So, despite being at my folks house this week and using all of my WA points already, I managed to make my first goal!!! A loss of 12 lbs total!

We'll see how it goes this week, but I'm essentially very proud of having been on vacation, at my mom's no less, and be reasonably able to have stayed on program.

I'm a terrible blogger too, but now that I'm back will be better!

I am a terrible blogger. My wi this week went well with a 2.8 loss. I will take it. I've done well going to the Y but am dealing with severe knee pain and my left ankle but not the ankle (I know makes no sense) hurts. I think my husband is giving me his appt. on Wed. I need to get them seen. Speak of the devil he is hovering to sit and watch a movie.

To my blogging buddy: I missed you this week and have a package all ready for you! <3

I'm going through some horrible emotional pathways right now which make my road to weight loss an even harder journey. I am an emotional eater. Last night I ordered pizza then proceeded to eat 5 slices. 25 points down the drain. They were not even worth the 25 points. I felt like crap the whole night and knew I was eating it to stuff my feelings.

I woke up this morning knowing I was not going to beat myself up for it. I accounted it and moved on. Someone from the ww boards told me that and I find it such to be almost the most valuable advice I have received to date.

I need to find myself another outlet for my emotional eating. I'd love to be thin enough to just run but that isnt on the table yet and well, I'd love to go even for a walk alone but I am a stay at home Mom and alone time is hard to come by. Today I slipped on my mp3 player and danced in my chair and sang. Sounds silly but it worked. Now I need to learn to try something harder next time. Maybe my 1 mile dance video (which I love btw)

I keep trying to tell myself that a healthy,skinny me will still have emotional days and have to go through hard times and its the choices I make now that will forever shape the future me. I want a healthy me for my girls, so I can live a long time with my husband, so that I can do things with my girls I can't do now.

My blog buddy and I are alike in so many ways, its what makes me feel so close to her. Her and I are on a long road trip but we will make it out stronger and healthier. And in the end we will both sit back and be glad we took this journey.

I continued to struggled today....sort of. I don't get the mood swings.

I changed my weigh in day to today because Monday's are tough for me. I am worried I've screwed up my program (superstitious) by doing that. It's good because I'm down 3 lbs so can say good by 290's. I'm down to 288. That said...I did fantastically this morning with whole wheat toast for breakfast, drinking my water, saying no to coffee and eating my brought lunch rather than going out.

Got to the part and had two and half beers, veggies and fruit then had a handful of doritos, a cookie and a small brownie. No biggie, except that I ate the brownie on impulse. It scared me. I don't want to lose ground.

Blah blah blah...poor me, I know.

I also haven't exercised much this week because I've been working very late. On the positive side, my daily steps have gone up from an average of 2000 to between 4000-6000.

Somebody just tell me one slip does not a complete fall make.

I'm looking for some good links. People on the same journey as we are. So if you happen upon us and would like to have us link you let us know.

It is nice to have people walking with you on new adventures in life and this adventure is a long hard one paved full of rocky roads. Support is hard to find.

WI today-2.6 pounds. After my gain last week I was totally worried today. But I will take my two pounds and say see ya! I didn't exercise much this week either, I've been sick with a chest cold and the only energy I have is being zapped by it.

When I entered my loss on ww it warned me I was losing too much too fast. Seems like it isnt enough fast enough for me though. haha. I think Biggest Loser really makes it hard for us normal folk to lose weight healthy because we see them drop such huge numbers so fast.

I've lost inches everywhere but my arms and waist but face it, I'm still bloated and once that is gone, so will an inch or so. The most exciting part of my wi was realizing I am FIVE pounds away from my first goal. FIVE! No way! I can't wait until I hit that.

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I'm struggling today. I really want to snack and I miss having free will to graze on whatever was my choice. I know that this why I packed on pounds, but I'm craving salty and sweet and it's hard to stay away. Now...granted, when I ate those two Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs I did take into account the points and I counted them. I allowed myself consciously to eat two of them. That doesn't mean that when I got home I didn't eat 6 mozzarella olives with prosciutto and some pretzels and cheese.

