Weigh-In Thursday: Week 42

Wow this week flew by! I guess that is what happens since last week I weighed in on Saturday and this week I resumed my normal meeting schedule. 

It has only been 5 days since my last weigh in and I was not expecting a loss at all. I ate like all of the chocolate in my house. I don't know why, I mean I was able to abstain from the kids' chocolate stash this whole time, but since I came back from my moms I have been a chocolate hound.

At least I have been tracking everything that I have been eating. Even when I go over my points. It doesn't matter, I still track it. I have no idea why I lost. I really expected to have a gain because of all of the chocolate that I have been eating. And when I say all of the chocolate I mean ALL OF IT! It has become a willpower kryptonite for me. Oh well, all I can do is just keep trucking. I got this! Here is to a better week on plan and my last semester of college starting on Monday. 

This weeks meeting was all about Smart Points. Since the new year is beginning it is also the 'official' launch of Smart Points. You know, because of New Year's Resolutions and everything I am sure. I really hope that those who do join weight watchers for new years stick with it. It really works! I was also told by some of the members at the meetings that I go to that I should put my recipes online and share them. This is because I have a major sweet tooth and always find ways to add desserts to my plan. I hope to be able to add a recipe of the week, featuring one of my favorite Smart Points plan friendly foods.

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Lets not forget:
Starting Weight: 306.4
Current Weight: 252.8
Current Week: -2.2
Total Loss: 53.6

Weigh-In Saturday: Week 41

What a way to bring in the new year! With a gain! Previously I would have beaten myself up about a gain, but it is a new year and I am not the woman I used to be. I enjoyed some good food, good company and even slept from 2015 to 2016! It was the first time in a long time that I actually went to bed before midnight and woke up bright and early to start the new year. I was on vacation and enjoying myself. I decided that I was not going to let the scale dictate my mood. My goal was to not gain so much that it dipped into my 50 pounds lost. I did just that! I may have gained 1.4 pounds but overall I have lost 51.4 pounds! That is the real victory. Here is to getting back on track for the new year and enjoying a healthier and more active 2016!

I know why I had a gain this week and I am not proud of it. I really want to blame it on my mom and the fact that she has candies and goodies literally everywhere. I love M&M's, I mean I LOVE them! I could pop them until they were gone and not even bat an eye. I also enjoyed my vacation and the food that I ate. While I tracked everything, I also did not let myself miss out on any food that sounded good. I enjoyed it and I know that this doesn't happen often. I did try to make better choices, but I also enjoyed a burger and fries at Jack in the Box. There are no Jack in the Boxes where I live and I was feeling nostalgic because I used to eat there as a kid. I enjoyed the food, but it was to much and it ended with me having a stomach ache. I guess I really don't eat that much greasy food in that large of proportions anymore. Oh well. Time to move on and get back on plan.

Have you been thinking of joining Weight Watchers and losing with me? Now is the perfect time to Join Weight Watchers with Me. This link will give you a free gift of the Weight Watchers Magazine if you subscribe by March 14, 2016. They are also running a promotion to lose 10 pounds on them. If you join sign up for selected plans, lose 10 pounds in the first 2 months (which is very do-able) they will either refund you for the 2 months you paid for or apply a credit to the following two months. That is like getting 4 months for the price of two!!!

Lets not forget:
Starting Weight: 306.4
Current Weight: 255
Current Week: + 1.4
Total Loss: 51.4

Weigh-In Saturday: Week 40

Merry Christmas! I have officially been with Weight Watchers for 10 months. I am super excited to reach this milestone because this is the longest that I have been able to stay on track and keep moving forward in this weight loss journey. It is also the most amount of time that I have kept up my blog. Sure I may be a week behind in posting, but at least I have not given up. I do know that this blog really keeps me sane and I find that the more I do it, the more it is easier to keep motivated and focused on my goal.                                                                                         
That being said, I am currently on vacation. My boyfriend and I are spending the holiday at my Moms' house in the city of sin. Well, actually we are in Henderson, Nevada, but you could practically throw a rock and hit the Las Vegas Strip from here. I also attended a Weight Watchers meeting here this morning and am pleased to announce that I lost 1.2 pounds over Christmas!!! I could not believe it! I even had a donut and a few beers on Christmas Eve! Yes, I did say donuts and beer. Ha! I mean it was the holidays and all.                                                                  
Tomorrow we are driving out to Los Angeles for a few days. I am looking forward to some sightseeing and putting my feet in the ocean. Also, my boyfriend and I have the golf clubs in the trunk so that we can go golfing in the nice 65 degree California weather. There will be plenty of walking and loads of fresh seafood. I plan on tracking everything that I eat even if I go over my points, I am just going to enjoy my vacation and make sure that I am making healthier choices.

