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I’ve just been back from weigh in a short while…and I had to come tell y’all my news!  I lost 1.6 pounds this week!  This puts me EXACTLY back on track where I need to be to lose my 15 pounds by my birthday!  Unless we can manage to get me to work earlier or something, I’ll definitely not be doing 2 workouts this week…except maybe Monday.  I’m off on Monday, the luxuries of bank holidays…but I’ll be suffering with 10 hour days for the rest of the week to make up for it.  I can handle it, I’m sure.  I’m really proud of myself for managing this week.  I was really down with my back and hips this week so I didn’t get in 6 days of workouts…I only got in 5 days.  At our WW meeting, our leader said the goal was to try to eat more filling foods…I better remind myself of what all the filling foods are so I can pick some up at the store.  My little ones are telling me that it’s my turn on the Wii Fit Plus to do my body test…so I better end this now.  I will be back next week with more tales from the scale!

Thanks for all the support y’all give me…I know I couldn’t do this without y’all!

I have to admit that I did something I RARELY ever do and that’s peek at the scale early this week.  According to my WW scale my wonderful hubby got me, I had lost 2.2 pounds earlier this week.  When I went into my WW meeting this morning, I only lost .4!  I know I did it to myself, but I’m so frustrated.  No looking back now though…after I finish with my blog, I’m done with looking back.  I’m moving forward.  It puts me a little behind on my goal of 15 pounds before my birthday but, heck, a loss is a loss!  I’ve done well with the goal I set for myself this week which was to workout.  I’ve worked out every day this week except last Saturday.  I’m proud of myself for that but I’m disappointed that I sabataged myself.  My goal this week is TRACK!  If I bite it, I write it.  If I inhale it, I detail it.    I can and will do this!  2010 is my year! 

I missed y’all!  I really wanted to get online on New Year’s Day but the laptop ran out of juice and we were taking down decorations.  I did share my “resolutions” such as they are to my “tribe”.  I’ve totally missed them and checking in everyday with them.  They are big motivation for me.  At the present, the plan is for me to get a workout in the morning and a workout in after work.  We got the Wii and Wii Fit Plus for Christmas so I know that will help motivate me too.  I got some new Biggest Loser DVDs as well so lots of ways to mix up my workouts.  Goals for this year: 1.  Before my birthday, I want to lose at least 15 pounds (really I want to lose more, but I want at least 15 pounds).  I want to get back in my workout routine (at least 30 minutes a day…but hoping for more).  I want to go to Yoga class this year again and learn from an instructor.  I want to get back into doing Zumba a couple times a week if possible.  Darryl’s going to help me get together a good routine again and hold me accountable with my eating.  It’s going to be a great year, I just feel it!

The one thing I can say about this Wii…is I am SORE!  More sore than I’ve been in a long time.  It’s a good sore and I definitely like it…

 I’m not sure how much I’ll be able to get on here, but I’m going to try to get on here more so I can check in with my buddies.  It’s so busy around here…right now, I’m multi-tasking…watching Biggest Loser AND writing this blog. 

 Take care buddies!

I had been doing so well at getting my workouts in…and then I get sick!  I am really hating this.  Then I get to work today and I realize that I don’t have my meds to help me make it through the day!  I made it, but it was quite a day, I must admit!  Plans for this weekend…sitting down with my wonderful husband and deciding our meal plan and workout plan for next week.  I’m bound and determined to get back on my workout routine and stick with my diet plan.  Darryl, my former torturer and friend, is helping me come up with a plan.  I’m very thankful that I’m working…now if I can just find a permanent position, I’ll be even better!  The one positive thing when I wasn’t working…was that I had the wonderful opportunity to get my workouts in.  Praying for positive things right now…and knowing that God will put me where He needs and wants me to be!

 For those of you in the north Dallas area, my friend Darryl is having an extra Zumba class on Saturday at 6 p.m. for $3.00 at the Bally’s on Preston and Belt Line.

The girls know already and are pretty proud of me actually!  I ran sprints with my bishon!  I didn’t run A LOT, but I did do it for a little while.  Beaux, my bishon, loved it.  I tell you it was a wonderful feeling.  I am not sure I’ll be doing it all the time, but I enjoyed it.  I am bound and determined to do some really positive things!  It’s going be a good December!  I’m getting healthier anyway! ;-) 

I was so excited on Saturday that I had to email the tribe.  I miss being able to email them everyday, but I <3 them and they know that.  This week was a good week.  I didn’t workout on Friday, but I did workout 5 out of 7 days last week.  Chris and I headed to the Y on Saturday and I jumped on the elliptical for a few minutes to warm up and then I hit the weight machines.  I think I did pretty well.  I didn’t get to bed as early as I should have last night, but I still got up this morning and walked two miles with Leslie.  This week is going to be hard with Thanksgiving (and the feast that will come on Thursday), but I’m trying to really focus on the workouts this week.  I should be working out right now, but my stomach isn’t feeling too great right now.  I’m just gonna take a break for tonight.  Back up and at it in the morning.  Gonna be a hard week since I’m trying to make up some time so I can have a regular 40 hour paycheck this next week since I’m not getting paid for the holiday.  I’m thankful for my job even if it’s only temporary right now.  I’m thankful for my husband, my kids (all of them), my family, my in-laws, friends, extended family and all of my wonderful BS friends.  I am so very blessed. 

