4.2 Lighter!!

Weigh-In was a success this week! I lost 4.2 lbs this past week! WOO HOO!! (doing a lil dance)





I did my darndest to stay on plan, and it worked! I was very cautious about what I was eating, as well as what was around me!





The meals seem to be working, as they did last time. It's hard for me to make my own meals sometimes....





The NASCAR race on Sunday was AWESOME! I saw the race in person and it was pretty cool! I met my favorite driver, Denny Hamlin, #11 Toyota, and it was the greatest euphoric experience of my life! He is down to earth and doesn't seem to have let the fame go to his head, yet!





Here is a picture of him signing my hat, that's me, the head with a hat and glasses .....

Have a great week y'all!

Ummm, yeah

Yup, I fell off the wagon, just as Collette thought! LOL BUT, i've been climbing back on and trying to stay on track! It's so hard in the summer, too many cookouts! LOL

I bought the Hungry Girl cookbook, and have yet to make something. I get up at about 5 am and don't get back home until 8 pm! I'm too damn tired to cook at that point!

Going to Loudon, NH for the NASCAR race Sunday to see Denny Hamlin hopefully WIN! He's so cute! Ahhh, yum-o! My hubby tells me he's living with a 16 yr. old!

He is doing MUCH better! The Doc thinks it was some virus left over from the flu! Flu shots for BOTH of us next year! UH HUH!

Well, I hope this finds all who read it to be healthy and happy!

Love ya girls!

Yes, I CAN do it!!

Just about the end of week 3 and I feel pretty good! I have been counting EVERYTHING and making sure I don't go over in points! I even received 3 activity points for the week! I bought a DVD for my Gazelle and have been doing that! I need to do it every other day but I just can't seem to get on it like I should. One more thing to work on, is all.
My hubby has been very sick since the end of February and I'm getting worried. The dr. sent him for a chest x-ray yesterday and we go back to the dr. on Thursday. He can't seem to shake this cough he has now!
I bought some whole wheat pita and some hummus and taboulli (sp) and when I eat half the pita and 2 TBSP each of the hummus and taboulli, it's only 2 points! I love it! I recommend it!
Oh, FiberOne bars are my favorite too! It's only 2 points for the Oats & Caramel one! WOO HOO! I'm getting the hang of this, slowly but surely!

And it starts . . . .

Well, I only lost .6, however, it IS a loss, instead of a gain! I know why it happened, and it's because I keep reverting back to my old habit of, well, we'll just pretend I didn't eat the WHOLE thing blah blah blah....I'm making sure that I count EVERYTHING this week and NO cheating, at all!

Ok, that's it!

Week 2

Thank you, Collette! I agree with you, now, about what happens if you do NOT eat all of your points....my body wasn't so forgiving this week. A loss of .6 this time. But, it is still a loss! I keep chanting that in my head!
I received 4 activity points for this week, I walked 2 miles with a friend of mine! It hurt like hell, but I'm glad I did it! I was a little sore for a day or so, but I'm pretty much back to normal. I think I'm going to make it my goal to do that at least once a week, for now. We'll see what happens! :-)

Made a veggie dish today that I found in a cookbook. Not bad, needs some tweaking, I think. It's 3 C. of julienned carrots, 1/2 C. of scallions, 1 T. lemon juice, 3/4 t. Italian Seasoning, 1/2 t. garlic salt, dash of pepper and 1 T. olive oil. Saute the carrots in the oil for 3 min. add the onion and saute for another 4-5 min. Then add the rest of the ingredients and stir. Not bad, I think next time I am going to add the seasonings a little bit earlier so it 'softens' up, if you know what I mean. I'm not sure what the point would be. Give me a second, I'll go put it in.....Ok, I put everything in and it's 1 point for every 1/2 C. serving! WOO HOO!
Ok, gotta get to work...later!

I'm Back!!

Well, it's been almost three months since I last wrote here. It feels good to be back, hope I'm still welcome! :-)
We ended up putting our beagle down on December 29th. It was the hardest decision we've ever had to make! We knew he was suffering and it just kept getting worse, so we ended his suffering.
Ok, started smoking on Saturday, quitting again tomorrow. I know, I know, that's what they all say, but, I'm going to take it one day at a time and hope for the best! :-)
I joined WW online, and lost 2.3 pounds last week! I am so proud of myself! It was not easy, and I did not follow it for one day and knew the consequences. I am now taking responsibility for each action! I visited our local health food store last week and found Western Bagels!! I bought the onion ones. NOT BAD!! I was pleasantly surprised! I still have 13 points left for the day and am not sure what I'm going to eat. Maybe nothing at all. I did that last week. Couple of days I had points left over, but wasn't hungry!
How is everyone doing? I will try and get on again and read your posts!
Good luck!! ;-)

Confessions Of An Addict!

Let me start by saying, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! Mine was very nice and peaceful!
I didn't realize it's been just about a month since I've been on here! I hopped on the scale last night and promised I would get back to eating healthy! I didn't like the number, at all! I thought I was doing so well not writing everything down, but I was dead wrong!!!
It's actually been quite a bit of stress eating lately, unfortunately! Our beloved beagle mix, Tod, has been diagnosed with cancer. My husband is in a state of denial and now we are going for a second opinion tomorrow. I want the vet to be wrong as much as he does, but I'm not getting my hopes up! So, there's my stress! Oh, and I quit smoking! Doing ok, still haven't had even a puff! It's only been 3 days, but it's 3 days without a cigarette! I'm taking Chantix and it seems to be helping, immensely!
I noticed my clothes were getting tight, again and KNEW something wasn't right! Nope, it wasn't! This time, I am DETERMINED not to go over my daily points. And to eat a LOT less bread! That seemed to help last time, I just didn't stick to it! I know I can, I know I can!
Well, have a good one!