All on track....

well last week's 2.5lb weight gain woke me up and i was completely OP this week. not even a beer. and it paid off....... 5.5lbs lost!! woo hoo! so the total for the month was 4.5lb loss. not as much as i hoped for a monthly total but i will take it. and i am motivated to keep going and hope for more losses than gains. if i keep OP i can reach my goal by mid april. 11.5lbs to go!!!!

my DH went away on business for the next few weeks and i know this sounds selfish but i am looking forward to ME time. i can completely focus on these last 11.5lbs that could be the hardest for me to lose. so even though i miss him i am channeling all my energies into working on my weight loss.

Ugghhhh........

well tonight was weigh in and i am crushed... i gained 2.5lbs this week. i over indluged in manhattan last friday night and came home sick. needless to say until about wednesday i was lucky i was getting up to walk to the bathroom. so usually when i cheat i then ramp up my workout. well that didn't happen this week. when i went to weigh in and said i overindulged and then got sick. she asked me well what did you learn from it. and i replied not to get sick after i cheat. :)

what happened to me time???

this by far has been the most stressful week for me in a long time. i did not have 1 ounce of me time this whole week. there was no sleep, no working out, no computer chatting time on dwlz, no fun. just classes, homework, working, and working....... i must say i did stay on track with eating and lost another .5lb. though. i look at it as a 1lb loss because i cheated last week with the pants issue. so i was happy with that but i was having severe meltdown to the point that i am now getting sick. oh joy.........
so my goal is to get back on track, schedule in work outs and me time.......... and get back to my good cooking. i tried red lentils and eggplant with WW 1 pt. sauce and it was good....... will make that again.

i did it.....

yes, i did it but i am not proud of myself. i needed to hit that 25lb mark and i realized i wasn't going to do it unless i changed my standard weigh in outfit. i know that sounds crazy but the normal weigh in pants weigh 1lb. well i switched to the pants that are 1/2lb and that is how i lost the 1/2lb last night. (i am assuming). I got a little lax this week and need to really ramp it up again since my goal was to lose 7lbs by valentine's day. i have 1 1/2lb to go.........
so i start a new OP week and i am motivated, now i just need to find the time.....

Catch up....

well i have been really swamped this week with school, work and volunteering that i realize i am struggling to have time for me. the result has been squeezing in exercise when i can (20 min. here 30 min. there) hoping that it adds up. and my food choices haven't been the best. i hope that wont hurt WI this week since i am 1/2lb away from my 25lb goal. i come home at night and want to eat again. i know its all psychological because i am not really hungry. i have the points left but i am eating just to eat and it is like 9pm. uggghhh..... i dont know what to do about that. and i pull in the garage saying that i am not going to eat and then i look down and i have just finished a meal or "snack". i have to definately work on that........

some days are so long...

just a side note; i am meeting some great people through the blogs and i want to thank everyone for their support. i don't think i could be as successful without all the encouragement that i receive.

well i woke up this morning at 6 bright eyed and bushy tailed and jumped on the computer to start my day of homework. i seemed to get alot done and there was still alot of hours left. that was when the kitchen was looming in my mind... food..... so i hopped back on the computer trying to fight the urge. eventually i ran out to the room over the garage to work out and read for a class. an hour later i was shocked that i had been on the elliptical that long. woo hoo!!! so i feel i accomplished alot and even cooked a healthy dinner to top it off.

breakfast
1 wasa w/ margarine 1pt
coffee / creamer 3pts.

lunch
turkey chili 3pt
salad 0
sourcream 1pt
salsa 0
wrap 1 pt.

popcorn 1pt.

WW yogurt 1pt

dinner
chicken sausage 4pts
pasta 3pts
squash 0
1 glass wine 4pts

skinny cow saucer 2pts

used 24/23 plus the excercise 1 hour elliptical

Great week!!!!

i had a great week OP wise and with weight loss. on thursday night the scale said i lost another 2lbs! I am only 15.5 lbs away from my goal weight and i am so motivated.
i am back in the swing of things with school and i am fried with no time for me. hence the reason this is my first post of the week. i have made sure to fit in 20 mintues here 20 minutes there working out while i am reading for a class and i guess that paid off. so i will continue that strategy as well as my food choices. today i got a well needed day off from school due to the ice storm so i am catching up on homework and trying to figure out what i want to do with my life school wise after i receive my assoc. in may. ugghhhh.......
but i cannot complain i am on a losing streak!

Food journal today so far....
breakfast
coffee creamer 3pts
ww english muffin 1pt.
egg whites 1pt.
ketchup 1pt.

LF pringles 3pt.
popcorn 1pt.

planned rest of day.
turkey chili 3pt.
salad 0
sourcream 1pt.

WW bubble up pizza casserole 5.5pts

i am sure skinny cow flying saucer 2pts.

21.5/23
(this is probably my last week at 23 pts and then down to 22)