Hey!
Yeah, I know I said I was quitting Weight Watchers due to financial constraints but I decided, sitting in my WW meeting last week, that it’s worth it to keep going. Listening to Cindy, my leader, I was already missing her and the motivation I get when I go to meetings. I’m only half way to my goal and I really want to get to Lifetime again, so I can keep going for free, as long as I’m at goal. I know I’m someone who needs the continual support and stimulus of the weekly meetings and if I quit now, all my good intentions will fall by the wayside.
So, this week, I gained .4... The day before the meeting, I was in LA, walking a lot while drinking very little. That always messes up my system.
We’re trying to eat better. This week, I bought heads of lettuce and some spinach and tore it all up as soon as we got home from the store. Last night, I had a big, honkin’ salad for dinner, with cucumber, orange cranberries and walnuts. Yum! Tonight, I made tostada’s with shells, refried beans, lettuce, guacamole and a tiny bit of cheese. Again, yum! We’re making progress in the dinner department.
C’est la vie!
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
Weight Watchers...
Oops! Forgot to post yesterday. We went to get our taxes done in the morning and got thrown for a small loop. It's just disappointing when the state government screws you and doesn't give you anything in return, not even a damn cigarette!
Anyway, good news and bad news on the weight front.
GOOD-lost another 1.6 pounds, for a total of 21. Now I can get my Golden Spoon gift card!
BAD-This will be my last month of WW. I just can't justify spending the money right now. But The Husband and I are on a good path, wanting to start eating better and be healthier. We're walking again and bringing better food into the house. I'll continue to update here every Sunday. It'll help keep me honest and on track!
C’est la vie!
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Sunday Wishful Thinking
I wish I'd remembered to wear sunscreen yesterday to the jewelry show I did...
Can you tell I wore a big necklace??
C’est la vie!
Weight Watchers 25th Week
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Happy Easter! No Weight Watchers this week since they’re not open during the holiday. I could go to a meeting during the week, but I probably won’t.
I was doing good this week until I had some of that new Honey Walnut Shrimp at Panda Express yesterday. Yummy!! But it’s probably highly caloric due to the breading or whatever the shrimp is covered with. Tempura? All I know is that it was really good and I can’t have it very often, same as my beloved Orange Chicken. Normally I get chicken teriyaki because it’s just naked chicken and steamed rice… And I’m usually happy with that but sometimes a girl’s just gotta have something new!
The Easter Bunny made a stop here earlier in the week, in the form of malted eggs and some chocolate, courtesy of a friend at work whose SIL was a bit too generous with the Easter cheer. But all I brought into the house for today was cranberry almond salad mix and one of the new Skinny Cow ice cream cups.
C’est la vie!
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Happy Easter! No Weight Watchers this week since they’re not open during the holiday. I could go to a meeting during the week, but I probably won’t.
I was doing good this week until I had some of that new Honey Walnut Shrimp at Panda Express yesterday. Yummy!! But it’s probably highly caloric due to the breading or whatever the shrimp is covered with. Tempura? All I know is that it was really good and I can’t have it very often, same as my beloved Orange Chicken. Normally I get chicken teriyaki because it’s just naked chicken and steamed rice… And I’m usually happy with that but sometimes a girl’s just gotta have something new!
The Easter Bunny made a stop here earlier in the week, in the form of malted eggs and some chocolate, courtesy of a friend at work whose SIL was a bit too generous with the Easter cheer. But all I brought into the house for today was cranberry almond salad mix and one of the new Skinny Cow ice cream cups.
C’est la vie!
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Sunday, March 28, 2010
Weight Watchers 24th Week
Hey!
Junk out of the house and walking 5 nights out of 7 paid off. Lost 2 pounds! If I lose at least another .6 next week, I’ll be officially 20 pounds down and I can go get my $20 Golden Spoon gift card.
I’ve got another 25 pounds to lose… Sometimes I feel like I’ve gotten nowhere but I know, from the way my clothes fit and the fact that I’ve bought a few pieces lately that fit better than my old clothes, that I’ve made tremendous progress.
I’ve been watching the Jamie Oliver Food Revolution show. He’s really interesting but more than anything, he’s showing us how much we delude ourselves by thinking that what we eat is ok. The town he’s filming in was actually feeding their children pizza for breakfast in the schools!! I mean, really?? Cold pizza for breakfast as a teenager (or older…) was yummy and kinda sinful, but to have it condoned by the folks who should be watching out for kids! Cripes! I’m hoping this show will really inspire me to eat better.
