Day 66 (Wednesday 1/7)

BREAKFAST: Oatmeal & a Pear. 3 points

MORNING SNACK: Yogurt w/Grape Nuts. 2 pointsLUNCH: Bacon, Chicken, Ranch Wrap w/an Apple. 8 pointsAFTERNOON SNACK: Fiber One Bar. 2 points
SUPPER: 1 c Chili w/10 ff Saltine Crackers. 9 points

POINTS = 24
WATER = 120 oz
EXERCISE = 20 min weights & 30 min run/walk

I finally got my January goals posted. I went through my December ones to see how I did, so here's a recap:

1. Eat less in the evenings - Did ok, but need to do better
2. Take pictures of what I eat - Did ok, but can do better
3. Workout 6 days/week - worked out 26/31 days in Dec (didn't quite make goal)
4. 179 lbs by 12/31/08- Achieved 12/31/08 178.5 lbs!!

And here are my January goals:

1. Attend WW meetings...don't just WI & leave
   
2. Try 4 new WW friendly recipes
3. Eat less in the evenings
4. Workout 6 days/week
5. 169 lbs by 1/31/09

I feel like I am finally get caught up with all my blog friends after being gone for almost two weeks!! And good news...DH & I have decided to join the "real world" and get internet, hopefully in the next couple weeks. So that will make posting so much easier, rather than trying to squeeze it in before or after work! I hope everyone has a great rest of the week...it's hump day!

Day 65 (Tuesday 1/6)

BREAKFAST: Oatmeal & a Pear. 3 points

MORNING SNACK: Apple. 1 point

LUNCH: Ham & Turkey Slices, ff Cheese, & Pickles. 3 points
AFTERNOON SNACK: Fiber One Bar. 2 pointsSUPPER: 2 oz Whole Wheat Pasta, 1/2 Sauce, Broccoli & Cauliflower w/Cheese. 5 pointsEVENING SNACK:WW Banana Nut Bread Bar, Kettle Corn, & Chewy Granola Bar. 5 points

POINTS = 19
WATER = 168 oz
EXERCISE = 55 min cross ramp

As of Jan 1 DH is on board with this whole "healthy lifestyle" I'm tring to follow! It makes things so much easier now that we don't have to buy FF foods and full fat foods! ;) He has also given up pop (coffee was about 6 months ago and he's still doing great!). And I'm glad he wants to be more healthy!

I had ww tonight and I think I am seeing the results from my gorging last night....gained 2 lbs. But I am not going to let it get to me. I am going to stay focused, track everything I eat, get in good gym time, and hope for a big loss next week.

Tonight at ww our leader talked about KISS - Keep It Simple & Sustainable, all about tracking and choosing. That is my goal this week is to be really good about tracking (no matter if it's healthy or not) and making smart choices. She gave out these little sticks at the end that she had written "Stick With It" on...cute! Also that ww banana nut bread bar that I ate today was a free one she gave out at the meeting. It was just ok...it left a bad aftertaste....but I was very grateful for the free sample of new product!

Day 64 (Monday 1/5)

BREAKFAST: Oatmeal, a Pear, & an Apple. 4 points

LUNCH: Ham, Turkey, & Cheese Wrap and a Cucumber w/ff Ranch. 4 points

AFTERNOON SNACK: 2 Tbls Mini Choc. Chips. 4 points

SUPPER & EVENING SNACK: WAY TOO MANY POINTS!

POINTS = ???
WATER = 116
EXERCISE = 41 min run/walk

Today was my first day back to work after almost two weeks...and I was so not ready for it at all! Classes start next week and so we were SUPER busy! But I guess I can't be a a "stay at home wife"....not yet anyway, so now is just as good as any time to get back into my normal routine!

I was doing so good today, but when I got home I had a horrible case of the "muchies"!!! And I didn't control it (which makes me really sad). I ate yogurt, fiber one bar, cool whip, chili with sour cream, cheese, & crackers, peanut butter w/chocolate chips, chips & salsa....way too many points! What was I doing....I need to get out of this mode of snacking like I did over the holidays.

I know I've already mentioned it, but I earned my 10% key chain from ww over break and lost 2lbs over the holidays...rather than gaining! I was pretty proud of that (although secretly I was hoping for a bigger loss!). My scale at home says 177.5! It is so exciting to see it go down, down, down!! I did have a gain last week at ww, but I figuring that I would since I ate really bad 5/7 days before my wi, it was only .8 lbs, so I think I can live with that!

2 of my 3 sisters have gone home now (the 3rd one lives in the area). I was definitely sad to see them go, Wendi (my younger one), was my gym buddy over break and it was fun to work out together! I got all my Christmas stuff put away last week before I had to go back to work so now life is back to normal...I think anyway!

I hope everyone has a SUPER week and stays on track!

Btw, I am hoping to get my goals setfor January and get those posted! Need to figure them out soI know what I'm shooting for this month!

For those of you BL fans....are you super glad that Michelle won or what?!?!? I am so excited for next season to start tomorrow too...it always pumps me up!

Days 57-63 (Monday 12/29-Sunday 1/4)

So the week of New Year's was definitely better (eating wise) than the week of Christmas, but I did splurge on New Year's day and didn't eat very good and went out with my sister on Friday night and had a few too many drinks! But I think overall it was an ok week and I am hoping for a loss at ww on Tuesday.

Now as far as exercising I was a gym rat this week!! Earned 44 APs!! It is nice when you don't have to rush off to work or some other function and you can have a nice long workout! I am definitely feeling it though, pretty sore! But that's a good thing!

Since I'm back to work now I should be back to my normal schedule of posting everyday! I hope everyone had a great New Years and a wonderful 2009!

Here is a quote that I found that I really like:

I hope you will have a wonderful year, that you'll dream dangerously and outrageously, that you'll make something that didn't exist before you made it, that you will be loved and that you will be liked, and that you will have people to love and to like in return. And, most importantly (because I think there should be more kindness and more wisdom in the world right now), that you will, when you need to be, be wise, and that you will always be kind.

Neil Gaiman