Weight Loss..can be tough!

So It has been awhile since I have blogged about my weight loss adventure. I was (stress "Was") doing great. As of last week I was down 16 pounds! Had lost 3 pounds last week...but then I traveled for work. And must have snacked more than I had realized. Really I thought I ran from the desert table! And I have been on a very strong antibiotic ( I have totally noticed I am ALWAYS hungry on those!!!). Oh and let's not forget all that Halloween candy...ANYTHING with chocolate it my weakness. And who's idea was it to do a late night White Castle run! Yeah...not good. So I should not be shocked to learn that I gained a little over 2 pounds this week! Urgh! So this next week, I am going to really stick to it, and just say no to all that chocolate..and well, a lot else too! The holidays are around the corner....yikes! Here's to hoping for a better week, no a great week!

Da Bears! And loosing weight

Well,  I gotta say, I am loving the weight watchers way! Friends who have done have said, there will be weeks you feel you did great and find you gain and weeks you feel you did poorly and yet you lose. That is so true! I am not down 10.2 pounds! Still going! So I am motivated to keep it up. trying to get more walking worked in. And more work outs sometime soon.

I have to tell you, the other night Jon and I went to the Bears/Packers game. Amazing! I know! He got invited by a company he uses for work. And we were just stunned we were there, sitting is a skybox at an awesome game! But here is the hard part, it was stocked full of food and goodies. I thought there is no way I will "not" gain as my weigh was the next day! I thought, I may have completely blown in! Then, it got "worse" at the end of the game. There was a knock on the door and a voice that said "dessert cart"...I went out to see...wow. The card was huge and had every kind of chocolate dessert you could see! I wanted one of everything...but then thought...I wonder if this is a "weight watchers" test! Maybe my WW leader was there hiding behind the dessert cart waiting to see what I would do and jump out and say "Weez! Stop! Put that down! Track your points!". So I went for at least a fruit dessert. Man it was amazing! What a "dream night". My weigh in the next day, of course my big concern...found out I had lost 2oz! That is pretty amazing...I had to take my shoes off to get the right weight!

So I am hoping for a great week!

Go Bears!!!

Frustrated...

So last week I went to my meeting, only to find I lost .4 oz. Really? After all that counting and watching what I eat? Glad to have found I was not alone. But I feel like I am at a stand still. Kinda frustrating. But I know I just gotta keep on counting points and eating correctly right? Sometimes I feel like in the winter that I am filling up on food that is not going anywhere, as if my body is going into "hibernation mode". So if you see stuffing food in my cheeks, totally kidding! I did get some great ideas for low point quick snacks at the meeting though! Trader Joe's has these chicken cilantro wantons. 5-6 of them are only  1 point! And I found some rice snacks there too that are pretty good! So that is groovy!


Well I hope to say that weight loss is on the way for me!


Have a great day!

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What is it about this time of year that seems to make you so tired?? I just feel exhausted all the time! I think it is getting back into the groove of school and fall in general. So even getting the time and motivation to write well has been a task on its own!


But hey, good news...last week at weight watchers weigh in I found out I had lost 3.8 pounds! That is pretty amazing coming out of the Labor day weekend! Although honestly I almost had to run away from all the food that was out at the family reunion cookout! I had one serving and would have eaten more had I not stopped and asked myself if I really needed that extra burger! So all went well!


Now for this week...well I will wait and see how I do. I gotta tell you, I know some think the idea of counting points as time consuming, and I would have been one of those people. But it is so easy! I don't have to think about it too much anymore. Simple way. I love that I can eat what I want when I want it but to remember everything has a point value. So it's all good in my book.


Now..I think I may sneak in a nap, this has made me tired again! LOL!

Put down the Zingers!

So I had gained a little according to the meeting the other night. Discouraged? Yep! You saw as I wrote about that. Yesterday I was walking by this big box of Zingers...without thinking I went to the box to get one and start eating! I stopped myself, thought about those Zingers for along time! THen I saw my friend Cheryl had sent me an email. She is doing WW too. She encouraged me (as did many others on facebook, man that helps!) She said dont eat sweets! IT was good timing too! Kinda funny. You may be wondering "Weez why then do you have Zingers in the house?" well I have a teenage son. So well he likes em in his lunch. I feel much better today. Going to use my lunch break to walk with my friend who is also doing WW. Well, good reminder, you can't do it alone! Thanks guys...and I will walk away from the Zingers, in fact I have a picture in my head of someone standing in my kitchen with a big megaphone "Weez! Put down the Zingers! Walk away from the Zingers now and no one gets Hurt"...Pretty funny picture! Whatever works right?

discouraged...

Well...I went to weigh in tonight at Weight Watchers. Expecting good news. I tracked all week. I got some exercise in and I drank water...so why did I have a slight gain? I mean is was like .4 but still it has bummed me out. I dont know what I could do differently. I am thinking that I need to eat a bigger breakfast and lunch and smaller dinner. Maybe I wasn't eating throughout the day as I was supposed to? Well I have to keep fighting...that I know! So I will just have to see what works better this week. 
I am just being honest, I am bummed. Especially when I was expecting a weight loss tonite. So that is where I am at on my weight loss adventure...a little discouraged tonight. Fight on. Right? I love getting advice, tips from people, so if you feel like sharing..well share away.

Still kicking!

