It's Friday!

Food for today:

Breakfast:
2 packets oatmeal 4 pts.
Total 4 pts.

Lunch:
6 chicken mcnuggets 7 pts.
Total 7 pts.

Dinner:
Chips 3 pts.
salsa 0 pts.
tortilla 4 pts.
cheese 3 pts.
oil 2 pts.
fresh fruit 3 pts.

Dessert:
Skinny Cow 2 pts.
Daily Total 28 pts.
Flex Points Used 2 pts.

I wasn't planning to eat lunch today, because Shan and I are going to a friend's house this afternoon, and she already told me that she is having snacks for us. But! I had a bunch to do this morning, and I got down-right starving(!) and had to have something! So...it is what it is, lol.

Friday Food--Tricia

Breakfast
2 cherry pop tarts-- 8 points
water
Total--8 points
ok--not nutritious at all..but I have wanted them all week and finally gave in today. Now I can quit thinking about them.

Snack
popcorn--2 pts

Dinner
2 cups chili--10 pts
1 cup corn chips--8 pts
1/2 cup cheese--2 pts
Coke Zero--0 pts

Snack
Skinny cow--2 pts

Daily total--32 pts

feeling discouraged

I KNOW you aren't supposed to weigh every day, but as I said before..I am a scale whore. I can't help myself. I weigh every morning, afternoon and night. The only number I "count" though is the morning one. I haven't lost any weight this week....so far. I haven't gone over my points at all and this is only my second week. I should still be losing pretty good at this point. So, I am annoyed and frustrated.

I can't decide if I should make sure I eat all my points every day (which I haven't been doing), or if I should eat less points than what I am getting now (although I "hear" that is not good to do) or if I should do something like the Wendie Plan. I am a firm believer in varying the amount of food you consume...I know from experience that the best thing to knock you off a plateau is to take a day "off" from dieting. So, it should work for weekly weight loss too..I would think. I am thinking about trying that and see what happens. On monday we are going to a cook-out and I plan to just eat whatever I want and not think about points that day. Good that it will be after my weigh in. Wonder if it will see a weight loss difference on the following Monday's weigh in??

ETA: I just went through my food journals and my points are definitely not consistent...so I am kind of doing a version of the Wendie plan without making a concious decision to do so. LOL My points look like this: 30, 30.5, 24, 28, 26.5, 27, 30, 25, 27, 32.5, 29.

Also, last Thursday I weighed 299.5..this morning I weighed 298.5 so I have lost a pound which feels much better than nothing...and I have 3 more days before I officially weigh in. So, maybe I am not as discouraged as I though. I just wish the scale moved a lot faster, you know?

Cindy's Thursday Food

Breakfast:
English muffin 1 pt.
margarine 2 pts.
Total: 3 pts.

Lunch:
Triscuits 2 pts.
Colby cheese 3 pts.
2 oz. deli chicken 1 pt.
Total: 6 pts.

Snack:
Chocolate covered raisins 3 pts.
Total: 3 pts.

Dinner:
2 oz. sliced steak 3.5 pts.
flour tortilla 2 pts.
grilled peppers & onions 0 pts.
2 tbsp. sour cream 2 pts.
2 oz. avocado 3 pts.
Total: 10.5 pts.

Daily Total: 22.5 pts.
I didn't come total up my day until really late, because I wasn't sure I was done eating, lol! Actually I still feel kinda hungry...but I can't figure out what I want.

Thursday Eats (Tricia)

Breakfast
omelet w/ mushrooms, onions, FF cheese & red. fat sour cream--6 pts
toast--2 pts
Water--0
Total--8 pts

Snack
pineapple--1 pt
Total--1 pt

Lunch
Turkey, ham, cheese & tomato sandwich --6 pts
FF pringles--1 pt
Pickle--0 pt
Water
Total--7 pts

Dinner
1 cup chili--5 pts
1/2 cup corn chips--4 pts
1/4 c FF cheese--1 pt
diced onion--0 pt
Total--10 pts

Snack

pudding cup--1 pt

skinny cow--2 pts (why is this double spacing???)

