In the Interest of Honesty

My friend Amanda did a very awesome thing today and was honest on her blog (which she usually is) but it made me realized that I'd left you all thinking that I was some sort of superhero over here eating well the week between christmas and new years, and so in the interest of honesty - I'm just here to tell you that I have, indeed, still been eating some very yummy stuff. Lots of it. But I've also been trying to exercise a wee bit. I weighed myself yesterday, and I did not lose weight, but I didn't gain 7 pounds like I thought I had - in fact I think I only gained one.
So, there's me being honest too....
:o)
Happy New Year Friends!

Christmas

Oh it was delicious, my friends!! :o)
I think my mom totally out-did herself on Christmas Eve. Seriously, i can recall at least 6 different items which were cream cheese based, plus the meatballs, shrimp ring, veggies, fruit, chips, cookies, brownies, nanaimo bars, fudge, squares, punch, apple cider, and so so much more. ack. Then Christmas day was also amazing.

But, I'm happy to say that I've been counting my points today, and in fact, I just got off the treadmill - it was my first time on there in a very very long time - over a month, I think. But I did a mile and a half in 25 minutes - of jogging and walking, and I feel SO much better at this exact point in time than I did with my belly stuffed full of yummy food. Interesting, eh?

Again, I find it quite unfortunate that I don't realize how good it feels to be OP and having done some exercise in the times when I'm not being a good girl.
Oh well.

It was delicious!
And one week from today, we'll be doing it all over again (Christmas celebration, that is...) with Trevor's family! I'm looking forward to it, but I'm planning to "be good" between now an then.

Merry Christmas!

Last Week's Weigh In

I don't remember for surely exactly, but I think I was 162.4 at last week's weigh in. Happily, that means that I got to get my stars for losing 35 pounds! :o) yay.

And then I ate a ton last weekend, but that's just part of Christmas I think. Today I'm doing somewhat better, and tomorrow, I'm gonna be good too. Then I'll enjoy Christmas Eve and Christmas day. We're not shooting for weight LOSS per say this week - just hopefully not much weight gain!

Anyway, that is what's up with me.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!! :o)

A Little Bit of Good News

Okay, I got a star yesterday. I don't know if I will today. I hope to - I've still got something crazy like 19 points left for the day, but I'm going to a Girls Night Out tonight that is probably going to be all about the yummy Christmas food. You know, I'm pretty sure I'll make it though, cuz I've been rationing them pretty well.
Anyway, just thought I'd let you know that I got that star.

Only Me

Last weekend, I was doing really well with WW. I even got 2 stars on my calendar last Friday and Saturday. Then on Sunday, I got sick with the flu. It wasn't a really bad one, but I was queasy from last Saturday evening until just yesterday (6 days!). "Oh that's great!," you might think, "a chance to lose some weight quickly without really having to try!" But, OH NO.... not me.

This is what MY brain does... "OH! I have the flu! I'll probably lose weight this week cuz I won't feel like eating as much!... THIS IS MY CHANCE! This is my chance to eat fatty things!! Because I won't be eating as much, now I can eat cheese!!!! and other yummy goodies, like cookies, and tons and tons of cookie dough!!!! WEEHOO!!!"

Yep.

Sick, isn't it? (Pardon the pun).

Only me - Only I could use the flu as a chance to binge and end up gaining weight. I know that you will probably disagree with me and say I'm not alone, but I'm sure beating myself up over here.

Every day I swear that TOMORROW I'll be back on the bandwagon. My sister is coming to visit on Monday for a week, and she's good for me, WW speaking, ... well, really, she's good for me in EVERY way! ... so hopefully, this time next week, I'll have something good to report...

Toobeez Giveaway

Okay, I'm really excited about this giveaway that Tara is doing. When I was little I absolutely LOVED Tinkertoys... remember them?? But you can't get them anymore, because they're terrible choking hazards and stuff, I think. But Tara has a giveaway for something called Toobeez on her site here. And you can go to Toobeez's actual site here. Very cool. And now by sharing about it with you, I now have another entry in the giveaway for William! Yay!

The Dream is Alive

I just had to share that I have, in fact, still had one egg nog "latte" per day since my last post - I realized after I posted it, that I don't actually need one whole cup of egg nog to make it taste good - so I reduced it to a 2 point drink by using only 1/2 cup of egg nog and then sweetening it with splenda.
THEN, I even tried just 1/4 cup (for only 1 point), and it was still quite tasty... not a latte, but eggnog flavoured coffee... YUM!
So, I just thought I'd share that with you.
And now I'm off to bed. Tomorrow I WILL write down my points.
I will. I will. I will.