Week 12 Day 1 or when whales become butterflies

I am writing this at 4:00 in the morning.  I can't fall back asleep probably because I was asleep by 6:30 yesterday evening.  I thought I would be productive by putting down my thoughts about my last Weight Watchers week before I know the results of the scale.

This past week has been a challenge at work and at home.  I fell down on several things such has not writing down what I ate and I only drank half my water one day.  We ate at Chick-Fil-A last evening as a political statement which explains the waffle fries, right!?  Yesterday I even found out what "sin" tastes like.  A co-worker brought me a very small piece of Sopapilla Cheesecake Pie and now I know why humans sin!  Oh my gosh it was the most amazing goodness in my mouth.  She gave me the recipe which I will treasure and make at the holidays for my family.

I also found out that if I take snacks to work that I want more and that I will eat them even if I'm not hungry.  If I snack I want more and more and more.  The days I didn't take snacks I was fine and didn't go hungry and stayed more focused.  I suppose I won't be taking snacks to work on a daily basis.

I didn't eat many fruits nor vegetables last week and I will change that.

Here are the positive things about last week.  I took my lunch to work every day.  In the evening I had my turkey soup.  I had turkey, carrots, onions, rice, thyme and rosemary in it.  After I boiled the carcass, I put the pot in the ice box and the next day, I got as much fat as I could off the top.  There was quite a bit of meat in it.  Really the turkey soup was delicious and filling so there wasn't a lot of after dinner eating last week.

I have found my back hurting less and less and my energy level increasing.  I find my thoughts turning to making decorating changes in the house which hasn't been there in years.  I curled my hair and that was new and positive.  I slept a lot, probably from the stress at work. 

A couple of nights ago I jumped up out of bed and sat on the edge of the bed thinking something was wrong or different.  Then I realized I hadn't flailed around like a beached whale trying to get out of bed.  It is easier to tie my shoes and my girlish snicker's are getting a little waddish.  I wore a long sleeved white shirt yesterday which was much looser then it had been.

I suppose I will never have a perfect week but I want to re-energize myself.  I am going to make my sweet and tart cucumbers today.  I will pull some chicken out of the freezer to thaw and bake a couple of potatoes.  I am going to take a walk this weekend and see what my stamina is like.  I want a nice salad!

All in all I like this past week and I shall see at the scale how well I did!  Stand by...............