WI

Another 2.2 gone! Woohoo!  I am enjoying this!  Okay well the BIG E was amazing and i am sure that i gained that 2.2 back today but it's okay.......everything starts again tomorrow.....back on track and i plan on making it to the gym everyday.....give or take one or two days......but i am really excited to start seeing the pounds melting off.....i think i am just in the right mindset this time and i really do want this for myself......a mini goal for myself will be to get to 15lbs. gone.....for some reason i seem to be able to lose 5 lbs but getting past that point becomes really hard.....but i am determined and i think the gym will be the right thing to step it up a notch

anyway i have to go and look at a lesson for tomorrow.....thanx for reading!

Planet Fitness

Well, i did it!  I joined the gym!......i worked out last night and i worked out this morning.....it was great!  i truly do love the gym atmosphere....i am a total people watch so its perfect for me.  Plus when i am not in the mood to "people watch" i can sink right into a book while i am on the elliptical.   I just pop in my headphones and start reading....the 30 minutes goes by so fast when i do that.....anyway this week went by farily well and i hope it shows in tomorrow's WI.......on top of my WI i am so excited for tomorrow becuase i am going to the BIG E........it's going to be one delicious day....lol......i have decided to let myself have one day where i am not as cautious about what i eat......and honestly it has been working.....this is the second week of this and Sunday's are my day to enjoy the things i restrict myself from during the week.   So needless to say i was very happy when i found out that i was going to the BIG E on a Sunday!  Well i guess that is all for now, i have to go and write some lesson plans for math.....i will fill you all in on my WI and the BIG E tomorrow!

have a great weekend and thanx for reading

WI

Okay, weigh in was this morning and.....drum roll please......i lost 2.4!  YAY!  I worked really hard this week and i focused on what i needed to be eating.....i went out to dinner last night and did fairly well.....i could have lost more if not for that but i am happy with the 2.4......The start of another week is tomorrow.....i have my first formal observation at work on Tuesday so i am a lil nervous.....i will be happy when it is over....lol.....I am going to the BIG E next sunday, i am really excited for it....but i really have to buckle down this week in order to not feel guilty when i go there......hopefully i will get somewhere near the same results next week as i did this week....maybe even a little better!  I am trying to find time to work out but it is not so easy.....i am just so exhausted when i get home and i usually have to plan a lesson for the next day ....and of course i am such a grandma that i go to bed at 9:30......i dont kno....i think for now i am gonna focus on eating healthy and staying within my points range.....once i get into a good groove with that i will try the exercise thing.

well thanx for reading!

Luci

Not as bad as i expected

Well, went to weigh in this morning and i was "down" .4.....and i use quotation marks becuase the last time i weighed in that is what i weighed so as far as WW is concerned i stayed the same however when i made my account here at EP i wasn't exactly sure what my exact weight was so i rounded up.......but after 3 weeks of not following the program i was able to maintain which means that i must be doing something right otherwise i would have gained......so it is an okay start to a new week, i am a little nervous cuz i start classes this week and i am not sure how/when i will eat dinner but i am sure that i will figure it all out.....well i have to go for now

thanx for reading

P.S BIGGEST LOSER STARTS TUESDAY @ 8pm!!!!!

The Horrible, No Good, Very Bad......Week!

Well I have not even turned on my computer for the past week.....that is how busy i have been......so much for the trackin on here, that was pretty short lived, and the day that i managed to track i did not stick to...lol....I laugh only because i was picturing a perfect week of tracking my food, not going over my points, and even getting in some exercise......NONE of which happened .  I started work this week - and for those of you who don't know i am a student teacher in a 4th grade classroom - and let me tell you we ate consistently from 8am on through the day.....we had 3 days of setting up the classroom/ professional development which meant that our principal set up breakfasts for us and bought lunch for us....then the PTA did the same......it was unreal the amount of food that we had....it felt like we just kept on eating but none of the food was finished.   So needless to say i didnt have a great week as far as food goes......as far as work goes it was terrific!   I do love my classroom and my cooperating teacher is amazing but i need to get this food thing under control......my WW meeting is tomorrow and i know it is going to be bad but i am just gonna suck it up and go and start over on Monday (tomorrow i have a picnic!...).....hopefully you all had great weeks and i have to say i think i am only gonna be able to post on the weekends.....i have been dead tired when i get home from work which is ususally about 5/6pm.  i was so used to being able to post everyday....maybe i will find time.

well thats all for now

thanx for reading

Keeping Accountable

I think i am gonna start to track my food on my blog......maybe this will help me keep with tracking.....i still want to track in my journal but i also want to post it on here to keep myself extra accountable.....sounds like a plan and i will start now:

