WI tomorrow!

I am trying not to get my hopes up about my WI tomorrow, but I am pretty excited!! Another good day today...we'll see what tomorrow's verdict is!!

Monday Madness

Monday is over, a day closer to my week anniversary on WW. I really am loving this program, and obsessed with the fact that since I like it so much, since I really am eating pretty much whatever I want, that I cannot possibly be losing weight...my scale is calling my name...must resist...stay strong...

I found some amazing bagels online, for 1pt each (Kim's Light bagels) that have a bunch of varieties-i freaking LOVE bagels, and the WW are ok-better than nothing-but everything bagels are my Fave. they sell them near my SIL in boston, so i am hoping maybe she can pick up a few bags and send them our way!

Food for the day-

buckwheat pancakes (buckwheat pancake mix, 1 egg, oil and milk-i ate half of the pancakes it made, keith ate the other half)

with butter and REAL maple syrup, it was still only 9 points for all the goodness!!

ww bagel, lite chive cream cheese

smoothie (1C frozen strawberries, ww french vanilla yogurt)

LC pesto chicken flatbread (FREAKING delicious!)

5 stoneground organic crackers

apple

smart ones chicken parm

WW mini cake

all that and i still have 4 points left, weeeee!

didn't get to cardio strip tonight, b/c i slept for four hours when keith got home from work, didn't feel very good

Weekend DONE

I have done well today. I am surprised. I am actually enjoying WW, and feel like it's pretty easy. I am scared b/c it's so easy that I am not losing weight Today was a good day-of many turkey tacos, LOL. I had one for breakfast and one for dinner and then I had chicken and minestrone soup for lunch, and some grapes and WW chocolate minicake for snacks. And lotsa water. I can't remember how many points (it's out in the kitchen) but I came out on top again, sweeeet.

Saturday

Another good day...I admit to feeling a bit nervous, b/c I absolutely do NOT feel like I am losing any weight I have not weighed myself, and am resisting the urge to do so-later on in my weight loss, I do like to weigh myself at various times throughout the day...I am not sure my WW weigh in at 7pm on a Wednesday truly will yield the most accurate result. But my goal for this week was get into the WW groove, figure out and get comfy with the program, etc and not worry about the pounds. HAHAHA. Funny. Anyway, I cannot wait til Wed though!!

Stayed OP today-I think my food choices were slightly better-here is my food list (if anyone cares about points, or even reads this, i'm happy to add points for each food, just lmk)

ww muffin

lc bbq chicken pizza (omg sooo goood!!!)

peaches

ww mini cake

apple

two turkey tacos (lean ground beef, peppers, onions, field greens, cheese, salsa and sour cream)

5 organic stoneground crackers

mocha drink thingy (left over from my atkins attempt-waaay higher in points than sbux, but sbux was closed when i got done sitting, and i had the points (came to SIX points, b/c you make it with cream *gulp*) and it was delish

all that took me to having 2 points left, if i need a "midnight" snack. i really want more turkey tacos :D they are freaking amazing. (keith makes them) i have leftovers for tomorrow :P

Keith dragged me to the gym today, i am so glad he did. i did 20 min straight on a machine of torture, no seriously, it was the best machine i've ever worked out on, i LOVE it! i don't know what it is though, but it's great. i did over a mile (1.22 to be exact) and burned 178 calories!!

Gaah!

I just had a whole blog posted, where did it GO? That's so annoying!

Ok so quick sum up-good day, on plan, didn't know nutrition info for a place we ate it, which was upsetting, but i made the best choice, overestimated generously (I think/hope) with points, and didn't go over points for the day even with that, so i hope it's ok!!

food wrap up

ww bagel w/chive cream cheese

smoothie (banana, frozen strawberries, ff yogurt)

apple

nuts

5 crackers w/1oz ch cheese

ww muffin

lean cuisine pizza snacks

chicken marsala

I didn't do good on veggies, ugh-need to plan better obviously, and make a better choice re: eating out-they had salads but they were weird salads, and i wasn't sure so i didn't get one, i should have just tried one. oh well.

went to the movies, had a handful of mairi's popcorn and counted it as 5 flex points, i know that's generous (again,i hope) but better safe than sorry. i don't want to estimate, but it's frusterating when i can't get nutrition info :(

No working out today either, grr, but i did get a video, hopefully that'll be good for days i can't get it together to make it to the gym.

Day two

Day two is here and almost gone, with success. I hate working out-mainly b/c it's such a pain wrt to Mairi. I hate knowing I could be working out and have to stop if I get paged for her. It doesn't usually happen, but we started going to a different Y, and I haven't left her at the child watch there, and the first time she went, she was a little iffy towards then end. Of course, it was dinner time, and she was tired, and it was 45min into her being there...all factors. But it's still discouraging to know I could be interuppted, LOL.

Food for the day:

Smoothie (banana, strawberries and ff stonyfield farm yogurt)

WW sandwich thing

2 WW mini cakes

1/4C mixed nuts

2oz deli ham

Turkey Taco (ground turkey, tortilla, peppers,onions,organic spring mix,sour cream,salsa, cheddar cheese, mmmm)

Total of 29 points used, out of 34. Will have one more snack before bed, fruit of some sort.

Mairi had her first gymnastics class tonight, at the Y, so Keith and I worked out while she was doing that-and it was much less stressful, b/c she's well occupied and she was so excited.

