Awesome 4 days...

I am so proud of myself. I have remained OP so far the past four days. Now this is pretty awesome for me b/c I have tracked (through email) and gotten in my water, passed up cake, passed up french fries and just feel sooo great. Thanks to my new WW friend Christie and my weigh in friend Jen I know I can do this. It seems as if my life has finally settled down. School is going good, not much tension there anymore. We got rid of Emma's bottle last weekend. Greg and I are doing good. My house is somewhat clean. All of these things attribute to my doing bad and eating like a crazy person. I weighed in at Jen's Wednesday morning, another gain. This time I weighed 233.2, which is 1.2 pounds up from when we first started. I have been OP for 4 days and got on the scale this morning and it read 229.0. That was without any clothes, but it was so nice to see the 220's I have been struggling with the 230's for so long I'm just used to being that. I just want to stay in the 220's for right now and then focus on the 210's. One step at a time, baby steps. If I take on too much, I know I'm only setting myself up for failure.

Food journal from last night
B - 3 egg whites scrambled, 2 pieces of bread, 4 pieces of precooked bacon - 5 pts
L - Wendy's - grilled chicken sandwich (8) chili (4) - 12 pts
S - smores granola bar - 2 pts
D - 3 tortillas (4) 2 oz chicken (2) cheese (3) sour cream (1) taco sauce (0) - 10 pts

29 points, but I've only used 1 flex this weekend.

It's been a while...

Since I've last posted. Jen and I are still weighing each other and I'm 1.2 lbs up from when we started but at least we seem to have gotten our act together. I also have a new friend Christie that is going to join me in emailing me to keep each other on track. She and I seem to have very similar stats and weigh loss/gain patterns. I'm really excited about this. Today I did really well. I did forget my breakfast, but Jen came to my rescue and gave me an oatmeal bar so I avoided going to McDonald's. I drank 6 bottles of water. I think my stressful time is over. A is not at work for the rest of the week so I won't have to think about how she pissed me off last week. I ate a new tv dinner today and it was really good - 6 points but worth it. I went to Subway for dinner and of all nights, the girl put 4 triangles of cheese, which added more points to my sandwich, but what am I gonna say... HEY put those cheese triangles back... So here's my menu for today

B - oatmeal bar - 4 pts

L - smart ones chicken suiza - (6) banana (2) kudos bar (2) - 10 pts

D - subway chicken teriyaki (8) baked lays (3) chocolate pudding (1) - 12 pts

S - 1/4 of world finest chocolate almond bar (2) grapes (not even worth counting)

Total for the day 28 pts.

I did have a NSV - We all got a world's finest chocolate bar this afternoon and I went to my ILs house and gave everyone a piece and only ate one small part. Another NSV was that I avoided the candy jar that is filled with hershery mini bars....

Until tomorrow...
JTP

More on track...

After the weekend I usually do good on Monday and today I did relatively okay. I had semi planned out my food for today but just had a change in dinner.

B - oatmeal bar and a banana (6)

L - hot pocket (6)

D - subway bread 3.5, pepperjack cheese 1.5, meats 2.5, mayo 1 (8 1/2)
baked doritos (1)
baked carrots and potatoes (1) - (10 .5)

Snacks - birthday cake (4)
breakfast sausage (2)
ritz 100 cal pack (2)

Total for the day - 30.5 - over by 1.5, but I haven't eaten all of my flexies for the week. I am going to have a chocolate candy before I go to bed. I did drink 5 bottles of water, which means I achieved my goal for today.

Weigh in is Wednesday, I'm still not counting on losing...
Until tomorrow,
JTP

Stress eating..

I know I am a stress eater and it seems like the days are getting fuller and fuller. Last week I was out Monday and Tuesday from school with what I thought to be a stomach virus, but I now know it was food poisoning from Craig's wedding. Yes, food poisoning from a wedding... That in itself had me stressed b/c missing school is a big thing for me. I went the rest of the week but continued to walk around in a fog. My other issue right now is Greg. He has been sick since Tuesday and has done NOTHING to help me out around here. Oh wait he did do dishes Friday night. Other ethan that he works, comes home, sits on the couch, goes to bed, sleeps, goes to work... You get the pattern.... I have had Emma everyday and I enjoy being with her, but you know lend a momma a hand sometimes... Then I'm trying to diet on top of all of this, I'm lucky I haven't eaten the entire house seeing the circumstances. I am hoping that blogging about it will ease my pain. I cannot go to bed b/c Greg is coughing and snoring that it is keeping me up, plus all the new shows started this week. I've been at my mom's all day today and really didn't eat that bad. I ate 7 crabs, which crabmeat isn't all that many points. We did go eat at McDonalds and I got a grilled chicken sandwich. Greg has worked every day since Thursday and it is about to drive me crazy. Tomorrow he's going play golf which equals intoxication plus it is also his mom's bday, which means I have to figure out what to do for her. I have no gift, no card, no cake. I suck suck suck and I'm about to lose my mind. Emma is in bed at 8:15 b/c she had a slight nap and was whiney whiney whiney. I told Greg he has to go to the doctor tomorrow b/c I hope it doesn't turn out to be pneumonia or bronchitis. I just need some help. I cannot eat properly and make it through the day. At least in the back of my mind I have been conscious of what I'm putting in my mouth and haven't eaten that nestle crunch in my mom's fridge or opened her cabinet with the snickers bar or eaten the ice cream bars that I know are in the freezer. Okay so I've rambled on enough. I'm off to take a bath, wash my hair, and talk to Jen about her weekend. Sounds like she did really good and I need to commend her to sticking to it. She's a newbie and is still on the first week high and will probably be and then once she gets on teh scale she'll be escastic and I'll be moaning b/c I gained instead of losing... But I digress....

Until tomorrow,
JTP

Two days...

Two days ago Jen and I started doing this together. Two days I have had success and feel good. Minus the stomach bug I had Monday I'm wondering how I'll do this week. I know Jen will lose weight but I'm not sure about myself.

Yesterday's menu
B - Waffle House waffle, butter, syrup - 12
L - flat bread sandwich - 7, banana - 2 (9)
D - tilapa (2) pear (1) green beans and almonds (2) dirty rice (2) - 7

Total - 28 pts.

Today's menu - 9/25
B - bagelful (4) - 4
L - tilapa (2), plum (1/2) pineapples (2) - 5 1/2
D - pizza - crust (8) cheese (4) canadian bacon (2) mushrooms (0) sauce (0)
dirty rice (2) yogurt (1/2) - 16 1/2
3 candies (3)

Total - 29 - 1 over oops!

Found a partner...

Well we're back in the saddle again....

This time I have a partner and I think we'll be successful if we can work together. Jen and I are going to start Wednesday although I may go by her house tomorrow and weigh in just so we can get a kick in the pants. Both of us are overweight and need to get ourselves healthy for our families. Wish me luck....

