Victory at the Scales

You may have noticed that I have been suspiciously quiet about Weight Watchers the past month or so. To make a long story short, I was close to abandoning ship. I had gained back some of the 35+ pounds I lost...bummer. I decided to buckle down and push away from the table.

Guess what? I'm proud to say that at yesterday's weigh-in, I was down .8 pounds. It's a huge relief to be headed in the right direction again. Thanksgiving will be tough next week, but I'm not going to let another lapse become a collapse.



As a side note, I've switched over to Weight Watchers' core plan. Basically, you can eat all you want from a list of approved foods. In addition, you have 35 flex points for things off the list. The list includes everything you would think--fruit, veggies, lean meat, legumes, whole grain. You know, the stuff you know you should be eating instead of margaritas and doritos. dee-licious.

Crossroads

Folks, I am struggling hard core with my diet. Tomorrow's weigh in looms large for me. I don't really have an explanation or an excuse to offer. All I can say is that bad habits are hard to change. This is really a crossroads for me. If I can get back on program, then I think I can do this for life. If not, I'm doomed to gain the weight back. Of course, I said goodbye to my pride long ago, so I'll keep you posted.

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Big Chicken

If you imagine a cold, black heart, then you have my self-portrait on the left. Oh yes, I am a big chicken.

I was so upset about my looming weigh-in that I skipped it. I just couldn't handle seeing a gain on that damn monitor. Nooooooo!

I need, need, need to get back on the diet bandwagon but I just can't seem to get it together. At least I'm back to exercising regularly, but I need to do everything so I can finally get my 10% Weight Watchers keychain!

Baby Steps

I weighed in at Weight Watchers on Wednesday. I have been trying to get back on track so I was relieved to be down a little over 1 pound. Honestly, I was hoping to be down a little more, but I will take any loss.

I need to focus on getting back to basics, making good decisions. Most people really know what they should and shouldn't eat. I just have to focus on not going crazy.

I'm not making any promises but I will be taking wobbly baby steps toward my goal. Stay tuned!

Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go Back

I am making an effort to get back on the Weight Watchers bandwagon. I went to my meeting last Wednesday feeling pretty good about my chances at the scale. After all, I'm up quite a bit so I should expect at least a small loss--right?

You'd be so wrong, sister. I went up again. sigh. I only went up .8 lbs so that's not so bad. Plus, I know that it always takes a few weeks before the results of activity--good, bad or otherwise--show up on the scale.

I'll be going back this Wednesday. The week started well but this weekend was pretty rough. Hopefully, I can at least stop the trend and get the swing in the right direction. I need your help folks! Cross your fingers...

Big Flaming Disaster

Like always, I have to learn my life lessons the hard way. I have not been so good about going to my Weight Watchers meetings so I went on Wednesday to face the music....I was up 4.2 pounds....oops. We had a substitute leader and she asked me if I had been on vacation. I told her I had been on a diet vacation. We had a laugh and then I slinked to the table to sit there during the meeting without bursting into tears.

Okay, so I have learned that I cannot play hooky. I need to get back on the wagon hardcore! I have to tell you that once you get off the diet path, it is hard to get back on it. Honestly, I feel like I have to completely start over.

I would appreciate any positive diet vibes that you can send my way, bitches!

Not So Bad

After playing hooky for two weeks, I finally went back to Weight Watchers and weighed in. I was expecting the worse because my diet strategy for the past few weeks has been to eat as much as I want and not exercise....um...not good.

So I weighed in and I was only up a little bit--1 pound exactly. I felt so much better that I have convinced myself to start over. The first goal they set for you is 10% of your current weight. I am only 3.5 pounds away so I need to get on board with the program. So, if you see me, give me some WW love!

Playing Hooky

Don't tell anyone, but I skipped out on my Weight Watchers weigh in today. After making such a big milestone last week, I kinda let myself go this week. Okay, not kinda...really let myself go.

I was afraid to face the bad news so I decided to play hooky just this once. I am going to get back to basics, re-read my first materials and get more energized. It would be a shame to stop now since I'm almost half way there. Thanks for your continued support, bitches!

Still on the Right Track

Good news, race fans. I weighed in yesterday and I'm still going down. I lost .6 pounds bringing my total weight loss with Weight Watchers to 18.4 pounds.

I stopped weighing myself when I was at my heaviest, but I estimate that I am down about 40 pounds in total. That translates roughly into 6 dress sizes!

I feel so much better about myself and the way I look. I even went and cut 4 inches off my hair as a little mini-makeover.

