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6月27日 Ahem!It is me in a very small way just to let you know that I still live. I felt the creative urge and then it left me as quickly as it arrived. Sad, I know. You would think after 6 months that I could think of one interesting thing to write about...hmm...we went mattress shopping tonight and the man told my husband to look at how my spine was aligned on the bed...lol. I lay there on the mattress and wondered does my husband know exactly what an aligned spine should look like? Oh jeez, I forgot that he sent away for the "back quack" certificate in the back of his GI Joe comic book....we didn't buy one...lol. I told hublet to go tomorrow and pick one...lol. I am a Princess and I will feel that pea under any pillowy goodness they want to pack on those springy coils!
cheers! 1月21日 Impatience - Rome wasn't Built in a DayI was thinking I should redecorate in here but then I thought...no...and just changed the colour of the font...lol. Well yesterday was meeting day and it was a gooder. My girlfriend lost 2 lbs this week so a big congrats to her. I weighed in up .2 lbs putting me at 134.6 lbs. That is not bad since I did go through Christmas and New Years since my last weigh in. I am still well below my goal weight so I am pretty happy with where things stand right now.
This week's meeting was all about impatience and weight loss. The leader talked about all the things in life that we hate waiting for like line ups, drive throughs and of course weight loss. She then asked everyone what things they thought were worth waiting for. We got things like a baby, a good meal and I added weight loss of course...lol. Anyway the whole idea of the meeting was to try to put dieting into perspective and how there are no quick fixes. The quick fix diets generally don't last and usually end up with the weight coming back plus some exta. Her way of explaining it was rather neat. She asked if there was anyone who played a musical instrument in the class. There were a few. She then asked if they just picked up the instrument and started to play without any coaching or instruction. You could see a lot of light bulbs going on by the expression on people's faces. She asked if knowing how to play the instrument was worth the time invested in learning how to play it. You can obviously see where she was going with this...lol. Anyway the best story was the one she told about her son. When he was 3 or 3 and a half he used to watch hockey with his Dad all the time. He decided that he wanted to skate. They went out and bought him skates and took him to the school where they had an outside rink. They got him all laced up and put him on the ice. He tried to skate. He went forward and fell down. He got up tried again a couple of more times with the same result. He then went over to his Mother and was quite perturbed and told her that SHE bought him the wrong skates because they didn't work right....lol. This was just another way of showing that it takes and practice to get the results you are looking for. Just because something doesn't happen quickly and overnight or on the first try does not mean that it is the wrong thing to be doing. So many people try to lose weight and become discouraged when they are not losing it fast enough. It wasn't the first time that I tried Weight Watchers. In fact I think I tried it about three times before I actually committed myself to it. It took me a long time to get to where I am today but I am very happy that it did take so long. Today I don't have any trouble really knowing what I should and should not eat. I have learned that through this journey and that knowledge has helped me in maintaining where I am. I will not say that I won't ever gain weight again but I sure as hell won't let it happen without a fight. I monitor myself and I still journal my food every day. The other critical thing to my success has been the meetings. People who don't actually go to Weight Watchers may not know what I am talking about but there is something so positive and special that goes on in every meeting. I leave there every Saturday armed with the motivation needed to see me through another week.
Well that's all for me my friends.
Great losing to you all!
Cheers!
moe 1月18日 You Got to Have Friends!I had the pleasure of company with me on Saturday at the WW meeting. One of my long time girlfriends decided to take the plunge and join the program. I am very proud of her and plan to support her in any way that I can. We have known each other since we were single digit ages I believe, back since public school. We have known each other through all of our thin and chubby years and ached with each other over our weight gains and celebrated the many losses. She had recently seen a nutritionist and started a program there but found that she could not find the motivation she needed to succeed at it. I asked her to join me and she will have her first week under her belt this Saturday. She has done WW before with some degree of success as I had in the past. I feel this will be her turning point this time. I think the new program is tailored to everyone now rather than clumping everyone into points groups based on weight. I love that it takes your gender, weight , height, and level of activity into consideration in determining your daily point allowance. Interestingly enough I stayed for the orientation meeting with her and found out that I still get the 35 flex points per week even at goal. I was floored...lol. I plan to weigh in this week at the meeting as I am required to weigh at least once a month. I am hoping that I have shed the couple of Christmas pounds by then. Oh if only the licorice was not so tasty . Hublet brought me home some black licorice. It is my most favourite treat and I have a tremendous amount of difficulty turning on the pause button when it comes to eating it. Exercise has not been great this week. I did get the ab machine out and do some crunches on Monday but that has been the extent of it. I will ride my bike tomorrow night for sure. I have to get back into it as I was doing really well. I am slowly setting a little gym up in the laundry room. I have one of those manual stepping machines that is out back gathering dust so that is the next thing to go into it. Ths ab thingy is there as well as the Ultra Glide machine that I don't have a clue how to use. I think the problem with that is that if I figure out how to use it, I am then going to be obligated to actually USE it...lol.
So that is about it for me. Remember kids...If you bite it, write it!
Great losing!