Tomorrow's menu

B - Oatmeal bar - 4

L - Buffalo chicken flat bread sandwich - 7
banana - 2
popcorn - 2

D - hotdogs - 2
bun - 2
chili - 1
cheese - 2

20 total - 8 to play around with

This is my game plan again - plan the night before :)

Until tomorrow...
JTP

September 17

Breakfast
Oatmeal bar - (4)

Lunch
lean pocket chicken, spinach, and artichoke (5)
banana (2)

Snacks
chicken enchilada soup - (3)
grapes (2)
crackers (3)
dip (3)
popcorn (2)

4 left, I might go have some ice cream :P

Another day

Breakfast (4)
oatmeal square - 4

Lunch (7)
lean pocket - 5
banana - 2

Snack - (10)
popcorn cakes - 3
pizza - 7

Dinner - (8)
Hamburger bun - 1
burger - 4
mayo - 1
ketchup - 0
pickles - 0
cheese - 2


29 points for day

Day 1 again...

I've been off program for so long. My stupid foot messed me up tremendously, then Gustav came and went and all I am left with is some of the weight I lost. I figure today is as good as day as ever to get back OP. So here's what I ate today...

Breakfast
oatmeal bar - 4

Lunch
Deli creation flat bread - 7 pts
pineapples - 2 pts

Dinner
Subway club - 8 pts
chips - 2
Left over chili's - 2
Hawaiian punch - 2 pts
Cookie - 2
Ice Cream - 4 pts
Used all 28 pts today and 5 FP! But back to counting!

Back to the grind...

I had much success last week, about 6 lbs down in a week. That's awesome in my book. But I did not do good this weekend. Friday we ate at Middendorf's, Saturday we had Craig's storm and Carsyn's party, Sunday Mom and I ate at Zia's for lunch and fried shrimp and fries for dinner. Back to program tomorrow...

Plan for tomorrow:
B - oatmeal bar (4) - 4
L - panini - (6) pluot (1) LC cheese (1) crackers (2) - 10
D - tilapia (6) rotel (0) mushrooms (1) - 7

21 planned, 7 points to spare.

Water, water, water, water... I haven't drank any this weekend and drank a coke a day which isn't good. We'll see what next week has in store for me. I'm kind of excited to get back OP.

Until tomorrow,
JTP

Unsure about today

Here is my food journal for today...

B-oatmeal bar (4) banana (2) - 6

L - lean cuisine (5) apple (1) pb (2.5) LC cheese (1) cracker (2) - 11.5

D - LC pizza (8) - 8

S - chex mix bar (2) watermelon (.5) chocolate candy (1) goldfish (1) - 4.5

30 points - I'm over by 2, but I feel good about this week

Tomorrow is weigh in at school, curious to see how it goes...

Until tomorrow...
JTP

Another fantastic day...

Yet another successful day! I'm still feeling strong. I got on the scale and I've lost, just not sure how much and I'm not all the concerned. I'm going to get on the scale at school Friday and see if I see anything. The last time I got on the school scale it was 238-239ish.

Today I ate:
B - oatmeal bar (4) and a banana (2) - 6
L - 1 1/2 hot dog (1.5) bun (1) chili (1.5) LC cheese (1) crackers (2) 100 cal pack cupcakes (1)- 8
D - panini (6) veggies (2) - 8
S - vanilla wafers (2) mint patty (1) crackers and meat (2) - 5

Total for the day - 27

1 point left so I may go get me something for one point.

Tomorrow's game plan

B - banana and oatmeal bar (6) - 6
L - lean pocket (5) apple (1) pb (2.5) - 8.5
D - panini - 6

Total projected points - 20.5

7.5 to play around with

I'm having trouble with dinner right now, I need to figure out something besides tv dinners. I'm so curious what the scale will say Friday at school. That's kind of my true point. I know what I weighed last school year.

Until tomorrow...
JTP

Another happy day :)

So I did fantastic again today. I think this planning thing may work. Okay so it's only day 2 and I'm struggling to plan what I'm going to eat tomorrow. I didn't realize that one of my big problems is planning and not knowing what to eat. I bought a bunch of paninis today and know that always is good for dinner. I'm feeling strong and good about this for the first time in a long time. I just never realized that I'd be happier knowing what I'm going to eat in the afternoon. Here's what I ate today, the quick version

B - oatmeal bar - 4
L - lean pocket (5) apple (1) peanut butter (2.5) LC cheese (1) ritz crackers (2) - 11.5
D - 2 1/2 hot dogs (2.5) 2 1/2 buns (2.5) chili (2) mustard (0) 7
S - pizza at mom's (2) ice cream sandwich (2) 4

I have 1.5 left for today. I drank 4 bottles of water, a diet dr. pepper, and 1/2 coke zero.

Tomorrow's menu

B - oatmeal bar and a banana - 6
L - 1 1/2 hot dogs, bun, chili - 3.5 LC cheese & crackers - 3 - 6
D - panini - 6

That leaves me with 10 points. I may change something up but this is my so far game plan. We shall see.

Until tomorrow...
JTP

Success

Okay so today was very successful in my opinion. I did not exercise b/c I am leary of rehurting my foot. It has been hurting today so I'm not chancing that. Foodwise I was definitely a lot better knowing that my day was planned out. I ate everything I planned on yesterday and used 7 of my 6.5 points.

B-oatmeal bar - 4
L-fettucine (5) apple (1) peanut butter (2.5) LC cheese (1) 4 ritz (2) - 11.5
S - chex mix bar (2) 1/2 emma's pudding (.5) 2 homemade ice cream sandwiches (2.5) - 5
D - panini (6) salad w/lettuce, tomato, green pepper & bacon bits (1) dressing (1) - 8

Total for day - 28.5 - I am over by .5 and that doesn't concern me.

Tomorrow's menu

B - oatmeal bar - 4
L - hot pocket (5) apple (1) peanut butter (2.5) LC cheese (1) 4 ritz (2) - 11.5
D - hot dogs (2) chili (1) buns (not sure of, 3) - maybe salad again (2) - 8
S - 6.5 to play around with

I drank 4 1/2 bottles of water and remembered to take my vitamin.

