And so we begin!!

 Friday 29, October 2010

Weight loss, weight gain, weight loss, weight gain................ The time has come to turn over a new leaf and actually begin and STICK WITH something!!

I've put my mind to it and I'm joining Weight Watchers... I make the call to receive my free 13 weeks of membership vouchers to present at each week's meeting!!

I hang up the phone and feel soooooooooooooo excited.....

Saturday 30, October 2010

My first Weight Watchers meeting........ I walk in super confident and excited to see just how this whole process works..... I'm amazed at how positive and upbeat the feeling of the room is.... I speak out and answer some of the questions that the meeting leader is throwing out to us, and I'm actually very comfortable and happy to be in the room on this early Saturday morning!!

I get home and read over all of the materials given to me... I think to myself WOW this is a super easy plan to follow and I'm so happy there are no EXTRAS I HAVE to purchase such as meal bars, shakes, supplements, etc.  This will so fit into my lifestyle..

For breakfast I have 3/4 cups of rice checks, 1/2 a cup of 1% milk and a handful of blueberries. I think WOW this is not very much food but that combined with my 2 cups of coffee w/ fat free half and half and 1 tsp of sugar is quite satisfying.. :-)

For lunch I have a 6 inch tortilla w/ sprouts and tuna all combined w/ 1 TBS of Miracle Whip. This is a great lunch that my daughter has just provided me with, hee hee!  Oh the 4 oz of 1% milk was really good too!

For dinner I enjoy 1/2 of a hamburger bun w/ 1/2 a cup of Sloppy Joe meat mixture on it, a sweet potato cooked and mashed up w/ nothing but pumpkin pie spice and 8oz of terrific merlot - did I mention that you can enjoy WINE while on this lifestyle change?  There I just did, hee, hee!!!

31, October 2010

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!!!!! I woke up early this morning, around 3am feeling super de duper hungry!! I am allowed 22 points per day food wise and looking at my food tracker from yesterday I realize I only used up 17 of those 22 points, DAH... If your given 22 points by golly USE THEM!! :-) I will heed my own advice today regarding points!! :-)

For breakfast I enjoyed 2 scrambled egg whites and half of a baked potato cut up and all mixed with dill, salsa and cut up red onion... A whole wheat piece of toast accompanied the meal along with my two steaming hot cups of coffee with fat free half and half and 1 tsp of sugar.

Sometimes I think to myself, today I'm going to write down my meals in the morning and stick to it!! But then I think what is the fun in that? Live spontaniously, by the seat of your pants, just make each meal at meal time and surprise yourself - yes!!! That is the way I will face each day.. :-)

I've also recently been put back on thyroid hormones, which to my surprise I REALLY needed to be on and I feel so much better after 2 weeks, more energy, sleeping better at night, less hair loss... I'm learning each day how important it is to take care of ourselves and put ourselves first before all others!!  If we do that we can be far more nurturing to our families...

I look forward to this wonderful, fun  holiday!! I do have to share that I love Snickers candy bars.  I didn't buy one single bag of them I only bought candy that I like not LOVE that way the temptation won't be screaming at me all day!! I look forward to the 100's of kids we get each year on Halloween but I do have to say I miss my husband and daughter very much, both of which are on their way to CA as I type, literally!!

More soon and keep positive!!
-Susan
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