Weekend Update

I didn't track over the weekend. I don't know if that was a wise decision or not, but I just didn't do it. We'll see. I will be back at tracking Monday morning. I will post a weigh-in report on Thursday morning. I still have 7 pounds to go, but I haven't gained any! Silver lining baby!

Been A While, Huh?

I won't beat myself up for it. I am here now. I lost all of the weight I wanted to by my birthday, 3 months ago. But it started coming back on. I want to have it gone before Thanksgiving and keep it off over the holidays. I am going to try the tracking thing here again. "Try" being the operative word! I want to loose 7 pounds in the next two weeks. Doable. Hard, but doable. My hip is finally better after several trips to the chiropractor, so I think I will be able to start doing some exercise next week. I am very exited about this! So here we go:

Breakfast
coffee, english muffin, 1/2 c egg whites
3 pts

Lunch
2 oz turkey, sandwich thin, light string cheese, 2 cuties
4 pts

Snack
15 triscuits, light string cheese
3 pts

Dinner
4 oz grilled boneless skinless chicken thighs, broccoli w/ cheese sauce, 1 c brown rice
9 pts

Stuck

I am stuck. Stuck at 155. Not a bad place to be stuck, but stuck nonetheless. I have ten more pounds that I want to loose. By my birthday. In 3 weeks. That is just over 3 pounds per week. I am not thinking that I am going to make it to my goal. My goal that I set on my son's 4th birthday in April. It is soooo frustrating! Sometimes my choices are not the best. Sometimes they are great! Guess that I why I am stuck. Hoping to see the scale move a little. In the downward direction. Traveling for the next two weekends with my anniversary in the middle. We'll see right?
Blessings!

July 13

Bfast
1/2 c egg whites
1 light multi grain english muffin w/ dab of butter
1 c grapes
3pts

Lunch
sandwich thin w/ 6 slices turkey
1 string cheese
1oz baked chips
2 T salsa
z-bar
8pts

Snack
protein shake
cherry tomatoes
4pts

Dinner
pizza
1 c steamed broccoli
8pts

Dessert
WW ice cream
2 pts

Activity
4 pts earned

Total Points Used: 25
Points Banked: 5
Bank Total: 5

The Proverbial Monday

Why is it that every waits til Monday to start or re-start their "diets"?
Anyway, vacation was great, but I ate too much junk, not enough fruits and veggies and didn't drink enough water! I came home feeling BLOATED! I decided to make out my food plan for the week and stick to it. So far, I have done a decent job, and I am correcting it when I haven't stuck to it for whatever reason. It is helping me to not have to think out portion sizes or points...I do it all on one day and have it for a week. I think this will help with menu planning and grocery shopping too, I hope! I am still trying to find a way to lower our grocery budget, because it is just too high!
I made it back to the gym last week for one day and went today also. We cancelled my old membership at Gold's and joined an athletic club in town that has a pool that is heated and open year round. We have really wanted to be able to take the kids swimming more and the beach just isn't the place to teach them. They have been taking lessons, but being in the pool more is what is helping the most. I am hoping to meet with a trainer in a couple of weeks to get set up on a weight program because I really want and need to do some toning...cardio is good, but building muscle (don't read bulk) is what will help me maintain my weight loss long term.
I plan to start back posting my tracker...starting today. It will be here every night, is what I am thinking, so check back!
Blessings!

Back and On Track

I am finally well and so are my kids! I had pneumonia, and was hoping to finally start working out again this week while on vacation (crazy huh?), but after three trips up two flights of stairs, I was breathing heavy and exhausted! Maybe I will just start with walking! Jonathan had double pneumonia and Jacob has strep. The month of June has been pretty rotten and I am glad to kiss it goodbye today...maybe I will even kiss it goodbye with a beer or glass of wine! I lost three pounds while sick, and I wasn't tracking. Great right? The downfall is that I have to start tracking again since I put those pounds back on! So, I am making a commitment to eat well (meaning healthy:)) and track while on vacation.
I hope you haven't forgotten about me!

