How much did she lose this week?

It was a gain. A horrible bloated gain. My Tanita says I'm up a percent and a half in water.

I told my coworker that pictures for gains had to be something I hate. (she knows me so well!)



I GAINED 22 Gwen Stefanie CDs. 4 pounds.

I'm not beating myself up about it. Next week will be better. BLERG!!!

An unexpected workout

We went to see the Pogues in concert last night and I danced and danced and danced. As young as I felt last night, I was reminded how young I'm NOT this morning. I'm SO sore and no amount of coffee is waking me up! It was so fun and a seriously good workout.

My cramps are gone so I'm slowly coming back to life. I'm sure I will show a gain tomorrow for my weigh in and was considering not going but I think that's a dangerous thing to do. I might as well just get used to the fact that one weigh in a month will probably have a + in front of it. I'm sure that my eating to dull the pain didn't help much and neither did the drinking!

girly woes

I'm seriously dying of cramps. I feel like I wasted an entire day of the weekend laying on the couch in pain yesterday.

I don't know what the deal is because I've never had any problems before. I spent a long time on the pill and went off of it when I got married 4 years ago. Going off the pill made it slightly worse but nothing like I've experienced this weekend. I suppose I should just quit trying to self diagnose and get to the doctor who I've been avoiding while I try to lose some pounds. I'm busting my butt and not in the mood for a lecture. Anyone know a fat gynecologist in Atlanta? :) I used to have one but she did South Beach and lost a ton of weight and got so bad with the lectures she made me cry and I switched to someone else in the office.

Because I was in pain I over ate quite a bit but I think it could have been much worse. I was at the grocery store and things were literally calling out to me. I wanted to fill my cart with junk and lay on the sofa and eat it all to dull the pain. Instead I grabbed one pseudo-healthy treat which was a box of Fiber One pop tarts. I ate one and I was fine. But we did have pizza instead of fish we had planned. I ended up eating a Philly which was so salty my fingers were like sausages. Not worth it.

I'm feeling better today and have the weeks food planned. I won't stop this time. Even though the scale says I'm up 4 pounds. Hopefully that will go away when these awful cramps do!

careful planning

Luckily I'm a planner by nature because it didn't bother me that I just spent the last hour figuring out what I could eat at the salad buffet restaurant I'm going to for lunch.

Normally, I would have figured out in my head what I thought was healthy while I was piling it on my plate but I had a sneaking suspicion there were loads of hidden calories and fat lurking in the things that seemed harmless. Boy was I right. Some of the harmless sounding vinaigrette dressings had 20 grams of fat! So a big YAY for Sweet Tomatoes posting ALL their nutrition info on the website.

That was the topic at yesterday's WW meeting. You can't do it in your head. You HAVE to write it down and you HAVE to plan and then it works :)

Here's what I chose:
Unlimited salad with Fat Free Ranch and Fat Free honey mustard
French Onion Soup
Low fat cornbread
Sugar Free Chocolate Mousse

425 calories - 9 Points (having fish and veggies for dinner allows a FEW more points at lunch)

I looked up some of the things I would have normally eaten and let's just say those will never be discussed again. Sorry Mac and Cheese and Won Ton Chicken Happiness. I had no idea you were THAT bad!

Hope everyone is having a good week. Thankfully a gorgeous and fun weekend is ahead!

*Updated to say that I totally stuck to plan and didn't look at anything else. I'm perfectly satisfied. I feel so dang proud :)

How much did she lose this week?

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5.8 pounds!

All those fabulous gourmet cheeses and short breads came off my body! :)

The meeting was really good and I got my little gold 5lb. sticker. I told my co-worker that the meeting is kind of like elementary school for fat ladies. I, being one of those fat ladies, proudly put my sticker on my bookmark just like when I would put my scratch n sniff stickers on my folder when I was little.

There were 2 annoying girls there who talked a lot to each other. One was teeny tiny and complaining of a gain after 4 months of Boot Camp 6 days a week. I guess everyone has their issues!

I love Weight Watchers because I haven't felt the slightest bit deprived. I even had Pizza on Saturday - I just worked it in. I make good choices and I track every single thing that goes in my mouth. I ate 4 almonds yesterday which I logged and found out is half a Point. The more I log my points the easier it is because everything I enter is saved.

Here are some things that are changing after only 2 weeks:
1. No more heartburn. I haven't had a Tums since Day one.
2. In my dreams I'm active and jumping around instead of stressed out.
3. Clothes fit better already.
4. Biggest Loser Yoga is getting easier (still a killer though)
5. I'm taking more time to look better.

Things I need to do better on this week:
1. More veggies
2. More exercise
3. More water

Right now I'm drying off my water shoes by my desk heater because I left them outside during the snow storm and they are frozen solid. The old me would have used that as an excuse not to go to my class tonight. That's a great one actually..."I can't go to water aerobics because my water shoes are wet." Thank goodness I'm changing my ways!

