Even though I was slightly nervous about weighing in at my WW meeting last night (after vacation and at night as opposed to normal mid-day time) I showed another loss. This is my second weigh in and I’ve lost a total of 4.3 pounds in the 2 weeks I’ve been on it, yippee! If I can keep this up, that will be great!
Tonight I meet with my trainer, for the first time. Obviously I’m nervous, but I think she will be good for me. Will follow-up tonight about how that goes 
Work is making me extremely upset, not stressed out as much as I’m disagreeing with the tactics that some in my department are using. It makes me feel defeated, which I hate.
I am going to a WW tonight, cause I’m an idiot who forgot I had to help with a company reception last night when I planned to go to my weigh-in. So, I run home, walk Porter, grab my materials and head over to a meeting.
I’m trying to budget out my weekly groceries. Not so much because I have to, rather I’m curious how much I can get for my money. Anywho, this week Healthy Choice meals were 2/$4, so I decided to go with their Panini’s as opposed to Lean Cuisine Panini’s which are running $2.44 a piece. Although the Healthy Choice panini’s are ok, I must say, they are NOT in the same league as the Lean Cuisine’s. Sorry. So, next week, I’m back with LC.
Finally, something odd happened at the reception last night and I want outside opinions. Last week, before vacation, I saw a coworker, and she looked obviously pregnant. Since no one had told me anything, I just kept my mouth shut. Well, yesterday, she announced that she was in fact pregnant. When she came over to my office are to let us know, I smiled and said “You know, when I saw you last week, I thought you might be, but I just figured you’d let us know” Well, her response was “Well, I’m glad you didn’t say anything, that is just plain rude!” Umm…..what? The woman clearly has developed a small basketball and wearing baggy clothes didn’t really hide it, plus it’s not like I was implying she was fat, I thought she was pregnant and it turned out she was. WTF?
B: 1/2 of my Oatmeal (1)
S: 1 fruit roll up (1)
L: HC Panini (6) and cucumber and tomatoes in homemade italian dressing (2)
S: Fiberone Granola Bar (2) and a homemade fruit cup (apples, pears & berries) (1)
D: Chicken Baseballs (7) and side salad (1 for dressing)
Total: 21, leaves 1 point for a late night snack.
Ok, if you read or watch the news, MRSA is the super version of staph infection that is resistant to most drugs. Well, I get back from vacation to find that there are 2 cases in the Bryan-College Station area. I’m such a freak that now I’m like ‘Oh shit!’ and am wanting to disinfect pretty much everything I come into contact with During my lunch break, I’m going to run to Walmart to buy some of the antibacterial gel that dries instantly, also maybe some Wet-ones. Yeah, I’m a freak that way, but better safe than sorry.
Vacation was a lot of fun. Got to spend time with Kirk, which was nice. Haven’t seen him since August!! I’ll see him again in a couple of weeks, then Thanksgiving and then hopefully he graduates in December.
I ate as well as I could, given that most of my main meals were from restaurants. I stepped on the scale last night and it’s showing I managed to lose .5 a pound, which isn’t great, but being that I was on vacation, I see that as a HUGE victory. I’m switching meeting times to tonight at 5:45 instead of the 12:30 meetings. It was just too difficult to run to the meeting, stay, then grab something to eat, then run back to work, all in my hour lunch break. True, no one would make a big deal out of it if I was late, but it make me nervous anyway.
Have a good day, y’all!
B: Banana Bread Oatmeal (3)
S: 2 Fruit Roll-ups (2)
L: California Roll (4.5) and Calamari Salad (3)
S: Fiber one bar (2) or Applesauce (1)
D: Unknown (7.5)
Total : 22
Checking in to say goodbye for the week. I’m going on vacation with my mom, down to Corpus Christi and then do some shopping in Mexico for a few days. Not planning on having internet, so I won’t be posting.
I WILL however keep my WW tracker & kit with me so I’ll still be on plan. Plus, my mom was pretty impressed with my 2.8 pound loss and the fact that on Weight Watchers you can eat regular food, so I’m supposed to show her what’s up and eat on plan so that she can see a “normal” few days on Weight Watchers, so that will help. Plus, I’ve packed some snacks to eat along the way–Fiber One bars, Fruit Roll-ups, Crystal Lite, pear cups, etc. So, I think I’ll be good.
