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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I’ve joined the cult. Holy heck there’s some peppiness going on at them there Weight Watchers meetings! I’m on the second day of my second week – and so far, so good.

After a few years of battling with the same %^&*@! five to ten pounds and so far away from my goal weight I consider liposuction on a daily basis, I decided it was time to make myself accountable for what I eat every moment of every day. There are a few Very Important People in my life who are having wonderful successes with Weight Watchers and quite honestly, I’ve given myself the “you lazy bum, what are you waiting for?!” speech too many times to count. It was time.

Yes, there was a specific moment that drove me over the edge and pushed me to sign on the dotted line and step on the scale for the first time last week. Someone very special happened to glance at my bicep-slash-waddle. Some jiggling was involved, and I detected a flash of “wow” in a pair of eyes that I hold in high regard.

Sometimes, that’s all it takes.

I’m doing the Core Plan, not the Flex Points. I’m not big into counting beans or anything else – so if it requires a calculator, count me out. The Core Plan allows me to eat whatever is on the Core Food List, and for the most part, that’s all we’ve got stocked in the fridge anyway.

I also bought a pedometer to count my steps. At the end of the first day (last Monday), I was ashamed. I didn’t even hit 5,000 steps in a day. Ouch! So I bought a bike, and now we all go for a family bike ride every day, as well as a walk. I’m up to about 10,000 steps a day, and “officially” down 4.6 pounds in my first week.

My first thought when I walked out of my second meeting with such a great loss? “Cool! Now I can go to Hardee’s!”

Somebody slap me.

No, I didn’t go to Hardee’s, but I tell you what – those are the demons in my head. I hate them. They have kept me where I am for far too long, know what I mean? I’d really like to see a nice Grilled Chicken Breast versus Fast Food Demon smackdown in my head. Actually, I already do. heh. Strange things happen in my head, eh?

Ok back to work I go, hi-ho, hi-ho!

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Good morning everyone… it does kinda look like a ghost town here. How is everyone doing? I haven’t been around much these days as a lot has been going on. I had not been feeling well for a long time but thought it was fibro issues or something of that nature. Well I started losing weight w/o dieting, (in fact had a hunger that was never satisfied and was eating twice as much) had an insatiable thirst, was very lethargic and depressed and didn’t want to do anything. I felt old and like I was dying. I finally went to the doctor and found out I have diabetes, my sugar was 420 and my cholesterol was almost 400. Not good. Wake up call for me. That was around the beginning of March. I have now lost about 25 lbs. total and realize I am no longer on a diet, that this is it and this is how I am going to have to eat.

I eat a very large amount of salads, keep the carbs to 25-30 mg per meal, and lots of veggies. My nutritionist suggested, half the dinner plate with salad and veggies and a deck of card size protein and a little, maybe half cup of rice or pasta (whole wheat). Some times I have a dinner plate size of salad and a small piece of meat. I have basically been following this, feel like a new person and I don’t feel like sleeping all of the time anymore. I have my diabetes basically under control now and am walking every day. My goal is to start swimming again soon or some other such thing. All of this is a result of poor eating habits and being overweight. NOBODY in my family has diabetes, which is unusual, so this has been basically my fault. As much as diabetes is a crappy thing to have to deal with, it has turned into kind of a good thing.

I hope that by gettting this weight off I can beat the disease and not have to be on medicines. I work in a podiatry/orthopedic department and I have seen what uncontrolled diabetes does. I do not want to lose my feet, legs or any other body part, I do not want to go blind or have my kidneys fail. So…. eating right is the alternative and I don’t really see it as a choice anymore.. it is a necessity. My lab values scared the hell out of me but the good news is that they are dropping quickly back to a more normal value. Dealing with this and trying to find a new job and home have been really stressful but exciting. Finding an affordable home in California near employment is a very difficult challenge. We found one we like and put an offer on it. Now to see if the payment will be doable.

I hope everyone is doing well and being good to themselves. I want to try to stay current with PTG as I think Leanne has such a great site here with lots of useful things, as well as all the nice ladies here. Hope to see everyone back.

Sue

I recently saw an info-mercial for The Air Climber. I’ve been considering a stair stepper for a while, because I was blessed with thunder thighs – it is my huge problem area.

It seems like a great addition to my home gym, but I wondered if anyone else had an opinion to offer on the product? I’d love to hear from you!!

(BTW, I’m still holding steady – 15 PTG!)