day 3.

another day another pound .. woo hoo! down to 177.8 today. im home today so unable to try on the dress but i will be headed back there tomorrow. fingers crossed i get another pound or two down by then and it does up.

today my day went like this:
bfast - 1/2c egg beater on sandwich thin w/1 cheese (3pts)
snack- chocolate banana muffin 3pts
lunch - 9 ravioli with tomato sauce 5pts
snack - 100 calorie lucky charms bar 2pts
dinner - 1 1/4c chicken chili on 1c rice 6pts
snack - ww popcorn 3pts

mine will be minus the cheese/sour cream though. just chili and rice for me.
http://www.skinnytaste.com/2008/11/crock-pot-chicken-taco-chili-4-pts.html

day 2

so yesterday apparantly went great. i stayed on plan, drank my 4 bottles of water and the scale showed me the love this morning. down to 178.8. not enough to get the dress done up, but still great success. hopefully i see the numbers go down alot over the next couple days. my goal is to get that dress done up by friday.

today my day went like this:
bfast - chocolate chocolate chip banana muffin with a tea (3pts)
snack - nature valley apple cobbler bar and another tea (2pts)
lunch - sandwich thin (1pt) with 1/2 c egg beaters (1pt)
snack - 100 calorie slimfast chocolate caramel bar (2pts)
dinner- 9 ravioli (4) spag sauce (1) cheese (3) breadstick (3)

tonights snack will be weight watchers kettle corn and a bottle of water. this will put me at 23 points and 3 bottles of water in. just need to fit one more in before the night is out. will also be playing 1 hour of just dance on the wii again. it was lots of fun and im sure it helped with the scale.

a new start...

so today was officially day one of me being back on plan. i NEED this week to go well so that i can get in that dress with no alterations needed. this *should* be enough to keep me motivated... at least it was today.

so this morning i get on the scale. it reads 182.2 (holy crap!!) i weighed a bit lower on a friends scale (180.2) but since this is the scale thats going to be used the most this is what i'll go with. hopefully alot of these pounds will be flushed out quickly by simply upping my water (ive been nowhere near my 8 glasses lately)

I'm allowed 23 points.  my day went like this:

breakfast   chocolate chocolate chip banana muffin (3pts) with a cup of tea (0pts)
snack        watermelon (1pt) <although i dont think food should be counted but w.e.>
lunch         arnolds sandwich thin (1pt) with 1/2c eggbeaters (1pt) and 1 slice cheese (1pt)
                 yoplait light yogurt (2pts)
snack        100 calorie slimfast chocolate mint bar (2pts)
dinner       Asian chicken drumsticks (5pts) 1/2c noodles (3pts) corn on the cob (1pt)

this leaves me with 3 pts left for weight watchers caramel apple popcorn tonight
(but only after a game of just dance on the wii for exercise)

AAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

So not only did i stop posting, but i also stopped dieting. bad bad idea.

I went with my girls shopping for bridesmaids dresses on July 9th. Now, almost 1 month later the dresses are in and I cant do mine up!!!!! I cant freaking believe it! In just 3 weeks is the wedding.

Starting tomorrow morning i am back on plan following weight watchers, my hope is to lose 5 lbs this week which will hopefully be enough to get my dress done up. Otherwise i'm going to have to go this weekend and have it let out which i really really really dont want to do. In the event i do get it done up it will keep me motivated enough to stay on plan for at least the next 3 weeks so this doesnt happen again.

wish me luck!

(my first "diet" recipe is baking now. Skinnytaste's Chocolate Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins. Since i follow the old plan these are only 3 points and perfect to go with my morning tea. Cant' wait to try them!)

only mine are glaze less cus i used up all my icing sugar making cupcakes for DD2's birthday this weekend.

weigh in day!

so i havent really been posting much lately, but really the only thing that changes daily is my dinner. i've been really good about sticking to my plan and am really proud of myself. especially today. weigh in day. today i weighed in at 173.4 pounds thats a LOSS of 5.4 pounds after being on plan for 7 days. i am so happy! if i can keep this up i'll be right where i want to be in only 5 or 6 weeks. I really hope the upcoming weeks i lose as much and this wasnt a one time deal. its definately enough to keep me motivated to keep going.

