Weight Watchers full speed ahead March 1, 2010

I went to my first WW meeting yesterday and am newly motivated!

I joined a Sunday morning group that my fun neighbor is in and this group is raucous! It’s too funny!

Also, I discovered that the Weight.Watchers application for the iPhone may just be the coolest thing ever!

My allowed points are 30 (It could be 35 if I consider myself to be solely breastfeeding) and the last time I did this, I was allowed 24 per day. I have a feeling it’s going to be easy for me to slide back into the routine of points. Especially now that the iPhone app makes everything so stinkin’ easy!

Lo already went to the grocery store to get some items to get me started. I also made a pot of turkey chili last night from a WW recipe. Although, I improvised and ended up with way too much chipotle peppers and it was quite spicy. I ate it, but I’m hoping Dylan isn’t in abdominal pain when it ends up in my breastmilk.

As for now, I’m exploring some recipes that Lo would also eat. My goal on this is 40 lbs, I think. I would love 50 but I’m going to take things one step at a time.

For now, let’s just look at the first 5% – 10 lbs.

quick update September 25, 2007

I didn’t report anything last week because I was super crazy with work and life.

I did go to the weigh-in last Wed but didn’t stay for the meeting.

I lost 2 lbs.

So, I’ve almost made up for the gain of the week prior. I’m still sitting at about 20 lbs down so far. Since May. Dammit. That’s it????

Stay positive Hol, it’s more weight than you’ve lost in years.

I have noticed lately (like I didn’t know it before) that I am a stress eater. When I am overwhelmed at work, I’m constantly looking for something to eat. Maybe it’s the ex-smoker in me. I don’t know.

I have had a few of the 100 calorie packs of snackies here and there, but I’m also really liking those Weight Watchers Fruities! It keeps me from hitting the candy machine for Peanut M&Ms.

Today, I am really cranky, crampy and PMSy, so it’s going to take everything I have to not go on a chocolate hunt.

undeserving loss August 23, 2007

Not sure how, but I lost 1.4 lbs.

It’s 17.8 total.

I am .4 less than I was back in mid-July. But that’s okay, because I haven’t deserved to lose weight since then.

Now, I MUST get back on that horse. Dammit.

I will take longer than others August 22, 2007

Tonight is another meeting. I am in the state of mind right now that I am just pissed at myself.

 I made a goal for myself back in May that I would be at my 10% loss by August 31 – the date of a friend’s wedding. That is 10 days away and I’m pretty sure I’m 5 lbs shy of it.

This week was another bad week where I went over my weekly points and did not hold myself to the willpower I had in the beginning. I kept telling myself that I was doing so well, so I could enjoy myself a little.

Well, I lost 17.4 lbs in like, the first 6 or 7 weeks, then I just came to a stand still. Not like hitting a plateau where I am doing everything right but not losing weight. I hit a plateau because I haven’t been doing everything right, and I still haven’t exercised. And now, I’m just getting frustrated with myself about the choices I’ve made.

Tonight, I will most likely have stayed the same. At least, I hope I didn’t gain.

And I know that whole lecture last week about how the people that are the “go getters” that do everything so strict and gung ho every second from the beginning will be more successful quicker than some others who stray from the path on occasion. But so long as you end up back on the path and keep chugging away, you will meet your goal too!

It just may not be as quickly as some others.

I am getting tired of my side-track-i-ness and need to stop making excuses. I want to lost another 30 lbs and I need to stop futzing around.

I will go tonight and accept the consequences, but for the love of God, I need to get my ass in gear and start being more serious again.

it’s funny… August 16, 2007

how weeks where I don’t go to meetings and have a day or two of total non-WW tracking, that I don’t lose weight.

 I’m still here. I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth.

I went to a meeting last night – the first meeting I feel like I’ve really been to in forever.

I did lose weight in the last week = .2 lbs. I guess I shouldn’t be disappointed.

This weekend, at PS’s house, I basically said Fuck IT! and had steak, kielbasa, the best chocolate chip cookies ever, etc. I knew I was being very, very bad and I was willing to accept the consequences.

 So here we are! Accepting the consequences.

I’ve been doing this for over 12 weeks and I’ve lost 16.4 lbs. Well, I lost 17.4 and gained 1 lb back.  It’s definitely great that I’ve lost 16.4 lbs, but I was hoping to be down 25 by now.

Last night we talked about the value of meetings, and I totally think going to them makes a big difference to me.

Why?

1. It gives me boundaries. Before WW, if I had a “bad night” and had a burger and nachos, I then had that “oh well, I’m off my diet. Might as well keep being bad FOREVER” type mentality. Having weekly meetings gives me a clean slate to start over again.

2. Motivation. If I just weigh in, all I have to think about is what I lost or gained. Staying for the meetings, it makes me leave there feeling like “I can do this this week!”

3. Motivation from others. Listening to everyone else’s ideas, weight losses or even weight gains make me feel better and supported.

It’s funny because I was so against doing WW and tracking points and going to meetings and clapping for people. Yet, here I am, knowing that what doesn’t work for me is missing meetings and having blow off days here and there!

So, I need to stick to what does work.

And, for the love of God, I need to start exercising my lazy ass!

week…I don’t know…week 11?? August 7, 2007

As I stated before, I took a WW vacation during my birthday and Provincetown trip.

Now, it’s back to my regularly scheduled meetings as of tomorrow night. I know I have lost nothing.

And, to top it all off – tomorrow will be another “most bloated day of the month.” The only good news on this is that next Wed, if I’m a good WW girl, I should definitely have a decent change.

I need to be a really diligent, back on the wagon girl for at least another 20 lbs.

boo ya July 19, 2007

I’m not quite sure how, but I’ve lost another 1.8 lbs this week!

Maybe I should start some exercising.  Who knows what my result would be then!

Week 8? July 12, 2007

I missed a meeting last week and didn’t really track at all that entire week, so I’m not sure where I’m at. WW has me at Week 8, so we’re going to go with that.

Something miraculous happened tonight.

Somehow I lost weight. I missed last week and I wasn’t too good for 9 days, but I lost weight.

Another 2 lbs!

That makes 15.8 total!!!

Only 5 more lbs to my 10%!

I guess I need to start thinking about my goal weight soon.

missing meetings June 14, 2007

So, I  missed my meeting last night due to a work function. But will go tonight.

I really don’t think I did all that well with so many dinners and parties. I’ve definitely made much better decisions that I normally would, but we shall see.

I did buy a scale – not sure if that was the best idea.

I like what my scale at home says v. the weight watchers scale.

Week 2 down May 31, 2007

I was pretty good this Memorial Day weekend. Okay, so I probably had one t00 many chicken sausages, and a beer on Sunday, but I wasn’t nearly as bad as I normally would be.

So this week, I was happy that I lost SOMETHING.

2.2 lbs this week!

That’s 6.4 lbs total in 2 weeks!

Maybe this week, I’ll actually try to incorporate some activity!