Week 27 Day 1 or seeing too much of Sandi Jo

I have been feeling rotten since right before Christmas.  I just can't seem to get the energy back.  I have been trying to take care of me but my health is rebelling at the moment.

I went home early yesterday at work.  I was afraid I might be coming down with the flu but I slept pretty well and did not want to roll out of bed and go to my Weight Watcher meeting.  You know I love those things so I must be out of sorts to feel this way.  I got up and got dressed anyway.  I knew I was going to gain but much to my surprise I lost and lost big time.  I lost 5 pounds even!  I am now a 262 pounds and 3 pounds from 40 lost at a total of 37 pounds gone.

There were tons of new faces and I even contributed at the meeting.  One thing Casey said during the meeting really struck me.  "Don't quit before you talk to me!"  I was thinking perhaps if the first leader I had back in the 80's had said that I would not have reached the 300 pound point.  I promise I won't quit before I talk to her!  I don't believe I will give up on this but that is my promise.

Water is something I haven't been drinking but this past week I can't get enough of it.  Casey says that when we feel as though are lips need lip balm that is because we need to drink water, we are needing to hydrate our bodies.  I now see that.  So water is going to be something I consume more of.

Greek yogurt, everyone is talking about it.  I tried it sometime back and it was awful.  So last week I bought 1 carton of it, pineapple.  Oh my gosh I didn't know you have to stir the stuff off the bottom and into the yogurt.  It was to die for.  I bought more at the grocery Thursday and I am in love with it.  It is so rich and custardy...very filling.

Oh and I had a Jerry Springer moment this morning when I tucked the entirety of both my hands down into my jeans!  Then I realized I could pull them down without unzipping or unbuttoning them!  I think I am going to need a smaller size soon.

So even though I am under the weather I choose joy!  I am proud I went to my meeting, I am thankful I have a great job with terrific people, I am joyful in my husband and our life and I have the most wonderful family anyone could ever hope for.  On that note I hear my bed calling to me and I think I will answer that!  Until we eat again!

Week 26 Day 1 or I am cracked alright!

One of my favorite sayings "Blessed are the cracked for thru them the light will shine!"  Yes I am cracked but not shattered.  I had a gain at the scale, 1.1 pound.  Okay I own it.  I didn't eat right this last week and I haven't journaled my food in weeks.  So today is day 1, I have put the past behind me.  I wish I could get this respiratory stuff behind me but I am sick again.  Not as badly as the week of Christmas but I am puny!

Our Weight Watcher meeting was full at 8:00am.  There were some new faces.  I was excited because Casey has begun to remember my name!  I feel special.  We talked about this new Simple Start program which you eat power foods and don't weigh and measure.  I have pulled the leaflet out and will read it over later.

I went to the grocery store and came home and put the groceries away.  I put potatoes on to boil as my Caribbean cutie wants potato salad.  I got myself a small steak and will have that as well as a salad for dinner.

I rediscovered shredded wheat.  One serving is 1.7 ounces and 4 points.  I had that with a half cup of skim milk and a tablespoonful of sugar.  Oh my was that good, and filling.

 

I know I am late to the Greek Yogurt party but I did try some and I thought it awful.  I thought I would try it again only to discover there was probably fruit at the bottom and I didn't stir it up the first time.  All I have to say is I need to go back and buy more because this was so awesome!  One dollar per 6 ounce container is pricey but oh my gosh it was 4 points of heaven.

 

I was very excited to find my beloved sandwich rounds at Aldi's.  They are 3 points just like the ones I bought at Hy-Vee but I paid 1.99 for Aldi's brand and at Hy-Vee they are 3.19.  They are really good too!

 

I am exhausted and I am going to lay down and snore for an hour or so before I tackle that potato salad.  Stay healthy and happy and until we eat again!



Week 25 Day 2 or On the brink of my future!

 

I was really sick last week and have been getting better each and every day.  Nothing could have kept me away from my Weight Watcher meeting last week (12/21/13).  I stayed the same weight which was good.  The room was virtually empty but for about 8 or so steadfast believers!  Snow and ice didn't keep us away.

 

Yesterday was a much nicer morning weather wise and there were some new faces at the meeting in anticipation of the New Year and their new futures.  I jumped on the scale not quite knowing what to expect since I really didn't eat for the first really sick 3 days of the week, last Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.  Christmas day involved a bit of cheese ball, a big piece of fudge and a slice of turkey and a baked potato.  I lost 2.7 pounds.  I was excited and squealed and jumped around.  At 265.9 pounds I have lost a total of 33.1pounds!  Imagine that!!!!  My daily points have dropped one and I can use 34 plus points.

 

2014 is going to be a great year.  I have decided my focus will be on me, my weight loss journey, my sewing and my cross stitch.  I intend on getting moving with my girl friends when the weather is warmer, walking that is!  I have started a new little cross stitch project to ring in the new year.  I threw away all my past failures that were holding me back from my future successes at yesterday's meeting and I am so excited about the rest of my life.

Oh yes, Santa gave my Prince and I a new Canon Camera! Plus I got a cool tripod so I will be able to bore you with plenty of pictures too! 

