Well this week was pretty tough. Eric had been sick and we have both been feeling stressed and down waiting to hear back on test results. The good news is it's nothing serious the bad news is they aren't really sure what's wrong. We should hear Monday on the bacterial culture and more blood work.
Needless to say this week we basically ate nothing but comfort food. I tried to stick to the healthier snacks but didn't get a drop of exercise in. So I only lost a half a pound. Eric on the other hand lost 3 pounds this week! The doctor told him it was time for a life style change and I think with the "we don't know" diagnosis it scared him enough to take it seriously this time. He's cut way back on beer and is starting to be more mindful of his points.
I hate that it took a scare like this to make him get serious about getting healthy but glad that we are staying sooner rather than later.
Complete derailment from previous topic.
today we are doing a cook everything day. In which we prepare a months worth of meals and freeze them. I got all my recipes from laaloosh.com, skinnykitchen.com, and food.com (search under weight watchers recipes). I am really excited to try some of them! Especially the nutella banana bread!
I find it so much easier to be good when I have meals made ahead. Especially since starting after Valentine's day I am going to become very busy and have zero time for cooking during the week. I got cast in a play! It's a rally physical show so will hopefully help with the exercise!
Anyway how's it going this week? Any achievements or bragging? (Half a pound!) Any set backs ore general gripes? (I miss juice)
Keep your chin up! If you don't then you just spend the whole day staring at your boobs!
Sunday, February 8, 2015
Monday, February 2, 2015
Danielle's mission slimpossible
Howdy! I am finally posting about my weight watchers journey. I haven't been doing it very long.
I started this journey to support my sister and because nothing else I had tried had worked for me. I am starting on the downhill side of my 30's and am learning that it only gets harder to loose it the older I get. For the sake of getting to know one another, I am a soon to be 37 year old mother of 2 boys ages 8 and 5! I have never been terribly active as far as running or playing sports goes. I am more of a bookish, crochet junky who loves her geeky TV shows i.e. Dr. Who, and The Blacklist, just to name a few and to keep this blog post on the shorter side. Since having my first child 8 years ago I have only continued to gain weight. Over the last 2 years I have managed to loose 5 pounds a year according to my Dr. but hey maybe I was just having a good weight day on those days ;)
So I started on January 4th of this year. I weighed 184 pounds give or take a few ounces. My goal weight is 140. So my first week I totally rocked it out of the ballpark and lost 5lbs!!! I was so totally stoked (wait do people even use that word anymore or am I dating myself?) Excited, lets go with excited! I was totally excited.
The next week I only lost 2 pounds. Not sure why, I haven't had the time to go back and look at my tracking that week, So it could be something I was eating or perhaps I went over my points allowance that week. I am also not working out as of yet.
The next week was even worse because I gained those 2 pounds right back. Now to be fair that week I was having my friendly monthly visitor, or as my hubs and I call it Shark Week. On Shark Week I usually crave all manner of carbs, sugar, and greasy fatty foods. So yeah I bought some donuts and I yeah I had 3 of them, so there! And I bought some Doritos Taco chips too. Ugh I was totally bad on Saturday, but I am pretty sure I didn't gain those 2 pounds back in 12 hours. Mostly sure, but hey what do I know!?
This past week I lost 2.8 pounds. so who knows what that means. Shark Week could have been excess water weight, or bloating or whatever. Is this TMI? I'll stop now.
So Super Bowl Sunday. Oy! I saved up all my splurge points for the week and didn't really eat much on Sunday morning. So I had a good store of points. I must admit for the sake of full disclosure, I didn't keep track of my points during the super bowl. I did keep track today, and yes I went over my daily allowance. I think I am at 26 points a day. We have left over super bowl food, so that didn't help. Not that I binged on junk today, but I did have some of the soft pretzels I baked, and some of the homemade mini pizzas. The one thing that will probably kill me is the soda. I had two sodas during the super bowl, and finished the last two off today. So I definitely need to go run around the block or something. On the plus side I hardly ever drink soda. Which if you know me is a small miracle. It was at one time my go to drink of choice. But after having two kids, coffee and lots of it, is my beverage of choice. So I am going to have to be really good the rest of the week to make up for Sunday and Monday.
Some observations on this current journey of mine: I enjoy this system. I like that I can eat mostly what I want. I like that it helps me control portion sizes and I like the ease of keeping track of my points on my phone. So that has been nice.
