Week Three: results

NO GAIN!! Also.. no loss. :( BUT.. for how I ate this week I am NOT complaining. A wedding, GS Cookies, and then Fat Tuesday!! For those who don't know, Fat Tuesday is "Paczki Day" in Michigan.

A Paczki is a GIGANTIC custard or jelly filled donut and is a Polish tradition.

From wikipedia:

In Poland, pączki are eaten especially on Fat Thursday (the last Thursday before Ash Wednesday). Many Polish Americans celebrate Pączki Day on Fat Tuesday (the day before Ash Wednesday). The traditional reason for making pączki was to use up all the lard, sugar, eggs and fruit in the house, because their consumption was forbidden by Catholic fasting practices during Lent.
In the large Polish community of Chicago, and in other large cities across the Midwest, Pączki Day is celebrated annually by immigrants and locals alike. In Buffalo, Toledo, Cleveland, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Milwaukee, South Bend, and Windsor, Pączki Day is more commonly celebrated on Fat Tuesday instead of Fat Thursday. Chicago celebrates the festival on both Fat Thursday and Fat Tuesday, due to its sizable Polish population. Chicagoans also often eat pączki on Casimir Pulaski Day.
In Hamtramck, Michigan, an enclave of Detroit, there is an annual Pączki Day (Shrove Tuesday) Parade,^[4] which has gained a devoted following. In the Metro Detroit area, it is so widespread throughout the region that many bakeries have line-ups for pączki on Pączki Day.^[5] The Pączki Day celebrations in some areas are even larger than many celebrations for St. Patrick's Day.^{[citation needed]} In some areas Pączki Day is celebrated with pączki-eating contests. The eating contest in Evanston, Illinois, started in 2010, and is held on the weekend before Fat Tuesday, while Hamtramck's contest is held on the holiday.





If you want to know more... click HERE So, being Michiganders... we OF COURSE had to celebrate! I ate one (ok, I ate two.. but I regretted the second one almost immediately). 

This week though.... I WILL be better. It helps that I think I'm coming down with the flu or something. Nothing like a good nasty bug to help curb that appetite. *ugh* I am NOT sorry to see Feb go. This month we have ALL be so sick. It's been awful. We just get over one thing and then another thing knocks us out again.

Fail.

That's pretty much how this week has gone. Between a weekend wedding, and Girl Scout Cookies, and Valentines day candy.......I am terrified to get on the scale Wednesday morning. I just bombed this week. :(

But, the great thing about this program is that each week is a new start. So I failed this week....no big deal. Next week will be better.

I hope anyway. I am really hoping I didn't gain. Staying the same would be okay. I just hope I didn't gain.

We will see in a couple days.

Week Two: results

Another week down. And another pound+ lost. ;) This week was much easier. I lost 1.5 lbs. I was hoping for more, but what can ya do. That's still a loss, so I am happy. :)

I wasn't as hungry as I was that first week. And I've found some great snacks/meals that are working well for me right now. Cheerios with yogurt= delish. My hubby hates it, thinks it's nasty. LOL But it's really filling and yummy. Much better than a bowl of Cheerios with milk and separate yogurt.

ANyway... just a quick post today. On to week 3!!!

Week One: results

So, week one of WW is done. :) AND... I will say that I am happy with the results. I lost 2.5 lbs. :) (I'm starting to think that 4lbs my scale said I lost was a fluke, or just water or something) Regardless... I STILL lost! AND... 2.5 lbs is more than I ever lost in one week when I re-joined just after I had Easton. So, I'm happy with that. I hope this trend keeps up.

I will be honest, it was hard to stay on plan some days. I blame it on the fact I didn't have a lot of healthy snack alternatives in the house. I need to be better prepared this week. I also need to not be afraid to eat during the day. I get in this mindset where I want to hoard all my points until nighttime so I can eat a lot if I want, but then I'm hungry during the day. It's not a good way to feel.

So, it's on to Week Two. :) I'm excited and really REALLY hoping I can stick with this for the long run. I'm still sick (getting worse it seems), but again.. that only helps my cravings/appetite so it's not all bad. ;)

Here's to a FAB Week Two!!!!

Because cookies are a great idea when you're on a diet...

I'm gonna be honest.... I started this week off strong, then came Super Bowl Sunday, and I floundered. Bad. I was down 4 lbs, then somehow I gained 2 back! I'm really trying to stick with it and figure out what works for me on this new plan. One thing I have discovered- carbs are NOT my friend. Even if I stay within my points for the day, if I eat a lot of carbs, the pounds come back, and fast. I've also realized that fruit, while technically 0 Points Plus, I have to really watch how much I eat. Any more than two pieces and I gain.

While the new Points Plus is good.... there is NO wiggle room. On the old plan, I could fudge a little here and there, maybe sneak an extra couple bites of cereal, or a slice of bread, even a few M&M's.... but not this time. I don't know if it's because I'm older (hitting the big 3-0 can really mess with your body), or because this plan is so different. But whatever the reason..... I simply cannot go off plan.

