Wednesday Wishes March 19th

I weighed in at my WW meeting and I was happy to have lost a little more weight. I was worried with my weekend away from home (I made some bad food choices even though I tried really hard to stick to my points, I didn't). We had a good meeting with many journaling reminders for me. For the last few weeks I have kept track of my food on the eTools online tracker which is great but since I'm not home all the time I should still food journal in my little journal just to make sure I don't miss anything. I have not been good about counting the BLT's so I will do better at that as well.

My goals for this week are:

Keep track of everything going into my mouth
Stay within my points
Not eat after 7:00pm
Exercise 5 days

Feb. 11th

I was able to do my treadmill early this morning. So far so good with my food today. I am at work and didn't plan on being here so long today so I only brought a WW yogurt and not any lunch. I'm just hoping I can make it until my conference call is finished so I can go home and eat something other than junk. I need to bring a few WW freezer meals to keep at the office so I won't be tempted to cheat.One of my coworkers just started back on WW. She lost 90 pounds last year and was 19 pounds from her goal weight when she quit. She encouraged me saying the first few weeks were hard but after that it will get easier. I hope she it right.Patty reccommended Steel Cut Oatmeal for breakfast. I'm generally not much of an oatmeal fan but the girls and I loved this steel cut oatmeal. It was yummy and I've had it for breakfast the last few mornings.Also at my WW meeting Thursday I as told about Sara Lee DeLight Wheat bread. It's only 1 point for 2 slices of bread. YAY a whole sandwich!

Weight Watchers

Life is returning to normal after a busy January. The Sundance Film Festival is over, my mom went home Monday afternoon and I am slowly catching up. My house is a mess and I have laundry everywhere, but hey, I guess that's normal!

I miss my mom. When she comes every January to help me with my family I love it! She takes care of my kids as good as I would and she loves them. She helps me with laundry and my house and she is fine being stuck home all day with my kids. I feel like I work her so hard and she doesn't get to have any fun. R suggested we take her on a vacation with us this year.

Tonight I went to my first Weight Watchers meeting. I was nervouse and almost talked myself out of going but I'm glad I went. There were only two of us in the new person meeting so it was nice to have a personalized discussion with the leader. I'm excited to get started and read all the material. Wish me luck!

Shredded Wheat or Hay?

Yesterday I ate Shredded Wheat for breakfast. Well my 5 year old S insisted that she try it and said she would like, which I knew was unlikely. After a few bites her brother Z asked what she was eating and S very seriously said "hay". When her dad came home from work last night she informed him that she ate hay for breakfast. Of course she didn't like and won't try Shredded Wheat again. I actually like Shredded Wheat, not as much as Lucky Charms though.I did okay yesterday on my eating but I could have done better. It's hard when I'm home during the day I just want to eat whatever is around. I drank my water and only did the treadmill once.

Wednesday Goals:
Walk on the treadmill 30 minutes
Drink 8 glasses of water
Eat healthy snacks
Plan healthy meals for the remainder of the week

I made the Ranch Dressing recipe I posted and I thought it was yummy and easy. The family liked it also but then who doesn't like Ranch? For dinner I made Chipotle Orange Glazed Pork Chops although I didn't use the chipotle and I made the Maple Squash Puree. The pork chops were good and again my family like them. R liked the squash, my 2 girls spit it out and Z wouldn't even try it. I thought it was okay. I'm not a big squash fan (or for that matter I'm not a big vegatable fan) so I have to force myself to eat it, even when there's lots of butter and sugar. I would make both recipes again.