What is difficult for me is I make most of the things I eat from scratch. So I am constantly having to get on the computer after a meal and write in a recipe, and try to guess how many servings there are.
Example: I make my own bread. But when I make my bread I make 8 loaves at a time. The problem with the recipe writer is that they want to know how many servings those 8 loaves of bread contain. WHAT!? How should I know? It depends on how thick you slice the bread! So my recipe is a total guess on that score.
Oh well. I really wish I could just add the recipes from my phone but they don't let you. Probably a software thing. Also you can't add a recipe into a recipe. So when I make little mini pizzas I make my own sour dough pizza crust. But I can't add that recipe to the mini pizza recipe. Kind of frustrating.
But these are minor issues. I am really enjoying the program because I am seeing progress, Not a whole lot but more than when I wasn't on it. One step forward two steps back. I think what I need to do, when I can find the time, is go through my tracking so far and see what it is that has been keeping me from major success. Is it going over my points or is it something I am eating that is a large portion of points. That sort of thing. Also I need to throw in some exercise. Definitely need to throw in some exercise.
My main food downfall are potato chips and chocolate. Luckily we don't buy potato chips often, but we always have chocolate chips on hand for all the baking we do. I have actually found however, that just 2 or 3 chocolate chips are enough. They are actually quite heavenly in small doses, and I find that I savor them more than when I am having a handful. Interesting.
My biggest problem is portion size. I grew up with the more is better philosophy as far as how much food should be on your plate. So actually measuring with measuring cups has been an interesting experience. Interesting in that I feel kind of ridiculous measuring my food out onto my plate with measuring cups, but even more importantly realizing, once I have eaten, that that is all I really need to feel satisfied.
So anyone else have any major revelations, success stories or just griping they want to get off there chest? Let us know in the comments! :)
I started this journey to support my sister and because nothing else I had tried had worked for me. I am starting on the downhill side of my 30's and am learning that it only gets harder to loose it the older I get. For the sake of getting to know one another, I am a soon to be 37 year old mother of 2 boys ages 8 and 5! I have never been terribly active as far as running or playing sports goes. I am more of a bookish, crochet junky who loves her geeky TV shows i.e. Dr. Who, and The Blacklist, just to name a few and to keep this blog post on the shorter side. Since having my first child 8 years ago I have only continued to gain weight. Over the last 2 years I have managed to loose 5 pounds a year according to my Dr. but hey maybe I was just having a good weight day on those days ;)
So I started on January 4th of this year. I weighed 184 pounds give or take a few ounces. My goal weight is 140. So my first week I totally rocked it out of the ballpark and lost 5lbs!!! I was so totally stoked (wait do people even use that word anymore or am I dating myself?) Excited, lets go with excited! I was totally excited.
The next week I only lost 2 pounds. Not sure why, I haven't had the time to go back and look at my tracking that week, So it could be something I was eating or perhaps I went over my points allowance that week. I am also not working out as of yet.
The next week was even worse because I gained those 2 pounds right back. Now to be fair that week I was having my friendly monthly visitor, or as my hubs and I call it Shark Week. On Shark Week I usually crave all manner of carbs, sugar, and greasy fatty foods. So yeah I bought some donuts and I yeah I had 3 of them, so there! And I bought some Doritos Taco chips too. Ugh I was totally bad on Saturday, but I am pretty sure I didn't gain those 2 pounds back in 12 hours. Mostly sure, but hey what do I know!?
This past week I lost 2.8 pounds. so who knows what that means. Shark Week could have been excess water weight, or bloating or whatever. Is this TMI? I'll stop now.
So Super Bowl Sunday. Oy! I saved up all my splurge points for the week and didn't really eat much on Sunday morning. So I had a good store of points. I must admit for the sake of full disclosure, I didn't keep track of my points during the super bowl. I did keep track today, and yes I went over my daily allowance. I think I am at 26 points a day. We have left over super bowl food, so that didn't help. Not that I binged on junk today, but I did have some of the soft pretzels I baked, and some of the homemade mini pizzas. The one thing that will probably kill me is the soda. I had two sodas during the super bowl, and finished the last two off today. So I definitely need to go run around the block or something. On the plus side I hardly ever drink soda. Which if you know me is a small miracle. It was at one time my go to drink of choice. But after having two kids, coffee and lots of it, is my beverage of choice. So I am going to have to be really good the rest of the week to make up for Sunday and Monday.