This weeks meeting we talked about planning for the holidays. My plan is just to try to enjoy the holidays, making healthy choices and I will be fine with whatever the scale says next week. Even if it is a gain because I have a week before spring semester starts that I can get back on track.

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Lets not forget:
Starting Weight: 306.4
Current Weight: 253.6
Current Week: -1.2
Total Loss: 52.8

Weigh-In Thursday: Week 38

My last final is due tomorrow. I am so excited to be one step closer to getting my bachelor's degree! I have been running on no sleep and a coffee I.V. (those exist right?) That's what I get for being a procrastinator. Oh well, I only have one semester left and it is too late to change my ways now.

Since I have been staying up late writing papers and working on finals my eating schedule has bee all bonkers. I have also been eating crap like sugary cereal and chips at 2 am in order to keep myself awake. I really expected to gain at least 2 pounds this week. I am determined to get back on track and also this week I have been tracking everything that I have been eating even if that means going into the negative for my points. It is only one week and I have been through this before. It will pass and I will get back on track.

Our meeting this week was about the changes to Weight Watchers. They are changing from Points Plus to Beyond the Scale. I am kind of excited about the changes. The biggest differences are that the point values for lean protein has dropped, sugar is now part of the equation (sad face), and you no longer swap out your activity for food. I am glad this happened the week after finals so that I have time to really get into the changes to the plan. I am determined to get back on track and reach my 50 pound weight loss goal by Christmas. That is a doable goal and only 2.4 pounds away from my current weight.

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Lets not forget:
Starting Weight: 306.4
Current Weight: 258.8
Current Week: +1.6
Total Loss: 47.6

Weigh-In Thursday: Week 37

I am so close to my 50 pounds lost goal that I can taste it. Ha! Nice pun huh? Actually, I am really really excited about being so close. However, I know myself and I have a feeling that next week I will see a gain. This is due to the fact that I am going into finals week. Which means little sleep, lots of late nights, lots of coffee, and the late night snacking to keep myself awake. 

It is okay though because after next week I will be done with fall semester. One semester left and I will have my Bachelors Degree. It is only one week and as long as I get back on track after finals everything will be okay. As long as I don't let it derail me, then I will call that a non-scale victory.

This weeks meeting was focused on getting in activity anywhere. Especially over the holidays. I made an action plan on how to get in activity over Christmas. My boyfriend and I will be going to Las Vegas for Christmas and we plan on doing quite a bit of walking on the strip. We will also be spending a few days in Los Angeles which means more walking and maybe even a golf excursion. Fingers crossed.

Apparently, Weight Watchers is making a huge plan change that will start next week. I am a little nervous because I feel like I have this plan down pat. However, since I have been so close to hitting my 50 pounds lost goal and maybe the changes will allow for that. 

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Lets not forget:
Starting Weight: 306.4
Current Weight: 257.2
Current Week: -1.4
Total Loss: 49.2

Weigh-In Thursday: Week 35

Well, I gained this week.I kind of expected a gain this week due to the fact that I fell over the weekend and sprained my ankle quite badly. I am under strict orders to keep it elevated and to stay off of it as much as possible. It is also in a nice cast that you will get ti see when I post my progress pictures for this month. It was a bummer, I am in quite a bit of pain and I can not even put weight on my ankle.

I have also been staying up a little bit later and this leads to late night snacking. I have been eating cereal every night after dinner. Sometime I have points left over and sometimes I do not. At least I am still tracking everything I am eating even if that means I am tracking it the morning after. Late tracking is better than no tracking.

This weeks meeting was focused on the upcoming holiday, Thanksgiving. We talked about making plans about what we will eat now so we go into the holiday feast with a plan. I will be taking 2 vegetable side dishes and I will also be allowing myself to have 1/2 cup of everything else. I have also decided that I will skip my favorites. Rolls and candied yams. I will also be making plan friendly pumpkin cheesecake bars for dessert.

Next week, I will be weighing in on Friday. This is due to Thanksgiving being on Thursday and to help keep me on track. I have a great plan in place for surviving the holiday and I am excited to see how next week goes.