Total --3 pts

Daily total--29 pts

Wednesday for C

Breakfast:
1/2 c. cottage cheese 3 pts.
Total 3 pts.

Lunch:
1 bagel 5 pts.
2 tbs. cream cheese 3 pts.
Total 8 pts.

Snack:
1 c. carrots 1pt.
3/4 oz. pretzels 2 pts.
Total: 3 pts.

Snack 2:
Drinkable yogurt 4pts.
Total: 4 pts.

Dinner:
Leftover spaghetti 9 pts.
Total: 9 pts.

Snack 3? LOL!
2 oz. avocado 2 pts.
3/4 oz. chips 3 pts.
Total: 5 Flex Points

Flex Points Used: 6 pts.
Daily Total: 32 pts.

I wasn't planning on having that drinkable yogurt, but we were all cleaning this afternoon, and suddenly I got all jittery, etc. I needed to get something with protein in me pretty quick, and that was the first "good" thing I could think of. S'ok!

And then! I got hungry again, and P was making guacamole...my favorite! So I quickly figured out the points for it all...and it was fine! So yippee...

Wednesday Food

Breakfast
1 cup cereal w/1 cup milk--8 pts
water
Total--8 pts

Snack
SF pudding cup--1 pt
Total--1 pt

Lunch
Taco--4 pts
bean burrito--6.5 pts
Total--10.5 pts

Dinner (so much for variety)
Taco--4 pts
Tostada-4.5 pts
chicken soft taco--fresco--2.5 pts
Total--11 pts

Snack
Skinny Cow IC sandwich--2 pts
Total--2 pts

Daily total--32.5

(.5 flex points used)

My goal was to use ALL of my points today..glad I achieved that!! :)

Mine too

I took these this morning by myself with the self timer on the camera. I didn't smile and I didn't fix my hair. They are really ugly. Also, I would never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever EVER wear these clothes out in public...I just wanted something form fitting so I can see any slight change that might occur. LOL

Finally...the before pictures

I seriously kept forgetting to do this! It wasn't even a matter of trying to get out of it...I just plumb forgot! Every night, I'd get into bed and go "oh, shit...I forgot again!" Anyway...I *almost* forgot this time, but remembered when I got home from work tonight.

I probably should have worn something more "revealing" so the losses will be easier to see...but this is going to have to do. Also, I have a ponytail "dent" in the back of my hair...P was getting ready to take the pic, and I said "oh wait! I have to have hair!" and pulled my scrunchie out, and threw it to him. So...you've heard of hat-hair? This is me with ponytail-hair!

These are clickable thumbnails, so click to embiggen!






As it stands, I'd like to lose 60 pounds. Here we go!

Tricia's Tuesday Food

Breakfast
Cereal w/milk--4 points
Total--4 points

Snack
cookies--2 pts
pudding--1 pt
Total--3 pts

Lunch
2 turkey, ham & cheese sandwiches--7 pts
Coke Zero--0 pts
Total--7 pts

Dinner
Turkey Burger with mushrooms, onions & swiss--7 pts
oven fries--3 pts
ranch dip--1 pt
Total--11 pts

Snack

skinny cow--2 pts

Daily total--27 pts

Today has really been a struggle so far. I really really want to eat and eat and eat-thus the 2 snacks between breakfast and lunch. LOL Mom went with me to get the kids from school..we stopped at McD's for them and Taco Bell for her. I actually refrained from getting anything at either place and came home and made my sandwiches! go me! I did munch on a couple fries though. ;)

Tuesday food

Breakfast:
English muffin 1 pt.
margarine 2 pts.
scrambled egg 2 pts.
american cheese 2 pts.
Total 7 pts.

Lunch:
1/2 c. cottage cheese 3 pts.
1 banana 2 pts.
Total 5 pts.

Dinner:
1 c. spaghetti with veg/meat sauce 9 pts.
Total 9 pts.

Daily Total: 21 pts.

Cheater

No, I didn't cheat on my food...I stepped on the scale again! I know, I know!