Have a good week, y’all!
B: Oatmeal - 3
S: Fruit Roll Up - 1
Dark Chocolate haystack - 2
L: LC Panini - 5
Side Salad w/ Light Ranch Dressing - 2
S: Pears - 1
D (on the road, driving home): Wendy’s Chicken Nuggets Kids meal - 8
Total: 23
Daily points used: 22
Weekly points: 1/35
It annoys me that “Gimme More” by Britney Spears is growing on me and that I actually dance in my chair at work when the song comes on.
Whoop! Lost 2.8 pounds!!
Felt good about this, it’s definitely better than the last time I tried WW (gained on first week). Weigh-in lady told me to just keep doing what I’ve been doing
So, what had I done last week to get that 2.8 pound loss? Staying in daily points as much as possible (I only used 5 of the 35 weekly flex points) and exercising. Last time on WW, I was eating the whole 35 weekly points on top of my daily 22. This time around I really want to focus on trying to use my daily points effectively and only use the 35 on occasional splurges (i.e. last week’s cookie cake and brownies party at work).
Also, today I knew I wanted a hamburger & fries, so what did I do? Ordered a Jumbo Jack (no cheese) and small fries, THEN ordered a side salad to eat as my afternoon snack. I only ate half of the Jumbo Jack. That whole thing would’ve been 14 points!! By splitting it in half and putting one half in the fridge, I knocked it down to an 11 point lunch(with the small fries). With the rest of my food today, I’ll be over by a point or two, but that should be fine.
I’m also making it a priority to work out every other day. I did 45 minutes at Golds last night, tonight I MIGHT try out a quick ab dvd, but am not sure if I’ll count it. They are in 5 minute segments, so I guess it depends on if I stick with it for more than 1 segment
B: Quake Oats Weight Control Banana Bread Oatmeal: 3
Diet Dr. Pepper: 0
S: Pear Cup: 1
L: 1/2 Jumbo Jack (no cheese): 7
Small Fries : 4
S: Side Salad w/FF Dressing: 1
D: Maybe a LC Panini: 5
S: Pear or Apple & Cool Whip: 1
Total: 22
Grrr…ok, so I pretty much wrote off green tea because I am not really a hot tea drinker. I’m barely a coffee drinker (only drink latte or iced latte). Then a few years back, Lipton came out with bottled green tea with lemon that could be served cold. Well, I didn’t like the lemon taste.
Well, last week a coworker and I tried out a new Vietnamese restaurant and they offered an Iced Green Tea. I found this interesting and ordered it just to see. Freaking LOVED it. Was freaked out about how I’d been missing out on this drink. Figured it would be easy to do. LIES!!! For the past week I’ve been trying brand after brand of green tea to no avail! See, this drink was light, bright green, but all the teas I’ve tried look dark, moss green. The taste is also not right. Mind you, all I did to the Vietnamese one was add some Splenda. The closest I’ve been able to find is Bigelow’s Pomegranate Green Tea, which still isn’t quite right, but has a lovely taste.
So last night, a friend and I went back to the same restaurant. I ordered the same drink and watched as they made it. They use a POWDER! All they did was add water, ice, the green powder and shook it up like a martini! AUGH! So off to google I went. Apparently they use Matcha Green tea They steam the tea leaves instead of roasting them, like normal green teas. It’s generally more expensive but a naturally sweeter green tea!! I can find some from Starbucks for around $10, but I’m waiting until lunch to go to World Market to see if they have any other brands.
Also, as I was waiting in my car, for my friend, in front of the restaurant, the radio D.J. was talking about how he lost some weight and a trainer he’d been using. Well he gave out her information and I wrote it down. I’ve been wanting a trainer, ever since my old trainer moved across the country. Welpers, my current gym (Golds) requires you to pay for packages, not single sessions. That makes me uncomfortable. Secondly, they expect you to meet with your trainer twice a week. Sorry no. For 10 sessions, it’s $500 and all of those sessions would be used up in about a month. Uh-uh. With my old trainer, we’d meet up every 2 weeks for hour long sessions, each session would end with her giving me a workout schedule. It was great and fit me perfectly. I can stick to a schedule and training regime once it is built for me. Working with old trainer is what had me down to my lowest 148 pounds. But she just HAD to get married to some dude who lived in Cali…sigh.
