A Smidjin at a time

I would love to report that I just got back from weigh-in and that it was amazing. That I had stayed on plan food wise and worked out all week and that I had a big loss on the scale. But I'm not. In fact, I didn't even go to weigh in tonight. I have a cold. I managed to make it all winter without one and I go and try to do a little spring cleaning and i get sick. So I skipped weigh-in, for the first time since I started Weight Watchers in June. And it's probably a good thing that I did, cause I am positive the scale would show a gain. It just wasn't a good week. I didn't work out very much, I didn;t track hardly so I am not sure how bad I was (though I am sure the answer is bad bad). And it was an emotionally difficult week too, 2 very dear friends passed away. It had definitely been a roller coaster. I am eagerly hoping and praying that this week goes better. See the problem with being sick is that everything that can be considered a junk food/bad for you sounds go...

Dear Polka-dot dress, How are you enjoying Jenn's house? I am sure she is taking goo care of you. Has you hanging up somewhere so you don't get wrinkled. I am sorry you aren't here with me right now. I'm sorry I slacked off this week and didn't stay on plan. I know there is a ransom over your head. I am really planning on paying it. You just gotta hold on a little longer while I earn that ransom "money". Keep up hope, we will get there, you will get to come home soon. I can't wait to see you again. And when we do I promise to take you out for a hot ladies night out with your good friend Jenn. In the mean time I need you to help Jenn. She needs to see you constantly and remember that there is a hot little number hanging out over here waiting for her to pay the ransom too.

Dear Legs, I know you don't hear me say this enough, infact you have never heard me say this, but thank you for being my legs. I know most of the time I am critical of you. How short you are, haw fat you are. How because of that combo finding cute pants/skirts/knee socks is difficult. But today I want to tell you how much I appreciate all you do for me. You walked a 10 kilometer race today! And you rocked it. You proudly wore a running skirt with only shorts underneath it and thank you for only minorly objecting to the chafing from the cold tempratures this morning. You willingly went further than I trained you for and for that I grateful, and you did it in 1 hour 38 minutes and 13 seconds (unofficially), which is a pretty darn fast pace. You are strong and amazing, you never hurt at all during the event. I am sorry I didn't stretch you out very well afterwards, I promise to make it up to you and my feet tomorrow with a pedicure. Love, Me P.S. I promise to use Glide next time I...

A little play on the good the bad and the ugly. The Ehh: Today I ran a ton of errands. They took me into Salem, I had a good breakfast a little light on the protein but it was good, grabbed a latte and was on my way. Forgot to grab my water bottle. And I went the whole day without water, but idea, I could tell by the end of the day. Did a ton of running around, scrapbook supply buying ans dress trying on, and banking. However I forgot to plan for being out at lunch time and in addition to having not grabbed my water also didn't grab any healthy snacks what so ever. Was really tempted in West Salem to just hit one of the drive-thrus and grab like fries, or maybe a bean burrito at taco bell, but I resisted the lure of fast food and drove home and made a PB&J sandwich. And then went out for more errands. And by the time I was done with those the sandwich had worn off. And while doing my grocery shopping I caved and bought some of those dang hostess mini donuts I have talked about....

Literally. It was a nice day today, so I took my treadmill training outside today and went for a 3.3 mile walk. It was so nice. Just warm enough that I could go out in just a tee shirt no jacket needed. And I realized something really cool. I was walking faster than I did last year when training for the half marathon. It felt so much better. Amazing the differance 26.8 pounds can make when it comes to walking. It felt great. And I noticed I was walking with more confidence too, and with better "mechanics" as it were. This week Weight Watchers kicked off it's 3rd annual Walk-It Cahllenge. It is a challenge to train for national weight watchers 5k Walk-It day which is May 22. Now I am still undecided about doing the official walk but I will diffinately do the workout consistency part of the challenge. And I just might have to buy the cool shirt.

I got on the scale today and I lost something other than 0.6 pounds. See if you look at my weight tracker that seems to be my average. It's a number my body is good at losing. It likes to lose 0.6 but than gain 2. And somehow the last two weeks I have had two good weigh-ins, in a row. For a total of 5 pounds in 2 weeks. Maybe I have somehow convinced my body that it really can lose more than a little bit at a time. Remember my post about SSEB, my super secret eating behavior? My challenge this week is to at least track it. Not neccessarily tell you all about it but at least tell my points about it. That way I can fully see the consiquences of it.

I am nervous for this weeks weigh in. And I shouldn't be, at leasts that what I keep trying to tell myself. For starters I get to go to go to the thursday meeting with my friend Jenn. Every time I have gotten to be there with Jenn I have ended up having a good weigh in. Plus since it is a thursday instead of a wednesday I have an extra day. And I have been working out like crazy. I mean hello, sunday afte church, and shoppign with tara, and 2 small group bible studies I still managed to throw my workout clothes on a do a dvd in the living room. One of my older ones, that I kinda sometimes forget is there. I loved it. So on paper it should be a good weigh in. But I am nervous, cause it seems that after every good weigh-in (last weeks 3.2 for example) I have a bad one. But I want to break that cycle. I have this smoking hot dress waiting for me at my friends house. And I really wanna wear it out. There are a couple people who have seen it, but I can't wait to share it with the re...

We all do it. Super Secret Eating Behavior. We all have something that we buy at the grocery store, or Target or walmart or the drive through that is usually located at the registers that we we wouldn't buy if friends were with us, or our kids were in the cart, or we saw our Weight Watchers Leader 2 people behind us in line. You know what it is, the pay day, the snickers, the reeses, the mini powdered donuts, the Dutch Freeze. And the whole reason why we buy them is that we know they won't make them home, they will be completely consummed in the car before we get to our next destination. Even the wrappers won't make it inside. They get shoved under the seat until clean the car daym, and then you take the car to a car wash so you can put it in a totally differant trash than your own. And somehow this super secret eating doesn't count for points. I am sure of it. It was never on the shopping, not in the bags when you got home so therefor it doesn't exist....right? Un...

Where we just don't feel like it. Where we just wanna. I didn't mess up, just didn't eat as on plan as possible. Choose not to work out, but replaced it with sometime watching a kids soccer game followed by a trip to my favorite salon and day spa in Newberg for a visit with some friends and a 10 minute massage. Not sure I am gonna have time to workout tomorrow, but sunday will be a good workout, this I promise. See I am signed up for 10k race in a couple of weeks. Good news is I think most of the others I am doing it with are going to be waling it as well. I hope that it is warm enough to wear my cute sports skirt.