I just paid for a Monthly Pass… I told hubby that I planned on going back to WW after Jan. 1 and he asked me to make him go, too.
I weighed myself on the bathroom scale and realized that it has been well over a year since I’ve weighed this much. CRAP. But on the bright side, I honestly don’t think that my scale is terribly accurate, and I don’t know how close it is to the official WI weights that I have saved in my WW profile. I’ll use this month of Monthly Pass to get back into things, then I think I’ll cancel the thing and try to go on my own… or at the very least, I’ll cancel hubby’s. Yep, I signed him up for one, too. And he had a fit about how much it costs! (”They’re going to charge me $9 a week to tell me to eat healthier?!?”)
I do know that I’m not going to start counting until I do an “official” WI @ WW early next week. I’d really like to go on Tuesday, but I don’t know if they’ll be open… need to make a phone call.
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Friday, December 28, 2007
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Using my WPA!
It’s been a couple of days since I’ve checked in here… it hasn’t been the best couple of days for me- busy, hot, and I’m trying to prepare for our vacation next week. Food has not been a priority. I remembered this afternoon, halfway through inhaling McDonald’s, that “Food is NOT an emergency”, but at that point I didn’t so much care. I was starving and hadn’t had time to get anything to eat for lunch… and it was 3:30.
I took my son to get his hair cut tonight, we always go to Coldstone afterwards as a reward. For the longest time, getting his hair cut was a major ordeal that included screaming, yelling, and crying. Ice cream worked as a great bribe, and now it’s more than a year later and he’s still getting ice cream afterwards. The whole idea of him getting a haircut has only been “ok” with him for the last couple of months, so I’m nowhere near ready to try to change the incentive. He gets really excited, and I’m willing! (I LOVE ice cream…) I’ve been getting a “light” version and getting that in the Kids’ size, but I’m a sucker for the mix-ins. I suppose that having the mix-ins on lower-point ice cream is better than the same mix-ins on ice cream that’s twice the points. I think, though, that I’ll plan ahead next time and have a better idea what I should order.
Sunday:
22 pts- brunch
5 pts- dinner
used 3 flex pts…. but I might have forgotten a late-night snack
Monday:
latte- 2
vitatop- 1
Hershey’s Kiss- 1
carrots & dip- 1
pizza- 12
crackers & L.C. cheese- 9 26
LJS chicken strips x3- 9
1.5 cheesesticks-2
1 hushpuppy- 1
“crunchies”-3
pts used: 41 (out of 25)
flex pts used: 14
* OVER 35 WPA by 2*
Today, Day ONE:
Large NLCooler from Caribou- 5
vitatop- 1
McD’s grilled chx club, no bun- 10
McD’s fries- 8
2 chx nuggets- 2
Coldstone kids Light Cake Batter- 3 (this is a guess, but it’s smaller than the “Like It” size)
“Founder’s Favorite” mix-in combo:
brownie mix-in- 4
carmel & fudge mix-in- 4 (now I see that there’s a Fat-Free option… I’ll do that next time and save 4 pts!)
pecans mix in- 4
dreamsicle- 2
43 POINTS USED TODAY!!! Good lord, I knew it was bad, but didn’t realize how bad until just now!!!
I earned about 2 APs today, so I’ll use 14 flex points for today. I DID sweat alot today, it is sooooo hot!
I took my son to get his hair cut tonight, we always go to Coldstone afterwards as a reward. For the longest time, getting his hair cut was a major ordeal that included screaming, yelling, and crying. Ice cream worked as a great bribe, and now it’s more than a year later and he’s still getting ice cream afterwards. The whole idea of him getting a haircut has only been “ok” with him for the last couple of months, so I’m nowhere near ready to try to change the incentive. He gets really excited, and I’m willing! (I LOVE ice cream…) I’ve been getting a “light” version and getting that in the Kids’ size, but I’m a sucker for the mix-ins. I suppose that having the mix-ins on lower-point ice cream is better than the same mix-ins on ice cream that’s twice the points. I think, though, that I’ll plan ahead next time and have a better idea what I should order.
