Weigh-in Day...

Good news....I lost 1 lb. this week. I feel good about it. I'm so happy that I haven't given up by now. The long term goal seems so far away....sometimes impossible. I set my ticker goal at losing 70 pounds, which seems like so much, but in reality I need to lose more than that but I thought if I can at least get there I can reassess myself and then start a new goal after that.
Ok....so right now I am just going to focus on getting that 15 lbs. lost badge. I really like having the every 5 lb. goals, it is so much easier to work for! I'm working on it day-by-day & week-by-week then after awhile it will add up to months and then a year...I wonder where I will be in one year?? I'm hoping for at least a 50lb. lost badge in one year. This would really help with my other goal that I am working on (the secret that I've talked about, I will be sharing with you soon). Even the 14 lbs. that I have lost has helped me feel a bit more confident and has made some physical things easier to do. We'll see....

Feeling better today!

I'm feeling much better today! I haven't been sleeping very well for a couple of weeks so I've been real tired. But, I got up and got ready to go and did another 2 hour work out at class today. I did a double class on Monday too. I wasn't sure I could do it but, I made it! I felt good about doing it and sticking with it. The teacher was a little easier on the second class than the first one but it was still a lot of work. On Monday it kinda felt like having my own personal trainer because there was only 3 people in class. There were about 15 people in the second class today. Today I had a headache after the first class but I decided to try to do the second class and I made it through (with one bathroom break at half way through).
I have made good food choices today. Tomorrow is weigh-in day for me and I'm not sure it's going to look good. I'm hoping to at least stay the same...which is how it looks today.....so I guess I just need to not worry about it. It's so hard though....I want to see a loss so bad that I get really nervous. I'm trying to not fall into that trap....and just be happy that I made good healthy choices for the week no matter what the scale says.
Thanks again to those of you who leave me comments, it really makes my day to hear encouragement from you! :) I will check in tomorrow and let everyone know the weigh-in verdict.
Hey...I've been thinking a lot about progress pictures.....when does everyone think it should be done??? every 10 lbs. lost, every 15 lbs. lost???? I would like to do this but I don't see much difference yet. Let me know your thoughts on this.

blaaa.......

I don't feel very good to day. I'm all puffy and my ankles hurt. :( I'm drinking water but so far not helping.
Ok, I have to tell...I had coffee and 3 cookies today. They were really good! White chips and raspberry granola in them, I made them this morning. I can't believe I did that, one cookie would have been enough. Ok....I can get over this and move on.....I'm not going to eat the rest of the batch or anything like that. I just had a bit of a weak moment there. I took my coffee and cookies out on the porch and sat on the couch in the breeze and relaxed for a while. Thanks to anyone who is listening to me vent...just had to get it out. Hope you are doing better than me today!!
Tomorrow is a new day!!

busy, busy...

We have been so busy running around. The kids have more things going in the summer than during school time I think. I was in town all day again yesterday. It is really hard not to just go to say McDonald's or some other fast food place and grab your lunch and dinner. I have been challenged to have to actually think about what it is that I am going to eat in order to not go over the days plan. I have not been very good at it yet when we are in town and when I haven't packed a lunch to take with me. I am working on it though because.....like I said before, life doesn't go on hold so I can lose weight, I have to learn how to make healthy choices while life goes on around me.
I chose to do double classes today so that put me at exercising for 2 hours! Wow, I wasn't sure I could do it, but I made it and it was great! My face was beet red when I got done but I felt fine. It was more like having a personal trainer because there were only 3 people in the second class. I think I might try that again sometime. It was a challenge and I did it and feel good about it!!
HOpe everyone is doing good out there. It's pretty quiet out there.....I guess everyone is just busy for the summer. Thanks to those of you who have left me comments....please stop by and comment often!!!

Weigh-in Day...

Wow...I lost another 2 pounds. I'm so shocked after all the BBQ and partying going on around here. Yesterday I had a bad stomach ache and couldn't eat dinner.....so I hope it is a true 2 lb loss and not just due to an upset stomach last night. Oh well, I'll take it and am happy about it! If I gain it back I'll just have to work harder next week. :)
Hope everyone is doing good this week!

Busy weekend!

I had a challenging and busy weekend with 2 BBQs/party this week and going to my friends for breakfast on Monday morning....but I'm hanging in there trying to make good choices....after all life doesn't go on hold just so I can be healthy.....I have to make healthy choices while life goes on around me!