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Lets not forget:
Starting Weight: 306.4
Current Weight: 259.4
Current Week: +1.4
Total Loss: 46

Weigh-In Thursday: Week 20

Man, this small plateau is starting to kill my motivation. It may seem like I am not really on a plateau because my weight is not being completely static. However it is kind of bumming me out. This is the point in which I usually end up faltering because the scale is not really moving. I am determined to get through this and not give up.

On the plus side, I am glad to see a loss, even if it is small. Every small amount if consistent can become a larger loss. You just have to keep trucking. I plan on buckling down this coming week to maybe get past this. I can do it!

I have to keep reminding myself that this is a journey and nothing quick. I mean, I didn't suddenly wake up a fat person so I shouldn't expect to wake up a skinny person. I can only wish it worked that way! It works if you work it! My next mini-goal is to reach 40 pounds lost!

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Lets not forget:
Starting Weight: 306.4
Current Weight: 271.2
Current Week: -0.4

Total Loss: 35.2

Zero Points Plus Snack

I have been super hungry lately after eating dinner and I have been looking for snacks with low points values that are sweet and satisfying. Something that I can eat a good amount and not feel deprived. I know, I know, I am asking way too much of a snack. However I realize that as I loose more and more weight my daily Points Plus allotment will also dwindle. I started at 45 Points Plus daily and my current allotment is a measly 40 Points Plus. HA! 40 points is still alot of food and sometimes I have a hard time reaching my daily Points Plus target.

My current go to snacks are light babybel cheese, fruits, vegetables, Skinny Pop, and Yoplait Light yogurt. I also like to cut up fruits and berries and stir in Yoplait Light. It is yummy, but sometimes I just do not have the 2 Points Plus available at the end of the night. While shopping today I came across this Fat Free Cool Whip in the frozen section. A lightbulb went off and I pulled out my phone so I could use my Weight Watchers Etools. I scanned the barcode and it came back with 0 points for a 2 tablespoon serving! 0 Points Plus!!! This could work! I put it in my cart and finished my shopping. After arriving home the groceries were put away, dinner was made, and the kitchen tided up.

A couple hours later I could feel myself getting snacky. There's that word again. I walked into my kitchen and pulled out the berries and fruits I had in the house. Three Strawberries, a handful of blueberries, six large green grapes, one banana, and a handful of raspberries. I chopped up everything except the blueberries and raspberries. Put everything in a bowl and stirred it up. I grabbed the Fat Free Cool Whip and my measuring spoon and added 2 tablespoons to the fruit. Stirred everything altogether and put it in these cute little glasses. That was it looks like I am getting more than it would if i just served it from a bowl. This made enough to fill 2 of these glasses. My boyfriend inhaled his and I did as well after taking this picture. I am now realizing that the picture does not look even close to as good as it tasted. It was amazing! I will definitely make this more often in the future (maybe even everyday!) and best of all it is ZERO Points Plus!!!!

Weigh-In Thursday: Week 18

Woot! I successfully bounced back from last weeks gain! And did I ever bounce back! I lost a whopping 7.6 pounds! That is the most I have ever lost in a single week and although it is pretty exciting it is also pretty nerve wracking. With this loss I have achieved my next 5 pound mini-goal, but part of me fears that this is short lived and that I will have a gain at next week's weigh in.


This is what I think contributed to this major loss (sorry for TMI).

1. All the crap I ate in Vegas caused me to be backed up. As in since I had a lack of my normal intake of fruit and vegetables and more diet soda caused my bowels to get off-track. Last weeks weigh-in there was no bowel movement in 2 days.
2. The overabundance of fruit and veggies I ate last week in order to compensate from last weeks lack thereof. This totally flushed me out.
3. Tracking! Vigilant tracking and making sure I stuck to plan 100% of the time no matter how hungry I was after eating all of my daily points.
4. Making sure I ate all of my allotted points for the day before bedtime

I am planning on sticking to numbers three and four again this week in an effort to keep on losing. However, if I do experience a gain I am not going to let it pull me into a shame spiral and throw me off plan. I have the tools to manage this. I got it! Here is to another great week! Oh, I have also lost 140 Quarter pound cheeseburgers. That is crazy! I wonder what it will be when I hit the 40 pound mark? We shall see in time!

