Wednesday Weigh In ....First WI at Weight Watchers!

Well it was my first weigh in since being back on weight watchers and I am proud to announce that I lost -6 lbs. my first week back! I know WW works for me , it's just I need to get the committment part down! I know I want to be committed but then something happens along the way where my committment level changes for some reason and not sure why because when I lose each week you would think I would want to keep that up. Any ways I am DETERMINED to make this work for me!! I want the weight off soooooo badly!! I want to get healthy again ...I want to look good again....I want it all and by God I am going to HAVE IT!!!!

I have finally kicked the sugar habit I believe because even when I eat something with sugar in it I don't have this overwhelming need to eat more which is a good sign. That was one of my major down falls when I was on the WW plan for five months ....I couldn't fight the sugar urges and I would end up going over points and that would cause me to gain or lose very little and I got frustrated and finally quit but I AM NOT GOING TO QUIT AGAIN!! NO WAY!! I have to do this FOR ME!! I really believe this is the VERY LAST TIME I am going to start over on WW :)

Back In the Game :)

I have been out of the weight loss game for a couple of months now but I am now back in the game. I want to get this right and that is why I have not totally given up on myself. Yeah there are times when I will let months go by before I get back on track again but each time seems to be less so that is a good thing in my mind at least.

I am back in the game and losing again :) I am happy with myself! I really want this ....I want to get the weight off and most importantly I need to get the weight off for my health. I am no longer on WW for a few reasons ....I love WW and I credit WW for allowing me to lose 100 lbs. but I needed a change because the last couple of months my weight has really slowed down and in all honesty I HATE IT :( There were weeks where I was only losing .2 and .3 and for me that is just to slow.

I am on a new plan called The Six Week Body Makeover ...obviously I need to be on this plan alot longer than 6 weeks ....but it's a plan that is doable for me and I love it so far. Today was my first weigh in day after being on the plan for a week and I lost 11.2 lbs.....so I am psyched!! Now I know that is some water weight but I really feel that this plan is going to work for me because I am NEVER hungry and in the week I have been on it I have NO MORE SUGAR CRAVINGS ....which is TOTALLY AWESOME!

I eat six mini meals and the meals consist of foods that work with my body type A ....I get lots of protein, veggies , good carbs and some fruits and I am soooo satisfied with it. There are times when I don't even feel like eating again cause I am so satisfied from the last meal but it takes your body time to get used to all the mini meals. I don't feel deprived of ANYTHING ....and I am not eating sugar (except for the fruits I get) and I can't believe that I don't want sugar ....but in all honesty I have not CHEATED ONCE this week and to me that is a testimony! Before I would sabatoge myself by eating sugar and it's not that I wanted to but my body was craving it so badly that I couldn't help myself.

I feel I have truly found the plan for ME ...something that totally works and that I can stay on without feeling deprived. I am sooo excited to be back in the game and back here ...I have missed everyone! I hope everyone is having a great weekend!!

WI day ..week # 19 completed

I have been absent the past few weeks due to alot of different reasons. Family, the holidays , and the flu :(

It's been a VERY difficult month for me emotionally therefore my weight loss wasn't great in the month of December.

The flu hit me on New Year's Day and I am still down with it therefore I am not really sure how accurate this WI was today but I will take it :) According to the scale I lost 1.4 lbs. and I am down 26.0 lbs. since starting this journey. Slow but steady and that is what I have been reminding myself daily! When I read others weight loss blogs and see that they are losing faster than me and have not been OP for as long it's kind of discouraging but I know that everyone is different and we all lose differently and it's not a race and that always makes me feel better.

Any ways I am happy that I pretty much maintained throughout the holiday season and then had a loss this week although I am pretty sure that is due to being ill with this nasty flu. I pretty much have had no appetite and I have been living off of chicken noodle soup, tea, gaterade, and ginger ale. So once I have my health back then it's back OP and a GREAT start to this NEW YEAR :) 2009 IS MY YEAR!! Hope everyone is doing well!! Have a great weekend!

