Day 7

My first week is done! I have survived! Didn't die of starvation. I'm actually craving fruit instead of sweets. Although chocolate still whispers sweet nothings in my ear. But I am really good at playing hard to get, so I am winning so far.

Today was a nice day. C had his first real friend from school playdate. So cute to see two preschoolers running and hugging all excited about playing at the park. We walked there too so I got in a little exercise. Other than the park I really didn't get much accomplished. Surprise surprise. That's ok. There's alway tomorrow. So on to the food for the day.

Breakfast: pancakes and syrup
Lunch: Chicken nugs and a dinner roll
Dinner: Ham, rice and an egg roll
Snack: banana, strawberries with sugar, grapes with yogurt and a skinny cow ice cream so to come

I also had a small bite of chocolate. And I know I had a lot of food today, even some not so good for you stuff. But hey, I have the weekly points to use. A new week starts tomorrow so I might as well use them. Crazy to do it right before WI but oh well. At least I'm pigging out on mostly fruit lately. Looking forward to WI. So all in all I had a very good start to my new lifestyle. Change is hard. But it can also be a very good thing.

Good night

Day 6

Today was a good day. Work went by fast and the kids were as well behaved as a bunch of 5 & 6 yr olds can be. I work in a kindergarten room at the moment. Filling a position as a paraprofessional. I was hired last year as a breakfast/lunch/recess aid but I guess with the budget cuts the board wouldn't pay for a certified para. But I am grateful for the position and absolutely love working with the kids!

So with my day going fast, I didn't have much time to think about food or how hungry I was. Idle time is a huge problem. So I have been trying to fill some of my time with cleaning the house. Six people living in a 3 bedroom makes for much messiness! And I am so stressed from all the clutter and mess that I just want to eat more. So I clean. Not a bad thing, I guess. Not a fun thing either! If anyone knows anything about me, it's that I love to be lazy when I am home. I am not a lazy person. Always on the go between work, kids, school functions, governance council, cub scouts. (Did I forget anything?) But when I am home, I just want to relax. And eat and eat and eat....

Now I am home and am so very tired. House is done enough. Will do more tomorrow. But now I'm hungry again. Dinner just doesn't last long enough in my belly. And I'm out of fruit. So now I have to try to figure out what I can eat without going over my DP. Still haven't touched my WP tho. So I'm not too worried. On to what my food for the day was.

Breakfast: waffles and 1/2 a banana
Lunch: leftover shephard's pie ( no one else eats leftovers so I do, makes for good lunches at work)
Dinner: breaded pork chop with rice pilaf and green beans
Snack: don't know yet, but something good

So now you know a little more about me. More will come. Be forewarned tho. To know me is to love me!

Good Night!

Day 5

I feel fat today. Well, fatter than usual. My stomach feels bloated and looks bigger to me. I've been real strict with my eating habits and haven't even used any weekly points, athough I might tonight. But then I think to myself "self, you already feel fat. Why eat and feel even worse?" Then I want to eat more. Sigh... the never ending internal conflict.

But tomorrow is a new day. I am looking forward to my weigh in day, which is Sunday. I weigh myself every morning. I know it's bad and you are not supposed to do that on WW but screw it! I work hard at not pigging out and I like immediate results. But I'm looking forward to WI because I want to have physical (well, virtual) proof that I'm shrinking. The upside to all this is that soon I will have to go shopping for new clothes. A girl can always use new clothes! So on to today's food.

Breakfast: waffles and banana
Lunch: leftover shephard's pie
Dinner: chinese steamed seafood platter w/sweet & sour sauce
Snack: grapes

I bought a new NinjaPro blender to make smoothies and I haven't yet made one I like. But it is awesome to make the kids their snocones! So I eat the same breakfast because I am not a big breakfast food person (unless someone else is cooking) and I like the mix of the waffles and banana together.

So I said before that I would start more blogging on my personal life. So here is a little about me. I am a wife of 15 years. We have been married for 9 years but we considered ourselves married for much longer. We have to beautiful boys. B is almost 8 and C is almost 5. I have a wonderful BFF that takes very good care of me (xoxoxoxo) and my husband's sister and her 2 year old son, T, lives with us.