Cheers,
moe 11月16日 It keeps getting better!Well you know how I said taking the Bootsie Girl to WW meetings was a challenge? Saturday I took her again...lol. I did take her to the later morning class as there are not as many people who attend that one. I made sure I strapped her in the stroller this time. She was great until she decided to start singing "winkle, winkle lit-tall dar, how I won-dar uh you are". I then thought this would be a good time for some "ju-sah" (that would be juice for those of you who do not speak baby). The Boots definitely got her mother's attention span as that entertained her for about two seconds before she turfed it at a poor lady sitting near by. I sort of chuckled and nipped down to pick up the cup trying not to look too embarassed and mumbled an apology. Next came the treats..ugh...they also ended up on the floor but only after they had been somewhat chewed...lol. It was at this point that I got up and started wheeling the stroller back and forth. The leader looked over and said, "You aren't leaving are you?" I told her no and that I was just trying to amuse the child so she would not be so disruptive...lol. I was so distracted by the Boots I can't even tell you what we were talking about in the meeting....lol. I happened to see a girl that I know over at the scales. She has been doing WW for a long time as well and has lost around 90 lbs I think. I peeked around the corner to say hi to her and again the leader asked if i was leaving....huh? She seemed to be so concerned about me leaving for some reason...lol. I came back into the room and continued to try and amuse my darling daughter when she started hooting...lol. Okay that was enough for me and I started to put her coat on...lol. The leader saw this and asked if I was leaving again...lol. This time I told her I was because Miss Biz was disturbing the class but not to worry I would be back next week to the regular meeting on my own. She told me I couldn't go as she had something for me. I'm like, "What? For me?" She holds up an envelope and tells everyone that the meeting is over as she has a special presentation to make and with my approval she wanted to turn the class into a question and answer meeting with ME! She went on to tell everyone about how much weight I had lost and then opened up the envelope. Inside was a certificate of achievement along with a personally signed letter from Florine Marks congratulating me on my weight loss. How cool is that? I guess I haven't been going to the Saturday classes and the leader I normally have wanted to present this to me as she is also the one who runs the WW centre I go to. It was all very nice and rather cool getting to answer questions from other members. I like sharing the story when it helps others to see that weight loss doesn't happen over night. It takes patience, perserverance and commitment. Apparently I am the current WW poster child in our centre...lol.
So my fellow WLS friends, good things can happen to all of you too. You just have to make them happen and want them bad enough. I wanted it and I did it!
On a special note, I would like to welcome our Kim back to blog land and the WLS group. We have all missed you so much!
Great losing to you all!
hugs,
moe 11月5日 Walk Out to WinterIf anyone noticed my last day of exercise was last Sunday the 29th. I have taken to slacking off not only in the exercise but in the water drinking and in avoiding the dreaded leftover Halloweenie candy. I honestly do not know how I have not gained any weight this week..lol. This week was a rough one, one of my bosses passed away at the age of 65 last Sunday and where I work, the people are my second family so it has been a very sad time for me and my co-workers.
My little Bootsie girl has had a cold so although she does not know any better, she has been what I would deem unreasonable....lol. She never ceases to amaze me. Just yesterday I was trying to undo some sort of baby seat and she came and looked at me and said "I do it". Okay so when did she start speaking in coherent sort of sentences? Tonight Daddy was trying to do something and she went to him and said "I help". Where did my little baby go to? This week has made me realize that you must live each day to its fullest and cherish every moment. I can't help but feel that I am missing out on so many special moments with her. I am glad that I got to hear her first sentence. Now that she knows that she is an "I", she has been going around telling me that "I can do it" and "I can do dat". I have been talking to her about potty training lately too. That consists of coming to the washroom with Mommy and listening to the tinkle...lol and then she flushes the toilet and says ba-bye pee pee. This whole motherhood thing is an interesting experiment to say the least...lol.
Back to the exercise...Kari has given us our new challenge. Thanks to Heidi for the name...Never Give Up November. It took me a while to get going but I forced myself outside today as the weather was not too bad. We have snow on the ground here...ugh! Anyway, I got dressed up, put on the pedometer and my mp3 player and headed out. Fittingly enough the first song that played was "Walk out to winter" by Aztec Camera....lol. I figured it was a sign so rather than go for a 4.2 km walk I went for the long one. To be honest, it felt very refreshing and I did it in record time for me. It is too dark when I get home from work now so I am going to try to get out on the weekends during the day. I have to get back to the basement to get riding my bike too.
I skipped off the weight watchers meeting this week so I do not have anything new and inspiring to tell. I did have a nice comment though from my friend Shay and she has joined WW online so let's all wish her luck. Well that about wraps things up for me. I am dreadfully boring compared to Kari's misadventures in O-Town...lol. I honestly don't know how one person can meet so many colourful people. I always thought I attracted freaks. I am nothing compared to her...lol
Good luck and good losing and way to go Kari for getting the wheel on your wagon fixed!
Hugs,
moe 10月23日 How many times....How many times can one small child disrupt a weight watchers meeting...hmmm, let me see. There is a reason I have been attending the Friday night meetings after work for the past few weeks. Hublet is working seven Saturdays straight and since I don't have to weigh in weekly anymore I have been going to the evening meetings ALONE! Well I went on Friday night but decided I should go in for weigh Saturday morning. This meant bringing my sweet Bootsie girl along for the ride. I loaded the stroller in the trunk because I fully intended on putting her in it so that the little munchkin couldn't run willy nilly all over the place while I weighed. She was being such an angel in the car that I thought she would just sit in the Big Girl Chair while I got on the scales. It is a pain to unload and load the stroller in the car and I figured I would only be a few minutes so what harm could there be in just bringing her inside? I sat her on the chair and proceeded to shed my clothes and put them on her lap. "Now you sit there like a good girl and hold Mommy's clothes". "Okay!", she says while smiling sweetly at me. I get on the scales and I hear the sound of clothes being thrown to the floor, giggles and the shuffling noise of a little person trying to slide off the chair. I jump off the scales, grab her, sit her back down and pile the clothes on her lap again. "Now you stay there, Mommy will be done in a second". "Okay!", she says again. I get back on the scales and almost have the weigh in done and she proceeds to jump down again. The girl weighing me just says to leave her as she will be fine. So I do....lol. Bootsie does not know the word walk...it is run, run, RUN! She ran all around the room playing the window blinds like musical instruments...lol. The girl weighing me happened to mention that the Saturday leader had asked if they had seen me as she was worried that she had offended me because I hadn't been to class in weeks. She had informed her that I had been coming in on Fridays. While she was telling me this, it was at this time that my darling child made a bee line for the meeting room to make her grand entrance. I guess I was going to go to the meeting after all...lol. I grabbed her and plopped down on the floor at the back of the room. I sat cross-legged with my legs wrapped around the wee one. That worked for approximately two seconds. She definitely wants to become the newest member of The Wiggles...lol. She wiggled herself free in no time and then spotted a baby across the room. Did I mention that it was the largest class I have ever seen on a Saturday...lol. "Baby, baby, BAAAAAA-BYYYYY!" Off and running we go again as she makes her way over to the baby. Of course the mother passes her son down the row of chairs to get him close to my daughter...lol. While this was going on, the leader was getting everyone to yell out different fruits and vegetables alphabetically. We were up to about "E" when Bootsie spied more blinds and left the baby to serenade the class with her blind concerto. I got there just behind her but not soon enough to stop her from making her own soundtrack to accompany the leader...lol. Picture me squatting down by the window trying to get Boots to stop playing the blinds and the teacher asks for fruits and vegetables that start with the letter "F". It is here that I decide that I will yell out "Fennel". Perhaps a little too loud as everyone turned around to see where the bellow came from...lol. It was at that point that I decided we had enough meeting for one week and escorted my sweet girl out of there...lol. You see, there is a reason why you should not take your children with you to weigh in...lol. Thankfully I will not have to weigh in until the end of November and I will be able to go on my own by then. Until then I will continue my Friday night meetings. Oh I guess I forgot about the weigh in part of things. I weighed myself at home before going and was sure I would be up by a pound. Someone has jiggered with my home scales because when I weighed at WW I was down another .4 lbs. Not too bad I guess but I am now nearing 10 lbs less than my goal weight.