0.8 Loss / Week # 15 completed on WW and still trecking along!!

I have completed week # 15 with WW and that right there is an NSV for me :) It's been awhile since I have totally committed myself to losing the weight and on WW for 15 weeks is great :) I am proud of myself for that!

This past WI on Saturday I lost 0.8 ...not a huge loss but a loss and I welcome it! I should have lost more but I am not worried about it. Slow and steady wins the race!! Usually by now I would have given up due to all the small losses I have had and then last week I had a gain :(

But I have NOT given up and I am proud of myself for that!

I want to get to goal so bad that I will do WHATEVER it takes to get there even if it takes me two years to get there ....I WILL GET THERE!! I am finally loving myself enough to lose the weight! I know there will be tough times and struggles along the way but if there weren't then I would not learn anything from this journey! I have learned so much about myself in these past 15 weeks that it's amazing!

This week I committ to:

* Drinking more water (I have been slacking in this area)

* Eating more veggies & fruit (slacking here too)

* walking more

I know why I only lost 0.8 this week and that is because I truly didn't work hard enough at my eating or excercising so it's my fault! In the past I would have been in total denial but this time around I have found that I can now at least admit why I had a gain or why I lost so little and to me that is progress!!

I am psyched that I actually have gotten through major holidays without gaining a whole lot and I know with Christmas I will do GREAT!! I just feel like I am on top of the world :) I am loving this NEW ME as each new day passes!!

One Pound Gain but that is ok!

Well after 14 weeks being OP with WW I had my first gain this past Saturday :( At first I was shocked because I stayed within my points and did not overeat and I was even GOOD on Thanksgiving Day! But the one thing I do know is my body hates bad carbs and boy did I eat to many carbs on that day so I am thinking that is where the one pound gain came in.

No matter what I am not giving up ....I have come to far to give up now! I have still lost a total of 23.8 lbs. and I am HAPPY with that. I will keep on keeping on and get ALL this weight OFF FOR GOOD!! I feel sooooooo good with getting the 23.8 lbs. off I can only imagine what I will feel like when I get 50, 60, or even 100 lbs. off.

Right now I have a Christmas goal that I am working on and that is to get off 16 more lbs. by Christmas but I am not sure if that will be possible although I am going to try my hardest to do it but if I don't make it then that is ok too because at least I know that I am working towards it and I will eventually get there :)

Week # 14 completed on WW .....-2.2 loss ....WOOOHOOOOO!!!

Another loss of -2.2 lbs ...I am psyched and soooo excited about my newfound lifestyle :) I can't believe how well I have been doing , it's definantly a NSV for me to be on WW this long and still going strong!! I don't want to give up on myself anymore and this is a WONDERFUL feeling!!

Last week I didn't post because I got busy ...but my loss last week was -0.4 ...not as much as this week but hey it's still a loss and I am moving forward each week so this is a good thing!! In the 14 weeks I have been on WW I have not had a gain although I have had two maintains but I don't think that is bad at all.

I am finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel ....I can taste it!! Right now I am participating in Chubby Chick's Christmas Challenge and my goal is to lose 40 lbs. by Christmas day and even if I don't get to that goal I will still be happy with the weight I have lost while on this wonderful challenge!! I have 15.2 lbs. to go to meet that challenge and I am working hard to get to that goal by Christmas day but if I don't make it I am not going to let it ruin what I did accomplish :)

My total weight loss since starting WW is -24.8 lbs. and to me that is one HUGE accomplishment so far!! I am starting to LOVE me again :) It's like I can do anything now!!

My goals for this week:

* To stay within my daily points each day this week so I can have my extra flex points for Thanksgiving day :)

* To keep up drinking the water

* To lose at least 2 lbs. this week :)

WI Day Update/ Week # 11 completed on WW

First I wanted to say a big "Thank You" to Sunny days for making this beautiful WI day icon for my blog ....she did a wonderful job on it so Thank You Sunny Days!!

Well it's been quite the week for me and quite the weekend as well. Last weekend I had gotten sick from my asthma and then it turned into a really bad head cold and I was sick all weekend including Monday and Tuesday and then I started feeling better around Wednesday of last week BUT then on Friday I started to get sick again :( I was soooo sick this weekend that it wasn't even funny and although today I am much better I am still feeling "yucky".

