And for me, I had a "bad" week. But, in reality it was a really good, fun week!
So, I gained 1.6 this week, which didn't shock me. We had a busy week. We had a friend over for dinner one night, husband had a bunch of time off work AND my father in law came to visit. Not only did I partake in a few indulgences, but also it was just hard to track this week. I felt like I didn't have enough free seconds to calculate everything that went in my mouth because we were on the go so much. But, it's time to stop making excuses. I gained, and that's ok. I just need to make sure I don't let little slip ups get me down. That would be the biggest mistake....falling into the pit of DOOM.
It's funny, because I actually feel gross this week. I definitely didn't eat enough fruits and vegetables, definitely didn't drink enough water and boy can I tell. I still haven't discussed my weight loss goals with anyone, but I know I'll need to eventually. I need someone on my side, but not someone who will nag me about the little things. It's a difficult battle I fight internally ;-)
Well, on to another week that will be followed by a week of vacation at the beach...then summer if officially over for my family. I'm probably more excited for fall than I should be, but it's just my favorite season. I can't wait.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Saturday, August 10, 2013
First Saturday
Well, hello! And Happy Saturday! Also known a weigh in day for me.
I always weigh myself first thing in the AM. I feel this gives me the best true weight. I haven't had any food or drink since the previous night and it just works for me. So, this morning was weigh in day. I lost this week (hooray!) 1.6lbs which gives me a total loss of 15.9lbs. I'm feeling pretty good! I would say the best feeling is I don't feel so gross anymore. I have more energy, I look forward to going on my walks with by little one and I'm encouraged with my continued loss.
I think I should mention that this time around doing Weight Watchers, I'm trying to do it as naturally as possible. I try my hardest not to use "light" or "low fat" things because I know that they aren't really that good for you. I would much rather spend 5 points on a whole milk yogurt that is all natural than 3 on a "light" version with all sort of weird things in it. I think this is best practice for me and my family as this time. I want to raise my children eating real food not chemicals. I try to make every meal at home except for 1 night a week we tend to go out to dinner. Most of the time we go to a local place that serves all local food, so it's still the concept I like to stick to, but of course not everything I do is perfect, and there are the times my husband or I just really want a chicken sandwich from Chick-Fil-A ;-)
The hardest thing this week was going out to dinner. The restaurant we went to was in the WW list, so I was able to find out exactly how many points I was eating...BUT it didn't leave me satisfied AT ALL. Both my husband and I left and we were both still hungry. FYI- My husband is very, very in shape. He has never and will never need to go on a diet, if anything he worries about being too skinny...so him still feeling hungry isn't because he's a chunker and/or overeater. Obviously I have my weekly allowance that I was able to use to have something additional to feel satisfied but it was still such a bummer and stressor for me. Thankfully, I didn't use that stress and eat something horrible, instead I came home and had a little peanut butter on pita with some fruit. I knew the peanut butter protein would help fill my tummy and the fruit would also help satisfy the pit in my stomach.
A positive this week was using my Polar Watch it really helps to know how intense my workouts are. It also lets me know the optimal heart rate for my body. This little watch has been such a motivator. If I see my heart rate go down, I pick up my pace or if I see how many calories I'm burning and I think "That's all!?!?" I kick my butt into high gear. I had a struggle with the band you wear around your chest, but I think I solved the problem and it's been happy workouts since.
Some of my favorite meals/snacks this week:
Peanut Butter on Pita: I mentioned this above and it is such a great snack for me. I get this mini pita's at the grocery store (Wegman's brand) and just put 1 tablespoon of peanut butter on the little pita. If I need a sweet to go with my salty, I add a tiny bit of honey and it's oh so good.
Open Faced Cheeseburger: I'm currently buying the grass-fed organic beef from Wegmans, so it's very lean (I think 93%?) but still very flavorful. I always use sandwich thins for my bread and just use 1/2 a thin as a base for my burger. It works out great and I feel I can still provide the "man meal" of burgers for my husband but it's also pretty healthy for me. I had this twice this week and both times I had veggies on the side. Either roasted summer squash or asparagus..we love them both and it's a good summer meal for us.
Almonds: Almonds are 6 points plus for 1/4 cup, which is pretty high for such a small amount, but I always make sure to have 1/4 cup when I'm going out. The 6 points are worth a healthy snack to me when I am on the go. I often go grocery shopping after I exercise and it's very nice to know I have a snack for after my workout. It just helps keep me from stopping for a filler somewhere. Again, 6 points not be worth it to everyone but it's worked out well for me so far.
