The Weight of My Weight

Having a Plan Simply waking up on Monday morning and knowing that I had a “Plan”, got my day off to a great start and I felt ready to take on the challenges of the days ahead of me. My friend that I had planned to walk with had to cancel our walk on Monday morning, and I knew that was not a “Free Pass” for me to skip my exercise for the day. I wasn’t in the mood to walk by myself, so I took Tucker to the Dog Park. He may actually enjoy the Dog Park more than he enjoy’s having his belly rubbed. Although I’m not certain. When he is having his belly rubbed, his eyes roll back in his head. When he is running across the field at the Dog Park, I SWEAR he is smiling. We met all sorts of interesting People AND Dogs at […]

Writing my post on Saturday morning was really difficult. I felt like I had completely let everyone in to see it all, the good, the bad, the ugly. I felt completely naked. It’s hard to admit failure. It’s easy and exciting to talk about success and goals achieved, but failing and admitting it, is difficult. Trying to figure out WHY you failed, is also difficult.  When I first started writing this blog about my weight loss journey, I wanted it to be a couple of different things. I wanted it to my “journal” so I could look back and reflect, and I have been able to do just that….often. Knowing my own weight loss struggles in my past, I also wanted my blog to be a place where people could come to for motivation and support in their own weight loss struggles. I want them to know that they are […]

I’m struggling a little bit this morning to write this blog post. I have some confessions and I have a lot on my mind (and I have a lot to get done this morning, and I have a feeling this is going to be one of those post that takes me three hours to write!!!) Let me start with reminding you that two weeks ago yesterday, was my lowest Weigh-In EVER since I started my Weight Loss Journey and I was really feeling on top of the world! Yesterday, I kinda felt like crap.  Yesterday at my meeting, for a couple of different reasons, I didn’t weigh in. You would think that after doing WW for as long as I have done it, that I would be very careful about what I eat on Thursday and keep my salt intake low. Nope. Sometimes I’m a little stubborn and I do […]

It was a MUCH calmer night in the neighborhood than I was expecting! Last year we had all SORTS of Trick or Treaters. This year? Not so much. Now I’m going to have to figure out what to do with all that candy! We started out simple. We were “The Farmers”. I thought since our last name is “Farmer”, it was hilarious, and I have no idea why I’ve never thought of it before. I’m fairly certain NO ONE else thought it was as funny as I did. 🙂   I had bought this mask, and later decided it would be fun if Mike would just sit by the fire with me, and when the Trick or Treaters (the very FEW that we did have) came up the driveway, to NOT move or talk. It actually just kinda creeped ME out.     Then Mike had this BRILLIANT idea, which […]

Getting Caught Up! Due to some sort of a computer glitch (that is now fixed and I have NO idea what I did to fix it!) and not being able to upload photo’s, I’ve had a terrible time attempting to get a blog post up the last couple of days!! Here we go….. Today is Halloween, AND……My Husband’s Birthday! Whoo! Whoo! Having a birthday on a Holiday can be kind of a bummer for the birthday person. When the kids were younger and living here, I would try to make Mike a nice dinner, maybe grill a steak and enjoy a glass of wine, and weather permitting, light a fire. I tried to make it a relaxed nice evening for Mike, even though really, we were just hanging out at home handing out candy. I love answering the door and giving out the candy, and sometimes yelling at Mike to […]

Yesterday was a busy and successful day with healthy eats, lots of water and walking outside! I’m keeping today’s post simple.  Make it a great day! Here are yesterday’s eats…..   Breakfast    Snack   Lunch   Snack   Dinner   Refresh…I can eat 26 points a day. I can earn Activity Points by doing exercise, and eat them if I choose. I have an allowance of 49 points that I can dip into if I chose. I should drink a minimum of 6 (8 oz) glasses of water each day.   The food I ate and it’s PPV   Breakfast = 4 Egg Whites, Cheese, English muffin, Pumpkin Butter, Coffee with Skim Milk (9) Snack = Whey Protein Shake with frozen Strawberries (3) Lunch = Peppers, Chicken, Cheese, Grapes (6) Snack = Baked Sweet Potato with a little Splenda Brown Sugar (3) Dinner = Potatoes, Onions, Turkey Breakfast Sausage, […]

 Friday’s Weight Watcher Meeting Friday’s Weight Watcher meeting was about Late Night Snacking, which for some reason has never been an issue for me. My snacking issue is from about 3:00 pm until dinnertime. Always has been. If I can keep myself busy when I am at home, then no worries, but if I don’t seem to have a lot going on, or if I find myself in a stressful situation, then that’s where the afternoon snacking can really take me over on my points for the day. There have been days that I ended up eating a much smaller dinner due to my afternoon snacking, or there have been evenings where I had snacked so much during the afternoon, that when dinnertime came around, I wasn’t even hungry, so I skipped that meal all together.  Here are a few tips for Late Night Snacking…or Afternoon Snacking 1. Keep a […]

 All a mom wants sometimes is a day to herself, no matter how much she loves her kids.   After going out of town last weekend, these two have literally have been driving me nuts! They are SO much like two little kids. They want my constant attention, especially after we have been out of town, and if they don’t get it, they are either at my feet whining, or pouting on the couch, which is exactly what is happening here.  Oh, and Mishka would like a treat.   I dropped them off at the groomer’s this morning, then planned out my day. Exercise…. mow…… paint the chairs in the basement and put new fabric on them…… laundry…..ahhhh, a nice long list to keep me busy throughout the day. Yesterday, Wednesday, was the one day a week that I work at the Food Truck, Beauty of the Bistro. It was […]

I had this great plan for yesterday. Eat well. Eat light. Drink lots of water. Exercise.    Okay, if you read my blog daily, you know that the above words are EXACTLY how I started out yesterday’s blog. Then I stated that I would make “No Mistakes”!!!! Well, unfortunately, yesterday pretty much went exactly like Monday went. My breakfast was perfect, my lunch was perfect. Then after 12:00 p.m.,  I ran a few errands, just like the day before, one of which was at the new grocery store, “The Fresh Market”, where I sampled something from about TEN of the bulk bins!!! Sweet, salty, you name it, I had a taste. Then, while at the Deli Counter, picking out my Honey Roasted Rotisserie chicken, they asked me if I would like a sample of Chicken Salad. Well, I didn’t want to be RUDE! Then I had a sample of Pumpkin […]

  I had this great plan for yesterday. Eat well. Eat light. Drink lots of water. Exercise.  Sometimes the first few days after a vacation, no matter how short it is, can be really tough. I have a hard time getting back into writing down what I am eating and getting back to my regular routine. I’m not trying to make any excuses. I just suck at it. Breakfast and lunch went well. Then I ran a few errands, one of which included picking up a few groceries. I picked up a variety of almonds and nuts.  These are great snack foods, but sometimes Trigger Foods for me! Um, like yesterday!!! I just couldn’t seem to stay out of them. By the end of the afternoon, I knew I had no idea how many points I had eaten and I decided not to eat dinner. I probably wouldn’t be hungry […]