and Another one's Gone.

Down one more pound.

Busy, busy, busy.

Another ONE bites the dust

Lost one pound this week.
Stopped weight watchers.
Using the principles I learned and it kick started me.
Not being fanatical about it, just being conscious of my need to behave myself.

Slow and Steady wins the race

Down 1.7 pounds.

I can't afford the weight watchers plan with my new domestic situation and with my hubby having to take court ordered classes and with having to pay for a new motor in my van.

So, I have the basics down pat and have a really good scale at work that always weighs exactly 2 pounds more than the weight watchers scale.

So -- Every Tuesday I'll weigh myself and keep reporting.

I know I am not losing it fast, but Slow and Steady I believe will help me keep the weight OFF.

So TTFN.

Nay

Confession Time

I went to my meeting today. Lost .8 pounds.

I feel bloated. I ate too many Doritos last night. Had an urge and acted upon it.
So -- here's what we learned in our meeting today and two ideas for yummy eats.

PLATEAU --

Most people look at a plateau in weight loss as negative, but it is a good thing. Change your thinking about the plateau and here is what you come up with.

Imagine that you are a mountain climber and you reach a plateau on that mountain. This time the word plateau is a positive word. A plateau is a time for your body to rest. For you to look down and reflect on where you have been. No you have not reached your destination but you are progressing on your journey. Like a plateau balances out the terrain on a mountain, our body uses the plateau to balance out our body's needs during this journey.


P - Patience is more important than anything.
L - Live the plan versus treating it as a diet.
A - Accept the fact that you may not lose weight every week.
T - Take time to analyze what you are doing.
E - Evaluate your progress and reward yourself.
A - Attend meetings each week.
U - Understand that this is a process and not just a destination.

Being aware of your points make a difference in lifestyle changes.
Meeting attendees lose 3x more weight.
Don't forget your tracking, water, and good health guidelines.

Recipe 1 --

Frozen Peanut Butter Cups -- 2 points

8 oz fat free frozen cool whip
1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
2 Tablespoons Chocolate Syrup

Blend cool whip and peanut butter
Spoon into 12 cupcake foils
top with chocolate syrup

Freeze for 6-8 hours
Makes 12 servings.

Pineapple/Angel Food Cake dessert -- 3 points

Grilled Pineapple
Breyers lowfat ice cream (1/2 cup)
Angel Food Cake

Yum, Yum.

Scale Wars

Okay -- I know that in WW you are not supposed to weigh yourself or be obsessed with the scale -- but...

When I first started trying to lose weight I was up to 240 pounds on my home scales. I lost down to 230 on my scales then I decided to join WW. One week on my own and was down to 225.

Today on the home scales I am 220.

The WW scales weigh me differently.

I didn't weigh in yesterday, am on vacation and didn't want to drive to the next town where I work to weigh in. I think I am making progress, I am being healthier and I am cutting way, way down.

Now, I just need to exercise more.

Grilled Fruit

Weighed in today -- lost 3.2 pound. Total 3.6.

Not too bad -- I want to lose it slow so it will stay off.

That time of the month doesn't help though.

Today we talked about BBQ's since the Fourth of July is coming. Our leader said to declare this our THINdependence day.

They gave me this little book called Move More - telling me about excercise. I need to read it.

I bought the Strawberry Banana Smoothie mix to have at work.

Here is a list of points and items that we can choose to make if we have a BBQ for Independence Day.

3 oz hamburg - 5 points
Fat Free Hotdog - 1 point
Portobello Mushroom - 0 points
2 oz shrimp - 1 point
4 1/2 oz chicken breast - 6 points
6 oz chicken leg - 9 points
light hamburger bun - 1 point
light hot dog bun - 1 point
1 c. tossed salad - 0 points
vinegar & 2 tblsp olive oil - 2 points
1 cup grilled vegetables - 0 points
7" ear of corn on the cob - 1 point
14 potato chips - 4 points
lettuce leaves - 0 points
tomato slices - 0 points
ketchup / mustard - 0 points
1 tsp butter (for corn) - 1 point
2" watermelon - 1 point
strawberry shortcake - 7 points
ice tea or water - 0 points

But the cool thing was the discussion about grilled fruit. They said it will make you slap your Granny. Poor Granny. They were grilling pineapple -- I've had that it is good. They were grilling peaches (yes, peaches) leave skin on, spray with butter spray -- grill. And even bananas -- one lady said put curry spice on banana and a little splenda -- cut longways and grill - banana needs to be slightly green. Don't think I'll try that yet.

Anyway -- happy grilling.

I think I have...

I know you are not supposed to weigh yourself in between of weigh ins -- but it has been a couple of weeks.

According to my scale -- looks like about 8 pounds. I can't wait until Tuesday.

I'm having trouble getting my points in. Cutting out the snacks, cleaning the kids' plates, and that extra meal at my mom's house every day when I pick up the kids has helped a lot. It has also assured me that I don't cook that unhealthy. Oh yeah -- I'm addicted to water now.

My mom cooks real good, real southern, and real fattening. She keeps my kids and when I pick them up there is cornbread, fried food, cheesy stuff all sitting on the stove. I had been eating all of that then coming home and cooking a meal for the family.

No wonder I had blossomed to a whopping 240.

I love my mom -- man can she cook.