Sorry

Hey Y'all... sorry I didn't update you on my weigh in this week - I stayed the same as last week exactly - no gain, no loss. So, that's not totally bad, but not totally good either.

This week my new philosophy is to think of weight loss as a daily thing as opposed to a weekly thing. Instead of thinking "I want to lose 1 pound this week", I'm thinking "I want to lose 0.2 pounds today". It helps me to think more before I eat, which is a good thing.
:o)
I'm not gonna have a weigh in next week cuz I'm gonna be in Saskatoon for a week (yikes). But my goal is to be down 2.0 pounds by the following Tuesday.
Thanks for your concern! :o)

Weigh In

Well. my sticking to it seems to be working - I was down 2.6 lbs over thw past 2 weeks. YAY!! :o) I attribute that mostly to eating my fruits and veggies and getting in a point of exercise each day... its good to know that putting in the extra effort actually helps! :o) So, I will carry on. This week we're going away for 3 days, so thats a little scary, but with some proper planning, it will be okay. My goal is 7 aps and to stick to fruits and veggies... maybe I'll add the water goal too.

What Your Weight Loss Equals

I got this today and thought it was interesting...

Your weight loss =

1 pound = a Guinea Pig

1.5 pounds = a dozen Krispy Kreme glazed donuts

2 pounds = a rack of baby back ribs

3 pounds = an average human brain

4 pounds = an ostrich egg

5 pounds = a Chihuahua

6 pounds = a human's skin

7.5 pounds = an average newborn

8 pounds = a human head

10 pounds= chemical additives an American consumes each year

11 pounds = an average housecat

12 pounds = a Bald Eagle

15 pounds = 10 dozen large eggs

16 pounds = a small whale's brain

20 pounds = an automobile tire

23 pounds = amount of pizza an average American eats in a year

24 pounds = a 3-gallon tub of super premium ice cream

25 pounds = an average 2 year old

30 pounds = amount of cheese an average American eats in a year

33 pounds = a cinder block

36 pounds = a mid-size microwave

40 pounds = a 5-gallon bottle of water or an average human leg

44 pounds = an elephant's heart

50 pounds = a small bale of hay

55 pounds = a 5000 BTU air conditioner

66 pounds = fats and oils an average American eats in a year

70 pounds = an Irish Setter

77 pounds = a gold brick

80 pounds = the World's Largest Ball of Tape

90 pounds = a newborn calf

100 pounds = a 2 month old horse

111 pounds = red meat an average American eats in a year

117 pounds = an average fashion model (and she's 5'11")

118 pounds = the complete Encyclopedia Britannica

120 pounds = amount of trash you throw away in a month

130 pounds = a newborn giraffe

138 pounds = potatoes an average American eats in a year

140 pounds = refined sugar an average American eats in a year

144 pounds = an average adult woman (and she's 5'4")

150 pounds = the complete Oxford English Dictionary

187 pounds = an average adult man

200 pounds = 2 Bloodhounds

235 pounds = Arnold Schwarzenegger

300 pounds = an average football lineman

400 pounds = a Welsh pony

One More Week

So, I didn't go to WW on Tuesday. I am back to having to pay to go now, and I only have budgeted to go 3 times this month. I told myself that I would skip the meeting on a week where I knew I'd done well, and where I could tell on my scale at home that I had lost weight that week (so I know I'd be motivated enough to make a 2 week stretch with no weigh in). So, I think that I did pretty well last week - I've been trying to stick to eating my 5 servings of fruits and veggies and doing my exercise. I'm pretty sure I reached my goal of 177 and I did reach my goal of 7 aps (actually I did 8!) and so I skipped this weeks meeting.

So, I have one more week to go (well 5 days now) till I can weigh-in again and see what's really going on. So, this week, my goal is to be 175.5 by the meeting next week and to get in 7 aps again and to eat my 5 servings of fruits and veggies and to use no more than 28 extra points.

Just thought I'd let you know what's going on... :o)

Walk

Oh I had a great walk with my mom tonight for 2 APs, and so I'm now at 6 APs week already (yeay) and my goal was 7. Hopefully I will go above that, for a nice change!!
:o)

I'm OKAY!

I haven't been here to update this week yet, but just wanted you to know that my week is going well like I had wanted it to. On Weds, Trevor and the kids and I went for 2 super crazy fast walks that actually got me 4 points of APs so that was sweet. I've been trying really hard, and I think I've eaten my 5 servings of fruits/veggies each day so far too. And actually, I've been trying to drink my water too and succeeding. So, just wanted to let you know... I'm not ignoring my blog out of embarrassment at my failure... just busy. :o)

212 Degrees

This week's WW meeting was AWESOME. I went feeling really discouraged and fat and just yucky and frusterated with how slowly I've been losing weight. Then the meeting just really picked me up and helped me to re-focus.

The leader gave a little example of how a tiny bit of effort can make a big difference. She said:
At 211 degrees, water is hot. At 212 degrees, it boils. And with boiling water comes steam. And steam can power a locomotive. One extra degree makes all the difference." You can view this quote in its entirety here (and I really recommend you check it out). She then talked about how that is like weight loss and asked us if we were putting in the extra degree of effort or if we were cooling off. And MAN, I realized I had been cooling off. I was trying pretty hard, but not that one extra little bit hard. And thats the part that will make a big difference.

We also talked a bit about remembering to set reachable goals with rewards as well for yourself. So, my goal is to be 177 at next week's meeting. If I do it, I will actually allow myself to have a DQ treat that evening (I know this is not really a proper WW reward, but it works.)

This week, I will have 25 extra points and I will shoot for 7 APs (one per day). In addition, I'd like to try to reach the goal of 5 servings of fruits or veggies daily.

This week, its time to turn up the heat.

Back to Our Regularily Scheduled Programming

Sorry Everyone for the boring-ness of this blog over the past week. I just wanted to spend one whole week being super super strict with my points. But, I'm tired of that being what's posted here everyday. So, I think I'll post them here in a different way. Maybe on a side bar? Maybe with a tracker? Not sure.

There was no WW meeting yesterday because it was Canada Day, and so I don't know for sure what happened with my weight. My scale is pretty sketchy and so I'm not sure exactly what its telling me. I THINK that maybe I lost about a pound, but I'll have to wait till next week's meeting to find out for sure.

This week was my first time in a while - maybe ever- where I wrote down my bonus points and actually counted them too. I ended up with 4 left. I've usually tried to avoid using them at all, but if I'm honest I have to say that I usually snitch and tell myself I'm using the bonus points. SO, I'm going to continue to count them, but I think I'll cut it back from 35 to only 28 bonus points this week. That will help with the weight loss I think.

So, This week, I'm cutting down to 33 points a day, and 28 bonus points for the week. I'm going to shoot for 5 APs again, although last week I only really did 2.

And those are my thoughts about last week and this week's game plan!

Canada Day

Snack -2
Eggos, fruit, syrup and milke -6
chocolate -1
snack -1
sandwich, fruit, and "chips" -6
fudgesicle -1
mini cream puffs -6
salmon skewers -3
tst -3
corn on the cob -3
popcorn -1
cereal -6
5 Bonus Points Used