That being said, I splurged this morning on some expensive Weight Watcher snacks, that should last me a couple of weeks.
I really want to start eliminating foods with ingredients I can’t pronounce (see above boxes…). I mean, what the hell is fructooligosaccharides???? Ah, it’s a process. More fruit, less fructooligosaccharides!
Ps--I swear I didn’t make up that long, ridiculous word!
C’est la vie!
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Weight Watchers 23rd Week
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I lost .2 pounds. I want to be sarcastic but really, what’s the point? This weight loss thing is much more difficult than when I was younger. And, to be honest, I’ve been throwing little potholes of my own making into my weight loss path, so if there‘s sarcasm, it must be aimed at my own little self.
Two things I’m going to do (or not do) this week:
1. No saltines and cookies in the house. When I was having the stomach problems, I started buying saltines. They are little booby traps! They’re small and seemingly non-caloric and they jump into my mouth by the fistful. And cookies?? ‘Nuff said. They are now banned from the house!
2. I do some exercise every day but The Husband has been wanting to resume our walks around our neighborhood, so we’ll start again tonight. Hopefully, that will jump start some losing!
So, I’m off to the grocery store to stock up on oranges and yogurt and other good things to set myself up for a GOOD week.
C’est la vie!
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I lost .2 pounds. I want to be sarcastic but really, what’s the point? This weight loss thing is much more difficult than when I was younger. And, to be honest, I’ve been throwing little potholes of my own making into my weight loss path, so if there‘s sarcasm, it must be aimed at my own little self.
Two things I’m going to do (or not do) this week:
1. No saltines and cookies in the house. When I was having the stomach problems, I started buying saltines. They are little booby traps! They’re small and seemingly non-caloric and they jump into my mouth by the fistful. And cookies?? ‘Nuff said. They are now banned from the house!
2. I do some exercise every day but The Husband has been wanting to resume our walks around our neighborhood, so we’ll start again tonight. Hopefully, that will jump start some losing!
So, I’m off to the grocery store to stock up on oranges and yogurt and other good things to set myself up for a GOOD week.
C’est la vie!
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Sunday, March 14, 2010
Weight Watchers 22nd Week
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OK, how did I manage to lose weight last week and gain this week?? The week of the dreaded colonoscopy?? You’d think a day of nothing but water and sparkling laxative would leave a girl pretty skinny… But no. Trust me--I weighed myself the morning of Preparation Day and again the morning of the test and I hadn’t lost an ounce. The Universe is playing a really bad joke on me, I swear…
And I must be having hormonal disharmony since I finally opened the box of Trader Joe Joe Joe’s, their peppermint holiday cookies. Slowly working my way through them. Ahem… It’s also Shamrock Shake time at McD’s. I tell ya, the Universe is stacked agin me right now.
Yeah, yeah, I know. I have to fight it. Ah, the best I can do is only drink a third of the large shake I shared with The Husband… Sometimes, you just have to do the best you can. And exercise. A LOT…
So, I need to establish some goals, with rewards. When I lose 2 more pounds, I’m going to buy myself a $20 Golden Spoon gift card. Their frozen yogurt is a good WW treat. And when I lose 5 pounds after that, I get to go buy a couple of pairs of sandals. I haven’t gotten new sandals in years and my two favorite pair are practically falling off my feet. So now I have something to look forward to.
C’est la vie!
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OK, how did I manage to lose weight last week and gain this week?? The week of the dreaded colonoscopy?? You’d think a day of nothing but water and sparkling laxative would leave a girl pretty skinny… But no. Trust me--I weighed myself the morning of Preparation Day and again the morning of the test and I hadn’t lost an ounce. The Universe is playing a really bad joke on me, I swear…
And I must be having hormonal disharmony since I finally opened the box of Trader Joe Joe Joe’s, their peppermint holiday cookies. Slowly working my way through them. Ahem… It’s also Shamrock Shake time at McD’s. I tell ya, the Universe is stacked agin me right now.
Yeah, yeah, I know. I have to fight it. Ah, the best I can do is only drink a third of the large shake I shared with The Husband… Sometimes, you just have to do the best you can. And exercise. A LOT…
So, I need to establish some goals, with rewards. When I lose 2 more pounds, I’m going to buy myself a $20 Golden Spoon gift card. Their frozen yogurt is a good WW treat. And when I lose 5 pounds after that, I get to go buy a couple of pairs of sandals. I haven’t gotten new sandals in years and my two favorite pair are practically falling off my feet. So now I have something to look forward to.
C’est la vie!
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