Day 55- Weigh In Day

I weighed in this morning and have relost the few pounds I had gained in the last few weeks. That was good news. I sort of wish that I had lost some more but I will take a loss and then today is the start of a new week. I went over my points last week by 35.5 pts which is almost a whole extra week's worth of points. That isn't good but it is still better than in other weeks.

I decided yesterday that I was going to try to plan out my meals for the week somewhat. I went to the grocery store and shopped all at once instead of going a few days a week. I thought that maybe I would try to plan out what we would have a few nights this week so it would be easier to stay in my points. I also bought some stuff for me for lunch during the week that is low in points. The one problem that I ran into is that the grocery store (at least the one closest to use) is already really low on vegetables that are fresh. No green beans or snap peas or a few other things that I was going to buy. That is a bit disappointing but I am hoping it is just that Kroger and I will be able to find some at another Kroger because I haven't done that well with fruits and veggies the last few days.




Here are my stats for Thursday:
Daily pts: 31/21 (remainer counted in weekly pts used up)
Activity pts: 0
Weekly pts used up (running total): 37/35
Veggies: 4/5
Milk: 2/2
Water: 8/8

Here are my stats for Friday:
Daily pts:44/21 (remainer counted in weekly pts used up)
Activity pts: 0
Weekly pts used up (running total): 58/35
Veggies: 2/5
Milk: 2/2
Water: 4/8

Here are my stats for Saturday:
Daily pts: 33.5/21 (remained counted in weekly pts used up)
Activity pts: 0
Weekly pts used up (running total): 70.5/35
Veggies: 0/5
Milk: 1/2
Water: 8/8

Day 52

Not much else going on here. I was pretty hungry this morning so I had a pancake at work. Hopefully that will not throw me over for the day anymore than usual. I feel like I have done extremely well this week and stayed more within my points than in the last few weeks so I really hope to see a loss on Sunday!

Here are my stats for yesterday:
Daily pts: 33/21 (remained counted in weekly pts used up)
Activity pts: 0
Weekly pts used up (running total): 27/35
Veggies: 5/5
Milk: 2/2
Water: 8/8

YAY I got all my water in yesterday. Looking for a similar day today! The reason I went over my point so much was because I had a lot of protein yesterday which costs more points. Even though I went over a bit, it wasn't with junk food and actually I don't think that I had anything that was processed yesterday other than some wheat pasta at lunch. I consider that a pretty good day!

Day 51

I am feeling much better about everything today. I thought about the fact that Zane had said he was reading blogs about Nutrisystem and I decided to find some weight watchers blogs to add to my blog roll :-) I found this one and look at this yummy dessert..I am going to make it for this weekend I think....

Here are my stats for yesterday:
Daily pts: 29/21 (remained counted in weekly pts used up)
Activity pts: 0
Weekly pts used up (running total): 15/35
Veggies: 3/5
Milk: 2/2
Water: 5/8

Today I did even better on the water so it is starting to come around. I also noticed that a pair of pants that I had worn last time I was in Atlanta (a month ago) were looser than they were the last time I wore them. They are a pair of my "fat pants" and all day I spent pulling them up. That was a good feeling.

I also have discovered another trend for me. It seems as though every time I have something salty, I seem to crave something sweet afterwards. It happened to me today with pasta at lunch (tomato based but seemed a little on the salty side) and then tonight with my stir fry (has more of a salty taste than sweet). Both times I wanted something sweet afterward. Maybe the key to not eating sweets is to eat less salty stuff. That theme has come up before and the week that I did the detox I definitely felt less bloated all week. Food for thought for sure. Aren't you guys glad you get to come on this journey with me :-)

Day 50

So, I couldn't believe that I had gained weight last week so I had to weigh in again this morning. My weigh in this morning was no weight gained...much better but I will not count it as my official weigh. This week so far has been much better. I have stayed within my points each day with counting the weekly points so I hope that I can keep it up for the rest of the week and see a little bit of loss on Sunday. I know that breakfasts and lunches will be easy this week so the main challenge will be dinner. Tomorrow I am going to one of my favorite restaurants in Atlanta and will be sure to load up my plate with lots of veggies instead of noodles and meat (though I will have some). I plan to have a salad as part of my lunch and then whatever else there is that is healthy in the cafeteria. They post the nutritional facts online so I can look it all up. I was down yesterday but I feel renewed today. Day 50 is way too far into this for me to still be going back and forth...time to get serious!! As you can see from the stats, there is still room for improvements :-)