Anywho, this trainers site sounds similar to what I used to do. She starts out at $65 but after 5 sessions, she goes down to $60, then after 10 sessions she’s $55. This seems reasonable to me if I can set up an every two week schedule. ALSO, she does nutrition review. She ACTUALLY COMES INTO YOUR HOME AND LOOKS IN YOUR CUPBOARDS! She’ll pull out what is bad and write up a better nutrition plan after getting to know what you like. Crazy and cool all at once. I’m pretty sure if I tell her I’m on WW she won’t have much objection, but don’t you think it’d be cool to have someone look at what you really eat?!
It just seemed like a pretty title
I’m sitting at my desk, bracing myself for the attack of my sales guys. I had to send out an email to all of them requesting a LOT of information that I think is near impossible for them to get to me. But this info came down from the pres of the company, so what else can I do. So I sit and wait for the fallout. Already received one nasty email and one really funny one from a guy who understands this didn’t come from me!
I thought food was going to be tough today (lunchtime meeting) but I ended up being able to order the food for people, so I was able to customize my meal. I ended up being so low on points for the day, I was able to sneak in a snack size Kit Kat
B: Low Sugar Oatmeal & Iced Green Tea - 2
S: 100 Cal English Muffin & Laughing Cow Cheese - 2
L: 1/2 Turkey Reuben (turkey, saurkrat, spicy mustard on rye) and Baked Lays - 7.5
S: Snack size Kit Kat - 2
D: 2 Mini Chicken Pot Pies and a spinach salad w/ mushrooms, tomatoes, banana peppers & ff honey mustard dressing - 6.5
Total: 20 pts
Leaves me with 2 points for a dessert. Maybe a Nutrisystem chocolate cake w/ coolwhip?
I’ve decided that it is not the plan for me. Eating the same foods over and over just got boring. However, it is working really well for my father, he has lost about 10 pounds in 6 weeks. He is continuing on with the plan, which was the original goal of me joining.
I ended up going to Weight Watchers on Monday and signed up. Must admit the past few days of food has seemed like absolute HEAVEN compared to Nutrisystem. LOL.
Guess what else I did last night? Worked out….I know, shocker. But I had more energy last night than I’ve had in the past month, so off to Gold’s I went. Tonight I’m going to ride the mountain bike around the neighborhood. It’s getting darker earlier, so it’s safer for me to ride the bike that can go on sidewalks, IMO. There are some narrow roads that I just feel more comfortable riding in daylight.
Anywho, today’s menu:
B: Thomas 100 Cal English Muffin-1pt
1 egg (cooked at work in microwave)-2pt
1 Laughing Cow Light cheese wedge - 1pt
L: Mini Chicken Pot Pies (www.dwlz.com)- 5pt
Tomato Slices - 0pt
S: Carrots - .5pt
Vanilla Soy Milk - 2 pt
Peach Medley Applesauce - 2
D: BBQ Chicken Wraps (ww online)- 5pt
I’ll have 3.5 points left, so I’ll either add a side to the Chicken Wraps or add another snack food somewhere.
Today is apparently Bosses Day and someone brought breakfast tacos and fruit. Mind you, I just finished eating some oatmeal, so I’m not particularly hungry. My boss walks up to me, with a plate of food, I politely say no thanks, and she sighs and says “ugh, are you being healthy today?”. Gee, thanks….
I just explained I had just finished my oatmeal, but she just shook her head and walked off. Really?! Is it that big of a deal that I didn’t want a taco?
Other than that, I’m still on baby duty. My cousin has a 9:30 appt to see what the baby is doing, her hubby isn’t back until Wednesday night. Bless her heart, she sounds completely and utterly miserable (gee, really makes me want to have a kid, lol, SARCASM). We’ve already joked that this is her 3rd child and she’s acting like she never had a kid before, lol. With Ally (baby #2) my cousin was running up & down stairs the day before she was born. Catelyn (still in belly) has been somewhat of a pain (albeit a LOVED pain) since about 6 months in the womb. I think it just goes to show how different children are from the start.
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