UGH MONDAY
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LuvCats - Spinning is a type of stationary bicycle class. Very challenging. I typically burn 800-1000 calories according to my HRM. I love it. No cheddar bay biscuits for me! If I eat one - I eat 20. LOL

fitbyforty - :hug: Glad to have you here!

chickadeee55 - Congrats on you WI! I typically eat every 2-3 hours.

BrettnLaurynsmommi - Welcome!

myfavisblue - Welcome back! I am the queen of plateauing. Ugh. My body will not lose this last 45-50lbs for the life of me.

roxannestags - Idk - you might have lost me with ketchup chips. :lol: WOOHOO to tracking!

straightahead - Another spinner! YAY!

mom2threebratz - Welcome!

smashlers - At least you are tracking!!!

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Talk about a frustrating Saturday weigh in. A .2 GAIN?!?! Seriously?! The day before I took a peak and was down for the week! I was POP Friday night, too. My God - so frustrating. Because of that I'm going to track daily now to see the trends of my body. I know it's a dangerous game for me because I can get a little crazy, but I think it'll be best for my sanity. Especially since I burst into tears when I saw my gain on Saturday after being POP all week.

I'm starting to wonder if I just can't use my flex points. I know using them for some people works and using for others doesn't work. The past two weeks I've used my flex points and had .2 gains. The first week I didn't use them and lost 6.6. I try to keep telling myself despite the .4 gain I've still lost 6.2 pounds in 3 weeks - but still. :(

I didn't drink this weekend for the most part. A couple of mich ultras last night at the Super Bowl party. I ate too many tortilla chips, but I brought a shrimp cocktail and fruit salad so I could fill up on that. I ate off of my flex points and still have 9 for the week - which I never use during the week, so I'm not worried in that sense. I know my gain today is all sodium.

Alright - enough of my one woman pity party.

On a side note, WW Meetings start at work today and I'm going today and then my Dad and I will go on Saturdays too. I also got my Actilink over the weekend and I wear it for 8 days so it can gather my baseline of activity.

Breakfast
Coffee w/ FF 1/2 & 1/2 - 1pt
Breakfast Burrito - 8pts

Snack
Apple - 0pts
Smoked String Cheese - 1pt

Lunch
Lasagna - 10pts

Snack
Celery - 0pts
WW Cheese Wedge - 1pt

Dinner
5oz chicken breast - 5pts
1c. Brown Rice - 5pts
Brussel Sprouts - 0pts
1tbsp light butter - 1pt

Total: 32
Remaining: 2

SoMuchFattitude-6.2 in 3 weeks? That is great!! Don't get discouraged. Don't they say that a loss of 1-2 pounds a week is ideal? If so, you are right on track!

I am thinking I can't eat my flex points either. I have found that the weeks that I dip more that single digits into them that I have bit of a gain or at least no loss.

I will be joining you in the water gain today. Between TOM and the fact that I ate my flex points all in pita chips last night, I know I am in trouble. I am totally a sodiumville resident today. Bring on the bloat boat.

Something interesting happened yesterday. I had been avoiding pasta until now since I love it and have trouble staying within the serving size. We had family over for dinner and made these delish turkey and pork meatballs served over WW pasta. Good and filling at the time BUT later that night I was a total carb craving fool. Thus the eating all my flex points in pita chips. I am thinking the pasta was a trigger since that hasn't happend before. Soooo, no more pasta for me at least for a while. I will stick to brown rice, which doesn't seem to have the same effect. I don't think I would have put that together if I hadn't been tracking my food for WW.

Last week was my 2nd week and I did not lose any weight!!! not even an ounce. Then again, I did not gain either. UGH! It is so frustrating.

Good morning everyone! It's Monday... Someone please remind again how grateful I should be to have a job (Bleh) :/ lol

Superbowl party was super hard! I did good though.. Only ate a bbq chicken breast and some chili. Trust me, I wanted soooooo much more than that.

Hope you all have a good day!