Well that's about it for me.
Great losing to you all!
moe 10月10日 Adventures in OverchievingWell it is Thanksgiving weekend here up in Canada so I would like to extend warm wishes to all my Canadian friends. I went to the weight watchers meeting on Friday night again this week as the Hublet is working on Saturdays. I haven't been weighing in because I normally do that on Saturday mornings. The beauty of the lifetime thing is that I only have to weigh in once a month. After eating all day, the last thing I am going to do is go in and get them to weigh me...lol. I have been monitoring myself pretty closely at home and have been very good at maintaining. Up the usual couple of pounds after the weekend, good all week long and then back down to normal weight by the end of the week. This week's meeting was all about Thanksgiving food. Pretty much beware of anything that you do not cook yourself because you won't know what has been added. They said to count 2 points for any fancy vegetables even if they are usually free. The other thing I learned and I don't know how they do it but if you like pumpkin pie you can do it without the pie shell. Someone said to just make the filling and put it in custard cups. You get the taste of the pie for less points because you are not adding the crust.
On to the October Overachievers challenge. You may have noticed that I really outdid myself on Saturday. I walked a total of 8.4 km. I took Bootsie girl out for a walk and upon arrival at the front door to our house I noticed that she had blown a shoe...lol. Sooooooo I loaded her in the car and drove our route a couple of times without finding the shoe. It really was my own fault as I have been teaching her to untie my runners when I come in from my walks. I figure the first part of learning to tie them is learning how to manipulate the laces. In my infinite wisdom, I thought that by double knotting her shoes she would be unable to get them undone.....wrong! The little doll is smarter than I thought...lol. Anyway, when the Hublet got home from work, I got all my gear on again and told him I was going on a search and destroy mission to find the delinquent shoe. I headed out the same way I always do peering in every little ditch. No shoe...humpff. As I drew closer to home, in fact right in front of my driveway across the road, there it was. Had I looked straight across the street when I was leaving I would have seen it immediately...lol. It turned out well though as I did get some extra exercise in.
We had our Thanksgiving on Sunday with about 30 other people. There was food everywhere and to be honest I ate like I had never heard of weight watchers before...lol. Bad Moe! I also indulged in some cheesecake. All the girls said they wanted to go for a walk after dinner and I was all gungho for that. Little did I know they meant to take Bootsie girl without a stroller...can you say slow and short? The walk took about 10 minutes so when we got back I grabbed my walking clothes, my mp3 player and my pedometer and headed out for a speed walk to try and work off the full belly feeling. Did I mention that the neighbours sent over extra cheese cake....lol. Guess what I had for dessert last night...hmmm? The scale demon did rear his ugly head and I was up about 2 lbs this morning. With some self control for the rest of the week I feel as though I will be able to put the little devil back in his place. I doubt I will weigh in this week either as I am heading out for an anniversay dinner with the hublet on Friday night. I am going to try to get to the meeting though.
Oh before i forget, I posted some pictures we had taken on Monday in a new photo album.
Well my friends, that about it for me.
Great losing to you all.
moe
10月1日 Happy White Rabbit's Day!Good morning everyone! Well the September Sweathog challenge has come to an end and I did fairly well up until the end when the weather started to become unco-operative. As the Bootsie girl would say "Rain, rain go away!". We had mostly rain this past week and I am not thrilled about exercise to begin with so walking in the rain is not high on my list of priorities....lol. Bless the hearts of those of you who don't care what the weather hands you. Friday happened to be a lovely day but I chose that evening as my day to attend the weight watchers meeting so I missed out on walking. Walking down dark country roads in the evening is not really a smart idea. I only say this because when I go out for a Saturday morning stroll there are usually new bottles and boxes decorating the side of the road and I am not talking about cola bottles...lol.
Anyway, I missed last week's meeting because I had a wedding to go to on Saturday and I didn't want to miss this week. The Hublet is working for the next seven Saturdays so I have decided to go to the Friday night meetings. Taking Bootsie on Saturday morning is just a disruption to the class and not fair to the others attending. Don't get me wrong, she is terribly amusing because she inherited her mother's charm...lol but a little bit goes a long way and she feels the need to clown around throughout the whole meeting...lol. I was going to go and weigh in on Saturday morning but that didn't happen. I weighed myself and I am still hovering around the same 137lbs. I did weigh this morning though and I think I may be down a half lb. This maintaining is tough when you have been in weight loss mode for so long. The class was nice on Friday. It was a leader that I have never had before. Her name is Cristel and she is a weight watcher winner. She has lost 150lbs! So all you gals and guys out there that think that your starting number is too high and will never go down, Cristel is proof that it can be done with hard work and perseverance. It doesn't happen overnight and the changes are usually small and slow. Fast weight loss is neither healthy or smart. Fast weight loss gives instant gratification and gives you a wonder woman kind of feeling. In talking with other people, that wonder woman feeling generally leads to cockiness and gaining back all the lost weight plus some.