Sunday:
22 pts- brunch
5 pts- dinner
used 3 flex pts…. but I might have forgotten a late-night snack
Monday:
latte- 2
vitatop- 1
Hershey’s Kiss- 1
carrots & dip- 1
pizza- 12
crackers & L.C. cheese- 9 26
LJS chicken strips x3- 9
1.5 cheesesticks-2
1 hushpuppy- 1
“crunchies”-3
pts used: 41 (out of 25)
flex pts used: 14
* OVER 35 WPA by 2*
Today, Day ONE:
Large NLCooler from Caribou- 5
vitatop- 1
McD’s grilled chx club, no bun- 10
McD’s fries- 8
2 chx nuggets- 2
Coldstone kids Light Cake Batter- 3 (this is a guess, but it’s smaller than the “Like It” size)
“Founder’s Favorite” mix-in combo:
brownie mix-in- 4
carmel & fudge mix-in- 4 (now I see that there’s a Fat-Free option… I’ll do that next time and save 4 pts!)
pecans mix in- 4
dreamsicle- 2
43 POINTS USED TODAY!!! Good lord, I knew it was bad, but didn’t realize how bad until just now!!!
I earned about 2 APs today, so I’ll use 14 flex points for today. I DID sweat alot today, it is sooooo hot!
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Yum, cupcakes :)
So I really did ok tonight, considering that I LOVE cupcakes and that is what was served at the bday party. I was thrilled to find that instead of just hotdogs and hamburgers, they’d grilled several chicken breasts, too! Sam’s Club sells custom-made cupcakes rather cheap, and they’re really good… so I used more points on those than I probably should have. I also might be counting them higher than I should, but I’d rather be safe than sorry.
Today’s points:
latte- 2
1/2 C. Fiber One- .5
Wendy’s grilled chicken sandwich, 1/2 the bun- 5.5
grilled chicken with BBQ sauce @ bday party- 5
2.5 cupcakes- 8
frosting from the cupcakes- 6
watermelon- 1
Points used: 29 (out of 25)
Today is Day 5 and I have 15 Flex Points remaining for the Sunday and Monday!
Today’s points:
latte- 2
1/2 C. Fiber One- .5
Wendy’s grilled chicken sandwich, 1/2 the bun- 5.5
grilled chicken with BBQ sauce @ bday party- 5
2.5 cupcakes- 8
frosting from the cupcakes- 6
watermelon- 1
Points used: 29 (out of 25)
Today is Day 5 and I have 15 Flex Points remaining for the Sunday and Monday!
Uh, hello? WW? BE MORE SPECIFIC!!!
latte- 2
vitatop- 1
Fiber One bar- 2
Boca Burger w/English Muffin- 2
Fiber One bar- 2
pts so far: 9
The points above are where I’d started my post for yesterday. I typed this about 3:30 yesterday afternoon, then didn’t snack anymore because I was holding out for what I figured would be a higher-point dinner with my kids. We’d planned on going to Target and a mall- so they could play at the play area- and I KNEW we’d have to go to Auntie Anne’s for pretzel sticks…
For some reason, we just didn’t get out of the house… we all kept finding things to do and it was much later than I’d planned on before we actually left. We started by going to Target to shop for birthday presents for the niece and nephew. This took F-O-R-E-V-E-R. My son kept finding lots of great things for himself, but nothing for his cousin (the girl- the boy was easy for him!). I would suggest something and get shot down immediately. He would say “Hey, mom- look at this!” and I’d say “We’re looking for Kyah, remember? Do you think she would like that?” This went on FOREVER. Finally I found some Dora roller skates that he thought she would like.
Anyway, when we were about done at Target, DS starts telling me that he’s hungry. (Because he CANNOT go to Target without getting something to eat- anyone else have kids like this?) In his defense, we hadn’t had dinner yet. And it was getting late, because the present-picking had taken SO long. Checked my watch…. it was after their bedtime! Crap. Dinner from Target it would be.