Friday night's BBQ was more challenging for me (my son's 13th birthday party). I did eat more than I planned on eating. The worst part was the snacking on the things I had left over ......at midnight while watching Gillmore Girls on the computer. My husband was sleeping on the couch behind me. :)

Ok, so for actual dinner I had 1 turkey hotdog and a few chips and salsa. But then my son and my mom were eating up all the mango salsa with creamcheese that my friend brought so, I had to get in on it, it's my favorite! Then when they weren't looking I took the end of it in the house to save for "later". I also deside to have another turkey hotdog about an hour later when all the kids were doing a treasure hunt......that wasn't too bad yet. I served the cake and icecream and didn't have any.
Then when I got all those boys settled down watching a movie at midnight and the girls had left......the fridge was calling to me!!! The left over mango salsa was calling out..."it's later, come and eat me" then I saw the bean dip that was for the boys to munch on when they watched their movie so I had to get that out and have a "taste" and with both of those I had to have chips to go with it. Then I saw the cake....that I didn't have any of, and decided I would try it. I had to have a little icecream to go with it too. Oh, and there are the chocolate chip cookies someone baked for my son.....I'll just try one. Hey, here are the brownies my friend brought over for those people who might not like yellow cake smothered in whip cream and strawberries......like who would that be??? I had to try one of those too. And a few more bites of that bean dip and chips it was really good heated up. So by the time I went to bed I had heartburn and suffered all night.

Saturday was a new day though!! I was good to myself all day .....I realized that even though I thought those things I ate last night were going to be good and satisfy me they only made me feel horrible! I wish I could remember that feeling every time I am tempted to overeat, but unfortunately it is like child birth, once it's over we forget the pain and want to try again for some odd reason.


Sunday went well with the BBQ I made good choices and didn't over eat. I even allowed my self a small piece of key lime pie. The worst thing for me on this day was I stopped by Starbucks on the way home from church to surprise my husband with a coffee. Well, I ordered a venti white chocolate mocha Frappuccino for myself. I don't usually order a venti (large) but my thought was I will drink half of it today and sip on it the next couple of days....I've done this before with a medium drink and it worked well for me, not a problem. So the problem came in when they made 2 of them for me by mistake and they say you can take it if you want or throw it away. THROW IT AWAY!!!! Are they out of their minds!!!! First of all the cost is so outrageous I only treat myself a couple of times a month to their coffee and second who in their right mind would throw out something so gooooood!!!! So, you guessed it, I took it home. I then drank a little more than I had planned on for the day because now I had more to last me though the week! Today is tuesday and I still have 3/4 of the second one left. I finished the first one yesterday and had a little of the second. See I told you I have problems with coffee! :)

Monday I went to my friends for breakfast. The one who made the mango salsa and cream cheese dip and the wonderful brownies for the birthday party, OH...and I can't forget the beautiful yellow cake smothered in whipped cream and strawberries. So, now you know what kind of breakfast I was about to face. She made these wonderful vanilla yeast belgin waffles with honey butter, then she drizzled on Dove chocolate sauce and topped with strawberries and whipped cream. And to go with that she made some delicious scrambled eggs with mango salsa and cheese on them. With orange juice and of course mocha coffee topped with whipped cream to finish it off. Told myself all the way there...."you do not HAVE to eat everything that is placed in front of you!" It worked and I ate about 1/2 of the waffle and 1/2 of the eggs that she gave me (maybe one egg total) I drank all of the coffee though.....but over all I think I did good considering in the past I would have dove in and ate it all!!!

I made some great fajitas last night with some left over grilled vegetables, a little cheese and a salad on the side.
Well, I better get on with the day. The kids want to know what there assignments are so they can get done with school for the year. And besides that Frappuccino is calling me! :)

Hope everyone is doing good this week! My weigh in is in 2 days! we'll see how all that party-ing paid off! :)

Weigh-in Day!

Yeah! I lost 2 lbs. That puts me at 11 lbs. lost and now I can get that 10 lbs. lost badge! I'm so excited. I keep checking my weight just to see if the scale is telling me the truth.....you know those scales....you can't always trust them to be true!!!

Ok.....back to earth....party tomorrow, I need to plan what I'm going to eat and stick to my plan! otherwise I will gain 2 lbs. or more next week. Stay away from the chips! They have a way of sneaking right in my mouth without me even noticing! I'll be keeping my distance from them for sure!

Hope everyone is having a good week....seems kinda quiet around here. Would be glad to hear from someone......anyone :)

Wow...

It's wednesday already! I can't believe it.

Well, I survived Monday in town for 12 hours!
Went to class and got my results from Saturday's event. I got mostly 3's(good) and two 4's(excellent)!!
Scoring ....4=excellent 3=good 2=OK 1=needs improvement. I felt really good about that!
Took the kids to a 50ç movie......had a good nap there.
Went to Borders for some reading.
Met my Husband for coffee.(unplanned calories)
Dropped the boys at youth group and went thrift shopping!!! Woohoo......I found a cute purse and a home decorating book!
And I stayed in calorie limit for the whole day! I couldn't believe it!

Tuesday I was exhausted and slept in. Working hard around the house to get ready for a party Friday. BBQ and pool time. The pool filter broke today so maybe no pool time??? we'll see if we can get it fixed or not?? yard is mowed though and looks pretty good. Still need to clean off the porches from the wintertime accumulation of stuff. I made some great grilled salmon, seasoned baked potatoes, and salad for dinner.....I wanted to post a pic of that for you all to see.

