WI Day # 1

Wooooooooohooooo I lost 8 lbs. I am soooo psyched about this! I know this is just the start but it's a GOOD START :) I knew I had stayed OP faithfully all week but I didn't think that I was going to see that type of number on my first WI. I am VERY HAPPY with myself :) I am 32 lbs. away from my Christmas Goal and that makes me feel soooo good. This is attainable and I KNOW I CAN DO THIS!! I am DOING THIS NOW!! It feels sooooooooo good to be back in CONTROL instead of food being in control over me!

I changed up my weight loss ticker because originally I had what I previously lost with WW but I decided that this is a NEW START for me on WW and I have recommitted to losing this weight and I AM NOT GOING BACK!! There is NO GOING BACK NOW! I am going to STICK with this program because it works and because I want to get to goal soooo badly that I can taste it (no pun intended). I want my life back as I knew it when I was 170 lbs. and I am GOING TO GET THAT BACK!!

I am going to make some goals to work on for this week:

**Mini goal- lose at least 5 lbs. this week so I can say GOODBYE to 350's FOREVER!! I have already said GOODBYE to the 360's FOREVER ...WOOOOOHOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

**Tell myself "I know I can" instead of "I think I can" because I AM DOING THIS!!

**Try to keep my snack points a little lower than I did this past week

Good luck to all my blogger friends!!!!!!!! I hope everyone has a GREAT LOSER WEEK :)

I LOVE MY JOB BUT..............

How about "Stressed Out Michelle" Don't get me wrong I love, love, love my job but there are days where I just want to pull my hair out or worse go on an eating binge. I think that I have the BEST job in the world but it's challening when I am on WW. I usually will eat when I am stressed out but I am trying really hard in changing that but it is hard. Well I guess no one said it would be easy LOL.

I run a home daycare therefore I am all alone all day long with 10 wonderful children :) But there are days where it's hard to stay OP. There are some big challenges while working from home that I didn't realize until after I decided to run a home daycare :) I truly love my job and it's a very rewarding job to have but everyday is a challenge.

MY BIGGEST CHALLENGES:

* To stay OP when I have "Sally" crying for no apparent reason or "Sam" hitting "Allison" because he says he can. I just sometimes want to scream and pull my hair out LOL. At these moments of stress I try NOT to think of food but it's hard BUT I AM NOT EATING OUT OF STRESS :)

*To stay OP during meal times. I serve the children "kid friendly" foods and we all know what that means. So I have to be in total control and NOT eat these and it's HARD. But I am doing it but not without some difficulties but I AM DOING IT :)

Am I all alone or do others have stressful jobs that just makes them want to EAT???

Ok now that I have vented it's time to go wake the kiddos up from thier nap ...oh lucky me :)

Healthy You Challenge Update Week #34

Hi Everyone,

I am glad to be back FINALLY :) Took me long enough. I had to really do some soul searching and decide if losing weight was really that IMPORTANT to me. I decided that it definantly is VERY IMPORTANT to me and my health so here I am. This time I am going to get this done and not quit. This time I am not going to allow personal problems, work stress or family stress STOP me from obtaining my goal.

Since I left back in Feb. 08 I did continue on my WW plan and didn't do to bad. But unfortunatley due to all the stress in my life I let my self slide and gain A LOT back :( So I am starting all over but at least I am here and haven't given up! I am now back on WW and doing good for only my 2nd day OP. I feel good :) Before I decided to lose this weight for good I had to re-evaulate why I failed the last time so I could fix it and NOT do it again.

*I DID NOT drink enough water and alot of the reason why I felt hungry alot.

*I got on the scale TO MUCH and drove myself batty because everytime I would see a gain I got VERY discouraged.

*I ate within my point values of WW BUT I ate the wrong foods which were not only unhealthy but full of fat and in the end I would end up being hungry.

*I also ate to many CARBS which isn't good since I am carb sensitive and all this did was again make me HUNGRY!

These are the mistakes I made the last time I tried WW. But now I know and I won't be repeating the same patterns again. So here are my NEW GOALS:

* I WILL drink ALL my water (around 100 oz. per day)

* I WILL ONLY weigh myself ONCE a week (my WI day will be Saturdays)

*I WILL eat healthier foods and high protein/low carb options.

Long-term Goal: To lose 40 lbs. by December 25, 2008 (I joined Chubby Chick's Christmas Challenge)

Short-term Goal: To lose 10 lbs. by 2nd WI day which is September 6, 2008

Wish me luck everyone!!!!

I am back for good!!!

I just wanted to say that I am back and this time it's for good. Alot has gone on since Feb. 08 and with that being said I just wanted to say SORRY to all my fellow bloggers and readers for just leaving without an explanation. I am so ready to get this weight off and now that things have settled down in my life and I am back on track I am ready once again to get MOTIVATED and GET MOVING to lose this weight for GOOD. It's glad to be back.