I suppose when all is said and done it was fine. Today was whole grain toast with a tablespoon of peanut butter for breakfast, a granola bar and string cheese for snacks and a low cal south beach lunch kit with some chips for lunch. Late day snack was dried blueberries and another granola bar. The granola bars are 100 calorie bars.

I'm not able to much at a time, so I'm always hungry.

For dinner, even though I wanted pizza I made a bagel with lean turkey, one slice of cheese and carrots.

ARGH.....I really just needed to get some perspective. I'm doing great and I'm feeling better and ultimately that's all that matters.

Happy Tuesday! WI was yesterday for me, my second official weigh in since joining WW. I lost ONE pound! I have to admit I was disappointed, but the whole point here is to lose slowly and that loss of one pound was WITH indulging while my sister came to visit.

It's amazing to me how much my eating habits have changed. In two and half week on the program my stomach has shrunk tremendously....to the point that I can only eat several little meals all day. Well, maybe they are little...I still have issues with portion size. They are probably normal.

I am so proud of what we're doing here. This blog is really keeping me on track and I'm overjoyed to share success with my friend!

Later Gators!

My WI is tomorrow. I feel empowered not scared. Regardless of what those numbers say I FEEL better. Today we signed up for the Y. Tomorrow we may get up at 6 and head over to walk, this sounds like a good plan but mornings are not my forte. Hopefully my journal cohort will post soon about her wi :)



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I have been putting off posting because I am just so upset about gaining a pound at my WI. I know, I know I shouldnt beat myself up over it and I need to remember most women gain during two weeks of their lives. But boo. I stuck to the plan and still didnt lose. I took my measurements today because the ww online tracks that as well. Someone on the board told me that some of their no loss weeks they still lost inches and that is what matters.

I need to add more exersize to my routine. I find myself having engery then no energy and I try and use those engery moments to get my house in order.

My one big news is I have officially stopped drinking soda. I first stopped drinking anything with caffiene then went to caffiene free and now for over a week have only had water, water with lemon and well, more water. My skin is clear (knock on wood it stays) and my skin isnt as dry. I found buying bottled water and refilling my bottles a huge help because I know x amount of bottles is my water for the day. I'm even drinking more than that now!

And in a fit of wishful thinking I bought a really cute sweater top in two sizes smaller than I wear now. It was on sale for a completely insane price (4.99!) and I thought what the heck! Goal sweater! I'm going to hang it up where I will see it a lot. I may even take a picture of me trying to stuff all my fat in it now and then take another one later when I have lost the weight. :)

The husband made the BEST kabobs the other day. My mind is still realling from how delicious they were. You can bet they will be a regular staple in this house.

Bell peppers, onion and steak marinated in a low fat teryiaki sauce and then BBQed. They were 5 points for two (If I remember correctly) and just soo yummy.


Until next time,
SimplyAtomic

So today was my first weigh in. I cheated a bit and mid-week weighed and was down 8 lbs!! Very, very exciting stuff. So I weighed in this morning, and WITH a visit from Aunt Flo and STILL lost FIVE POUNDS!!! YAY me!

I feel pretty darn good considering I had a splurge last night of ice cream, which I will never do again the night before weight in.

Today was my weight in. This week I lost 5.6 pounds which puts my two week total at 12.6 pounds! I know I can do better if I just work out more regular. Again, I was worried about not losing because of not eating my points completely but by the end of the week had discovered a few snacks that helped me. This week I have planned higher point lunches so at 10 at night I am not left with 15 points and no idea what to do with them. Next weeks wi will be painful as it will be right before my period starts and we all know that means bloating.

This week was another big one for me. I cut out all caffeine. It has been painful but I have not had a regular Diet Coke in 5 days. (it is my day of 5's) I intend on cutting out my Caffeine Free Diet Coke next. I just love the bubbles in the morning.

I CAN do this. I CAN lose weight and get healthy. No more emotional eating for me and I didn't grab the snacks when things got emotional for me so I am already doing better!


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