The meeting was about examining the negative thoughts that go through your mind all the time. Things like "I can't do this!", "Why is this so hard this time?", you get the idea. So the idea was to take these negative thoughts and think about what you would say to your best friend if they said they were feeling these things. You would obviously be supportive becasue that is what best friends do, right? The idea was to concentrate on being your own best friend whenever Negative Nora rears her ugly head in your mind. Learn to be your own support system and you will have better luck being more positive when you have the little set backs.
So Kari has set us up with our October Challenge. I started it out with a bang! A few months ago I asked the Hublet to take the exercise bike down to the laundry room so that I would have something to do over the cold winter months. It was raining this morning so I went downstairs and climbed on "Old Bessie". She is "Old Bessie" now because she came into my possession back in the 80's. Sadly I must admit that she has mostly been used as a clothes rack and in recent years has resided in the back kitchen or summer kitchen and used for hanging electrical cords...lol. In all the years I have had her I have used her approximately 10 times and I am certain that is being generous....lol. It took only two minutes and I could feel the burn on my thighs at the front. I soooo wanted to get off her...lol. I stuck it out and when I got off after 31 minutes I was walking like Jelly Jill...lol. I actually only intended on doing 30 minutes but the song on my mp3 player was good so I kept going...lol. I fear the repercussions of this cycling escapade will cripple me tomorrow...lol. No doubt I will have the dreaded "Hitch in my Giddy-up" again. (Let's just see how many more google hits I will get for using that one again..haha).
Well that's about it for me for now. I will try to be more regular now that the colder weather is starting. Next week's meeting topic will be about surviving the Canadian Thanksgiving..lol I have two things to contend with, my tenth wedding anniversary is on Thursday and then the annual outdoor all weekend Thanksgiving extravaganza put on by my neighbours. I can see the scales rebelling on Monday already...lol. It will be the great Canadian beer drinking party plus a little bit of turkey...lol.
Cheers until next time,
moe
ps I have fallen off the water wagon. I am making that one of my October challenges. 9月18日 September UpdateSo we are over halfway through September. I haven't been doing too badly with Kari's Sweathog Challenge. It rained today so I didn't go out for a walk. Hopefully tomorrow will be nicer. I have been getting out about three times a week and having a great time with my mp3 player and pedometer. I still haven't got back into the crunches yet. I was doing so well there for a while but I gave into laziness and have only been keeping up with my walking. I want to look into getting the Walk Away the Pounds DVD that so many of you are doing. I want to try that for the winter months because it just gets too cold here and I hate the cold. I would like to get back into skiing this year. I can finally fit back into all my ski gear and it is a shame to see it hanging there in the closet.
This week at the meeting we talked about exercise. Most people were of the same mind set as me....lol. They hate it. Even the leader hates it and admitted it. There were a few humourous moments in class. One being when the leader asked if we have ever seen a jogger smiling...lol. I know some people really love jogging but I just can't get my mind around that...lol. The other moment was when we were supposed to suggest different ways that we could fit even a little bit of exercise into our daily routine. One girl suggested that while you are driving you can press your shoulders to the back of the seat and try pushing your belly button to your spine all while doing butt clenches. The leader misunderstood her and thought she said butt clutches and began to write that on the board and broke into a fit of giggles. I guess she was wondering whose butt you were supposed to be clutching while doing the other two things...lol. Anyway it sounds easy enough to do for someone who doesn't drive a stick shift. I get enough exercise in my left leg from clutching in stop and go traffic...lol. That is the only clutching I will be doing in the car...lol
I was down another .8 lbs bringing me to 137 lbs. I am having trouble eating more food I guess. I have been so used to eating the same way for so long it is hard to eat more. I usually figure I have been bad all weekend so I stay on track on all week and yes girls I am still journaling all my food except for the weekend. Perhaps writing in my journal on the weekend will help me get the whole not losing weight thing figured out. I have already blown that for this week though so I will start up next weekend. My new clothes are starting to get loose on me so I need to figure this all out. Figuring it out does not mean going on a huge sweets binge like I did today though...lol. I still have my moments! Now I have to be really good for the rest of the week.
I hope everyone is doing very well with the challenge and weight loss. Special I miss you to Kari. I will be glad to see her return. I also want to send some special hugs to Elissa and Kim. A huge congrats to my best friend Stinky for kicking the overdosing on Tim Horton's french vanilla coffees every day. Those things are huge points and cutting them out has helped her lose 10 lbs. Good job Stink!
Cheers!
moe 9月7日 LifetimeWell this past Saturday was my big day. I finally made it through the maintenance portion of Weight Watchers and got my Lifetime Membership. With lifetime you have to weigh in at least once a month and be within 2 lbs of your goal weight and you never have to pay again...wahoo! I weighed in before the meeting and I had stayed the same as the previous week so that was good. I finished at 100.4 lbs total loss with a weight of 138.8 lbs.
Hublet and Bootsie Girl came for the meeting as well. It was jam packed in there. Everyone seems to want to get back on track when school starts and summer is officially over. I got called up to the front of the class to get my award and had to say a little something to everyone there. I thanked Hublet for standing beside me and supporting me through the whole process and then I told everyone about the good news I received at the MS Clinic on Thursday. By the time I was finished almost everyone was in tears including my biggest He-man Fan. It was a very special day and many people came up to me after class to hug and congratulate me but the best part was how many of them came up and said that I had given them new motivation and hope to continue on with their journeys. I am happy about that because I believe in the program and know that it really does work. I am going to continue to go to the meetings because I have grown to really love going to them and although this portion of my journey may have come to an end, it is only the beginning of my new journey. This is the journey to maintain this healthy lifestyle for the rest of my life. Weight Watchers doesn't stop just because I have reached goal. I posted some pictures in the photo album.