Well...I am almost to week 3 of weight watchers. I am hoping I can drop some more pounds this week. I have noticed a strange thing happening...WW has a point system, you are allowed so many points a day determined by your weight and so on...At first I felt like I didnt have enough points for the day. The first 3 days, wanted to quit...now here is a problem..I am having a hard time eating so many points in a day? Very strange! I make sure I get those points, but hmmmmm...I have a goal to be at my 5% + goal by September 22. I am on track to hit that so that will be cool!

I have to tell you this story...While we were up in the Northwoods of WI last week my now teenage son and I had an interesting night. We decided to drive through the woods to go to Walmart. On our way I started to sing "Out in the woods there was a bear a great big bear a way out there..". Hunter - as usuall - asked me to stop singing as it was annoying him. I said I just want to see a bear! We hadn't seen one up there for a few years. Well we looked up ahead on the road and say a black blurr! I stopped and looked out my driver side window and right there, a car length away from me was a black bear staring at us! He was hugging the tree getting ready to climb. And we just stared at each other for what seemed hours (I am sure was seconds!) as I was feeling so much regret to not have the camera! Then the bear got down off the tree, just looked at us in the car, and walked off in the woods. IT was so cool! Note to self, leave a camera in the car!

Whoo Hooo!

So, I was on vacation, again in the Northwoods of WI on vacation. Just love it up there, but I realize when we go to the northwoods visit with family, I always am eating! No matter what! I guess my thoughts have been "hey you are on vacation! Eat whatever you want! Even if you are not hungry!". So I was a little concerned if I would be albe to keep up with the weight watchers plan. And with no computer, as I track my points on line, I thought this is going to be hard. But I kept track on paper. And watched what I ate. I even tried to stop myself and evaluate am I really hungry of just eating! IT was good! I kept track of what I ate! And I even went on a bike ride up there...about 5 miles 2 days in a row! That is great, for me! Look at the view! Pic above!

I went to my weigh in, expecting to see either no gain no loss or at least some gain. Only to find out, I lost 2.4 pounds! That is way cool! So wow, I surprised myself! Makes ya feel good ya know! Reminds me of jumping off the end of the dock into the lake at the cabin! You can't help but feel "Yipeeee!!!". I love to watch my son jump off and have such fun and joy doing that! Anyway I hope I can keep this up! Very cool! Ya know what is wild...I am finding that now I am not even thinking about the fact that when I want a snack, I seem to be going for the yogurt of veggies! Whoo Hooo!!!

Hopelessly devoted..to food

Ok I had to share this! Talking with friends tonight about my wieght watcher stuff. We were laughing at the words I thought of to a song from the Movie "Grease" let me tell you why. After the first meeting and I met one on one with your "Weight watchers Coach", she was awesome. She just reminded me of Olivia Newton John and I kept waiting for her to break into song "Hopelssley devoted to food"

Here are the words I have been picturing:

Guess mine is not the first heart broken
My eyes are not the first to cry, Im not the first to know, theres just no get over you
Hello, Im just a fool whos willin to sit around and eat for you
But burger cant you see, there's nothin else for me to do
Im hopelessly deovoted to food
But Now theres no where to hide since you pushed my fries aside, Im not in my head
Im hopelessly devoted to food...

My head is saying fool count those points
my heart is saying dont let go
Hold on to the end, loose another 10 for you
Im hopelessly devoted to food..


You get the picture. I hope you have a sense of humor. It sure cracked me up! One thing I have learned since I have been doing wieght watchers is man, I LOVE food! I seem to eat all the time! Now I am changing what I eat and thinking about what I eat...But man that song cracked me up! I had to share it with you all! Hope it can make you smile a little! :) I loved that movie!

Deep thoughts and weight loss

Well, today my niece Chelsea is if off to college. She has always been such a big help to me with work events, The Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walks. I know she will have a great time at school! Where did all the years go! last night we were all over at her house, and I was so proud of myself! I just had a half of a peice of cake. I wanted more. I wanted to eat even more later that night and I had to stop and ask myself "am I really hungry?" the answer was no. I just wanted to eat out of emotions. So glad I kinda figured my "trigger". Makes this weight watchers I am doing a little easier.

So tonight is my second weigh in....We will see. I know I need to get walking more. Once school starts I know it will be a lot easier to get out and walk. According to my scale, I am down 2 ponds! We will see what theirs says, funny how their scales, drs scales always seem different...hmmmmmm...

Weight Watchers still kicking!

Here I am Saturday. I have been closely following points now for 5 days. I have to be honest with you by day 3, I was ready to quit! Just didn't seem like enough to eat! But now I feel I am getting into the groove. I am a child of the 80s...remember the days of Pac Man, Zaxon, Galaga...oh yeah...Atari games! Well I feel I have to make this points system and game that I want to win. I like adding the points on line where it totals them up for you. Treating it like a game seems to work for me. So glad I am feeling more in the groove with this now! Pretty cool!
Oh if you all have any tips for items leave em here please! I found these 100% whole Wheat bagel thins (try saying that 10 times fast!) that count for 1 point. They are pretty good! My goal right now is to loose 10 ponds. Once I hit that, I will have another goal for 10 ponds. For me small steps is best!


Well have a good one!

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Weight Watchers first meeting

Well, I have to say I was a little overwhelmed. I want to loose weight. I just keep asking myself can I do it and keep the weight off! The Wieght Watchers program - points program seems to be the most doable for me. So I gave it a whirl. Signed up and went to my first meeting. Man, I kinda felt like I was going back to the first day of school. Was a bit nervous...but it seems pretty doable. My nerves were put at ease for the most part. Now I now what i need to do, the next it just doing it! I will keep you posted!