Day #12 Feeling Better!!

Finally feeling better!! I was in bed ALL morning, literally until like 3pm! My bf made some home made macaroni and cheese, so I had a few bites of that. Randomly, I ate two pieces of bacon and made a tomato basil sausage with mustard, ketchup and light mayo on a sour roll bread. I've been eating super random, but trying to watch the points...For a snack I ate some popcorn and had an oreo cookie for dessert! It was a super random eating day. i drank LOTS of orange jucie and only about 32 oz of water. Usually, I drink over 100!

I really hope for a loss this week, but wouldn't be too suprised if I gained or stayed the same. Sodium has taken over! lol.

Back on track tomorrow and hopefully will drink lots of water and get back on track with eating!

Happy Sunday!

Day # 10 & 11 SO SICK!!!

OMG- I am so sick. I stayed within my points today, but my body is super full of sodium and soup! :( I'm feeling a little better today, but I'm still really really sick.

Not posting much these last few days...I feel like poop!

Hope you are all have a great weekend! :-)

Still Day #9.....

Well, today was GOOD! I drank lots of water, had enough energy to bake and was able to enjoy what little sunshine we had! It was a good day! Still have a horrible cough, but hopefully that will go soon...

I made tostadas for lunch today and had a nice bbq chicken, vegetable and potato dinner! For a little dessert, I ate 1/2 of a babyruth bar! I know..I know...not very good for the program, but it was only 3 points and SO worth it. It kicked my craving...right in the butt!

I packed my lunch for tomorrow! I pan fried some boneless chicken breast, with sauteed bell peppers and yummy trader joes marinara sauce. It came out a little burned...but that's okay! I'm definitely not a chef! Along with that, I packed a 1 point high fiber snack and a boston cream pie jello! Yummy! 2 points for snacks and 6 points for lunch. ;-) Tj and I might go out tomorrow for dinner, but I'll be sure to calculate prior to going out!

Happy Thursday Everyone! I was a planner today!

Day #9 Second Weigh In. UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I knew it was going to be a gain. I could just feel my body being puffy from all the sodium! 198.2. I'm not going to let this get me down and will drink tons of fluids today, meaning water, and will point out everything I eat. Even if it's Saltine's all day!

I'll post later on tonight and hope you all have a fabulous day!! I need to be not sick! :(

Day # 7 & 8! What A Week...

I haven't been able to post since Monday! It's been a hellish week. I am now stuck with a horrible cough and bad cold, so my body is FULL of sodium from all of the soup and Saltine's I've been eating!

TUESDAY:

My Tuesday was okay, just really stressful at work. My boss was out of the office for most of the day, since it was his birthday, so that was kind of nice! It was just crazy with phone calls, event issues and new clients. I stayed OP pretty well on Tuesday, but I know I went over. I've really been trying to write everything down, but then I get carried away at work and forget to! What my twinny always tells me it so PLAN ahead and always write down the points before the day starts, to avoid forgetting what I eat! Obviously, I didn't do that and look how it paid off. I forgot! Arg. I feel like I'm still learning how to change my life, even though I know the program really well. I think it's just hard to kick the old habits and start with new GOOD ones! Right?

WEDNESDAY:
My Wednesday was better. Not as stressful. My mom came back with good news that the doctor's haven't found anymore cancer cells from her neck down! She was diagnosed with Melanoma quite a while ago and has been dealing with that. She had to have a lump taken out of her leg and then a few lymph nodes taken out of her thigh. Once she did that, she had a cat scan which told her she had cancer cells in her brain. I didn't know what to think. They told her she had about 20, so they would do the chemo and radiation to zap those cells gone! She got her results back yesterday for just her body and next week she goes in for her brain to see what's going on. So far, we're on a roller coaster of great news!!! Let's keep that going mommy! :-)

My food wasn't so great on Wednesday. I had an onion bagel all morning/afternoon and packed a PB&J for lunch since I was in a rush to get to work and totally not feeling well. I barely drank any water yesterday, maybe 5 cups, which isn't like me at all. I'm always getting in crazy amounts of water each day.



I'm posting a blog for my horrible WI...yep....it wasn't good.



I hope you all are having a better week than I am! I know TOM is creeping into my life, so I just feel huge! :*(

Day #6 - Droopy Monday!

My poor poor BF is super sick today with a horrible cough and bad stuffy nose! ;-( I'm really hoping he feels better soon and REALLY hope I won't get it!!!!!

Even though it was GORGEOUS outside, I feel like today was a doosey! I just can't stand Monday's. They're always hectic at work and I don't get home until super late! Plus, I"m tired from the weekend, so that never helps...Oh pitty party for me! :)

I skipped breakfast today, well kind of I had an apple!, and packed a ham sandwhich for lunch today with a LITTLE bit of home made chili and 3 points of cooked chicken breast. My work had some of these mushroom turn over things, so I calculated 2 points each for the 3 that I ate! I know TOM must be coming, because I"m rarely hungry and I get these crazy stomach pains and back pains and am not hungry for anything!

