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I am tired. There is no doubt about it. I have been working hard. My goal this week was to earn 3 activity points. I have earned 9. I think I have met my goal. Food wise it has been hit and miss. I am staying within my points but not always meeting my healthy guidelines. Today i ended up with 10 points left over. I ended up skipping lunch because I was so busy at work. I had ebough time to pop some popcorn and eat it while I was charting. I was late getting off work and I had to rush home to get my kids ready for trick or treating. We walked for over 1 1/2 hours. part of the time I was carrying my 3 year old son. My feet were tired but it was worth it. Then I was 8 oclock before I even though about eating. Sunday we went to a new trail that opened and we walked for 45 minutes. I am going to dread winter time because it will be too cold to take the kids out and walk the trails. I enjoy doing that more than walking on a treadmill. Plus it is the family time I am enjoying.

I did sneak a treat out of my son’s bag. Bad mommy I know. I have a weakness for reeses peanut butter cup.  That would be my second one of the day. My grandma gave me one for halloween. And plus the two mini ones I had a work today. I feel like I need chocolate for stress at work. I need to find a better replacement. I couldn’t go to my office because I was on the floor working days. . And as of next week, I lose my office because I am getting a promotion back to days. More stress, but i will be home at the same time as all my family. Hope you all have a great evening.

Hope everyone had a great day. I did. I went to the Y to work out today. I started on the treadmill for about 2 mins then I went over to the cross country ski machine and did 15 minutes. Went of about 1 1/2 miles on the machine. I then hopped back on the treadmill and walked another 18 mins at a slower pace and walked 0.6 mile. I was exhusted afterwards. the treadmill wasn’t bad but the ski machine about killed me.  But I felt great afterwards. I also did 30 abdominal crunches. Then I went home and had a nap with my family.

We went to the Trunk and Treat night at our church. It was a blast. The kids had so much fun. I ended up having a hot dog without the bun, a bowl of chili and 1/2 a cup of hot chocolate. I also ate a small cookie. I am proud of my self for skipping the chips, all the other desserts, and I did not eat any candy.  Have a great night

I finally exercised. I did 20 mins of yoga and pilates. I am out of shape that is for sure but I am happy I did it. I am sure I will feel muscles tomorrow that I have forgotten I had. My back doesn’t feel bad right now so I am happy for that. 

Tomorrow will be a tough day. We are doing Trunk or Treat at our church complte with hot dogs and chips. I am taking lots of water with me so I have drinks. No soda here. I think I will take some fruit as well to snack on so I will not feel so hungry and pig out. Now if I can stay away from the candy, that would be great.

Today was a busy day. I did good diet wise and made some good choices. I had to attend an all day class for work to become certified to teach basic TB courses. I passed. I am not a big public speaker. I prefer to stay in the back ground so people don’t look at me. I do not have alot of self confidence in my self.  This was my first time teaching someting to a group of people I do not know.

They had a lot of food laid out for us to eat. I skiped the cookies and soda and even the bagel and cream cheese. I had oatmeal and water. At lunch I had a sub from subway and an apple. I had some popcorn. not much though. I was proud of myself for refusing the chocolate as well. I hope everyone had a great day. Take care.

I lost 4.6 lbs this week. Today was ww weigh in. I was happy with the results. I struggled this week trying to stay in control and not give up. I am glad i suceeded. That puts my weight loss up to 9.2 lbs in 3 weeks. I did get a memo on my weight tracker that I am losing to fast and to see my doctor. I havn’t really done much but modify my eating. I still eat alot of the same foods. I just eat less portions and add more veggies. I have also taken the time to slow down and not rush with eating so I do not overstuff myself. In the past I would eat so fast then get seconds befoe my brain registered ”Hey I am full.” Now that I am slowing down i notice I am fine after 1 portion of each item. Sometimes not even hungry enough to finish what is on my plate but then i still do most of the time. Still working on that. But a good day. I did treat myself to a large rootbeer today. If I go over my points then I still have extra weekly points I never seem to use but 1 or 2I usually have extra daily points left over and i adjust my dinner according to amount of points I have left.  

One thing i need to work on this week is exercise. I know it goes hand in hand. My goal is to try to get in at least 20 mins of extercise in the next week. Here is to a new week.

Thanks for all your support. I know my husband is happy that I am trying. He tells other people that I am on WW now. He comes back with stories that other people tell him WW is great, I lost such and such pounds. It just seems that it’s harder for him to stay positive to me at times. I like Debbie’s idea to give him a kiss and thank him for his support. I actually don’t even taalk to him about my diet hardly at all. He will bring it up. I just answer any questions he asks. I get my support from my sis in law. Right now hubby and I work different shifts so we really only spend about 20 mins a day together. He is asleep when I get home and I am asleep when he goes to work. We are getting ready to go to the same shift so that will be an interesting event. Then we will be eating meals together every day of the week, Not just weekends. Fun fun. Have a great day.