I am not sure why I got sick the second time around but I do run a home daycare and a couple of the kids were sick from allergies last week and the week before and all I can think of is all those germs that the kids carry got me sick :( But hopefully by tomorrow I will feel much better! Any ways that is what has been going on with me and that is why this update on my WI Day is late!!

Well Saturday was my WI day and even though I was sick I still weighed in. I lost 3.5 lbs......WOOOHOOO was my first thought! For the last couple of weeks I have been having small losses so when I lost 3.5 lbs. I was HAPPY as a clam!!! I know that a loss is a loss no matter how small but for me having small losses several weeks in a row was frustrating to say the least so I am glad that I got a bigger loss this past week!

My goals for this week are:

* To take my vitamins EVERYDAY (hopefully by doing this I will help hinder some illnesses this winter especially with working around kids all day)

* To keep on my low carb/high protein foods....I have noticed that this works best for me when I keep it up and do it all the time.

* To lose at least 2 lbs. this week ...I would be happy with 2 lbs. but ecstatic with more although any loss will do.

*To maintain no gains ....I have NOT had a gain in 11 weeks on WW and although I know sometimes impossible not to have gains but would like to keep it up :)

Sick / Update

I know I have not been here with any updates and that is because I am still sick. I got ill a few days ago with my asthma , it was acting up really bad but I finally got that under control and then on Saturday night I started to get a very bad sore throat ..ugggghhhh! Well it just got worse and now I am feverish, achy, and a bad sore throat. I just wanted to update and let everyone know I am still around :)

Thank you to all that wished me well with my asthma , I appreciate everyone's thoughtful comments and well wishes :) I hate being sick , it really sucks :( Any ways here is what happened at my WI day ...this past Saturday!

I lost 0.9 ...not a big loss but still a loss so I am happy with it :) This week I plan on cutting my carbs big time , I feel that is what is giving me these small losses so I will change things up a bit and see what goes on. So more salads, veggies, good carbs, and protein for me :) I know when I eat that way I feel soooo much better! On Halloween night I did well with the candy ....I only ate the points I alloted for the candy and then I was done and the leftover candy went to a couple of my daycare kiddos who I watched overnight on Halloween night. This is a BIG NSV for me because last year I devoured the candy that was leftover but this year was different and I DID IT :)

One holiday down and three to go .....Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's ....I know I can do this and I will because I want to succeed at this and get to goal!! My eye is on the prize and I am NOT looking away :) Well I got to go and lay down , just wanted to update everyone. I hope everyone has a great OP week and a LOSER WEEK too!! I will catch up with blogs later on in the week when I am hopefully feeling better!!

Asthma making it difficult to eat :(

I am still around although I am not feeling the best due to my asthma flairing up. Each year I always seem to get sick with an asthma attack when the weather changes. The evenings have been quite cold the last few days (around 35 degrees) and that has affected the way I am feeling.

I really have NOT had an appetite due to not being able to breath freely so I have been basically forcing myself to eat my WW points. Hmmmm I wish I had this problem when I am feeling good LOL. So all is good on the WW front :) I really have been doing well with keeping OP. I have not been doing as well on the excercise front but with asthma symptoms I really can't force myself to excercise because it only makes it worse so I am taking a break on that until I get to feeling better.

Any ways I just wanted to update. I hope everyone is having a great OP day and a BIG LOSER WEEK!!!!!!!!

No Gain but a Maintain!!

Well I didn't gain so that is the good news. I maintained so I can't be to unhappy because at least it's not a gain. I know that I won't lose every single week I am OP and a maintain is better than a gain. I know that sooner or later I will have a gain and I just have to prepare myself for that when the time comes but for now I am enjoying my success each new week that goes by :) My official WI day was on Saturday so I am posting this late because this weekend was just crazy busy!

Today I have been craving "sugar" like a bad habit and I am not sure why :( It's frustrating when this happens because the only thing I want to do is eat SUGAR!! I have been struggling with it today but so far I have been "good" ;) I really feel it's psychological at this point because this whole month I have been doing so well with the sugar cravings being gone and now all of a sudden it's the week of Halloween and I am craving sugar like the sugar addict that I used to be.