Our Target has both a Starbucks and a Pizza Hut- the Pizza Hut is a part of their “Food Avenue” or whatever it’s called now- the snack shop area. Both of my kids got kids’ meals with hot dogs, so they were set. I wanted a pretzel, but they were out (it was late, remember? Poor gal was trying to clean up so she could close soon!). I ordered the PH breadsticks, which I LOVE. Now here’s where I get frustrated. For the better part of my WW journey, I counted each breadstick at 1 point: in the Dining Out Companion, it says that “One Serving” is 3 points… at Target, they come 3 breadsticks to an order, so each breadstick is 1 point, right?!? Then a few months ago, I realized that 1 point probably wasn’t enough, because really- they’re SO good! I went to PH’s website and I think it says there that one serving of breadsticks is actually one breadstick. SO WHY CAN’T WW BE MORE SPECIFIC AND SAY 1 BREADSTICK=1 POINT instead of saying 1 SERVING=1 POINT?!?!? Not. Happy. They are specific just two lines down that 1 piece of Hot Wings and 1 piece of Mild Wings are each 1 point…
Long story short, I had 9 points of breadsticks (3 pcs). Which would have been fine, but then I lost all control. The kids’ meals come with chips or applesauce, my son wanted chips and I figured I’d get animal crackers for my daughter. When we got over to the rack where we could choose, though, the Cheetos started yelling at me. I caved. I know how high they are in points, and I actually waited until we were halfway home before I opened the bag… but they were gone by the time I got into the house. Oh well, more flex points gone. Later last night I figured as long as I was using flex points, I might as well use some more, so I had some frozen yogurt for about 3 more points.
3 PH breadsticks- 9
Cheetos- 12
Frozen yogurt- 3
Total Points Used- 33
Points Remaining- -8
Total Weekly Flex Points used- 16
We didn’t take our walk yesterday, but I did some resistance training. Do you think that counts for APs? I didn’t work up a sweat, but I wanted to get working on my yucky flabby arms. Last summer I did a program called Extreme Bodyshaping, 3 days/week you do resistace training with what are essentially big rubber bands; the other 3 days/week you do cardio kickboxing. I pulled out my bands (I’d bought a whole set) and the book (to remind myself of the resistance exercises) and spent about 30-40 minutes yesterday. I plan to do this at least every other day, if not daily. Can I/should I count this time as APs? I’m not really moving my body, but I am working the muscles.
I’m determined to do better on points today. My niece and nephew’s b-day party is this afternoon, so I know I’ll have to watch what I eat there. (I’m planning on high points there, though.) I’ve started my day with my usual latte and instead of my vitatop I subbed a 1/2 cup of dry Fiber One (1/2 point). I usually eat breakfast in the car or at work, and when I’m home with the kids I tend to have higher point breakfasts and eat cereal with them- at about 5 points/bowl. So I think I’m already off to a good start, slightly down from where I usually am this time of day.
vitatop- 1
Fiber One bar- 2
Boca Burger w/English Muffin- 2
Fiber One bar- 2
pts so far: 9
The points above are where I’d started my post for yesterday. I typed this about 3:30 yesterday afternoon, then didn’t snack anymore because I was holding out for what I figured would be a higher-point dinner with my kids. We’d planned on going to Target and a mall- so they could play at the play area- and I KNEW we’d have to go to Auntie Anne’s for pretzel sticks…
For some reason, we just didn’t get out of the house… we all kept finding things to do and it was much later than I’d planned on before we actually left. We started by going to Target to shop for birthday presents for the niece and nephew. This took F-O-R-E-V-E-R. My son kept finding lots of great things for himself, but nothing for his cousin (the girl- the boy was easy for him!). I would suggest something and get shot down immediately. He would say “Hey, mom- look at this!” and I’d say “We’re looking for Kyah, remember? Do you think she would like that?” This went on FOREVER. Finally I found some Dora roller skates that he thought she would like.
Anyway, when we were about done at Target, DS starts telling me that he’s hungry. (Because he CANNOT go to Target without getting something to eat- anyone else have kids like this?) In his defense, we hadn’t had dinner yet. And it was getting late, because the present-picking had taken SO long. Checked my watch…. it was after their bedtime! Crap. Dinner from Target it would be.
