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November 1

Short post tonight.  Its been 1 week since being back at WW and today at my weigh in, I am officially down .6lbs.  Now mind you this week included a great Halloween Party and a family night dinner, so all in all, I am okay with this slow but positive progress.  Another great thing is that I decided to give up sodas for one month and today also marked my one week accomplishment, so again I am very content witht the way things are going.  So stayed tuned and wish me another successful week!

new update

Well its been quite a while since I've been here physically.  I've always had this blog on my mind and there were many times when I thought I have to go blog about this but for some reason, just didnt.  So much has happened and there is so much to catch up on.  The main thing is that I am back at WW.  I rejoined this past Monday and I have done pretty good, even though its only been 2 days, lol.  It seems that the big thing I have been worried about is about to catch up with me.  The past few years I have wanted to lose this weight because of my health and I have often worried about becoming diabetic or get high blood pressure, really any number of health issues that are in my family history.  The biggest scare was recently I got a blood clot in my leg and had to go thru all kinds of stuff, like ultrasounds, blood tests and be on medication.  To tell you the truth I was very lucky because the outcome could have been very bad but somehow I caught it in time and everything worked out.  The hardest part about that was being on the Coumadin, which is a blood thinner.  There were so many precautions and side effects to be concerned with that I think that felt a little more stressful than what was actually going on.  The medicine affected my blood pressure too, which also made me stress even more, lol.  The bottom line is that all the doctors involved in my care told me that the best thing I could do for myself was to stop smoking, lose weight and exercise more.  It couldnt have been said any louder, now is the time.  During all this, I felt like I was falling and falling really slowly into a deep dark hole and there was nothing I could do to stop it from happening until one day it just hit me and I said, why not???  Why not stop this ugly cycle?  No one can do this for me but me!  I have to do this and I have to do it now! I got up that day and decided I need to take better care of myself and the best way I can do that is to get back to Weight Watchers,stay on track and keep focused and motivated and just get this weight off of me once and for all.  I also decided that I dont want to be thin anymore,  I WANT TO BE HEALTHY!  So with that I feel that I am ready to embark on this journey again and with everything inside of me I hope to reach my destination someday.

testing

Wow, I cant believe its almost been a whole year again since I last posted.  This is a test for me to see if my blog is still up and running, well not running because I obviously havent been here running it, lol.  I just wanted to see if this was still available.  I plan to add more posts, alot has happened over the past year and I really miss doing this, being here.  Be back soon.

lunch short

Okay just wanted to pop in real quick to post my lunch pic.  This is a frozen WW meal called Lasagna Bake w/meat sauce and a 1/2 cup scoop of LF cottage cheese for a total of 7 pts.  I wanted to add a zero or low pt veggie to this but I was short on time today and decided to skip it but next time, I would add like some green beans or maybe asparagus, mmm mm.    Just wanted to share this one.

size does matter

LOL  okay still not sure how to post and fix my pictures but here are 3 more meals that are all yummy and quick n easy.  The top picture is whole grain pasta w/homemade spaghetti sauce w/turkey added, total of 7.5 pts.  The second pic is a lean cheeseburger made with a lean ground beef patty, 2% american cheese and an Oroweat Sandwich Thin. Plus RF Pringles for a total of 10 pts.  The last is a real surprise.  I found boneless skinless GRILLED chicken breasts at Jack in the Box and I added the rice and broccoli for a total count of 9 pts.  These are all meals that I will frequent again and I hope they will help me be successful on my journey.

Now onto my thought for the day.  Size and portion control are very, very important.  I am finally realizing and ACCEPTING that.  When I did WW before, I really thought I was being diligent in everything I did because I always wanted to be successful, but now I know different.  Its crazy to think about how off my 1/4 cup of grated cheese was compared to what it really should have looked like!  I'm not kidding, you should see how much spaghetti I can cram into a 1 cup measuring cup! lol  I just recently noticed how food packaging almost always lists not only the size in cups or oz, but it also gives the serving size in grams and that is a much more accurate way to weigh your food.  I have also started paying attention to the sizes of my portions when I eat elsewhere and I think that has helped me too.  For example, my meat serving size should be about the size of a deck of cards and a tennis ball is about the size of a cup.  I have found that the better I learn this, the easier it will be to stay on program.  Its like who was I kidding when I was measuring my old way?  The scale knew and it wasnt a friend of mine, it told the truth! all the time!  Its crazy because I can think back when I would weigh in and be shocked and I mean shocked that I didnt lose!  Now looking back at all the ways I used to try and cheat the system, its no wonder I didnt gain weight!  Just silly. Now with all the weighing and measuring and being truthful, I am hoping for a much more successful journey.

Step count yesterday  8102  (yayyy)

Step count today 7867