Eating healthy? Check with your dishwasher!

My husband announced yesterday morning that we were on the last tablet of dishwasher soap. I clearly remember passing the dishwasher soap at the grocery store Saturday and knowing we didn't need any because I had just bought some 2 weeks ago.

I asked him how many times a week he's been running the dishwasher and he said 3 or 4. I was SHOCKED. Not just because I have an awesome husband who loads and runs and unloads the dishwasher but because it used to be once a week. Twice at most.

What does this have to do with eating healthy? Well the dishwasher is full to the brim of plastic containers and dishes every other day because we are packing our lunches and eating all of our dinners at home. It's amazing what a difference it makes. The water bill goes up but the scale goes down. It's a wonderful trade-off if you ask me!

Stay tuned for tomorrows 'How Much Has She Lost This Week' complete with a picture of something that equals my weight loss for the week.. I've been peeking at the scale and it's going to be a good one!

Magic Erasing and Magically Erasing

I can't believe it's Monday again already! I had to dig the car out this morning from many inches of snow. We're such Southerners that I don't even own an ice scraper. I had to use a kitchen utensil! Any Northerner would have died laughing at us in the driveway standing around wondering what to do :)

I took advantage of the horrible weather to do a deep cleaning on the kitchen. I cleaned every single tile with a magic eraser and it's like I have a new floor. Every muscle in my body hurts from that adventure. The positions I found myself in weren't far off from my Biggest Loser Yoga video!

The pounds are also magically erasing. Well maybe not magically because I've been busting my butt BUT I've been peaking at the scale and the Wednesday weigh in should be a good one! It was so hard this weekend. The weather made me want to eat everything in sight but I tried to snack on good things and I got plenty of exercise. I can't remember the last time I got through a weekend without a gain. I'm loving Weight Watchers!

I hope everyone has a great week!

Snowy Sunday!

Today has been a very unexpected snowy day here in Atlanta! We very rarely get flurries much less a full on snow day.

We decided to take the dogs out for a walk despite the cold and wet and it was really fun but I was ready to come home after about 30 minutes walking. That's Sophie up on the wall and Lucy on the ground. Now that we're home I'm wishing I had one of those Snuggie things :)

whew, Friday!

It seems like every week just gets crazier and crazier and I really look forward to the weekends even more. Sometimes I fear the weekend for falling out of my routine but now that I have Weight Watchers, I feel like I can fit some things in. It's a feeling of freedom with food that I haven't had for a long time. I know that freedom can be dangerous but if I just keep logging everything I eat I will be okay. I made room for some light cheese puffs and a 100 calorie dark chocolate bar for tonight. I even squeezed in a skinny vanilla latte because I was starving today and craving something sweet. That usually helps with both. My cravings are coming purely from PMS and the scale is going down a few ounces a day so I'm not going to ruin it.

It's raining now and it's supposed to rain all weekend so I'm thinking about getting some horrible chores done like washing blinds and curtains and cleaning the basement. *shudder* That way when I can go back outside again all the spring cleaning will be done. We're even supposed to have a little snow on Sunday. Poor daffodils. I hope they survive! My little veggie and herb seeds are sprouting in my seed starter and I can't wait to be able to plant them. I'm photographing everything for one big blog post when it finally looks like something!

Have a great weekend everyone. Anyone who reads this knows I try not to go near the computer on the weekend but since I now have to log my points you never know. I might be inspired to write!

Diving back in - again!

I finally made it back to my water aerobics class after a months absence. It's just been too cold to be in the water but it seems to be warming up enough so that it's bearable. As usual, all my friends were happy to see me which is a great reason to keep going.

It was my favorite instructor who really explains what you're supposed to be feeling and I made a point to push myself extra hard. I'm really sore today but in a good way of course! I wore my heart rate monitor and I got it up just as high as if I was on the elliptical. I need to figure out how the calories burned works out in the water. Apparently it's a bit different.

My husband was so excited he made a great dinner last night since I don't get home until 8 from my class. He's perfected our turkey pasta sauce and I had a double portion after the huge workout. Trader Joes has their whole wheat pasta with flax now for 49¢ and we eat that at least once a week. 6 grams of fiber in a serving of that and it's delicious. He even made a double batch of sauce so we can freeze it for next week. He even asked me to teach him more meals so that he can have dinner ready when I get home. How sweet is that? I'm so lucky for all the support I have from him. He's been strutting his stuff around the house because he's lost 11 pounds! More importantly I taught him to do his BMI on the scale and he's down 1% in just a week or so. I feel proud when I feed us well and apparently he does too. It's working well for both of us.

Better get my (sore) butt in gear for a busy day!