Today was a very hectic day. We had graduation and my para has been out sick and it's the last week of school and I'm losing my mind. I didn't eat for 8 hours between lunch and dinner because of graduation and WW Meeting afterward. Does anyone else agree that 8 hours is a long time to go without eating? Does anyone else get shaky hands and feeling like they're going to pass out? That's how I felt and I could have killed DH for telling me that's not a long time to go without eating. He told me the dog needs his toys and I'm like, "I need to make food first because I haven't eaten since 11:30am and it's 7pm, " and he's like, "that's not very long." Could. have. killed. him.
Anyway! We went to Sequim for the weekend. It's a little town out on the peninsula. We stayed on a quiet little lake and I really had a great time with the in-laws. We were originally there for DH's uncle's funeral. We'd never seen a military funeral before and it was really nice. Then we spent time at a reception nearby, where I avoided chocolate cake, Doritos and baked beans with bacon and cheese. I had one piece of sliced ham and some fruit. Needless to say, I was starving after that and asked DH to take me to Subway. hehe I saved all my flex points for Sunday's breakfast at the Oak Table Cafe, which is famous for its apple pancakes. Soooo amazing.
Our 2 year old nephew and probably 9 month old neice were also on this vacation, which equals screaming in the middle of the night for two nights. I have decided I am not ready for kids yet. Not at all. Nope, no kids for me!!! My parents would have a coronary if they read this. My sister and only other sibling has already stated that she will never have kids.
At WI today I lost 1.6 pounds and it feels so good. Now to plan for another busy weekend with 3 food-ridden events taking place. I hope all of you are doing well!
One thing we learn in University as upcoming teachers is that we always need to be "With-It". I am so not With-It today. I am so tired and lazy and done with the school year. So is everyone else.
I'm proud of myself for exercising yesterday when I had decided that I am not ready for it yet. I wanted to see how far I could get without any exercise. Luckily I have my friends, who invited me to the free gym at our apartment complex. Just getting invited was enough to make me say yes. I need to ask them for help by calling me or texting me whenever they want to go work out. A WW quiz made me realize that I need to ask for help more often, which is true.
We're off to Sequim tonight to stay with the family at a cabin. I will try not to focus too much on food because it's true that it's all I will want otherwise. Also, lots of gum and water. We're bringing the dog so that will keep me busy.
This is such a busy week with food so I find myself challenged. I am carefully writing in my WW food journal notes about how I can plan for the big weekend. We're leaving on Friday for Sequim, which is about 3 hours away. We'll stay Friday night, all of Saturday for DH's uncle's funeral, and come back whenever we feel like it on Sunday. The whole family will be there so there will be a lot of eating out. Here's my thoughts:
At each restaurant order something on the menu that is more like a "filling food" like chicken or fish.
Eat what I think is a reasonable portion and bag the rest.
Chew lots of gum in between meals
Drink lots of water
Any other ideas? I also went out to eat at Red Robin yesterday with a friend. My mind has been in a slight panic because of all the opportunities to binge. I am proud that I just ate one grilled chicken breast and a small side salad with a little bit of Asian dressing. The was the healthiest dressing they had to offer and I have to say it was extremely good!
Oh yeah, I almost forgot to mention that I lost 2.8 pounds this week. That makes up for last week's stupid unexpected gain.
This week has been very different than our normal beginning of June. It doesn't usually get really hot until July or August but this week the heat picked up on Tuesday and it has been unbearable for my body. I've been feeling slightly sick the last couple days even when I drink a lot of water. The heat has just been too much. My body puffed up really bad and all my clothes were uncomfortably tight. To top it off, Tuesday's WI was not good at all and I gained over a pound when I was expecting to lose weight.
My WW leader asked me if I was expecting a gain. No. She asked me if it was TOM. Not even remotely close. Then she asked me if I was hot and if my clothes were tight and said that was probably why I had the gain. I hope that is a valid excuse because I have been working hard to stay on plan.
This morning I stepped on the scale and I was 5 pounds lighter. Then again I wasn't wearing any clothes and hadn't eaten since last night. Normally I weigh in on Tuesdays at around 4:15ish. I'm crossing my fingers that next Tuesday will be better.
My WW leader had us plan ahead for BBQ's last week. She had us work backwards in order to plan for what we really want to eat. Mine was that I wanted a bratwurst. The planning paid off because I lost 2.6lbs!
I was apprehensive all day about stepping on the scale because I got to eat what I wanted at 2 BBQ's over the weekend. I got a bratwurst on Saturday, another one on Sunday and shish kebabs on Monday. Also lots and lots of cherries and strawberries all weekend because those were designated "free" for BBQ days. Strawberries dipped in chocolate & whipped cream, brownies, alcoholic cocktails... It was all on plan!!! I didn't cheat on tracking, promise.
Doing the happy dance!
P.S. I forgot to mention that Loki has visited the Neuter Fairy today and has lost something near and dear to him. *evil laugh*
I am feeling proud of myself because I haven't used any flex points yet and it's been more than 3 days! AND I didn't even use flexies on my birthday this week. Last week I immediately started using them and it messed me up pretty bad because I needed them for the weekend. Here are some of my goals for this week:
Drink less alcohol - so far I've had no glasses of wine this week
No more school candy - I am soooo done digging into my candy drawer!
