Another Great Week

I am down another 1.6 pounds.  WOOHOO!!!!  It feels so good every week, to be validated that what I am doing is worth it.  I am down a total of 17 pounds.  I love writting that, saying it, reading it... goodness anything!

I earned 22 activity points last week and ate almost all of my weekly points and I was terrified that eating more of my points would cause me to gain and actually I lost .2 more than last week.

I worked out today and I plan on tracking all week, I am off to a good start and I am excited to go through this week and see the results!

walking buddies

this is my walking buddy sneakers. i love walking with him in the mornings now, i get up and as soon as i get out of my room he is up and ready to go. as soon as i get my sneakers on he is at the door tail waggin, he motivates me to walk in the morning

yummmmalicous

best snack ever....hummus with bagel chips. it's a bit higher than i like for points wise but was so good. 5 points for 2oz hummus and 6 bagel chips

Pushing through pays off

I went to my meeting today and not only am I down 1.4 pounds but I measured today and in 4 weeks I have lost 2 inches off my thighs, 1 off my waist and .25 off my arms. This is HUGE, first I have never much liked my arms they are big and do not look good in short sleeves. But to see inches coming off on top of pounds phew!!!




I haven't been "in" to it this week, but I pushed through and it paid off. I love seeing results, who doesn't seeing results reminds me that I am doing the right thing, it's worth pushing through.



Today's meeting was about putting me first and the change I made with this is I stopped catering to everyone else for meals and now they eat what I do no more special meals I was making convience meals really inconvienent, one kid liked one thing, one liked another my husband wanted something else. It was crazy making 3 unhealthy meals. Now we all eat in a healthy way and we have all gotten used to it in 8 weeks. Gone are the hamburger helper and hello fish and veggies. And yes the kids like fish.



Things are becoming habit now, I am trading the bad habits of eating for good habits. This doesn't mean I can slack or I have made a change that with out being vigilant I could keep up with out weight watchers, OH NO I have made the resolve that this is life long. All the things I grew up associating food with happy, sad, mad, relief. They are all still there I just need to learn that food isn't going to make me feel anything but full, and if I make the right choices fueled for my day. But if I make the wrong choices sluggish and just plain yucky.



I know this is for life and I am ok with that, there will be weeks were I have to push through that buying something would be easier but not worth it in the end.

sluggish

happy almost weekend... i am feeling sluggish not quite unmotivated but as if i am going through the motions. i am eating with in my points still walking the puppy in the morning and doing stairs at work. i am just doing it though not quite feeling enthusiastic. i am praying this weekend is a good weigh in and i get my head back in the game

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Why

Lately I have been thinkng about the why, why is this time different, why now? I am ready to be healthy, for years I wanted to loose the weight for 5 billion other reasons besides me. If I was thin I would be happy, attractive to others, etc... This time it's not about happiness I am happy, it's not about any one else it's about me and being healthy for the first time in forever.




No more excuses, no more reasons why I can't or don't have the time. Because let's face it I do, I have the time, I can do this I just need to focus on myself. I need to make me a priority and I think for the first time I get that.

breakfast