It's hard for me because I work with kids all day in my home so I have access to my kitchen all day long and it's easy to eat what the kids eat although I prepare for that by making my meals ahead of time and along with my healthy snacks I usually am ok throughout the day BUT with all these holidays coming up I am kind of worried. This week is Halloween week and the kiddos and I are doing alot of different fun things and some of it involves food and candy so wish me luck with that :)

My goals for this week:

* To allow myself a little freedom with the halloween "goodies" but to stay OP at the same time.

* To aim at losing 2.5 lbs. this week :)

I hope everyone is having a great OP day ......LET'S ALL HAVE A LOSER WEEK THIS WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

C.C. Christmas Challenge week # 8/ week # 9 on WW

As my little icon says "I AM WORKING MY WAY TO THIN"!!!!!!!! This past week I weighed in at 344.2 and that leaves me with a - 1 lb. loss :) I am VERY HAPPY with that because it's ONE LESS POUND on my body and ONE POUND closer to my goal :) And I got to add another one of C.C. cute snowmen for a total of - 15 lbs. off ...WOOOOHOOOO!! I am 22.2 pounds away from my Christmas Challenge goal and I have faith in myself that I CAN DO IT!! I hope everyone is having a great LOSER WEEK!!! WE CAN DO THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WI Day/ Week # 8 with WW

I am another pound down ........WOOOOHOOOO!! I know it's only 1 lb. but it's another pound off my body and another pound closer to goal so I am SUPER HAPPY about it!! I am staying OP , getting all my water in , excercising and doing well. I know that it's not going to melt off as fast as I would like but that is ok with me because slow and steady is the best way to lose and I want to do the best for my body and health :)

Today I start on week # 9 with WW and I am soooo proud of myself for sticking with this. If I feel this good mentally, emotionally and physically after just 17.8 lbs. off imagine how I am going to feel with 20, 30, 40, 50, and 100 lbs. down :) I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am excited about this change in my life and feeling sooooooo good!! I have noticed that I am starting to love myself more and I know that I deserve the very best and I am WORTH IT :)

My new goals for this week:

* To work on my self-positive talk a little more

* To increase my water intake from 100 oz. to 120 oz.

* To walk more for excercise

I hope everyone is having a GREAT WEEKEND so far!! Loser vibes to everyone and let's all have another LOSER WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!

This week has been super crazy but I promise that this weekend I will catch up on blog reading and commenting.

Week # 7 with C.C. Christmas Challenge/ Week # 8 with WW

This is week # 7 with C.C. Christmas Challenge and I am down a total of - 16.8 lbs. and I feel GREAT :) I can't believe I am actually doing this and accomplishing it!!

I have 23.2 lbs. to go to get to my goal of losing 40 lbs. by Christmas Day and I KNOW I CAN DO IT :) I am DOING IT NOW!!!!

Back in Jan. 08 I had committed myself to WW and to losing this weight once and for all but six months into it I quit like a dummy :( So all summer I ate what I wanted and I gained a lot of weight back but finally I came to my senses and on August 22, 2008 I re-committed myself to WW and to losing this weight once and for all and I AM NOT LOOKING BACK!!!

My health is way to important to mess around with therefore I am LOSING ALL THIS WEIGHT and GETTING TO GOAL :) I feel sooooooooo GOOD!! I hope everyone has a great LOSER WEEK!! I am sorry I haven't been posting , life and work has just been busy but I am not QUITTING! I am on my way to VICTORY!!

WI Day .......lost 1.2 lbs......broke the 350 mark ...:)

Hi everyone! I am still here it's just been one of those busy weeks where I couldn't get enough time for even myself. Well today was my official WI day and I lost 1.2 lbs ......yipppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!! Even though I was aiming for at least a 5 lb. loss I am NOT DISAPPOINTED in the least. A loss is a loss and at least I didn't maintain again :) I broke through the 350's and that was one of my goals and I DID IT :)

Some things I have noticed since starting the WW plan again is I have sooooo much ENERGY and I really feel GOOD physically, mentally and emotionally! But I am doing well and staying OP and practicing healthy habits so those are all really great NSV's too!!

