I have cramps. Blah! No worries though. I don't feel anywhere near as bloated as normal! Yes it is my T.O.M!
Anyways, last night was good. Totally ate healthy with lots of veggies and stayed within my points. Ended up with 24 points and I just didnt need anymore. I also didn't eat past 6:30 pm and exercised last night.
Sadly I stayed up too late again. Working out and staying up late makes me feel like hell in the morning these days lol.
I can definitely tell a difference in my body since starting the Jillian Michaels "30 day shred" dvd. I have only done 6 days and not all in a row. Just like last time I did it..my pants are getting bigger and my love handles are getting smaller.
I can see a difference in my arms and even cellulite is fading. I know it is not my imagination because last time I lost 17lbs I was doing the same dvd among other things and firmed up a lot. Clothes got bigger and my cellulite became less and less. It feels great!
It is only 20 minutes but it kicks your butt!! I do that most nights especially when we have late evenings. Tonight I am going to do some extra cardio as well. I have a rebounder and exercise bike and they have always been my way of losing weight in the past and especially after having my daughter. (gained 60lbs from pregnancy!)
It feels good...building muscle, burning fat and eating healthy. It is slowly but surely making a difference! :)
I am only on bottle number two of water today (23.7 oz size) I need to get with it!!! If I don't drink enough water I seriously gain like 2lbs. I just filled my water bottle so I should be good to go. I can finish 2 more of these before 5pm..that is my goal!
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Yummy Treat Recipe!!!
I am a sucker for peanut butter treats aka Reeses or anything like it. I can't afford to eat any of that at this point, but stumbled across this amazing ww recipe!! It had amazing reviews!!! See below:
Directions
Ingredients
- 1 small tub Cool Whip Free, thawed
3 Tlbs Peanut Butter (creamy or chunky)
Hershey's Chocolate Syrup, Sugar Free
Mix the Cool Whip and peanut butter together. Spoon into 12 lined cupcake tins. Drizzle with chocolate syrup and freeze. Each cup in Weight Watchers was worth 1 point. Sweet treat that satisfies that craving. I like it without the syrup and that saves a couple calories.
Number of Servings: 12
Number of Servings: 12
Nutritional Info
- Servings Per Recipe: 12
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 58.8
- Total Fat: 2.0 g
- Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
- Sodium: 25.7 mg
- Total Carbs: 1.5 g
- Dietary Fiber: 0.3 g
- Protein: 1.0 g
Today
Today is going well. I did not get on the scale this morning. Wanted to enjoy that I was at 184 yesterday! Who knows If I will tomorrow? Prob not...but that can change in an instant! :)
So far today I have had my muslce milk protein shake with 1/2 cup of nonfat milk and the rest water. That was 4 points. It keeps me full for a long time! I just had my string cheese snack (target brand is 1 point) so I'm doing good. Definitely past the worst as far as munchies and all that, but I have been eating this way for 2 months now.
OH and I did have a decaf coffee with a tiny bit of creamer. I decided to count that as a point.
I've been doing better at getting to bed at earlier...as in 1030-11pm. It's so much easier to just stay up and get things done, but I realllllly think it has been causing my weight loss to slow down. I also think it is adding stress. I used to go on 5 hours of sleep while working full time and being a single mom. Then I got married and hit 30 and I dont know what happened. Just thinking how my husband and I used to watch Conan at 12am EVERY night is crazy to me haha. I guess that is a sign you are getting older...Either way I am going to do it in shape! :)
Last night as far as sleep I totally failed and went to bed around midnight. I'm soo tired today, but hey at least I am not discouraged about my weight! :)
It feels reallly good to say I've lost 5lbs! On my own! No diet pill (been there done that..dont do it!) No medication..nothing! Now lets keep this up!! :)
I think for lunch I am going to have another protein shake except I'm going to add some ice and frozen (unsweetened berries) as well as a tiny bit of flax seed oil. You can't taste it and it is VERY good for you. It will be like a milkshake!! :) Can't wait.