I got on the scale this morning and am not sure what it said. Yep that's right I'm not all concerned right now. I'm going to focus on doing good and next Monday we'll see what the difference is. It's kind of nice having a scale that remembers what you weigh and tells me what I need to lose for 10% to be gone. 225 is the first goal...225...225...225 (chanting)

Until tomorrow...
JTP

Starting over...again

Okay so it's been a while since I've blogged. In fact, since I last blogged, I rejoined WW and quit, and also hurt my foot. The foot has been the biggest hinderance of all. I've been unable to do any type of exercise since July 21. I've gained anything I've lost and am back in school. I'm going to try something different this time by preplanning what I'm going to eat the night before. Tomorrow although it is my first day back I'm eating mainly tv dinners. WD has the good ones on sale and I'm going to go stock up. I know I cannot possible eat tv dinners every night but tomorrow I have to b/c I have nothing else to eat. I think I am going to call my friend Jen and get her involved on this. She's told me her problem is at work, eating out. My problem is the opposite, I eat when I get home, especially going to my mom's house. It just hit me that I have four months until I have to order a bridesmaid dress for Sherrie's wedding. I tried on a 22W when we went to that one bridal place and I really don't want to have to order anything larger than an 18W. I can deal with that, but I don't want to be that big. Melissa has lost 7 lbs and 7 inches this past month and I've gained. I have to get my butt in gear. So the game plan for tomorrow is to plan out my meals, have a few points to play around with, and try and do WWTP one mile. I'm going to start off slow and maybe by the end of the week I'll be up to 2 lbs. Greg now knows what I weigh so it's not a secret anymore. One of our speakers at school said that in order to attain a goal and be successful it needs to be written down and visible to remind you what you are shooting for. So my first goal is to weigh 225. Plain and simple 225. I'm not sure what I weigh right now, but I know last week I was 238ish when I got on the scale at school, but that was after lunch. I'm going to bring the new scale in the living room on Monday and Friday and get on it in here where the floor is flat and hopefully will be accurately projected. Okay so my food plan is.....

Breakfast
oatmeal bar - 4 pts

Lunch
Michelina's fettucine - 5 pts
Laughing cow cheese - 1 pt
ritz crackers - 4 - 2 pts
apple - 1 pt
peanut butter - 2.5 pts

Dinner
Lean Cuisine panini - 6 pts

6.5 points to play around with in case I snack at my mom's.

Until tomorrow...
JTP

Three check marks!!

I did pretty good day with the challenge, drank water, journaled, and EXERCISED! I even went to Jordyn's b-day party and avoided all the junk by leaving early.

Breakfast
oatmeal bar - 4
cheerios - 1

Lunch
grands biscuit - 4
pizza sauce - 2
cheese - 6
bread - 3

Dinner
2 bread - 2
cheese - 2
funyons - 1
grapes - 1

snacks
sour patch kids - 4

total for today 29 - over 1

Rode my bike for 20 minutes - YEP!!!

until tomorrow - JTP

Annoyed

So I am supposed to be doing WW again and being full force... YEAH RIGHT. Today I ate like a pig once again....

Breakfast
wheat thins

Lunch
sausage with dip
hamburger on bun with mustard, mayo, and ketchup
pork chop

Snack
brownie with vanilla ice cream
watermelon

Dinner
wheat thins

I need to get on track!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Until tomorrow
JTP

Day 3 of the challenge

I forgot to journal what I ate yesterday so I figure I'll do it this morning

Breakfast
oatmeal bar
1/2 banana

Lunch
cheeseburger and fries from Nobile's
crabmeat stuffed portabello -YUMMY!!

Snacks
1/4 piece of cake
1/2 pack of 100 cal pack of almonds - GROSS!

Dinner
2 bites of jambalaya

Not too bad for a day...

July Challenge

So I decided to try and get my family involved in losing weight. Sherrie's wedding is in a year and we need to do something besides the fact that mom and Melissa both have knee problems. I saw a commercial that said losing one pound relieves four pounds of pressure off of your knees. I really want my mom to feel better so hopefully she'll take my challenge seriously although I don't think she's going to admit she'll do it. So my challenge to the family was to think of three things you want to work on during the month of July. Keep track of your progress daily and at the end of the month reward yourself for completion. My three things were (1) journal daily (2) drink at least 2 bottles of water a day and (3) exercise at least 4 days a week. So far I have done number 1 and number 2 both days. I tried to exercise today but Emma had other plans, so that went out the window. This just means that I have to exercise the next 4 out of 5 days. If I have 90% completion of each category then I'll reward myself with a pedicure and manicure August 1. I also rejoined WW today. I weighed in at 235.2 pounds. Last time I started, which was July 17, 2007 I weighed 244. So I can't complain I am down 9 pounds from last year, when I really wanted to be down 30, but 9 is better than gaining so that's life. I journaled yesterday but just didn't blog it, so today I'm going to do both days. I'm not counting points for yesterday and today b/c I'm just trying to get used to writing things down again. It was hard today to journal, but I'm going to come do it, just so that I can earn that check mark in my journal box for July 2.

July 1 journal
B - oatmeal bar
1/2 banana
L - Subway Chicken Teriyaki
chips
20 peanut m&ms
Snack
2 cups watermelon
2 peppermints
1 1/2 hot dog buns with chili, cheese, & mustard
Dinner
quarter pounder, fries
vanilla frosty shake - YUCK!


Wednesday, July 2 - journal
breakfast
augratin potatoes
zebra cakes

Lunch
El Mexicana - 1 burrito, 1 enchilada, 1 tostada, 1 taco
chips and salsa

Dinner
grilled veggies (mushrooms, zuchinni, squash, pineapples)
french fries
1 chicken wing

Snacks
grapes

Until tomorrow
JTP

Disappointment

I had total disappointment today when I got on the scale. I was expecting to see a loss on the scale and saw a BIG jump. The scale said 236.5. I got on it several times, moved it and still nothing 236.5. Now I haven't been over 235 in so long and it just pissed me tremendously. My FIL is now weighing 220, that is 15 pounds less than me. How freaking sad is that. My BIL also weighs 220. I am a fat ass. My DH is married to a FAT ASS, who is fatter than his daddy and all of his brothers. Plain and simple. So to kick my discouraged ass to the curb, I got on my bike this morning after the scale incident and rode for 20 minutes non stop and felt awesome afterwards. I was very self conscious of what I ate and avoided my mom's house. So let's see how today went foodwise

Breakfast
1/2 banana
cereal and milk

Lunch
turkey sandwich w/dijonnaise, cheese, and a tomato
rest of the tomato and another one with low fat ranch

Snack
goldfish
chocolate pudding w/cool whip

Dinner
meatloaf dinner
frozen veggies

I am having problems remembering if I ate anything else. I did drink a bunch of water and I sure as hell hope I can get some of this weight off. I wanted to be 225 by my birthday but that is seeming less and less likely. TOmorrow is our 3 year anniversary and we're planning on going eat out and of course I want to eat and not be OP, but I'm going to do my WATP sometime and then I won't feel so guilty for eating. It's a pain in the ass right now for me!!!

Until tomorrow,
JTP

Exercising

Today I exercised more than I have in a while. I rode my bike with Emma on it for about 25 minutes and then when we got home she sat in the wagon, so I pulled her around the block. I was sweating my butt off and felt really good when I got home. It was a sense of accomplishment I hadn't felt in a long time. Exercising is bringing me some great joy in my life. I never thought I'd say that. It's as if riding my bike just brings a new high to my life. I know I have to lose weight and although I may not have made the best food choices, I am getting in some exercise instead of sitting on my ass all day.

Breakfast
oatmeal bar
1/2 banana

Lunch
portion of Emma's grilled cheese
half of her fries
hot dog with chili, mustard, and cheese
rice a roni

Snacks
york pepper mint patty
cherrios mix
trail mix (which I am going to throw away)

Dinner
chicken quesadillas w/sour cream and salsa
fries from Wow

I drank 4 bottles of water today and exercised - whoo hoo!

