Day 86 - Water, Water, Water

Why do I struggle with the water consumption that I wasn't able to live without a few years ago? I am still really struggling to get it all in (or any of it in some days). It is very frustrating but it is what I am going to work on next week.

This week the focus was getting more fruits and veggies into my meals and I am happy to report that I had at least one serving (sometimes two) of either fruit or veggies for every meal so far this week. I also sneaked a peak at the scale and if it holds true then I will be down over 2lbs for the week. I have been 100% within my points for the week and I even have a few banked up for this weekend. I think that the weekend will be a challenge because Dudley is coming to visit and we will probably eat out a lot. Hopefully I can keep it reasonable though and not overeat. I did save some points to help me out so that will be good.

I will check in on Sunday for my official weigh in!

Food Inc and King Corn

I highly suggest watching these two documentaries. Caution though...it will probably change the way you look at most of the food that you eat. I know it did for me. It goes well with my eating healthy, that is for sure, but in a way I feel like it makes it harder. I think that starting to eat healthier, and by that I mean actual real food, will be harder than just cramming in the low fat food that everyone seems to eat when they diet (and no offense to people who do that, it is just not for me and doesn't really work for me). So here is a quick rundown so you can see if you are interested in the two documentaries...

Food Inc: This is done by the same guys that did Fast Food Nation and In Defense of Food. It is really good but makes you feel really sorry for the animals that they raise for our food.

King Corn: This one is done by two guys that I would guess are around 25-30 or something. They learn all about corn after finding out that it is in their hair...sounds weird but it is mildly entertaining and will anger you with how much the government is at fault for the health of our country.

One main theme in both of these and the few books I have read on the subject is that we now only spend about 10-15% of our income on food. When people were healthier that percent was more like 30%. I am going to try to use this information to not freak out when I see prices for organic or grass fed meat. If I think about the fact that my chances of diabetes and all other kinds of health problems will be reduced should save me enough to pay a little extra for food. I also am thinking about joining a CSA in the spring. I posted it on my other blog but there didn't seem to be anyone who had any thoughts on it so I will just keep the health related stuff here :-)

Day 81 - Weigh In

Ok, so it really wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I came home a day early from vacation and so I was able to weigh in this morning. We ate HORRIBLY the entire time I was gone...I think that I had fries almost daily and barely any veggies or water at all. By the end of the week I could definitely tell and my stomach was not happy with me. Well, last night when I got home I went to the grocery store and got all kinds of yummy (and mostly organic) stuff. Last night I cooked dinner and in the car on the way home yesterday I made a little menu for the week. I really hope that it will all go well and I can use these few weeks at home to really get back on track.

So, in the weigh in I gained about 2.5 pounds. Seriously not that bad considering all the bad stuff I ate. i was expecting like 5 or 6!!

Day 76 0 Cheese, Cheese, and Cheese

Well, I am in America's Dairyland and we have taken full advantage. Definitely not having an on plan week this week. It is pretty bad but hopefully all the walking will help. I did weight myself last Friday morning and hadn't gained anything so my plan of maintaining while on the road is working. Now, I will in town for several weeks (until December minus one week) after vacation so that should help tremendously with the actual loss part...the maintain I seem to have down.

Anyway, I will not be able to weigh in on Sunday but will on Monday....I hope the damage is not too bad. It is hard to find anything healthy when you have two places (sometimes just one) to choose from.....

Day 70- Improvements?

This week I have really stayed on the WW plan. I think that signing up for the online tracking and website was probably a good move for me. I never thought that I would be the type who would need that website to lose weight. The last time I did WW I just did it on my own using an excel spreadsheet, but for some reason this time I needed to sign up.

Another development is that I actually exercised twice this week. I know, I know....I really need to do it more often but it just hasn't happened in the last few weeks. After doing the exercise I realized that I really like how I feel when I am done and I need to do it more often.

I also worked on my travel schedule for work and it looks like after this week of vacation I will only be out of town one week between now and December. I think that this will go a long way in helping me to get a good start on my weight loss. I truly think that I can maintain on the road if I could just lose the weight.

Also, since I wasn't able to weigh in last week, won't be home this Sunday or next Sunday, I am going to weigh in this Friday, just to check the progress. I hope that flying will not skew it...we shall see.

Day 68

Yesterday was supposed to be my weigh in day but since I am in Atlanta with no scale, you will have to wait. The bad part is that I will not be in town this Sunday with my scale or next Sunday either. That makes it a little hard for me to know how I am doing. Since I signed up for the WW website again I feel like I am tracking better and hope that will help me to lose even if I can't weigh myself. Maybe I will be really surprised when I get back from vacation. Wouldn't that be nice?

The thing that I am enjoying the most about my WW online thing is that it works on my blackberry so I can look up points anytime. Lord knows that I always have that with me so hopefully this will help me even more and I can really stick with it for a few months. I really think that if I could just lose that I would be able to maintain because I feel like I have gotten that part of being out of town down.

Day 63

I have struggled this week. I already know I need to just suck it up and be good but I just find it so hard lately. I decided that I should go ahead and sign up for the WW website. They have a get one month free thing right now and I did well the last time I actually signed up for it. The thing is, since I have been eating healthier, I haven't gained anything and I have at least maintained (and lost a little) so I am thinking that if I can just jump start it and lose a bit then I will be able to maintain after that. Here is to hoping. I haven't really used up all my points for the week but I am not feeling like I am doing a good job on the road this week at all (though still eating lots of salads and stuff to get my veggies in).

Day 61- 1.4 down

Yay! I weighed in yesterday and was not sure I would be down. I ate within my points all week (stats later, I am on my bb) but when I did a couple of sneak peak weigh ins the scale had not moved so I wasn't super confident. I was glad to be done with the plateau and/or gains (at least I hope). The next few weeks will be hard because I am on the road all three weeks. This week I am sort of on my own (or can at least make excuses to be) next week I am in Atlanta and not really "on the road" so as long as I can be careful when meeting friends, I should be good. The third week is a different story and is vacation! I am just going to have a goal of not gaining anything on that trip :-)

More later but right now I am going to nap on the plane. I had to get up at 3:45am today. Yuck!

Day 57 - Ode to Brita Filter

How I love thee!! It makes the yucky water taste perfect and I am drinking away. So happy to have water back in the routine. The only complaint I have is that the lid doesn't stay on the pitcher too well...anyone else with that problem? Did I get a defective one?

I have been really good with my points this week and have barely used any of the extra ones...that is really good for me since last week I used twice as many as you get. I did step on the scale this morning for a peak and it wasn't any different but maybe that will change by the official weigh in date. Out of town for the next two weeks so I need to make sure to stay on track!


Here are my stats for Sunday:
Daily pts: 21/21 (remained counted in weekly pts used up)
Activity pts: 0
Weekly pts used up (running total):0/35
Veggies: 2/5
Milk: 2/2
Water: 8/8

Here are my stats for Monday:
Daily pts: 23/21 (remained counted in weekly pts used up)
Activity pts: 5
Weekly pts used up (running total):2/35
Veggies: 1/5
Milk: 2/2
Water: 5/8

Here are my stats for Tuesday:
Daily pts: 26/21 (remained counted in weekly pts used up)
Activity pts: 5
Weekly pts used up (running total):7/35
Veggies: 1/5
Milk: 2/2
Water: 5/8