Now for the Sweaty September Challenge. I started off with great gusto but due to a fall and sore knees I haven't been out sweating at all since Saturday...ugh. Friday night I am going to get out again. Last Friday and Saturday morning I was out the door at 7:05 am armed with my mps player, my pedometer from my dear sweet Heidi and no baby. This was the first time that I have attempted the walk without pushing a stroller. I have come to the conclusion that I must use different muscles when pushing the stroller. By Sunday I had a hitch in my giddy-up in places that I had not felt before from walking....lol. I obviously walked faster than normal because I wasn't stopping every few minutes to pick flowers and sticks to keep Bootsie amused. We shall see how my butt fares tomorrow night...lol. Just for Kari I posted a picture of me after one of my walks to show I was sweating...lol. I may not look that sweaty but I am red in the face and let me tell you it is not from embarrassment...lol.
Anyway Girls and of course John, great losing to you all. I hope you are all having a great week. Now I am off to visit a few spaces before bed. I will try to get on here to update with some meeting info after Saturday.
Cheers,
moe
8月27日 Life in MaintenanceSorry I have been sort of absent lately. I have been re-evaluating life and the amount of time that I spend on the computer. I have come to the realization that I spend very little time on-line. Most of the time is after eveyone has gone to bed in my house and lately I have found myself heading in the same direction. I know that it takes very little time to throw something on here but I have been having a hard time finding things to write about. I attend my weekly weight watchers meetings but have been distracted and forgetful about what we have talked about by the time I get here to write...lol.
So a little bit about me and how life is after reaching goal weight. The first week I felt a little lost as I have been following the plan for so long that eating more points seemed very foreign and unmanagable. I did my ritual slough off for the weekend and figured that I ate all those extra points. I stayed on plan and ended up losing .8 lbs the first week. Second week was better as I stayed the same. Third week I lost another 1.4 and the girl at the scales said that I was going to have to start adding more than the 28 lbs. I told her honestly that I journal through the week but have been lax about it on the weekends. Week four was better, I lost .6 lbs. I blamed the loss on not wearing my regular weigh in clothes. This put me at 98 lbs total lost. Switching back to eating more food is very tough. Not because I am afraid of gaining weight but because it seems like so much more food to eat and I am just not more hungry...lol. I don't think they mean for me to load up on junk like licorice and cookies to get more points in. I haven't quite figured out the secret behind it. I plan on asking some of the lifetime members how they manage and what they added to their menus to get their points up without adding poor food choices. Yesterday was week five weigh in. I didn't wear my normal clothes again and when I stepped on the scales she said I had lost 1.8 lbs...lol. 98 + 1.8 = 99.8 lbs. I looked at her and said, "Oh that's just silly! I am taking off this jacket and weigh me again...lol" I had a lightweight cotton t-shirt jacket on. Whipped it off and got back on the scales. She says, "What the heck is in that jacket? I hope you plan on staying for the meeting." That jacket weighed .6 lbs...lol. I got my 100 lb magnet yesterday. I figured when I was so close to that milestone that I may as well go for it...lol. I had my wee girl with me so we went and sat through the class. She was a good girl especially when I gave her a chocolate chip cookie. I pulled it out and thought afterwards I hope no one saw that...lol. That is a cruel thing to bring out in the middle of the meeting.
Next week, barring any unusual circumstances I will reach lifetime. My biggest supporter is coming with me and my sweet girl. Hublet should be there because without him I would never have been able to do this.
I have signed up to be one of Kari's September Sweathogs. I am sweating just thinking about it. I hope to see more of the WLS gang join up.
That's it for now. I have missed everyone. I will get around to visit at some point. I have to say a special thank you to our Heidi. She sent me the greatest gift ever...A Pedometer. I have turned into a mad woman on a mission. The first day I put it on at 7pm, went for a walk and kept in on until 11pm and did over 5000 steps...lol. The daily 10000 step challenge is pretty tough though. I haven't been able to do that yet. So once again, thank you so much Heidi, I absolutely love it.
Great losing to you all,
moe 8月9日 I'm AliveI'm alive. Still maintaining. Two weeks into it and I only lost .8 lbs. and last week I stayed the same which is good. I hope everyone else is out enjoying this glorious weather we are having.
Cheers!
moe 7月25日 She Shoots! She Scores!Saturday was weigh day. All of you that come here know that though. I got up and jumped on the scale to confirm my suspicions and told the Hublet to get dolled up because he was going to the Chub Club today. We dressed up the Bootsie girl and packed up the car with all toddler necessities and headed out. We got there and I weighed in and then went and sat in the meeting room. I was so excited that I barely remember what the meeting was about. I know we discussed something about turning obstacles into excitement...lol. The leader asked us different obstacles that we had come up against. I did raise my hand first and waved it over in the direction of the Bootsie girl. She was a good obstacle though so that one didn't really count. Hublet even chimed in with an answer. He said social gatherings. He has seen me leave Saturday mornings to head off to the meeting and now finally knows what goes on in them. He really was rather impressed and I was so proud of him for participating. I remember obstacles but I can't remember what we were supposed to do to get past them...lol. Here's my take on it after pondering it a bit. My suggestion would be to take the obstacles as they present themselves and turn to your inner strength that got you into Weight Watchers of whatever weight loss program you chose in the first place and feed off that to overcome them. There is something deep inside everyone who begins this journey that drives them to succeed. Listen to that inner voice that is telling you that you can and will do this. Our health is more important than any road block we can come up against.
