day 13

i woke up again and exercised first thing.  after that i worked like crazy around the house.  i stayed w/in my pts range and i still have 2 pts for a treat tonite.  weigh in is tomorrow.  hopefully  all this work will pay off...

day 12

i woke up this morning and exercised!  wahoo!  yay me!  after that i heated up a frozen meal of beef & broccoli.  well that's what it was called anyway.  it had maybe 2 tablespoons of beef and possibly 1 tablespoon of broccoli.  the rest was a pile of white rice.  full of calories and cannot be wasted white rice.  so i ate this for 9 pts very disappointed bc i wanted beef & broc, not a pile of white rice.  so anyway, live & learn.  lunch was w/ the short order cook named mom. :)  dinner was again my fave veggie fajitas.  i think today was pretty good.  i really cannot wait for MONDAY!!! 

day 11

today was a different kinda day.  i only worked the second part of the day so my breakfast & lunch schedules were all outta whack.  we again had snacks at work today.  i had 2 pretzel sticks dunked in dip and half of a pimento cheese sandwich.  i was frustrated that i ate any of that junk, but i guess it could have been much worse.  at dinner w/a friend i had my fave veggie fajitas.  this time i ordered only half an order.  wishing i would have ordered the whole shebang for another couple of bucks.  then i would have had some leftover for tomorrow...  i am really struggling w/exercise this wk.  i have felt overly exhausted this whole wk.  i seriously just wanna sit on this couch and nvr move from it again.  hoping for a good night's rest and hopefully work out in the am.

day 10

right now i am hungry!  prob bc i didn't have the best dinner.  we ran in mcd's to grab spens a salad in between dr appts, grocery store and bb sign ups.  i ordered a plain grilled chicken sandwich.  the nice lady asks me which one i want.  i once again explained that i wanted a plain grilled chicken sandwich.  again she asked which one and went on explaining the club had this and that and the other fancy named sandwich had other toppings.  i again tried to tell her i just wanted plain grilled chicken on a bun.  she informs that she has to punch something her computer.  i can tell you that i was thinkin about punchin, but not her computer.  so anyhow i order a sandwich, apples and yogurt.  i get my sandwich topped w/bacon & cheese.  now i believe i had addressed my luv for bacon.  that bacon had me at hello.  i wanted to eat it!  i wanted to lick it and taste it and chew it very slowly for the full effect.  but guess what i did w/it?  i took it off!  i even wiped my finger on my napkin after i took it off so i wouldn't lick it.  i ate my happy dry sandwich dipped in a lil ketchup and then had my apples for dessert.  at this point i realize i don't have my yogurt.  i cked the receipt and i hadn't been charged for it so i didn't bother...  prob would have confused the girl w/the computer that i wanted to punch. 
so i ate in my pts range for breakfast & lunch.  i need to go figure my pts from my dinner and hopefully i have some left for a smallish kinda snack...

day 9

so last night i dreamed i was at bojangles.  i was in the drive thru in a mini van.  i couldn't get close enough to the window to p/u my food.  i could see a pic of my biscuit, but i couldn't reach it.  so i guess i didn't eat it.  i really wanted that biscuit!  so i woke up hungry and i'm hungry right now just thinking about it.  it was bacon and cheese w/scrambled egg.  not that nappy folded egg stuff, but scrambled eggs.  it sounds good.  someone should probably make it for the big bo.
so today was "healthy" potluck at work.  there was so much stuff i really wanted to eat!  there was this cake that looked like it came out of a southern living magazine.  i didn't eat it.  guess what else i didn't eat...chips & salsa.  that is my fave food on earth.  i also didn't eat cheese stuffed jalapenos.  they looked amazing.  instead i ate veggie soup and a grilled cheese.  i brought the healthy bread, cheese and spray butter so i know that was okay.  that veggie soup had to be okay too.  i even picked out the big chunks of potato so it was just green beans, onions & tomatoes.  i really coulda bombed, but i chose not to.  i would say today was a success for sure!

day 8

today was pretty easy to get back on track.  i feel soooo much better eating healthy food and not so blah from eating way too much. 
i did get a haircut today.  maybe that took off a few lbs.  pretty doubtful since it was just a trim and i have very fine hair anyhow.  not fine like wonderful, but fine like thin and barely there... 
so i really should exercise tonight, but this rainy weather makes me blah and wanna do nothing but eat.  so i think i will go get a pc of gum and chomp it till time to brush my teeth and go to bed.  i may exercise once the boys get in bed...

day 7...weigh in day

so today was my first weigh in.  i was plenty satisfied w/the results.  i weighed in at 283.6 so that is a loss of 5.4!  wahoo!  wahoo!  that's more than a 5 lb bag of flour!  Duh, but yay!  so mondays are my free days.  i don't count pts and eat what i've been craving all wk.  so today i ate a reese cup, aka heaven in my mouth!  it was just the itty bitty one so i ate another one.  those things are soooo stinkin good!!!  tomorrow i will be back on track and i hope for a big loss nxt wk as well. 

day 6

today was a very nice, lazy day.  i slept in till 11 and woke up to my children beggin for pizza.  i gave in and we headed out to p/u pizza.  i grabbed me a lean cuisine frozen pizza and we came home.  that pizza smelled sooo good.  i luv me some pizza esp w/that garlic butter.  i settled for my healthy stuff and have had a pretty good day.  so tomorrow is my weigh in day.   i'm really hoping all this hard work pays off.