Until tommorrow,
JTP

Back to blogging

I didn't blog the past two days due to going out of town and being tired. Tonight I figure I did pretty good so I may as well blog. Greg got me a baby seat so now I can ride Emma so that'll be another form of exercise for me. Today we rode twice, once in the a.m., once in the p.m. I feel much better after doing that. Another thing I did really good day was drink my water and not eat out. WOW.... Last night I ate Sicily's, the day before we ate Cafe Dumonde and Mr. Ed's. Everyday it's some kind of fast food. Today I think I did good. I was very conscious of what I ate and although I didn't count points, I did get in fruits and not eat all that bad. I'll try to remember what I ate.

Breakfast
2 peaches
1/2 banana
oatmeal bar

Lunch
turkey sandwich w/cheese and tomatoes w/dijonnaise
tomato salad w/lowfat ranch dressing
small bag of cheddar and sourcream chips

Dinner
2 hot dogs w/mustard, turkey chili, and cheese
rice a roni

Snacks
ice cream bar
100 cal pack of M&Ms
apple w/peanut butter
peaches

Don't think that I did that bad.

Until tomorrow,
JTP

Another day of exercise

Well I just finished the two mile WATP and feel really good about things. Today I was mindful of what I ate, although it wasn't OP, I was mindful. I read something in Redbook about these people who had dieted together and lost 70 pounds and one of the things the woman said was that she made sure she ate a fruit or veggie with each meal, so today that was my main goal and to drink more water. So here's how my day went

Breakfast
oatmeal raisin oatmeal bar
3/4 banana

Lunch
went to Nobile's with Tara and Theresa
friend chicken tender, green beans, dirty rice, and a piece of french bread.

Snack
ate three scoops of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream
some cheetos
an apple and peanut butter
some goldfish with Emma

Dinner
box of frozen veggies and pieces of hamburger left from Sunday

Snack
2 freezie pops

So today was better than yesterday. I did drink 3 bottles of water, which is better than the past few weeks. Tomorrow we're going to NO for a night out and I know I'm going to eat a lot, but I'm going to try and do WATP in the morning if my child lets. I've never tried to exercise with her right here, but for some reason I'm seeing her get in my way, so I've been doing it at night.

Until tomorrow or the next day,
JTP

Beach pictures and motivation

These are three pictures taken at the beach two weeks ago. I am using these as motivation for me to lose weight. My other motivation is that I tried on a size 22W bridesmaids top and a 20 skirt and I don't want to have to order either size for Sherrie's wedding.

Starting over again...

Well I haven't blogged in quite a while and maybe tonight just started it all again. I haven't eaten right today but I did finish it the right way. I actually exercised and I haven't done that in so long besides walking to and from Sheryl's house strolling Emma. I only did the one mile of WATP but hey it's something. Eating wise I didn't do great. I didn't eat breakfast and that kind of set the tone, but thinking back I'll try and journal everything I ate. I know what my big problem is these days - WATER. I went from drinking at least 4 bottles a day to barely drinking one and drinking more diet cokes, cokes, etc. My weight this morning was 233.5, my mom's scale said 234.8

Breakfast
fudge bar

Mom's house
hmmm... 3 pieces of chess cake; one piece with cool whip

loaded mashed potatoes from Chili's

Lunch

route 44 diet dr. pepper
cheddar peppers

Snack
a vanilla pudding

Dinner
red beans and rice
shake and bake pork chop
cucumber salad w/lite ranch dressing

snack
a vanilla pudding

Okay so that wasn't that bad :)

Until tomorrow...
JTP

Another okay day...

I had an okay kind of day, except it seems like my personal life is upside down right now.

Breakfast
oatmeal bar - 4

Lunch
tv dinner -6 -(10)
veggies - 2 (12)

Dinner
subway - 8 (20)
chips and dip - 3 (23)
ice cream - 2 (25)

I'm annoyed and just ready for the day to be over with...

Wonder what the scale will say tomorrow?

Until tomorrow....
JTP

The afternoon blows...

I did fabulous this morning. Ate my oatmeal bar, drank my water, ate my tv dinner, veggies, and then wham the afternoon hit...

Breakfast
oatmeal bar - 4

Lunch
tv dinner - 6 (10)
veggies - 1 (11)
special k snacks - 2 (13)

Snacks
chips and dip - 2 (15)
beer - 2 (17)
teddy grahams - 2 (19)
ice cream bar - 2 - (21)
sherbet bar - (23)
bread -

Dinner
green beans and rice
garlic bread

So I guess overall I didn't to bad. I mean I ate things I probably shouldn't have but that's how things go. I haven't screwed things up horribly and I know I'll see results on the scale Friday.
I got on the scale yet again today and it was 229, just a smidgen but they I'll take anything under 230!

Until tomorrow...
JTP

Day 2 - Semi OP

Today was a little messed up b/c I forgot my tv dinner at home, but I made up for it at my mom's so maybe it all happened for a reason

Breakfast
oatmeal bar - 4

Lunch
salad, mushrooms, dressing - 1 (5)
banana - 2 (7)

Snacks at moms
3 cookies - 7 (14)
chex mix - 2 (16)

Dinner
fish with mushrooms and rotel - 4 (21)
grapes - 1 (22)

I guess I didn't do as bad as I thought

I drank 4 bottles of water, 1 diet dr. Pepper, and a cherry coke zero.

I did get on the scale this morning and it was 230.5 and then at lunch I got on the school scale and it was 232. No where near the scare I had Saturday night when it read 238. I love the fact that I'm staying under 235. The sad part is that my FIL lost 30 lbs and now probably weighs less than me. I need to get a handle on this problem.

Until tomorrow,
JTP

Back in the saddle again...

Well it's been quite a while since I've posted anything here. That in turn means I've screwed up big time the past couple of days/weeks. I didn't even get on the scale this a.m. at school as usual. I did get on the scale at home this a.m. and it was 231.5, which has been pretty close to school. I'm going to get on the scale at school again Friday. Then one last weigh in before school ends next Friday. I'm going to rejoin WW during the summer so that I have an accurate running total of my weight. So today started day one of get my act back on track. I'd really like to break 225 before the end of school, but that's definitely setting the bar REALLY high. It is possible, but not probable. Today I've tried to focus on being strong and having that will power I need to make it through. So let's make a list of all that I ate...



Breakfast

oatmeal bar - 4 pts



Lunch

tv dinner - 4 pts

salad w/lettuce, bacon bits, ranch dressing, cucumbers - 2 pts

100 cal pack - 2 pts. (12)



Snack

noodles with butter at mom's - 2 (14)

pringles -1 (15)

Emma's puffs - 1 (16)



Dinner

spaghetti w/noodles - 8 (24)

bread - 1 (25)



Evening snack

grapes - 1 (26)

peppermints - 1 (27)



The spaghetti is an estimation. I figure better to be OVER than under. Emma and I did go walk today around the block, not much, but we did it. Tomorrow maybe I can do WATP. I need strength to make it through these next two weeks.



