Snack list:
Hard-boiled eggs
Applesauce cups
Fruit
Carrots/celery
Turkey and crackers
Crackers and laughing cow
Popcorn
Applesauce cups
Fruit
Carrots/celery
Turkey and crackers
Crackers and laughing cow
Popcorn
Sunday, September 30, 2018
Saturday, September 29, 2018
100 Days of Why Day 21
Because not every food is worth the calories/points and that's something I need to learn.
Saturday we grocery shop and eat lunch at Costco. I take my 3 pt lunch of good thins corn crackers, 99% FF turkey deli meat and a banana. My family eats Costco hot dogs. I never really liked them anyways but I tolerated them. Not worth the points!
Friday, September 28, 2018
100 Days of Why Day 18-20
Day 18
Because I want my wedding ring to fit again instead of wearing a cheapy from Amazon.
Because I want my wedding ring to fit again instead of wearing a cheapy from Amazon.
Day 19
Because I need to work on portion control. Even eating in my points, this week I've had two dinners where I ate too much and felt uncomfortable afterwards.
Day 20
Because it's a lifelong change and not just a quick fix.
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Monday, September 24, 2018
Old Program vs Freestyle
One of the biggest differences I see with the original points back in 2010 is that it's much easier to stay in plan away from the house.
When I had a weekend away in 2010, I bought tons of WW snacks and oatmeals and ate those along with the food provided, making choices as good as I could. Dinner has always been one of the hardest for me to track and a provided dinner was even harder. Salad and pizza? That's a rough one to fit in to the points.
With freestyle now, I know that I could have 0 pt eggs and estimate my bacon and toast for breakfast. Or I could have applesauce and fruit for breakfast like I do right now and have a simple 0 point breakfast, leaving more points available for the rest of the day. I know that I could have simple dinner of chicken and veggies for 0 points. I know that a salad without dressing will be 0 points.
The addition of all the 0 point foods means eating away from home is infinitely easier because aside from worrying about not being overly full, you don't really have to work too hard to estimate portion sizes for counting points.
When I had a weekend away in 2010, I bought tons of WW snacks and oatmeals and ate those along with the food provided, making choices as good as I could. Dinner has always been one of the hardest for me to track and a provided dinner was even harder. Salad and pizza? That's a rough one to fit in to the points.
With freestyle now, I know that I could have 0 pt eggs and estimate my bacon and toast for breakfast. Or I could have applesauce and fruit for breakfast like I do right now and have a simple 0 point breakfast, leaving more points available for the rest of the day. I know that I could have simple dinner of chicken and veggies for 0 points. I know that a salad without dressing will be 0 points.
The addition of all the 0 point foods means eating away from home is infinitely easier because aside from worrying about not being overly full, you don't really have to work too hard to estimate portion sizes for counting points.
100 Days of Why Day 14-16
Day 14
Because I hate how most of my clothes look on my body, but I can’t justify buying myself many new clothes since I don’t want to be at this weight.
Day 15
Because I can eat out and still lose weight.
Day 16
Because I feel happy seeing the numbers go down (and will feel happy with my clothes fitting me properly)
Because I hate how most of my clothes look on my body, but I can’t justify buying myself many new clothes since I don’t want to be at this weight.
Day 15
Because I can eat out and still lose weight.
Day 16
Because I feel happy seeing the numbers go down (and will feel happy with my clothes fitting me properly)
Week 2 Weigh-In and Goals
Down 2.2lbs and received my 10lb charm!
SW 246.2
CW 235.8
Total loss 10.4lbs
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Goals for Next Week:
- blue dots five days
- drink 4 glasses of water (each glass is 20oz)
- gym 3 days a week (or gym + 15 min exercise at home/out)
Saturday, September 22, 2018
Birthday Blues
Yesterday was my birthday. The blues started the night before when I realized we really didn't have the funds to do what we had planned (uber to dinner with a friend, have drinks, get food for hubby and uber back). I went back and forth on cancelling so many times and eventually we decided we would go anyways and she offered to treat, taking some stress off me.
I woke up on my birthday (number 30 by the way!), having had a dream about a friend from BC (we moved to NY over a year ago and I miss everyone so much that I've been in tears quite a bit lately). I didn't get any messages from any of my BC friends, no facebook posts, no shout out in a small group that I'm still in of a lot of friends, none of my friends liked my birthday post from my mom. Just clearly, I wasn't on any of their minds. They were all on my mind so much as I wished I could be going out with a large group of friends to celebrate my birthday. I know everyone is a parent and busy and I miss birthdays all the time on facebook, but it just hurts so much that not even one of them said anything yesterday.
I'm proud to announce, however, that I did not even think once of sitting down with food and drowning my sorrows.