Ok..I don't have much for today ..for now. Back to work....
OH yeah and I added a weightloss ticker to my page for encouragement! I put the my "first" goal. If I can get there at least by the summer I will be happy!!!! After that I will only need to lose 10-15 more lbs to be where I was when I was dating my husband and that is a perfect weight for my body!! :) Yippee!!
(I am 5'2 and have been down to 125 before and looked like a skeleton. I always look 20lbs less than I actually weigh so when I go below the 140's I start to look unhealthy. I do have alot of muscle so maybe that is why? Anyways 140 -145 always seems like the perect weight for me!)
So far today I have had my muslce milk protein shake with 1/2 cup of nonfat milk and the rest water. That was 4 points. It keeps me full for a long time! I just had my string cheese snack (target brand is 1 point) so I'm doing good. Definitely past the worst as far as munchies and all that, but I have been eating this way for 2 months now.
OH and I did have a decaf coffee with a tiny bit of creamer. I decided to count that as a point.
I've been doing better at getting to bed at earlier...as in 1030-11pm. It's so much easier to just stay up and get things done, but I realllllly think it has been causing my weight loss to slow down. I also think it is adding stress. I used to go on 5 hours of sleep while working full time and being a single mom. Then I got married and hit 30 and I dont know what happened. Just thinking how my husband and I used to watch Conan at 12am EVERY night is crazy to me haha. I guess that is a sign you are getting older...Either way I am going to do it in shape! :)
Last night as far as sleep I totally failed and went to bed around midnight. I'm soo tired today, but hey at least I am not discouraged about my weight! :)
It feels reallly good to say I've lost 5lbs! On my own! No diet pill (been there done that..dont do it!) No medication..nothing! Now lets keep this up!! :)
I think for lunch I am going to have another protein shake except I'm going to add some ice and frozen (unsweetened berries) as well as a tiny bit of flax seed oil. You can't taste it and it is VERY good for you. It will be like a milkshake!! :) Can't wait.
Ok..I don't have much for today ..for now. Back to work....
OH yeah and I added a weightloss ticker to my page for encouragement! I put the my "first" goal. If I can get there at least by the summer I will be happy!!!! After that I will only need to lose 10-15 more lbs to be where I was when I was dating my husband and that is a perfect weight for my body!! :) Yippee!!
(I am 5'2 and have been down to 125 before and looked like a skeleton. I always look 20lbs less than I actually weigh so when I go below the 140's I start to look unhealthy. I do have alot of muscle so maybe that is why? Anyways 140 -145 always seems like the perect weight for me!)
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Feeling Grrreeat today!!!
Got up today and decided to check the scale. I know you shouldn't do that every day, but with all the let down I have had I kinda want to check in the mornings for now. I haven't done it EVERY morning, but just here and there to see how things are going.
I want to know if maybe something I ate is not good..maybe all the fiber helped move things along...maybe I retained water...I want to get this right!
Anyways. I have been at 185 for a few days now and this morning I was at 184!! I am so excited!! :) It encourages me to keep on going. To be smart and drink lots of water! It feels sooo good! I am very hopeful, but also scared to get too excited because of the past. If I make it to 179 I will KNOW this is actually happening.
I started at 189, but didnt bring in the ww point system until I was at 187 because I just wasn't seeing a consistent loss. So...so far I have lost 5 lbs total!!
It is also the days before my time of the month and I have ZERO pms. I am the PMS queen! I'm talking cramps like labor pains, ovarian cycts, a chest that is so sore I cannot walk down the hall or get dressed without hurting, being super irritable, headaches, MAJOR bloating..you name it! the only other time in my life I have been able to get rid of my horrible PMS was the last time I got really healthy by doing weight watchers and cutting out caffeine. (I do drink a bit of green tea) I am in shock that I feel so good. Also very excited that things are coming together finally.