That is all for tonight. I will give more insight into my life as I continue blogging. I forgot how theraputic writing can be.

Good Night!

Day 4

So it's Wednesday. Hump day. Halfway done. Feels like it should be Friday already. But that's the way it goes sometimes. The weather is making it harder to be in work tho. Want to be outdoors in all this Spring! My eating habits are still ok. Staying within my points range. Need to buy more fruit.

Breakfast: waffle & banana
Lunch: leftover cheese ravioli with margarine and olive oil
Dinner: shephard's pie
Snack: grapes

Not a whole lot of food going on. Need to go shopping so I can start making more lowfat dinners so I can have my much loved snacks. I feel like I am missing an old friend. Goodbye chocolate cake and brownies and ice cream and Easter candy and.....well you get the idea.

So the day ends. Well, soon anyway. Haven't had those grapes yet.

Good Night!

Day 3

Another good day. I'm pretty motivated at the moment. Last time I tried this, I really didn't care one way or the other if I lost weight. Now I really want to lose again. Anyway, my new lifestyle is off to a good start!

Breakfast: waffles and banana (really liking that)
Lunch: last night's leftovers (yes, the same chicken that poisoned everyone else!)
Dinner: cheese ravioli with margarine and olive oil
Snack: Cameron and I shared sliced strawberries with a little bit of sugar and a banana

I'm hungry. I have to plan my next grocery shopping trip. Right now I'm using what I have in the house (why waste it?) so it's all high in points. I want to find some good fish recipes and start trying different types of fish. I want to start cooking more instead of letting Kim do it all. Going to try different recipes from WW. There are so many that look very yummy!

So another food day come and gone. A lot more happened in between meals.  I'm really not that obsessed with food. Well, a little bit I am or I wouldn't have to be on WW to begin with. But I do have somewhat of a life. Maybe I will tell you about it sometime. Expand my blog.

Good Night!

Day 2

Today has been a good day. Very long tho. First day back to work after spring break. Good thing I love my job. Working with kids is very entertaining. Also very tiring. Thank goodness for happy pills.

So for anyone who is interested, I am probably going to post what I eat. And for anyone that doesn't care, well this is about my WW journey so what did you expect?

I had frozen waffles and a banana for breakfast. And anyone who knows me knows I like stuff like cold pizza or leftover cold chicken for breakfast. Tastes better that way, all that congealed grease.

Lunch was leftover mashed potatoes and pieces of ham. Love that stuff so it was worth the points. I did manage to stay away from cake and toasted marshmellows in the teacher's room. Oh, and my kids' candy (so far).

Dinner was shake & bake chicken. Very low on points. My sister in law got food poisoning from it. Only her tho. I feel bad. Sorry Kim!!

I had about 8 points leftover and I actually couldn't figure out what I wanted to eat. I mean the cake looked good and candy is always good but I wanted something healthier and more substantial. So I was able to have half a bagel with margarine and peanut butter. Hey, I have to make do with what I have. It takes a while to change over your lifestyle.

So that was my food day. Already have most of tomorrow planned. I have a long day ahead of me, but I will try to post again tomorrow.

Good Night!

Easter Day

This is my very first blog. I'm hoping to be able to write daily so I can keep motivated to lose weight. I decided a while ago to try weight watchers again. I finally had the money to be able to pay for it so I did. Figures it would be a holiday weekend. Just my luck.

Today was my first official day back on weight watchers. This is my 3rd time. I am hoping it will be my last. Lifestyle change, right? I would like to lose about 50 lbs. But first I am focusing on the little goals.

It went well today. I stayed within my daily points. Measured all my food and was even full after dinner with the family. But now is the hard part. I am getting hungry again and it is almost bed time. Worst time of night for me. I always want to snack. On junk. I feel like I have a kid's sweet tooth. I can never get enough. But I have to have self discipline. It is so hard. Especially when I am used to over indulging. But at least now I can eat all the fruit I want. Discovered how good they are with some low-fat vanilla yogurt. Almost as good as ice cream. Almost. So I'm feeling pretty good about today. Hopefully tomorrow will be just as good for me. Already have my meals planned and points added up. Now if I can only stay away from the Easter candy....