A week hiatus....

Well its been almost a week and thought I would do a quick update...

We were in Atlanta for a few days and well I cant say it was the worst but it was far from the best. I could have done much better but that 2 lb gain kept playing over and over in my mind the "oh who cares I already gained 2 lbs what difference does it make" majorly wrong attitude and I know that.

Well then we have been living with family for the past 2 mths and the end cant come soon enough thats for sure. It seems as though its the choice of eating out or eating crap and its been a majorly difficult road. I buy good stuff it gets eaten so its a lose, lose situation. We are going back to our house (its finally sold!!) the week of July 9-13, packing up all and we will move into our new place on July 14 I cant wait to be back to my normal routine instead of dealing with someone else's routine thats for sure.

So that being said Im trying to take it one day at a time, eat as healthy as possible and try to at least maintain maybe, its tough, tough but I need to stick with it. I can see the road ahead and its getting shorter and shorter!!

Hope everyone is doing well, things are kind of tough for here but hopefully after July 14 they will start looking up again!!

Disappointing Weigh-In

Well I guess it was about time for me to have a bad weigh-in. This week has been 1000% tough to balance everything out I must admit and by the end of the week tracking just wasnt an option because I was trying to fit in the things that I had to do and well tracking wasnt one of those priorities. The last few days Ive earned my gain for the week and Im fully aware of that. I didnt track (even though I said I would) and well they had so many good things at VBS and well those things brought me down for sure how can you resist so many ooey gooey good stuff knowing it wont be around for long?! Could I have resisted it....umm maybe some of it but things like FREE chick-fil-a breakfast, all the cakes, muffins, dips you could imagine. Now some things I did pass on but Ill be quite honest I didnt too hot by the end of the week. Stress got to me and took full advantage of me. I know I can do better, ive beat myself up all day today over it but know its a few days and I can get right back on track.

So thats my pity party for the day. I know Sunday-Tuesday we will be out of town and probably have no internet connection, we will be eating out for every meal so hopefully I can do well and not go overboard.

We will be moving mid-July (July 14 to be exact) and finally getting into OUR normal routine instead of doing things with my parents and eating at their 9 pm schedule which is killing me. So hopefully that will help out as well, its so tough being on someone else's schedule.

So the real result of this week's weigh in...a GAIN of 2 lbs.....I didnt think I had ate that much but who knows I didnt track, I did bad and full admit that....

Alive and Kicking

Just wanted to drop a quick note Im still alive but this week and next week will be tough weeks for sure. This week Im teaching VBS (vacation bible school) and its been quite a hectic week with all the planning, getting organized and keeping my sanity with a bunch of 4th graders but Im still alive for now.

For WL-Im tracking things still in http://www.sparkpeople.com/ or on paper so Im not giving that up just dont have a ton of time to post each day.

Next week by the end of the week will hopefully be better. This weekend through Tuesday I will be out of town with my new job so hopefully all will go well with that trip (its a lot of training and meetings).

So to say the least hopefully after Tuesday Ill be back to posting but time is very scarce for now:) Ill try to check in with everyone when I get a free moment though (which isnt much for now). If you have anything Ive missed out on feel free to post it here:)

Weigh In...MAJOR success!!

Well I weighed in this morning thinking oh it will be 1-2 lbs and 2 was really hoping because I had such a big loss last week. Well what did I have 2.5 lb LOSS I couldnt believe it I thought the scale was lieing to me so I get on again and it tells me the same thing so maybe my eyes and the scale arent deceiving me. I couldnt believe it....wow that means Im now down to 170.8 and less than 1 lb away from the 160's. The 160's that I didnt think I would ever see in a million years again and here I am less than 1 lb away....WOW...WOW

So Ive now lost 36.7 lbs and I have 25.8 lbs to go to reach my 62.5 lb goal of 145 lbs. Im well over half way there and cant wait to see my goal come!!!

Thank you girls for all your support you dont know how much it means to me!!

Thursday Food

Well today was one of those I havent been eating enough so let me get some fried food to make sure I get it and did just that. Normally I would never eat it but today since I have yet to meet my WW pts all week I said mine as well go with someone so I know I can meet those pts and did just that. I know I went over a little but almost felt that since I ate 10 pts under yesterday and under for the week my body was trying to tell me "eat some food baby..haha" After eating it though I must admit it made me feel like total crap and say to myself "why did I eat this again" you can eat much more healthy options than this crap so it was more like a beat yourself over the head saying "I cant believe you really ate that...shame on you"

My limit on fried food is one time during the week and maybe one time during the weekend it gives me my "I dont feel like Im on a diet and can still eat good food" and thats what today was.

