Well for whoever may still be reading or listening out there I hit my 30 pound goal this week. Felt good. Would have been better if I had had someone to share it with. But alas due to some family issues at this moment I dont. So yeah me.

Now I am working towards my 10% and 30 pounds. That is my current goal. I have 1.8 pounds to make the 30 pound loss a reality. I want to do it by weigh in on thursday. I bet I can do it. Wishing myself luck!!!

Oh my it has been forever since I have posted. Got busy. Problems with the job I was at (agency I should say) now I am at a new place and things have settled down and I have lost more weight. I am almost at my 10% goal. That is loosing 10% of my body weight and that is a big thing. So I weighed in today (also my weigh in day changed since I left the other meeting place from wednesday to thursday) so I was down 1.6 pounds. I have had a couple up and down weeks but its down 5 pounds more in the last 2 weeks so I am definately moving in the right direction. Yeah me!!! I will try to get back and post more often. A 3 month gap is not a good thing.

Oooh it has been a while since I posted. Well last week I was down .4 pounds. This week I am down 1.8 pounds. YEAH me I am now down...drumroll please.....19.8 pounds. And wouldnt you know my first reaction was BOY I WISH IT HAD BEEN ANOTHER .2 POUNDS SO IT WOULD BE A FULL 20 POUNDS. Aint that just like a woman never satisfied. But I am truly happy and proud of myself. I also noticed since it was lent I gave up eating after 8:00PM for two reasons one because I am Catholic and two because it helps with the diet. And I was so hard on myself when broke that promise. I felt like a bad person because we at least I am harder on myself than most people. So I told the people in the WW meeting this week that what I have decided to do is give myself a star for every day I dont cheat after 8:00PM. And if I have 5 stars out of 7 I am going to pat myself on the back. I cant expect myself to be perfect and just because I say I am going to do something I should try my best and go from there. Show myself some love as my daughter calls it. Love you Krysie.

YEAH!!! I am so proud of myself. I was on vacation last week. And yesterday was my 49th birthday and I cheated on my diet but still saw a negative on the scale. It may have only been .2 pounds but that means even if I cheated I am making better food choices on a daily basis. Still having trouble getting my butt up and exercising though. That in itself can be discouraging so I am talking ALL the positives I can get. But I am always happy to see a negative in my book. I rock!

Long time no post. I have been on vacation this week. Lost 1.4 pounds on weigh in day. And I guess my brain froze on that date. Because thursday and friday I cheated. But now is Saturday and I am back on track. I promise myself. And I keep my word to myself. So back to keeping what I am suppose to be doing alive. Wish me luck.

OK well I gained .4 pounds this week. I kinda expected it with a loss last week of 6.2 pounds. So in 2 weeks the overall loss was still 5.8 pounds which is a good thing. Gotta keep positive. I also gotta get over this sill cold. I have been battling for about 3 weeks now. And I can get back to exercising more. Its hard to exercise when you come home from work and are so tired you can barely move. Its hell to get old (I am about to be 49) and are sick and so overweight. Well I can do something about at least two of those. And the age thing... I am on the right side of the sod as my dad says. So I am doing good. I am keeping positive and went to the meeting yesterday and that always helps. I am MOVING forward.

Weekends I go grocery shopping are harder to stay on the diet I have found. I dont cheat bad but since I have purchased all these new goodies my mind thinks I need to eat said goodies. Even if I am not hungry. That is not a good thing right??? But one good thing that occured today being monday my mother joined weight watchers and having a friend or family member to talk to about weight watchers besides going to the meetings is a GOOD thing. So welcome to the group Mama even if you arnt going to the same one I go to I feel better now that you have joined.