 

I do need to go as I need to be somewhere in a half hour.  Until we eat again my pretties!



Week 23 Day 1 or Good Bye 270's, Hello 260's!

I hit it folks!  I am so happy with myself.  Today I weighed in at 268.6 pounds, that is a total loss of 30.4 pounds and I lost 1.6 pounds last week!  I received my Weight Watcher key chain at the meeting for losing 10% of my enrollment weight.  I am so excited and pleased. 

I know I can do this! 

I KNOW I CAN DO THIS! 

I KNOW I CAN DO THIS!

 

We had the rain and cold yesterday after work but the Prince and I went to the grocery stores.  We have grapes and clementines and bananas.  We have chicken and ground beef.  We have cauliflower and tomatoes and cukes and broccoli.  We have yogurt and rice and cottage cheese.  I am ready for a great week.

 

I found some sugar free apple pie filling and a Pillsbury Apple and Caramel cake mix.  I plan on making a dump cake tomorrow. 

 

I am ready to take on the week before Christmas and do it well.  Until we eat again!

 



Week 22 Day 2 or great chocolate fix!

 

I wanted some chocolate.  I had a brownie mix in the cupboard.  I did a little figuring and made me brownies.

Brownie mix
½ cup of unsweetened applesauce
¼ cup of water
cinnamon

I mixed those 4 ingredients up.  Sprayed my Pyrex square glass pan with cooking spray and spread the mixture in the pan.  Sprinkled some cookie decorative stuff on the top and baked at 350° for about 40 minutes.  I cooled and then cut into 16 squares.

Three points each and they are good cake-like brownies.  Love them and will make them again!

I am going to wrap them up individually and pop them in the freezer.  They will be great to throw into my lunch bag for work!

Until we eat again!

Week 22 Day 1 or Dang close

Well I got knocked down last week with a gain of 1.6 pounds.  At weigh in today I lost 2.8 pounds which was amazing!  So I lost the 1.6 I gained and added 1.2 more pounds to boot!  So I am now down to 270.2 pounds and about ready to say hello to the 260's.  I am 1.2 pounds away from a 30 pound loss.  I have lost a total of 28.8 pounds!  I am proud of me.

I did not write down 100% of my bites.  I petered out on Thursday at dinner.  One day this week I hit 103% of my daily activity goal, it is the first and only time I have done that.  It is so blasted cold right now.  I have taken to taking the long way to the bathroom at work when I am at work.  I walk all the way around the perimeter of the call center to and from the bathroom.  That helps get me closer to my activity goals.

We have had some fruit in the house and that has helped this week.  One day, Tuesday I got off of work starving because I didn't take lunch with me and I stopped at Wendy's on the way home.  I got a cheeseburger deluxe at 9 points and a small chocolate frostie at 15 points!  Yikes!  But I didn't eat when I got home and actually came in that day using all my daily points and none of my weekly allowance.

At a meeting months ago I briefly heard mention of meal planning sites.  I went looking and found "Shrinking on A Budget" last Sunday.  Some enterprising woman puts together weekly meal plan using foods and ingredients that you would normally have in any kitchen.  Each week you get the meal plan for Weight Watcher meals and snacks with the recipes for those meals and the shopping list!  It costs $10 for a year!  I absolutely love it.  The meals are reasonable, have you ever seen recipes in magazines and cookbooks with these wild ingredients?  This is not like that, it is real world.  I joined and love this!  I print off the weekly meal plan and then put them in a 3 ring binder.  LOVE IT!!

It has been a great week, really, and I will sign off for now.  Until we eat again!

Week 21 Day 2 or Bumming about my Activity

 

See there is that little Active Link scutter plugged into my computer to spit out my wonderful attempt at walking yesterday.  Well it spit alright, right in my eye!  Damn thing!

I only got 65% of my activity goal yesterday.  That big long bar is me walking at noon and the rest is me sitting on my donkey/mule/ass all day long!  Crap on toast!

This is a good day of journaling my bites.  As you can see I had 9 points left at the end of the day!  Good girl.  The highlight of my day was my cauliflower on toast.  This is one of my favorite childhood meals my dear Mum used to make for us.  I think I was the only one of her four kids that liked it.

 

Green Giant has Steamer bags that are 3 points total, or 3 servings of 1 point.  Cauliflower and cheese, broccoli and cheese and I forgot the other.  LOVE IT!

 

I am so excited about this recipe I found at Weight Watcher girl.  It is a soft pretzel with cinnamon and icing and it is 5 points.  Easy to make, quick to make and decadent. http://www.theprettyyouproject.blogspot.com/2013/11/cinnamon-glazed-soft-pretzels-quick.html The neat thing is I had soft pretzels in the freezer and now I can make myself a great treat.  Life is good!

 

So today I have had one bottle of water with my medicine and I am going to search some more for good recipes.  I want to hit the grocery and take some books over to the dear Mum.  My Prince has Christmas Carols blasting on our home theater system, ugh!

 

Well happy eatings from your Pink Cricket!