so here's what my plan is for today.

breakfast - chocolate shake
lunch - 1 pc of bread w/pb and brownie meal replacement bar (i didnt eat morning snack)
snack - special k crisps 100 cal snack
dinner - hot dog. maybe 2.
snack - 100 calorie skinny cow chocolate truffle ice cream bar. (really excited to try these)

sf day 4 (wed)

im running out of things to say aside from posting my food so i'll just get to that for now.

breakfast - slimfast french vanilla shake
snack - banana
lunch - slimfast meal replacement bar - chocolatey cookie dough
snack - chocolate cheerios bar (similar to a rice krispie square but with chocolate cheerios)
dinner - 3 mini burgers with coleslaw
snack - individual skinny cow chocolate brownie ice cream cup (FREE! and 150 cal)

so proud of myself for sticking to it and cant wait to see the number on the scale on Sunday!

sf diet day 3

its harder to post with DH home in the evenings so i missed coming on yesterday. still staying strong with my slim fast diet. im determined to stick to it an entire week to see how much weight i lose. just going to take it one week at a time. My food descriptions are going to look pretty much the same since i dont have a variety of slim fast products i'll just buy new flavours when i run out of the old. so for yesterday:

breakfast - french vanilla shake
snack - banana
lunch - slim fast meal replacement bar (chocolately cookie dough)
snack - special k bar (chocolately crunch)
dinner - 1 1/4 c smart pasta with tomato sauce, gr chicken, green peppers and 1 slice garlic toast
snack - 100 calorie cadbury thins dairy milk choc bar.

SF 3-2-1 Day 2

Okay i have to admit I am absolutely amazed (and proud) that i have had no problems sticking to this plan.
I really thought i would be more hungry and it would be hard to do, but so far it hasnt really been so bad.

breakfast - slim fast shake (vanilla)
               followed by an XL tea
snack - chewy caramel 100 cal SF snack bar
lunch - XL tea and a cookie dough SF meal replacement bar
snack - Special K chocolately crunch bar
dinner - bbq chicken wraps (maybe with a couple potato wedges)
http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/bbq-chicken-roll-ups-124520.aspx
snack - will probably have some smart pop popcorn tonight while watching a movie with DH.

so ya, so far so good. azazingly these bars/shakes actually fill me up making it worth the money.
stay tuned tomorrow for a mid week weigh in

another day another diet

last week ended up being crap too. i just couldnt stay focused and on track. so this week i am trying something new. I came across the new Slim-fast 3-2-1 diet online and think i'll give that a go this week. i went out yesterday and bought everything i needed and hope i can stay on track. especially since i got on the scale this morning and im up to (gulp) 178.8 lbs. i have GOT to get this under control before im back where i started. 3 weeks to dress shopping. lets see how this goes!

so here's the idea of this plan 3 (100 cal snacks) 2 (meal replacement bars/shakes) 1 (sensible 500 cal meal)

breakfast - french vanilla shake
lunch       -meal replacement bar (chocolately cookie dough)
dinner     -roasted pork with potatoes and carrots (http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/easy-roasted-pork-88936.aspx)
snacks    -100 cal slim fast snack bar (chewy caramel), a piece of fruit (prob mango), special k bar

hope this goes better!

so disappointed

what is wrong with me? no matter how much i tell myself im going to back on track i just cant seem to do it. i eat one thing i shouldnt and that spirals me into an evening of filling my face. i know i CAN do this....i mean look how far i've come already (211 to 176 <now>)! so why can i not do it now? every time i blow my day i regret it the next. maybe if i make a committment to come and report what i eat here everyday i can feel like i have to be accountable to someone (even if it is just myself) and will help me stay focused. i just dont know anymore.

just for fun...

i've seen this posted on some other blogs i look at so i thought it might be fun to have a go at it!

ABCDEFood!