I worked my butt off today, so I didn't have time to write this morning. I have a feeling my blog posts will always be in the evenings during the week! :-)

For dinner, my BF was able to cook some yummy chopped potatoes with a TON of veggies and hot sausage links. I'm calculating 12 points for dinner, since I'm taking a larger portion. I need to get in something or I"ll be hungry at midnight and that's never good!



I hope you all had a fantastic day. I'm sorry I'm so bleh, but I really think TOM is the reason for it!! lol.



CROSSING MY FINGERS FOR MY TWINNY TO LOSE LOSE LOSE TOMORROW!!!!!!!!

San Francisco Treat!!! Day #5

Hello Everyone!! We spent a day in the City. It was REALLY pouring down! Kind of crappy day to go to the City, but we still had fun. Went to a burger joint, don't worry, I pointed as much as I could and didn't eat ALL day to enjoy myself!, then walked around the Pier and went to get cookies for my bfd's mom and our friends parents.

Arg- I hate Monday's! I hope you all had a great Sunday! I'm exhausted, so I'm not writing much tonight... :-(

Happy Sunday!

Day #4 - It's SATURDAY!!

I'm so glad to finally be HOME! It was a rough week at work. I started my work out this last week and was so sore, I could only do it once! Sad part is, I was only able to do 1 mile in 22 minutes! I would power walk, then run to the goal I set. I might have run maybe 6-7 minutes of that whole mile and I was done for! I used to walk, when I was at my lowest weight, 3 miles every day...well...almost every day. My next goal is to do a mile three times a week! I know I can do it and I feel so good afterwards, so that gives me the motivation to get out there!

I am setting a goal for myself and am doing a 5K on March 7th with my friends! I have two other girlsfriends who are going to power walk it with me and maybe run a little. I'm so excited, because I've always wanted to do one!!! I'll have to poast some pics after we do it. :-)

Yea for Saturday!! Tj made me a super hot sausage link and his homemade chili for lunch. I skipped breakfast today, because I slept in too late! We're going to do some cleaning and laundry, the usual, so I'll be getting all of my water in for the day and hopefully will motivate myself to take a nice long walk with the pup.

Have a HAPPY SATURDAY!!!

Day #3 - Friday Night!!

My Thursday night was kind of odd. I wasn't hungry for dinner, so I snacked on hummas and cucumber dip, with those small round crackers you get from Trader Joe's! I had the munchies and I carelessly dipped into my weeklies! :( Oh well, must MOVE on!

Breakfast was the ususal:

Fried egg, two thin slices of bread, cream cheese and a LITTLE bit of ketchup. 3pts
My snack is that cereal again..super good! 1pts

Lunch is a whole wheat smoked ham sandwich...yum! 5 points
I also brought a bagged Salsa Salad! I LOVE LOVE LOVE those salads from safeway! Not sure on the points yet.
I made 2 servings of veggies again too. 0pts

Now- Moving on to Friday night!

Friday night was BAD. I shared 1/2 of a pepperoni calzone with my boyfriend and had some light beers. I was suprisingly not very hungry, so I still had a ton of daily points left. I didn't end up having my sandwhich I packed, so I just had a salad and breakfast, which only gave me 8 points used for the day! I used up all of my weeklies, which always happens on the weekend, and all of my daily points. After calculating everything, I'm pretty sure I only went over 5 points.

I always am concious of what I eat and always think of how many points are in certain things and I really try to write down EVERY bit of thing that I eat/drink.

Moving on to Saturday!

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU!!!!!

First Weigh In!

Ok people- I knew it wasn't going to be a good weigh in, so I prepared myself. 196.8 is my starting point and I'm only going DOWN from here!

Breakfast This Morning:
2 Thin Oro Wheat Slices
1/2 Tablespoon FF Cream Cheese
Little bit of ketchup

1 Fried Egg
Little bit of Olive Oil for cooking (Ran out of pam!)
Total: 4 pts.

I calculated 1 point for the olive oil, 2 for the fried egg, 1 for the bread and 0 for the cream cheese and ketchup. I know, cream cheese and ketchup!? It was actually pretty amazing! Just wait until you see what I had for lunch... :-)

Mid-Morning Snack:
I found this great cereal from Trader Joe's that's super high in fiber! 2/3 of a cup is only a point! It's a great filling snack and pretty tasty too.

Lunch:
Two slices of Safeway Whole Wheat Bread - 3pts
1 hard boiled egg - 1pts
1 tablespoon of light mayo - 1pt
1 diced pickle spear

2 Servings of Veggies - 0pts

Kind of weird combo, but bomb! 5pts

Not sure what's for dinner, so I'll post back tonight!

A Fresh Start...

Well, it's February 17th and the day before a fresh new start. I'm starting my first weigh in tomorrow, Thursday!

I was at my heaviest weight about 3 years ago, when I was 219lbs. I started eating healthier, exercising and being more cautious about what I ate, once I saw how out of control my body and life had become. It's SO incredibly easy to gain weight! I knew it was time for a change.

About 2 years ago, I was at my lowest weight; 181.6. I was so proud of myself for coming that far! Well, that didn't last too long. I fell off the weight loss wagon and gained back a lot of my weight. My goal weight is 150 and I'm ready to get there! So, here I am hoping to make a change. :-)

Tomorrow, is a new start!