Weekly Weigh In

I had my first weigh-in at home Friday morning. I switched to the online only plan since I hadn't been able to attend a single meeting. Plus it saves me $30.00 a month! I'm down a total of 13.4 pounds. An average of 1.3 ppw. I have regretfully accepted that I have NO chance of making my original birthday goal. I wanted to lose 50 pounds by my birthday. Seeing as it has taken me 10 weeks to lose 13.4 ell bees, that goal is not going to happen. Unless I want to go on some super strict diet that would be difficult to stick to and make me feel deprived and miserable. So, guess I'll be turning 40 while still on the chubby side. Less chubby, yes. But not as chubbiless as I wanted to be.

Once again I went over my points this weekend, by like a zillion. Man, why can't I "get" that? I still keep telling myself, if I had an iPhone, I would be better about not going over so much. I need to get in the habit of checking my points before I eat a meal. Especially at weekend get-togethers.

I've had to get real with my thoughts about weight loss. In all the prior years, I would lose fast then peter out. I would lose 30 pounds in 4 months then spend the other 8 months of the year gaining it all back. What is more important on the journey this time around, is that I break that cycle. If losing slower means keeping it off, then that's what I'm going to do. I have to accept the fact that doing so means I won't be able to lose 50 #'s by 12/29/11. If I had started in January, as originally planned, I would have been able to meet that goal. But, I didn't, so I have to move on.

I have 18 weeks to go until my birthday. If I get control of my points on the weekends, I think I can lose 25 pounds by then.

Lesson Not So Much Learned

About a month ago, I went over my points severely over a weekend. I said then "lesson learned." It turns out I didn't learn. I'm still going over my points. It's a pattern almost every weekend. This weekend I went over by 5. Dang! I've got to figure out how to get over this hurdle.

Weekly Weigh-In

I didn't want to weigh-in due to the week I had - another week over my points allowances - but I did. We can dress casually at work for a few weeks so I was wearing jeans, which weigh more than my work slacks (what a granny word) to add to the anxiety. I was the exact same weight to the ounce as last week. At least it wasn't a gain.

I know I said a lot in the beginning that if I didn't lose satisfactorily that I would switch to calorie counting on my own, but, I know that WW is the plan for me. I like the flexibility and ease of the program. I just have to be better about tracking at the time, rather than tallying it up at the end of the day only to realize when it's too late that I went over. I want/need an iPhone so I can track anywhere, anytime!

I need to step-it up in the workout dept. too. I missed 3 workouts this week. Summer is a difficult time, but I can do better. I really would like to join a gym. I have always been a "class" girl at heart. I love group exercise classes! It really won't work with my work schedule at this time. I might have to re-prioritize that later. I'll give it a couple months.

Just Wondering

Gastrically speaking, is it the best idea to eat cauliflower and cabbage at the same meal? And two days in a row?

Happy Pioneer Day 2011

So, I weighed in last Thursday. It had been 2 weeks since my previous weigh-in. I had to skip a week due to a camping trip. I lost 2 pounds total. My current average weekly rate is 1.3 lbs. Still not loving the rate, but it is what it is. I am telling myself in this moment that it's pretty great to be losing in the summer.

I splurged a bit too much this weekend and am currently over my weekly points allowance. Stupid Mr. B's coffee at a cost of 15 points! Stupid! Followed up by 2 slices of Little Caesar's pizza for lunch. Stupid! Followed up by snacking and a dinner that cost me {GULP} 53 POINTS. Stupid! Activity points and eating under my daily allowance the rest of the week is now in order.

Week(end) of Independence Day

Friday and Saturday were not too bad. I went over a bit Friday night but I always reserve my flexies for the weekends. Saturday I was 11 points under for the day (14 when you count my fudge factor points). I skipped lunch that day. I think. I didn't track immediately and honestly can't remember. DOH! Sunday and Monday I killed it. And not in a good way. I still can't get over how far over my points I eat while still eating less than I would have prior. I added all of my shortages, overages and fudge factors for the week and had a net of ZERO. Man, I'm lucky.

Having said that, I'm not working according to my plan. Fudge factor is supposed to help me lose faster. Not save me from a gain! I have got to get the weekend splurges under control. Granted, this was a holiday weekend and last night was my work summer party at the Bees game. The 3 additional "special occasions" I had cost me plus I missed 2 workouts.

The verdict? I lost 0.8 this week. That is a gift. Totally. My weekly average has dropped to 1.4 ppw. So, I am going to continue with the 3 ppd fudge factor and NOT GO OVER MY POINTS.

Weigh-In's Update

Last Thursday I was down 2 #'s and 1.8 today. My total weight loss is 6.2, an average of 1.6 per week. Terrible? No. But REALLY need 2 per week to meet my 40th bday goal. Gawd, I really hate saying 40. Moving on...

Last week I deducted 2 pts p/day from my daily allowance. I used all of my 49 flexies. I did go over and had to use only 1 activity point (points earned exercising). That is a definite improvement over last week. Having said that, since I didn't meet my 2 ppw (pound per week) goal, I'm going to increase my "fudge factor" points to 3 p/day instead of 2. I have decided that I would rather have more flexies to play with on the weekends and eat less PPD.

I didn't get on the treadmill last night. I had a headache and a stressful day at work. I really want to skip tonight to finish The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo I have just under a 100 pages to go and just after the halfway point it really got good. I want to finish it and watch the movie tonight. I'd have to skip the treadmill to do that. It's getting late so I need to decide. Dilemmas, dilemmas. Poopers.