Some observations on this current journey of mine: I enjoy this system. I like that I can eat mostly what I want. I like that it helps me control portion sizes and I like the ease of keeping track of my points on my phone. So that has been nice.
What is difficult for me is I make most of the things I eat from scratch. So I am constantly having to get on the computer after a meal and write in a recipe, and try to guess how many servings there are.
Example: I make my own bread. But when I make my bread I make 8 loaves at a time. The problem with the recipe writer is that they want to know how many servings those 8 loaves of bread contain. WHAT!? How should I know? It depends on how thick you slice the bread! So my recipe is a total guess on that score.
Oh well. I really wish I could just add the recipes from my phone but they don't let you. Probably a software thing. Also you can't add a recipe into a recipe. So when I make little mini pizzas I make my own sour dough pizza crust. But I can't add that recipe to the mini pizza recipe. Kind of frustrating.
But these are minor issues. I am really enjoying the program because I am seeing progress, Not a whole lot but more than when I wasn't on it. One step forward two steps back. I think what I need to do, when I can find the time, is go through my tracking so far and see what it is that has been keeping me from major success. Is it going over my points or is it something I am eating that is a large portion of points. That sort of thing. Also I need to throw in some exercise. Definitely need to throw in some exercise.
My main food downfall are potato chips and chocolate. Luckily we don't buy potato chips often, but we always have chocolate chips on hand for all the baking we do. I have actually found however, that just 2 or 3 chocolate chips are enough. They are actually quite heavenly in small doses, and I find that I savor them more than when I am having a handful. Interesting.
My biggest problem is portion size. I grew up with the more is better philosophy as far as how much food should be on your plate. So actually measuring with measuring cups has been an interesting experience. Interesting in that I feel kind of ridiculous measuring my food out onto my plate with measuring cups, but even more importantly realizing, once I have eaten, that that is all I really need to feel satisfied.
So anyone else have any major revelations, success stories or just griping they want to get off there chest? Let us know in the comments! :)
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Sorry for the absence
I've been finding it very hard to come up with something to write these days. It seems the longer I am on the program the harder it is to lose.
I was pretty stagnant for a while. Didn't lose anything over new years and then only half a pound the next week. I decided to get of my booty and start working hard at it again and low and behold I lost five and a half pounds!
I think right now the hardest thing for me is that it doesn't come naturally. I have a tenancy to think "well what could one little piece of candy hurt?" then the one little piece turns into four or five. I also fall into the trap of "I will work out tomorrow, I'm to tired after working all day". Which at this point means a zero or small loss For the week.
With the grey days and stress at work getting up in the evenings and being active has been very hard. I knowu will feel better if I do it, it's just the getting going that is tuff.
Thank goodness for the Amazon music app and Pandora. I have gotten into the habit of turning these on when I am in the kitchen and just dancing around like an idiot. It's amazing how a little hip shaking can really rev up your heart rate. Plus if you really shake your hips you are working your core. I think that's how I found my waist again.
Hoping to find hip bones next!
There had also been good news on the support front. Diana and Danielle have both started and that's encouraging as they are two people I confide a lot in.
Together we can do anything!
How are your weeks going? Any news is greatly received.
Love you all and keep plugging away. Remember the only one who can stop you from doing anything is yourself!
I was pretty stagnant for a while. Didn't lose anything over new years and then only half a pound the next week. I decided to get of my booty and start working hard at it again and low and behold I lost five and a half pounds!
I think right now the hardest thing for me is that it doesn't come naturally. I have a tenancy to think "well what could one little piece of candy hurt?" then the one little piece turns into four or five. I also fall into the trap of "I will work out tomorrow, I'm to tired after working all day". Which at this point means a zero or small loss For the week.
With the grey days and stress at work getting up in the evenings and being active has been very hard. I knowu will feel better if I do it, it's just the getting going that is tuff.
Thank goodness for the Amazon music app and Pandora. I have gotten into the habit of turning these on when I am in the kitchen and just dancing around like an idiot. It's amazing how a little hip shaking can really rev up your heart rate. Plus if you really shake your hips you are working your core. I think that's how I found my waist again.
Hoping to find hip bones next!
There had also been good news on the support front. Diana and Danielle have both started and that's encouraging as they are two people I confide a lot in.
Together we can do anything!
How are your weeks going? Any news is greatly received.
Love you all and keep plugging away. Remember the only one who can stop you from doing anything is yourself!
