Monthly Archives: February 2010

There isn’t much to say about this week’s WW topic. So, I’ll keep it short and sweet. This week’s topic was about food. Delicious food! Well, more specifically about food we keep around our homes.

To make the changes for living a healthier lifestyle, we need the correct tools. Having the right foods at your disposal is a very important tool. If you don’t have the right foods, it’s going to be very tough to start this journey and stick to it.

Along with having the right foods, it’s also important NOT to have foods that will steer you off track. Whether those foods are cookies, chips, or candy. It’s in your best interest not to even bring those foods into your home. If it isn’t there, you can’t eat it.

This week, go to your fridge and pantry and get rid of or swap out 10 items that have the potential of sabotaging you.

Now onto what I really want to talk about….

I was at work last night watching TLC. The special Half-Ton Mom is on. The one about the lady who weighs over 900lbs and is wanting to get gastric bypass surgery done. She had been trying for 12+ years to find a doctor that would do the surgery. No hospital wanted to take such a huge risk.

She finally found a hospital to take her and perform the surgery. To get to the hospital she needed the aid of several fireman to transport her. They had trouble getting her out of the house due to her size. And as they were putting her into the back of the ambulance, her neighbors stood there watching like she was some sideshow act.

She did receive the surgery, but ended up passing away 12 days later from a heart attack. Not going to lie, I cried. It broke my heart that she had finally found the help she had been searching for, only to pass away.

While sitting there watching I couldn’t help but feel sorry for her. Granted I’ve never weighed that much, I know what it’s like to be ashamed of yourself and feeling utterly lost when it comes to weight loss. I’m glad that I figured it out before I ever got to that size. Glad that I didn’t have to resort to surgery or any other drastic measures.

I’m proud of myself for doing this the correct way. The healthy way of changing my diet and moving more. Sure it’s not a quick fix, but I know that at the end of this journey when I hit my goal weight, I’ll be happy with everything I’ve done.

I should remember this when I’m not seeing results I’d like to see on the scale. Sometimes I forget that this is a slow process for a good reason. I’m learning skills for a lifetime and that is more important than any number on the scale.

Well, I’m quite glad to report a loss this week! A 6.2lb loss to be exact! I’m now only 3lbs away from 100lbs lost!

Now, I will admit that I wasn’t on plan saturday-today. I didn’t eat anywhere near my points. Well, I may have on sunday with all the cookies and cookie dough. Anyways, I didn’t do what I was supposed to and I kinda feel guilty about it. Even if it did bring on a loss.

This week, my butt is getting back on plan. I need to track and get in my GHGs. So, here’s to a new week!!

Now on to goals:

*Change up my food choices. I need to work more protein into my meals
- I got back into the routine of having eggs for breakfast. I don’t know if I’ll stray from that again. It seems to really work for me.

*Continuing with BL: Yoga’s 6 week Program. I’m on week #4!
-MAJOR FAIL! I did one day. The other days I was either busy or just didn’t feel like it. I really hate working out.

*Go outside for a walk. It’s supposed to be a bit nicer this week
-I got out for an hour walk on wednesday. It was rather great. Makes me anxious for spring and much warmer weather.

*Work on a list of food choices for when I eat out
- I didn’t do this. But I did plan for when I ate out on saturday at the mall. I knew there was Chik-Fil-A, so I got out my dining companion and found something that would be filling and low in points. I had a yummy salad with their berry vinaigrette. Mmm mm mmmm!

This week:

*Tracking everyday!
*Walking more. It really is my favorite activity.
*Getting my butt on the Wii Fit
*Week #4 of yoga. I kinda miss doing it.

Stay tuned for this week’s meeting topic!

Also, thank you to Sarah (http://shapestory.blogspot.com) and Nathalie (http://littlepiggetsskinny.blogspot) for the shout outs this week! You’re both rather awesome!!

Do you ever have those days where you just decide that you’re not going to stay on plan? My whole week has been like that.

It started with the gain on tuesday. I’ve let them affect me more than I’ve really admitted. It’s just so flippin frustrating. I work my ass off and I gain! Ugh.

Then I’m super stressed out with things going on in my life. My sister is moving to go back to school this year. When our lease is up in May, I’m without a roommate. So, this mean I will be living alone. I have NO clue how I’m going to be able to afford it. I’ve been doing some apartment hunting and it just stresses me out even more. Not gonna lie, been doing a lot of crying over the whole situation. I really hope it all works out. I have a feeling I’m going to need to get a 2nd job to afford it. Which is something I don’t want to do. But I guess maybe I just need to get over it. Guess we’ll see….

Being off plan doesn’t mean I’ve been eating like crap. In fact I’ve eaten pretty well minus sunday. I just haven’t gotten in all of my points, worried about my good health guidelines, worked out, or anything that I normally do. I just haven’t felt like it. Just in a funk I guess.

Sunday I was in a baking mood. I decided to make White Chocolate Macadamia Nut cookies. Probably not the greatest idea because they’re my favorite. But they’re also Jared’s favorite, so I thought I’d be nice and make them for him. That’s what I do now when I bake, I give the baked goods away. Then they’re not sitting on my counter tempting me. Well, the cookie dough tempted me, then the warm gooey cookies tempted me, and so did the other 3 cookies I had. Must say they’re great cookies though. Next time I get the urge to bake, I’m going to make mud pies. At least I won’t be tempted by the dough. :-p

I got my income tax return back the other day. I really wanted to use it to buy myself a Digital SLR camera. I’ve been dreaming of buying one for years. I have 3 film cameras that I really love, but don’t give the instant gratification I crave from digital. Well needless to say my money will not be going to a camera, but a new apartment instead. This frustrates me even more. I have to put this dream on hold yet again. Every time I get the money to afford one, something comes up. If anyone wants to donate to a camera fund, let me know. Haha

I stepped on my mom’s scale yesterday when I was over there doing laundry and according to it I’ve lost 4lbs. So, when I don’t follow plan I lose? WTH?! No worries, I won’t be sticking with the ‘off plan’ plan. I know it works and I just need to get back at it. Being off hurts no one but myself. Words of encouragement are appreciated.

I’m not sure if I should be looking forward to tuesday’s weigh in or not. At least this week if I gain, I can blame it on something. Damn cookie dough. Lol

This blog was utterly random. Hence the title of ‘Word Vomit’. I hope this week gets better. If not, I may go off the deep end.