May 28th

Bfast
1/2 c egg whites
1 c blueberries
iced coffee
3 pts


Activity
20 min running
10 min incline walking
4pts earned

Lunch
turkey sandwich
1 oz bake chips
1 c strawberries
5 pts


Snack
protein shake
5pts

Dinner

meatball sub

1 oz baked chips

15pts

Points Range: 20-25

Points Earned:4

Points Used: 28

Banked: 1

May 27th

Bfast
1/2 c egg whites
1 c strawberries
coffee
3 pts


Lunch
turkey sandwich
1 oz baked chips
granola bar
6 pts


Snack
1 oz cheddar cheese
iced coffee
granola
8 pts

Dinner

Joey Jr (from Moe's)

chips with sasla

16pts!!!!

Points Range: 20-25

Points Used: 33

Points Banked Balance: -4

May 26th

Bfast
1/2 c egg whites
1 c strawberries
coffee
3 pts

Lunch
1 c grapes
1 oz baked chips
2 slices turkey
1 sandwich thin
5 pts

Snack
string cheese
iced coffee
3pts

Dinner
2 chicken tenders
steamed broccoli
1 c blueberries
6pts

Dessert
2 oz coffee ice cream (yep, totally going to measure that out!!!)
4pts

Points Range: 20 to 25
Points Used: 21
Points Banked: 4

Date Night

I told you I went on a date! I bought this dress for our first anniversary trip to Orlando, on order to wear in our to dinner. I was so excited to wear it again...and it looked great! Now, if I can just stay focused!

Something I have learned...the saying "if you fail to plan then you plan to fail" is SOOOO TRUE!!

May 25th

Bfast
1/2 c egg whites
1 c strawberries
2 pts


Snack
1/2 iced coffee (from Starbucks)
1pts


Lunch
2 cheese quesadillas
1 oz baked chips
1 c blueberries
6pts

Snack
string cheese
granola bar
4pts

Dinner
OVER DID IT!!!
foccacia bread with olive oil
margherita pizza
coffee ice cream
who knows pts!

May 24th

Bfast
1/3 c egg whites
1 c srawberries
coffee
3 pts

Lunch

taco salad with baked chips

1 slice pumpkin chocolate chip bread

iced coffee

12pts

Dinner

Ate out for our very late Valentine's Dinner! Went to a fondue restaurant. Can't even count the points, but I am using my 10 banked points, plus the remaining from the day. I also plan to eat on the low side of my range for Monday, at least.

May 23rd

Bfast
1/3 c egg whites
1 c strawberries
coffee
3pts

Lunch
taco salad (same as May 22nd)
1 oz baked chips
iced coffee
9pts

Snack
string cheese
apple
4pts

Dinner
1/3 c egg whites
2 slices bacon
1 sandwich thin, toasted with a little butter
1 c strawberries
1/4 pumpkin chocolate chip muffin
6 pts

Activity
45 minutes yoga
2 pts

Points Range: 20-25
Points Earned: 2
Points Used: 22
Points Banked: 5
Bank Total: 10

May 22nd

Making Friday my new "start of the week."

Bfast
1/3 c egg whites
1 kiwi
coffee
3pts

Activity
10 min weights
15 min running
10 min incline walking
4pts earned

Lunch
2 c lettuce
2 oz ground beef
1/4 c 2% cheese
4 T salsa
1 oz baked kettle chips
iced coffee
9pts

Snack
string cheese
15 triscuits
4pts


Dinner
2 turkey hot dogs

2 lite wheat buns

apple

1 oz baked chips

8pts

Points Range: 20-25

Points Earned: 4

Points Used: 24
Points Banked: 5

Weigh In and Progress

Well, I was up 0.2 pounds today. But that is OK. If I had to gain, that is what I want to gain right? I am focusing on the positive...that I have made some changes and choices that will last. For example: we have had two containers of ice cream in our house for a whole week now (normally, it would make it that long); I threw away half a bag of chips because I wasn't able to control my eating of them. That is progress my friends!
Also, my husband is awesome! I was feeling defeated yesterday, and after talking with a good friend, I talked to my hubby. He encouraged me not to quit, reminding me of how far I had come. He then challenged me to try on an old dress....a dress I wore on our honeymoon, almost 8 years ago. Amazingly, it fit and he told me I looked hot! I was about 15 pounds lighter back then, and a little tanner. But somehow, with a different shaped body thanks to my two boys, it fit! I felt so good and it was the resolve that I needed to finish what I have started.
I heard a song on the radio on the way to my meeting...Healing Rain. I felt like God was telling me that healing is here waiting to be taken, claimed. So, let the healing rain come and wash me clean and free from the bondage of food! I claim it!