Good Morning you guys ... February already?!? Wow!!!! I remember when I was 10 I wished and wished the time would fly by ... Now, I'm begging for it to slow down!! lol ...

I hope everyone has an awesome Monday! Things are about the same this direction ... I managed to do my JM 30 Day Shred M-F last week, but didn't do it this weekend ... I'll get back on it today. (cant you hear the excitement in my voice!! *blah!!* ~ lol.) I'm really wanting to give this intensity a try, but I dont know?!?) I found someone selling it in our area on CL for 60.00 - Might ask 'em if they will take 50 for it and call it a day?! I'm just worried about all the jumpin ... Heck, I'm liable to cave the floor in!!! (or knock myself out even with a normal bra and 2 sports bra's AND an XS cami (super tight - i typically wear a L) just to try to hold everything down!! lol)

I know what you mean, it seems that the older I get, the faster time seems to go by. I can't believe it's February already. In two months I'll be celebrating my one year wedding anniversary! Can't believe it!

I've been on WW for a little over a week and I'm really excited about the results so far. I've lost 7 pounds and I feel great so far. One thing that I love is that I don't feel deprived at all.

I have a quick question for you all about homemade jams.

DH and I are turning into big canners since we like to know what is in the food we are eating. Jam is a fav and we can up several different types each year. (strawberry vanilla and strawberry chipotle were two good ones from this past summer.)

I am now not sure how to figure the points. We use regular sugar not splenda and we disn't use pectin. Is 1T=1pt like for store bought?

Gooch: I am not sure but I would count it like regular jam if it was me. Can I have the recipe for strawberry vanilla? I made orange whiskey marmalade and candy apple jam and we are almost out. It's just about time to make some more and the youngest is begging for strawberry jam.

So today was my official weigh in day. Yesterday when I unofficially stepped on the scale it was reading 283. Today it's 284. Either way, it's a loss! I am down a total of 2 points since start but its a 4 point loss because of the 2 extra points I gained the first week. It's nice to show a loss

I went over points yesterday because I ate dinner. I am usually sleeping so don't eat dinner most of the times. I made the enchilada cupcakes from Emily Bites website and man were they good. I was even able to adapt them for my vegetarian son (although he thought they were too spicy). Good stuff.

Let's see for today:
3am
3 enchilada cupcakes: 11
orange 0
banana 0

Lunch:
3 Buffalo chicken cupcakes 11
4 Stuffed celery 2
Artichoke
apple
orange

Dinner
3 Meatloaf cupcakes 11
mashed potatoes 6
whatever veggies we have on hand


That brings my total up to 42 which is my daily points.
Roxanne

Well, I am starting my 3rd week on WW and I love the plan, but my goal this week was to use the treadmill (for more than a clothes rack) every other day. That hasn't happened so far. What is wrong with me, why can't I just get on there and walk for a lousy 30 minutes right after work, I need a major push by the exercise genie!!!!!!
Yesterday, I stayed on plan, even though I was really like hungry but not, and I only snacked good things, thank goodness I packed them in my lunch bag.
Someone send me some "get off my butt and get on the treadmill" vibes!!

The past couple of weeks have been a struggle and my weight has SKYROCKETED as a result....like 8 pounds in a week skyrocketing. But starting yesterday, I planned on being totally on plan and not have any sweets....at least for the week so that I can get myself back into the groove. I live with my parents, and they are away for a couple days, so it's nice to have the house to myself so that I can prepare my own food and only have certain things in the house. My plan for today:

BREAKFAST:
Dannon Light n Fit Yogurt - 2 points
Blueberries - 0 points
Cinnamon Jacks cereal (1 cup) - 3 points

LUNCH:
Fiber One Wrap - 2 points
Deli Turkey (4 slices) - 2 points
Carrots - 0 points
Sugar Free Jello - 0 points
Orange - 0 points

DINNER:
Boneless Chicken Breast - 3 points
Barbecue Sauce - 2 points
Carrots - 0 points
Something else....not sure yet!