Oh and I drank 4 bottles of water and 1 cherry coke zero.



Until tomorrow....

JTP

Ummm... Can't say much about this weekend

Well the title states it all, I can't say much about the weekend. I haven't blogged in a while and it's b/c I have gone to bed early and have done really bad. I'll go back as far as Friday. Friday was Mini Olympics at school. I got on the scale and was still 229, oh how good that felt. Although it was a gain, i was still in the 220s. I ate an oatmeal bar for breakfast, and then MO started. I ate nachos with chili and cheese for lunch, then later on in the day I drank a coke and ate a piece of pizza. I also ate chocolate chip cookies. That night we went to Nobiles and I drank 2 beers, ate a caesar salad, a crabcake and some fettucine with shrimp and crab sauce. I really don't know what other junk I ate that day since it was Friday. All I know is that I was sunburnt and tired that night.

Saturday morning I didn't eat breakfast and I went to my mom's house so we could go to Walmart. We went eat at Raising Cane's for lunch and I ate a chicken sandwich, some coleslaw, and some fries. I don't remember if I picked on anything at my mom's. That night we bbqed and invited my parents over. I ate a hamburger w/cheese, some pork and beans, and some augratin potatoes.

Sunday was Mother's Day. I think I ate a lot Sunday b/c I was sort of upset. Greg didn't get me a card or a gift until later that day and although I knew he would come through, I ate all day. For breakfast Bryan cooked us french toast. I ate three pieces with syrup and powdered sugar.. I drank chocolate milk and some Sunny D...YUMMYYYYY! Then I took Sherrie to Baskin Robbins and I ate a two scoop caramel praline sundae.... YUMMMMMYYYY!!!! My daddy boiled shrimp at lunch and I ate some of those along with some boiled potatoes... YUMMMYYY!!! Then I ate a piece of Baskin Robbins ice cream cake. So then I came home, took a nap with Emma. We went to MIL's and I ate a piece of cake with lemon filling on top. I didn't eat dinner, and sure didn't need to!

Today was a little better. Breakfast I ate an oatmeal bar and drank two bottles of water all before the 8:15 bell. I did drink some sunny delight at my moms too. I found the cheddar chex mix in the lounge and ate a good bit of that. Not sure of the amount of points, but it was good. I ate a 6 pt. pizza tv dinner and a 100 cal pack for lunch. At that point I was up to 4 bottles of water. I didn't eat anything more until I got to my mom's where I went crazy. I ate a huge plate of boiled shrimp and 2 pieces of ice cream cake. Tonight I ate a hamburger from Saturday and tried to make a cucumber salad with ranch dressing and it tasted YUCK. I drank a mojito also after I went walk with Emma. Tomorrow is another day and hopefully I'll remain on track. I did get on the scale at about 10 a.m. this morning and was up to 233 and I wanted to cry. It was after I had eaten and drank. I may try again tomorrow but not eat/drink and see. It upsets me when my hard work is screwed up by a few days of nonstop eating.

Wednesday we're planning a girls family night and Friday is teacher's night, so hmmm... It's so rough these past few weeks.....

Off the wagon BIGTIME!!

Okay so I admit I have fallen off the wagon into a huge mudpuddle and am unable to get back up. BIG BIG BIG problems this week. Yesterday I knew I was going to take 1/2 day and have lunch at Cheesecake Bistro with Stacie, so I knew it'd be one of those days. It is also Teacher Appreciation Week, which pretty much equals bad food. I know I'm up on the scale and just don't want to deal with it right now. Not much water, I drank coke and gatorade today. I don't know what the problem is.

So yesterday I ate a banana for breakfast, wonderful. Got to school and ate a donut.

Left for my lunch date, ate a mini butterfinger on the drive there

Lunch - cheesecake bistro, ate crabcakes and shared a piece of hawaiian cheesecake with stace.

Dinner - two tacos



I also snacked on a piece of Greg's pot of gold and probably something else, but I just don't remember. That's why I need to blog at night the same day. Not much water drank yesterday either. I am so busy right now with the kids it's unreal.

Today I ate an oatmeal bar for breakfast, Fabulous.

Lunch, I brought a tv dinner and a salad, which would be 8 points total, BUT Mr. A provided lunch for us and I ate my ass off. Finger sandwiches, veggie tray WITH ranch dressing, BROWNINES, doritos. Yes I damn well deserve it!

So then I knew my mom was FRYING pork chops so I went buy more and ate there. I ate two fried pork chops, a little red beans and rice, and 2 pieces of cheese bread, one piece of bread with butter, AND to top it off two dream sicles, which were AWESOME! YEP I fell off the wagon... But it's time to kick my butt and get up on it.

I also got paid two compliments the past two days. Yesterday at lunch Stace told me I looked skinny. Now I know she is my BFF but she didn't have to say anything. It could've been the skirt, but I'm going to take it as a compliment. And this a.m. while I was walking down the hall Devona (who is the most brutally honest child I know) asked me if I lost weight. So I'm feeling it. YIPPEE SKIPPEE!!!

Tomorrow is a new day and I will try and be OP.

Laziness

I didn't post last night so that I could go to bed with Greg and watch Brothers and Sisters. Yesterday wasn't all that bad of eating considering how I started out. For breakfast there was the can of Dr. Pepper and bag of raisinets. Those raisinets are killing me. I also ate a bag of those Saturday, thanks to Greg's kindness. Then for lunch I ate shower food from Becky's shower. Only one plate of finger foods and no cake, overall not bad. Dinner was a turkey sandwich and 1/2 can of Bush's baked beans.

I got on the scale this afternoon (midday) and was at 229. It was so awesome to get on and not be in the 230's. My goal is to stay in the 220's and not see 230 again, but you know how that goes. Tomorrow I am going to lunch with my BFF Stacie at Cheesecake Bistro. I cannot pass up their crabcakes nor their cheesecake, which I told her we would split. Guess I'll have to eat light tomorrow night.

Today hasn't been all that bad.
Breakfast
Oatmeal bar - 4 pts

Lunch
Salad, bacon bits, and dressing - 2 pts
Meatloaf dinner - 4 pts
100 cal pack - 2 pts

Snack
2 breakfast sausages - 3 pts

Dinner
salad, bacon bits, dressing, black olives, cheese, and ranch dressing - 4 pts
2 soft tacos - 3 pts
meat - 3 pts
lettuce/tomatoes/black olives - 1 pt
sour cream - 1 pt
cheese - 1 pt


Not too bad, not too bad... I want some chocolate!

bad eating equals stomach issues

Well I didn't blog yesterday b/c I was having serious stomach issues due to my horrible eating last night. But I did weigh in at school Friday morning and was 227.5 pounds. I haven't seen that number is ages. I ate donuts and chocolate milk for breakfast, a lean cuisine for breakfast, a chicken leg and fries at my mom's and golden corral for dinner. Geez did that do me in. I didn't think i'd even make it home b/c it was that bad. I got on the scale this a.m. and it was 228, which was to be expected. Today was better. I ate scrambled eggs with turkey and cheese and two pieces of toast for breakfast. Lunch was a turkey sandwich and a salad with bacon bits and ranch dressing. Dinner we went to Fatty's where I ate a salad, 1 1/2 cheese sticks, 3/4 of a club sandwich and a few fries. Overall not too bad. I drank two bottles of water, which normally doesn't occur on the weekend. Tomorrow is Rebecca's shower. I hope everything turns out okay there, no drama... My goal for next week is to see 226. That would surely make me really happy. 225 is my first real goal that I wanted to see. My next then would be 214, which would be 30 pounds since my 29th birthday.