Anyway, it said 207! That's pretty damn amazing. I'm not counting that as a "weigh-in," but it sure is motivating!

I can't tell you (although I suspect you know) how good it feels to lie in bed at night and be able to say that you didn't eat one wrong thing all day. Finally!

Monday, Monday

I've been keeping track of my food in my head today..I think I am pretty low on my points...so I came here to post and figure it all out.

Let's see...

Breakfast
2 Jello pudding cups--2 pts (shut up..it was breakfast on the run and I don't like yogurt!)
water--0 pts
Total--2 pts

Lunch
2 Turkey, Ham, cheese, and tomato sandwiches--7 pts
pringles FF chips--1
Coke Zero--0 pts
Total--8 pts

Dinner
Swiss Chicken and Stuffing--6 pts
2 pcs bread and butter--3 pts
2 cups skim milk--4 pts
Total--13 pts

Snack
Skinny Cow IC sandwich--2 pts
Total--2 pts

Daily total--25 pts

Monday!

I did pretty well today. It turned out to kind of be a "flying by the seat of my pants" day, so it definitely could have gone a lot worse.

Breakfast and lunch were unexpectedly "on the run," and then I slept through dinner. I just had a Lean Cuisine when I woke up, just because I was too sleepy and hungry to do more.

Breakfast:
Peanut Butter Crackers 3 pts.
Total 3 pts.

Lunch...McDonalds...uh oh, lol!
6 pc. McNuggets 7 pts.
Small fries 5 pts.
Total 12 pts.

Dinner:
Lean Cuisine 6 pts.
Total 6 pts.

Snack:
Large apple 2 pts.
Total 2 pts.

Daily total: 23 pts.

Week 1 Weigh-in

Well, Tricia you were right!

I actually lost a pound this week. Whee, a whole pound, lol! It's certainly better than gaining, but I'm more excited now to be back doing WW where I'll probably see some real results.

Week 2, here we go!

Week 1 Weigh in

I was at my mom's picking up the car. (since Kyle is working now and I have to pick up the kids from school..I am borrowing her car until we can get Kyle a truck for work) Since that was where I weighed last week..I wanted to weigh there again for an official weight loss. Waiting until tomorrow night would be REAL official..but I just wanted to get it over with so I can start going by my own scale.

SO...with no further ado.....drum roll please.......
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7 pounds. SEVEN POUNDS!! YAY!!!

I am so, so proud of me and I feel really good!! Thanks for doing this with me, cindy..it's helping more than you will ever know!!

Sunday Confession

I plan on going over my points today..just so you know. LOL

We are taking Logan to BW3's for lunch and 3 wings are 9 points. (how stupid is that?!?) Hopefully, I don't go much over..and I also have my 35 flex points that I haven't used this week...so I should be able to be ok.

I haven't eaten yet today....saving all my points for the one meal. LOL I know you aren't supposed to do it...but oh well.

Update:

YUM! I ended up staying within my points too!!

6 wings--18 pts
chili cheese fries--12 pts
Total--30 pts

I can tell that this isn't going to keep me satisfied for the rest of the night though...so I will go a little over, but definitely not the "damage" I had thought I would do. so, Yay me! It was SO good too---very worth it! Cheap too!!

The re-start!

The bad news is...I gained a pound this week. Dang it! But...I lost a point in my fat %. So, my new starting point is 211 pounds, and a fat % of 45% (Yikes...that's awful.)

Anyway...here is my food intake for the day, to be updated as the day goes on. (I'm allowed 26 pts.)

Breakfast:

Large apple 2pts.
1 tbsp PB 2 pts.
Total 4 pts.

Snack:

3/4 oz. pretzels 2 pts.
Total 2 pts.

Lunch:

Can of chicken noodle soup 4 pts.
5 saltine crackers 1 pt.
Total 5 pts.

Dinner:
Subway 6" RB on wheat (no mayo, no cheese) 6 pts.
Baked BBQ Lays 3 pts.
Total 9 pts.