Well thanks to being sick and dental work I am down 6.2 pounds this week. YEAH!!! A cold really kills the appetite. So does the dental work. So I am anyway you look at it a HAPPY camper. Now if I could just get over this cold. But then again since it kills my appetite... No I want to be well and healthy and slimmer. I am never going to say SKINNY. Thats just not me. I was a size 5 once. But I dont see that happening again. I am being realistic. I would love to be a size 10 though. Thats not asking too much. Considering where I am now thats not too much. :)

Well this week has been difficult to say the least. With having a severe cold and oral surgery I havnt wanted to eat much so thats a good thing. But I have felt like crap and never thought I would have to force myself to eat. Cant stand antiobiotics (for the tooth) on an empty stomach. So I am hoping for a good loss this week. We shall see.

Well this week between dieting, a cold and oral surgery I have had one hell of a week. I was down 1.4 pounds at weigh in which is good. Have not a whole lot of appetite because of the cold which is also kinda good. But now with the extraction its going to be a little difficult to eat so I guess that could help the scale go in the right direction too. Thank God for Propel water. The last 24 hours I wouldnt survived. But I am on the mend and hopefully will be back to exercising and get to start walking at the track like I intend to. The road to hell is paved with good intentions and right now thats all I can muster.

Yeah me down 1 pound. Course I would rather it be more but its a LOSS. Thats what is IMPORTANT. Right!!! So I stop at the store on the way home and get my favorite Broccoli salad to have with dinner. Good that my reward is something good for me. But too much fiber can cause other problems. I am surprised with as much broccoli and green beans as I eat I have not turned green. I have also found out I like asparagus. So another week down and many more to go. But I am positive I am going to make this with the support of family, friends & weight watchers.

Today is weigh in. I think I did good. I am trying hard and want this to work because I am getting older and the longer I keep this weight on the harder it is for me to get off. I guess it is true the longer fat sticks around the more friends you become with it. Well this is a friendship I am breaking up with!!!

Well I learned do not cheat the day before weigh in. Not only did I take a fall at the office and not be able to do allot with a bum knee I cheated and I gained .2 pounds. Now .2 pound
isnt much but its in the WRONG direction of which I want to be going right? Well this week I WILL make up for it. I guess that is me trying to speak it into existance. And this week more water and more moving my BUTT. Thats positive thinking for you.

Weigh in

Yeah weigh in went well. Down another 2.8 pounds. And that is one day short on the weigh in due to the weather last week. So I feel GOOD. Wish I could say I feel skinny but feeling good works too. And I am loving me some Weight Watchers peanut butter bliss. One point and sweet and salty all at once. Thats a good thing. Boy I just thought with all the meals I am buying and my dues each week when I go to the meetings Weight Watchers is making a killing off of me. But thank God for them because its what keeps me from CHEATING. Not always but most times. After all you gotta be bad every once in a while. Right??? And now my mother is going back to counting the points. Its always better when you have support. I get it here at the office from the girls. Which is good. Now since it is getting warmer I gotta start exercising more.

Well weigh in didnt go great I lost .6 pounds. But at least it was a negative I could have gained weight. So I gotta look at it positive right? At least thats what I keep telling myself. Maybe next week (I am hoping and praying) that will be allot more. :) What wishfull thinking is a good thing right?

Must tell these body shop and rental car guys all the PR people that call on my office NO SWEETS. I didnt cheat too bad. One donut wont kill me. But they are sure talking to me from the break room. One of the girls just admitted to me she ate three. Here I am thinking thats 3 less that I will eat. One of the other girls gave one to a customer. Please lord let thosse donuts be GONE. Wishful thinking. :)

OK today is Sunday and it went better because I planned it this morning when I got up. Breakfast, lunch and then dinner. Now I get a Popsicle and then I am done for the day. More structure better results. Except I gotta eat less fiber. Too much broccoli makes for a stomach problem. Ooops don't want to talk about that. But I am doing good. Proud of myself. And I have been told so are other people. I gotta keep it up. Got allot to go but I will make it because I believe in me. Eventually that might be me???