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Lets not forget:
Starting Weight: 306.4
Current Weight: 271.4
Current Week: -7.6

Total Loss: 35!!!

Weigh-In Thursday: Week 17

I feel so defeated this week. I thought I did pretty good considering the events of the week. I left for Las Vegas on Saturday night and came home yesterday in time for my meeting. I went to Las Vegas to help my mom out. She was scheduled to have back surgery on Friday, but that got postponed due to some test results. This didn't put a damper on my trip however, because I figured I would get to spend some time with my mom before she has surgery and to help her around the house.

On Sunday we went shopping for food and my mom even bought things that would help me stay on plan. I even made dinner on Sunday evening and got funny looks when I portioned out every one's meal on their plates and served it. Not to mention when I poured the lite Caesar dressing into a tablespoon measuring spoon.  Oh well, that is how I roll. HA! I would normally weigh it out, but there was no scale. That is something that I need to add to my packing list for traveling. I missed my food scale.

On Monday and Tuesday started out with me making a healthy vegetable omelet, toast, and fruit. The rest of those days were spent in the car driving from doctor's office to doctor's office. Which were conveniently located across town from each other. My mom and I did sushi for lunch on Monday and Subway for lunch on Tuesday. Trying to make good choices worked pretty well, however I drank so much diet soda. I normally only drink diet soda on the weekends, if that. Also since we were busy driving back and forth we ended up getting fast food for dinner. All the running around paid off and my Mom's surgery was scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.

Wednesday started with another healthy breakfast. Then Mom's surgery, which was successful, occurred. Hospital cafeteria food is not necessarily healthy and that is not something I expected from a hospital. Dinner consisted of Wendy's on the way back to my moms house. Thursday was hospital cafeteria breakfast, and Wendy's for lunch. I chose Wendy's because I was at the airport waiting to fly home and it was something I could track.

I landed at 4:00 P.M. Drove from the airport to the kennel to pick up my dog, and then drove home to drop off my dog and my boyfriend. I had enough time to pull my suitcase out of the car and change into clean clothes before heading straight to my meeting. My goal for the week was to maintain and I was looking forward to weighing in and seeing my progress. I was deflated when I found out that I had gained. Ugg! I was so disappointed in myself because I thought I did pretty good. However. I was in Vegas to help my mom and all the fast food really did a number on my body. I never want to eat like that again. At least I am home now and can get back on track. This gain will not derail me. I can do this!

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Lets not forget:
Starting Weight: 306.4
Current Weight: 279,0
Current Week: +3.4

Total Loss: 27.4

Weigh-In Thursday: Week 16

I did it! After last week's gain I buckled down and focused on my next goal of 30 pounds lost, and the scale rewarded me! I have officially lost 30 pounds in 16 weeks on Weight Watchers! I am doing a major happy dance right now!

I am also excited because I was in Las Vegas the week after I hit the 20 pound lost mark and guess where I happen to be going on Saturday?!?!?! You guessed it! Las Vegas! Only this time I will be 10 more pounds lighter than when I went down for my mother's wedding on Memorial Day weekend. I am even planning on taking my new smaller clothes with me and that includes shorts! I did not buy any until I could buy them in a smaller size and I sure need some even though I have been wearing dresses like every single day. The comfort level of sundresses is unparalleled! Why would I want to wear shorts?

I am hoping I will be able to stay on track while I am there for 5 days and I am not hoping for a loss (although a loss sure would be nice!) I am simply hoping to maintain my current weight. That would be a victory enough for me.

I found this new website called I Lost What? It is a weight loss calculator that you can put in the amount of weight you have lost and it shows you what an equivalent amount would be in something else. I have lost 30 pounds that that is the same as the amount of cheese an average person eats in a year! That is a lot of cheese and I cut it! HA! Have a great week!

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Lets not forget:
Starting Weight: 306.4
Current Weight: 275.6
Current Week: -3.6

Total Loss: 30.8

Weigh-In Thursday: Week 15

This week was kind of tough. My son is still with his father for the month and it is hard to not revert back to emotionally eating. It is especially true late at night after my boyfriend has gone to bed. This is because it leaves me alone with my feelings and then I get bored of watching television and i get really snacky. Which I am pretty sure that I just made up that word, but I like it and I am sticking with it. I have found that I tend to be snacky at night, but I try to leave myself a few points for after dinner so I can shack with a purpose! HA! This week, however I found myself going over points and then not tracking. This is not something that I can be doing. If I go over points then I go over in points but there is no reason for me not to be accountable for what I put in my mouth. I am only cheating myself here.