May 21st

Bfast
1/4 c egg whites
1 kiwi
coffee
3pts

Lunch
1.5 oz kettle cooked baked chips
4 slices ham
1 tortilla
1 c grapes
baby carrots
6pts

Snack

apple
almond butter
6pts


Dinner
taco salad
(lettuce, 2 oz ground beef, 1/4 c 2% cheese, 2 T salsa, 1 oz baked scoops (crushed), cherry tomatoes)
8pts


Activity
30 minutes mowing grass
Points Earned 2pts


Points Range: 20-25
Pointed Earned: 2
Points Used: 23
Points Banked: 4

Points Banked for Week: 6

May 20th

Bfast
1 egg
1 kiwi
coffee
4pts

Snack
1.25 oz granola
4pts

Lunch
1 tortilla
1 oz cheddar cheese
1 c blackberries
1 c carrots
1 T salsa
1 oz baked chips
6pts

Snack
string cheese
15 triscuits
iced coffee
4pts

Dinner
2 chicken tenders
1 zucchini, sauteed in Pam
5pts

Dessert
1/2 c ice cream
4 pts

Activity
15 minutes running
10 minutes walking incline
10 minutes weights
4pts earned

Points Range: 20 to 25
Points Earned: 4
Points Used: 27
Points Banked: 2

May 19th

Bfast
coffee
kiwi
1 slice whole wheat bread
1 tsp almond butter
4 pts

Lunch
apple
1T almond butter
6pts

Snack
carrots
blackberries
iced coffee (made at home)
1 oz cheddar cheese
5pts

Dinner
pizza (hopefully just one slice!)
salad
??? pts

I'm Here

Well, I say I'm here. My mind has been wandering...thus no tracker postings. This has to be forever. This has to be livable. I have to allow room for times when I have to eat out, or at someone elses's house, when I can't be in control of it all. And I have to allow myself a treat every once in a while, because if I don't, I will binge on certain foods, or feel deprived. I am always coming up with a new play. While that really frustrates me, I believe that I am just trying to make it work for myself, and make it forever!
For this week...
1. Track
2. Eliminate processed foods when I am at home.
3. Save myself 2 to 4 points every other day for a little treat, like natural coffee ice cream.

There is the plan. Pray for me!

May 15th and 16th

These two days were kind of a wash tracking wise for me. Friday we went to my in-laws, but I took some granola with me to munch on and then we had company over that night. I didn't really overeat, except I did have three little Sister Schubert yeast rolls. Saturday, we drove about 2 hours and went to an air show. Then we left there and went to a "famous" restaurant for some seafood. Hubby and I split a fried seafood plate, since I was still full from my Bojangles lunch in which I ate too much! The best thing on the seafood plate, at a seafood restaurant that is supposed to be so awesome...the fries and the green beans! Seriously!
I'll be back on track Sunday!

Weigh In

I am down 1.6 this week! My total is 15.6. That means I am over the hill and on my way down to goal. I now have 11.2 pounds to go! YIPPEE!!!!

May 14th

Bfast
Coffee
1/3 egg whites
kiwi
oj
4 pts

Lunch
1 slice whole wheat bread
almond butter
granola
grilled squash
7 pts

Snack
string cheese
granola
6 pts

Dinner
whole wheat pasta
meatballs with sauce
10 pts (?)

Dessert
ice cream

***Weigh in is tomorrow. I hope I like this leader...with WW, a leader can honestly make it easier to lose weight. My friend and I don't really click with the new leader we got, so we are trying a new meeting. I'll post when I get home from my meeting. Perhaps I'll have good news!

May 13th

Bfast
1/3 c egg whites
oj
strawberries
4 pts

Lunch
string cheese
1 slice whole wheat bread
1/2 T almond butter
scoop chips
7 pts

Snack
apple
almond butter
4 pts

Dinner
turkey burger
bun
grilled squash
cheddar cheese
8.5 pts

Dessert
ice cream

Quick Update

I'll finsh our my May 12th tracker today, and get my May 13th and 14th up by the end of the day, hopefully. Weigh in is tomorrow at the new meeting we are trying. The processed food thing...I'll let you know next week how it is going...but let's say it seems like I will have good news! Maybe it is just being sick though...but I don't think so!
Blessings!