Snack:
English Muffin 1 pt.
Margarine 2 pts.
Total 3 pts.

Total points: 23 pts.

Just to note...I'm always shocked when I start WW (rolling eyes, lol) at what a healthy portion of something is. Can I just say that 1 tbsp of PB is NOT very much??? No wonder I'm fat!!!

Re-thinking things

This may not make a lot of sense. Then again...who knows? Maybe it will.

I have been on WW more times than I care to recount. I'm probably up to about 5 or 6 times by now. I love the way it works, and I believe it truly is an excellent and healthy program. The problem is, I really don't want to spend the rest of my life counting points. So, I had this revelation that I do know how to live a healthy lifestyle, and I know how to eat right. It would seem that if I put those two plans into play that I don't HAVE to be on WW and count points...but that I could still lose weight "doing it myself."

Doesn't that sound easy? Yeah. It does. And it also sounds like a pipe-dream at this point! If it was easy, there'd be a lot more skinny people around, I think. I'm finding that it's really fricking hard, and that my willpower is almost non-existant.

Maybe I *do* need to count points...at least for awhile, until I get my appetite and cravings under control. About the only thing I've managed to do well (diet/food related) this week is drinking my water every day.

My eating is not good even though I "know" what to do. I'm not exercising, and I'm not losing any weight. It's only been about a week, so I'm not saying I'm a failure or anything...but I'm definitely re-thinking my whole "I can do this myself! Go me!" attitude.

I'm a little down about it, but also realistic that I'm human and not perfect. I just really want to get a handle on this.

Pizza

what is it about dieting and weekends that make life so hard? My kids wanna watch a movie and eat pizza--family fun night, you know? So..the pizza is on the way. Guess who is eating some? Me! I am! I am going to exercise in the morning...that'll help.

Edited to say: I don't know what I was thinking. Well, I do know...I was thinking that if I ate pizza I was going to go over my points. Well, guess what? I thought wrong! I know, I know..imagine THAT, right?!?! I started thinking about it and realized that I only ate breakfast today...that was 7 points...then my 2 slices of pizza...10 points each. 27 points total! Hot diggity!

Guess who's not exercising in the morning?!? Me! I'm not! ROFL

Day 5--food and points

Breakfast
2 rice cakes w/PB and raisins--4
water--o
Total--4

Lunch
1 turkey sandwich w/cheese--3.5
pringles--1
2 pickles-0
water--0
Total 4.5

Snack
Popcorn--1 pt
popsicle--1 pt
water--0 pt
Total--2 pts

Dinner
Chicken Sandwich--10 pts
onion rings--4 pts
Diet Coke--0 pts
Total--14 pts

Snack
Skinny Cow--2 pts
Total--2 pts

Daily total--26.5 pts

OK Day

Today was nothing spectacular, but I did OK. It was a tremendously LONG day though, and I am beat. I got to work at 8:15am, and got HOME from work at 9:30pm...with no breaks. Oh my.

I had a drinkable yogurt for breakfast, chicken mcnuggets for lunch (I know...could be better), and cheese and crackers for dinner. Oh, and a biscuit too. I was a bit low on my water intake though.

I'll keep it up tomorrow...but I MUST sleep now, lol.

Day 4--Food and Points

Today was a bad day. I stayed within my points but didn't eat breakfast and ate the majority of my points at dinner which was made up of food from Taco Bell. ROFL BUT..I stayed within in my points...so I'm still happy with me! :)

Breakfast
NONE

Lunch
2 Turkey and cheese sandwiches--7 pts
FF pringles--1 pt
Pickle-- 0 pt
Water-- o pt
Total--8 pts

Dinner
Taco Supreme--5.5 pts
Tostada---4.5 pts
1/2 chick quesadilla-- 6.5 pts
Diet pepsi--0 pts
Total--16.5

Snack
cinnamon twists--3.5 pts
water--0 pts
Total 3.5 pts

Total for the day--28 pts

HOT DAMN!!

Guess who weighed on her very own scale this morning?!?!? ME! I did!!
299.5

WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Some progress!