Oh and I tried those WW Giant Cookies and cream bar and well I must admit at first I was like oh this is going to taste horrible dont even buy them how good can it be for 2 pts seriously? Well I must admit those things are really good + they actually have fiber in it so for 2 pts you cant beat them!

Im ready for WI tomorrow or for some I guess its in a few hrs today time so Im hoping for a 1-2 lb loss hopefully well see how nice the scales are to me...haha!
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Breakfast: Fiber One oats & chocolate, water
Lunch: Zaxby's big zak snak (3 fried chicken fingers, 1/2 fry order, toast, and 1 thing of sauce), sweet tea
Dinner: tortilla chips, ground turkey, FF sour cream, salsa, water
Snack: Weight Watchers Giant Cookies and Cream Ice Cream Bar
Water: 79.7 oz.
Exercise: 60 minute walk
Total Calories: 1458
WW Pts: 33.4 pts - 4 EX Pts = 29.4 pts

Wednesday Food

Day 3 this week and I have yet to meet my WW pts which I found out beforehand it was 26 pts when I started and Ive now dropped down to 24 pts according to the new plan so Ill stick with that for now even though if I went with the original it would be 22 pts so as long as I stay in that range Ill be fine.

I really need to start eating breakfast that would probably help up my count but I eat good food, havent really snacked much and well its a done deal. I dont feel hungry so Im kind of to the point now do I need to force food down my face to make sure I get it in or what? I may change up week to week and some weeks eat my pts, other weeks not so well see how it goes and give it a test run. I know I shouldnt be weighing daily but weighed today and saw this 171.7 number...I sure havent seent that in a LONGGG time I seriously cant even remember. The great thing about it is Im almost in the 160's I cant believe it I never thought I would ever see that number again...wow such a major milestone to even get close and then to let that 160 # be a past afterthought I cant wait!!

Another new thing was to get Hamburger Helper cheeseburger macaroni add ground turkey instead of ground meat (Im sure some do this anyway) but to add peas and to put the rotel tomatoes and peppers in it and it added a good little kick to it and wasnt so boring and you got your veggies too!
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Breakfast: nada (didnt wake up in time)
Lunch: Taco Bell spicy chicken soft taco, cinnamon twists, water
Dinner: cheeseburger helper with peas and rotel tomatoes, 1 piece of white bread with FF butter spray, water
Snack: Cheerios Oat Cluster Crunch with 1% milk
Water: 64.9 oz.
Exercise: 60 minute walk
Total Calories: 867
WW Pts: 18.9 pts - 4 EX Pts = 14.9 pts

Clothes, and challenges

Yeah what a title for the day, right? well it pretty much sums up my day perfectly.

Clothes: who doesnt use clothes for motivation? well my clothes of the day is fitness clothes. Im not sure what it is about fitness clothes but it motivates me beyond belief to put them on its almost like a spark of "I can do this...dont give up" motivation...anyone else like this or am I the only one?? Now that Im losing weight I love them even more because it shows my body instead of all my fat (thats getting less and less by the day!!). I used to absolutely hate them I think because it shows every little mark, fat, etc in your body but its just more fuel so that they look even better on me oh and the postive thing is they are so comfy (that is if you find the right type they have some that arent as comfortable as others)

Challenges: My first challenge was I told myself I was drinking 8 glasses (64 oz) of water and so help me I was doing it and no one was stopping me whether I had to stay up until 11:59 pm I was doing it. well do you know what?? I met that record + more and wound up with 82.7 oz of water for the day...wow I couldnt believe it when I tallied it all up...met challenge 1...
Next challenge....my mom fixed a huge thing of macaroni and cheese...now before this was one of my favorites I ate it all the time and ate quite a bit at that....I never even thought twice of having one bite. All that kept running through my mind was do you really want that fat and garbage...is it really going to do anything for you....so to say the least I really cant believe I tricked my mind its like it doesnt even want the fat food and dont ask me how I did it because I still havent quite figured that one out yet but its a great feeling.

So to say the least I had a pretty good day...just not eating enough or something I guess I need to work on getting my food up. I input it about twice a day and think I ate more then when I put it in and am like I only ate that much I need to eat some more....

