~The Never Ending Quest~

If you WANT to lose weight, you can’t have high-calorie sweets- cakes, cookies, candy, or full-fat ice cream- whenever you feel like it.  you need to either find a lower-calorie substitute that you can have every day or save the rich desserts for once a week. 

Important information for me to follow!  Lately I have been indulging whenever I want! 

Well- I gained 1.6 @ last wi for WW.  I keep messing around with tracking so my results are so/so-  Some weeks rock and then I gain-  I just went back to look at my goals page and I made 208 on 4/30/09 I am currently @ 202.6 so that means I down about 6 lbs in 2 months!  That rate of loss is really slow compared to my other months! 

I am re-committing myself to tracking EVERYTHING that goes into my mouth!  I am worth the time it takes to track my food!  I am also worth it to take better care of myself!  I know I can do this! 

Thanks for listening!  :) 

I hope your all having a GREAT day!  How was the weekend? 

I added some new before and after pics in my Photos page-

Check ‘em out! 

I am gearing up for a big camping trip this weekend!  We are leaving on Friday morning and will be gone until Tuesday-  We have a lot planned- we are going to Mackinac island for one day to bike around the island and check out some historic sites, we are going canoeing one day, we are going hiking on a trail with a waterfall, and swimming and fishing too!  I have planned healthy meals to take with us so I will be on plan!  It will be a great vacation!

I added some pics of me from last weekend when i went to a party at my aunt’s house-  Still at 201 in the pics….oh and one from today too!

  I don’t know if there will be a good weigh in tomorrow either-  I have been not doing so well in the tracking department! 

Hey all-

I received my acceptance letter yesterday afternoon to the accelerated nursing program I have been working toward!  I am freakin’ excited!  The cool thing is only 32 students a year get in and it is based on a points system not a waiting list so that means I got in on my first try!  :) 

Yippie!!  We start classes in September and will graduate with ADN in Dec 2010. (14 months)- and can take state boards for RN. 

On a weight note- I stayed the same this past weigh in @ 201… So close to 199 yet so far….  :) 

Hey all-  I meant to post to update how my first week following the simply filling technique (core) went for WW.  It was so easy and I loved all the yummy veggies-  I lost 3 lbs :)  Which made me only 2 lbs away from my next mini goal of 199….

This week is not going as well on simply filling-  Why you ask?  My body for some reason wants to eat junk!  Ugh-  I am going to finish this week up strong though and will probably go back to counting points on the following week considering I have had a little break from the counting- 

It is hot hear in Michigan-  I rode my bike to work but started wishing I hadn’t after I left home.  I was sweating up a storm by the time I reached work-  I have the AC blasting on me now so I am feeling good now… he he he I heard it will be hotter and more humid tomorrow so I will probably drive if that is the case-  I HATE being hot.  :P 

I hope your all having a great OP day!!

This past week I haven’t tracked a bit!  Honest- It is the worest this week- last week I half-assed it but this week was a total bomb.  I tried to count in my head, but we all know how that works out, right??  Ugh-

I can’t keep floundering about like as it wont get me to my goal!  I am taking charge of myself today and acknowledging that I don’t want to track points right now so I am switching to simply filling tomorrow at the start of my next week- I will still have to track non filling foods with my extra 35 points- so there will be some counting but not anything major-

I have printed out approved foods for the simply filling technique reviewed my booklet about it and chatted with some gals on the WW website board for simplly filling- 

I am excited and working on meal plans and grocery list for the next week-  It will be sweet! 

I hope your all having a great day!!

Oh, biking to work is rocking… :)  I love, love, love it!  I ride 20 minutes in the morning (up hill mostly) and 20 minutes in the afternoon on the way home.  I also like to ride later in the evenings for fun if I can.  I am so glad I got this bike from my mom- I am getting good use of it and getting in some Activity Points too!!

Hey everyone!!

I haven’t really written too much lately- I think it is because I have have ambivilent toward weight loss-  I haven’t been tracking that well though I have been keeping up with the exercise(mostly)……  I know this happens to me occasionally and I don’t need to feel like it to track points so I am trying to push myself…  My losses @ the scale haven’t really been affected just smaller losses that one gain like 2 weeks ago-  I am sooo close to my next goal of 199, I don’t know why I slow myself down like this at times…. Maybe it is my bodies way of saying it needs time to adjust so it would rather lose slowly??  LOL  ok, that sounds a bit looney….  More likely I am reverting to bad habits which are more comfortable and “easy” than my newly learned habits…..  This kind of attitude just goes to show that I can ever let up on the tracking or I will revert back _ happened many times before, but I am mindful of it now! 

I did some new measurements-  The last ones were done on April 8-

• L Upper Arm- 15 1/2″   -1/2″
• Rib Cage 37 1/2 “  -1/2 “
• Bust 46 “  -1″
• Upper Tummy Roll- 43 1/2″  -1 1/2″
• Waist 41″ No Change
• Hips 48″ No Change
• L Upper Leg 25″  No Change

Well- I have to finsih getting ready for work, but I hope you ladies are all on board 100% with your plans!!!  I will check up on your blogs when I get to work!

Later-

Hey all-

Sorry I have been MIA for a few days… There was so much going on with the packing, moving and unpacking…  Everything is finally put away though-

I love the new place!  It is awesome!

My bike trip to work/from work is 25 minutes each way!  (uphill on the way there)  It is a great workout!

Well, I have to start dinner so gotta run for now! 

Hope your all great!

Hello Everyone!  :) 

I am so tired today!  I am out of work though so I am planning on taking a nap now so that should help, eh?  I didn’t stay up too late! 

The weekend was wonderful!!  The weather wasn’t that great so we decided to go to the Air Zoo(an airplane/space muesum) and it was awesome!  My first time going- I really enjoyed it!  I have some great pics from the day!  later in the evening we went out with some of John’s co-workers.  It was fun-

On Sunday- we did laundry and then went to the gym and then saw the new Wolverine movie after I made some yummy dinner. 

Here are some pics-  One is me at the Air Zoo and the other is of my new outfit.