Month: May 2012

Weight Watchers has tons of great online tools. Well, actually, they have tons of great tools, period! One of the tools I use daily is the online tracker (journal) that you can keep track of the food you eat, how many fruits and veggies you eat, how much dairy you have, healthy oils, multivitamin and your activity. When you enter your food, it subtracts it and keeps track of what you have left for the day.You can enter a food, and it will give you the points value of that food. If you have the nutritional info, you can enter that, and it will tell you the points value. If you have something you eat often, it’s saves it in a favorites file!This week, (today being day 5 of 7) in my personal challenge to track and blog absolutely everything I eat, drink and all the activity I do, I […]

An extremely uneventful day. Except for dinner. Dinner kicked ass! Breakfast….cinnamon raisin bagel thins with Laughing Cow Cinnamon Cream Cheese Wedge, orange and scrambled egg whites. I mentioned this in my blog yesterday. Spiced Apple. It’s 0 PPV and I top it with 1 T. of Reddiwip, also 0 PPV. For lunch, I was trying to use up the leftovers that needed to be used first. I made a concoction of black beans, corn, shredded chicken and sour cream and put it all on a tortilla. It was about 8 points. About 1/3 of the way through it, I decided it really wasn’t worth the points, and it didn’t taste delicious. So I tossed it down the sink. I hate to have to throw food out, but it just wasn’t worth it when I had a whole fridge full of better, tastier options. I went ahead and called what I […]

Sadly, this kick ass successful weekend I am having in WW world is completely due to the fact that we had no plans. I don’t remember the last weekend we had zero on the calendar. My chores are done, I am working on a couple of projects, meals for the week are planned and shopped for and there is time for exercise AND dog walking! Maybe I need to reduce the social calendar a bit? Nah, I’ll figure out a way to work around things. Maybe this? Random friend, neighbor, bartender, passerby, complete stranger, ….. “Hey Julie, wanna a beer?” Me….”No thank you.” That’s gonna take some practice. Urg…that hurt just to TYPE. Breakfast….I was in the mood for carbs. Sometimes that can hurt me a couple of hours later, because I seem to crave them after I’ve had them, but I thought since I had a full day planned […]

Another successful day! My Saturday morning started off with a visit from my dad. Actually it started off with a banana and a cup of coffee on the deck, then dad came over. We had coffee and breakfast, and caught each other up on the weeks events. I love my coffee and I have all this great coffee equipment, so I did a little rearranging on my counter tops last week and made a coffee corner. I’ll take a picture tomorrow. Its kinda cute. This morning I made myself a latte! Not bad! I didn’t think to take a picture before I gave it a stir and started drinking. I’ll do it again tomorrow and show my frothy milk! About 30 years ago, my dad and I would go to breakfast regularly at Hardee’s and I would always order the bacon, egg and cheese biscuit with a side of tater […]

Yesterday was the day I made the decision to move forward. To go get the 160’s, since they don’t seem to be just coming to me. I decided for 7 days I will not drink alcohol, I will exercise every day for a minimum of 30 minutes, I will focus on Power Foods (fruits, veggies, lean meats, nonfat dairy and whole grains) and I will drink a minimum of 8 glasses of water, and I will blog all of it.If you’ve read my blog, or if you just know me, you know I’ve been stuck for a while, and you know I like my Friday beers or wine, or quite possibly, a little of each. I was successful in passing on both yesterday. A friend came over during “Happy Hour” hour (I had a smoothie and water) and Mike and I went out to dinner and I passed on the […]

I remember going to the nurse’s office in grade school, as a class, to be weighed, and get our height. I suppose this was for the school health records? They were teaching us how to eat healthy and take good care of our bodies. I remember specifically learning about the food pyramid. I also remember specifically learning that my weight was more than any of my girl friends. All of the kids were asking one another, “How tall are YOU?” or “How much do YOU weigh?” This was the first time I was aware that I weighed more than any of my friends. (maybe 10 pounds?) I had never thought about it before. I hadn’t noticed our differences. If I had, it hadn’t mattered. But it did now. I remember feeling embarrassed. I remember feeling bad about myself for the first time. I felt like I wasn’t as good as […]

Weigh-In went surprisingly well, considering I thought I was quite possibly going to gain 1 to 2 pounds. Cuz that’s my pattern as of late. Looks like all the yard work earned me some activity points I had not accounted for! Today’s weight…..171.8. I actually lost 0.2 pounds. I know. It’s a very….small….amount. I was down to 170.0 three weeks ago and could just SHOOT myself (probably with a water gun). Still better than any kind of gain. I have been waiting and waiting for 160 something to show up, but I guess I am going to have to GO GET IT! This week I am not going to drink ANY alcohol. That scares me. I am going to drink 8 glasses of water everyday. I am going to focus on Power Foods. I am going to exercise a minimum of 30 minutes everyday and blog about what I did […]

Breakfast was planned, light and filling. Nonfat Greek yogurt, kashi and a banana. No biggie. I had the day off, and after all the grooming of the lawn the last few days, I was ready for some flowers. Flower care to me is new, and I kinda suck at it, so I called my mom. You know that thing Jesus did with the bread and fish? My mom can do that with a cup of dirt and one flower. On her way over to flower shop with me, she decided to pick up lunch. Arby’s Chicken Salad. I rarely eat fast food because the points can really add up fast. But I really appreciated the thought, and she had bought me a wrap, not a sandwich. She said she thought it was probably healthier. Oh mom. I have an APP (Restaurants) on my IPad with several restaurants and some of […]

Since making my blog “public” to family and friends last week, I’ve received some great feedback. Thanks so much to those of you that have shared your comments with me. Knowing that I have people that are interested in following me, certainly sparks the motivation to continue towards my goal. When I first decided to share the blog, and share my weight each week, I thought I surely must be crazy. Now I just know I am crazy.Yesterday’s eats….It never gets old…..my oatmeal, egg white, banana pancake. Recipe under Breakfast Bites.For lunch I was craving Chipotle, but decided to do a home version. I included my veggie burger…..…….mixed greens, black beans, corn, red bell pepper, reduced fat cheddar cheese and salsa.I decided I wanted a “chopped” salad. I love getting a taste of everything in each bite! So I dumped it all in a big bowl and used my salad […]

Yikes! I am for SURE going to need a mani pedi after all this. Every nail is split, dry and cracked. After trimming all the bushes yesterday, I knew today would be mulch day. After a power breakfast of this……. Egg whites, crumbled bacon….. Flip it……. Cut it……. Plate it……You gotta make your one cheese slice work for you! Open faced is the best! Makes it seem like more food! I like to visualize a WHOLE plate full of food! Perfect! It’s time for my workout. My mulch workout…here’s an empty bag. I filled up the car with 10! About now, my back was killing me, so it seemed an appropriate time to take a break, take a picture and drink a beer! He he…I drank water instead. Shocker! I know. The car is gonna need a good cleaning out tomorrow……Egads. So many projects. Looking good I’d say…… Lunch break […]