My 25 lbs lost reward!

I finally took my brother's girlfriend and myself to get much needed pedicures. This was my reward for reaching 25 pound lost which I achieved in Week 13. Although the appointment was at the same time as my meeting so I decided I could skip the meeting and just go weigh in and head to the nail salon. Although I got the on the scale and saw that gain and wanted to cry. Part of me felt like I needed to be at the meeting because I had a gain. Yet part of me said, look how far you have come you deserve this pedicure. I was right! I cannot let one little mishap derail my whole plan. I need to, no I deserve to, reward myself for how far I have come!

Looking back on my tracker it seems that the week before I am hoping to reach a new mini-goal I see a gain. Then the next week I hit my goal so I an determined to repeat this pattern and work even harder to achieve my 30 pound lost goal! This is also my 10% goal from my starting weight before I signed up for the monthly pass online.

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Lets not forget:
Starting Weight: 306.4
Current Weight: 279.2
Current Week: +1

Total Loss: 27.2

Weigh-In Thursday: Week 14

Slowly and surely wins the race. Every pound counts! I have been getting super excited about losing this weight. I have been monitoring and tracking everything that I have been eating and drinking. Tracking has become almost second nature to me now. It is just something that I do and everyone in my life has been a huge supporter. Even if it means I can't eat everything I would sometimes like to and my boyfriend has more patience and helps me pick out something "healthier" to eat when we do go out. Even if it takes me way to much time to get through the menu and decide what to eat. That has been amazing and I love having someone who supports my efforts 100% like he does.

Here I am.
Looking onward to my 30 pound lost goal that is a mere 1.8 pounds away. I can so do this! I also had to go buy some clothes today and everything I bought was a 2X. Even the Shirt!!! I don't remember the
last time I fit into a ladies 2X shirt. And yes I say ladies sized 2X because the sizing is different between ladies and men's 2X and a men's 2X is larger. Maybe that means I can fit into a men's XL. There was even some give to it because is was not tight as can be. This is a huge non-scale victory for me! The only downside is that I cannot see a difference and that is disheartening. If I can fit into smaller clothes comfortably and the people around me say they can see a difference. Why can't I? So frustrating. This quote was an inspiration! I guess this means that it is time to take some more pictures so that I can see the difference. I plan on doing that sometime this weekend. I also plan on taking my measurements every week from now on in order for me to better document my journey.

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Lets not forget:
Starting Weight: 306.4
Current Weight: 278.2
Current Week: -1.4

Total Loss: 28.2

Weigh-In Thursday: Week 12

So close, yet so far. To my next mini-goal that is; 25 pounds lost. I am hoping to hit that goal at next week's weigh-in. Here is to being optimistic and working toward that goal. I am almost more excited to partake in the non-food reward than I am to lose a total of 25 pounds. :) My feet really need that pedicure, like yesterday. That is the downfall of summer, I love flip flops but my feet get all dry and scratchy. Love being a girl. The things we go through in the name of beauty, and my hatred of wearing socks when I don't have to. I really love the freedom of flip flops.

After last week's revelation that I need to work on being honest with myself the message at this week's meeting was exactly what I needed. It was all about getting happy and recognizing when small moments happen in life that make us happy. It was something that I really needed to hear and take to heart. Losing weight will not fix anything, but my health. I have to do the work on myself and put the same effort into my self-esteem that I am putting into losing the weight and getting my health in order. Putting in the work on the inside is just as important as putting in the work on the outside. The outside will not fix the inside. This is something that anyone trying to lose weight needs to consider. Losing the weight will not solve everything. If you can't love yourself now, as you are, how will you be able to love yourself just because you lost a few pounds?

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Lets not forget:
Starting Weight: 306.4
Current Weight: 282.4
Current Week: -1.6
Total Loss: 24

Weigh-In Thursday: Week 9

Happy Dance! I hit my second weight loss goal today. My first goal was to lose 5% which I achieved in Week 6! The next goal I made was to lose a total of twenty pounds. What do I mean lose? It is not like I want to ever find those pounds again. I guess I should call it weigh obliteration instead of a weight loss. Obliterating my weight is the ultimate goal.

I never want to see this number on the scale again. I am determined to not give up because if I do the cycle will just begin again and 9 weeks into it is alot of work to just throw down the drain.