May 12th

I am getting tired of the processed junk that is in the food that I eat, that I crave! I am making an effort to change that. It will be sort of slow, yet not too slow.
I am sick today so I won't be going to my weigh-in...my friend and I are going to change meetings anyway.
My flex points rest today. Except, I am not going to give myself all 35 of them at the beginning of the week. I am going to go back to a points range...20 to 25 for me and what I don't use, I get to bank and roll onto any day for the next week.

Bfast
1/4 c egg whites
1 kiwi
glass of oj...to help with the sickness
5 pts

Lunch
apple
1 T almond butter
6 pts

Snack
string cheese
triscuits
4 pts

Dinner
strawberries
oj
pork tenderloin
sweet potato
7 pts

Dessert
ice cream

May 11th

Bfast
slim fast shake
4pts

Lunch
bbq chicken pizza

Snack

Dinner

May 10th

Bfast
slim fast shake
4pts

Lunch
2 eggs scrambled
1 c cooked grits
6 pts

Snack
iced coffee
1 T pb
small apple
4 pts

Dinner
**going to friends' house for dinner to celebrate a graduation from grad school!**
ribs, I think and not sure what else
maybe a little bit of ice cream, if I get in a run/walk in the neighborhood today
also, picking strawberries today!

May 9th

Bfast
fiber one bar
2 pts

Lunch
***going to Cracker Barrel after my boys tee ball game...not very thrilled about it!
2 eggs
2 turkey sausage patties
1 biscuit
10 pts

Snack
fiber one bar
100 cal pack of chocolate covered pretzels
1 T peanut butter
6 pts

Dinner
chex mix (1 c)
2 oz steamed shrimp
2 oz steam crab
1 ear of corn
8 pts

I'm planning on getting in a 2 miles walk/run in our neighborhood today also. That would earn me about 4 activity points!

May 8th

Bfast
slim fast shake
4pts

Lunch
turkey sandwich
raw veggies
1 square of hershey bliss
1oz 2% cheese
blueberries and strawberries
6pts

Snack
iced coffee
fiber one bar
3pts

Dinner
chex mix
2 chicken tenders
steamed broccoli
100 cal pack of chocolate covered pretzels
15 pts

Points Allowed: 21
Points Used: 29
Bonus Points Remaining: 1

Binges

I really binged on food last night. My husband was a church for worship practice and the kdis were in the bed, so I decided to eat. I would like to say first, that I wasn't hungry. Second, that I knew what I was doing wasn't right (because of the first). Third, I ate it all so fast that I didn't really even taste it.
When my husband got home, I confessed it to him. I wrote it down in my journal and I just updated my May 7th post. I wanted to hide it, because that is what I do sometimes. That is the shame and guilt that I feel. I made a choice last night to not be a victim and to own it.
Today is a new day! I am looking forward to this day. It is going to be a good one.
And, I won't binge while my husband is at the fire station tonight. I won't. I am making the choice right now to not do it!

May 7th

So far, this is keeping me honest!
Bfast
slim fast shake
4 pts

Lunch
turkey sandwich on sandwich thin
1 oz baked scoops with salsa
3/4 c honey nut cheerios
6 pts

Snack
100 cal sandwich thin toasted, with 1 T fresh ground peanut butter
iced coffee
4 pts

Dinner
4 sandwich thin pizzas
salad with ff dressing
7 pts

After Kids Went To Sleep
3 slices cold red baron cheese pizza
2 ice cream sandwiches
19.5 pts

Points Allowed: 21

Points Used: 40.5

Bonus Points Remaining: 9

May 6th

Bfast
slim fast shake
4 pts

4 Activity Points Earned!!!
I've learned that I have to eat these points shortly after I exercise othewise I am ravenous all day!

Lunch
turkey and cheese sandwich
chips and salsa
strawberries
sandwich thin with 1 T peanut butter
10pts

Snack
1 oz baked scoops with salsa
1 oz cheddar cheese
iced coffee
ice cream sandwich
9pts
WHAT?