My local friend and I went out to a new restaurant, that opened yesterday and was owned by the realtor that helped both of us find our homes. He even made a reservation for just us and refused all other reservations. Frustratingly, there wasn't a low point option in the starter menu that he was using for the weekend :( I got a burger and tracked it as best as I could. I didn't finish my kettle chips that came with it and I tried 2 of the risotto bites that we got as an appetizer. I drank water and an apple martini because apparently "you have to drink on your 30th birthday" lol. Not worth the points. I don't enjoy drinking but I finished the one. After that, we went across the street for dessert where I got peanut butter pie and it was delicious but huge. I had about half of it and brought the rest home. I plan to feed it to my kids but I'm not sure when.
I woke up on my birthday (number 30 by the way!), having had a dream about a friend from BC (we moved to NY over a year ago and I miss everyone so much that I've been in tears quite a bit lately). I didn't get any messages from any of my BC friends, no facebook posts, no shout out in a small group that I'm still in of a lot of friends, none of my friends liked my birthday post from my mom. Just clearly, I wasn't on any of their minds. They were all on my mind so much as I wished I could be going out with a large group of friends to celebrate my birthday. I know everyone is a parent and busy and I miss birthdays all the time on facebook, but it just hurts so much that not even one of them said anything yesterday.
I'm proud to announce, however, that I did not even think once of sitting down with food and drowning my sorrows.
My local friend and I went out to a new restaurant, that opened yesterday and was owned by the realtor that helped both of us find our homes. He even made a reservation for just us and refused all other reservations. Frustratingly, there wasn't a low point option in the starter menu that he was using for the weekend :( I got a burger and tracked it as best as I could. I didn't finish my kettle chips that came with it and I tried 2 of the risotto bites that we got as an appetizer. I drank water and an apple martini because apparently "you have to drink on your 30th birthday" lol. Not worth the points. I don't enjoy drinking but I finished the one. After that, we went across the street for dessert where I got peanut butter pie and it was delicious but huge. I had about half of it and brought the rest home. I plan to feed it to my kids but I'm not sure when.
Thursday, September 20, 2018
Realization
Discovered why my sandwich was so high in points. Honey ham (2SP per serving). Of course. Should have clued in. Black forest is much nicer (1SP per serving). 99% FF turkey is even nicer (0SP per serving)! However, turkey lacks the fat to be able to be heated and browned in a frying pan without sticking :( May try I can't believe it's not butter spray next time as I like the flavour that I get when I cook it before putting on a sandwich.
Old me vs. New me
I’m still able to enjoy the things I like with moderate changes.
Example:
Example:
Pulled pork sandwiches:
Old me: 2 toasted buns, cheese on top and bottom, pork
New me: 2 pieces of toast, grated extra SHARP cheddar (sharp for strong flavour, grated because it spreads out easily and is easy to weigh), pork. Eat with fork and knife. 2 open faced sandwiches.
Old me: 2 toasted buns, cheese on top and bottom, pork
New me: 2 pieces of toast, grated extra SHARP cheddar (sharp for strong flavour, grated because it spreads out easily and is easy to weigh), pork. Eat with fork and knife. 2 open faced sandwiches.
Weekend lunch plus ice cream:
Old me: soda, costco hot dog, ice cream (2 scoops because it’s amazing)
New me: water, packed crackers, ham and banana, shared ice cream with toddler
Old me: soda, costco hot dog, ice cream (2 scoops because it’s amazing)
New me: water, packed crackers, ham and banana, shared ice cream with toddler
Stir fry dinner:
Old me: piled on the rice, light on veggies
New me: measured my rice, piled on veggies
Past sidebar goal achievements
I felt like these didn't need to be front and center and more, but I didn't want to lose the memories of all I've achieved in the past.
Goals
Weight-Related Goals:
I’ll stop there for now as the list gets super long if I keep going. I’ll make a new one when I get closer to the end of this one!
Non Weight Goals:
Among others that I can’t think of right now.
- 5lbs - achieved Sept 16
- 10lbs
- 5% (12lbs)
- 15lbs
- 20lbs
- 10% (24lbs)
- 25lbs
- 30lbs
- 35lbs
- 15% (36lbs)
- 40lbs
- 45lbs
- ONEderland (46.4lbs)
- 20% (48lbs)
- 50lbs
I’ll stop there for now as the list gets super long if I keep going. I’ll make a new one when I get closer to the end of this one!
Non Weight Goals:
- Be able to replace my underwear at Victoria’s secret sales! Plus sized stores don’t sell the type I like for the price I want.
- Fit my awesome doctor who shirt (I have 2 in unisex L)
- Sweat less mowing the lawn
- Less/no ankle/knee/hip pain
- Fit into honeymoon dress (women’s M)
Among others that I can’t think of right now.
What weighs 5lbs?
- 20 sticks of butter
- A bag of potatoes
- A full grown Chihuahua
- A small bag of flour
Receiving a 5lb award at the meeting today felt great. Almost to 10 as well. Hopefully next week I’ll do a 10lb version!
100 Days of Why Week 2 (so far)
Day 8
Because the program WORKS!
Day 9
Because I’d like to wear my hair down without sweating.
Day 10
Because I need to change my mindset about food. Rewarding myself with food is not good thinking. Eating huge portions is not smart.
Day 11
Because it’s possible to have treats without binging.
