Weight Watchers Weekly Weigh-in #8!

This marks the end of my 8th week on the Weight Watchers Core plan. What do I have to show for it? A drawer full of pants that are TOO BIG. Not that I’m complaining, of course! Do I wish I could see the difference in the mirror? Absolutely. I can feel the difference in my clothes, but I see the same thing in the mirror – I even see the same numbers in my head when I picture my weight on the scale. Self image is a horrible thing – at this point I’m not sure if a hundred people came up and told me how much weight I’d lost if I would even believe them. It’s strange how our psyche can really be so far off from reality, and I wonder what it is going to take to fix that.

Regardless, I do have something to share this week!

I reached my 10% goal!

Ahhh now what. What is my next goal?! Well, I think 20 pounds is pretty attainable at this point. And then just a few more to hit a whole new set of 10’s on the scale.

And then, then the shopping will commence.

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Weight Watchers Weekly Weigh-in #7!

Here I go again with another update, another loss this week although it could have been better, I’m okay with it and I’ll do better this week. Next week I should have a nice pretty picture of a (faux) gold 10% keychain for you.

10% target: .6 pounds away.

The last week was hurried and rushed and I ate out twice – even though my choices were okay, they could have been better and I probably sabotaged my own goal of getting to 10% this week. I feel as though I completely failed myself the whole week in both my weight loss and my own personal goals, and in turn failed everyone around me. Not that you guys even know what my goals were, but that’s just the kind of pressure I put on myself. I need to learn to let that stuff go.

I did get a couple of things accomplished already this morning, trying to make up for my personal failures last week, so any absence here on my blog will definitely not be indicative of me being lazy. I have a lot to do to get things where I expected them to be, I just hope this week is clear of the hurdles I encountered last week.

Getting caught up on e-mail is on my list of things-to-do, too. I hope you’re all doing well, and thanks for standing by and supporting me!!

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Weight Watchers Weekly Weigh-in #6!

It’s that time again, time for my weekly edition of “Holy Hell My Pants Are Falling Off”. Today marks the end of my sixth full week eating foods on the Core food list (ahem, no, you may not count the Domino’s as food.), and I even managed to surprise myself this week.

I got my third star that marks 15 pounds today. My next star is only 3.8 lbs. away.

10% target: 1.8 pounds away.

So, uh, yeah! WoOt! Holy wowzeroonies, I don’t know what happened! Well, yes I do, I ate a lot more fish this week than I normally do, ’cause I found this phenomenal Coconut encrusted tilapia with papaya and mango that I couldn’t resist. Other than that, it’s been a relatively normal week with the fruits and the vegetables and the proteins and the brown rice and whole grain high fiber bread. These are things I’m used to now, and obviously they work – so I don’t intend to change my ways any time soon.

I cleaned my drawers out yesterday, went through my shorts and jeans and ended up with a nice stack of relatively new stuff that is too big/baggy to wear. It’s been a long time since I’ve done that.

For those of you thinking this is my first go at this – it’s not. When Hubby left for Iraq, I weighed over 200 pounds. I dropped 55 pounds while he was gone, gained about 20 back after he returned, lost the 20 again and held for a year. Now I’m going for the gusto – down to my pre-pregnancy weight from 12 years ago. Since 2004, I’ve lost 65.6 pounds, not counting the 20 I gained back and lost again. I have about 10-15 pounds to go before I reach my own ultimate personal goal, but I’ll keep eating this way because I feel better.

I have to say – this is a nice way to start the week. If the rest of the week follows suit, I should get a lot accomplished. Wish me luck much productive time!

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Weight Watchers Weekly Weigh-in #5!

My fifth full week in the Core Program. I want the excitement from last week back! Daggone it, it was a slow week, and I must have been lazier or ate worse and didn’t realize it and can I just blame this ALL on PMS?! YES? Thank you so much. I’ll be better next week.

Next gold star: 1.4 lbs.
10% target: 4.4 pounds away.

Dang stupid &*)(%^ water retention and bloating and &*)(%^ stupid portion control and blahbity blah blah blah!

To top it all off, I lost this week, I didn’t gain. What is wrong with me??! Would someone please smack me? I don’t even want to know what kind of nutcase I’ll be if I have a plus sign for a weekly result. Shheeeeeeeeshhh.

Shutting up and getting back to work now. I hope you had a great and long weekend!

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Weight Watchers Weekly Weigh-in #4!

My FOURTH full week in the Core Program. I rock, I hit THE number on the scale today – one that I haven’t seen in SIX YEARS. WAHOOOO!!!

I am 2.2 pounds away from my next gold star, and only 5.2 pounds away from my 10% target goal (gold keychain).

Reward ideas, anyone? Anything but clothes.

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Weight Watchers Weekly Weigh-in #3!

My third full week in the Core Program was okay. I say “okay” like I failed, and I need to get my head out of that gear. I did lose. I ate out twice last week, too – so losing is a great thing. I’m just such a stubborn over-achiever, that’s all.

I got another 5 pound star sticker too, and now I’m actually looking forward to the next one – which is just a 4.7 pounds away. I’m just a wee frustrated because I thought I would do so much better this week. Bleh.

Back to work for me – I have a ton of projects in queue! Did you know I’m booked out through the end of September now?! WoOt! I love being busy.

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Weight Watchers Weekly Weigh-in #2!

That’s an awful lot of W’s, don’tchya think?

Today marks the completion of the second full week I’ve been on the Core Plan and attending the meetings for some accountability. The results? Staggering, considering Auntie Flo is on her way for a visit.

I got a cute little 5 pound sticker at the meeting today to mark the occasion, and the leader was all giddy and stuff.

It’s been surprisingly easy, actually. I eat a lot of bowls of mixed fruits (cantaloupe, watermelon, grapes, pineapple), I eat a few fresh veggies, usually steamed (broccoli, cauliflower, corn, beets, asparagus) and I eat a lot of teriyaki marinaded chicken breasts, eggbeaters and cottage cheese. I even ate at McDonald’s this week – but I chose the grilled chicken Caesar salad with no toppings or dressing (I have a fat free dressing here at home). I found my sweet tooth satisfier – it’s on the core food list, too. Blue Bunny Fat Free Frozen Yogurt. YUM. Oh yeah. The Strawberry Cheesecake actually tastes a bit like Godiva white chocolate raspberry. (And a few of you know how seriously I take my Godiva. Very.)

We mixed it up lastnight and I tried my hand at grilling salmon and asparagus – and they were both amazing. I’m a happy girl, whose clothes are starting to loosen up quite a bit!

In other news, I’ll be very busy again this week – completing paintings, launching a new design project for an EWebcsapes client, and a new gallery/portfolio for myself that I’ve been working on for a while. I have 13 projects on my to-do list right now, so things are hoppin’ over here which is just how I like it.

I’ve also recently completed designs for ItalyInstructions.com and ToddlerDaddy, if you want to check those out, too!

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