Yogurt: I think yogurt will forever be on my list of favorite snacks. Mmm. I love yogurt. Lately I've been having Brown Cow brand and my favorite is Maple flavored. It gives me that sweetness that I love. Thank you, Brown Cow. Like I've said, all the yogurt I eat is whole milk, so one yogurt is 5 points plus, but that is what I chose for my yogurts.
I've wanted to add some pictures, but I realized that I never get my picture taken! HAHA I guess I need to change that so that I can see the difference in myself. Also, I want to try to take pictures of what I'm eating so I can share that as well.
Have a good week!
I always weigh myself first thing in the AM. I feel this gives me the best true weight. I haven't had any food or drink since the previous night and it just works for me. So, this morning was weigh in day. I lost this week (hooray!) 1.6lbs which gives me a total loss of 15.9lbs. I'm feeling pretty good! I would say the best feeling is I don't feel so gross anymore. I have more energy, I look forward to going on my walks with by little one and I'm encouraged with my continued loss.
I think I should mention that this time around doing Weight Watchers, I'm trying to do it as naturally as possible. I try my hardest not to use "light" or "low fat" things because I know that they aren't really that good for you. I would much rather spend 5 points on a whole milk yogurt that is all natural than 3 on a "light" version with all sort of weird things in it. I think this is best practice for me and my family as this time. I want to raise my children eating real food not chemicals. I try to make every meal at home except for 1 night a week we tend to go out to dinner. Most of the time we go to a local place that serves all local food, so it's still the concept I like to stick to, but of course not everything I do is perfect, and there are the times my husband or I just really want a chicken sandwich from Chick-Fil-A ;-)
The hardest thing this week was going out to dinner. The restaurant we went to was in the WW list, so I was able to find out exactly how many points I was eating...BUT it didn't leave me satisfied AT ALL. Both my husband and I left and we were both still hungry. FYI- My husband is very, very in shape. He has never and will never need to go on a diet, if anything he worries about being too skinny...so him still feeling hungry isn't because he's a chunker and/or overeater. Obviously I have my weekly allowance that I was able to use to have something additional to feel satisfied but it was still such a bummer and stressor for me. Thankfully, I didn't use that stress and eat something horrible, instead I came home and had a little peanut butter on pita with some fruit. I knew the peanut butter protein would help fill my tummy and the fruit would also help satisfy the pit in my stomach.
A positive this week was using my Polar Watch it really helps to know how intense my workouts are. It also lets me know the optimal heart rate for my body. This little watch has been such a motivator. If I see my heart rate go down, I pick up my pace or if I see how many calories I'm burning and I think "That's all!?!?" I kick my butt into high gear. I had a struggle with the band you wear around your chest, but I think I solved the problem and it's been happy workouts since.
Some of my favorite meals/snacks this week:
Peanut Butter on Pita: I mentioned this above and it is such a great snack for me. I get this mini pita's at the grocery store (Wegman's brand) and just put 1 tablespoon of peanut butter on the little pita. If I need a sweet to go with my salty, I add a tiny bit of honey and it's oh so good.
Open Faced Cheeseburger: I'm currently buying the grass-fed organic beef from Wegmans, so it's very lean (I think 93%?) but still very flavorful. I always use sandwich thins for my bread and just use 1/2 a thin as a base for my burger. It works out great and I feel I can still provide the "man meal" of burgers for my husband but it's also pretty healthy for me. I had this twice this week and both times I had veggies on the side. Either roasted summer squash or asparagus..we love them both and it's a good summer meal for us.
Almonds: Almonds are 6 points plus for 1/4 cup, which is pretty high for such a small amount, but I always make sure to have 1/4 cup when I'm going out. The 6 points are worth a healthy snack to me when I am on the go. I often go grocery shopping after I exercise and it's very nice to know I have a snack for after my workout. It just helps keep me from stopping for a filler somewhere. Again, 6 points not be worth it to everyone but it's worked out well for me so far.
Yogurt: I think yogurt will forever be on my list of favorite snacks. Mmm. I love yogurt. Lately I've been having Brown Cow brand and my favorite is Maple flavored. It gives me that sweetness that I love. Thank you, Brown Cow. Like I've said, all the yogurt I eat is whole milk, so one yogurt is 5 points plus, but that is what I chose for my yogurts.
