Weigh In 155.8

I did lose this week... .6

In the past this would have frustrated me greatly.  But I read something on one of the boards that's really stuck with me.  It was titled "Ugh I only lost XX lbs this week!" and the poster when on to say she hates when people gripe about losing .4 or .6 because its still a loss and over the period of a year that .6 loss equals 30lbs which IS big.  Sounds silly but that's had gotten me thru this week.

Easter wasn't bad. Easter DINNER on the other hand... carne asada, pasta salad, and some other pasta/cheese mix. And I ATE IT ALL. (and a KitKat!) Eek. Pretty sure I used ALL my weekly points today :/ No wiggle room this week. Hopefully working out won't be a hassle this week as long as I get a rental car. Sigh.

Hope this week is better.  Hoping to God that this isn't the week where Chinese is catered in. We only get Chinese ONCE a month because the doctors prefer Mediterranean food but when we get Chinese, oh man... its a FEAST.

Need to buckle down this week. One of my goals has been to go to sleep earlier - I've actually been going to sleep later (thanks Pinterest!) I feel lack of sleep makes me snack. And I haven't been experimenting with too many new recipes lately. Between working out and taking my daughter to soccer/dance/gymnastics I just want to come home, shower and throw a Smart One in.

But I will not allow myself to get frustrated or overwhelmed.

 I can do this

Happy freakin easter!

I did SO good the past few days...even worked out for TWO hours this morning! Feelin super great and then...

My mom BACKED into my car! WITH HER TRUCK! Poor baby Honda :'(

This led to me eating the rest of my weekly points and I even dug into some of my AP. Chips and salsa, pizza rolls, a mini cupcake, gummy worms, hard boiled eggs...ahhh!  Tomorrow is my weigh in day too. I still have AP to spare BUT I know tomorrow won't be a good weigh in day.  I'm sure its bad to use so many points the night before a weigh in. 

Hope your easter is better!

Pumpkin muffins!

I've been craving some baked goods for awhile now... especially since I saw the lady who works at the Mexican bakery at the gym tonight lol... I googled for any WW muffin recipes and found this one for pumpkin muffins. Only 3 PPts each!

1 Box Spice Cake Mix
1 15oz Can Pumpkin
1 cup of water

Mix, Bake for 20-25 mins at 350 degrees. Makes 24 muffins.

So cheap and easy!

(note, this is not "my" recipe. found several versions online)

These muffins may be dangerous since I wanted to eat half of them! But I plan on having one or two (or 15) for breakfast with some fruit tomorrow.  Think these muffins will be an easy solution for breakfast on busy/lazy mornings.

A patient also told me about something called 123 cake today. She said you get a box of angel food cake and a box of any other cake flavor you like and mix them together and store them.  When you're in the mood for cake you take 3 Tbsp of mix, 2 Tbsp of water and mix in a cup and microwave for 1 min and viola! Cake! Reminds me of those Mini Delight cakes.  Think I may try this once I figure the points out on it, although I can't see the points being very high. 

Also hit the gym tonight and took a class called Body Design which mixes cardio with some weights. My thighs always feel the burn for a few DAYS after this class but it felt good!

Happy Thursday! <3

Weigh In - 156.4

By some miracle (and by miracle I mean two days of non stop spring cleaning) I lost this week. -.02

I was preparing myself all week for a gain because this week was pretty bad. Dad was in the ER, daughter threw up one night, and I know I forgot to track some things so I'm 105% sure I went over my WP. 

I over indulged some but I am proud of myself for not telling myself "oh I messed up today so I might as well just eat whatever I want the rest of the week and start again next week" I've done that too many times. Anyone else?

Now for some words of wisdom via Pinterest! Lol

I love this.  I've never thought of what I eat in this manner. 

I also have to say I don't buy the whole "but eating healthy is SO expensive" excuse anymore. I use to think that, and even now when I go to the grocery store I think "damn $7 for a package of chicken breast?!" BUT I could easily spent $7 at the Arbys drive thru and that is only one meal.

I'm rambling but this helped get me thru the week.

Hoping for a better week next Sunday (weigh in day).

Goals

Today I decided to set a few goals for myself...I don't necessarily want to make "number" goals but goals that will help me achieve my goal weight. (Does that make sense?)

- Create a WW/Weight Loss Binder - Kind of feel like this is cheesy but I feel like it may be motivating. I want to clip recipes/work outs/health "gadgets" and even things I want to treat myself to when I hit certain goal weights. I just think it would be nice to have all my recipes in a folder instead of on my computer, at home, when I'm say at the grocery store or cooking.

-Try at least one new recipe a week - A lot of times I will just have a Smart One for dinner or go to a few WW recipes I can do in my sleep. I don't want to get bored. So I am committed to trying one new recipe a week.

-Get more sleep - (Its past 11pm already!) I've read numerous times how important getting a good nights rest is to weight loss.  I know sometimes when I don't sleep enough I tend to over eat because I'm tired and I just don't care! Can't do that!

-Be active on the WW Message Boards at least 2x a week - This will keep me motivated and remind me I am not doing this alone :)

Hello

Can anyone guess based on the name of this blog WHY I decided to give Weight Watchers another go?? Anyone?? I started a new job about six weeks ago. A new coworker asked when my baby was due :( THEN a few weeks later a patient asked when I was due! Twice in one month. Must be a sign from the universe....
My doctor also told me I was pre-diabetic and RX'd me Metformin. I've done WW in the past and had some success but I'd get lazy and quit tracking and we all know what happens then....(you look pregnant obviously)

Today was the end of week one. Down 5lbs! Great feeling. Worked out four times this week too. I used all my weekly points but not my activity points.

With this blog I hope to share/receive my/your experience, recipes, tips and just advice/motivation

Thanks for reading