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February 12 Time... (Smiley)Where does the time go? I feel like I'm getting absolutely nothing done lately! We're almost halfway thru February and I'm still stuck. I'm doing good on the exercise, up to 20 miles on my workouts. But I just can't get the eating down right. Something comes up and we end up going out or going to someone's house for dinner and I can't figure points. Then I give up and just eat whatever I want. We're so busy with our house and with the weather being nice we worked outside the last three days. That in itself was quite a workout! Talk about exhausted! And wow, am I ever out of shape! I was taking some pain killers last night for my back. Who knew yard work was so hard??? For those of you who don't know, we bought a house in November and the yard is horribly over grown! I will take a picture of the mountain of stuff we cut out and post it. It's amazing that all of it was in our yard, and we're not even done! Anyway, back to the food issue. It's been a huge struggle for me lately. I just can't seem to get back on track and I'm not sure how to go about it. I need more time! I need about two more hours in the day so I can focus on myself and eating right. But until then, I guess I'll just keep trying. February 06 WATP goalHere is where I will keep track of my walking workouts. I update it every day to motivate me for the next day. Seeing that little person moving along the ladder is a great reminder that I'm moving more and working towards my goal. My goal is 50 miles in February, which works out to me doing the 2 mile WATP workout 6 days a week. So far so good! Working out (Smiley)I just got done with my 2 mile WATP workout. I'm feeling pretty good about myself, because I've done it five days this month already, giving me 10 miles. I can already tell the difference. I'm a bit sore today, not sure why, but I still made my way thru the workout. I was very glad when it was over though!  I'm planning on sticking to WW today. I tried yesterday, but my hubby, DD & I went out for lunch at the Italian restaurant. But instead of eating a whole meal, we decided to split one. I had dessert last night, but a small one, so that wasn't too bad. I got on the scale today and am down .4 lb. Not much, but at least the food didn't make me gain yesterday. Tomorrow is my weigh in, so I'm curious how it will turn out. I've noticed the days when my hubby is home are really hard to stick to it. So today he's back to work, so I should be OK. I've been telling myself all morning that I'm going to do it. So we'll see how the day turns out! February 04 Feeling blah (Smiley)OK, here I sit at 11:17 PM feeling sorry for myself. I wake up every morning and tell myself I'm going to stick to my points. And every morning I do. But then something happens, usually a stressful phone call with our home warranty place (don't ever go with First American Home Buyers Protection!!!) Anyway, I start eating bad. I have come to the conclusion I'm a total stress eater. I can't handle the stress. I caught myself today on hold with that company, getting more and more irritated and shoving chocolate in my mouth. How stupid can I be? I'm sitting there the entire time telling myself not to do it, but my hand has a mind of it's own and shoves more in my mouth. I did so great the first two weeks back on WW in January, and the last 3 weeks I can't seem to do anything right. I am working out at home (wishing I had a treadmill or an elliptical) but it's just not helping me get my focus on eating right. I've heard when you start one, the other will fall into place. Well, I wish I could get my food problem in check! My kids closet doors are the double mirrors. I got physically sick  tonight hugging my DD good night (no, it wasn't her - she's too cute). I just happened to turn my head and saw my back end staring at me in the mirror. It is huge! It makes me sick to look in a full length mirror. I haven't done it in so long, I didn't realize how bad it really is. After a month on WW I'm only down 3 lbs. because I keep screwing up. I can't tell you how many times I've done this. I start good, then after a couple weeks, I blow it. I've done WW before and lost 30 lbs. in 9 months. Why can't I do it now? I am at a loss! I don't know what to do to control myself and stick to my points!!!  I'm to that "I want to quit point" but I don't want to at the same time because I know that someday I might actually be able to do it. But right now I'm so frustrated I want to scream!!!WATP (Smiley)I just got done with my Walk Away the Pounds 2 mile workout. That puts me at 6 miles this month so far. I'm not doing too good at sticking to WW right now, but at least I'm getting the exercise part in. I'm going to try my hardest to stick to my points today. I have Bunco tonight, which includes dinner and dessert. So I'm going to find out what she's serving, and figure points before I go. Then I can decide ahead of time if I can have the dessert or not. I did really bad yesterday. We went to a friends house for Super Bowl. Talk about pigging out! I was so full yesterday afternoon I thought I would pop! But today is a new day, so I'm gonna give it 110%. February 02 Weigh in (Smiley)Well, this week was kind of bad for both of us. We both had some stressful things come up and we haven't done so well. Danielle's weight stayed the same and last week I actually gained. I wasn't able to make it to my WW meeting this week, so I don't know what I weigh. I'm guessing it's not good. But I have started working out. I set myself a goal for February to do my Walk Away the Pounds 2 mile video 6 days a week. I've done it both days this month, so I'm off to a good start as far as that goes. I tried starting back on WW yesterday, and I did fine until afternoon, then blew it. Plus we had Family Fun Night at my son's school which involved a meal of pizza, cookie and pop. So it just wasn't a good day. I'm trying to be good today, then tomorrow is Super Bowl, so we'll see. I'm not going to stress about it tomorrow, but Monday I'll get back on track. I know that in life we all have set backs, so I'm trying not to let it discourage me. But it is very frustrating. I wish I had someone here to follow me around all day and ask if I'm making the right decisions. LOL! But until then, I guess I need to learn self control. January 26 Smiley WI (Danielle)I know you will do better this week, we all have our bad weeks. Tommorow is my weigh in day and I am not looking forward to it but that is life. So this last week my goal was to lose 4 pounds. I don’t think I am going to reach that goal cause I had some bad days but we will see. Smiley I know you will do better this week. Keep your chin up and have a good day.