I've wanted to add some pictures, but I realized that I never get my picture taken! HAHA I guess I need to change that so that I can see the difference in myself. Also, I want to try to take pictures of what I'm eating so I can share that as well.
Have a good week!
Sunday, August 4, 2013
A New Start
Well, I've decided to give blogging a try again. But this time, I'm not trying to blog about my every day activities or my family. I've decided to just blog about losing weight.
I guess I should start this story with why I am where I am today. Prepare for a novel. I think it started when my parents got divorced? I was around 5. Although, I'm actually not 100% positive because I've always been overweight. Even in my 5th grade class photo I stand out as the chunker.
For the first part of my childhood, my mother was a single mom raising two boys and a girl (I'm the youngest) she worked a lot, and didn't have a lot of money. This resulted in a lot of sloppy joes and hamburger helper. I can't blame my mom at all. She did the best she could taking care of us, however it did set the health bar pretty low for me. When my mom got re-married, we became a family of 7. Now, 4 teenage boys and me. Still didn't have a lot of money, so we continued to eat not-the-most-healthy things (although they were delicious!) A few of my favorites? Campfire Stew- hot dogs, potatoes and onion cooked together in the pan. Who knows if there was oil? butter? but let's be honest, Hot dogs and potatoes on the regular probably didn't do my teenage waste line any good. Smooth Dinner- this dish was such a favorite, we gave it it's own name. In our house, the word" smooth" implied something was really good or cool. So, smooth dinner was just soooo good it got it's own moniker. What exactly was smooth dinner? Well well well, it was basically macaroni and cheese with hamburger mixed in. But, my step-dad makes a darn good mac n cheese. So creamy and delicious. I remember my mom buying those discounted cheese ends they sold in the deli section all the time, and now I know why! haha. Tortillas and Cheese- This I guess is like a quesadilla, just not fancy. It was two round tortillas, pan fried with cheese inside. Again, tasty but not healthy in any way.
I don't know how often we would have these dishes growing up, but I do remember they were a favorite. I also don't remember having many fruits or veggies growing up. I can remember Chuck (my step-dad) microwaving peas and corn but I don't really remember eating them.
That was the start of my bad habits I guess. And again, I don't blame my mom or step-dad at all. They did what they could do raising us, and there does come a time in ones life when they have to be held responsible for themselves, and it comes way earlier than 27 ;-)
My life continued, I ate badly, I went through a battle of bulimia around my senior year of High School. I have vivid memories of eating whole pints of Ben and Jerry's and purging. Ice cream was always my favorite because it came up the easiest. I also vividly remember making the conscience decision to stop making myself throw up. I never went to any sort of therapy, I don't even think I told anyone what was going on, I just remember saying to myself "Katy, you need to stop doing this" and I did. I also continued to struggle with my weight.
In college I started to do Weight Watchers. My mom was doing it, and she would let me borrow her things to know how many points I should have. I ended up losing a decent amount of weight, but I went the frozen dinner route. I ate a lot of frozen meals so I lost weight, but I didn't learn how to eat in the "real world" which lead to me gaining all the weight back.
So, now I'm here. I've still done the Yo Yo and I even lost weight before I got pregnant, but I never fully committed myself to keeping it off. I joined Weight Watchers again July 2013. I decided not to tell anyone I was (am) doing it, not even my husband. I know I will tell him, and he'll obviously notice I'm losing weight, but I didn't want to tell him and then fail. I didn't want to say "Oh, I'm counting my points" and then a week later have him say "Are you tallying this up?" as I have a dinner that I'm not tallying up. I don't know why, but I've always been the type of person who caves when I feel judged. So, if someone says "You need to get to the gym" I go through the battle of "F-YOU" and "Wow, I'm so fat and gross and disgusting, why do they even like me?" so I don't take little remarks well, even if they are coming out of the most kind place in someones heart, to me it's always a knife in my gut. HENCE me not telling anyone I re-joined the WW.
In the past 7 weeks, I've lost a total of 14.3lbs and I'm feeling pretty darn good. I've really done a good job at logging my points and staying active. When I made the decision to sign up this time, I knew that this current life I'm living will be the most free time I'll ever have. I'm not working, We got a BOB stroller, I have a gym with a child center, it's summer etc. etc. I knew if I couldn't get off my rear-end now, I'll never be able to quite like I can now. So I did.