SO....with that in mind... you may wonder why in the world I would make cookies last night! LOL

One word; KIDS. When you have kids... they don't understand "diets". Plus, cookies make great bribes. ;)  I was really good, I only had two. Which was fine, since I had 5 points left, and I only ate about a 1/4 of my dinner. So, it all worked out. And, the kids LOVED me for baking them.


And, there is good news......I'm sick! :) Ya, doesn't really sound like good news... but when you are trying to eat healthier, being sick is actually a blessing. I finally caught that horrendous cold/cough that is going around. I went to bed just knowing I would wake up sick. I could feel it coming on. My throat was tight and my voice was straining. It was coming. At about 5am I woke up with the WORST ear ache I can ever remember, I went on a mad hunt through the house looking for Sudafed or any other decongestant. The pressure in my ear was too much. I ended up heating up my rice pack and sleeping with that on my ear. I passed out sometime around 6am, only to awake at 7:30 to get the wolves up for school. *sigh*

When I hoped on the scale after they left, I was down a half pound. :) So I must have done something right yesterday. Tomorrow is the BIG weigh-in day. The end of my first week. I'm hoping to be down 2 or more pounds tomorrow.

Wish me luck!!!!

Bringing My Sexy Back!

I mentioned to the hubs last week that I felt I was "starting to let me sexy go". He looked at me, as I stood there in my yoga pants and t-shirt, and said..."Starting??"

Ya....NOT the reaction I was looking for.In his defense.... the next day I mentioned.."It's time to get skinny Whitney back." and he said... "I never knew Fat Whitney made an appearance." ;) He's a smart guy.

I have been thinking known that I needed that to get back to WW for awhile now. I went back when Easton was only 2.5 weeks old, determined to lose the baby weight, and it just didn't work out. I don't know why... but I lost like 5 lbs over the course of 5 months. Pretty discouraging. I hindsight, I think know I stared too early. I needed to wait at least 2 or 3 months before going back... but I was just ready to be skinny again. And when the weight didn't fall off like last time... I got really upset and just quit.

But now... almost a year later... I'm ready. I'm 12 lbs away from my pre-pregnancy weight, and 17lbs away from my WW goal. I know I can do it. I also know that I need to exercise this time. Which sucks. I heart being lazy. BUT... I know that moving more is going to help this time. And... I need all the help I can get. Not to mention... last time, even after I lost all the weight, I was still flabby. (I guess my Eva Mendes body WASN'T hiding under all that fat after all. Crap.)

So..... in addition to having a weight loss goal... I also have a "work out goal". I want to run a 5K this year. I downloaded the Couch to 5K app on my phone and I love it. It's really great, it's just finding the time to do that I'm having issues with. But again... I know I can do it.

So... that's it. I'm planning to keep up with this blog again. I plan to post at least once a week with my progress. :) I just started yesterday, so I'm thinking a new post at least every Wed. ;)

Be excited kids... this chick is bringing the sexy back!

It's OVER!!!

My Biggest Loser contest that is. ;-) We had our final weigh in this morning, and a BIG congrats to Katie O and Karilynn!! You guys did an amazing job!! Super proud of you both!!

I weighed in this morning at 131 lbs!!! I started the competition at 165 lbs... so that means I have lost 34 lbs in 6 months!!! WOW!!! Even though I missed my BL goal by 6 lbs (I was shooting for 125 lbs) I must say I am still really really happy with what I've accomplished thus far.

I am only 1 lb away from my WW goal of 130 (I aimed my WW goal a little higher... I wanted to give myself a little wiggle room there.. lol). We are going to Utah next week, so I will miss my meeting next week... but at the one the week after.... I plan on weighing UNDER 130!! I think I can lose at least one pound in 2 weeks. LOL I just need to make sure I don't blow my points while we are in Utah. So.... if I weigh in at/below 130 in 2 weeks... I will have hit my WW Goal... then, all I have to do is weigh within 2 lbs above or below that weight for 6 weeks and I will have hit Lifetime... which means... FREE MEETINGS!!! WooHoo!! So, that means... by August I should make Lifetime... and not have to pay anymore. YAY!!

I wanted to also say a HUGE TAHNK YOU to Melissa and Tammy for putting this whole thing together. I could have joined WW on my own.. with no other motivation... but I have no doubt in my mind that having this BL Group really helped in my progress thus far. I don't think I could have done it with out all the great support from all the other girls. Just knowing that there were/are other people going thru it with me... it really made a difference. I know we had a few gals who sorrta pooped out after a couple months...and I wanna say this to them: I really really urge you to get back on the wagon! You have no idea how much HAPPIER you will be if you can do it (and I know you all can).

I don't know how many of the other gals are going to keep their BL Blogs going after today... but I plan to. If only to update my progress once a week. It has helped me, I think, to be accountable for what I'm doing, and not doing. I also really hope that we can do anotehr BL Group next January. Even if it's only to maintain.. or just lose the "Holiday Weight"... I would love to do this again next year. I just hope I don't have as much to lose next year.... LOL