My goals for this week are:

* To lose at least 3 lbs. this week :) I know I CAN DO IT!!

* To drink my water on the weekends (I have a hard time with this one but it seems to ONLY be on the weekends and I think it's because I am so out of routine but I really want to concentrate on this one)

* To concentrate on eating healthier choices such as good carbs and not the bad carbs and good fats.

Well I hope everyone is doing great this weekend!! This week has been so hectic that I haven't even checked on others blogs but I promise I will catch up on that this weekend. I hope everyone has another LOSER WEEK!!

WI Day / Disappointed But Ok with the maintain

Well today was my official WI day and although the news is disappointing I will NOT GIVE UP!! The good news is I did not gain but I maintained. This is my second week to maintain and I have stayed OP for both weeks so I am thinking that either I am in a serious plateau or I am consuming to many carbs. I know that this is normal and I can't lose every single week but it's still kind of disappointing!

But I do have an NSV to share :) The "OLD" me would have clearly given up and said the "hell with this" BUT the "NEW" me is NOT GIVING UP :) This is a great NSV breakthrough for me so I am very happy and proud of myself for this. I am in this for the long haul and I WILL get to goal but I do know that it's not going to come off overnight because I didn't get this heavy overnight.

On the upside my clothes do feel looser on so that is a plus! And my boyfriend gave me the best compliment ever and said that I looked thinner in the face and stomach so that made me SUPER happy to hear it coming from him :) So all in all even though I maintained again for the second week in a row I am UNUSUALLY HAPPY :) This just tells me that I am doing this right this time around and that is an accomplishment in itself :)

I hope everyone is having a GREAT weekend and let's all have a LOSER WEEK :)

Goals for this week:

* To break the 350 mark ...I know it will happen this week :)

* To watch my carb intake and eat higher protein choices :)

* To watch my salt intake , the less salt the better :)

HYC Update

I can't believe another week has already gone by ....it is going by fast! This year seems to be going by fast as well. I am already on week #5 with WW and I think I have done well :) I have NOT gained any weight in the five weeks of starting WW again and this past week I did't lose any weight but just stayed the same so I am happy with that :) With Hurricane Ike hitting us here in Houston I really thought that counting points was going to be near impossible but I did it and I am very proud of myself for that :) I am not sure why I didn't lose this week because I stayed within my points.

My goals for this week:

* To break the 350's and be under 350 lbs. :)

* To get more veggies in

* To maintain the amount of water I am drinking (100 oz. daily)

I just know that this is going to be a good week for us all :) Happy LOSER week to all!

Down some more...........WOOOHOOOOO!!

Well I am down some more and I am happy about this loss since this week has been the week from hell! I survived Hurricane Ike so I am alive and well and VERY thankful for that! I was determined to NOT go off WW during this whole ordeal and I think I am doing pretty well with that. The boyfriend and I evacuated AFTER hurricane Ike came through because of no power. As of today we still have NO POWER which really sucks but at least we are alive and well and no damage was caused to our home. We have alot to be thankful for :)

We are expected to get power back by Monday at the end of the day so that is good news as well. We have been staying with my parent's who got power back right after the storm so at least we have been staying cool and comfortable......it could be much worse! So things are kind of crazy but soon all will be back to normal and we will be back in our own routines. We both have been out of work for a week so it's been kind of like a mini vacation that we both needed. Things should be back to normal by next week so I am happy about that. This week has been very stressful and the one thing that has been the least stressful is my DIETING ....which is weird but it has been amazingly easy to stay OP.

I hope everyone is doing good ......and I promise I will catch up on reading others blogs and also next week I will sign into my christmas challenge as well as the healthy you challenge. Good to be back here :)

Take A Hike Ike

This is a bit off topic but I wanted to let everyone know that if you don't see me updating my weight loss for Saturday that it's because of Hurricane Ike coming my way :( It's not that I am ignoring my weight loss efforts or anything like that.