Our Target has both a Starbucks and a Pizza Hut- the Pizza Hut is a part of their “Food Avenue” or whatever it’s called now- the snack shop area. Both of my kids got kids’ meals with hot dogs, so they were set. I wanted a pretzel, but they were out (it was late, remember? Poor gal was trying to clean up so she could close soon!). I ordered the PH breadsticks, which I LOVE. Now here’s where I get frustrated. For the better part of my WW journey, I counted each breadstick at 1 point: in the Dining Out Companion, it says that “One Serving” is 3 points… at Target, they come 3 breadsticks to an order, so each breadstick is 1 point, right?!? Then a few months ago, I realized that 1 point probably wasn’t enough, because really- they’re SO good! I went to PH’s website and I think it says there that one serving of breadsticks is actually one breadstick. SO WHY CAN’T WW BE MORE SPECIFIC AND SAY 1 BREADSTICK=1 POINT instead of saying 1 SERVING=1 POINT?!?!? Not. Happy. They are specific just two lines down that 1 piece of Hot Wings and 1 piece of Mild Wings are each 1 point…
Long story short, I had 9 points of breadsticks (3 pcs). Which would have been fine, but then I lost all control. The kids’ meals come with chips or applesauce, my son wanted chips and I figured I’d get animal crackers for my daughter. When we got over to the rack where we could choose, though, the Cheetos started yelling at me. I caved. I know how high they are in points, and I actually waited until we were halfway home before I opened the bag… but they were gone by the time I got into the house. Oh well, more flex points gone. Later last night I figured as long as I was using flex points, I might as well use some more, so I had some frozen yogurt for about 3 more points.
3 PH breadsticks- 9
Cheetos- 12
Frozen yogurt- 3
Total Points Used- 33
Points Remaining- -8
Total Weekly Flex Points used- 16
We didn’t take our walk yesterday, but I did some resistance training. Do you think that counts for APs? I didn’t work up a sweat, but I wanted to get working on my yucky flabby arms. Last summer I did a program called Extreme Bodyshaping, 3 days/week you do resistace training with what are essentially big rubber bands; the other 3 days/week you do cardio kickboxing. I pulled out my bands (I’d bought a whole set) and the book (to remind myself of the resistance exercises) and spent about 30-40 minutes yesterday. I plan to do this at least every other day, if not daily. Can I/should I count this time as APs? I’m not really moving my body, but I am working the muscles.
I’m determined to do better on points today. My niece and nephew’s b-day party is this afternoon, so I know I’ll have to watch what I eat there. (I’m planning on high points there, though.) I’ve started my day with my usual latte and instead of my vitatop I subbed a 1/2 cup of dry Fiber One (1/2 point). I usually eat breakfast in the car or at work, and when I’m home with the kids I tend to have higher point breakfasts and eat cereal with them- at about 5 points/bowl. So I think I’m already off to a good start, slightly down from where I usually am this time of day.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Oh, yeah!
I forgot about lunch yesterday!!! I had 2 slices of Godfather’s pizza, which added 14 points to my total. So I guess I was a bit over, but I feel SO much better knowing that I didn’t eat only 10 points or so for the whole day!
Tonight we went on a longer walk than usual and I think I earned 3 APs- again, I work HARD when I walk… sometimes I think it would be easier just to jog, but I’m pushing a Graco double stroller and don’t have a jogging stroller.
My day has been pretty good so far, but right now I just want to eat grease and junk… I think I’ll dig into the cheesesticks a bit to try to ease that craving, then go for something healthier if I’m still hungry.
latte- 2
vitatop- 1
carrots and dip- 2
bite of cookie- 1
2 laughing cow wedges- 2
low-fat triscuts- 4
cheesesticks- 6
1/2 banana- 1
Total Points Used so far: 19
Total APs Earned: 3
7/13 edit: added 14 pts in cheesesticks… used 33 pts, but earned 3 APs, so only over by 5 flexies!
Tonight we went on a longer walk than usual and I think I earned 3 APs- again, I work HARD when I walk… sometimes I think it would be easier just to jog, but I’m pushing a Graco double stroller and don’t have a jogging stroller.
My day has been pretty good so far, but right now I just want to eat grease and junk… I think I’ll dig into the cheesesticks a bit to try to ease that craving, then go for something healthier if I’m still hungry.
latte- 2
vitatop- 1
carrots and dip- 2
bite of cookie- 1
2 laughing cow wedges- 2
low-fat triscuts- 4
cheesesticks- 6
1/2 banana- 1
Total Points Used so far: 19
Total APs Earned: 3
7/13 edit: added 14 pts in cheesesticks… used 33 pts, but earned 3 APs, so only over by 5 flexies!
