Day 186

Apparently the lack of sugar and processed food is getting to me
I keep saying I need to get back to my 20 and it should be get back to my 40!
Hello, that is a big damn difference!

1 more freakin pound!
I have lost 7 since Wednesday! That rocks!

Notice on my food journal I used a little more flex points
My head has been hurting so bad from the lack of sugar, I decided to give myself a little extra
Food Journal:
Breakfast: juice (FP-1), breakfast sandwich (FP-1), coke (FP-2)
Mid morning: Sonic lrg. coke (FP-5)
Lunch: Last of the taco soup with sour cream (FP-1)
Snacks: oranges
Dinner: Left over chicken Parmesan with whole grain pasta
Night snack: popcorn (FP-1)
So I used a total of 11 of my flex points today
I will just need to watch it the rest of the week with only 17 left

Day 185

Holy Moly!
I went back through my food journal to find how much I gained
Are you ready...after losing 42, I went back up 8.2!
But I'm still losing and I only have 1.8 to go to get back to that

Food journal
Breakfast: breakfast sandwich that I had yesterday, coke and banana
(flex points used 3)
Lunch: taco soup from yesterday (damn it is so good), sour cream
(flex points used 2)
Snacks: banana and apple
Dinner: chicken Parmesan with no breading (baked chicken with spaghetti sauce topped with mozzarella) and whole wheat noodles
My husband got me a huge block of fancy chocolate for Christmas (WTF?)
I finally tried it last night
One serving was 5 points so I had half for 2
It was pretty good
Then hot chocolate before bed

Looking at my weight and weight loss, my plan is to do core until I get below 200 pounds then go back to regular WW
Which is only 20 pounds away
Which would be 60 pounds total!
So maybe a month maybe a month in a half

Day 184

5 pounds gone!
Love it!
Hopefully tomorrow when I weigh I will be back at my 20

I have been having headaches and migraines
I think it is sugar shock
My body is going crazy with no sugar...ok very little

Food journal:
Breakfast: breakfast sandwich (egg, Canadian bacon, FF cheese on a Thomas brand Light Wholegrain English muffin) 1 flex point for muffin only
*I loved this!! I plan to make it every day and even prep some for when school starts. So I can heat it and go
banana
Coke (1 flex point used)
Lunch: made kick ass taco soup and added FF sour cream...so 1 flex point for
sour cream
Snack: 32 oz. coke and around 3 cups of movie popcorn (6 flex points used)
Dinner: I wasn't going to even eat because I really wasn't hungry but I didn't want to make a bad choice if I did get hungry later in the night
So I fixed a quesadilla with FF beans, FF cheese on low point tortillas with FF sour cream (2 flex points used)
11 flex points used today
This is the last day of using this weeks flex points
I did divide it because I started mid week and still didn't even use all of them

Day 183

4 pounds gone!
2 more to get back to my original 20

I'm really diggin not having to record every little thing I put in my mouth
But then again from my experiences, those are the times that diets fail with me is when I'm not keeping a food journal

I took the kids to McD's and didn't have a coke!
I knew I couldn't have just one so I just had water

Breakfast: carnation instant breakfast with FF milk (wasn't very good), coke and a banana
Lunch: grilled chicken at McD's (plan to use my flex points for the bun)
Snacks: grapes, 2 oranges and 1 apple
Dinner: salmon and brown rice
Hot chocolate with FF milk

Not really starving today so that's good

Day 182

I made it!
I have had some requests of a food journal so you can know exactly what I am eaten
So here goes:
breakfast: rolled oats cooked in the microwave with water....sucked the big one! So I added some sugar free applesauce, fat free butter spray and 1 t. of brown sugar...still sucked but ate it anyway
1 coke
snacks through out the day: 2 bananas, 2 clemetine oranges (they rocked), 1 apple, lots of grapes
lunch: Progresso light soup and added some turkey...mostly ate the broth because there was a lot of veggies in it
dinner: whole wheat spaghetti, hamburger meat and Ragu light spaghetti sauce with no sugar
After kids were in bed: FF milk with diet hot chocolate...very happy to find out that I can have this because it is one of my favorite treats after the kids are in bed

After freaking out yesterday over what to eat, I have set my mind at ease planning my meals for tomorrow

Day 181

It took some counting but I figured out what number this is
I really needed seeing what number I was on in my journey
Staying on WW today was no problem because I kept thinking about starting the Core program and how much worse it could be

I went grocery shopping
Damn! My cart looked so much different than it has in the past!
No convenience foods

Still thinking about breakfast for me
I usually eat in the car...coke, fiber granola bar, another 2 point package snack and cranberry juice
All of that is out
So I'm doing some planning
I do plan to have 1 Coke a day and take it out of my flex points which would equal out to 14 a week
Still have 21 left

Also going to need to be cooking a lot more
I'm glad I will be off the next week to get this all started

Who Know's What # This Is!

