Ack!!!!

I have been having problem after problem logging into this blog. I am going to be completely honest, besides that I have not been following my weight watchers plan at all! I have to much to do. I am trying to watch what I eat just not doing points. I am moving next month, I have to get new grad school applications in, and my job is getting ready to start. I am under great stress and I am choosing to hold off on counting points until after the move. That means there will be less posts on here too. All I can say is pray for me and that I get through this stress with ease.

New addition to the Blog :D

I have invited others to share their weight loss journey with me. My sisters Reggie and Bonnie aka Bubbles (yes you are my sister!) have said yes to adding their stuff to my blog. So along with my Weight Watchers posts I will be posting their days as well. It should be fun! Who knows maybe a few others can join in too. Tonight I hope to have what kind of day we all had today!!

I know this started out as just me, but to lose weight you need a support system and what better system can you have than a group of people doing it together!?

Not Doing Well

Dear Friends,

I know I am supposed to be posting daily and have not been one for almost 2 weeks. It has been a massive struggle. I have had one hit after another and chose to eat instead of doing the right thing. My hours have been cut at work and I have been on several interviews and have not gotten a full time job. I know that this is not an excuse to be off track. I have made the wrong choices and must suffer the consequences. I am in a struggle with all the things around me and I am letting my food control me. I will be trying to start a daily blog again as of now. I am holding myself accountable for this. I made these choices and I have put back on 3 pounds. I know that my choices were what caused me to do that. I need to get control over my mind and let God lead the way. Please pray for me during my struggles and I will pray for all of you.

Absence for a few days

I have had a couple of rough days and have not been able to post. It started with a bad migraine and two days of not eating anything at all. Then in the midst of all of this I get a call for an interview. The job was for a middle school science teacher. I have only had one year of teaching experience but I have all the qualifications. I still have my part time teaching job so no matter what happens, happens! Anyways, I finally got rid of my migraine and was able to have a nice day with a friend. Then yesterday, I was severely behind on chores and I had to catch up. Needless to say all those days were bad eating days because I basically ate NOTHING!!!!!

I know I will get all of this fixed, but getting started is so hard for me right now. I am in the midst of trying to get a full time job and figure out what is happening with my husband's job. Things are so crazy, but I know if I can get through this now, I can get through the whole thing! The good news is I have not been on some crazy eating binge, the bad news is I have hardly ate anything which is worse! Today was my weigh in and inspite of it all I actually lost 3 pounds! I think I could have lost more if I ate the right way. It is so hard to eat when I have a migraine because if I do I spend the whole day with sour stomach! Yuck!

So heres to a great tomorrow. As Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress sings "Its a great big beautiful tomorrow!"

Day Two

Just a warning this is going to be a very short post. I have been battling a debilitating migraine all day. I take two kinds of medication and neither is working. I wasn't able to make points again today because of my migraine. I ate pretzels, pigs in a blanket, southwest corn, and 1 crackerfull. This turned out to be only about 24 points and not a lot of food. I hope tomorrow is a better day. I would like to be able to get up early tomorrow and get on with this the proper way. I have a feeling that the migraine may have come from no caffeine yesterday. I guess I am going to need at least one caffeinated drink! So as Scarlet O'hara would say "Tomorrow is another day!"

1st day counting points

Today was my first day counting points and I must say that it did not go quite as well as planned. First of all my husband and I slept until 2:30 this afternoon, for some odd reason we both slept through the alarm and apparently every other noise in and around the apartment. So, I missed breakfast and then (shutter) didn't really eat a lunch. However I did manage to make a nice dinner. Here is how the day went:

2 Ritz Crackerfulls (this was my lunch...bad, I know!) 27o calories 14 grams fat 6 fiber 8 WWpts

1 bag of M&Ms 6pts the bag got yucky before I wrote everything down

2 servings cooked carrots 70 calories 0 grams fat 6 fiber 1 WWpts

Broccoli Cheese sauce to go on baked chicken 60 calories 2.5 fat 2 fiber 1 WWpts

1 baked Chicken Breast 3 points (I forgot to write down everything)

So, at this point I am full and I have spent only 19 points out of my 32. This is not good, I am supposed to spend all my points!! I think if I would have gotten up earlier, I would not have this problem. I also need to head to the grocery store. I am out of fresh veggies. I had to resort to a frozen bag of green giant broccoli and cheese which I poured over the baked chicken. It turned out pretty good.

So while my first day was not as successful as I hoped, at least I did not overeat. I need to look at the positive and not focus on the negative. In the past I would get hooked on the negative and not focus on the problem at hand. I would then eat my way back to where I was. I have to be honest with myself, I know this journey is not going to be easy but I can make it easier by having faith in God. If I keep my faith in Him I will always succeed. Much love everyone, tomorrow is another day!

Weight Watchers Points and Weigh In

Just figured out that I have 32 Weight Watchers points to spend on a daily basis. That is a lot of vegetables! Speaking of Veggies (and friuts!), I love them, but getting 6 servings in a day is hard to do when you are so busy. I am making it my mission to try and get all of them in. It would be so much easier if I could eat a lot of lettuce/ salads but that is hard to do when it doesn't always agree with you!

So, I weighed in and I need to lose 105 lbs to be exact. I should have checked that earlier, where did the extra 5 lbs come from? SO FRUSTRATING! 105 lbs sounds like a rather large uphill climb so I have decided to look at it in 10lb increments. Lets see how long it takes me to lose my first 10. I am so excited!