Points left over
Last night after looking at what I’d eaten for the day- and admitting it to you- I went and had a 1-pt English Muffin and a Flame-Grilled Boca burger… I LOVE the Flame-Grilled ones! Thanks for your advice on that, you were so right on! But I still ended the day with either 11 or 14 points for the day (not sure how many cookies I ate!). (9 or 11 points remaining)
Does this ever happen to you? Some days I’ll be starving and feel like double my points allowance isn’t even enough, some days I’m not hungry at all and just don’t come close to using all of my points. A big part of my weight gain was because I like to snack on tasty foods and sweets- I wasn’t eating because I was hungry, but because I wanted more of that taste. (Rach talks about the same kind of thing: http://blogs.weightwatchen.com/rach) I hate the idea of eating when I’m not hungry, just to fufill my points requirement- if my body needs the fat/calories, won’t my body encourage me to eat?
Does this ever happen to you? Some days I’ll be starving and feel like double my points allowance isn’t even enough, some days I’m not hungry at all and just don’t come close to using all of my points. A big part of my weight gain was because I like to snack on tasty foods and sweets- I wasn’t eating because I was hungry, but because I wanted more of that taste. (Rach talks about the same kind of thing: http://blogs.weightwatchen.com/rach) I hate the idea of eating when I’m not hungry, just to fufill my points requirement- if my body needs the fat/calories, won’t my body encourage me to eat?
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
TOTALLY OFF-PLAN, but within range!
Yesterday I was WAY off plan, but managed to stay within my points range (25)!!
latte- 2
2 vitatops- 2
chocolate chip cookies- 12 (might have been 9 points, but just in case…)
pretzel- 7
cheese- 2
total pts used: 25!
Today was also not on plan, but points were ok:
latte: 2
vitatop: 1
laughing cow wedge: 1
low-fat triscuts: 2
more cookies: 3 (maybe 6?)
Really not hungry… know I should eat something… will think about it and come back to this later!
I’m trying to lose some of these extra pounds that I gained back when I stopped counting points, but I had a TERRIBLE Monday and Tuesday… then the babysitter made chocolate chip cookies and that really improved my mood- but my points went all to hell!
I don’t want to go back to WW until I know I’m within the 2 pounds over my goal weight, so even though I’ll have to pay when I go back, I’ll only have to pay once for having been gone- not for being gone, then again the next week for being over goal. I weighed myself last Wednesday and again today, and I’ve LOST 4.2 POUNDS THIS WEEK!!!!! I’m well on my way! I’m just 6 pounds over goal, and I think I’ll be able to weigh in within acceptable range by the beginning of August.
We’re going on vacation the last week of July, and while I won’t be as careful with points, I will watch what I eat, and I’ll be exercising a ton more than usual- I never gain (but tend to lose) weight on this trip. I’m really pretty sure that I can lose at least 4 pounds in the next 2.5 or 3 weeks before I get back over to WW.
latte- 2
2 vitatops- 2
chocolate chip cookies- 12 (might have been 9 points, but just in case…)
pretzel- 7
cheese- 2
total pts used: 25!
Today was also not on plan, but points were ok:
latte: 2
vitatop: 1
laughing cow wedge: 1
low-fat triscuts: 2
more cookies: 3 (maybe 6?)
Really not hungry… know I should eat something… will think about it and come back to this later!
I’m trying to lose some of these extra pounds that I gained back when I stopped counting points, but I had a TERRIBLE Monday and Tuesday… then the babysitter made chocolate chip cookies and that really improved my mood- but my points went all to hell!
I don’t want to go back to WW until I know I’m within the 2 pounds over my goal weight, so even though I’ll have to pay when I go back, I’ll only have to pay once for having been gone- not for being gone, then again the next week for being over goal. I weighed myself last Wednesday and again today, and I’ve LOST 4.2 POUNDS THIS WEEK!!!!! I’m well on my way! I’m just 6 pounds over goal, and I think I’ll be able to weigh in within acceptable range by the beginning of August.
We’re going on vacation the last week of July, and while I won’t be as careful with points, I will watch what I eat, and I’ll be exercising a ton more than usual- I never gain (but tend to lose) weight on this trip. I’m really pretty sure that I can lose at least 4 pounds in the next 2.5 or 3 weeks before I get back over to WW.
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