Yo-yo no more

Yesterday, Brett and I went to Broken Arrow to see his parents.  We were only going to be there for a couple of hours while Brett helped his dad to mow their yard.  While there, Kyle and Marisa called to let us know that they were in Tulsa and wanted to know if we wanted to meet up and hang out.  Of course, we said “YES!”.  The 4 of us (and our kids) were planning to go to Charlie’s Chicken to eat for lunch today before we headed out of town for the week.  But, since I didn’t want to risk not having enough WW points to eat out twice, we just decided to go all out last night.  So, we met them at Spaghetti Warehouse in downtown Tulsa.  I did pretty well.  Out of the 6 bread loafs that they brought us over the course of our meal, I only had 2 pieces of it.  Brett and I split an entree’ so that we could also split dessert and not feel so bad about it.  So, I ended up having half a piece of lasagna (which I only ate HALF of that), half a piece of Chicken Parmesagna, and half a serving of Fettucini Alfredo.  We all 4 decided to split just ONE dessert.  It was a 12 layer Chocolate Cake!!!!  I ended up just having about 4 bites of it.  From what I added up, I ended up eating about 31 points worth of food last night (that is how many points I’m allowed in 1 whole day!!!!).  It’s a good thing I had saved my extra points for the week.  I have 1 left. HAHA!  So, tomorrow is weigh-in day and I’m hoping that my “free” night won’t have that much of an effect on it.  *crossing fingers*  Brett and I were both astounded last night though.  Normally, we could have each gotten the Entree that we shared and eaten a full one on our own!  But, we didn’t even finish our plates (had to save room for dessert) and were feeling like we were pushing that “oh geez, I ate way too much” line.  I think about what I ate last night and I feel almost queezy about it.  It was good while we ate it, but I think about how much better I would have felt with a BIG salad.  Oh well…. I’m excited that I don’t crave that type of food that much…. and if I do ever get a huge craving, I don’t have to deny myself (I just have to make sure I have the points for it!)  So, I’m praying for a very large poop to come my way to rid my body of the leftovers from last night (sorry if that was TMI).  And, I’ll be walking double!

Lady J

We had an unexpected game night last night with Kyle & Marisa!  I LOVE game nights! It’s so nice to hang out with people our age and have adult conversation….lol.  With our game nights, we typically make snacks of all kinds.  Last night, however, there were just pretzels and some kind of wine coolers called “Pineapple Coloda”.  I did very well and had a handful of pretzels and just some sips off of my hubbys drink.  I did go over my daily points allowance for WW, but luckily I have some from the Extra points that they give you to play around with.  I’m trying to save as many of those as possible (the extra points) because we (along with Kyle and Marisa) are hoping to go out to eat after church on Sunday at Charlie’s Chicken here in Oklahoma.  We LOVE that place - but it will definitely take what’s left of my extra points!  It’s a good thing that my weeks start fresh on Mondays.

Lady J

 LABOR DAY (9-3-07) GOAL:

ULTIMATE GOAL

Okay.  I’m here again… to lose the weight once and for all!  I actually started this adventure in weight loss with my husband back in January 2007.  My starting weight was 235 pounds  (my highest weight ever was 262 pounds the night I went in to have my daughter on February 11, 2006).  Due to extreme circumstances on the home front, all weight loss regimines were put on the back burner mid-way through January and stayed there until mid-July.  I take that back.  There was a period of about a month or two before it got SO hot in the summer that my husband and I got in the habit of walking 4 miles a day.  Then, as it got hot, I stayed home with the kids.  Granted, I didn’t gain any weight during this time, but I certainly wasn’t trying to lose either.  But, since mid-July, I have been trying to eat better and yesterday, I started in with the treadmill again, hoping that when cooler weather comes around, I can re-join the hubby on his walks.

My weigh-in days are on Mondays.  This past Monday my weight was at 224. So, obviously my next weigh-in will be on Monday.  But just to make it interesting, we are going to my parents house to housesit this next week. So, I am weighing in on Sunday (the day we leave to go to their house). 

My choice of action against this battle of the bulge is Weight Watchers.  I love it!  I can still eat foods that I like… I just have to learn moderation.  I find that I eat out of boredom and I am also an emotional eater.  I find that if I’m watching TV and something sad, depressing, exciting, etc. happens on the TV, I feel the need to eat something.  This has been my biggest struggle.  But, when I feel that urge, I come to the computer and get on 3fatchicks.com or I get up and do something to get my mind off of food. 

Brett (my hubby) and I want to have another baby.  But, we won’t do it until we are both healthy!  I’m so proud of him, he’s lost 60 pounds since the first of the year!!!  I know that I’ve lost weight and I am happy as long as I am losing.  I was working out today at the clubhouse and I was switching from TLC (the learning channel) to The Food Network (odd choice to watch while working out, I know).  On TLC, they had a “Baby Story” about a woman who was having triplets.  I actually cried while I watched it!!!!  I want to have another baby again so bad.  So, I’m fighting for it!  I was so blessed and lucky to not have any complications from my first 2 pregnancies.  I don’t want to push my luck with the 3rd though.

I found this neat website where you can make a virtual model of yourself, so I did one at my highest weight, one at my current weight, and one at my goal weight. I’ll post them at the bottom of this blog. Pretty motivating!

I’ll close this with a quote that I got from the 3FC forums:

“Being obese is hard, losing weight is hard, maintaining your weight is hard…. CHOOSE YOUR HARD”

That quote is now my theme!!  If I don’t write again before Sunday, I’ll see you Sunday for my Monday weigh in.

Lady J