In case you didn't guess, I reached goal on Saturday. Not only did I hit the 145 lb mark but went under by 1 more lb putting me at 144 for a total weight loss of 95.2 lbs. I knuckled under last week, stayed on program, got some good power walks in and lost 3.4 lbs. I was really excited and was looking forward to addressing the class when I was presented with goal charm for my WW key chain. The leader, Gwenda, wanted to tell everyone that I was no stranger to WW as I had been at it for a number of years now. She just wanted to stress the point to people just starting their journey, that healthy weight loss does not and should not happen overnight. Any of you that have read my story on here already know the details of my journey so I will spare you....lol. I told my story to everyone there though. I was asked what I thought were the important factors that helped me. I immediately looked at my husband and told everyone that the support of the people around you is one of the most important things. I told them how he makes my dinner every night and it is ready when I get home from work. He already has everything weighed or measured for me so all I have to do is eat it and write it in my food journal. He has been the most amazing man. I cannot not tell you how lucky I am to have married someone so caring and supportive. Everyone in there applauded him and he so deserved it. He got on board with me went I started and never looked back. I impressed upon them how important it was for them to stress to their family members that they needed and wanted the support to help them reach their goals. The next important thing I discussed was writing in your food journal every day. It is so easy to not eat enough or eat too much if you do not keep track. I am not perfect at it by any means but I am a firm believer that my more successful weeks are a reflection of keeping track daily. You won't lose if you do not eat enough to fuel your body and you will not lose and even gain if you are eating too much. The food journals are also a good record to look back at to see what you ate on a week where you had a good loss. Anyway, by the time I was finished telling my story the leader was in tears and the hublet's eyes were glistening too. She told me that she wants me to tell my story for the WW magazine. I haven't decided on that yet, we'll see.
Now comes MAINTENANCE, six weeks of it. I am supposed to add 4 points every day to get me out of weight loss mode. I don't know how I am doing this week because true to form I celebrated a little too much on the weekend so I must be careful this week...lol. The idea behind maintenance is to add points back into your menu to find a daily total that keeps you within 2 lbs of your goal weight. If you gain, then they subtract points and alternately they will add more if you continue to lose. I read the material in the booklet and it suggests that you give yourself a warning sign that will trigger you to pay more attention to your eating. It suggests a 5 lb gain as a trigger which is easier to lose than the 20 that you let sneak up on you. Weighing weekly should help keep this in check. I think continuing to attend meetings will also be helpful. It doesn't hurt to keep in a healthy eating state of mind. There are many life time members that continue to go to meetings. There must be something to that because they are maintaining their weight loss. So woohoo me! Let's just see how well this maintenance thing goes. I am kind of afraid. I have been in the same weight loss state of mind for so long it is weird to switch gears now. Wish me luck. (oh and I put a picture taken Saturday of me receiving my goal award in the photo album)
Great losing to you all!
moe
ps. I am not sure whether journaling my food on here will be helpful to anyone now that I am doing maintenance. If you would like me to continue, I will. Just let me know. 7月16日 Another WeekThis week at meeting we were looking at ways to make a "Lean, Mean Kitchen Machine" How can your kitchen help in your weight loss journey? What can you do to your kitchen to make things simpler? Anyway a few ideas came out and I want to share some of them. We had three columns on the board. Cutting down preparation time, kitchen gadgets and pantry must haves. Honestly we didn't get too far into it as we had new members come in just after the meeting started, bless their hearts and totally disrupted the class...lol. They started asking questions not pertaining to anything the leader was talking about as they did not realize that a structured sort of meeting was going on. The leader was very accommodating though and so was the class. We all pitched in to give advice and helpful things that we do on program. It ended up being fun.
We did fill in a few of the columns. Under prep time we had cook more and freeze the leftovers for lunches or meals later on in the week when time may not allow you to make something healthy. I am sure most of you do that anyway. Under gadgets one person said that she has a basket where she keeps all of her measuring tools. She had found that no matter how hard she tried, she would always lose her stuff whether it was because the dishwasher ate them or her kids put away the clean dishes and nothing ever was put back in the same spot. Her basket helps her keep everything together and alleviates the need to guess on measuring because it is always handy. Another person suggested a steamer for vegetables and the leader said that it was also great for reheating leftover meat. It makes it juicier and tender. I had never even thought of that before so I learned something new. Under the pantry must haves, people felt that canned tuna and vegetables were necessary especially if you were running late and need to fix something quick, easy and healthy. The pantry organization came up as well. If you have kids, you usually have treats in your house. Somehow those treats always seem to be in a spot that makes nibbling easier when you are running late and hungry. The general consensus was to take the temptation away by segregating treats away from your normal food so that they aren't the first things you see when your tummy is grumbling. Probably a smart idea. One girl said that she keeps treats in her cold room downstairs so that she has to consciously make an effort to go down there to get something. In most cases she said it was "Out of sight, out of mind". The fact that she found it a chore to go downstairs also helped so she only found herself going when she really, really had a craving.
So what I would like to know is if any of you have anything special that you do to help with the prep time, any unusual but necessary kitchen gadgets and what you think are essential food items that will help with the diet journey we are on. Not only will this be helpful to me but it may be helpful to all our other support group members.
Now for the weigh in. Not so good this week. I was up a pound. I wish you girls would quit sending that nasty TOM boy over to visit me...lol. Other factors may have been at play as well...hehe. Through the process of elimination I was only up a 1/2 lb after I got home....lol Not that you needed to know that but isn't that something you always do before you weigh in? Lord I cannot believe I put that on here but it is all about honesty right? Happily though I weighed myself this morning after an evening of dancing with the Hublet at home and if all goes well this week I am feeling goalish. I was there this morning and that is the first time I have seen that on the scales.
I have been good about the walking this week and bad about posting my weekly challenge. Water is going strong. I am getting that in every day. I haven't done a crunch all week though, butt or stomach...ugh. I am hoping to rectify that this week.
Well I am looking forward to hearing what everyone has up their sleeves regarding the kitchen helpers.
Great losing to you all!
moe
ps. Elissa I didn't want to make you wait forever so I got this on as quickly as I could...lol 7月4日 Butt What Part II?Okay I know that I have been taking way too long to get on here and write something humourous but still inspiring but it was the long weekend...blah blah blah. No excuse, no WAIT! Do you want to know why? Of course you do.