Plan ahead for future BBQ's - I plan to have kebab fixings for myself at one of the two upcoming BBQ's which is way more healthy than a bratwurst! Per my WW leader, I am allowing myself to have one brat on Saturday because it's what I really want.
No snacking right after eating lunch - This became a routine at school and I don't even know why I do it. It's not like I'm hungry.
It sounds like we will be going out to the bars on Friday night, so now I have to plan for that. Right now I'm thinking I will stick to rum and Diet Cokes, no doubles. They always ask if I want a double and I always say yes because that is the natural response when something that waiter offers sounds good!
I'm back at Weight Watchers meetings! I'm glad for it. It was horribly inconvenient where I used to live but we moved a few weeks ago and it's about 5 minutes away from my new apartment, so I go on Tuesdays. My points restart on Mondays.
Week 1 Results: Gained 0.4 lbs. I knew I would gain and I was sure I would gain way more than that. I tracked EVERYTHING and I went 64 points over my 35 flex points!!! I know, how did my stomach even fit that much food in it, right? It was a bad week.
Here's a new idea that I thought up, though. I track my hunger in my little WW booklet every day, which is part of the new Momentum plan. I started noting my emotions next my food so that I would know why I was eating something bad for me. So on Monday when I ate a bunch of mini Twix I wrote that I was bored and on Tuesday I was really stressed out. Friday I ate too much candy at the movie because I couldn't make up my mind between Sour Patch Kids and Milk Duds, so my friend told me I should get both. I took that as "permission" to go off plan. What a sad excuse. lol On Sunday we celebrated Mother's Day late and I had too much to drink which hindered my judgement for food. Based on all that, I created some weekly goals for myself like chewing gum when I'm bored and drinking less alcohol.
I am refreshed and ready to do well on week 2. Yesterday was my birthday (Thank you for the birthday wishes, TatumsMom, you rock!) and I didn't even use any flex points! I am so proud of myself. We have 2 BBQ's this weekend so I need to plan ahead for those. I'm thinking I will make kabobs for myself so that I don't go overboard with burgers.
Happy Easter everyone!!! We celebrated twice this weekend. Needless to say, I didn't do well this weekend with food. There was so much food and candy everywhere, it's worse than Christmas! I hope everyone else did ok.
We took Loki to the dog park for a small dog meet-up yesterday. There must have been around 30 dogs. Loki was the only dog jumping up on all the humans and avoiding all the dogs. lol He loves people and isn't a fan of dogs. There was a point when he went running around with some of the dogs but in the end he found the nearest human and latched on. We're going to continue to expose him to these meet-ups so he stops being fearful of other dogs.
This weekend I'm spending time resting when I can because I've been so tired. I have this cold that won't let go. It started as a cough a week ago, then the cough started getting better but now I'm completely wiped all the time and it's turned into a cold. I found out I still have 29 days of sick leave, though, so it's not like I can't take sick time. 29 days is a lot of sick leave, isn't it? It's pretty awesome to know. Especially because I've been sick a lot this year and have already taken what I think is too much time off work for being ill.
Hi everyone! Long time no see. I hope everyone is doing well in life and food and fitness. :) Things are good here. I'm looking into a new teaching position for next year. I'd like to go for elementary school, either gen ed or special ed. I think it would be cool to try gen ed, though, since I haven't done that since student teaching in 2005. We were looking at some affordable new homes in our area but we keep going back and forth about renting or owning. Maybe we're just not ready yet, but now is a decent time to buy with the rates the way they are. We might just end up getting a different apartment in May when our lease is up, though.
Loki is doing well. He is a little hellion but he is starting to become a little better. He's fully on dry food now. People's hearts still melt when they see him even though he's looking less fluffy with all the shedding and more like an adolescent than a puppy.
What else is new? Not much, it's spring break. I got a little pink Aspire One netbook after DH got a white one for himself about a month ago. We're both techie nerds, so now we have his and hers netbooks and can do LAN gaming together. hehe
Tuesday in the middle of the night I got sick out of the blue. Stomach flu, yuck. I was out for a couple of days but I'm back on my feet again. Right when I was starting to regularly exercise again is when it hit me. Ugh! That means getting back into routine again on Monday. Ever since I got sick I've been obsessively washing my hands after handling the dog in case that's what got me sick in the first place. My hands are super dry and cracking.
I am starting to weigh in on Friday mornings but allowing my points to restart on Mondays. It may sound weird but I think it will be a workable plan and it might help because I eat the worst over the weekends. I lost a couple pounds weighing in yesterday but part of that was just eating Gatorade and Saltines for 2 days. How is everyone doing? I accidentally opened a package that I thought was mine but turned out to be my Valentine's Day gift from Mike. I felt so bad! He gave it to me early, it's a cute silver bracelet from BlueNile with little hearts on it. I love it. Other than that I discovered the world of Facebook this weekend and I gotta say I like it better than MySpace so far. It's more fun in a way.