It all started about 6 months before I got married when I got on birth control for the first time and everything in my system just went crazy. Besides major weight gain (my body thought I was pregnant) I was miserable and having all kinds of horrible symtoms that quit after getting rid of it. However my hormones etc have not been the same since. Doctors cannot find a thing wrong..not thyroid..nothing. Whatever!
Anyways...today is a great day. I think this is finally some progress and the no pms thing just makes me even more excited!!! Maybe I will be in shape when my family visits this summer? That is my first goal!!! :) Maybe I will be the skinny sister again!?
I want to know if maybe something I ate is not good..maybe all the fiber helped move things along...maybe I retained water...I want to get this right!
Anyways. I have been at 185 for a few days now and this morning I was at 184!! I am so excited!! :) It encourages me to keep on going. To be smart and drink lots of water! It feels sooo good! I am very hopeful, but also scared to get too excited because of the past. If I make it to 179 I will KNOW this is actually happening.
I started at 189, but didnt bring in the ww point system until I was at 187 because I just wasn't seeing a consistent loss. So...so far I have lost 5 lbs total!!
It is also the days before my time of the month and I have ZERO pms. I am the PMS queen! I'm talking cramps like labor pains, ovarian cycts, a chest that is so sore I cannot walk down the hall or get dressed without hurting, being super irritable, headaches, MAJOR bloating..you name it! the only other time in my life I have been able to get rid of my horrible PMS was the last time I got really healthy by doing weight watchers and cutting out caffeine. (I do drink a bit of green tea) I am in shock that I feel so good. Also very excited that things are coming together finally.
It all started about 6 months before I got married when I got on birth control for the first time and everything in my system just went crazy. Besides major weight gain (my body thought I was pregnant) I was miserable and having all kinds of horrible symtoms that quit after getting rid of it. However my hormones etc have not been the same since. Doctors cannot find a thing wrong..not thyroid..nothing. Whatever!
Anyways...today is a great day. I think this is finally some progress and the no pms thing just makes me even more excited!!! Maybe I will be in shape when my family visits this summer? That is my first goal!!! :) Maybe I will be the skinny sister again!?
Monday, March 28, 2011
Day 1...of blogging that is!
So far I am doing well on this weight watchers journey. :D I am going by the old point system but making sure to get high fiber, high protein and not too many carbs. I have already cut out the junk (i.e. most sugars, bad carbs/flours, bad starches, refined crap etc.) I am drinking close to 100 oz of water a day. No coffee and green tea on occasion.
I have been eating really healthy and exercising but not seeing a change for ahwile now. I used to lose weight no problem...that hasn't been the case since I turned 30. It has really been a struggle. I am hopefull the point system will help me see a change! I used the old ww point system a few years back and it worked.
Today I have been doing it for 6 days now. (since 3/23/11)
I have gone from 187 down to 185.
In the past 3 yrs I have watched in frustration as the scale goes up and down without an explanation. I have always been one that has to work hard to lose weight. I know what it takes. For some reason things just aren't happening like they used to, but I am not going to give up!!
Anyways, besides the 2lbs I have seen changes in my body from the exercising that I do. I know this is going to work!!
More later....
I have been eating really healthy and exercising but not seeing a change for ahwile now. I used to lose weight no problem...that hasn't been the case since I turned 30. It has really been a struggle. I am hopefull the point system will help me see a change! I used the old ww point system a few years back and it worked.
Today I have been doing it for 6 days now. (since 3/23/11)
I have gone from 187 down to 185.
In the past 3 yrs I have watched in frustration as the scale goes up and down without an explanation. I have always been one that has to work hard to lose weight. I know what it takes. For some reason things just aren't happening like they used to, but I am not going to give up!!
Anyways, besides the 2lbs I have seen changes in my body from the exercising that I do. I know this is going to work!!
More later....
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