Well pooey!!

I am away in Oshawa and thought I'd still attend a meeting since I was hoping to hit my 10% loss. Well so much for that!! I frickin GAINED 1.6 pounds!!! *insert sob* I don't know if it's because it wasn't my normal weigh-in place (even though I am sure WW would say their scales are all calibrated the same...), or if it's because I lost so much last week because I hadn't eaten in days due to my strep throat. I dunno. Maybe it was because I have not been drinking my water and didn't write down in my tracker since I forgot to get one last week. Needless to say I was STUNNED when she told me I had gained. OMG!! But, I will not let this get me down, I would be kidding myself if I thought this wasn't a JOURNEY and will have ups and downs. (Funny how the "downs" get you up and the "ups" get you down when you are talking about weight loss!!)

I still struggle with eating all of my Points and I think that is part of my problem. I also just cannot get that "healthy oil" in!! I am looking forward to next week when the kids are back in school and I can get into more of a routine again - including going to the Y!!

Hoping to hit 10% this week!!

Tomorrow I am heading to Oshawa again for a week. We've got a birthday party, dinner at a friend's, a trip to The Ex, Carnival Day at my brother's trailer. Food, food, food!! And through it all I am hoping to hit the 10% mark in my weight loss (18 lbs). Can I really go to The Ex and not get cotton candy??? OMG!!

They made a mistake!!

OMG the ladies at Weight Watchers are human!! They make mistakes!! And they made a math mistake on my weight loss tracker!! I have actually lost 15.6 pounds!! WOOHOO!! That is SO CLOSE to my 10% goal!!! I am so excited!! That one pound is huge!! I guess I actually lost 3.4 pounds last week but she wrote 2.4. It never occured to me to check actually. But today while browsing other weight loss blogs, I found on Heather's site a link to Roni's Weigh where I was thrilled to find a template in Excel for tracking your weight loss!! (If I knew how to post an Excel file I would do it. Does anyone know?) Anyway, you can get it yourself here. So when I put in my own numbers, I saw I had lost 15.6 and I was like WHAT? So sure enough I check the math on my WW tracker and there was a mistake last week. Oh, how I enjoy when a mistake works out in my favour!! LOL!!

Strep Sucks!! (except in the weight loss department!!)

Yep, I am sick. I hate being sick. I especially hate having a sore throat. I am a self-described "sore throat wimp"!! So it figures that I have strep!! Ugh. My throat started to hurt last Thursday and by Saturday night I was achy and exhausted and had a fever. So Sunday morning I spent 2 1/2 hours at the clinic and found out I have strep. So I have been on Penicillin since then but my throat still hurts!! The good news? Not eating much for a few days is great for weight loss!! LOL!! I weighed in this morning and lost 3.4 pounds!! I have a total loss so far of 14.6 pounds!! WOW!! Getting into the double-digits just makes it seem so much more real, so much more like I am really doing it!!!

Munchies!!

I had a good day today again. Other than heating up a nice 5-Point Lean Cuisine only to discover (before digging in, thankfully!!) that it had whole wheat orzo pasta in it!! I thought it was rice!! Yikes!! I really have to go grocery shopping!!


I am still struggling most days to use up my Points. Crazy, I know!! Tonight I still had 6 Points left. Seems weird to eat just because I "have to". So I grabbed a couple of those little 100-calorie Lay's chips bags.
I bought them awhile ago, but hadn't even opened the box yet. I thought they were 2 Points for the bag (duh, 100 calories) but they are actually 3 Points!!! That darn fat content!! LOL!! Luckily I had enough Points so it was OK. I have to admit though, it wasn't worth it!! What a teeny bag and really just a tease!! And I had two of them!! I think I'd rather weigh out a serving or two from a big bag into a bowl. Something about that makes it seem more satisfying. And I am all about tricking my brain!! LOL!!


I have been introduced to a WICKED alcoholic beverage!! (thanks, Ange!!) First, Mikes LIGHT Hard Lemonades are only 2 Points for the bottle!! That is awesome enough!! But then my dear friend and colleague shared with me this weekend the wonderful world of Silhouette Citrus Fiz and Lime vodka!! OMG Delish!!! It would be the same Points as the Mike's Light, but I think this tastes better!! I have Cranberry vodka too so I bought both the Citrus and Cranberry-Raspberry Fiz so I can try that one too!!

Hit the 10 pound mark!!!

It's been awhile, but I am happy to say I did good while away!!! I weighed in today and lost 2.4 pounds for a total of 11.2!! YAY!! I have to admit I was worried, even though I was really good!! Sometimes I my body can betray me!! LOL!! So yeah, I was away in Oshawa visiting my family and friends. We visited our friend's trailer and my brother's trailer. Lots of opportunity to eat - and drink - too much!! Then last weekend I was away at the Epicure Leadership Conference for my home biz where again I could have eaten - and drank - too much!! LOL!! So I was pretty proud of myself for not overindulging!!

This slow and steady stuff is hard though. I joined WW on June 24th and have lost 11.2 pounds. I was hoping to have hit my 10% mark by now (18 pounds) but noooooo. I mean, I know that 1-2 pounds a week is the best way to lose it, but sometimes it is just hard and frustrating!! I wouldn't say it is hard to eat the way I do now, though it is hard to say no while you are out and stuff like that, but still, I'd like to see more loss so far (I know, I know, who doesn't!!).

But all of that aside, I am LOSING!! I am under 180 pounds and I cannot wait to see myself thin!!!!!!!