Mother’s Day Weekend Success

I hope you’ve all had a great weekend! We had a very full and happy one. This was one of the first weekends in a long time that we had so many things planned and that I was determined to enjoy myself while still following my WW plan by tracking and getting in my daily walks. I feel really good about successfully staying on plan while also having a great long weekend. We talked wedding plans with Tess and Manuel over the weekend and made some big decisions. We went to Sawyer’s first Birthday party on Saturday. We had Mother’s Day here at our house with a nice big family get together. Monday morning I had a meeting with my WW boss about my next steps as a WW Leader (Yay!!), then Tess went with me to my two month post op appointment with my plastic surgeon, and later in […]

Member First – Leader Second

Yesterday morning I went to my WW meeting as a member, excited for my first weigh in back on plan after several months of focusing on healing.  I was also quite pleased with the activity points that I had earned my first week back on plan!   After an awesome week of tracking and paying attention to my portions, earning 6 out of 7 Blue Dots (It’s a WW thing in the app that keeps you motivated to stay within a healthy eating range of points), walking and counting steps, saying “no” to things that would not help me reach my goals and saying “yes” to things that will help me, basically having a really healthy and “in control” week, I stepped on the scale and was down 0.2 pounds. Yep, that’s right. Down 0.2. What?? Here is what went on inside my head yesterday as a WW Member and […]

A Quick Hello today

Just stopping in to say “Hi”. I’m posting daily over this long weekend to keep myself accountable, so these next several post will be boring, unless I happen to eat something spectacular!! It has been an awesome first week back on plan and tracking and walking. Tess and I are headed out the door soon to my WW meeting. It will be nice to have her with me this morning.  Tess and Manuel are here until Monday and we have all sorts of fun family plans and their wedding to plan! Lots going on! Happy Friday! I got my 10,000 steps in yesterday and Tess and Tucker joined me on my walk.     Yesterday’s eats… Breakfast – 8 SP First Watch Poached Eggs, Fruit, Potatoes and Avocado   I even left some on my plate!   Lunch – 0 SP Rotisserie Chicken Breast and Berries on my lap in the […]

Make a Plan and Do Your Best

So this happened yon Wednesday and the first 8,000 steps apparently gave me an adrenaline rush for the next 12 hours! I was on the go all day long and I loved it! It was a windows down, music cranked up kinda day.  The last part of my day was the best part of my day, although I was pooped. Mike and I picked up Tess and Manuel and even Tucker at the airport at 11:00 last night. I crashed hard! We have a full weekend planned, but I plan to stick to a daily blog of at least my food and activity. Gotta stay accountable through an extra long weekend of extra people at the house, a birthday party on Saturday and a Mother’s Day get together on Sunday. My plan of action is to attend my WW meeting Friday morning and be a tracking Queen over the next the next […]

Feeling in Control of Me

It feels so great to be back in a routine and to feel so in control of life. I have noticed that over the years as a WW member, when I track my food and I take the time to meal plan, I feel so in control. Feeling in control of my food, for some reason makes me feel so much more control in every aspect of my life. Things feel really good right now. Yesterday was another full day, just the way I like it. I got in a great walk at a park by my moms house. I spent a good part of the day with my mom, having lunch together and taking her to the doctor. I worked at a great WW meeting last night. WW meetings are always great really.  I got caught up on the TV show Rise. Anyone watching?? I hadn’t been to this […]

A Colorful Monday

Such a productive day! Blogging. Done. Walking. Done. Dinner prep. Done. Laundry. Done.  Work an evening WW meeting. Done. Bed by 9:30. Done. I totally forgot to check my steps last night before going to bed, but after looking at it this morning, I only missed my goal of 10,000 by a few. I’ll take it.   Here are yesterday’s eats. It was a colorful Food Day! Breakfast – 10 SP My leftovers from the night before topped with Eggs and Avocado along with a few grapes.   Lunch – 3 SP Tuna Salad, Baby Carrots and Cucumber slices.   Dinner – 6 SP Trina’s Lasagna Recipe I’ve had some issues with bloating after this last surgery. In an effort to find the culprit, I’ve decided to eliminate a few things from my diet to see if I can figure out what is making that happen. One of the things that […]

Diced, Chopped and Thinly Sliced

It was an extremely relaxing Sunday. I woke up feeling rested but I still planned to take it easy. We ate a yummy late breakfast. My mom came out later for coffee. I meal planned for the week, then I grocery shopped. I was in bed by 9:00 last night. I’m ready for a full week.  Are you? Yesterday’s eats. I love a chopped salad. Reason being, you get a taste of everything in every bite. I do that with a lot of my meals. Chop and dice into small pieces, slice things up thin. Topping your Oatmeal with a Banana? Slice it really thin and get a taste of Banana in every bite! Avocado? You can get a taste of Avocado in every bite of your meal if you slice it really thin! Chop up your Beef Taco Meat as small as you can, you can add less to […]

Work, Steps and Parties

What a full and fun Saturday! I was in bed and asleep before 9:30! I had the opportunity to lead two WW meetings yesterday morning and they both went great. The members run the meeting really. These two particular meetings have awesome members that share, support and encourage each other. It was a great morning! I got in a good walk and for the first time this week, I got over 10,000 steps. Yay!   Mike and I went to a graduation party, then took a drive in the convertible and went out for dinner. It was the perfect day for a top down drive. (the car, not me, silly.) After dinner, off to a Cinco De Mayo party. I skipped the food at the party (and the host is my friend Linda, who is Mexican, and she cooked up a beautiful spread of Mexican food!) and I sipped on […]

Life is Good

It was a full and happy day yesterday and now I’m off to lead a couple of WW Meetings. Happy Saturday to you all. Check out my new front license plate. It’s perfect!     Here are yesterday’s eats! I was so busy I almost forgot to eat!! Brunch – 7 SP First Watch breakfast with friends. Two Poached Eggs, First Watch Potatoes (4), Avocado (3) and a small bowl of fruit.   Happy Hour Mocktail – 0 SP Have you tried Spindrift? I think it’s a better version of LaCroix. (Sorry LaCroix) Add a few ice cubes and a pretty piece of fruit. Put your feet up, or leave em down, your choice, and enjoy your zero point beverage! Thanks for the mocktail idea Becky!   Dinner – 10 SP Egg Roll in a Bowl This was REALLY good! Hopefully I get to the leftovers before Mike finds them. I […]

Total Transparency

Happy Friday to you all! I keep trying to write a blog post to completely catch up from my last post, then it turns into this long boring post. My need to feel completely caught up is a total OCD thing that I have about blogging! lol I’ve decided to keep this simple and get to the point. You’re welcome. Besides, it’s almost 10:00 pm and I’m pooped! This has been a great week! I went back to working at WW meetings, I have tracked my food and counted points, I have walked and stretched every day since Monday while tracking my steps on my fitbit, and today I went to my Weight Watcher meeting! I’m feeling very appreciative of this life that I have. I’m even planning meals and cooking! Do you dance when you make your meatloaf? Well, you should.   By the way, this is my new favorite Target […]