Yesterday dh and I went out for a "mini-date" and I didn't stay op, but that's ok! I'm noticing that I'm having a new approach this time arround. I'm really not beating myself up for mistakes. It is what it is, move on. I went into Ruby Tuesdays fully planning to not stay op...I didn't gorge myself, but I allowed myself to have "normal" food. All week I've been anywhere from 5-8 pts under each day, and at dinner time last night I still had 21 pts left out of my 26. I had the salad bar (and actually kept it pretty good on that...they finally put back out some non fat dressing) I had some chicken quesadilla, and I got a turkey burger with bacon and avacado (that I know was soooo over in pts, but yummy!) DH got dessert, but I declined and had low fat ice cream at home. I don't even know how many pts I ended up with...the turkey burger is new on their menu. Ok, I'm also a little afraid to find out! LOL! I did at least write it down to show that I ate it. It was nice just to be able to sit down with dh and have a conversation with out having a 4 yr old or a 1 1/2 yr old (or both!) try to talk over us!
Ginny- I haven't been starving this week with so many pts left over...maybe this sounds weird to say this, but it actually feels good to go to bed and not feel so FULL, ya know? I know how you feel about the cats waking you up...dh and I adopted a 5 wk old kitten from the Humane Society in Mdtn a few weeks ago for dds, and he likes to sleep right up on my neck! I think that's the other reason I've been so tired lately! I finally put him in the bathroom last night with his litter box, food, and a blanket. He sure is a cute kitten, but it's just like having another baby in the house!
Rose-Congrats on your loss at wi! As for bringing portable snacks with me, I definately try, it's that I usually don't get a chance to eat them! My classes aren't sit down, lecture type classes this semester...they are all lab style classes. I also have a habit of "saving" my pts during the day because I'm afraid that I'll need them in the afternoon or for dinner, and then don't use them. I haven't been wanting to eat after 7 or so at night, either...so those last few pts just don't get used.
Vicki- Yeah, it is soooo much easier to have dh follow ww with me. He and I followed it after I had dd #2, and he lost 40-50lbs (I of course didn't lose anything!) He can just kind of half follow it now and lose weight, though! That frustrates me a little! LOL! It took some convincing to get him to follow ww (LOL...I finally had to leave the book that explains the plan in the bathroom and take out all the other magazines.) He doesn't mind cooking...being the chef, I'm naturally the one that usually does it, but he likes to, too. He actually is pretty good.
Anyway...everyone is awake so I guess I had better send this off!
Hi, i started WW last week and alls i lost was 1 pound the first week. ARG!!!
I was doing great too i also started lifting wieghts on the same day, does anyony thing my scale wasnt moving cause im turning fat into muscle, cause i do know it weghs more than fat?? Helppppp!!!!
Welcome Sweet777 - Everyone here have great suggestions. Hang with it. You just never can predict when the scale will decide to cooperate. I had a great first week and then 1/4 and 3/4 - go figure. Then I started the lbs. I'm in my sixth week and I know it's working. I feel better. I sleep better and yes it feels good to not be so full when I go to bed.
Paige - I'm glad you had a nice night out with your DH - that's what this program is all about. That's why I love it so much.
Linda - I know what you mean about eating at someone's house. You don't have the opportunity to Pick and choose as easily but you can pick portions, which makes it okay. I have issues with points because you don't know what they put in it. I have asked "So give me a brief description of what it takes to make this? I'd like to try it at home" And I can get an idea of what is involved in the points.
Sunflower - Wow - I didn't know Rachael Ray had a LIte cookbook. Now that would be something to try. I find that if I plan and pre-cook some of my meals, it makes my week much easier.
TweedleDee - glad you kicked that cold in the butt and you're back in the saddle. I hope your week is a good one. I enjoy your posts.
ECMom-Ginniy - don't you hate when you have a bad night? But you have the right attitude. Just pick yourself up and try to plan alternatives or something to keep yourself busy so it doesn't happen too often.
Well I'm doing some cookie baking for the kids today at the band competition. DH is making something that we can take with us so we're not eating the mac and cheese and other high fat food they will be serving the kids tonight. I know that it's meant to be filling and the kids love it but I don't even want to try to eat it. He's making a lowfat homemade bread dough and stuffing it with chicken frajita stuffing and cutting it into roll slices. I'm going to try to point it out here in a few.
Hope everyone has a great Saturday and stay OP!!!!!
Welcome Sara......Rose is so right, you never know how or when the scale will cooperate. My Dr even said " the body sheds fat at its own rate". Hang in with WW. It is not known for fast weight loss, but healthy, slow and steady losses.
Sorry I have to go and get ready for Dd's soccer game.....a busy day after that too.
Back for a short visit.....my plans to get to my mother's fell thru, so I got a few minutes to myself.
Rose-hope your cookie baking is fun and not too tempting. How sweet of your Dh to do the cooking and come up with something healthy! And stay away from that mac and cheese.......good stuff but oh, so high in points!
