Week 28

Well, I think this is week 28 and I just want to say, that I'm supper excited because I have logged my food this week be it good or bad all week including my dinner for tonight. I've had points left some days and dipped in to my weekly points. I got some activity points, although not a lot, but I've done more than 3500 steps everyday, which is pretty good. Some days I only get in about 2500 which is horrible!

Had some great food this week. Maybe I should start blogging our menu because I need a place to reflect back to our meals.

I feel very blessed to have a wonderful husband who supports me in everything I do and loves to cook for me and with me!

Sabotage

The last 2 days have been difficult emotionally because of things happening in my personal life that I'm not ready to write about. What I am willing to write down is that we are moving and have decided to leave all our friends and family and make a major change that we've been talking about for 15 yrs.

I see how hard it is on our family, our parents are older, our children are the only grandchildren on one side and the only local grandchildren on the other side. While I realize how hard it is on family, it's what we feel is best for us and our children. The stress of not exactly knowing when we will move and thinking of all the things that we have to do to move is SOOO stressful.

Trying really hard to keep things positive for my kids, but in my efforts to work full-time, be a positive mommy reinforcing that this is an exciting time for all of us, I have found that I have resorted to bad habits with my food.

I wish I could get myself in to a workout routine so that I could make that my obsession instead of eating 3 cookies, fast food for lunch and other junk I can't even think of at this point.

It totally sucks that I sabotage myself for that split second of what I think comforts me to only feel guilty about it after the fact and regret it but know I can't change it because what's done is done.

I vow today that I will go out for a walk instead of a walk to the kitchen to get something not good. I will go for a walk instead of getting something that is good for me if I'm not hungry.

Every day is a challenge. My favorite saying is what I found on fitago.com several weeks ago.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

I gain comfort from the physic that I saw... 3 angels showed up in my cards, she said it's God telling me He wants to play in my sandbox this year and I need to trust in Him and let Him.

Week 27

Down 1.6 !! It was worth the 30 minute drive from our campsite to a WW location while on vacation to get that fabulous news!

Feel like I turned it around these last 2 weeks and can NOT lose momentum. I've lost 2.8 in 2 weeks, where the 2 weeks prior had been .2 gained each week. I'm at a total of 32.8 and am very eager to lose 1.x to be below 240.

I know I MUST exercise this week, even though it's miserably hot here, but I can walk on the treadmill or take the kids to the pool, so I can figure it out, I just have to force myself to do it!

WW WI 6/27 - 8/1

6/27 - down .2
7/11 - down 1.8 hit 30.4 - yahoo!!!
7/18 - up .2
7/25 - up .2
8/1 - down 1.2 - back on track!

This week I vow to exercise and find an exercise program that I can enjoy and do daily. I think I will go to our local library and find some videos, but that wont happen this week. This week I will walk on the treadmill, find some exercises for my home gym, exercise on the wii and do a water aerobics class.

This week I am meal planning for all our dinners and I am still trying to figure out meal planning for lunch and breakfast.

This week might be a bit of a challenge, but I am determined to have a good week because I to break that next 10!

Back from Vacation

Well, Saturday I weighed in only to find I had gained .2 .... bummer!!

I had planned my meals for our vacation, we were camping so I figured I would exercise more BUT I didn't follow the plan and we really didn't exercise more or enough. I did do my 1st ever water aerobics class which was a blast for me and Rebecca. I know I've gained this week, all I can do is try to be better the next few days and hope for the best when I go on Saturday.

For our next vacation, I will plan better meals and plan alternative drinks, desserts and snacks. We had deli meat and I just couldn't eat that everyday and so the 1st suggestion for fast food, I jumped at it. We did spend a lot of time in the pool, but we should have gone on more walks instead of using the golf cart.

I'm in a bit of a sour mood because I didn't follow my plan, but I am getting back on track today and will have a healthy dinner tonight and good meals tomorrow.

Week 24 so far...

Well, I've definitely had better weeks, but this week I committed to tracking like it or not and in that regard I've been successful. I've used all my points this week plus my activity points, it was the damn Bagel Chips!!! But that's okay because I know that's a problem and I will overcome that.

Today was a better day, I have 8 pts left for the evening if I am hungry, but dinner tonight was so yummy I feel completely satisfied.

Tonight we had Seared Tuna Steaks with a Soy, Sherry, Lime reduction and Brussels Sprouts, which we love and Sophia does too.. the kids enjoyed the Tuna with their Chicken Nuggets, Broccoli and Brussels Sprouts.

Tomorrow we will have Jamaican Jerk Grilled Kebabs (6pts) with grilled vegetables. We had it before and it was wonderful!

Before Picture - December 2008 and Current Picture July 2009 - total loss 30.4 lbs

This is the picture that made me cry. Made me realize how big I was and I was so saddened by it.











This is me on the right this past weekend. I can see the difference in my face and in my body. I've taken some pictures at home, but I really haven't looked at them.








I think I will start a monthly picture so that I can add a slideshow or something going forward.