Pretty good day...

Tomorrow is weigh in, I would love 2 lbs loss, but will take 1 lb. I just want a loss!

Breakfast
cinnamon crescent roll w/icing - 5

Lunch
turkey sandwich - 4
salad w/bacon bits and ranch dressing - 2

Snack
healthy bar - 4 pts
poppycock - 2 pts

Dinner
salad w/bacon bits and ranch dressing - 3
turkey sandwich - 4

24 total points

Temptations....

well today I did good foodwise until I went to my mom's and ate my ass off! Those damn little totinos pizza, why couldn't Alex eat all of his lunch. Why did it have to be sitting on the stove calling my name. Well I ate half of it and really don't know if it was worth the points. I have no idea the number of points but oh well it's over with!

Breakfast
chess cake
1/2 oatmeal bar

Lunch
Lean cuisine panini - 7 pts
chips - 1 pt

Dinner
fish, rotel and mushrooms - 5 pts

Snacks - geezzz
1/2 totinos pizza
poppycock (what was left)
chess cake
ring pop
gummy snacks

Tomorrow is Thursday- last day before weigh in...

Much better today

I think today was much better food wise. I'm not into blogging about the day today as Emma is crying, American Idol is on, and Greg is in bed. So I'm just going to blog my food choice.

Breakfast
oatmeal bar - 4 pts

Lunch
banana - 2 pts
meatloaf - 4 pts
pringles - 1 pt

Snack
mcdonald's caramel sundae 7 pts
packet of nuts - 1 pt

Dinner
fish - 4 pts
rotel & mushrooms - 1 pt
veggies - 2 pts

26 pts today, pretty much on target

4 bottles of water, 1/2 cherry coke zero

What A Day...

This has been one of those days. Emma and I had war from 11:15 - 1:15 and I finally won at 1:20. I think that started my day off wrong b/c I ended up getting to school late and it was my duty day. I also came to drink my two bottles of water and they weren't in my lunch bag (I did find them later on in the backseat). But I got on the scale and was at 228, which surprised me b/c I ate this weekend. Although I didn't pig out I didn't eat on program. I didn't even blog last night, but oh well. So I was kind of excited to weigh less than i did Friday even though it was by fractions of a pound. So I ate my oatmeal bar and then it was lunch time. I was starving and those damn chicken tacos in the cafeteria smelled so much better than my tv dinner was going to smell so I gave in and ate two. Yes, two huge tacos that Nicole fixed me. So I ate a banana and then the two tacos along with the two cookies. I should've just ate my tv dinner but oh well... THen tonight we went to Bennigan's and I ate queso with chips and then 4 little buffalo chicken sandwiches. I ate some of the fries. It was overall a not so good day. I sure hope Emma sleeps tonight. Back on track tomorrow!

Breakfast
Oatmeal bar - 4

Lunch
banana - 2
2 wheat tortillas
chicken meat
lettuce
cheese
salsa
taco sauce
2 cookies

1 piece of cookie cake

Dinner
Bennigans queso and chips
4 buffalo minis
fries
2 diet pepsis

4 bottles of water.

Weighty Issues...

I have been thinking a lot about my weight lately. Seems like this week I've been out of control a little--especially today. I don't know if it's because Greg is working, Emma is sick and not sleeping, or because it is raining. I don't even know where to start blogging at regarding food. It's not just the food today I've thought about it's the number that the scale shows and how it has effected my entire life.

I go back to 8th grade. I remember having to get a physical to play a sport, I'm guessing volleyball but not 100% positive. I remember I weighed 164 pounds and was so embarrassed I changed the 6 to a 4 so that the coach wouldn't know I weighed that much. Then on to the summer before 9th grade. The band director made us get on the scale, which was THE most embarrassing thing for others to see how fat I was. You see I knew I was fat but the number didn't both me until I had to share it with others. I remember I was 180 something and wanted to crawl under his desk. I was fat, plain and simple, obese. I remember when I started my new school in 7th grade and my mom bought hand me down uniform shorts for me so that she wouldn't have to buy me new ones. She bought shorts from someone who had graduated the previous year. Here I was in 7th grade wearing someone who was out of school's clothes. I remember too going to my nanny's house and her telling me "You're so pretty but you're just so chunky, if you'd lose some weight you'd be so pretty." I don't know what's caused all of this to be dug up but it bothers me. I pray Emma doesn't have weight issues like I had. I do have to commend my parents for never making me feel fat or not normal.

I proceed to April 1998, when i went visit Jen in MI for a week. I remember going shopping after classes at KMart to look for jeans. I had to buy a size 22, which was higher than my age. That bothered me. I weighed 254 pounds at that moment. When I returned from MI I lost weight and got down to 180 again, but I took pills and it all came back with the exception of the 20 I lost the right way.

Again, I have no idea when the weight came back on, but I them remember shopping for my wedding dress. The day I bought my dress I weighed 208 and that is my goal. That's about 20 pounds from where I was Friday and I think I can do it but I need to get myself started again. I'm going to journal today, even though I'm not 100% sure everything that I ate will be recalled, but I'll do my best. Hey, we all screw up but it's not a life or death situation. There is always tomorrow, which will be a better day!

Breakfast
bread
dijonnaise
2 pieces chopped ham

Snack at mom's
poppycock - she sure needs to get rid of that!

Lunch
pringles

bag of raisinettes

1/2 bag of mint M&M crisps

2 popsicles with Emma

4 pieces of pizza with mushrooms and olives

1 coke

2 bottles of water

The scale went down!!

Well I had already typed up this post and for some reason it was deleted. Pretty much it said I lost 1.5 lbs this week, bringing my weight to 228.5 according to the school scale. My mom's scale gave me several different readings. Good day but I cheated this evening at my mom's totally.

Breakfast
oatmeal bar - 4

Lunch

fettucine tv dinner - 6
salad - 0
ranch dressing - 1
bacon bits - 1

Dinner
Fatty's 1/2 of club sandwich
3 onion rings
french fries
1 spoon of pasta with seafood sauce

Snacks
poppycock
pringles

I guess I need to stay on track to get to my first big time goal of 225 lbs. I hope to reach that in 2 weeks. Give me the strength to stay OP.