This week I focused on eating all of my daily points. I would not leave more than 3 points left at the end of the day. I think I did a pretty good job and my hard work and focus showed up on the scale this week. I lost a total of 2.6 pounds this week and have a total loss so far of 20.8 pounds! I wanted to do a happy dance right there on the scale at my meeting. This was achieved and I felt like I ate so much food. You can eat more and still lose weight. I focused on eating a breakfast that was around 10 points, and that is approximately 1/4 of my daily points allowance. The main benefit I saw with eating more in the morning was less cravings at night. I also found myself not eating as much crap at night because I don't have more than half of my daily points to eat come dinner time.

My next mini-goal is to reach 25 lbs gone forever and once that goal is completed my next goal is 10% which is 30 lbs.

Starting Weight: 306.4
Current Weight: 285.6
Current Week: -2.6
Total Loss: 20.8

Weigh-In Friday: Week 6

I had a great week after last weeks small disappointment in not reaching my 5% goal. I buckled down and the results sure showed! I have reached my first mini-goal of 15 pounds lost since beginning weight watchers again. I also tried quite a few recipes and I did not beat myself up when I ate something that I "shouldn't" have. That is no way to live. I eat what I want to and I don;t feel guilty because I track it! If I don't want to track it than I don't eat it! Unless I REALLY want it. It is better to give into cravings than to hold out and binge on them later.

This week the topic was all about changing stuff up to make your meals different. So you don't get stuck with the mediocrity of eating the same things week after week. Even just changing up the spices in your go-to meal can change it in a way you never though possible.

Starting Weight: 306.4
Current Weight: 290.8
Current Week: -1.2
Total Loss: 15.4

My next mini-goal is 20 pounds.

Weigh-In Friday: Week 5

Man, I was so close! I was hoping to reach my 15 pound loss today! I just missed it by 0.6 lb. That is a crushing blow when you have been doing so well and the scale says something else. At least I have done well so far. I mean 14.4lbs in 5 weeks is amazing! I have to celebrate that. I also need to look at my food and see where I can improve. Weight loss is a constantly changing battle and it is always evolving for the better. Which is better than eating the same thing day after day. Change is a good thing!

Starting Weight: 306.4
Current Weight: 292
Current Week: -0.6
Total Loss: 14.4

Here is to reaching 15lbs lost next week!

Weigh-In Tuesday: Week 2

Well, I made it. Another week gone by, and another weigh-in now permanently on the books. I was a little disappointed by what the number on the scale said. I was hoping for more. Then again I didn't really keep as much on track as the previous week so why should I expect to lose close to the same amount. I did really well following plan until my boyfriend went on a golf trip for the weekend. I succeeded in tracking everything I ate so I will consider that a win. I also stayed within my points, but I did use more than half of my weekly points on Saturday and Sunday. Part of the reason was that I made a meal plan but it ended on Wednesday and I did not make a new meal plan, just winged it. Definitely wont be doing that again, at least on purpose. Then on Sunday I munched on practically anything and everything while I spent the whole day sitting on the couch working on homework on my laptop. Although, I am disappointed in the amount my loss was this week it was still a loss. I also learned that for every 1 pound loss equals a loss of 4 pounds of pressure on your joints. That makes my knees happy!

Starting Weight: 306.4
Current Weight: 298.4
Current Week: -2.2
Total Loss: 8 lbs!

That means that I have lost the equivalent of 32 pounds of pressure off my joints. My goal for week 3 is to hit 10 pounds lost by losing at least 2 pounds this week.

Weigh-in Tuesday: Week 1

Happy Weigh-in Tuesday everyone! I know not as catchy as Weigh-in Wednesday but it still works. I had a great week on this first week of Weight Watchers. This was my first week back at Weight Watchers officially and it was a very good week. I did use all of my weekly points and I used most of them Friday night because it was my 31st birthday after all. I don't even feel bad about it at all. I mean, I don't want to ruin my good week, but that is what the weekly points are there for. I even tracked everything that I ate and drank for the entire week. I made some really good meals and my new goal it to post one of my recipes that I make each week to share with the world.  Anyways on to what you have been waiting for: my results!

Starting Weight: 306.4
Current Weight: 300.6
Current Week: -5.8
Total Loss: 5.8 lbs!

I am super excited about my results so far and it only adds to my motivation! Here's to a FANTASTIC week 2!