Where is the Sun?

Another gloomy day in the Midwest......it's freezing outside and I feel like I haven't seen the sun in a month!  Yesterday we had a bit of an ice storm.  It took me over 2 hours to drive home from work!  That's insane. 

Weight Watchers has been going really good for me.  I am anxious to see what happens with the scale tomorrow at weigh-in.  It's that time of month for me, so I expect that to be a factor.  My clothes don't even feel like they fit during the first couple of days of  "that time" - I just feel fat and bloated and very tired. 

I really need to start exercising DAILY and quit finding every excuse in the book why I can't.   I know I feel better when I exercise but with everything else going on, it's the easiest thing to let go........

On a positive note, I have been counting my points religiously and drinking a ton of water.  We'll see how tomorrow goes!!

Weekends

Oh the weekends......love 'em and hate 'em at the same time.  I love being able to relax with my husband and kids but hate all the temptation and the difficulty I have with my eating.

I ate a packet of oatmeal today while the three of them sat at the table with one box of powdered sugar doughnuts and one box of chocolate covered doughnuts (the yummy waxy kind).  I felt kind of mad at them.  But I didn't give in and I ate my oatmeal like a good girl.  It was actually very good (Kashi cinnamon I think it was......). 

I'll be fine but I have no one to talk to about my food issues so I thought I would just sit down at the computer and type it all out.   I feel better.  I know I am doing the right thing by resisting the foods that aren't good for me.  It will just take some time for me to not even want that crap anymore.  Hurry up brain and body!!!!

Friday

Today is Friday.  I have been doing AWESOME so far this week plannning my meals and staying within my points range.  No big plans for the weekend so I am positive that the next few days will be no different. 

Weekends are strange though.  During the week, I come to work with my bag 'o food for the day.  I eat my oatmeal at my desk and then I get so busy that I really don't think about food until late afternoon when I eat the lunch I brought with me.  In the afternoon, I get busy again and I will admit that I am STARVING when I get home from work, but then it's time to make dinner and all is well. 

On the weekends however, it's a bit of a different story.  The planning isn't so great and being home during the day and around the refrigerator and pantry is much more difficult.  Because I eat for reasons other than hunger (boredom, sadness, anger) I find myself having less control.

I guess I need to keep busier on the weekends and just try to keep my mind off of food.  In the summer, when it's nice and warm, I can take my boys outside to play all day and then food is less of an issue.  During these cold winter months when we are inside so much, it's more of a chore!!!

Better Late Than Never

It's been 4 months since I posted.......and quite frankly, it's been 4 months since I have been on plan.  But we started a new Weight Watchers program at work and I am back on track.  Last week I tipped the scales at a whopping 194.  Today I am 8 pounds less than that at 186.  That's progress, right?

I have been doing a good job of planning meals and drinking all the water I need.  Feels good to be back on track.

Exercise and Eating

It's Friday....as I look back on the week, I am actually rather proud of myself.  I bought this DVD called 10-minute Pilates.  It has 4 10 minute pilates workouts using a resistance band.  One evening this week I was running kind of low on time so I just did the 10 minute upper body workout (added the use of my stability ball for core strengthening purposes).  Wow.....is that a workout for your arms or what!?!?!  Last night I did the lower body workout, the abs workout and the combination workout (for a total of 30 minutes).  It felt really good.  I also walked for an hour last night.

The eating is going pretty good as well.  Snacking is such a problem for me because I am a huge emotional eater.  Last night I had an apple with some peanut butter.  Not the best of snacks (with the peanut butter) but it beats a candy bar, right?  Speaking of that, I have one in my freezer right now.  My husband bought it for me from a little boy who was selling for a fundraiser at the bowling alley the other night.  WHAT!?!?!?!   Am I supposed to say thank you?  I am trying to watch what I eat and he gives me a candy bar.  That's like giving a drug addict some crack!!!  I can't eat just one piece here and there.  That sucker will be gone in 3.8 seconds if I open it.  Anyway...I digress.

Looking forward to the weekend.  We are going with another couple to Columbia, Missouri to watch Mizzou and Nebraska battle it out on the football field.  We like Nebraska and our friends went to Mizzou (along with everyone else we will be sitting with!!) Should be interesting anyway!!

Happy Friday.  My goals for the weekend are to be mindful of what I am eating and drinking and practice moderation and also to walk on Saturday morning and sometime on Sunday.  (Or do my new video!)

Down One Pound

So I lost 1 pound this week.  Not great but the good news is that I DIDN'T GAIN!!!!  Because this is a lifestyle change for me and not another diet, it needs to come off slowly, right?  I'll just take baby steps.

Goals for the week:

Exercise at least 4 days - Monitor food intake closely throughout the week because extra points will be needed for tailgating this weekend at the Nebraska/Mizzou football game; drink LOTS of water!!

2 Weeks Down

Today at 11:45 is the second WW weigh in.  I shouldn't have lost any weight this week and could have possibly gained.  But this morning when I stepped on MY scale at home, it looked like I was under the 180 mark.  That would be a huge surprise. 

But as I sit here and think about how "horribly" I think I did this week what I guess makes it so difficult to judge is that I wasn't writing anything down after Thursday of last week.  My inlaws came into town and stayed until yesterday and we were just busy.  So while I didn't track everything, and ate and drank some things that aren't "on plan", I bet if I was to write it all down and add in my extra weekly points, I may not have done so bad after all.  Today I am back to writing down my food.  My goal for this evening is to eat a healthy dinner and exercise as well.  Back on track........

I guess we will see.......more later today!

Just another manic Monday......

Not such a great weekend.  I did okay on Friday with the girls night out.  I had some wine, a mojito and a gin and tonic which wasn't the greatest for my diet but I did well with food choices. 

My inlaws are in town this weekend.  It was hard for me to make good choices based on our activities.  Notice I said hard but not impossible.  However, I just didn't try hard enough to make sure I ate well.  I just went with the flow and ate what everyone else ate.  Mind you, I don't think I went too overboard, but I didn't track my points and I didn't drink enough water.  I also didn't exercise AT ALL this weekend which is not good.  I could very easily blame all of this on the fact that we had company in town and we were so busy, but I have to be accountable for my choices and my actions.  I could have made better choices and I could have made time for exercise, but I didn't. 

Today is a new day however and I am back on track.  Mom in law made cinnamon rolls for breakfast which I respectfully declined and instead opted for some almonds.  I am supposed to meet them for lunch today and I will suggest Applebees so I can have the tilapia.  Not sure what we are doing for dinner but I will not ruin this day by making poor choices.  Bring it on today!!!  I can handle it.  I am also going to exercise tonight come hell or high water!!! 

It's Friday...

Normally the fact that it is Friday would warrant exclamation points at the end of the post title but today it does not.  For some reason, I am just not excited about the fact that it's Friday.  Don't get me wrong, I am certainly looking forward to a couple of days off.  Tonight I am supposed to go out with a couple of friends (all of which are VERY skinny and can eat anything they want and not gain an ounce!!!).  And to make matters worse, we are going to a place called Bissinger's that specializes in CHOCOLATE!  I guess I have identified where my foul mood is coming from.  I want to go and spend time with my girlfriends but this is self-sabotage for me.  I am setting myself up for a huge setback.  Hopefully I will be able to exercise some self control!

5 POUNDS DOWN!!

Yahoo!  I just got back from my WW meeting and I lost 5.2 pounds.  I am extremely thrilled and SOOOOO motivated.