You would think that by now I am used to this Hurricane Season since I have been living in Houston since about the age of six years old. But I am NOT used to it and I don't think I ever will get used to it. I don't actually live right in the city of Houston although they are saying on the local news that this is a big hurricane and it will be effecting ALL of Houston. I live in a town called Spring, Texas which isn't far from the City of Houston and although I do live pretty far out from the gulf we still will feel the effects of this Hurricane big time!

Every year I try to prepare myself mentally for Hurricane season but every year when there is one headed our way I still get really nervous and it effects my work but since I run a home daycare I can't let the kids see that side of me because we all know that kids will feel the way your feeling so today has been tough trying to track the hurricane but not allow them to know I am feeling scared :( They are a cute bunch of kids but also very smart for thier ages so the older ones know what is going on but the younger ones of course have no idea. My parent's asked me this morning if I will be open tomorrow and I told them I would have an answer for them tonight at pick up time. I am not sure what to do on that because tomorrow we are supposed to start feeling Ike with lots of rain by mid afternoon but it's not supposed to get bad until late on Friday evening and then early Saturday morning it will hit landfall. All my parent's all have what they call "essential" jobs therefore they all HAVE to go to work tomorrow since the brunt of the hurricane isn't going to really start doing anything until early Saturday morning so I feel obligated to say I am going to be open for them. And since we are not in a ZONE that is supposed to evacuate I really feel that I should be open for the parents who have to work. Because of what happened during Hurricane Rita with all the chaos and people getting stuck on the freeways here they now have implemented an evacuation plan where only certain zipcodes are allowed to evacuate. So no one in my area is evacuating ....we are just all going to "HUNKER DOWN" (Texas term lol) and hope for the best.

But any ways I just wanted everyone to know that if you don't see me "blogging" as much on here or don't see a WI Day entry then Hurricane Ike would be the reason why. I am not sure what is going to happen as far as the winds in this area but if it gets bad our power will be out. The power here goes out in a normal thunderstorm every time so I know with this we DEFINANTLY will not have power at some point. We are prepared though which is something you get used to doing when you live in this State. I am always buying extra canned goods and bottled water each time I go to the grocery store so we are well stocked on that and I am determined NOT to go off WW during this storm so I will count each and every point and stay OP :) I am GOING TO LOSE THIS WEIGHT and NOTHING .....NOT even Hurricane Ike will STOP ME :)

Please, please keep everyone here in the Lone Star State in your thoughts and prayers and pray that IKE TAKES A HIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!

HYC UPDATE

Just a quick HYC update! Well this past week I lost another 2 lbs. as I stated in an earlier post. I am happy that I have lost a total of 10 lbs. since my start with WW and I think that this is a good start. I am still VERY motivated which is a good thing and this time I just know I will make it to my goal weight because I have changed my way of thinking and my mind set is where it's supposed to be :)

This week's Goals:

Mini goal- at least 3 lbs. off :)

Try to get more veggies and fruits in my diet this week

I am still working on the excercise thing ....I just HATE excercise but I know it's an important part of suceeding in weight loss so I am going to implement some type of excercise I just don't know what yet.

Well I hope everyone has another great week and let's all make it another LOSER WEEK :)

WI Day # 2 ....WooooHooooo another loss :)

Another week gone and another 2 lbs. gone ......WOOOOHOOOO! I have lost a total of 10 lbs. in two weeks and it feels sooooooo GOOD :) I am very happy with this loss this week since I did have a couple of slip ups but I recognized those mistakes and I corrected them quickly and got right back OP. I am proud of myself for that because it's truly a breakthrough for me to do that. Before I would just say to myself "Oh well Michelle you have already messed up so why fix it" but NO MORE of that or those excuses because I am soooooooooo DETERMINED to get to GOAL :) I can't believe I have already completed two weeks on WW , it is just going so fast! So I am now 30 lbs. away from my Christmas Challenge goal weight .......WOOOOHOOOO!! I just know I am going to make that goal......my eye is definantly on the PRIZE :) The prize for me is just to have those 40 lbs. off my body!! I just wanted to share the good news with all my readers :) I hope everyone is have a wonderful weekend!! WE ALL CAN DO THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!