Yeah me!!! Weigh in went well I am down another 2.8 pounds. So the total for 2 weeks is 4.6 pounds. Now I have to get up off my fat butt more often (and yes its ok if I call myself fat because I love me) and get some exercise. In other words off my seat and move my feet. Gotta find a place where I can walk. Offered to walk the route with the cute mailman that delivers to my work. Don't think the boss would like that. Oh well so much for that idea. So I have gotta come up with some thing to do to get me more motivated in the exercise department. My strider isn't working really well now so I will have to see what I can come up with. Something CREATIVE. Something I can stick with that wont overwhelm me. So if anyone reads this and has any ideas please feel free to chime in anytime!

OK its Saturday and weekends are difficult. When I am at work its easier to not eat because I only bring lunch and a snack with me so I have to be good. Unless the girls sabotage me and they have been really sweet about me dieting. So I have to go to the grocery store today and shop and I have made a list of what I need to get. Its the WANTS that I have to avoid. Well most of them anyway. Learning to put better choices in those WANT categories is what I need to do. Fruit is calling my name. Especially pineapple. I saw an commercial I believe for some restaurant and they were advertising this island shrimp with pineapple glaze. So now I am craving shrimp (which is good for me) and pineapple (which is good for me). TV playing in the background... How appropriate a Weight Watchers momentum commercial. So keep putting that foot forward I will make it. And more water.

Why is it harder to follow a diet the day after weigh in. I guess because you have a little relief that you made it through weigh in and saw a negative on the scale. Now I am trying to increase my water intake. I am suceeding but I am also having more trips to the little girls room. Or maybe I should say not so little girls room. Because if I was a little girl all of this would be a mute point because I wouldnt be dieting if I was little now would I? OK lack of food is causing me to ramble. Either way its more steps. And more steps equals more activity. So I guess water consumption is a double benefit. And goodness knows when it comes to exercise I can use all the help I can get. Any step forward is progress right? Now I have to find a place I can walk that is indoors (I dont like walking in the cold) and I dont want to walk at night. Unless I want to put Torque on a leash and fight her every step of the way. Hey that would be extra exercise wouldnt it? Maybe thats an idea after all. Hey I am thinking positive.

OK weigh in went well. I am down 1.8 pounds. I wont say how many more I have to go. Just say allot. Wish it had been more but I am happy its a loss. This week I have to step up my activity. And my water consumption. And I know with the excess water drinking (eight 8 ounce glasses) I will be making extra trips to the bathroom. The extra steps alone will help. I would love to know if an elephant drinks that much water??? I am also wondering since I am eating so many green beans will I turn into one or will Sam's wholesale club give me a bulk discount? And my poor puppies dont understand why Momma will no longer give them bites off her plate. Because I can tell you if I have to count it it is going in MY MOUTH. One of my dogs Torque now just sits in front of me while I am eating dinner and barks. Mental note put dog treats on TV tray before dinner this evening. Well thats all for now. I gotta get back to work.

Beginning...

And another thing not a good idea to cheat the night before weigh in...

Beginning...

Its never easy starting a diet. Its not even easy admitting you need to do so. But lately the need has not only been there its been slapping me in the face. So I decided about a week ago that dieting on and off last year on my own just wasnt working. Just ask anyone who has seen my fat butt lately they will tell you. But I am moving forward. Starting weight watchers again was the route I decided to take. Having been once before years ago with my mother I knew it worked. Walking in the door this time though was harder. Partially because I have more to lose this time. So I walk up to the counter and explain that I wish to rejoin. They are happy to see me. I tell the lady I just wish I was as happy to see her. She snickers and we both laugh. I say what can I say I am a lifetime member or a repeat offender. Whichever you wish to call it. So tomorrow is my first weigh in since I have gone back so wish me luck. And yes Mama I remember dont wear jeans or heavy tennis shoes to weigh in. But the will let me kick off the shoes this I already found out. So off to the weigh in I will go...