiding cake - LOL!!! Also, I only walked two days during the week and that was slow walking.



So, to combat that and ensure a bigger loss (I know, Weight Watchers says stick with 2 a week but I like more than that! MORE MORE MORE I say! :-) ) I already jogged two days (Saturday and Sunday for an hour each day)...see, motivation...YEAH~

Anyway, we shall see how the rest of the week goes but I am off to a good start!

I wanted to give you some kind of photo so I will leave you with this....had an awesome dream about this man last night (yes, we were playing frisbee and hanging out in his back yard in Michigan and then his friend pulled me aside and said he has a crush on me - LOL!!!!! Oh, how I love a great dream!!!!!!!!)




XOXO - Happy Monday all and if you see Kidrock tell him I say hello and YES I will marry him!!!!!

Down 4.4

Well, it is weigh in day!!! I did not blog about this until now for a reason. I just rejoined Weight Watchers last week and am sooo exicted! I can;t figure out what I waited so long for - except I am cheap and did not want to spend the money! I have done soooo well all week! Weight Watchers works for me - I lost a lot a couple years ago and then just gradually lost all my good portion control habits and regained about half of it back over two years....well, time to take control again - I rejoined last Saturday!!!

Soooooooooo...Actually tomorrow is weigh in day but as I am leaving for Columbus tomorrow morning at 5AM for a baby sprinkle and family stuff...I weighed in a day early!! At first I thought I would find somewhere in Columbus to weigh in but then decided I want to be able to enjoy the day with my family and not be worried about finding a weight watchers meeting. Plus, next weeks weight in should be even better as I will have an extra day of loss!!! YIPPEE!!!

Soooo..........here it is..................I lost 4.4 pounds this week!!!!!!!

I will be back with many awesome photo posts as I will have family fun photos, photos of the baby "sprinkle" (has anyone else ever heard of this?-LOL) and ny adorable niece Madelyn's first birthday party!!!!!!! YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!! Lots of fun pictures after this weekend!

Tweaked the Plan...

Happy Friday Everyone!!!!!!!!!!!

So...Anyone who knows me has heard of my struggle over the past few years to finally lose A LOT of extra weight!!

All together I am down a lot (over one hundred pounds) and until the past year or so doing really well.

Over the past year I have struggled a lot- maintained a lot - and gained just a little ....but it has been a yo yo between 10 lbs up and 10 lbds down. I just was not serious about it anymore - got comfortable with less than my best effort!

I have to write this post to solidify it to me - my issue has SOLEY been eating at night!

This past week I started a weight watching "contest" with two close friends (Donna and Colleen)...we are weighing in on Mondays and at the end of each month whichever one of us loses the most that month gets a paid lunch out from the other two. I fingured this would finally get me serious again about losing!!!!!!
I ALWAYS exercise every day and this week since it is the start of this new "contest" and since work has been crazy I have not gone to the gym even one day and I am losing on average a little under a pound a day!!!!!!!! So, here is what I learned...

1. apparently I eat alot at night after 6PM. I am not eating anything after 6PM now and every night this week I am constantly getting up and heading to the kitchen for a little snack - then I catch myself and go sit down. I never realized how one handfuls of almonds, an apple, a skinny cow, a bite of cheese, a bite of Walt's icecream, a gummy worm, a little of this or that, etc. all adds up - each one is little and meaningless calorie wise but after ten trips of that - IT ADDS UP!!! I just never couted those points or paid attention to those calories lately until now - so my issue all along has been the night snacking - WOW!!!!!!! LIGHT BULB GETS BRIGHT!!!!!!

So that is the answer to my Plateau and I must say that every evening is a struggle!!! I keep telling myself I am not hungry and drinking tea and water all night but it is HARD!!!!!!! It is such a habit for me at night to pick in food that I am halfway to the kitchen when I realiaze that I am not allowed to eat anything - LOL!!!!

I just want to lose this weight for good and then maintain!!

I will keep you posted on my progress....I am just sooooo happy to have made this realization and now finally can lose the rest of this weight-if I can keep my mouth shut after 6PM

:-)

!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for listening~~~~~~~~

Post of everything!!!

This is a little post about everything!!!

First and formost - even after dinner last Monday at the melting Pot restaurant...I was down 2.8 lbs at weight watchers weigh in on Saturday!!!! Yeah me - I have not been serious for a while and this just shows me that I am finally on track!!! I love my new Saturday meeting also...it gives me something to do early Saturday morning and gets me going!!!

Next - number two - I have taken a few days off from the gym. I was at the gym last week (I think Wednesday) and I had to leave boot camp class half way through as my ears started ringing really badly and I got dizzy and faint...Well, after a minute or two of not feeling like I could catch my breath - I fainted!!! How embarrasing!!!! Anyway, my mom convinced me that I am overdoing the exercise so I took a few days off...has this ever happened to anyone else - This has never happened to me before but it can really scare you!!!!!!!! If it happens again I will haed straight to the doctor!

Third thingy - I am waiting with baited breath for my sister-in-law to finally birth my niece!!! They are in Columbus and she is actually due today but we were sure it would happen last week as she has been dialted forever...anyway I can't wait to meet my new niece (I think her name is going to be Madelyn Josephine or Maddy Jo after my Grandmother). We shall see...hopefully sooner than later!!!!!!!!! They did not go for Annie Jr...oh well, there is always my child, right?!?!?!



WELL EVERYONE, HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!!!!! I am loving all your post updates!!!!

Show Us Your Weight Loss Tips

Today I am participating in Kelly's Korner "Show us your weight loss tips".
This is a subject near and dear to my heart!! LOL
Here is my before and after....watch out...it is kinda scarrrryyyyyy...
before...

now...

I have struggled with my weight all my life - I do not remember a time when I was not aware that I was overweight.
I began Weight Watchers about 2 years ago and it works!
I think my issue all along has been portion size. I always thought I did not not eat too much but apparently I had NO CONCEPT AT ALL of portion size.
So my number 1 tip is watch and measure your portions!!
Number two is I keep yummy LOWFAT treats on hand (I love Jolly Time popcorn 50 calories, 50 calorie chocolate jello and skinny cow treats)- that way, if I am craving chocolate I can eat something chocolate without having a candy bar! LOL
Number three - get active! I just had to get off the couch and move - once I get to the gym and start moving I feel great!!!! It is just the getting there part that I struggle with - I try to remind myself how good it feels when I am done.
Number four - I have to remember that it is a journey and not a destination...I am learning to "eat to live" and not "live to eat" - some weeks I will gain and others I will lose - there is going to be back steps some weeks but that is ok too.
In total - I have lost over 100 pounds so far with about 40 to go!!
I swear by Weight Watchers now!!!!!!! It has become a HEALTHY way of life!
Tip to myself: don't cheat and you will lose more quickly!!!

Non-Guilty Chocolate Cookie Drops

Little extra....CHOCOLATE COOKIES DROPS
great fat free recipe for some NON-GUILTY chocolate!

Mix together...
1 box fat-free brownie mix
2 1/2 cups wheat germ (found in the cereal aisle)
1 cup low calorie OJ

After well mixed, drop 1 T size cookies onto a cookie tray and bake each tray at 350 degrees for 10 - 12 min.

Each one is only around 25 calories with tons of fiber....you can eat 2 for 1 point on weight watchers - gooooooood deal!!!!!!!

They are DELICIOUS even though they look like meatballs (this is what my boyfriend Walt calls them) My entire family is hooked on them!