Here are my stats for yesterday:
Daily pts: 24/21 (remained counted in weekly pts used up)
Activity pts: 0
Weekly pts used up (running total): 7/35
Veggies: 3/5
Milk: 1/2
Water: 2/8

Thoroughly Frustrated

That is how I feel right now. I was not able to weigh in yesterday morning because I was still at the beach so I had do it this morning and I had gained another pound. WTF? I didn't do great this weekend at the beach (had 2 hamburgers and some mac n' cheese) but during the week I was really careful and I felt like I made better decisions than I have other weeks when my weight stayed the same. This helped me to decide that I really think that I need to post the points I eat everyday or something.

I think that the reason that I am frustrated is because I have never had this problem before. Usually if I decide to eat healthier then I tend to lose weight. Now, I feel like I make much healthier choices than I did a few months ago and I lost a couple of pounds and then it seems to be coming back. I am not sure why that is. I am not perfect on the diet but I have never been perfect before and I have always lost weight. It is a bit discouraging for me and it makes it a little hard to concentrate on it going forward. Maybe posting the points here will help me, maybe not but I am going to keep trying and hope that this is just a bump in the road.....

I am thinking about trying to read the message boards a little more on the weight watchers website. I just don't want to eat a lot of the processed food that people use with ww so I need to figure that out a bit.

Good Choices

I feel like this week I have made good choices so I wanted to share a few with you guys:

1. I love the pumpkin spice latte but when I looked it up it is 4 pts more than my normal latte so I only had it one day this week. Everything in moderation.
2. Yesterday the auction had lunch brought in....pizza and subway sandwiches. I chose the turkey sandwich from Subway and just got a tiny piece of pizza and took a couple bites just to get a little taste but so I didn't eat too much.
3. I have made sure to snack on fruit twice a day instead of something that is bad for me. It helps to get in some of my 5 servings that I need a day and keeps me from eating anything that isn't good for me.
4. Today I had a grilled chicken breast, salad (oil and vinegar dressing), and a potato with only a touch of butter (less than one of those small containers they give you at the restaurant).
5. Tonight I had snap peas and teriyaki chicken/steak/shrimp skewer.
6. Worked out last night in order to earn 4pts....that is a first in a long time.

Not bad for being on the road. I did have ice cream once but I planned it into the day so it wasn't bad.

I am feeling pretty good about my eating this week. Still need to drink more water and less diet coke...why is that such a battle when it never used to be. I must need to go cold turkey or limit it somehow but they just constantly fill up your glass at restaurants. I am considering only drinking water at restaurants and then maybe getting a can out of the vending machine or something if I want some diet coke...that way I know exactly how much I am drinking. Hopefully I can keep it up for a while and see some results on the scale. It looks like I might have to travel a lot more so I definitely need to get it down for travel :-)

Mistake

That is what I made yesterday. Right after I got done talking about how good I was going to be and how I was going to start the week off right and then it happened. C and I went on a 25 mile bike ride where I burned 800 calories and at the end, I was starving. I was going to figure out food but C suggested we stop on the way home. We stopped at McDonald's where I normally get nuggets (1pt a piece) and kid sized fries. Well, yesterday C said we should try the Angus burger and I was under the impression that it was better for you than a regular burger (6pts). It was GOOD but when I looked up the nutritional value it was over 700 calories (17 pts and I only get 21 a day). Ugh!!! Luckily I had burned over 1000 calories between the gym and the bike ride but I was so upset that I didn't look up the nutrition before eating it. Lesson learned and it will NOT happened again!!! Luckily since it was my first day of my new week, I can still catch up to get back some of my "extra" points to use this weekend. I get 35 a week so even with my mistake I still have most of them (thank goodness for exercise!!)

Also, I have been thinking that I need a new format for this blog but I am not sure what yet. I want some more consistency and to use this to make me more accountable. I am going to think of ideas this week so look for it soon!