Week 2

Weight lost this week: 2.2
Total weight lost: 6.4
Pounds to go: ??? too many

What worked for me:

So far so good. It has been pretty easy up to now. Just eating lots of veggies and fruits, drinking water, taking my vitamin, tracking what I eat, using their online tools, attending my meeting and generally doing what Weight Watchers is all about. It's a very good program, and it works great if you do what they say! That's the tricky part, it is so easy to fudge on points! So far I have had a hard time using up all my points. As I lose weight, I get fewer points, so it will get harder.

It has been easy during the day to stay on track. Because I'm at work, I'm busy and there's not much food around, so I don't eat that much. That leaves me plenty of points for the evening, which is my hardest time to stay on track.

I have been keeping my meals simple till I get in the habit of WW again. I still have soup most every lunch. Dinner is usually a frozen meal, salad, or soup. I would like to start cooking again someday, but until then, this seems to be working for me.

Goals next week:

Keep on track, drink more water, try to walk and stay positive. If if mess up, I will not give up, but just get right back on track!

Good luck to everyone this week!

Day 1

Breakfast - none :(

Lunch - bean burrito from Taco Bell - 8 pts.

Snack - 1 Jell-o Cheesecake snack - 3 pts.
1 T. fat-free Reddi Whip - 0 pts.

Dinner - 5 meatballs - 7 pts.
3/4 c. instant rice - 3 pts.
2 T. sauce - 2 pt.
1 c. mixed frozen vegetables - 1 pt.

Dessert - 2 T. graham cracker crumbs - 1 pt.
1/2 c. fat-free Jell-o Banana Fudge pudding - 1 pt.
3 T. fat-free Reddi Whip - 0 pts.

Midnight Snack - 1 split Double Fiber English muffin - 1.5 pt.
a few sprays of "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" spray - 0 pt.

Water - ?? (didn't keep track)

Activity - big fat ZERO, unless you count dragging two boys all over Wal-mart for 90 minutes.

Points used - 27.5
Activity Points - 0
Total Points - 27.5
Target Points - 26
Flex Used So Far This Week - 1.5

Bring it on.

Skinnier Times

Starting Weight - 202 (right after Christmas)
Current Weight - 200.5
Target Weight - 150

What I'm sick and tired of: My "fat" pants getting too tight, heartburn, lack of activity, back aches, not being able to look the way I'd like to, being a FOOD ADDICT!!!

What I'm doing to change it: WW points - I'm basically Mom's protege and am trying to do everything she does. I need to add walking in there - but that would require me to get out of bed before 9:30 a.m. I'm working on it :).

I'm going to try and post on here, everyday, what foods I've eaten and my points. Hopefully that will help this time! Good luck, people!!

Yo Adriaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!

Starting Weight: 210
Current Weight: 206
Target Weight: 185

Alright peeps, here is my official start. I have been at it for about 2 weeks now and things are going well. I am sick and tired of my pants not fitting right, giving in to late night binges on the recliner as I waste away to "Everybody Loves Raymond", and feeling like a turd in the morning.

I started this baby off with a nice colon cleanse (make sure you have a bano close by if you attempt this one). After that, I basically started eating a buttload of fruits and vegetables and drinking lots of water. The fruits and veggies curb my hunger throughout the day and reduce emissions (gas!!!).

Lisa and I recently purchased a jogging stroller and have been out a few times on brisk walks. I'm going to start using it more once it gets a little warmer. I guess I should just suck it up, slap on some furry boots, and go trudging through the snow like Rocky....but then I would have kidsicles.

Good luck everyone!!!

HELLOOOOOOOO?!?!?!?!

Who's gonna start??? I just polished off a bag of oreo's in less than a week! I NEED SUPPORT!

Week One - The Revival

Pounds lost: 0
Pounds to go: 40



Confessions


Well, I have regained everything I lost (not that it was much) at the beginning of the year! Ugh! So it's time to start over. And just in time for the holidays!




What Worked for Me


This is what I hope will work for me this week - to get my motivation back for walking. Maybe it will help some of you, too.

Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness. ~Edward Stanley

Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it. ~Plato

After dinner sit a while, and after supper walk a mile. ~English Saying

The best six doctors anywhere

And no one can deny it

Are sunshine, water, rest, and air

Exercise and diet.

These six will gladly you attend

If only you are willing

Your mind they'll ease

Your will they'll mend

And charge you not a shilling.

~Nursery rhyme quoted by Wayne Fields, What the River Knows, 1990

After a day's walk everything has twice its usual value. ~George Macauley Trevelyan

Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person's physical, emotional, and mental states. ~Carol Welch

If it weren't for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn't get any exercise at all. ~Joey Adams

Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it. ~Soren Kierkegaard

Your body is built for walking. ~Gary Yanker

A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time - pills or stairs. ~Joan Welsh

It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero

The greatest wealth is health. ~Virgil

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day. ~Henry David Thoreau


A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world. ~Paul Dudley White

Recipe



Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies


2 c. canned pumpkin
1 box spice cake mix
1/3 c. mini chocolate chips


Mix it all together, and place rounded tablespoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 14-18 minutes. Delicious and low-fat!

HelllOOOOO-oooooooo.....

...is anybody out there?