Back on track!

I'm back on track today, even though everything this afternoon has been chaotic. Emma is getting sick and didn't get to bed until 9:45 p.m. I've been thrown up on tonight and am just ready for tomorrow to be here.

Breakfast - 4
oatmeal bar - 4 pts

Lunch - 9
fetuccine tv dinner - 6 pts
lettuce - 0 pts
bacon bits - 1 pt
ranch dressing - 1 pt
pringles - 1 pt

Dinner - 7
chicken - 5 pts
bread - 2 pts

snacks - 3
goldfish & cheetos - 3 pts
sweettarts - 1 pt

24 points for the day

5 bottles of water

I walked to Hen's today with the stroller.

Tomorrow is weigh in day, I'm curious to see if I lost anything. I cheated again and got on the scale. It didn't show any loss, so I'm not really expecting anything tomorrow. 2 pounds was the original goal, but if it's 1 I'll be happy. I just want a loss.

I am a CHEATER!!!!!!!

Plain and simple today was a cheatin kind of day! I started off fabulous with my oatmeal square and 2 bottles of water. Then we went take 1 year old and family pictures in BR. Emma had a lovely white cake with delicious buttercream icing to take a picture with and hmmmm..... I had to taste it to make sure it was good - LOL! I ate a few bites while she fed me and put it away. Pictures turned out fabulous as usual, so we headed out for lunch. It had to be quick so Greg and I ate backyard burger. I got a chicken sandwich and waffle fries--shouldn't be too bad, but when I got the chicken sandwich it had coleslaw on it, which had to have been a lot of points. On the ride home the cake started calling my name and so I ate some on the way to drop E off at Grandma and Grampa's. Dinner we decided to do in Metairie and ate at Chili's. I had a margarita, chips and salsa, and chicken tacos. I know I went totally overboard tonight, but it's been so long since Greg and I've had "us" time to eat it was well worth every point. So let me blog what I ate. Holding myself accountable for the feast!! Back on track tomorrow--oh and I got on the scale at my mom's 231.2, which is up from Monday's weigh-in but it's the end of the day with a lot of food in my belly. Hopefully by Friday they'll be some result on the scale - hoping for 2 pounds, but as long as it is a loss.

Breakfast (4)
oatmeal bar - 4 pts

Lunch (12.5 pts)
Blackened chicken sandwich - 6.5 pts
Waffle fries - 6 pts

Snack
Emma's birthday cake - unknown

Dinner
Chips and Salsa - 5 pts
Chicken tacos - 1 1/2 - 12.5 pts
Sauteed onions - 3 pts
Mashed potatoes - 3 pts
Strawberry margarita - unknown

3 bottles of water, 1 glass of water, and 1 diet coke

Candy Candy Candy...

The theme of my evening has been candy candy candy! I am craving candy for some reason tonight. I just ate a tootsie roll pop and I am going to going to bed soon b/c I am not feeling strong at all right now with this candy craving.

Overall I'm doing pretty good, my throat is hurting like hell but it hasn't stopped me from eating. Let me journal so I can get to bed.

Breakfast - 4 pts
oatmeal bar - 4 pts

Lunch - 8 pts
chicken fetuccine dinner - 6 pts.
pringles - 1 pt.
cucumbers - 0 pt
italian dressing - 1 pt.

Dinner - 8 pts
shake and bake chicken - 6 pts
pizza sauce - 1 pt
cheese - 1 pt


Snacks - 6 pts
puffs - 1 pt
peanut butter egg - 1 pt
strawberries - 0 pt
peppermint patty - 3 pts
Tootsie Roll pop - 1 pt

26 pts for the day - 4 bottles of water

Today has been good!

Today started off really good. I weighed in at my mom's house at 230.6, moved the scale and weighed as low as 228.2, but I am going to go with 230.6 as my weight for today. I actually felt like my pants were a little looser today, which could be my imagination but you never know. This evening Greg even told me that I look "skinny", which I take as a compliment. I feel different, I don't know if it's because I know I've been doing good or what. I feel strong and that I can accomplish my first goal - 30 by 30, which mean I need to way 214 by July, which is attainable.

I cooked tonight, avoided the augratin potatoes, ate a salad with the chicken, and went for a walk around the block. I drank 5 bottles of water and although I did snack a little, I didn't eat an entire cookie at my mom's. That in itself feels good!

Breakfast (4)
Oatmeal bar - 4

Lunch (6)
Meatloaf tv dinner - 4
100 calorie pudding - 2

Dinner (13)
Chicken - 6 oz - 6 pts
Lettuce - 0 pts.
bacon bits - 1 pt
ranch dressing - 1 pt
1 1/4 breadstick - 4 pts.
pizza sauce - 1 pt.

Snacks - 5 pts
whoppers - 3 mini
Sweetarts - 1
cheetos puffs - 2 pts
pringles - 1.5 pts


I ate all of my points tonight. Hopefully I'll do as good tomorrow. I'm proud of myself :)

Weekend is over...

Thank goodness the weekend is over and it's back to my normal schedule at school. Eating has been horrendous, but at least I'm blogging about it and am aware of my decisions and can look back and see why I didn't lose any weight this week. So here is the lowdown on my eating.

Breakfast - 5 pts
bread - 2 pts
peanut butter - 3 pts

Lunch - 6 pts
turkey - 2 pts
bread - 2 pts
lettuce - 0 pts
bacon bits - 1 pt
ranch dressing -1 pt

ate at April's
1/4 of a chicken wrap
1/3 of a 6" subway sandwich
a few chips and doritos
1 piece of cake

*That wasn't as bad as I thought I did!

cup of ice cream - which wasn't worth the points

Dinner
hamburger bun -3 pts
hamburger - ? - only ate 1/2 of it b/c it was nasty


Well that's it. I really thought I did worse than that. I guess this really wasn't as bad of a day as I thought it was. Back to the grind tomorrow. My mom bought a new scale and yesterday night it read 232.6, which I figured as much b/c I ate El Mex and didn't drink my water PLUS it was the end of the day. I'm going to start using her scale as my weigh in station on Monday and Friday. Let's see what tomorrow's weight in the a.m. will be. Here's to a good week on program!

Yesterday

I didn't get a chance yesterday to journal, so this is short and sweet...

Breakfast (7 pts)
bread - 2 pts.
banana - 2 pts.
peanut butter - 3 pts

Lunch (?)
El Mexicana
chips and salsa and cheese dip
2 burritos
rice
beans

Snack
3 chocolate chip and almond cookies
1 chocolate out of Pot of Gold

No dinner due to huge lunch.

2 diet cokes - 1 bottle of water

What a day!!!!