Yes, I haven't been keeping track
But, I have a plan
Tomorrow (26th) back on the WW train!
Toot toot!
In fact, I'm going to try the Core WW plan
Kathy gave me the info and I have been looking through it
It will be rough...but I'm giving it a try
Are you sitting down for this?
It is all whole foods!
You know I'm the processed food queen so this will be a challenge for me
I want to at least do it for 10 pounds...20 would be even better
I need to get back on track with my time line
My mother and I are going to race to see who can loose the most by the first of Feb. (she has a trip to go on and she would like to loose 20 before then)
I have to do regular WW tomorrow because I don't have all the food but Thursday will be the first day of the Core
Start reading me again and give me major shit when I don't blog daily!

Day 172 & 173

I'm sorry, I can't lie...
I haven't been good
I know...one day at a time

What I keep thinking is a week from today is Christmas
Maybe get back in control the day after
It is only a week away
That is not really that long

Day 171

I thought I was a couple over on my points last night...
But I wasn't! I was dead on! That really made my day!

I did really good today
After dinner I had 4 points left
So I just had a Guiltless Gourmet
This one was better than the first one
It was the chocolate cake with carmel on top

Yum!

Day 170

Sorry, went to bed early last night
Still fighting those damn migraines!

I was only over by a couple of points
Damn, I'm good!

Next week will be a little harder...
But I am just going to take it one day at a time

Day 169

What do you think of the new look
Got a little bored last night...

I rocked today!
I didn't go over in my points
Ending the day at 29!
Good feeling!

Day 168

I have had a migraine since yesterday!
So needless to say, today was hard!
But I pulled through
I am over in my points by 10 or so
But that is ok considering I have wanted to blow my head off all day
I plan to get on the scales tomorrow and hopefully I will have lost that 3 pounds that I gained back

Day 167

I gave myself a little pep talk and did it
Stayed within my points
Well kind of...I am off by 2
But hell that is much better than what I had been doing
Tomorrow is another day and I will do the same!

Day 165 & 166

I fuckin' hate this!
I thrive on a schedule and I haven't been doing well this week with no school
I have gained 3 pounds and can't stop eating
Well now my stomach is upset so maybe that will help me get back on track
I am going to try again today to make some better choices
I may also call a fellow WW friend for help

Day 163 & 164

Not good these past 2 days
Yesterday, I ate like a hog...everything in sight
Today, my mother made a pull apart for breakfast
I have eaten on it all day plus 3 cokes
Finally for dinner I ate some normal food
Back on track tomorrow
I have 10 pounds to get rid of before the 31st

Day 160, 161 & 162

I'm sorry, I know that it has been a few days
In a way I have been avoiding you...
So here goes...

I have been sick and this has been a hell of a week at work
I know that is no excuse
Overall, I have been watching my points but I have been eating more
Sometimes there has been some bad choices
And other times there has been some really good ones

For instance, I had a big coke, 2 pieces of pizza and 2 cookies
But then for dinner we went to LJS and I had baked salmon with rice and just a few nibbles of the kids food

This week it has been survival
The good thing is...I have maintained

Day 159

I have felt like shit all day!
I stayed on track until dinner then we went to Mazzios buffet
But you know what? I feel bettter!
My plan is to not go over my points the rest of the week and not use anymore flex points

Day 158

I have figured out why I drank so much water this weekend
I'm getting sick again
My throat is killing me!

Over by only a couple of points so they will go out of my 35 flex points
Off to bed
Maybe it will magically disappear in the morning!

Day 157

More great choices!

We needed dinner but no groceries and a ton of things left to do today
So I ordered pizza
But I did something I have never done before...
Order a medium cheese pizza and no extras!
I always get at least 1 large then bread sticks and dessert too
But not tonight
So I ended up with 2 pieces!
It is good not to have extra laying around!

Also wanted to mention that I finally got around to getting me some skim milk to put in my hot chocolate and oatmeal (Weight Control by Quaker has lots of fiber)
They both taste so much better with milk than just plain old water
Yes, it does add 2 more points but I remind myself that I am getting a serving of dairy that I wouldn't usually get

Day 156

I did great today!
Took Chloe to a birthday party and said no to pizza, coke and freakin' ice cream cake!
Also came home tonight and fixed dinner
I really wanted to go out to dinner but knew I needed to say no

I have seen Guiltless Gourmet Dessert Bowls advertised in several WW magazines and have always tried to find them at Walmart
I found them at Target! When I saw them it was like I heard harps playing and a spot light was shining down on them
I was hoping they were 2 points but the one I had tonight was 4
The Chocolate Brownie with fudge sauce
It was very chocolaty but good
But my taste buds aren't too particular lately
So I am over on my points by 1 today
But it was worth it and I so deserve it after saying no to all that damn food today!