Tricia, you're not the only scale whore! I got on today, and it said 208.6. So that would be a 1.4 pound loss so far. I'm not counting this as an "official" weigh-in, but it's nice to see a little progress. The loss has got to be from all the water I'm drinking, lol...because up to this point my food choices still haven't been stellar.

Today was a so-so day for me. Good again with the water drinking, which I am proud of. Getting my water in has never been an easy thing for me, so at least I'm doing one thing right! My food choices are getting better, gradually...but one thing I'm noticing is that I'm cutting down on my snacking.

I can see I'm making progress, I just wish I was better at the whole willpower thing. Although, I guess it's good to make changes gradually, instead of drastically cutting out everything you're used to eating all at once. True? or am I just in denial?

Day 3--pressing on...

So, it's Day 3. I just went down to weigh myself and still a no-go on the digital scale. However, the normal dial thingy scale says 298. But really, I can't go by that since the digital is still registering EE. I MIGHT go down to moms and weigh there again. I am SUCH a scale whore.

Still haven't taken my before pics..gonna try to do it tonight.

Day 3--food and points

Breakfast
bowl of cereal--3 pts
water--0 pts
Total--3 pts

Snack
handful of pretzels--1 pt
Total--1 pt

Lunch
1 2/3 tacos (TB) -- 6 pts
Coke Zero--0 pts
Total--6

Dinner
grilled chicken w/peppers and onions--3pts
water-- 0 pts
Total--3 pts

Snacks
lg bowl of cereal--9 pts
skinny cow--2 pts
Total--11 pts

Total for the day--24

Day 2...Better than yesterday?

OK...I think I did better today than yesterday, but still not what I'd call "good." Dang it! Why am I so weak???

I didn't eat breakfast before work, because I knew it was my new aide's birthday. Of course, to make her feel welcome and happy, I brought her a strawberry danish, and a cinnamon bread (for our whole age level group to share). I knew I'd have a piece for breakfast, and I did. But I drank a bottle of water with my piece of danish.

I didn't eat lunch because I was so busy. But I had another bottle of water.

I was STARVING by the time I got off work at 6pm, but I did good by not having snack with the After-School kids. That was a real downfall of mine last school year.

And, check this out...we did Tae Bo with the kids. Seriously! I worked out today! Woot!

I got home, and had red beans and rice for dinner. (With two small pieces of the cinnamon bread for dessert.) Sigh.

So, I'm making positive changes...drinking water, and exercise...but I'm still way too weak with temptations.

I'm keeping my same goals for tomorrow. Drink my water, and stay strong in the face of junkfood.

Temptation of McDonalds

I picked Shelbea and Logan up from school and took the kids (those 2 plus Dylan and Amelia) to McDonalds. It took ALL my willpower to not order a big mac! I had only had my 1/2 cup of cereal and was SOOOO hungry. I restrained myself from putting an order in for me..and came home to make Tuna salad. which I promptly scarfed down! I'm already thinking about what I can eat for dinner!! LOL

Day 2--points and food

Breakfast
bowl of cereal--3 pts
(this was the smallest bowl of cereal I have ever eaten..what the hell kind of serving size is 1/2 cup anyway???)

Total--3 pts

Lunch
2 tuna sandwiches--8 pts
coke zero--0 pts

Total--8 pts

Dinner
Wendy's
Sm chili w/ cheese--6 pts
Baked potato w/ sr cream--5.5 pts
5 pc nuggets w/1/2 BBQ sauce--6 pts
water--0 pts

Total--17.5 pts

Snack
skinny cow ice cream sandwich--2 pts

Total--2 pts

Total Points--30.5 pts

Day one Done

I went to my moms last night and weighed on her scale and weighed 304. So, maybe I have lost weight since I was at the dr?? I should be able to weigh on my own scale sooner than I thought!

I'm so proud of myself for staying "on program" (I hate that saying) yesterday. I wasn't really hungry...no hungrier than normal anyway.