SNACKS:
Apple - 0 points
Fiber One Protein Bar - 3 points

USED: 17
LEFT: 12

roxannestags - I will have to check my recipe box when I get home. I will post later tonight. It is delish and perfect heated up and drizzled on a little ice cream.

I am steady-ish today. Down .4 from yesterday. Not much but I will take any loss. I are some salty snacks last night and I can tell that I have the salt bloat. My rings are a bit tight this morning.

I need to get into the groove of exercising. It has been so cold (4 degress this AM) that walking outside isn't a good option. I would have to be bundled up like that little kid in a Christmas Story. Why is this part so hard? I actually like riding the exercise bike but just can't seem to get motivated to do it. Maybe I just need to set an appointment for myself in the evening. Will let you know how that goes.

Hope everyone has a good day!

Morning ladies!
I have been sticking to program with a couple exceptions lol. The key for me is planning ahead.I made a huge pot of vegestrone soup yesterday and that will be lunch for the next 10 days. A lot of veggies in it which is something I do struggle with. I made the Potato/ham /Gruyere dish yesterday.It is very good so that will take care of my breakfasts this week. Planned out all the dinners for the next month as well.
I did join Koko Fit Club.I like it but was too sore to go yesterday.Back at it today.
I hope everyone has an on program day...onward and downward.

Listen to us! We are all a bunch of moving, activity point getting, rock stars! I got home from work last night and got my bootie on that treadmill. IT felt good. I fell asleep before 9pm! I was tuckered out!

I woke up this morning and weighed myself on my VERY simple dial scale... just gives me an idea if i am up or down... and I think I am down! I should really stop using that dumb thing. ;)

Yesterday's menu:
Breakfast: egg and facon, 3pts

am snack: tangerine, asian pear, and a string cheese, 2pts

Lunch:
Some vegetarian chili my coworker made (heavy on the beans), 5pts
Blueberry bake, 5pts (so sweet so good.. def not something I should do often)
Diet coke: 0pts

PM Snack: Tangerine

Dinner:
1 cup Dreamfields penne pasta, 4 pts (Do any of you have experience with this carb conscience pasta? I was confused on dry vs. cooked weights)
6 nates meatless meatballs, 5 pts
sprinkle cheese, 1pt
Spinach salad, 3 pts

I lost 0.7 pounds this week officially. I dipped into my weekly points heavily this week but it wasn't so bad. I started the Physique 57 challenge for February. Although I'll have to skip a week this month due to working a ton of 12s. I've tracked everything I'm going to eat tonight at work before leaving. After work, I plan to do the P57 express, dishes, and sleep.

daimere..congrats on the loss! Actually, it looks like everyone is doing pretty well right now!

I've been beating myself up over stupid stuff...yesterday, I was too tired to exercise and then dipped 5 points into my weeklies (and I try not to eat weekly pts since I eat activity points)...and today I tried this interval workout my health coach sent me http://www.fitsugar.com/Interval-Wor...nning-13259346 and I burned out as soon as I hit the 6.5 speed and just quit and did something else....I was needing to jog at 4, so 6.5 was too fast for what I am capable of doing right now. I am going to take the speed down a full number (3.5 to 2.5, 6.5 to 5.5, etc) and try that tomorrow. The good news, though, is that my eating was good today and the pajama pants I am wearing today keep falling down. I am finding I am a lot less hungry when I get enough sleep...go figure!

Breakfast:
Oikos traditional Greek yogurt (4)
low fat granola cereal (3)
blueberries (0)
banana (0)

Lunch:
Veggie burger and lettuce on a whole wheat bagel thin (6)
raw veggies (0)

Snacks:
blueberries (o)
tangerine (0)
LF cheese (2)
kashi muffin bar (3)

Dinner:
chicken breast and lettuce on bagel thin (6)
raw veggies (0)
Kashi pita chips (3)
hummus (3)

Used 30/30 daily points and 0/5 activity points