I don't really know what my method for this blog will be, but I know it will be therapeutic. I plan on updating with different meals I've had, good moments, bad moments and I'm sure some pictures. I have no idea how often I'll post, how emotional I'll be, but I know there's others out there who are going through this, and HOPEFULLY I never do again, but if so I know where to look for a reminder of where I can be.
I guess I should start this story with why I am where I am today. Prepare for a novel. I think it started when my parents got divorced? I was around 5. Although, I'm actually not 100% positive because I've always been overweight. Even in my 5th grade class photo I stand out as the chunker.
For the first part of my childhood, my mother was a single mom raising two boys and a girl (I'm the youngest) she worked a lot, and didn't have a lot of money. This resulted in a lot of sloppy joes and hamburger helper. I can't blame my mom at all. She did the best she could taking care of us, however it did set the health bar pretty low for me. When my mom got re-married, we became a family of 7. Now, 4 teenage boys and me. Still didn't have a lot of money, so we continued to eat not-the-most-healthy things (although they were delicious!) A few of my favorites? Campfire Stew- hot dogs, potatoes and onion cooked together in the pan. Who knows if there was oil? butter? but let's be honest, Hot dogs and potatoes on the regular probably didn't do my teenage waste line any good. Smooth Dinner- this dish was such a favorite, we gave it it's own name. In our house, the word" smooth" implied something was really good or cool. So, smooth dinner was just soooo good it got it's own moniker. What exactly was smooth dinner? Well well well, it was basically macaroni and cheese with hamburger mixed in. But, my step-dad makes a darn good mac n cheese. So creamy and delicious. I remember my mom buying those discounted cheese ends they sold in the deli section all the time, and now I know why! haha. Tortillas and Cheese- This I guess is like a quesadilla, just not fancy. It was two round tortillas, pan fried with cheese inside. Again, tasty but not healthy in any way.
I don't know how often we would have these dishes growing up, but I do remember they were a favorite. I also don't remember having many fruits or veggies growing up. I can remember Chuck (my step-dad) microwaving peas and corn but I don't really remember eating them.
That was the start of my bad habits I guess. And again, I don't blame my mom or step-dad at all. They did what they could do raising us, and there does come a time in ones life when they have to be held responsible for themselves, and it comes way earlier than 27 ;-)
My life continued, I ate badly, I went through a battle of bulimia around my senior year of High School. I have vivid memories of eating whole pints of Ben and Jerry's and purging. Ice cream was always my favorite because it came up the easiest. I also vividly remember making the conscience decision to stop making myself throw up. I never went to any sort of therapy, I don't even think I told anyone what was going on, I just remember saying to myself "Katy, you need to stop doing this" and I did. I also continued to struggle with my weight.
In college I started to do Weight Watchers. My mom was doing it, and she would let me borrow her things to know how many points I should have. I ended up losing a decent amount of weight, but I went the frozen dinner route. I ate a lot of frozen meals so I lost weight, but I didn't learn how to eat in the "real world" which lead to me gaining all the weight back.
So, now I'm here. I've still done the Yo Yo and I even lost weight before I got pregnant, but I never fully committed myself to keeping it off. I joined Weight Watchers again July 2013. I decided not to tell anyone I was (am) doing it, not even my husband. I know I will tell him, and he'll obviously notice I'm losing weight, but I didn't want to tell him and then fail. I didn't want to say "Oh, I'm counting my points" and then a week later have him say "Are you tallying this up?" as I have a dinner that I'm not tallying up. I don't know why, but I've always been the type of person who caves when I feel judged. So, if someone says "You need to get to the gym" I go through the battle of "F-YOU" and "Wow, I'm so fat and gross and disgusting, why do they even like me?" so I don't take little remarks well, even if they are coming out of the most kind place in someones heart, to me it's always a knife in my gut. HENCE me not telling anyone I re-joined the WW.
In the past 7 weeks, I've lost a total of 14.3lbs and I'm feeling pretty darn good. I've really done a good job at logging my points and staying active. When I made the decision to sign up this time, I knew that this current life I'm living will be the most free time I'll ever have. I'm not working, We got a BOB stroller, I have a gym with a child center, it's summer etc. etc. I knew if I couldn't get off my rear-end now, I'll never be able to quite like I can now. So I did.
I don't really know what my method for this blog will be, but I know it will be therapeutic. I plan on updating with different meals I've had, good moments, bad moments and I'm sure some pictures. I have no idea how often I'll post, how emotional I'll be, but I know there's others out there who are going through this, and HOPEFULLY I never do again, but if so I know where to look for a reminder of where I can be.
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