day 5

today turned out to be a good day.  my stomach just growled as i am typing this.  kinda made me giggle a lil bit.  so i ate my leftover veggie fajitas for breakfast, yep for breakfast.  i think breakfast foods are usually high in pts unless you just eat cereal.  cereal bores me pretty quickly.  for lunch i had wendy's chili and baked tater.  it was soooo filling!  i think i would have chosen it over a slimey burger... 
tonite was interesting.  i had dinner w/a new friend.  he knew he wanted bbq chicken and bacon pizza.  bacon i know is dangerous.  it is one of my favorite things on planet earth.  mix it w/bbq chicken, cheese and a yummy thick crust and that could not be good for you.  let me tell you i coulda eaten an entire pizza.  that stuff was amazing!!!  i picked the smallest 2 slices and ate only 2.  i also downed 3 glasses of water. 
so right now i still have 3 pts remaining.  i need another serving of veggies and another dairy.  i try to do 5 servings of fruits/veggies per day and 3 servings of dairy.  i also try to exercise at least 3 times a wk.  gotta get it in tomorrow.

day 4

today is friday!  tgif!  this has been the longest wk ever!  maybe bc i actually worked 40 hrs this wk.  i haven't done that in a long time. 
i am really beginning to enjoy my healthy food.  i found some souped up raisin bran.  it has cranberries, yogurt things, almonds and of course raisins.  that stuff is gooood!  i actually look forward to my banana in the afternoon.
so tonite was kinda tough.  we went to my favorite mexican joint the la carona.  i did eat a few chips w/salsa and jalapenos.  i ordered veggie fajitas and i didn't eat rice or beans.  so a skillet of onions, peppers, zuchinni, squash, tomoatoes, broccoli, tomatoes and jalapenos was my dinner.  i don't think that was so bad, but i'm not so sure how many points that would be...  i brought half of it home to eat later.
wkends are always rough, but hopefully this one won't be too bad.

day 3

today was a good day.  i think i'm getting used to this a lil bit more.  i drank all my water and stayed w/in my pts range.  i exercised as soon as i came home.  i think maybe this timing will work best for me.  i sure as heck don't wanna do it before work.  i would have to get up at 430 for that.  i nvr feel like it once i have the boys in bed.  right after work is good bc after that i get to eat.  i LUV to eat.  i have learned to get very creative w/my cooking.  i can still pretty much eat the stuff i really like, but just make it better for me.  tonite i made healthy philly cheese steak. sounds unbelievable, huh?  i bought the meat from the schwan's man.  it had 7 pts in just the meat, but the veggies were only 1, the hot dog bun i put it on was 1 and the string cheese i shredded for the the top was 1.  my banana peppers were free.  yuuuuum!  this pic is sky's after his first bite.  i didn't think about takin a pic till mine was GONE.  sky said is was so good he was gonna sing to it.  i snapped this pic as he sang... lol! 
 

healthy philly cheese steak


so i still have 5 pts remaining tonite.  i really don't feel hungry, but im sure i will need a snack by bedtime.  thanks to whomever may be reading this.  it helps knowing i have to share!!!

day 2

cake is being served in the breakroom...
seriously?  i can think of a million things i would rather have than cake in the breakroom.  why don't they put fancy lotion in the dispenser or better quality coffee in the kitchen?  cake in the breakroom is not my friend! let me tell you that last time there was cake in the breakroom i cut it.  all four sheetcakes of cake i cut w/help from another girl.  i would cut a few min and eat cake for a few min.  i thought it was heaven.  today i knew how divine that cake would be and i would only eat a lil pc.  but i didn't!  i didn't eat the cake!!!  i was so proud of me for not eating that cake!!!  krissy said that cake was dry anyhow.  so there!  all those other omax ppl can have their cake.  i don't want it!!!!!  i really do, but i didn't eat it...

so today was a success so far.  i'm hungry now just talkin about that dang cake.  anyway i stayed w/in my points range and i still have 3 pts remaining.  maybe more than that bc i didn't eat that salsa chicken.  it was yuck.  the boys liked it though.  they are kinda like the dog i nvr had.  they will eat all the leftovers. 

i even hung out w/richard simmons after work.  he kicked my tail.  i would always do that dvd on the lazy days bc it was so easy.  today was not easy, but i did it. 

day 1

today was a healthy day.  i stayed within my points range.  i did have to add a 50 cal pack of halloween pretzels just to make it thru the morning.  my mood was blah, but i think eating healthy is kinda like detoxing.  food to me is an addiction.  i know i can beat this w/God's help.  right now i'm not hungry, but exhausted.  i'm heading to bed w/o exercising.  i will attempt it tomorrow.  i went ahead and made dinner for tomorrow.  it smelled amazing!!!  that will give me something to look forward to all day tomorrow...
i would have to say today was a success!  i'm proud of me

ready to begin again

so i have struggled w/my weight for as long as i can remember.  now i am starting over.  my weight this morning was 289 even.  i hope this blog will give me some accountability.  i plan to post everyday my progress for the day.  i may take some pics along the way if i can figure out how to do it.  lol!