My favorite items (which Im starting to find quite a bit lately that I thought I would never touch) were chicken corn dogs...has anyone tried these they are wonderful and in my opinion a little better or maybe that was putting them in the oven but they were delicious! Even hubby commented how good they were. Then the other thing is raspberries...I always said no thanks to these thinking they would be gross but Ive come to the conclusion these are delicious!!

So onto the menu for the day....
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Breakfast: nada (didnt wake up in time)
Lunch: Chicken corn dog, 1 tbsp. Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce, 10 Ore-Ida crinkle cut fries, water
Dinner: chicken corn dog, 1.5 tbsp. Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce, 11 Ore-Ida waffle fries, water
Snack: Cheerios Oat Cluster Crunch with 1% milk, 1/2 c raspberries, Hostess 100 calorie Chocolate Cake with Creamy Filling
Water: 82.7 oz.
Exercise: 30 minute walk
Total Calories: 1074
WW Pts: 23.8 pts - 3 EX Pts = 20.8 pts

Progress Picture

Well I took a few progress pictures this morning and thought I would share. I hit my all time low of 172.5..wooo hoo!!

1,000 and counting

Well the first hit mark has been hit...1,021 visitors in less than 2 mths...wow!! I never dreamed I could get that many looks so I guess I must have something interesting everyone is checking in on me so thanks;)

Today was another pretty good day, a little low in calories but not too horrible. Also, I never really thought about things like this but the other day I went to check my blood pressure (high blood pressure runs on my dad and mom's side) and it had gone down. I asked my mom about it and she stated it was too low so anyone know?? It was 108/72 she said I may need to take some iron to help up it a little so well see any takers would be greatly appreciated it. Oh and my normal BP was around 120-125 before so I guess losing weight does lower that as well...interesting....

My mom made some burgers with ground turkey which I had never had since I had been I guess what you called the "oh its not going to taste good syndrome" but she added some rub & A-1 and they were devine. Hubby even commented how good they were then I told him they were turkey and he was shocked so see add some good seasonings and you can fool anyone...haha! Also, I havent been a huge, huge fan of wheat buns but have found that sara lee makes some fabulous ones so try them out if you are trying to get into the wheat crave....

Oh and for any of those that dont know what sweet tea...its a VERY southern thing that you will only find served in the south that Im aware of. Pretty much its regular brewed tea with sugar added and usually lots of it...delicious..but oh so not calorie free....haha!
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Breakfast: Cheerios Oat Cluster Crunch with 1% milk
Lunch: turkey burger (chicken & rib rub combined with A-1 bold and spicy), wheat bun, 2% pepperjack cheese, 1 tbsp. Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce, baked lays cheddar & sour cream, water
Dinner: fruit (apples, mandarin oranges, strawberries, grapes), water
Snack: Chex 100 calorie chocolate caramel mix, vanilla ice cream sandwich
Water: 67.6 oz.
Exercise: 60 minute walk
Total Calories: 1030
WW Pts: 21.7 pts - 4 EX Pts = 17.7 pts

Weekend Report

Well we are back from our little weekend trip, it was short and sweet and our MSU Bulldogs WON and are headed to Omaha!!! We were the first team into the World Series so GO DAWGS!!! What a great weekend it was, I took a few pictures and if any of them came out decent Ill post them...Im a wee bit burnt since yesterday we didnt get anything and well today I guess we were in the right spot or something. I sure sweated off my calories for sure though!

So I said I was going to keep up with my menu and I did just that. Is it all great...well not the greatest but not the worst either..you have to have some good food sometime, right?? So here it is, kind of scattered.

Friday
Breakfast:
5 chick-fil-a ckn minis
Unsweet tea

Water: 16.9 oz.

Dinner:
3 pieces of catfish fillets to equal one full fillet
Potato with cheese, ranch dressing
1 hushpuppy
Salad (lettuce, cheese, bacon bits, 4 crackers, onion, ranch dressing)
Sweet tea

Snack:
1 Chocolate doughnut
Fresh strawberry lemonade (32 oz.)

Exercise: sweating for 3 hrs from 90+ heat, walking to/from/around baseball game (1 hr)


Saturday
Breakfast
1 Chocolate doughnut
7 oz. sweet tea

Lunch/Dinner:
Small BBQ sandwich
2.5 oz. baked beans
1 oz. potato salad
7-8 onion slivers with ranch dressing
16 oz. Sweet tea

Water: 50.7 oz.

Exercise: sweating for 5 hrs from 95+ heat, walking to/from/around baseball game (1 hr)