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 :)

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!

Weigh In Day

Well today is my WI day and I am so proud of myself because I didn't step on the scale once this week so that is something because I am truly a scale addict LOL. Well I lost 1 pound ....which is better than maintaining or gaining so I am happy with that :) I thought I would have lost more than that but at least it's a loss and I am happy :)

I lost 8 inches off my body so maybe that is why I didn't see much of a loss on the scale, not sure if that can happen so that is just a wild guess!! This week I did very well with keeping within my calorie range and I didn't cheat once so I am happy that I achieved that this week. I know I will have bad days but it's those days that keep me from achieveing what I want to see on the scale each week therefore I tell myself "Michelle do you really want that piece of cake, it will keep you from your goals"....the positive self-talk has really helped me this week and I am going to keep using it as a tool to help me during those times of weakness!

I achieved all my goals this past week very succesfully ...here is the recap:

* I didn't give into cravings (woooooohooooo)

* I didn't give into emotional eating

* I stayed within my calorie range

*I drank all my water (100 oz. daily)

Overall I did well and I am proud of how hard I worked and achieved small successes :) Every week I lose is a small success in my eyes and it brings me that much closer to my Ultimate Goal of getting down to 250 lbs. by Jan. 1, 2009 :) Now if I get more weight off then great but if I only get the 100 lbs. off then that is a AWESOME SUCCESS!!!!!

The goals I have set up for this coming week are as follows :

* To say goodbye to the 340's once and for all ....,I know I can do this :)

* To get off at least 3 lbs. this week , if I lose more than GREAT!!

* Of course get more excercise in ( I have a hard time with this one but I am working on it).

So I think that all these goals are very achieveable and I will have SUCCESS!! Happy Losing everyone :)

Weigh In Day :)

Well today is my second weekly weigh in , and I am proud to announce that I have lost 3 lbs. :) Not a big loss but it's a loss and I am proud of it and j ust very excited that I am losing steadily each week so far. I have to admit that I thought I was going to have a gain this week because last

night I ended up having a piece of pizza and I did go a little over my daily points but what I did was I ate a salad with it , and that is something that I would have never done in the past so I am proud of myself for having self-control and self-discipline with that. I am slowly learning that I can still have the foods I love as long as they are the correct portion sizes, and as long as I play it smart and stay within my points :) This year is definantly going to be different and I can just feel it , somehow I just know that I am going to make my long-term goal of losing 100 lbs by this time next year and that is exciting just thinking about it!!

Some things I have done to help myself stay motivated and to help myself see that hard work does pay off in the end is putting up my "thin" pictures where I can see them and telling myself that I will look like that again :) It has really been helping me, especially when I go to the fridge to eat, and then I see that picture of me on the fridge and I tell myself , "Now Michelle are you eating because your truly hungry or are you doing it out of emotion", and when I evaulate it like that it makes so much more sense to me and I make a good decision....God it feels good to be in control of my eating habits :) In the past I would eat out of pure pleasure and just mindlessly eat and not even think about how many calories I was consuming and now I think about the consequences of eating a whole gallon of icecream , or eating a whole cheesecake and now I much rather reap the rewards of eating correctly than to overeat :)

The one thing I like about Weight Watchers is they teach you that you don't have to deprive yourself of your "favorite" foods , they teach portion control , and you don't have to count calories because they have done the work for you and you just count points and I love it because it makes it so much easier for me and my busy life!! Right now I am doing the WW plan online and on my own and so far I have done well with it and I believe that is because I have a good support system with friends, family, online friends, and also my boyfriend has been a real support and is a good motivater (being a retired police officer he is a very good motivater :) )

Not only am I losing weight but I am feeling really good physically and I believe that is because I am eating very healthy and leaving out alot of sugar, and sweets. Don't get me wrong I do have "sweets" when I crave them because I feel that if I don't allow myself that freedom then I will end up depriving myself and having the possibility of binging on it later, I just limit how much "sweets"I have and that has made a big difference in my weight loss efforts. I don't do well on high carb foods and I stay completley away from the "bad" carbs and that has really helped me. Life is looking better everyday :)