It’s been a few days since I posted last. Right now I feel like I am living life on fast forward. Everything is go go go. I find it hard to cook meals right now. Weekends are the hardest for me. I have my whole family to feed. My husband always suggests places that it is hard to control my points like chinese. My kids love eating at chinese buffet. When I say I don’t want to eat there Its sorry kids mom said no. Then I feel like the bad guy. I will send them on their own and I will stay home and eat something. That doesn’t bother me. I feel like I am not ready to go to a buffet place yet. I want to be more confident that I will choose the right foods and not over indulge. This week seems to be the hardest. I am finding I want to slip in to my old habits. I am trying hard to hang on to control. I am coming back to the mindset one day won’t hurt to eat what ever I want. Unfortuantly for me one day turns into two then three and the next thing you know I am back to where I started. If it wasn’t for my sister in law, I don’t know if I could keep this up. Getting all the encouragement from her means the world to me. My mom and sister are there for me but it is my Sis in law that I talk to ever day  and she keeps me accountable for what I eat. I wish I could get that kind of support from my husband. I was making a side dish that required some prep and he said seems to be a lot of trouble to save a few pounds. Or he will want to eat out at some place that is not healthy for any of us. I have lost almost 5 pounds in 2 weeks. His response is that is nice. not as good as say 10 pounds would be but 5 is ok. Sometimes I just want to smack him upside the head. He can be an insinsitive person at times. I know he is having a hard time believeing I will stick to this. I havn’t been able to stick to any diet before. And I know he hates when I do try to lose weight because then he feels like he is losing out on being able to eat ”good” food because I will not cook it. I just wish he would be more suportive.  

I lost 3.2lbs in the last week. Given how bad I feel, I was very happy to see that. The bloating and cramping started yesterday, so I was sure the scale wouldn’t move. Usually at this time of the month I would be pigging out on sweets. I am resolved to fight the urge. I will splurge on my points tonight and eat at my favorite fast food place. I am going to order the happy meal though so I still won’t go overboard. This place has the best root beer. I only had a 2 point breakfast and a six point lunch. I still have 28 points to go. I am just doing a little happy dance. Have a great day

Yesterday I had a good day. I was able to use all my daily points for WW throughout the day. I did have a higher dinner than normal at 6:30pm. 15pts that left me 4 points the rest of the evening. Work was good as well. Finially a night that was not so stressful. Being a manager is not all it is cracked up to be. I do know that stress is a big sticky point for me. It makes me want to eat more. My boss keeps alot of candy in her office which I have access to in the evening, I used to go there and de stress and grab a few mini peanut butter cups (my fav candy). I have been using other offices  to do my charting to reduce the temptation. I will let myself have 2 and count them on my points when I do. I also keep 2 pont snacks in my office when I feel the need to eat something. I brought a cd player in so if I feel  like I am getting stressed I go to my office and turn the music on and relax for 5 minutes. Better than eating candy.

Point wise I am doing good today. I had 2 egg sandwhichs for 6 pts and grapes. I had a pickle for lunch but havn’t eaten a meal yet. I just wasn’t hungry.

Losing weight can be an emotional rollercoaster. I have done it before. I have lost up to 30 pounds dieting. The bad thing is once I stop dieting I gain it all and plus some back. I have tried many different diets. The hard thig was giving up the foods I love. I came to a point that I decided I was just going to eat what I want and be happy for who I was. Then the weight kept coming and I started to notice the changes. I would become winded just walking up the stairs, I am to tired to play with my kids, My feet, legs and back hurt after working all day. I realized not only was I was hurting myself for allowing this to happen, I was hurting my family. I need to lose weight. I know that now. Getting started was hard. A girl I work with started weight watchers. She was telling me about the meetings so I decided to try it out. So far i love it. The ladies at the meeting are so nice. I am a shy person and I hate going to new places, especially alone. These ladies made me feel welcomed and accepted. After the meeting, several of them came up and wished me luck. When I went back the second time, the welcomed me back like they were glad to see me.

My problem lies in the fact I love food. I ate all the time. Even if I wasn’t hungry. I never liked to waste food. I would finish my plate even if I was full. At the end I would feel so full I felt like i needed to be sick. I am trying to change that thought. It did not work to well yesterday. Instead of throwing the rest away after i felt full, I kept eating till it was gone. I am following WW flex plan and It was part of my daily points. I am finding that I am having a hard time eating all my points. I eat such low point meals that by 9 pm I will still have up to 20 points left. then I start trying to cram food in to use my points. I need to adjust my meals to include higher points.  I have started eating alot of veggies. Anyone who knows me, knows I wasn’t a veggie eater except for green beens, corn, and on occasion cooked carrots. I hate crunchy veggies. Not sure why though. I recently started steaming vegs, I decided to try new veggies. I found I love steamed Broccoli and aspargus. I also found that I don’t miss rootbeer as much I thought I would. I used to drink several 32 oz a day. I will allow myself to drink 1 20 oz at least 1 time a week. I found that I can’t even drink the whole thing. 

I can do this.

Hello, I was directed here by my wonderful sister in law. I have decided to take the steps to change my life for the better. I have joined WW. I have been on WW flex points for a week and I have lost 1.4 lbs according to the last weigh in.  I am looking forward to making my life better for me and my family.