January 25 Weigh In (Smiley)OK, so last night wasn't such a good night. I've had a very stressful week, and I just didn't handle it well. So I expected a gain. I gained 2.2 lbs. :( I just couldn't get back on track all week and paid for it. I thought about using the no weigh in pass, but decided that I need to suck up my loss and go forward today. So I've done good. I did get a non-fat caramel macchiato from Starbucks, so that was my treat for the day. It was a grande and only 4 points! It wasn't as good as the real thing, but it wasn't too bad. I'm craving eggs, so I decided to make eggs for lunch today. Weird, I know. But at least it's healthy! So I'm back on track and focusing today, so I should do OK. Now, if I could just get motivated to workout more! I did the other day, but that was it. I didn't sleep well the last couple nights, so I ended up not getting up early to work out. So we'll see how tomorrow goes. January 23 Working out (Smiley)Last night while watching The Biggest Loser, I decided I needed to make a committment to exercise. Especially after having the week-end I've had. My husband had four days off, and all four of those days I struggled with my food. I didn't count points and I ate really bad. I know it was stress related, but that's still no excuse. So today I'm back on track. And I've come to the conclusion that I need to exercise regularly, but it's so hard with my kids and the schedule we have and trying to drag myself out of bed at 5 AM when I'm not paying to work out. So I decided to get up at 6:00 and work at my desk on paperwork (cause I'm way behind on that), then after I take my son to school on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I'm going to come home and work out. Then I can take my shower and proceed with my day. So I just got done with my 2 mile Walk Away the Pounds video. I'm feeling pretty good about myself already, so I'm hoping today is a better day. Then on Tuesday, my husband can take the kids to school and Thursday will be my one day of dragging myself out of bed at 5 AM. My daughter goes to school on Tuesday's and Thursday's and I don't want to walk into the school without having a shower, etc. So I figure I'll just get up early one day. And on Saturday I'll work out whenever I get up and around. Sunday will be my one day off. So we'll see how this schedule works for me. I hope I can stick to it! I know it'll help my weight loss a lot more. On that note, I'm going to go take a shower and get busy! Have a great day everyone! January 22 Weigh In (Danielle)Well today is the day most of don’t look forward too, at least me. Today is my weigh in day. I lost 2 pounds; not as good as I would of liked but it just means that I have to work harder this next week. My goal for this next week is to lose 4 pounds. I know I can do it though. January 18 Weigh in (Smiley)So last night was my WW meeting/weigh in. I lost 3 pounds! It's a good loss, but a little disappointing for a 2nd week loss. I was hoping for a little more, but since I haven't been working out at all, I guess 3 pounds is what I earned. I think this week I need to focus on working out everyday. It's so hard though, cause I don't like to do it in the middle of the day, cause then I have to take another shower. When I went to Curves I used to get up at 5 AM to go, cause that's the only time I could go. I had to quit going there over the summer cause we couldn't afford it, so now trying to get up that early just to work out at home just doesn't seem to work for me. So night time is my only other option, but by then I'm busy with the kids and I just forget. I'm not sure how to get myself into the habit of taking some me time. Any suggestions? I've got the food thing figured out now, so now I just need to work on the exercise. Well, speaking of food, guess I better go eat breakfast since it is almost 9:00! Have a great day everyone! January 17 Favorite snacksOK, we've started a favorite foods list. You can find it at the bottom of the page, on the right side. We will list foods that we love and can't live without. Since I'm doing Weight Watchers, I'll add points values to it too, that way it makes it easier for those of you doing WW also. New food find!!! (Smiley)I was at Wal-Mart today and found a new favorite food! It's the Quaker Mini Delights 90 calorie packs, Chocolatey Mint. Talk about yummy! And only 2 points! I love chocolate mint anything, so these are right up my alley! I am in hog heaven right now. That just satisfied me until my weigh in (WI) tonight. I also bought some caramel ones, but I figure one a day is probably good for now. So anyway, go check them out. It takes care of the sweets cravings!Danielle (Smiley)Well, I have to say kudos to Danielle! She called me last night on her way to AWANA and said her and Chaz were walking. Now, my first reaction was she's nuts. It's cold out there! It was below freezing and here freezing feels colder than where I grew up in snow country. I think it's something about the moisture in the air here in Oregon that makes it down right cold in the freezing temperatures. But she did it, she walked in the cold to get some activity in. So I have to give her a big pat on the back, cause I probably wouldn't do it! LOL! So good job partner! (Oh, I think it's about a mile from her house to the church.) January 16 64 oz.Check out my challenge for you and let us know how you do!