Well as much as I wanted to turn back over and go  back to sleep…I got my butt up and I worked out!  I didn’t do real well on keeping entirely on plan today, but I definitely did get my workout on!  I did WATP Walk & Kick this morning and then I did the Upper Body Shortcuts this evening.  My daughter decided she’d do it with me…she tried, but she couldn’t do all the repetitions.  So eating was semi on track today…except that cherry cobbler I thought I should eat.  I had a cheeseless veggie pizza.  Yes, it’s a migraine friendly pizza…and it’s so good I don’t really even miss the cheese!  I did, however, have a salad for afternoon snack and carrots and whipped yogurt.  This is a one day at a time process.  I will get my butt up tomorrow and workout.  I’m not sure if I’ll have a chance to do a second workout tomorrow night because I’ve got to get my 8 hours of sleep according to the neurologist….which means I should be getting to bed right about now if I’m going to get up at 4:30 in the morning to workout!  ;-) 

I’ve been AWOL it seems since the wedding and the Migraine Diet started.  The Migraine Diet seems to really be helping with the migraines.  While I was unemployed for a little over a month, the hour workouts that the neurologist wanted were no big deal.  I could easily fit that in my day.  Now that I’m working again though, it’s not nearly so easy.  I’m trying to get back into my hour a day…it’s just tougher to do these days.  The other part of it is that with the cooler weather sitting in…I want to back.  It’s what I do when I’m happy and comfortable.  I’ve figured out the points for the peanut butter cookies and I can pack one for snack after I have my salad at lunch because they are only 2 points each.  I’m not giving up on my weight loss journey.  Fact is that I’ve gained back more weight than I care to think about…but I know I can do this.  I guess I got a reality check when my daughter looked at me and said I don’t want to look like you.  Kids are cruel, they don’t mean to be, but they don’t have the filter yet that we all learn as we grow.  So, I’ve gained back some weight, I’ve let myself down, but I’M THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN CONTROL THAT!  So, this week, I’ve worked out 5 out of 6 days.  Chris and I bought a food scale, he’s going to grill some chicken tenders so I can get my salads ready today for the rest of the week.  I’m going to package up my mixed nuts for snacks, etc.  I’m on a mission and I will not be side tracked this time.

For those that have been around for awhile, you may remember Darryl, my torturer/friend.  Darryl is now working with me and is helping me to remain accountable for my eating behavior.  I’m excited that he’s helping me come up with a plan for my workouts.  It’s not always easy to do this.  I’m starting again, taking one step at a time…but I’m going to do this.  I will be that healthier person that I’ve been dreaming of for so long.  She’s there…in my mind’s eye…just waiting to be seen again.  I was looking at some old pictures awhile back…remembering wearing a size 7.  Honestly, I was at the thrift store looking at blue jean skirts for work.  I saw some size 7s and picked them up and looked at them and thought OMW, I can’t believe I was ever that small…and that I thought I WAS FAT!  UGH!  My how things change.  Here’s to renewing my efforts…and making it to my goal this time!  I don’t want to be Fat and 40…I want to be 40 and FABULOUS!  So I’ve got a little over a year to do just that! ;-) 

I have been forced into this.  For those of you who have not experienced the Migraine Diet, here’s a list of the things I CAN’T have:  no caffeine, no iced teas, no alcohol (red wine and beer especially), no chocolate, no lime/lemon/orange/grapefruit/pineapple/bananas, no artificial sweetners, no sodas, no soy, no MSG, avoid cheese (except for ricotta, cream, cottage, Kraft Singles, Velveeta), meat (nothing processed: no deli/lunch meats/cured/smoked/ages/hot dogs/ham/salami/pepperoni, etc./avoid beef.  Might be okay with: buffalo, non-packaged lamb, kosher beef. Best: chicken seafood, pork.  I have to cut down on Yeast as well.  I am also supposed to exercise for an hour a day.  I’m working on that…but I’ve been following Weight Watchers.  The lack of my ability to eat cheese, lunch meat and those convenience foods make it harder for me, but I’m still trying.  This week I’ve managed with baked potatoes.  I know I can have those and I really enjoy them, but it’s not something I can have EVERYDAY and not get completely bored.  I’m trying to do what I can and still try to stay on plan and lose weight.  I was just wondering if anyone else has experienced this at all.  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

I really hate being sick…nor do I have time for all this sickness!  I figured it up…I have a little over 11 weeks before my wedding day.  I HAVE to stick to WW.  I have to get my workouts in…I HAVE to do this so I feel good about myself on my wedding day.  Aside from that, my future husband is so wonderful.  It looks like we may be HIKING on our honeymoon!  I know it sounds a tad funny to say that, but I think it sounds like a lot of fun.  I know we aren’t going to be spending every waking hour in bed (although I’m sure we’ll do our fair share) and we are not teenagers anymore.  I do need to be in good condition for that!  Okay, as I’m feeling under the weather…the plan for the remainder of the week is to try to follow the WENDIE plan since I can’t really do any hard core workouts right now.  I can move a little but I think I should get past this first day of antibiotics before I think too much about that.  Okay, buddies, if you would be so kind as to help me and tolerate me for the next 11 to 12 weeks so I can at least get to my mini goal to feel good at my wedding, I’d greatly appreciate it!