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February 28, 2005

Vacation Week on WW

Doing well on Weight Watchers during a vacation week takes some real effort. When you are used to eating on a schedule, and suddenly your routine disappears, it is awful easy to just keep eating, especially when the kitchen is so close. SO I had a challenging week, but I think I came through it ok. We'll see tomorrow at weigh in.

Wednesday night I had one of those house parties, you know, come on over and buy something. So of course I had to have all kinds of snacks and cookies there, but I was SO GOOD and didn't have anything but veggies. But....I followed that up with a Thursday night binge while out.....fried chicken strips, french fries, peanuts, chocolate...I don't get it...why, if I worked so hard the previous day, do I just turn around and blow it anyway? Is it subconscious? I don't know. After that eating party I realized I would do better counting points this week instead of doing CORE. You can do that, switch back and forth, but you have to do one plan for the whole week. It was easy to go back and count the points for my first day of the week (Wednesday) and then count Thursday, which took almost all of my week's bonus points!!!

I really needed a good day Friday to reclaim my week. I bounced back and succeeded at my father's, a real trouble spot, as I've talked about before. We had chicken soup, which I counted, but when he offered ice cream (regular, with all the works) I was able to refuse. And he got a little annoyed with me and asked me three times. NO. Hooray for me.

Saturday night was date night for me and my husband...we decided to go to Ruby Tuesday's, our favorite place. I love their "truth" menu which has all the calories listed. Now here's the real victory...I ACTUALLY LEFT FOOD ON MY PLATE. I am a charter member of the clean your plate club!

Gotta go...

Posted by Mary Elizabeth at 10:45 AM | Comments (0)

February 17, 2005

Frustrated!

I stayed the same this week. Crap! I was better than that...sure I had a run in with some ice cream and a brownie, but over a whole week that wasn't too bad! I hate when that happens! Saturday I had a great Core day...95% fat free hamburgers, egg beater omlet with f/f cheese...

Oh well. This week's meeting was about resistance training. I worked with a trainer over the summer before my wedding. I thought it was a good experience, but I didn't lose any weight. Exercise is funny that way. The first week you exercise you gain, but if you keep up with it you will lose it again. But the question is, does it ever really help you lose or just maintain? I'm not sure. I know a girl at my meeting who has lost 125 lbs, and she doesn't really exercise. But at the same time, you see surveys all the time on people who keep their weight off...by exercising. So I guess I'd better go to the gym today after all.

Posted by Mary Elizabeth at 08:20 AM | Comments (0)

February 11, 2005

Friday, Feb 11

So I did go to my meeting Tuesday night, yay for me...sometimes when I know I'm going to take a hit I just won't go. But I did, and I was pleasantly surprised that I only gained a pound. Sometimes you think you've done worse than you actually did. Of course, I was a Weight Watchers Angel Monday and Tuesday and I'm sure that helped. Now if I could just get my exercise motivation back. I walked the dog (I have a beagle!) on Monday and went to the gym Wednesday. But I know it would help if I would do more. You earn activity points by doing that, but on Core I don't bother counting them, I just hope that they help my weight loss. I don't know...sometimes it seems to help and sometimes it doesn't.

Tonight I'm going out with friends, and I guess I'm going to eat fish, because this is the first Lenten Friday. I can't eat regular macaroni on Core and I don't want to burn all my Bonus Points on Friday. I don't mind fish though. I really want to do well this weekend!

Posted by Mary Elizabeth at 07:35 AM | Comments (0)

February 07, 2005

Lousy Weekend

I had a lousy weekend. I was out a lot, it was my time of the month, and I had a bit of what I call the two-year-old syndrome. You know, I don't WANNA not eat this... Damn it all. I didn't plan...I knew I was going to happy hour but I didn't plan what I was going to eat like I normally do. Funny how a bad Friday can spawn into a terrible weekend. I think you unconsciously try to get in all the bad foods while you're "off". When you're eating corn chips for Sunday breakfast, you know you've had a bad weekend. Not to mention the loaded fries at happy hour, the regular ice cream at Dad's, and the bread basket on Saturday. Darn it.

So this is why I've been on WW for five years...it works great, but as soon as you go off plan the pounds come running back. I know I'll be up at weigh in tomorrow and put back the two I lost last week. I'm hoping if I have a REALLY good day today I can make a comeback to at least maintain tomorrow. The hardest part is actually going to the meeting when you know you screwed up. I'll keep you posted.

Posted by Mary Elizabeth at 11:37 AM | Comments (0)

February 02, 2005

Another Two Pounds

Another two pounds down the drain. Now I really feel like I'm getting it together. And not a minute too soon, because my clothes were really feeling tight. There's nothing worse than growing out of your clothes, especially when they were new clothes you bought when you had lost weight! That is really one of my motivators right now is that my summer clothes are just packed away, waiting for me to lose more weight so they will fit again. I really want to look good this summer and keep the weight off. After all, just because I'm a newlywed doesn't mean I have to gain a ton of weight!

Posted by Mary Elizabeth at 12:00 PM | Comments (0)