Gotta go buy a workout dvd, for those days i just can't get out anywhere, so i have no excuses!!

First Day

First day, second blog in a row, things are starting off well :)

Made it to my first WW meeting tonight, truth be told I was pretty excited, even if I was still a bit annoyed I don't really know WHY I am so ashamed I am on WW, but for the fact that as I said before, I've had a very bad portrayal of it I think, and just in general not liking it.

Whatever, I'm liking it so far and if I lose weight, I don't really give a crap. I personally don't have to LOVE a plan to lose weight on it, hahaha! I HATED atkins with a passion, but when I stuck to it, I lost a good amount of weight (before I had mairi) I guess it's just an added bonus if i Like it. Maybe WW will grow on me.

So the meeting was ok, I'm not really a group person, I don't like to talk in front of groups or be on the spot, so it was stepping outta my comfort zone a bit. I had to take Mairi with me, and she was really, really good. I bribed her with Keith's Nintendo DS She's always begging to play with it, and she's not allowed to, so this was a special treat, heh. She drew pictures in the pictochat, and was very happily occupied.

There was a special new member's meeting after the new meeting, and that was good too. One thing I DO like about WW more than Jenny Craig (*gasp*) is that everyone that is a leader or receptionist there has lost weight and maintained on WW. At JC, any skinny bitch off the street can work there, and sometimes that would be really annoying, to be trying to explain something to my counselor, and knowing they just did NOT get it, b/c they'd never weighed more than 114lbs soaking wet in their life.

I got some coupons for WW stuff, went grocery shopping, and that was that. Looking forward to next week.

I don't know if I'll post my foods every day, but for the time being I will.

So here is what I ate today (I get 34pts a day, seems like a LOT!!)

WW Sunshine Sandwich

WW Bagel w/2 T chive cream cheese

WW double chocolate muffin

Bottle of vitamin water

Turkey Taco (ground turkey, cheese, sour cream, salsa, organic spring mix and organic spinach, peppers, onions and tortilla shell)

one deviled egg

strawberries

For a grand total, as of almost 11:30pm, of 25 points eaten. And I feel great! I have a WW ice cream snack of 3 points to eat before bed, and I'll only be at 28pts, eep!!

So there's my day, here's to a great start!

Let's try this again...

So here I am again, the start of a new year, always the time to focus on weight. Ugh. It's one demon I think I'll battle all of my life.

Let me introduce myself, for anyone new stumbling across this blog-I am JEN, 27, from upstate NY. Married for six years to Keith, 29, and mama to two beautiful girls. Mairi just turned 3 in December, and sadly, last January, almost a year ago, our second daughter Catriana was stillborn at 41w.  I am a SAHM, and do some nannying on the side, and my husband works FT as a manager/zamboni driver, as well as going to school FT.

This year has been the hardest of my life, and sadly, my weight loss just was not a top priority, though I attempted to kick start it a few times.

But this is a new year, and a new me, and I am going to be successful. I had excellent success in the past, after Mairi was born, doing the Jenny Craig program. however at this point, it's not in our budget, b/c we are in the process of adoption. I tried doing my own modified at home JC, and that didn't work. I tried doing WW online, that didn't work. I've tried so many things, and I think one reason JC worked so well for me was actually GOING there and being acountable. So I am signing up for the in-person weight watchers meetings, hoping that will work.

I am sort of annoyed, b/c I don't like WW, LOL!! I've always had a very closed spirit to it, for a few different reasons, but at this point, beggers can't be choosers, so here I go, attempting WW with an open mind! I also plan to have a great exercise program, consisting of cardio strip class 1-2x a week, belly dancing 1x a week, pilates 1x, and misc classes/workouts the other days, for a total of 5 days working out, for now.

So that's me, and I also have a "main" blog-mandella0021.livejournal.com, I didn't want to clutter it up with WL stuff.

Hoping initially to lose about 50lbs, and bring me close to "oneder-land"

Looking forward to finding some friends on here, to make the journey a little more fun, and interesting.

Six down!

Well the masses have spoken (or, just golferchick ) and so here is an update.

First of all, I am kind of going back and forth on keeping this blog. I blog almost daily on my real blog mandella0021.livejournal.com, and I am thinking about just blogging about WL stuff on that...and not keeping it seperate, but we'll see.

Anyway, So I had my weigh in @ Jenny Craig last night. I was prepared for the worst, b/c once again i just have not been committed this past week like i need to be. But, I am down an additional FOUR pounds, wth...and that's a total of six pounds for the month of March. Woohoo! I'll take it. Just imagine what would happen if I stopped half-assing it and got serious :)

So, today I am on program all the way so far and doing well, Here's to an awesome week, getting to the gym once and cardio strip class once. or hip hop class.

Hmm.

Well, I had my first WI today (over a week, b/c I am a slacker) and I didn't really have a good first week. I had a lot going on, I didn't commit, I did make better choices than I would have before so...progress, but nowhere NEAR perfection, to say the least. So i I was very pleasantly surprised to see a loss of almost 2lbs. WHOA. How'd THAT happen. Hmm. Motivates me, that if I can lose that much when totally half-assing it, well, it's only way better when I commit fully.

So far, a perfect day today, right on plan, spent time on the JC site, which always motivates me and helps me stay on track.

Here's to a better week. I want to get to the gym just ONCE, and get to cardiostrip class on either mon or wed night. That's my exercise goals.

JEN