I love salad. I am going to start of with that. I love salad. There is nothing bad about it. You can put anything you want in it. Lettuce, peppers, cheese, nuts, shrimp, pasta, crab meat. Anything at all. A little dressing and it’s a great easy meal. Again I love salad.

I don’t love that after I eat salad, I crave, no let me rephrase that CRAVE chocolate. Doesn’t matter what kind of salad, If I make it or if it’s from a restaurant, within 20 minutes, I NEED CHOCOLATE So today, after my very yummy salad, I needed chocolate. A friend of mine gave me a WW bar. It did the trick but wasn’t satisfying. It helped the urge, it got the taste in my mouth, but man did I want a snickers bar. I am a big believer of, If you want it, eat it. If you want and say, no no it’s not healthy, you will only binge later. But I resisted No snickers for me. 2 reasons, I was to lazy to get up to get one and when I was finally not lazy, there weren’t any. Bonus.
So since the crave for chocolate is over, I don’t crave the snickers. I realized that it wasn’t the snickers per say, it was the taste of chocolate. I love realizing that stuff.

I meant to get here this morning, but I have been BUSY!

I did ok w. eating yesterday. I also got a good report from the doctor….

My incision still hurts, so no strenous exercise for awhile. Not like I have been doing anything for a long time. I have decided that once I can do something in the way of exercise I will start w. stretching and gentle yoga. My problem is that I *like* to think I am in the same shape I was in 7 years ago. That is when I worked out a lot: spinning, weights etc. So, I think I can just hop in at full speed, which means I hurt myself and give up….. You know the cycle.

So yesterday did not go as well as planned, I got to work and ordered a salad for lunch but then the chef brought out Banana’s Foster for everyone to try so I fell off the wagon so to speak. I did ok with dinner though, I had Tortellini with marinara sauce. So all in all I think yesterday was a wash and I am ok with that. Today has just been so so but I am proud of the fact that I walked on the treadmill instead of sitting in front of the TV. It is a small victory, I can but myself first! I joined WW online and am waiting for my at home kit to get here, no meetings in my area are kid friendly so I decided to go this route instead. I am hoping it gets here soon so I can really get started, right now I kinda feel like I am in limbo. I want you ladies to know I am trying to comment on all posts but if I miss one it is not intenional. Between work, being a mom and cleaning house  and trying to keep up with all my blogs and post here and at my blog I sometimes get sidetracked. I am hosting a tupperware party tonight at the hotel I work at and I know I will snack on things that I should probably leave alone but I am going to have a salad for dinner to try and be a bit healthier, not to mention fill me up! Well time to go read some more blogs.

Pounds2Go: 44 (+.5 lb from previous P2G)

Today I am sad, and frustrated. I did really well yesterday - walked 3 miles in 49 minutes - but my shoes caused my right foot some pain so I decided it would be a good idea to invest in some great walking shoes, considering I’m planning on getting up to 5 miles a day. Right. Great idea.

I tried on 20 or more walking and running shoes yesterday. I found a pair that made me feel like I was walking on clouds, so I snatched them right up. New Balance. Not nearly as cheap as my other tennies. I walked around the house with them on yesterday to get used to them.

Hello everyone. I joined this to make myself be accountable to more than just myself. I have 100 lbs. to lose and if I don’t get a good handle on it by 6 months time, I will proceed with gastric bypass surgery. I feel I have to try one more time to lose it (which I have done many times) and not gain it back. So….. I decided to go back to Weight Watchers, by myself (with promises from friends that they will go next week) because I am determined and will do this however or whatever it takes and for myself. If anyone wants to join me there, fine, and if not that is fine too. I weighed in and it wasnt as bad as I thought but I found I had regained the 15 lbs. I had lost before Christmas - story of my life, oh well.. but onward. So after the WW meeting, I went home, re-read the materials and thought about what to do for my morning routine. I got up earlier, took my time to get stuff together for work and fix my breakfast. Actually, I got off to a very good start, wrote everything down in my little WW Fast tracker thingy and did my own personal journal. I feel better this morning than I have in months, and I guess it just feels good to be doing something. Anyways, I look forward to getting to know the people on this site and send many thanks to Leanne for putting it up. Good Luck everyone on your weight loss.

Well, I stepped lightly on the scale this morning and I definately didn’t like what I saw. I weigh 142 lbs and yes for this 5′0″ body, I am overweight. Just short and fat. That was an eye opener! So according to this website I should weigh between 97-127 lbs. My starting goal is 115 lbs. I need to loose 27 lbs.

Well I will have my journal in one hand, jug of water in the other and go about my busy day. I will check back here later to see how everyone is doing.

My stats: Current weight: 142 Goal: 115 P2G: 27

So I started my day yesterday with great intentions. After getting new tires and spending $400 I didn’t want to I became sluggish. I usually treadmill in the morning and if I don’t, boy is it tough to get on later. Then my friend called. Thank you, Leanne. I told her I did want to. She said that’s why you need to! So I did. I walked 2 miles again yesterday. She also gave me a tip that if getting on the scale is frustrating I should try taking measurements instead. Again, thank you Leanne! I’m trying hard to establish my routine this week (a hint from Jade!) so that next week when I go back to teaching after my break I’ll be set. So thank you to all of you for your support, kindness, and understanding. Here’s to a good day. My tip for the day…chew sugar free gum while your making dinner and cleaning up to keep from picking!