5%

Well it was weigh in today... I had prepared myself for a gain or a smalll/no loss situation since my activity all but ceased this week lol. I was pleasently surprised at the 3.6lbs that have melted away. Brings my total in 7 weeks to 15.6 lbs and I have hit my official 5% loss. That was a shock... it seemed soooo far away!

I guess this week proved to me that working he plan really does work. I worked extra hard a tracking and measuring and avoided my flex points. I also dropped down a point level since I should have done that a couple weigh ins ago... like week two lol. It makes me feel better about the lack of movement for sure. I worked out some strategies with one of my partners in crime so that I can still at least get some toning in as I sit on the couch so that should help keep the momentum going as well. And sighhhh I will be dropping another point from my day :P lol the price we pay for success!

I am starting to read Dr.Phil's weight loss solution and will be postinng about that as I go. I don't plan on following his eating plan but I am really interested to read about the life stratagies that he has to offer up

Weekly Weigh In

Wow that week went by fast! I had weigh in today and was soooooo sure I wasn't going to see a good result. I caved TWICE this weekend and ate wayyyy too much! Saturday night was McDonalds and Sunday was KFC. It tasted good but left me feeling bloatted and uncomfortable and dissappointed in myself. In the scheme of things I remained in my overall points for last week ( I go Sunday to Saturday) because I had my flex points and activity points to go to. And Sunday well it cut into this weeks flexpoints so it will mean being extra careful through the week because I really try hard not to use them.

Lol well today I am walking to my meeting and I am feeling nauseaous. I was so sure I had gone up and was totally accountable for the choices I made. I get in line and then when its my turn I step up take a deep breath and peek out of the corner of my eye and see 283. I was like what no way... but yes it was another loss of 2.8 making the grand total in 6 weeks 10.6. I was so shocked lol. The person doing the weigh ins told me that it would seem I have a great grasp of "working" my points and that the "treats" wont hurt if I am careful the far majority of the time. I certainly don't plan on going as overboard as I did but it felt good to know that overall I am getting this figured out :)

And on that note I am going to leave you with a picture... my fall/spring coat from last year( it was getting big then) with my coat that I am wearing now( 4x to a 2x) laying on top of it. I don't quite know what made me lay them out but it was an awesome visual of the progress I am making :)

Proud of myself

Quite often the evening come along and the sweet tooth kicks in... that an the hankering for a coffee! Well the coffee is no biggie I have two large with cream planned into everyday... can ya say addict lol. But its the damn sweet tooth.

Tonight I went to a kick-ass aquasize class and per usual I was hungry when I got home and wanted a snack... again no biggie as I plan this into my days when I know I am hitting a class. Well Jay (my hubby) also has a hankering for a coffee and something sweet and was heading to the local donut shop. He offered to buy me a donut and I said no... I thought long and hard about it and decided that I would eat my healthy planned snack and asked him to grab me two... just two donut holes. All fit it to what was left of my daily points and there was no need to break into my activity points or my flex points.

Not that long ago the evening would have looked more like supper, lay on the couch and watch TV and then eat two WHOLE donuts likely stuffed with whipped cream then toddle off to bed. Instead I came home had supper, walked to a further bus stop, went to the one hour class, came home and examined my choices and made one that worked on all the levels. The donut holes were enough to satisfy the sweet tooth and in the end I am quite proud of myself for looking at things a little differently. And ya know what as an added little bonus... those damn things were soooo sweet one would probably work next time. I had been told once I quit eating as much real sugar that I would find that it it was horribly sweet... and it happened lol

Thank God for Activity Points...

cause otherwise today would have been bad! I was part of a competition for work today that required tons of fast paced walking through the mall and boy oh boy am I glad for it. I estimate between my time at the mall plus hanging out with my family and taking a walk that I earned about 18 activity points... and yup I ate them all too. For lunch I had a small serving of ginger beef and chow main thinking it wouldn't be bad... numm well that little plate cost me 14 points. Then there was the ice cream cone which I knew was 7 points befor eating it but I wanted a little treat.Then it was wings and pizza for supper...thats where the bad came in! Who would thought that 3 little wings would add up to 9 freaking points or that my 2 slices of pizza would be 14. I knew they wouldn't be the lowest in points but OYYYY! So I ate my 35 points PLUS 18 more points making it a grand total of 53 points UGH

Today taught me that taking a little break is really not going to be the best choice. If I decide to have a "treat" meal then the rest of the day is going to take extra planning so I don't start heading down that slippery slope. It also taught me that junk is just that junk. I ate a crazy amount of points today and none of it was really all that healthy. Tasted good but then doesn't everything that is bad for us. I am sitting here wanting a snack soooo bad and I am fighting the urge. I don't need to eat by any means but I sure WANT to eat. I will be curious to see what the scale says on Tuesday. I have done really well all week and haven't eaten and of my activity points and used about 1/2 of my flex. Today starts a fresh week as far as the flex points go and my goal is not try not to use any this week.

I need to come up with a plan for Friday as I am going to a pot luck... hopefully there will be lots of good foods to choose from and possibly then I can use a few flex points if needed.

Tomorrow is a new day and one that is well planned out for every meal and snack which will certainly help get me right back on track!