Well it starts at the end of the previous blog about butt crunching. Let's see, I decided that I would try doing the closed leg version of the butt lift. Let's just say that they leave way more to be desired than the open leg version. I decided Thursday evening would be a good day to try them out. I survived the open leg ones. How hard would it be to do the closed leg ones? They actually weren't that hard and I did 50 of them. Yea Moe! No..... bad Moe! Friday morning as I tried to get out of bed I felt this excruciating pain in the backs of my legs and my butt. Who knew that walking did not help with the toning of your hamstrings? Certainly not I! Needless to say I ended up having a severe hitch in my giddy-up...lol This of course led to my not being able to sit comfortably, which in turn led to me not blogging. See, I had a good reason...lol. I didn't know how to express this without sounding like I was discouraging this exercise so just so you know, I did 60 more of them tonight...lol. What on earth was I thinking? I was thinking, "I will not let one little hitch stand in my way of butt perfection!"
I did get out and do some pretty good walking in spite of the pain though. Standing was not so painful, it was the sitting that really got to me. My City has a street festival every year on the July long weekend so we went and strolled around there for about 1.5 hours on Friday night. Saturday morning I took the Boots on a good 5.6 km walk and then we did a 3.8 km walk on Sunday. Monday was a day of rest except I did my crunches. I did 150 of them because I had not done any in a few days. That was my punishment...lol.
So onto what you have all been waiting for. I didn't make it to a meeting last week due to Weight Watchers being closed on Saturday for Canada Day. I did, however go on Friday morning on the way to work to get weighed in. Drum roll please... I lost another .8 lbs putting me 1.4 lbs away from goal. Don't get all praise crazy though because the wheels on the WW Wagon fell off this weekend. I have partaken way too much in things that I had no business even stuffing in my gob. I totally knew way better but common sense sometimes flies out the window after a couple of beers (light beers I might add). Anyway, I am SO back on program today as I fear the scale demons will not treat me kindly come this Saturday. This also could be related to me being my very own bloatation device. Apparently George the dang puberty fairy should be making an appearance just before weigh day. I am totally blaming any weight gain on him!
I am on damage control this week but I will not be surprised to see a healthy gain on Saturday. Sometimes you have to take a step back to make two forward. I just hope I didn't take more than one step back!
Well everyone, happy losing to you all.
Cheers!
moe
ps. Tuesday came way too fast this week. I will post my menu tomorrow. I hope you all don't mind. 6月28日 Butt What?!!!!I was chatting with Kari tonight before she headed off to the land of nod and she suggested I try doing butt crunches or butt lifts (whatever they are called). I did and I can honestly say that I did not enjoy this latest introduction into my less than exotic exercise life...lol. I haven't yet decided whether I will make them a regular addition to the regime. Let's just see if I can even sit tomorrow first...lol.
The benefits of butt crunching - apparently it lifts your butt from the drooping nether regions and back to where it is supposed to be...lol. Do I want a butt that you can bounce quarters off of? Hmm...jury is still out on that one! Rock butt or pushin' cushion?
Okay everyone is doing this quiz so I am jumping on the band wagon. Thanks Kari! Oh just so you know, if my butt hurts tomorrow, I am totally blaming you...lol.
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moe 6月25日 Daily AffirmationI was a little bit of a turtle getting out the door and down to my meeting yesterday so I kind of missed the beginning of the lesson. I think I may have missed the most important part because I was having a hard time piecing together where she was going with the lecture. From what I could gather it was about how some people even though they may think they are meaning well can sometimes say things that can cut you to the bone. Being overweight generally goes hand in hand with low self esteem so when someone says something to you about your weight issues, it hurts.
Duh, thank you very much. I didn't realize that I needed to lose some weight. I will have to start looking in the mirror more often.
This led to a talk about what we can do to help ourselves daily in meeting the challenges that diets and exercise pose. Gwenda (Captain WW Queen) asked if we ever said anything to ourselves each day to keep our motivation from diminishing. We compiled a list and here are a few that I can remember:
I am worth it.
I can do this.
I am doing this.
I am in control.
Fake it until you make it. (this one made me giggle)
Perfection doesn't happen overnight. (this was my contribution)
I will not quit.
You get the general idea. Do any of my weight loss friends have any to add to this list? I think it is a good exercise to have your own little mantra that you recite out loud or in your head every day to help you stay fast to your journey.
Gwenda drew attention to me when I gave my answer and pointed out that I usually attend the later class. She then asked me to tell everyone how much weight I had lost. The crowd went wild with applause...lol. I felt a little self conscious. Anyway, let's hope that made a little sense. I went to the early meeting as I had an appointment to get a new lid after weigh in. I am totally geared to the 10:30 meeting so this little change of plan got me all out of whack. I got there a little late and I had to weigh and then get changed so that I didn't walk into the salon looking like a refugee....lol. Besides I haven't seen my hairdresser in a while and I wanted to walk in looking all svelte to see if she noticed. She totally did! It totally felt awesome!
I guess you might be wondering where the weight loss roulette wheel landed this week at the scales. Well, I was down another 1.2 lbs. Total loss of 92 lbs leaving 2.2lbs to go until goal.
Today was my sister's baby shower. It was an afternoon tea complete with every kind of tea thinkable. Sis is so cute, she made little name cards for all the different teas to place in front of the pots. There also a lovely tea menu listing all the teas available to try. We teased her a bit for being so girly about it. Who the heck besides restaurants have a tea menu..lol There were treats galore. I split a little cheesecake tart with my sister and had some fruit and a little cheese. They own Subways so of course there were some subs there. She had them cut into small pieces so I looked for the healthy choice ones and had three of those. The size would have equalled a little less than half a sub. I passed on the cake. My Aunt has been trying to watch her weight for years and she noted me passing on the cake and congratulated me for being so diligent about my diet. It was the cutest cake. It read "Goodbye Tummy, Hello Mommy". Oh yes, I forgot there were scones too with different kinds of jellies and cream. I tried two different teas. I had an absolutely heavenly green tea...yummy.
The rest of the weekend was fairly uneventful. We went for a nice family walk down at the waterfront so I got a little exercise on Friday night. Saturday was a wash. I did absolutely nothing and it was the first day since I started my weekly water challenge that I did not get all my water in.
Today my Mantra was: I will drink my water!
Well that's about it for me.