Paige- great attitude about going out!!!!!!!! Just move on, and you have to live and enjoy sometimes. SO glad you got out with your husband. It is so nice to do that!!!!!!!!!! I am really happy for you.
Sunflower- congrats on the loss! 4.4# is awesome!
Vicki-glad you are feeling better. Great job getting back into those activity points.
Linda- yup the leader sure can make a huge difference in your attitude and weight loss.
Have a fun and safe trip!! Yup, it is cold here in NY too.
Cookie baking went fine. It was sugar cookie ghosts with white frosting and orange and black sprinkles. I wasn't tempted. Now I know a chocolate chip cookie or a brownie would have been dangerous.
No mac & cheese either. Our alternative was awesome and only 5 points per serving. We had a really good afternoon and evening.
Quiet here..... hope everyone is having a good weekend!
Rose- You are something!!!! Resisted all that high point food- cookies, mac and cheese, brownies! Glad you had a great evening and were able to focus on that. You deserve a "bravo"!
Paige- gee, doesn't it stink when you go off plan like that? My stomach goes into complete rebellion......and I pay for that "excursion" from program. Try drinking lots of water today and getting back to basics as far as food goes. I hope by the end of today you feel more like yourself.
Well, this weekend has been a bust. Weather changed my plans to go to my mothers, and when Dh came home from his morning, he mowed the lawn.......and the allergies kicked in hard. Of course he is too stubborn to go to the Dr about it, so he takes my allegra........and of course there might be a more effective allergy treatment out there for him, but well, if he won't go to the Dr........catch my drift? This am we went to Ds's baseball game- they got rocked.......and then Dh and Ds are off to another game in another town (what kind of moron coach would book two games in different towns on the same day? ). So I came home....leaving Dh with the tissues as he is still sneezing his brains out. Oh, the ball field for the am game was bordered by a field of, you guessed it, ragweed.
So far my eating today has been great. Hope to get some sort of walk in today. It is cool but beautiful here. Paige, there is a chance I might be in Monticello tomorrow evening......I was given a choice of driving an athletic trip to Monticello in the afternoon. Not sure if I will take it or not.
Gotta go be productive......have a great day! Hi to Vicki, Linda, Sunflower, Tweedledee, Sweet and Sara (hope I did not miss anyone!)
Ginny
Ginny - nope not "something". I just am in a great mind set right now. I'm trying really hard to keep my food interesting and stuff that sounds and tastes good. It doesn't feel like a "diet" right now. I'm pretty sure that somewhere down the road, I will need some big support and pick me ups. I hope I can look back to these challenges and give me some hope. This will be a Long road for me. But thanks anyway for the postive vibes :0)
Hi everyone!
We're back from out trip.
Welcome to Sweet777. Don't worry. My weight comes off in tiny increments, everyone loses at different rates. I've heard leaders say two entirely different things about exercise and weight lifting. I've heard them say you are turning fat into muscle and muscle weighs more, and I've heard others "poo-poo" that and say that it matters not. I think weight lifting and whatever form of exercise you want to do is important for your body and health. So, keep it up.
I find my weight loss is usually less than a pound a week, and some weeks I stay the same and some I gain. The overall long term success is what is important.
There will be set backs, we've all learned. Paige you are right about having a different attitude.
I've got an attitude now that I must LIVE and that I will not suffer in denial of the things that are important and "fun" about eating, like restaurants as well as birthdays and holidays. However, that does not mean I should go totally wild just using these occasions as an excuse.
I can't deny myself all the foods that are part of the joy of life, there are some that are "bad" for us, but I do think that it is the long term choices we make on a day to day basis that are truly what is going to impact our ultimate success.
If you deny yourself all the special treats, you will get resentful, blow it all, binge and then drop out of WW and all the success you have achieved will be gone. There are no quick fixes, at least not that are healthy!
We ate dinner out last night and went to a lovely place in Peacedale RI called "The Pumphouse". It is an old stone building, I'm going to cut and past a photo here as I thought the building was so beautiful, nope... didn't work.
Here is a link: http://www.diningquest.com/?page=cli...d=1112&isid=62
I don't know if that will work or not, but I was just so impressed by the stone architecture. I chose "plain" food vs. specialty prepared food, I think this can be helpful in terms of weight loss, even if portion sizes are larger.
I had roast prime rib. Sure, it was large and probably pretty high in points, but had I ordered a sauteed dish with oils, butter and lost of "unknown" ingredients, it wouldn't be as sale. I had a baked potato and they had Promise margarine as well, that was healthier. They served butternut squash on the side, which was reasonably plain as well. At the salad bar, I had very little of an O + V based Italian (probably 2 tsp?) and I did not have dessert and I did not have a soup or appetizer. I journal led as soon as I got home this afternoon and feel pretty good about my choices!
Linda
So I pretty much blew it this weekend. I've been trying to figure out why I can do so well during the week, but come the weekend, I have such a hard time. The only reason that I can come up with is that during the week I am the only one home for the majority of the day, so I am the only one that is responsible for all the day to day chores and activities and such, plus with school...so there really is just no down time. During the weekend dh is home, so that responsibility is shared, so there is more free time. Maybe I just get so used to not having that free time that I don't know what to do with myself, so I eat? Does that maybe make sense?