Day 12
Because I sweat from places I’d like to not sweat, or sweat less.
Because the program WORKS!
Day 9
Because I’d like to wear my hair down without sweating.
Day 10
Because I need to change my mindset about food. Rewarding myself with food is not good thinking. Eating huge portions is not smart.
Day 11
Because it’s possible to have treats without binging.
Day 12
Because I sweat from places I’d like to not sweat, or sweat less.
Week 1 Weigh In and Next Week's Goals
September 16, 2018
SW 246.2
CW 238
Total loss 8.2lbs
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Goals for Next Week:
- blue dots five days (fri/sat are our birthdays) which means no less than 10 points under and no more than 5 points over my points allowance
- drink 4 glasses of water (each glass is 20oz)
- gym 3 days a week (or gym + 15 min exercise at home/out)
100 Days of Why Week 1
These were all made on different days, I just want to put them together instead of make tons of different posts for them. Future ones I'll put in their own posts.
Because my joints hurt from the extra weight and I don’t want to be in pain all the time.
Day 2
Because I want to set a good example for my children
Day 3
Day 2
Because I want to set a good example for my children
Day 3
Because I want to be able to shop for clothes in any store and find things that fit.
Day 4
Because I want to stop looking in the mirror and thinking “when did I gain that much weight?”
Day 5
Because yard work makes me drip sweat and feel gross.
Day 6
Because I want to be taken seriously at the doctor’s office and not shrugged off for something that’s actually wrong, being told “try losing weight”.
Day 7
Because I need to learn REAL portion control.
Day 4
Because I want to stop looking in the mirror and thinking “when did I gain that much weight?”
Day 5
Because yard work makes me drip sweat and feel gross.
Day 6
Because I want to be taken seriously at the doctor’s office and not shrugged off for something that’s actually wrong, being told “try losing weight”.
Day 7
Because I need to learn REAL portion control.
Before Picture
SW 246.2
GW somewhere around 150, I’ll see what looks right on my frame when I get there
Don’t mind my icky mirror. The kids bang their toothbrushes.
This is me
It's been a while. Quite a while. I've been back on plan for 11 days now but I was trying other sources of blogging like tumblr. I don't like them as much. So I'm back here and it's gonna be a wave of posts coming in while I post everything here.
I’m a 30 year old stay at home mom/chauffeur to 3 small kids, yes 3 now. They are (almost) 6, 4 and 19 months. I started this blog back when we were trying to conceive our oldest... 7 years ago!
I like video games (world of Warcraft mostly) and netflix binging. I don’t like many forms of exercise and the ones I don’t dislike, I would still prefer to be gaming instead of doing.
I have yo-yo’d up and down multiple times in the last 8 years. Before my wedding in 2010, I lost 30lbs, falling off due to stress after my grandpa died, gaining it all back plus some. After my first miscarriage in 2011, I jumped back on as something to focus myself on and hopefully help us conceive again and lost 30lbs, only to gain it back and never restart after our first was born. A few other times I’ve tried for shorter periods of time and lost motivation.
This time I am determined and I feel like my mind is in the right place. I want to do this for ME, for MY health. It's not just about being skinnier and liking who I see in the mirror.
I don’t want to remove all of the activities that I like from my life and switch to exercise instead, but I’m trying to find a balance. With my oldest in 1st grade and my middle in preschool, I’ve got a few hours with just my youngest. We have registered for a YMCA membership and I will head there to work out while she is in preschool. Fingers crossed the baby cooperates with the childcare there or it will end up just being swimming with him -_-
My extra weight classifies me as obese, though I didn’t feel that big until after our third baby when my joints took a beating.
So, here we go again, for the last time!
I’m a 30 year old stay at home mom/chauffeur to 3 small kids, yes 3 now. They are (almost) 6, 4 and 19 months. I started this blog back when we were trying to conceive our oldest... 7 years ago!
I like video games (world of Warcraft mostly) and netflix binging. I don’t like many forms of exercise and the ones I don’t dislike, I would still prefer to be gaming instead of doing.
I have yo-yo’d up and down multiple times in the last 8 years. Before my wedding in 2010, I lost 30lbs, falling off due to stress after my grandpa died, gaining it all back plus some. After my first miscarriage in 2011, I jumped back on as something to focus myself on and hopefully help us conceive again and lost 30lbs, only to gain it back and never restart after our first was born. A few other times I’ve tried for shorter periods of time and lost motivation.
This time I am determined and I feel like my mind is in the right place. I want to do this for ME, for MY health. It's not just about being skinnier and liking who I see in the mirror.
I don’t want to remove all of the activities that I like from my life and switch to exercise instead, but I’m trying to find a balance. With my oldest in 1st grade and my middle in preschool, I’ve got a few hours with just my youngest. We have registered for a YMCA membership and I will head there to work out while she is in preschool. Fingers crossed the baby cooperates with the childcare there or it will end up just being swimming with him -_-
My extra weight classifies me as obese, though I didn’t feel that big until after our third baby when my joints took a beating.
So, here we go again, for the last time!
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