Another losing week!!

I know I've been very bad about posting lately. I've had a very exciting life going on. For those of you that know me know that excitement doesn't happen often:) On Sunday my SIL had her first child and I was fortunate enough to be able to be in the room the whole time. It was an amazing experience. So I've been busy helping her out and haven't had time to do much of anything else.
I did go to my weigh in today and I lost another 1.4 which brings my total to 22.2. I'm hoping I can be really diligent this week and hit 25. What I'm so proud about it that I've consistently lost every week. Some weeks have been small losses but I lost all the same.
Last weeks meeting was about negative thoughts. We've all had them, we all have them. They contribute to our image of ourselves. I know in the past it has hurt me. I've never thought much about myself. I was either too fat, too ugly too this, too that. Sometimes it helped,motivating me to do something about a situation. But mostly it just made me very unhappy. I tried very hard this week to not let negative thoughts control me. If I had a negative thought I would do or say something to remind myself of how far I've come. I would get out my weigh in book and look at how much I've lost. I tried on my fatter clothes, and marveled at how they were hanging off of me. I don't want to spend anymore wasted time on bad thoughts about myself.

This weeks meeting was about music and how it can affect how we feel. Let's face it if you hear up beat music you can't help but dance and move. Which when we move it will help us lose. So be a loser and turn the music on and DANCE!!! Live Life to it's fullest.

Another Fave

Well today was one of those days that lunch stayed with me for about an hour. I really was wanting something sweet. I had one of my Special K bars, which I love. But unfortunately it didn't do the trick. So I found myself rummaging through the cabinets. I saw the box of sugary cereal Cookie Crisp that I picked up today for my boys. It looked so good. So I checked the side of nutritional facts and was surprised to see it wasn't that bad. For 3/4 of a cup of dry cereal was only *2 points. So I quickly got out my measuring cup and found that it wasn't that huge of an amount but I could live with it. It tasted so good and took away the need for sweet. Tomorrow morning is my weigh in so I'm trying very hard to do my best.

Blowing it for one breif moment

Yesterday I hit my first mini goal of 20 pounds and last night I BLEW IT!!! It was actually very fun...I had a juicy cheeseburger for lunch and then we had Chinese for dinner. I enjoyed every bite. Then I had 3 reduced fat chips ahoy chocolate chip cookies. Which I would recommend not getting I didn't like those at all I would've rather had the real thing. Some things I'm not willing to sacrafice taste for lower calories. Next time I will just have the real thing just maybe only 1.

Today it is back to the plan and sticking to it. What was different this time is that I blew it and that was ok I forgave myself and got back on track today. I'm done with feeling guilty.
Tonight is movie night and I'm attempting to make a lower fat lower calorie pizza tonight for dinner. One that I like and my family likes without taking all my points for the day and them some.

Whoo Hoo!!

Well I finally did it I crossed over the 20 pound threshold. The last few weeks have been so frustrating, baby steps is all I can say. But I lost every week and was consistant and persevered. I am hoping that by taking it so slow that it will stay off once and for all. I had to change my meeting time to Thursday's, I liked the leader and the ladies in the meeting but I still miss my Wednesday morning girls. Today in our meeting we talked about is 0 really 0? It was a reminder about figuring up our points and how to do it accurately. How if you have more than one serving you have to add it all together which can change a 0 point food to a 1 point food. Common sense, but sometimes you have to remind yourself of what you need to do.
I also had a young lady come up to me afterwards, she was someone that I would never guess needed to come to weight watchers. She was in my opinion skinny and beautiful. She then expressed to me that I was her inspiration for this week. She had to see the shock on my face, how could I who has so far to go be an inspiration to her who was so little and cute. She then when on to tell me that she is .2 away from her 20 and like me she has been inching along the past few weeks. She then told me that when she heard that I had had the same problem she felt confidant that she could keep going and next week will be her week to hit her 20. It felt good to be able to confidently give some advice about where I've been and where I'm going.
I'm also finally going to go get that pedicure....IT IS ABOUT TIME!!! But I've earned it. So I will be sure and tell you about how wonderful it is I may even post pictures.
Have a fabulous loser of a week.

Slow and Steady

That is my new theme. This weeks weigh in was...drum roll please..... .6. Not even a full pound. UGH!!!! I knew that this week was going to be touchy with the 3 day weekend I knew I hadn't done to well. But I'm so close to my 20 lbs. I also wore jeans today which I know makes some difference. I knew that week was coming when I wouldn't be able to wear my shorts and today we are rainy and cold. I keep saying everyweek that at least I'm losing. I just want it to come off a lot faster. But I also know that I'm going to have to work a lot harder. Probably going to have to do some sort of exercise. Ok I know I need to exercise. I just hate it so much. I have yet to find anything that I like to do. I do like to swim and I did it during the warm months but now we are getting into the colder whether. I would like to become part of the Y but finances make it to where we can't do that. Sounds like a whole lot of excuses to me. I need to just do something, anything at all would be good.