Today started off pretty good, I got to school found the scale and was down 5 lbs! YES!!! 5 days of dieting equaled to 5 pounds, pretty good for my first week. After that the remainder of the day went atumbling down... First Mini Olympics is cancelled, which threw my food plan for the day for a loop. I had already planned on eating a hamburger and had come to terms with it but now there would be no hamburger. So I ate my oatmeal and went on about my day, which could've been the absolute worst day, but it wasn't so bad. Lunch time rolls around and Mr. A ordered us sandwiches from Dimm's. I ate a turkey and a ham mini poboy, a bag of frito twists, AND an oatmeal raisin cookie. Later on I went back in the lounge and again ate another oatmeal raisin cookie and again a half of cookie. Thank goodness Trench ate the other half. Then they were selling little french breads that they couldn't sell b/c we cancelled MO for $1 so I bought them, dropped them off at my mom's, and of course had to eat two pieces with butter. Such stressful eating. I got home and went take a nap. I was starving, although I ate so much today. Nothing sounded good to eat, so I called my mom to cook my frozen all the way pizza. Went over there and ate half of the pizza, well I paid for that. Within 30 minutes I was in the bathroom. I now have no desire to eat for the rest of the night. I'm heading to bed!

Breakfast
Oatmeal bar - 4 pts.

Lunch
Turkey mini po boy
Ham mini po boy
Fritos twists - 4 pts
oatmeal raisin cookie

Snack
1 1/2 oatmeal raisin cookies
a slice of turkey
1/2 small po boy bread with butter

Dinner
1/2 frozen all the way pizza

3 1/2 bottles of water.

Hopefully I can do good this weekend!

Back on track...

Today was a fantastic day foodwise, schoolwise it was stressful... This has just been a week from hell or so it seems, although it has gone by super-de-dupety fast. Tomorrow is Mini-Olympics and they're predicting 70% rain... Please hold out until after the events. I'm a little worried about food tomorrow b/c normally I bring my lunch and unfortunately I won't have a chance to eat my normal tv dinner lunch. My plan is to eat a burger and although it's not low in points, it'll probably be better than pastalaya, which I have no desire to eat or the school pizza which smells fantastic but isn't all that great. Tomorrow Greg and I are supposed to go to Sam's, which means that we'll probably go to Bed Bath and Beyond which means we'll eat out somewhere. I'll try my best to do good, but I think tomorrow will be started off when I go weigh in at school IF I can find the scale. Now how in the hell does a scale disappear from the ladies restroom I have no freaking clue. Tomorrow my early morning goal is to locate the scale and get on it. Now hopefully I have lost something b/c I have been faithful for the most part this week. I've drank 4 bottles of water each day and ate more fruits and veggies than I had previously. Let's keep our fingers crossed. I think the best part of this week has been my blogging to keep track of what I am eating. I feel I am able to get some stuff out that normally I wouldn't. So now it's time to list what I ate for the day today...

Breakfast (4)
Oatmeal bar - 4 pts.

Lunch (6)
Salad - 0 pts.
Lt. Ranch dressing- 1 tbsp - 1 pt.
Bacon Bits - 1 pt.
Meatloaf tv dinner - 4 pts.

Snack (5.5)
Peanut butter - 2.5 pts.
bread - 1 pt.
goldfish - 2 pts.

Dinner (9 pts)
turkey - 3 pts.
bread - 2 pts.
chips - 4 pts.

Total so far 24.5 - 3.5 left for the day, I may use those since it's early.

4 bottles of water!

Not so good today

Well today started off really good, had my oatmeal bar, a healthy lunch, lots of cantaloupe and then I got the call... The dreaded call "We're going to El Mexicano, do you want to come" and of course I said wellllll yep. Well tomorrow starts a new day and hopefully blogging about my eating will encourage me to do better and refocus on what I'm trying to achieve - a healthy body. So tonight, although I don't know the points value for what I ate for dinner I'm still going to hold myself accountable by listing it! Let me refocus and start again tomorrow as tomorrow is another day!

Breakfast
Oatmeal bar - 4 pts
turkey - 1 pt

Lunch
bread - 2 pts
turkey - 1 pt
cheetos - 4 pts
fruit cup - 3 pts
cantaloupe - 2 pts

Snack
1 dove football candy
1 sweetart bunny

Dinner
chips and salsa and cheese dip
burrito
enchilada
chalupa
taco

Remember - tomorrow is a new day

Drank 4 bottles of water and 1 diet coke with dinner

Day 2

Overall a good day, I'm still going strong, not too many temptations to pass up today. I did pass up a bread from one of the kids today, which is a big step for me AND I didn't buy any candy for the field trip tomorrow (even though a bag of raisinettes would be a great snack).

Food Journal
Breakfast
Oatmeal Bar - 4 pts.

Lunch
Chicken fetuccine tv dinner - 6 pts.
Cherry fruit cup - 3 pts.

Snack
Turkey breast - 2 pts

Dinner
chicken breast - 4 oz - 4 pts
hamburger bun - 3 pts
pork and beans - 1/2 cup - 2 pts
lettuce - 0 pts
ranch dressing - 1 tbsp - 1 pt
bacon bits - 1tbsp - 1 pt

2 pts left for the day

I drank 4 bottles of water and 1 diet barq's

Oh and I even passed up going to Sicily's with my mom and Sherrie - big yeah for me!

No exercise, but maybe that'll be my focus next week. I did tell Greg I am going to try and only get on the scale on Monday and Friday's at school. I hope to lose at least 10 lbs by the end of the school year, which is about 6 - 7 weeks away, a totally attainable goal.

After watching Biggest Loser I always feel motivated, what will I do without that on Tuesday nights? I don't think I could do that though. I couldn't be away from Emma and Greg for up to 15 weeks. No way possible.

Well day 2 has come and gone and has been successful!! Until tomorrow....

Weight Loss Beginning Today...

Well today is the day I am starting over. I am thinking Sherrie will be engaged in the next few months and probably getting married within a year. I cannot be this fat and be the maid of honor. I got on the scale today at school and I weigh 235 pounds - wow, I actually typed that number out. Maybe this is what I need some type of diary to vent/track/journal etc. to get myself back in gear. Today I am going to journal what I ate. Overall it's been a good day. I passed up freshly baked chocolate chip M&M cookies at my mom and didn't eat the 4 pt. bag of cheetos puffs. I grilled chicken on the George Foreman, which hadn't been used in ages, ate some fruit/veggies and feel pretty strong.

Breakfast
Oatmeal Square - 4 pts.

Lunch
Meatloaf TV dinner - 4 pts.
Fruit cocktail - 2 pts.

Snack
Emma's goldfish - 1 pt.
Small banana - 1 pt.

Dinner
cucumber with vinegar - 0 pts.
pork and beans - 4 pts.
grilled chicken - 4 ozs - 4 pt.
hamburger bun - 3 pts.

Total for the day
23 pts. - 5 left

I also drank 4 bottles of water and 1 can of diet Barq's

I didn't workout any but hopefully getting my eating in check will start me off good. I'm trying to not get on the scale until Friday and hopefully will see some type of result. It's so hard when you're in the habit of getting on the scale daily. Well we'll just have to see how I do. God, grant me the strength to make it through this week and be successful.