Kyle came home last night and the new shorts I bought him last week are now falling off! The whole reason I bought him new shorts was because his shorts were falling off..now a week later he has dropped another pants size?? I told him I hate him! ;-) I dug some old shorts of his out of the closet...hopefully that will buy us some time before I have to buy him more! I can't let him get thinner than me...I know that! We are SO close in height and I am pretty sure I am bigger boned than he is...so he needs to stay a little fat so we don't look stupid. ROFL

Day 1 check-in

Well...I have good news and I have bad news. The good news is, I drank all of my water today! Go, me!

The bad news is...I don't deal well with temptation apparently. We had a staff meeting today, and I had a salad for lunch (yay!). But, I had a piece of homemade poundcake, and a snickerdoodle cookie for dessert. And then, yes (!) there's more. I had an orange creamslush and some tater tots from Sonic tonight.

So...damn. Good thing tomorrow's another day.

My goals for tomorrow are to again drink 64+ ounces of water, and healthy snacks only!!! No junkfood!

Day 1 food and points

I woke up with a migraine around 5:30. I ate about 6 wheat thins and took a migraine pill. I have been nauseous ever since. Not a fun way to start day 1! I am going to go get some breakfast now..I'll be updating this post with my food and points count through out the day. I am allowed 32 points a day.

Breakfast
6 wheat thins--1 pt
2 rice cakes--1pt
1 TBS p-nut butter--2 pt
sprinkling of raisins--1 pt
16 oz water--0 pt

Total--5 pts

Lunch
2 Tuna sandwiches-- 8 pts
Coke Zero--0 pts (go figure!)

Total--8 pts

Snack
21 pretzel twists--2 pts

Total--2 pts

Dinner
Chicken Philly Cheese steak --11 pts
Oven "fries"--2 pts
24 oz water--o pts

Total--13 pts

Snack
Skinny cow ice cream sandwich--2pts

Total--2 pts

Total Points--30

Goals for Monday

Before I head to bed, I want to go on record with what I'd like to accomplish tomorrow.

It might seem small, but my main goal for tomorrow is simply to drink at least 64 oz. of water. I also want to exercise for at least 20-30 minutes. I'll have to do a dvd or something, because it's just way too hot to exert yourself outside right now. Dying of heat stroke is not in the plan, lol!

Last thing, we're having our pictures taken for work tomorrow, so I'll do before pics too.

My stats too

Ok first, I have to find a new pic of me to put on the sidebar. That is scary..much cuter when Kyles face isn't cut out. ROFL

Ack--can't believe I am admitting to this...but I weigh 307 or there about. sadly, my scale only goes to 299 so I don't really know for sure. 1 month ago, I weighed 307 at the DR...and I had lost 5 pounds from being there 6 months before. So, I'll assume I didn't gain 10 pounds in a month and make 307 my official number.

My first goal is 299. I will be thrilled when I can weigh on my own scale. I considered going to buy a scale that would go higher than 300--but that is pretty silly when I am going to weigh less than that very soon, huh?

I am going to follow the WW plan. I'm not sure what I plan to do for exercise. I have a couple walk away the pounds videos, so I will probably mostly do those for now.

So..here we go...hang on..it's gonna be a bumpy ride!! WHEEEEEEEE!!! (hopefully not TOO bumpy though! ;))

Enough Already!

I never thought I'd want a weight loss blog, but here I am...starting a weight loss blog! I've got to do *something,* because I'm just disgusted with where I've gotten to.

Tricia and I met about 7 years ago online, and have become wonderful friends over the years. We complained about our weight and started lots of diets...but, we never stuck with it. This time, we are committed to succeeding, and are going to be checking in to this blog to keep track of our progress and to keep each other accountable.

We were chatting tonight, and both of us are at the "Enough Already" stage, and thus...a blog was born.

OK...my stats. I went and weighed myself about an hour ago, and as of today, I weigh 210 pounds, and my % of body fat is 46.4. I'm not going to go on and on, berating myself...because it really wouldn't accomplish anything. Today is the last day I have to weigh this much, so....away I go!