Catching Up

Okay, I have lapsed in blogging but not in my WW program! Okay, so I did just a little bit at the weekend but it was my birthday, my friends made me dinner and bought me a cake, and I had a glass of wine, or three! However, I did not let one bad day/dinner turn into a bad week. I am not really expecting to have lost much this week, but as long as I haven't gained I will be happy.

I haven't really done much exercising either since the weather was not great so I couldn't walk to work, however I braced the cold winds today and walked in and then walked up to the north end of campus after lunch and felt much better for it. I am definitely not a gym kind of person but I am really into walking now.

So weigh in is tomorrow, I will let you know how I do. I am waiting for Karla to reappear when she is ready - she had a vacation in Vegas so I know for sure she didn't give Weight Watchers a second thought! But hey, that's life and you have to do the best you can and indulge when you need to!

Weekly Weigh In

I weighed in tonight and I lost 3lbs this week! I was so excited! That is 5.8lbs total now and I feel soooo much better already. Just think how I will feel when I have lost the full 27.4lbs!

I have been walking so much this week, I even started walking to and from work. Not so bad on the way there, all uphill on the way back! However, I realized that I was getting more of a work out so now I have changed my daily walking habits and instead of walking around the quad 4 times (which equals a mile) I walk to the north end of campus and back, which is the same distance but it is uphill the whole way. I can feel the burn in my legs!

Seriously, I cannot remember the last time I got excited about exercise, but I am so enjoying walking. My legs are toning up and don't feel so jiggly anymore, and I am just enjoying the fresh air. However, I am exhausted come night time and can't wait to get to bed! But then I wake up energized and can't wait to walk again!

Weigh In

It looks like 1.4 is the magic number, because that is how many pounds I have lost this week again! 2.8lbs total. To be honest, it feels like a lot more, but the group leader said that they expect people to lose between 1 and 2lbs a week, so I am on track. I just want to weigh less already! Although I have to say that my clothes feel so much better on me and my legs are not as jiggly as they were, thanks to all the walking and the Sketchers Shape Ups!

Uh Oh

So I am having the dreaded PMS symptoms - bloating, wanting to stuff my face with chocolate! I hope I can make it through the next week without going off my diet because I am working so hard at this. I weigh in tomorrow and want to have a loss rather than a gain! I just don't feel comfortable today though and am extremely tired, which is how I feel a week before my not so favorite friend visits.

Luckily I have some Weight Watchers desserts in the house, so I am hoping that will satisfy my craving tonight and I am going to bed early because (a) I am tired and (b) if I am in bed sleeping I can't think about chocolate or eat it!

On the positive side, I have been doing tons of walking this week and yesterday I did almost 9,000 steps which is about four miles. And wearing these Sketchers Shape Ups, you can soooo feel it!

My Results

So I went to my 2nd meeting tonight. I lost the same amount of weight as Sally...1.4 lbs. Not a lot...but at least I get to move my lil blue elephant down the ticker line a bit.

A Moment of DUH

So since I started WW last week, I've been searching for the WW meals and the yummy snacks that Sally keeps referring to. I first went to a Superwalmart....didn't find them. Then I went to Shop N Save....didn't find them. Today, I went to Schnucks....and found them! However, as soon as I noticed them....DUH! I didn't know WW were the Smart Ones!!! Because, when you look at the box it looks like this:

Weight Watchers
SMART ONES

WTH? In my defense, I didn't have a 3 year old with me today telling me to hurry up! (yep, that's my excuse)

Anyway....I know have a bunch of meals....so I hope they are good. I picked up some Mexican flavored meals because I'm really craving the spice.
I also picked up every flavor of cake treat they had....hey, a girl needs variety!

Tonight is my first weigh in. I've been avoiding the scale......  Of course I want to see results on the scale, however, I didn't get fat overnight....so I'm not going to get skinny overnight either. My clothes feel looser and I feel better....I'm not all bloated and tired. So, that is something to be happy about regardless. However, I would really like to be able to move my little blue elephant on down the ticker line. ;)

Portion Control

Today I made up a batch of spaghetti. I really like the Morning Star crumbles, which is fake meat. Each serving has 2oz of whole wheat spaghetti (3 points), 2 grams of fake meat (2 points) and 4 tablespoons of canned tomato sauce (0 grams).

So each serving is 5 points. I kept looking at it thinking there was no way I could only eat one - I would normally have a serving size of three of those things at a whopping 15 points! But I had one tonight and it was totally satisfying and filling and made me realize that we are out of control with our portion sizes. Using this points system and figuring out exactly what I need to get through the day is so good for me. It keeps me in check with my portion sizes and makes me not want to go over my daily limit.