I still have a long way to go, but it is a nice feeling to know that I am finally making some real progress.

In the next few months, I am going to go through my closet and get rid of all my big clothes so that I am not even tempted to go back. I'm going to keep plugging away. Maybe the next time you see me, you won't even recognize me!

Even Steven

As a quick update, I weighed in today and I was exactly the same weight. I have been consistently going down for the past 3 weeks and then fell off the wagon pretty hard over the weekend, eating wise. Luckily, I was good about keeping my physical activity up so it all came out in the wash.

I am really close to losing 20 pounds (down about 35-40 pounds overall) so I need to re-double my efforts to get my next fuzzy star. I appreciate any and all support you can give me. Thanks in advance, bitches!

Going Down, Down, Down!

Good news folks! Today was weigh-in day and I lost another 1.6 pounds bringing me closer and closer to my goal. In fact, I am soooo close to dropping the next middle digit that my middle number that my leader told me to eat one less point. That may not mean a whole lot to regular folks, but in Weight Watchers-talk, it's a big deal!

The important part is that the weight is going dooooown. WOOOO-HOOO!

Beautiful Day

Today I reached a major milestone in my weight loss goals today. I was so happy that I dragged my husband to come look at the scale this morning. Even my little dog came over to came over to see what all the fuss was about and then ran off when she realized that it wasn't a treat or a toy for her.

I was pretty surprised because my knee problems have really limited my ability to get in any exercise. So far, I've really, really depended on exercise so we'll see what happens next.

The Train's A' Comin'

Tomorrow is weigh in day at Weight Watchers. You know what that means--another nervous post full of hand wringing and second guessing. Today will be no different. I have been really good this week with my activity and up until today have been good with my food choices.

At lunch, my less-than-secretive poker face at lunch almost touched off a near riot amongst office co-workers about what was appropriate and not appropriate to say to me about my clearly not kids-size spaghetti and meatballs at Macaroni Grill. In the end, I think everything got worked out, but it was pretty awkward for several hours. I blame food!

I'll keep my fingers crossed that I get some quality poopage between now and noon tomorrow. As always, I'll let you know.

Tummy Problems

Today is Weight Watchers day. uh-oh. I will be going to the meeting but I will not be weighing in. It's not that I went crazy eating everything not nailed down or anything. I also went to the gym and stayed fairly active too. So what happened?

I can't weigh in because I've been having all sorts of tummy issues and I mean all sorts of tummy issues. It's pretty gross actually. After I had such a good week last time, I was really dreading today's meeting and I decided not to get myself down by seeing the scale go up.

I'm going back to the drawing board and trying to even everything out. I really hope that I can post good results next week. Keep your fingers crossed for me!

Try, Try Again

Today was weigh-in day at Weight Watchers. Well, it was an unmitigated disaster. I gained 5.8 pounds, which means I erased my fuzzy star. Luckily, they didn't ask for it back. Not to sound crazy, but I foolishly wore a suit without an undershirt so I had to weigh in with the jacket and the bodybugg on. I am telling myself that added about 3 pounds.

I also think that I'm paying for my chocolate cake party more than a week ago. I've noticed that it takes two weeks for my chickens to come home to roost (as Grandma always says). In my defense, the chocolate cake party was totally freakin' awesome. You wanna know why? Rocky road ice cream was also invited. Okay, I better stop now before I break out some more invitations.

On the positive side, I am back on track and ready to get on the straight and narrow. My goal is to get my second fuzzy star by the end of the month--that means 20 pounds. Wish me luck!

Already Addicted

Here's a picture of me with it. or not. awesome.

My friend Claudia let me borrow her Bodybugg from 24 hour fitness. It's a little plastic monitoring device on a velcro strap. You put it on your arm and it magically measures the calories you burn and the steps you take. It comes with this great software that will help you calculate precisely how many calories you burn versus how many you take in.

It is soooooo great. I am constantly downloading the information to see how I'm doing. It totally appeals to the OCD part of me. By the end of the weekend I will know exactly how many steps it takes to get from the fridge to the couch. AWESOME! I love it so much. I don't think I can give it back!!

Claudia, just try and yank it out of my cold dead hand!!!

Sit this one out

Tomorrow is weigh in day at Weight Watchers. Even though I got my first fuzzy star last week for losing 15 pounds, I'll be skipping ye ol' weight in tomorrow. Fat camp will be ...wait for it... retarculous tomorrow. My new goal is to get my next fuzzy star by the end of June. Feel free to share positive comments. Thanks, guys!