Month: May 2017

My friend Ashil sent me a text yesterday….   I’ve never done that before!           Eight pounds later!   I got in a walk after dinner last night. My goal is 12,000 5 days a week, but I’ll take this.    Out the door to work the food truck. Have a great day! Breakfast – 1 SP 1/2 Bottle of this Premier Protein added to Iced Coffee   Lunch – 5 SP Mixed Greens, Rotisserie Chicken (3 oz), Red Onion, Cucumbers, Bell Peppers, Avocado (35g), Trader Joe’s Roasted Plantains (10) and Salsa   After I snapped my picture, I chopped it all up so the Avocado and Salsa would mix together for a tasty dressing.   Snack – 10 SP Since lunch was low in points, I had a nice serving of Raw Walnuts (20g) and Cashews (30g) mixed with Blueberries. If you are eating mostly […]

I’ve got some new readers, so business first. Thanks so much for stopping by the blog. I’m really glad that you’re here! I tend to ramble on and on and make lots of spelling and grammar errors, so I apologize in advance. I was so going to post everyday in May, but family came first this weekend. Instead of posting a blog on Saturday morning, we were taking turns holding this guy!   Mom (our daughter Kate) went to the hospital at 12:45 am Saturday morning and Sawyer was here at 2:15 am! Quick and easy for mom. I knew when the phone rang in the wee hours of the morning, we had a baby on the way or he was already here. I could hear him crying when I answered the phone. This is grand baby number six. He is just adorable. Meet Sawyer Graye. 6 lbs even.    Here […]

Do you ever have just the littlest thing happen that you just can’t shake? You want to shake it, but you just can’t let it go? For the love of everything that is anything, you just can’t get it out of your head?? Well, that happened yesterday and I let it jack with my whole day. Urg. Not one of my better qualities. Being in my head can be so draining sometimes. I had been looking forward to yesterday all week. I had a full day of WW Work planned. My usual meeting on Thursday morning as a receptionist, then I had the opportunity to sub as a Leader at two At Work meetings. After that, off to some WW training for the afternoon. I was really looking forward to my full day of WW work. Well, my morning kind of fell apart right before I walked out the door […]

I woke up Wednesday morning at 9:15! I was sleeping hard too. I had gotten up at around 6:30 to let the dogs out, then climbed back into bed. I had a slight headache that never did leave me yesterday. I packed my lunch and headed out to the food truck. Busy busy day at the food truck. One of our busiest days for certain but not the busiest. Towards the end of the work day a storm (explains my headache??) rolled in and we closed the doors just a few minutes early. Just in time too. The wind picked up and the rain came down hard just as we closed up the truck. It was good and loud in there while we cleaned up yesterday! After work, I grabbed a few things from Costco, then came home and filled up the bathtub. I was in there for over and hour […]

(Edited. I forgot one of the great parts of my day! My Steps!)   Yesterday was my six year anniversary of the blog! What? Seriously…where does the time go? I’ve lost all track of time over the last several years. The days just seem to fly by. I had no idea where this blog would take me when I started it just a short six years ago. I so love this little part of my day and I thank you for sharing it with me. Your comments make me happy and constantly remind of what a good decision I made six years ago. Thank You!! I love love love my At Work group of Weight Watcher members. Yesterday I asked the group “What do you need from your Weight Watcher meeting today?” The answers varied from “motivation” to “accountability” to “food ideas” and each answer lead to some great conversation. I […]

I don’t want to miss a blog post or fall behind in tracking but I am about 12 hours behind in getting today’s post done. I’ll keep this one simple. Mike and I celebrated our 18th Wedding Anniversary yesterday, but not really. Well, the day happened, but there was little time for celebrating. I’ve got big plans for us this weekend, so we simply went out to dinner last night. I don’t even have an updated picture of us! Quick and easy, then a little more meaningful post tomorrow. Good night all. I got my 12,000 steps in yesterday! Breakfast – 9 SP Two Eggs topped with smashed Avocado, a side of Sweet Potatoes and Grapes   Lunch – 7 SP Low Carb Whole Wheat Wraps with Hummus, Rotisserie Chicken and Feta, Raw Veggies and Watermelon. This was super filling!   Dinner – 16 SP I was in the mood for red meat […]

My plan for the weekend was to wake up on Monday morning and not feel frustrated with myself for losing control over the weekend with my food and beverage choices. As I sit down to write this post, I am reminded as to why this journey can be so damned hard at times. There were a gazillion food decisions to make this weekend. Do I or don’t I? How many bites? Does this look like about 1/4 cup? Should I have some of that? Should I leave it alone? How many points is that? Do I have that one or that one? Which of these looks like the best choice? Track that beer in your mental tracker and drink water now. Oh look! Wine!  Friday was my most successful and mindful day of the three. Saturday I wasn’t as prepared as I needed to be and I did not handle the […]

I hope you all enjoyed your Cinco De Mayo. I did!   I had a plan for yesterday and I succeeded! Having a successful day yesterday sets my mind up for success in getting through today and tomorrow successfully as well! I knew that I wanted to have my beers, so my day was planned around low point and balanced meals that would allow points at the end of the day to enjoy beers with friends without the worry of over doing. I planned out my day and I stuck to my plan. I did not allow myself to think about the things that I would not be eating, but I kept focused on what I could have because I had planned for it. It worked and I had a fun day working the food truck for First Friday’s downtown and a fun night with friends in the neighborhood. I’ll […]

After purging all of my thoughts into my blog yesterday, I felt better. Sometimes I gotta do that. I gotta get all of those thoughts outta my brain. Thanks for reading, relating and taking the time to comment. To those of you that I know personally, it’s hard to admit my weakest moments, so thank you for just being so dang nice. This weekend? Lot’s of challenges ahead and I need a plan so that when Monday morning comes, I don’t wake up feeling frustrated with myself. Today I am working at the Food Truck, so my plan to successfully get through the day is to bring a filling lunch and leave the food truck food to the paying customers. Friday night, we have a Cinco De Mayo party at a friends house. I’ll eat before we go and not eat any food or snacks that might be there. Saturday night, […]

Every once in a while, I have to go a little deep with the blog and I am reminded why I titled my blog “The Weight of my Weight”. My brain has been extra full lately with thoughts of food and wanting to eat and eat and I’m not sure why. I have had so many moments recently where all I can think about is what is in the pantry! I go to the pantry. I open the doors. I look at the food. I think about eating something that I do not need. I am not hungry and I know this. I close the door. I walk away. Five minutes later (or maybe two minutes) I am back, looking, thinking, stressing. It’s like I just want to dive into the pantry and eat all of the chips and nuts and bars until I explode. This is “past Julie thinking” and […]