Sunday, November 16, 2014
the holidays
So the holidays are coming and I'm getting a little nervous. When it comes to turkey and stuffing I have zero control. I know if I'm diligent I will be okay but it's still a little daunting. I'm pretty sure everyone that was in this little support group has stopped reading the blog so really it's just for my own sanity that I write anything on here anymore.
I'm thinking about signing up for meetings through weight watchers. I can't find anywhere on the site that I can ask questions about really specific stuff. Like how not to completely derail with the holidays approaching.
Sometimes this all seems so futile. I've been really good lately and have lost fourteen pounds but I still have these insane cravings and days where I have to fight tooth and nail not to fall back into my old eating habits.
Maybe I'm just feeling down.
I can't really down my sorrows in ice cream without backsliding.
It just seems to be getting harder the longer I work at it.
I'm thinking about signing up for meetings through weight watchers. I can't find anywhere on the site that I can ask questions about really specific stuff. Like how not to completely derail with the holidays approaching.
Sometimes this all seems so futile. I've been really good lately and have lost fourteen pounds but I still have these insane cravings and days where I have to fight tooth and nail not to fall back into my old eating habits.
Maybe I'm just feeling down.
I can't really down my sorrows in ice cream without backsliding.
It just seems to be getting harder the longer I work at it.
a loss is a loss.
A loss is a loss so I will take it. Only a pound and a half lost this week but hey it's something. I get a little discouraged when I don't have significant losses. I know if I had been a little better or exercised a little more I would have another big loss to crow about. Then I put myself down for not doing better.
On the flip side I know that it's a good thing. A pound lost is a pound less than I weighed last week.
On another good note Eric finally remembered to weigh himself this week and is down 6 pounds!
So we are making progress. Even if it's slow.
How are all of you doing? Would love to hear some feed back.
Stay strong lovies.
On the flip side I know that it's a good thing. A pound lost is a pound less than I weighed last week.
On another good note Eric finally remembered to weigh himself this week and is down 6 pounds!
So we are making progress. Even if it's slow.
How are all of you doing? Would love to hear some feed back.
Stay strong lovies.
Sunday, November 9, 2014
GOOOOOOAAAALLLLLLL!
Today I hit my first goal weight! I'm very excited to report I have lost 13 pounds since I started weight watchers three weeks ago. I'm so excited about the progress I've made! I want to thank my support team! You've all been such a tremendous help with this!
I'm a little disappointed (but not that much) that I have not seen the results on my body yet. I know if I keep working I will but I was hoping, maybe impractical so, to see a dramatic change in my waist line but I know it will come!
I have been struggling with keeping a positive attitude and finding time for exercise has been tough. I don't try to schedule it in as my schedule is a bit wonky these days. It's my biggest failing with this diet.
Keep up the good work everyone and let me hear from you.
How is it going?
What are you struggling with?
miss hearing from you all!
I'm a little disappointed (but not that much) that I have not seen the results on my body yet. I know if I keep working I will but I was hoping, maybe impractical so, to see a dramatic change in my waist line but I know it will come!
I have been struggling with keeping a positive attitude and finding time for exercise has been tough. I don't try to schedule it in as my schedule is a bit wonky these days. It's my biggest failing with this diet.
Keep up the good work everyone and let me hear from you.
How is it going?
What are you struggling with?
miss hearing from you all!
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Start all over again
Well it wasn't a very successful week. We splurged on Halloween candy, eating out with friends, and of course drank too many beers. And there was little to no exercising done. So the weigh in was, to say the least, disappointing. Only one pound lost.
But as the song goes we have to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and start all over again.
As my dad has said if you cheat the only person you are cheating is yourself. And boy did I cheat myself. Was really hoping for a more significant loss.
While I am very disappointed in myself I am determined to be better this week.
Changing habits is the hardest part for me. I need to focus on long term goals rather than the immediate want.
How did the week go for the rest of you? Did you meet your goals?
If you have a set back how do you plan on handling it?
How do you plan to keep active now that the cold months are upon us?
Let me hear from you!
And as always stay strong!
But as the song goes we have to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and start all over again.
As my dad has said if you cheat the only person you are cheating is yourself. And boy did I cheat myself. Was really hoping for a more significant loss.
While I am very disappointed in myself I am determined to be better this week.
Changing habits is the hardest part for me. I need to focus on long term goals rather than the immediate want.
How did the week go for the rest of you? Did you meet your goals?
If you have a set back how do you plan on handling it?
How do you plan to keep active now that the cold months are upon us?
Let me hear from you!
And as always stay strong!
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