Great losing to you all!
moe
6月22日 Retirement PartyI went to the retirement party last night and I think I did okay except that I couldn't even begin to tell you what points I consumed...lol. I didn't nibble too much and I passed on dinner when they offered to pay for us to stay. I headed home like a good girl. Of couse the deviant scale girl jumped on this morning and was relieved to see that I was the same as I weighed last Saturday. Not too good for this upcoming Saturday but far better than seeing a higher number!
I got out for a walk tonight with Bootsie girl but it started sprinkling so I turbo walked to get us home. Turbo walking was less than desirable as the township felt it was necessary to rip up our road yesterday and leave it as just gravel. Makes for tough walking with a stroller. I am giving myself brownie points as it was a hard walk. I am certain that I looked like a woman doing the "I waited to long to go to the bathroom walk" rather than turbo walking
 .I have been doing sit ups the old fashioned way but tonight I decided to pull out the AB Roller that I bought with the intentions of using a few years back...lol. Needless to say it was covered in a blanket of dust. I think it helps you do better sit ups as I certainly was feeling the burn! The good thing about it is that I pushed myself to do more than 60..I did 110. Let's just see how much my gut hurts tomorrow...haha. Did I ever mention that I got one of those electric pulsing contraptions that you strap around your belly to work your muscles without trying...lol...it is likely headed for garage sale heaven! What was I thinking?
I seem to be adjusting to the 20 points daily..well at least I did today..hmm. We shall see what tomorrow brings
 .Take care everyone and thank you so much for all your positive comments. It really does mean the world to me.
Great losing to you all!
*moe*
6月18日 E + R = OToday is weigh day. For some maybe not so good but for me it was fan-freakin-tastic! I knew I was going to be down but my scales and the weight watchers scales don't weigh the same way. Mine always have me heavier. I loaded the Bootsie girl into the car and off we went to face the music. Daddy-oh is in a golf tournament today so I didn't think I was going to be able to manage staying for the meeting but just in case it was a really good day, I brought the stroller with me as restraining measures for little miss busy body. We got to the meeting early so I weighed in and then went out for a 15 minute stroll around the parking lot to help alleviate the boredom factor for Boots. I know, I know, you are all waiting to hear what the scales said. I was down 3.6 lbs this week. Yahoo me! That puts me at 90.8 lbs lost and 3.4 lbs away from my goal weight. I had to stay for the meeting so I could get my star sticker for my book and they gave me a bonus ladybug one just for being me I guess...lol. I had a wee one who was getting a little on edge and I thought I wasn't going to be able to stay until the end but I got up and started walking her in circles at the back of the room. Poor Gwenda, the leader, was getting dizzy I think watching us...lol.
I stayed behind at the end for a few minutes to chat with Gwenda and she asked if it was okay to use my journey as inspiration for others in the meeting and perhaps ask me to say a few words. I guess the thing with me is that I have been at this a long time and she wants to use me as an example to show people that losing weight doesn't happen overnight. You have to keep plugging along. It is a slow process. I told her how the hublet had started the Atkins diet when I started WW and he lost quite a bit of weight but wasn't feeling really healthy. He also gained it all back although he says that it was sympathy weight he gained when I was pregnant with Bootsie...lol. My theory is quick loss = quick gain with extra lbs joining on for the ride. Slow losing trains you to eat properly. If it takes a long time to come off, it is more time spent living your new eating lifestyle. By the end of the journey it will no longer be a "new" eating lifestyle. It will be your everyday lifestyle. That is what makes for a permanent change and helps to keep the weight from coming back. She asked if I would bring in a before picture..ugh. I can share that with the whole world on here but for some reason I am feeling a little apprehensive about having the people at the meeting see it. Weird eh? In the spirit of good support I will take some in. If it helps even one person to see that there is a thin person in us all that is just waiting to get out, I guess that is a good cause.
Onto the meeting and the meaning of the title of this blog. E + R = O.
It is an interesting formula. Events + Reaction = Outcome
There are always events in your life that challenge you, whether it be festive ones like BBQ's, fairs, picnics, weddings and birthdays. You get the idea. It could be an emotional event causing extreme happiness or extreme sadness. Hell, some days getting out of bed is an event for me...lol. The different seasons present challenges. Everyday life presents challenges. There is just no way of avoiding it. Life is an event really if you think about it. It is how you deal with it or your REACTION to it that creates either a negative or positive OUTCOME. Part of changing your lifestyle to a healthier one means that you are going to come up against things that present challenges. Ah, excuse me but I respectfully decline attending your wedding my sweet daughter as I fear that I may overindulge at meal time so I feel it is best that I do not come. That is just not realistic...lol. There are going to be events in your life that you are going to have to be a part of. You can either meet it by planning ahead for it or you can go and throw caution to the wind and pay the piper later. By no means am I suggesting that we should always be the best weight watching person that we can be, but using a little common sense goes a long way when you are looking for that positive outcome. It is your choice to use your noodle and take that second helping of salad rather than loading your plate with more mashed potatos. You may really want that extra helping of the mashed potatos but are you going to be okay with the outcome? It is a fine art learning to react in a way that gives you the outcome that you want.
I had a challenge this week. One of my co-workers came back from a vacation in Germany and with her she brought in some lovely German chocolate. I can pass up the donuts and muffins that come into the office without hesitation but for some reason I lose my marbles when it comes to special treats. Needless to say one chocolate lead to another and another and so on and so on. Boom! Did you hear that? I said BOOM! That was the sound of the wheels falling off my Weight Watchers wagon this week. Instead of grabbing my wheels and quickly putting them back on I left them behind and continued the derailment when I got home...lol. Nacho chips followed by some red licorice. I totally did not deserve to lose that weight this week! After the damage was done I thanked the mighty Weight Watcher Gods for the Flex points that I rarely use and chose to go for a walk to try and compensate for my less than perfect day. That was my EVENT to which I REACTED unfavourably but then REACTED on that by taking that walk which allowed me to arrive at the healthy weight loss OUTCOME this week. Isn't it fun when a story comes together and has a point....
 .Well there is your Food for thought (pun totally intended) this week.
Great losing to you all!
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