64 oz. Introduction (Danielle)Well, here goes. I have never wrote a blog or journal about me so it is kind of weird for me. I am 27 years old, married and have a son. I am the heaviest I have ever been and I want to change that. It is so hard cause I don’t have much time at all. So making it to the gym is really hard cause I have to decide whether to spend it with my son or go work out and find someone to watch him. I work full time during the day doing child care, then 3-4 nights a week I work at an Italian bistro and bakery. Seeing all those desserts is really hard but I know I can resist. I talk to Smiley everyday so that will help; she is a great friend. One of my first little goals is on nice days walking a lot more to places rather than the habit most of us have such as just getting in the car and driving there. January 15 Frustrated (Smiley)Well, today was a bit frustrating right off the bat. I'm one of those people obsessed with the scale. Now, for some it could be a bad thing, but for me it keeps me on track. If I am losing, I get excited and keep working at it, and if I gain, I work harder. So on Sunday we went out for lunch and dinner. I still counted points (the best I could, cause the places we went aren't in the book). I estimated I was over by about 10 points, so I used the weekly points allowance. I didn't drink enough water, so I did have a slight gain. But yesterday I counted points and I was within my range, actually under (I combine the new way with the old way of Weight Watchers). I actually gained .1 pound! I know it's not much, but it's still frustrating knowing I did what I was supposed to and still gained! So today I'm going to have to work even harder, cause I want a good loss this week at my meeting (Thursday). I still have time to recover from it, but I'm just not sure why I gained. I do need to get in the exercise routine. I did it twice last week, but then never got back to it. Doing it at home makes it hard, because there is no set time I can really do it with 2 kids. So I need to figure it out.
I also want to say thanx to all our new "friends" for adding us. They just keep coming and coming, so I'm having a hard time keeping up with thanking everyone and reading all the spaces, but I will get to it sometime! But, in the meantime, I have an eye doctor appt. in 20 minutes, so I guess I better get a move on! Good luck staying on program (OP) today everyone! January 13 Eating out (Smiley)Well, it was a rough day for me. We ate at a pizza place that doesn't have info in my Weight Watchers book or on the website. So I'm not sure how much I ate. Then we went out for dinner with my in-laws, but I just had the salad bar and water. So I did good I think, but it's stressful not knowing how many points I ate. I've been doing so good, so it's really hard for me to not count points today. But on the other hand, I'm very proud of myself for not going overboard. It's always been a struggle for me to go out to eat with family, because I tend to over indulge. So tonight was a big accomplishment for me I think. Our essay...Well, here we are. Starting a huge weight loss journey with thousands of other people, and here we sit in the small town of Cottage Grove, Oregon. Two friends who met through their little boys just starting Kindergarten. Then they played soccer together. And who knew they would become such good friends. Scrapbooking together, talking on the phone, visiting, and now, trying to shed those extra pounds that those two cute little boys put on us. Well, they may have been cute this whole time, but we’re gonna be gorgeous when we’re done with this journey! Why we want to do this. Well, we’re both not happy with the way our clothes fit. We’re both not happy with how we look, even though our husband’s and kids love us unconditionally. But WE need to be happy. WE need to feel good about ourselves, so that we can take care of those cute little boys (and Smiley’s cute little girl too). So we are here to get skinny and be hot mama’s once again! That is why we are here! It will be a hard journey, one we kept putting off until now. But with the support of each other, our families and friends, we can both do this. We will call each other, email each other, just to see how things are going. See if there is anything that the other one can do. And we will get our little tushy’s moving! Exercise is a big part of it, not just doing Weight Watchers. I know that from watching the Biggest Loser! So we have to commit to moving more. But with all of our support, we will do it. We want to win so we can tell everyone on the Biggest Loser THANK YOU for motivating us!!! |
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