Dinner
whole wheat pasta (2oz dry)
1/2 c sauce
5 pts

Special Treat
ice cream to celebrate the boys' Awana Awards ceremony
3pts

Points Allowance: 21
Activity Points Earned: 4
Bonus Points Remaining: 29

Weigh In

I was actually down 0.2 pounds! I was pleasantly surprised, yet slightly disappointed. When you know that you have done some overeating, you still hope that all that running you did will help a lot. I guess it did! I will take my 0.2 pounds.

Making turkey burgers tonight...anyone got any suggestions on a recipe?

May 5th

Weigh in is today. I am really struggling with not wanting to go because I think my weight is going to be up a little. I sort of did some binging this week, and I am not sure why.
For the next week, I am going to try to have 4 meals, 4 hours apart. I am allowed 21 points, so I will divide them as follows...
breakfast...4 pts...7am
lunch...5 pts...11am
snack...4 pts...3pm
dinner...7 pts...6-6:30ish pm
So not sure how this will go, but I am going to give it a try.

So here is my tracker, which I will update through the day.

Bfast
slim fast shake (I don't drink milk plain...don't like it, so I do this to get in some milk)
4 pts

Lunch
chargrilled chicken sandwich
side salad with lite italian dressing, which I didn't even finish because I was full!!!
6 pts

Snack
chocolate chip brownie (got at the WW meeting today)
raw veggies
100 call sandwich thin with 1/4 c 2% mex cheese toasted
4 pts

Dinner
steamed broccoli
3 oz shoestring fries baked in toaster oven
4oz turkey burger on a lite wheat bun
ketchup
5 pts

Turkey Burger
8 oz ground turkey breast
1 tsp minced garlic
salt
pepper
dash of worchestire sauce

Mix all ingredients together and pat into burger. Grill.

Yes, I made an 8 oz burger because it was only 4 pts. Absolutely HUGE!!! I ate half, then went back for the other half a little later.

Points Allowance: 21
Points Used: 21
Bonus Points Remaining: 35

Now...if I can just NOT snack while watching Biggest Loser:)

Welcome

I have another blog. I wanted it to be about my family. I didn't want it to be about me losing the extra weight that I have. I didn't want it to be about my struggle to get healthy. I wanted it to be about my kids. My family. The fun times. The hard times. The things I want them to remember. I want to print my other blog into a book at some point in time so that my boys can have it to read. I don't scrapbook. So, welcome to the blog where I can talk about my struggle. I can share my food tracker. And I don't have to feel like I am neglecting my kids.
I started back to Weight Watchers at the very end of December of 2008. I had to do something. I am one of those people that will gain weight just looking at it. Seriously. When I tell people my weight (everyday conversation right?) they seem to be surprised. Maybe they are just being polite. I could look at myself in the mirror and see the extra weight, but I had a hard time seeing that I was up to 171.8 pounds. There it is. I admit it. I did Weight Watchers before, after I got married. I lost 15 pounds and looked dynamite, if I do say so myself. Then I got pregnant. I had the weight almost all gone...5 pounds maybe were left on my body...when I got pregnant again. After 13 months, the weight was gone again. Just in time to go on a cruise. I haven't had it off since! Cruising is evil!
So here I am, after having comes to terms with some on my eating "issues" and given up dieting. I don't eat diet food. I don't think it is good for you. I try to stay away from "junk" but I am practical too.
Since restarting WW I have lost 13.8 pounds. That is right folks...almost 14 pounds. I still have another 13 to go, but I am over the hump!
I thought that if I blogged about it, that might help. Who knows who will read it, but I hope to stay with this...I have a tendency to not follow through on things!
I turn 33 in early August and my goal is to be at 145 pounds, which is a really healthy weight for me...5'5" and medium frame with a little bit of muscle. That means about a pound a week.
I am walking a 5K in June with a friend.
I am trying to work 3 to 5 days a week. 3 days at the gym doing cardio and some weights. 1 or 2 days at home doing yoga. This is a challenge since I have an almost 6 year old and a 4 year old, both of which I home school. But, I do this for them. I do this for my husband. I do this for me.
Health is my prayer. It is also my prayer that my kids NEVER have to go through this struggle. That they can eat healthy most of the time, be active and not obsessive about what they eat. So far, they do great. I could learn a lot from them!
So, join me...won't you?