Month: October 2016

What the…?

For whatever reason, this week has been atrocious.  The most frustrating part is, I can’t even put my finger on what is wrong.  I have a serious case of the blah’s and just feel “who cares” about everything.   My eating has been terrible, and I’ve skipped workouts the last two days.

Less than a pound from a major mini-goal, and here I am, screwing it up big time.  And I can’t even explain why.

This evening, whether I feel like it or not, I am going to make myself work out.  If I have to kick, scream, swear, and howl in protest the entire time, I am going to get a workout in tonight!  

So Close to Onederland!

For this weekend’s weigh in, I lost 2.2 pounds and am down to 200.6.  So close to no longer being over 200 pounds!  I’m definitely shooting for under 200 by this weekend.

The weather this weekend was beautiful, perfect for being outside.  I got some yard work done but also took time to just sit in the yard and enjoy the breeze, the sun, watching my fiance and the kids play in the yard. I really enjoyed it.

My plan was to go running at the gym this morning, but I screwed up setting the alarm and didn’t wake up in time to drive to the gym and back.  Instead of using that as an excuse to go back to sleep and skip the whole thing, I decided I could still do a short workout at home.  I got up, threw my hair into a ponytail, and kicked and punched my way through a Les Mills Combat workout.  I hate working out in the morning, but I love the feeling of having my workout done for the day already!

Moment of Truth

Ever since my wanna-eat-everything-in-sight day earlier this week, I’ve been careful to stay under my Weight Watchers points.  Tomorrow morning will be the moment of truth, when I weigh in.

It’s been a busy, hectic week, but I’ve made sure to fit in a workout each day.  I think I finally picked out a wedding dress, and it’s been motivating me to stick to my workouts so I look good in it!  I already picked out a cool picture frame for our wedding photo to sit on the fireplace mantel, and if it’s going to be right there every day, I want to be certain I feel good about how I look in that picture.

I’m ready to head home and start the weekend.  The kids will be here this weekend, and it’s hard to leave to work out so soon after they first get here, but I need to stick to this.

Hangry

Me, yesterday

First, the good news: I weighed in on Saturday and lost 4.4 pounds!  Wow!  It’s amazing how much impact giving up regular soda has.  I was thrilled and am aiming for a 2 pound loss this week.

Yesterday was a struggle and a half.  I simply woke up with the overwhelming urge to eat, eat, eat, all day long.  Junk food, sweets, candy, and soda, that’s all I wanted!  I fought to stick to my Weight Watchers points.  During my lunch, I picked up a candy bar, hoping it would kill the cravings.  Even at 9 points, I knew I could stay under points if I stayed on track the rest of the day.

Well, that didn’t happen.  As soon as I got home, I opened the fridge and munched on some leftovers that I knew would put me over my WW points for the day, but I had been fighting the munchies all day and couldn’t hack it anymore.

It could have been much worse.  I stopped there and made myself go work out, an hour-long weight training workout, then logged my food for the evening and made myself stop eating.  I tapped into my weekly points by about 10 points, and I am still under my weekly points, but I really try not to use those. 

I was disappointed in myself for going over my daily points, but also relieved I slammed on the brakes and exercised too.  I could easily have gone off the chain, devoured all the food in the house, and sat on my butt on the couch, but I didn’t.  So that’s a step forward.  I know yesterday could have been far, far worse!

Today I’m tracking my points very carefully, and I won’t go over my daily points the rest of the week. I still want a good weigh-in on Saturday!

Quest Meal Bars…Yuck!

This morning I tried one of the Quest meal bars that someone on the Weight Watchers site recommended, and I can give you a one-word review to save you time: BLECH!  I took one bite, made a face, chewed a few times, made more faces, wondered how anyone on earth could possibly eat these things, and threw it away.  Saved me points, all right…by not being edible!   It was like chewing mixed concrete that hadn’t set yet.  The wrapper said “Cookies & Cream”, but there is no reality or universe where that remotely tasted like cookies and cream.

There you go, a professional and thoughtful product review, just one of the many services I offer to you, ha ha.

Yesterday, especially last night, I had a lot of junk food cravings.  Luckily I like sweets, and my fiance likes salty snacks, so all I could find in the house were potato chips and other things I don’t like.  I made myself leave the kitchen and ignore the ice cream in the freezer.  I was so close to being under my WW points for another day, and I didn’t want to blow it.

I’m aiming for at least a 2 pound loss this week.  I need to get consistent, stop this two steps forward, a thousand steps back dance that I’ve been doing for so long.  I want to commit to doing this right and getting the results I want.

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