Monday - Aug 27

Nectarine - 1

1 C. Special K with Red Berries (yummy!) - 2

1 C. Simply Smart FF Milk - 2

2 slices Wonder Whole Wheat Light - 1

2 oz. turkey (luncheon meat) - 4

1 slice Kraft Reduced Fat American Cheese - 1

1 tbsp. yellow mustard - 0

Lettuce - 0

1 nectarine - 1

Raspberry/Lime Seltzer Water (my fav!) - 0

Honey Wheat Braided Pretzels - 2

So far that's what i got.....14 points used which means that i have 24 left for dinner/snacks.....not sure what is for dinner as of yet but i will let you know once i do!....lol

thanx for reading  

Apparently I was Tired

Well missed my WW meeting this morning....i slept right through my alarm!    I was very tired, apparently, watched a few movies last night with a friend which ended late.....but maybe it was my subconscious ......i was kinda dreading this mornings WI cuz to put it simply i had French Fries everyday this week....and i am not even joking......but i had all intentions of going just cuz i am accountable for what i eat, but when i woke up the clock said 10:30......well, i am starting fresh tomorrow......i start work so i have to plan my meals and make sure i wakeup to the alarm clock! I am heading to the mall later, have to see if i can find some flat "ish" shoes....i have been having no luck cuz of my big feet...lol.....size 11 isn't that popular and then sometimes 11 are too big but 10's are too small....ugh i cant win the shoe battle.....

well a new week a new attitude...I CAN DO THIS!.....i am gonna try and set up a work out area in my basement so that i can start working out at least 2/3 days a week for now....well hope everyone has a good Sunday

thanx for reading

okay day

Hung out with my nephew today, that was fun.....as far as food goes, nothing spectacular......did not eat what i should have but did okay anyway......i'm really tired tonight.....we went all over the place today so i am glad i am finally home in my comfy pants...lol.....

Thanx for reading

B-I-N-G- Uh Oh

Well i did okay at bingo tonight......my sis couldnt make it til late so i ended up being the cook which was a good thing because i couldnt snack on the chips ......i had planned on eating a hamburger but we ran out so i ended up having a philly cheese steak sandwich with grilled onions......delicious yet full of points....although i had 20 points left for dinner after my lunch and breakfast so the sandwich itself was easily 15 if not 20......i had a handful of chips and a diet coke.....not bad and then the piece of marble cake called my name and before i knew it, it dissappeared  .....and i realized that i was chewing......uh oh .....the cake was 4 points and then i apparently forgot i ate the cake and had myself a no sugar added ice cream pop....which thankfully is only 3 points.......so probably figure i went 10 points over today........this is not the direction i wanted to go in...getting a little aggravated at myself  because i know that i am the one who controls what goes in my mouth.......

 i will just have to pull out two good days tomorrow and saturday and then i will have gotten through this hellish week.......next week i start work and i will be falling into a routine and i will be packing my lunches the nite before so i will know how many points i am using.....well thats it for now

thanx for reading

also thank you to all of you who have been so supportive.....its really great to have this blog as an outlet and to have people comment....otherwise who knows what i would be eating at this very moment...lol.... 

Can we pretend yesterday didn't happen? :)

Well i did end up counting up all my points for Tuesday and found out that i only went over 5 points.....which it would have been nice if i didnt but i get my 35 flex so i was glad in the end that i added up the points.......yesterday, however, was a completely different story.....we went up to Mystic with my ma, sister-in-law, niece and nephew.....the day started out fine, had 2 slices of light toast with a piece of reduced fat cheese......by the time we got there it was lunch time so we stopped at Friendly's ...........i will tell you that i undoubtedly used all of my points for the day there.....and it was just lunch time .....we did alot of walking through the aquarium and then through the shops and by the time we left it was 6pm.........well what typically is an hour ride home took us 3 cuz of a really bad accident.......so at 9pm all of us were starving and i had a cheese sandwich and some light ice cream.......i know that those things didnt cost me alot of points its just that i ate them really late.....well it was a fun day besides all the chaos and the kids had fun.........pleasantly enough when i stepped on the scale this morning it went down a few tenths of a pound so my walking must have made up for my Friendly's adventure.  

My goal today is to stay on plan and track ......i have a bit of an obstacle ahead of me......my sister heads the kitchen at Bingo nite at her daughters school......since its a catholic school the parents can choose to pay a fee of $300 or volunteer their time at school functions.....so for the past 6 years my sister has done this and i being the most wonderful sister in the world have sacrificed my Thursday evenings to help her.....she gets some parent help but still its alot of work.....anyway, there are such yummy temptations there but i am just gonna have to plan what i am gonna eat and stick to that.....i used to have my WW meetings on thursday nites so that i could pig out afterward at Bingo.....but since that isnt the healthiest thing to do i decided to change that.....well wish me luck...

thanx for reading!