So, today is Wednesday already.  I had a busy day again. So far I have been making good food choices. Better when I plan the meals out but, good when faced with a choice. Today wasn't as good. I was faced with a lot of samples at all the stores we went to. I'm feeling week today. Hormones are kicking in and I was so tired when I got home. I laid on the couch and had a piece of toast.... with butter even! It was really good! I won't beat myself up too bad but, weigh in is tomorrow and I was trying really hard to loose a couple of pounds so I can get that 10lb. lost badge. We'll see what happens in the morning when I weigh, it was looking good everyday this week.....and I really only need 1lb. lost to get that badge....we'll see!

Great weekend!

OK...I had a great day Saturday!! Things went really well! ( I will post more on it soon) Thanks to all of you who encouraged me even when you didn't know what it was I was doing! I'm working on keeping my daily goals.

Wouldn't you know it......

.....I did my scale check this morning and it was down another pound.....that now puts me where I wanted to be yesterday!!! I wish that scale would behave. Now I have earned that 10lbs. gone badge but I guess I will have to wait till next Thursday to actually post it......that is, if I can keep it off!!
Tomorrow is a big day for me, it will be physically and mentally challenging, I believe I am ready for it. I will be practicing again today though just to be sure.

Weigh in day.....

OK....I can deal with this....loosing 1 lb is still good. I didn't get to get the 10 lb. lost badge this week but that's ok maybe next week! I am a bit disappointed though. I will keep going and see what next week brings!

Smiling doughnuts!

First of all I want to thank you all for your comments ..... they all put a smile on my face when I read them!  Thank you all for the support ........ it's just what I need!  :)

So, I do have to say I am a bit anxious about weighing in tomorrow.  I have been working hard to get that 10 lbs. lost badge.  But, when I did my scale check this morning I think it has a different goal in mind for me.....I might have to wait till next week to get it.  :(   We'll see tomorrow morning when I do the official weigh in.  I have been anxious all day about what I eat today......I don't want to fall into the trap of only trying real hard right before I weigh in and slack off the few days after weigh in.  I want to make good choices about food all the time no matter if weigh in is tomorrow or not!  So far I have been making good choices most every day.....I just don't want to fall into a bad habit as I've done so often before.

I did 1hr. work out today and it went well I think I'm feeling good about the  "big Saturday event" although I will need to practice the rest of the week to really be ready.  I have been thinking hard about this and wondering if I should post info on it or not. It is very much a part of my life and I do want to continue with it. Well, I have been reading other peoples blogs and impressed by the fact that they can be so open.....I can't even post my weight.....I did put a picture of my face on here......and I'm working on getting before pictures together.  I am just afraid of the comments, peoples opinions, like I have had in face to face life.  But, so far I haven't seen the negative stuff going on here like in face to face life.  I have seen so much encouragement and support......I never knew it would be so positive.  So, I'm working on getting the courage to share my "secret" with everyone on here.....soon, I hope.  :)

I wanted to share with all of you my beautiful doughnuts that I made last night.  I baked them and then put a light glaze on them.  Not sure the calorie content??  they are a yeast dough, very fluffy and light, baked....so not all the fat of a regular doughnut, and a light glaze made from powdered sugar and water....oh and vanilla.  My family is loving them....I had one last night and didn't feel bad about it afterwards.  ( I did feel bad about the little left over dough piece that I ate though, you know the piece of dough that isn't big enough to make a doughnut out of but you bake it anyway  :P) They really turned out nice!

Coffee.....

I love coffee. Not just plain coffee though, I have to have all the add ins! It was the first thing I thought of this morning before I got out of bed.  I am wiped out after yesterday. But I feel great about all the things I did yesterday.  trying to go for that 10lbs. lost badge this week. I'm really close, weigh in is on thursday so if I am careful I may make it!   But oooooh  the coffee!  so many calories. :)

Great Day!

Today was a great day!  Lot's of activities.  I worked out for 1 1/2 hours and played 3 rounds of DDR at the mall with my son and cleared every level of his choice!  I ate good healthy choices.  I did eat a little more than I expected but not much, some veggi soup broth when I got home, I wasn't really hungry, just wanted something (comfort eating, I think).....I could have had some hot tea maybe.  Oh well I think the day went well!

Weekends...

Weekends are hard!  We ended up having Chinese food Saturday night.  I did only eat about 1/2 of a meal and put the other 1/2 aside for hubby's lunch tomorrow. It really was good....I thought I might regret it but I didn't, I didn't even swell all up and get puffy the next morning.  I had chicken subgum, marfar chicken & shrimp (both deep fried) :P  I also had 1/3 of an egg foo young w/ gravey!  I'm sure glad I'm not taking Alli after what I read about it this weekend.  That fried food would not have been good!  So I exercised today and I made a really good vegi soup for dinner with almost no calories to try to make up for yesterday even though I didn't go too far over my planned amount.  Looking forward to the week and some activity challenges coming up for me!  Saturday is a big day for me. (more on this later, maybe??)  :)