Monday, January 17, 2011
2 weeks 6 down
It has been about 2 weeks since I last wrote and I tried to follow the WW plan at home and yesterday I weighed. I am 6 pounds down. It is a start and one I hope to be able to continue. I think I may have found a message board that seems to fit me. The WW board 200 pounds to lose has a thread entitled Ladies over 50 with 300 pounds. It seems like a friendly group and I am trying to make friends over there with a new people and some of the old timers who have been around for awhile and have lost a considerable amount of weight. I am trying to learn my way around the site as well so I can use it to my full advantage. I have started to track the food I am eating both on the site and on paper. I still can't believe I can eat 1 cup of madarin oranges and with the new program it is 0 points. That just doesn't make any sense to me. So on the paper I am recording it as 2 points which is what it use to be. So if anyone is following this blog still- Have a happy and healthy week
Sunday, January 02, 2011
New Year 2011
Well this was another do nothing about it (weightloss) year. I am still 394 believe it or not, the same weight that I was in Sept after the Seaworld trip. I went to M's party with R as I thought it was time to see if maybe he and I could connect back up and be a couple. We spent the weekend (my expense) at the Desert Inn and it was not what I was hoping it would be. The oceanfront view was fantastic but the company was not. He did nothing about complain about his debts, the deaths of his 2 wives, the hours he has worked and the fact that he is so lonely. I felt more sorry for him than anything else. He was extremely helpful to me which I was very grateful for and thanked him numerous times, but not once did he thank me for the $300.00+ weekend. I really thought that was so wrong of him not to thank me. Enough about him as it is not going to work between us, just as I kind of thought was the case before I even invited him to spend the time with me. However I had to see it to believe it. You all know me IBIWISI.
Anyhow M's was great. Lot's of games, fun, food and prizes. Lot's of work too as the day before we baked cookies and the day of the party we set up and tore down. Thank Goodness for R as he really did a lot of work. So much more than the other 2 that were with M for the week.
After the party 2 weeks later I had to re-turn for a work related 3 day conference. It was great to meet some old timers and new comers and learn so much great info and see the vendors. Unfortunately Thursday's lunch was not good and I was sick all that night and the next day. I was so glad when I got to leave at noon to head home to be in my own bed. That 4 hour trip home just about did me in. I was exhausted the whole weekend. But I did get over half the education points I needed for the next certification for 2015.
Nov J came over for a Boston Market Thanksgiving dinner with me and some DVD watching later that night. It was nice not to be alone. For Christmas Eve I had a party with 9 people here. Being alone for the Holiday would have been the pits for me. We had good friendship, good fun with the games and prizes and great food. The party started around 1 pm and the last one J to leave left at 8:30. I very long day for me as I had no S to help me. J also came over NEw Year's Eve and we had chicken bites and spinach dip with vegs and bread and Ice cream for dessert. Saw in the New Year with a bottle of wine and by 1 or so she was gone. She fell asleep during the movie so I got to see and hear most of it.
So now it is Jan 2 2011, I am once again seriously thinking of getting on some kind of diet plan as I can't keep getting bigger and bigger. I feel the difference from when I was 306 in 2007 and the extra 88 pounds I have packed back on in 3 years. I can't believe I was ever 497, Thank God I managed to keep off the other 103 pounds. Hard for me to believe I lost 191 pounds and was still so fat I couldn't wear less than a 5X.
Ok so realistic goals is what I set today. Toward the end of March I am suppose to meet DW from WDC.
First goal 25 pounds off
Second goal 10% off 39 off
Third goal 50 pounds off
Fourth goal 75 pounds off
Fifth goal 100 pounds off 292 for Christmas 2011
So after talking with M she stated she was going to try Atkins and we talked about it and I looked at the list of what you can and can not eat. I will support her but I know I can not follow such a rigid program. I am going to try WW again. They changed their program again this year and certain fruits and veg are free. I can have all the carbs I want (unlike M) and just count it toward the points. I think I will do a weekly menu and keep daily track on the online tracker.
Anyhow M's was great. Lot's of games, fun, food and prizes. Lot's of work too as the day before we baked cookies and the day of the party we set up and tore down. Thank Goodness for R as he really did a lot of work. So much more than the other 2 that were with M for the week.
After the party 2 weeks later I had to re-turn for a work related 3 day conference. It was great to meet some old timers and new comers and learn so much great info and see the vendors. Unfortunately Thursday's lunch was not good and I was sick all that night and the next day. I was so glad when I got to leave at noon to head home to be in my own bed. That 4 hour trip home just about did me in. I was exhausted the whole weekend. But I did get over half the education points I needed for the next certification for 2015.
Nov J came over for a Boston Market Thanksgiving dinner with me and some DVD watching later that night. It was nice not to be alone. For Christmas Eve I had a party with 9 people here. Being alone for the Holiday would have been the pits for me. We had good friendship, good fun with the games and prizes and great food. The party started around 1 pm and the last one J to leave left at 8:30. I very long day for me as I had no S to help me. J also came over NEw Year's Eve and we had chicken bites and spinach dip with vegs and bread and Ice cream for dessert. Saw in the New Year with a bottle of wine and by 1 or so she was gone. She fell asleep during the movie so I got to see and hear most of it.
So now it is Jan 2 2011, I am once again seriously thinking of getting on some kind of diet plan as I can't keep getting bigger and bigger. I feel the difference from when I was 306 in 2007 and the extra 88 pounds I have packed back on in 3 years. I can't believe I was ever 497, Thank God I managed to keep off the other 103 pounds. Hard for me to believe I lost 191 pounds and was still so fat I couldn't wear less than a 5X.
Ok so realistic goals is what I set today. Toward the end of March I am suppose to meet DW from WDC.
First goal 25 pounds off
Second goal 10% off 39 off
Third goal 50 pounds off
Fourth goal 75 pounds off
Fifth goal 100 pounds off 292 for Christmas 2011
So after talking with M she stated she was going to try Atkins and we talked about it and I looked at the list of what you can and can not eat. I will support her but I know I can not follow such a rigid program. I am going to try WW again. They changed their program again this year and certain fruits and veg are free. I can have all the carbs I want (unlike M) and just count it toward the points. I think I will do a weekly menu and keep daily track on the online tracker.
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