No sooner than I started writing on my blog about slow weight loss, than I surprised myself by losing 2.2 pounds this week for my Weight Watchers meeting! I realize that for some of you, this would be disappointing, but I have only been losing about a pound a week so this was good! I still haven’t hit the 10 pound mark, but I’m close! After not losing last week, this was just what I needed to have happen.

Our WW leader had some funny stories to share, as usual. The woman needs to be a stand-up comeddian or something. She keeps us all laughing to the point of tears.

Today’s discussion was on hiding your diet foods so your kids don’t eat them all up! She told us she hides her 100 calorie snack bags in an empty box of All Bran cereal in the pantry, because as she shared, who is going to look there? The same goes for the freezer…store those Skinny Cow sandwiches and blue bunny swirl treats in an empty bag of frozen peas. The family will NEVER find them. HA!

Hi ladies. I’ve been meaning to join this cool club for a while now but I was way too busy eating junk food. Now that my pants are all a bit snug (okay a lot) and Spring is just around the corner - here I am.

My goal is to lose the same damn 10 pounds that I’m constantly yo-yo-ing with. This week, I’ve cut out the crap from my diet (which was like everything) and got back into exercising. I’ve been going to jazzercise everyday and loving it although my knees may have a different opinion.

Shopping is always a great motivator for me so I bought some new workout wear at Lucy.com . (I have a coupon if anyone is interested). I also ordered a new DVD set called The Bar Method that just arrived today from Amazon. I think it will be good to do some days instead to give my joints a rest from the pounding of aerobics. I’ll let you know if I like it.

Weight Loss Profile
Start Weight: 168.2 lbs
10% difference: 151.4 lbs
Weight Goal: 135.1 lbs
 Weight lost: 11.4 lbs (as of last weigh-in Sat, Feb. 4th)

As of last Saturday I am just 5lbs from my 10% goal. (According to WW). Realistically, I really started all this weight loss at about 172lbs - I was just fortunate to have lost weight before my first weigh-in. (Who says cold n’ flu season doesn’t have a silver lining?!)

I’m not usually one to “work towards a goal”. I’m really good at just floating along hoping for the best. But I’ve decided I’m floundering a bit. I’m cheating a bit here and there eating off the kids’ plates, being “too tired” to workout.. and I’m bad about getting the water I need and a daily multivitamin. I’ve noticed the weeks I’ve been more diligent I’ve seen almost a 3lb weight loss. The other weeks.. well… not so much.

No gain or loss this week. Still -6 / 24 PTG.

My mother-in-law is coming to visit tomorrow for a long weekend, which is usually nice yet stressful for me at the same time! I like to sneak away and have a little time & chocolate to myself when she’s here. This is a bad habit - the chocolate part.

What do you go for when you want to reach for comfort food but are staying true to your weight-loss goals?

I went to my weigh in on Tuesday morning and did plan to come back and tell you all the result but I forgot about a 4 year olds (Leigh’s God-daughter) party I had to go to in the early evening and had to go shopping for a gift for her. Now, I live in a small fishing town and there are not many shops to start with let along shops with gifts suitable for a 4 year old! But i managed to find something in Woolworths - a biggish shop that sells a bit of everything. I got her a hair braider/wrapper thing - the type of thing that wraps thread/breads into your hair.  its says it was suitable for 3+ although I am guessing that it with parent supervision! Also got her the board game that used to be called “guess who?” but seems to have been renamed to “whoisit?” Yes all one word.

I found this article on SparkPeople this evening and it’s got some good advice for anyone who’s not seeing the scale move as quickly as they’d like. :)  (And that’s all of us from time to time!)