I don't think yesterday I would of done so badly, but on Saturday I made some cake so yesterday I ended up having a few pieces of it. On a serious note, I don't know if any of you have had problems with an eating disorder, but I have struggled with it since high school, so this time around I am REALLY trying to not beat myself up about slip ups, because that's how the cycle starts. I get so incredibly angry with myself about overeating, and I just can't let it go. So this time...it is what it is, MOVE ON!
Reposting my goals so they are fresh in my mind...
ONEderland by Christmas!
Black dress that is hanging in my closet by dh's Christmas party!
To be in Christmas pictures with my family and not cringe when I look at them!
NEW GOAL...to fit into these pair of jeans that I bought a few months ago that I didn't try on because I thought would fit.
Paige - that's the plan - good one too - I think you're doing a great job. None of us are perfect. I'll tell you about mine last night in a few but I just want to encourage you to come back to us and keep OP as best as you can. I find the more time I have on my hands, the worse I do too. I obviously eat out of boredom and emotion eat. Now go find yourself something to busy yourself with. Do you have a small project that you have been wanting to get done? Cleaning a junk drawer, organizing a closet, wiping out the fridge(maybe that one is a risky one). Next time you think you want that second piece of cake, do the project. If you still want it, eat it. Otherwise, you risk binging. Good luck and let us know if any suggestion works for you.
I had a pretty good weekend. Yesterday I tried out some new recipes. I did a WW Crockpot Chicken & Dumplings that was very good. A little higher in points than what I normally have but I really wanted it and planned for it. 7 pts with the homemade dumpling but it was yummy. I also made the WW apple pie recipe that they had on their website this last week. I substituted Splenda but it still came up as 4 pts. I had it with a dab of ff cool whip and it was so yummy that I had a second piece (I did stop and think for a few minutes before I ate it though). So I ended up 10 pts into my flex points but I hadn't eaten any all week. So in the long run, it was good.
I'm a little bummed. Our meeting is having a WW food potluck this week and my work is having a mandatory Diversity training day and I'm going to have to miss it. I'm going to run over to weigh in and leave my dish (I'm making the chocolate cake w/pumpkin) and recipe. I'll ask the ladies to save me some copies of their recipes. Drats. I was looking forward to tasting some of their recipes too.
Hope your weekend wasn't too bad and that you have a great OP day.
Rose- I am so proud of you anyway.......you are still "something" in my book. It is a wonderful thing when you are so mentally locked in (wish I was!). Keep up the great work and the inspiration to us!
Linda- Welcome back! No matter what the point value for yesterday's dinner, you got it out of your system......did not deny yourself and had a great time!
I am happy for you. Hope your batteries are recharged and ready to face the week.
Paige- gotta scratch my head here, my WW leader went over the weekend syndrome at a meeting awhile ago. She suggested some "point free" alternatives for those who lose it on weekends. I think it is a struggle for all of us. You can save your 35 points (or the majority of them) for the weekend. Provide yourself (again for the weekend) with all kinds of different and interesting point free beverages. Someone suggested garage saleing- not my cup of tea- but a cheap out-a and out of the kitchen. What about a special craft/hobby for weekend down time? Or a new excercise routine- something you can't fit in on the weekdays? Guess the take home message is, find something that works for you to fill your time. Make it a special treat- the reward for getting thru the week. And if I hear of anything else good at a meeting regarding this, I will let you know.
Got a 2 mile walk in this am. All my plans for today are gone......Ds won't be home till late (long story there) so I can't drive that extra trip- which I was looking foward to. I just wanted something to break up the routine. And yes, I am annoyed over that- it just seems as though Ds is such a time/attention/effort sponge these days. My Dh and I barely see each other and when we are we are pooped. Ok, Ok, I know that next year when he is in college it will be different- and having been thru this with my oldest, senior year is very time consuming for the parents....but I am tired. And perhaps getting a bit selfish. Been on autopilot ofor too long. And bellyached enough. Thanks for listening.
So far my eating has been fine.......hope it stays that way!
Have a great day!
Ginny
{{{{HUGS}}}} Ginny - I have my last one in his senior year too. I'm way tired too. It is very, very time consuming. That's why I'm doing this one thing just for me. I deserve it. So do you.
You are something!!!! Resisted all that high point food- cookies, mac and cheese, brownies! Glad you had a great evening and were able to focus on that. You deserve a "bravo"!
). So I came home....leaving Dh with the tissues as he is still sneezing his brains out. Oh, the ball field for the am game was bordered by a field of, you guessed it, ragweed.
so yesterday I ended up having a few pieces of it. On a serious note, I don't know if any of you have had problems with an eating disorder, but I have struggled with it since high school, so this time around I am REALLY trying to not beat myself up about slip ups, because that's how the cycle starts. I get so incredibly angry with myself about overeating, and I just can't let it go. So this time...it is what it is, MOVE ON! 