Good job, Jerbs! That'll definitely be good motivation to eat well while seeing your family. :D

Wow everyone is doing great this week!

'girlsenberry - I think I remembered that they used to sell them to non members but it might honestly just be cheaper to get them through ebay or something like that.

I had an up and down week. I feel gross so I really haven't been eating right even tho I lost. I need to restock the cupbards today and find my way back on track :) I want to run more this week.

Congrats to everyone! Looks like it was a really good week!

I was way under my points again yesterday. Today I have 20 points left for dinner. It's been so hot here I just haven't really felt like eating. I was hoping to get back to my pre-crazy weight (the weight on my ticker) this week but I don't know if that is going to work out or not. We will see!

That's really nice of you to encourage your friend, girlsenberry. I know if you pay just the weekly price to go to one meeting you can stay after and get all the week one materials and just not go back if you want to do it on your own. In my area I think it is $12. Might be cheaper to pay for one meeting (esp now while registration is only $1) than to get them elsewhere.

Money is tight here, too, but WW is non-negotiable. I really need the support and structure of the meetings.

Grats on all the losses!

Tonight my fiances work is having a get together at a local bar that has games. Pool, darts, ping pong, air hockey, skee-ball... its a really cool place. His boss is gonna have an open tab for food and drinks. So my fiancé just wants to have dinner there. Probably burgers and fries. I'm nervous that if I don't have time to eat before hand, I gonna be stuck between eating bar food or not eating til late late at night. Oooor just not eat and use my points towards liquor-dranks! Hahahaha! This outing definitely deals with this weeks topic!

So I went to my meeting today and at the end, they had info/gadgets for a pilot for an activity tracking device. From what I can gather, it seems most like a fitbit. Is anyone else doing this? I'm anxious to see how well it works!

woooohoooo down 2.5 this week. Worked my butt off it felt like. Getting closer to onederland!

I've lost my WW/ exercise mojo. :(

I posted this, last night, on the tracker thread. I was feeling pretty low about the choices I made yesterday:

"I'll wait for MrsD to post the new weekly thread.. but I'm not even going to bother tracking points for today. We had a family potluck and I really enjoyed myself, to include: copious amounts of homemade potato salad, some baked beans, fresh fruit & veggies, fruit salad, a hot dog, deviled eggs, and god-forsaken potato chips- they are the bane of my existence, lately. I may have gone slightly over, I may have gone REALLY over my dailies.. right now I don't care, I think I need a break.. I'm too stressed out over all my recent cheat days. The amazing thing is, even with going over anywhere between 5 and 40 points/day, several days a week, for the last 2 weeks, or so, I've been maintaining my weight between 188 & 193.. instead of consistently going up. I don't know how I got that lucky, but I'm knocking on every wooden item I own."

Today is a new day, and I'm setting 2 small goals for myself.

1. [*]

K, so, here we go.

I definitely know about going off track and struggling. Weight loss is not always linear, sometimes it helps to take a break. My leader recommends setting a number of days per week to track when you really are having a rough time, setting a goal to track 4-5 days per week to help get back on track and usually you will still be successful. It doesn't have to be all or nothing.
Meetings help me A LOT, in fact the less I want to go to them the more helpful they are. I think you are an online or at home member, IIRC, so that might not be helpful for you.
Another thing my leader says (she's so smart, that Kathleen) is that one meal didn't get you to WW. So you overdid it at the bbq. That's no reason to go off the rails and quit (I'm still learning this one). Forgive yourself and move on.
I seem to fluctuate between omg-this-plan-is-so-easy-I-will-never-quit to omg-I-hate-this-I'm-starving-and-tired-of-counting-everything. Right now I'm at the former. About a week ago I was at the latter. I think that sometimes, in my case anyway, it's a fake it until you make it situation.
Big hugs to you. :hug:

Thanks for the support, Spooky. :) Unfortunately it wasn't just the one BBQ, it's been 3-4 days/ week of going over points by 10- 40 pts, for the last 3 weeks. I'll do well points-wise all day and up until dinner.. and then I get the munchies between dinner and bedtime (which has been 1:30AM, lately), and I just haven't had the willpower to ignore it. And then I feel guilty for that, and for ruining an entire days good eating, and then I feel like I'm wasting money by buying fruit and the things I need to eat well when I could be using it for my kids. :\

I would LOVE to go to meetings, but until I find a job it's definitely not in the budget.. I can't even buy fruit the last week of the month. Sheesh. Gratefully, I'm not in the mindset to quit.. this is the first time I've been able to lose weight in a healthy manner (did Atkins years ago, lost fast, but that was so not healthy), I just don't get why I'm letting myself sabotage my hard work. I know I'm being an idiot when I'm doing it, and I regret it when it's done, I just kinda give up on myself after dinner. And then there's the working out thing.. I don't even get that. I went from being sedentary, to doing yoga 3x/week for 2 weeks, then the yoga + bodyrock, then just the bodyrock 5-7 days/wk.. it was nice and gradual, I felt great, then I decided to take a day off, and it's turned into basically 3+ weeks of no working out at all. I just cannot get myself motivated to move my body. Not even for a simple walk. :(

I'll get through this. I want it bad enough, it'll just take some time to plug though I guess. I've got a question- does WW only allow a 1-time free visit? I went to a visit like 3 years ago, does that count as my one time, or would they allow one since PP rolled out?

I'm sure you could visit a meeting again, since Points Plus rolled out.

I made a new recipe today, from last week's weekly handout. It is orzo salad with watermelon & feta. Sounds strange but tastes pretty good. I think it would be better if my watermelon was better but I had to work with what was available. It has feta (which I love) and basil (which I love even more). 5 PP for a 3/4 cup serving. Here's a picture:

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6139/...9b36261902.jpg

I had it for dinner with lettuce wraps (bbq turkey breast, raw onion).

It got me thinking, though. I do love a caprese salad. I bet it would be really good if you did it with orzo, tomatoes, basil, and mozzarella and tossed it with olive oil and a bit of balsamic vinegar (or a vinaigrette that combines the two). I might try that next time.