A: is for Apple, what’s your favorite variety?
Granny Smith
B: is for Bread, regardless of nutrition, calories, or whole grains what is your favorite type to have a nice big piece of?
i'd have to say i LOVE ciabatta bread! (although any kind of soft, fresh bread with butter rocks!)
C: is for Cereal what is your favorite kind currently (just one!)
this is tough, i dont eat cereal often. i guess if i had to pick i do like Special K blueberry
D: is for Doughnuts, you might not currently be eating them but what kind do you fancy?
love love love the Chocolate Caramel Crunch donut at Tim Horton's mmmmmmm
E: is for Eggs, how would you like yours prepared? 
Lately i've been loving eggs i can dip my toast in, also a fan of scrambled though
F: is for Fat Free, what is your favorite fat free product?
im sure there's more i cant think of but i LOVE the weight watchers apple caramel popcorn

G: is for Groceries, where do you purchase yours at? Mostly I go to freshco or walmart cause they're closest. occasionally the trip to Aylmer for no frills
H: is for Hot Beverages, what is your favorite hot drink? 
Tea. gotta have one every. single. morning.
I: is for Ice Cream, pick a favorite flavor and add a fun topping. I really like the one with brownie pieces and cookie dough in it. no idea what its called but YUMMY!
J: is for Jams or Jellies, do you eat them, and if so what kind and flavor? no not really.
K: is for Kashi, name your favorite Kashi product?
no idea. dont eat Kashi products
L: is for Lunch, what was yours today? orange chicken lean cuisine. fast, easy, thoughtless.
M: is for microwave, what is your favorite microwave meal/snack?
Popcorn of course!
N: is for nutrients, do you like carbs, fats, or proteins best?
I LOVE CARBS! that is one thing i could never go without
O: is for oil, what kind do you like to use?
mostly canola oil.
P: is for protein, how do you get yours? 
eggs and chicken mostly
Q: is for Quaker, how do you like your oats? I'm not really a fan of oats TBH
R: is for roasting, what is your favorite thing to roast?
I really like roasted potatoes and carrots
S: is for sandwich, what’s your favorite kind? turkey with cucumber, lettuce, cheese, honey mustard and a little low fat mayo.
T: is for travel,  how do you handle eating while traveling? I rarely travel, but when i do i try not to focus too much on the eating and more on the family/fun time. so usually what i eat isnt so great.
U: is for unique, what is one of your weirdest food combos?
I dont really do weird food combos. im a pretty plain jane kinda gal.
V: is for vitamins, what kind do you take? 
I don’t. 
W: is for wasabi, yay or nay? Nay! although i have to admit i've never actually tried it.
X: is for XRAY. if we xrayed your belly right now, what food would we see?
nuggets and wedges and lots and lots of water
Y: is for youth, what food reminds you of your childhood? soft boiled eggs in little egg cups with the tops cut off so you can dip your toast in.
Z: is for zucchini, how do you prepare it?
only way i've ever really had zucchini is in bread/muffins. but i do love it that way....see im a carb girl, lol!

thurs june 9

The weeks almost over and i'm still on track (yay me!). im sticking to my IF pretty much, have only been eating watermelon during the day until about 230ish when i eat "lunch". i also got a bunch more raking in today which should count for some activity points today (if i counted those) and hopefully burn off the yummy new banana timbit i had today (these are soooo good!)

so the rest of my day went something like this:

during the day - watermelon 1pt

around 230pm- orange chicken lean cuisine 4pts

mid afternoon - 1 banana timbit (surprised to say) 1 pt (good thing i didnt know this or id of ate more, lol)

around 500pm-8 wedges (3pts) and 4 chicken nuggets (6pts)

evening - 1 mini caramilk bar (2pts)

i will be ending this evening with a waffle bowl (1pt) with 1c banana chocolate ice cream (4pts)

and just to show you all the hard work i did today, here's the huge pile of grass i raked from my backyard that is too big to fit in my compost.

wed jun 8

i got on the scale today after 2 days of being back on track and i was down 2 pounds! (YAY!) 174.8.

today went okay but not great. started off well but both DH and I were home today so decided to go out to lunch. we ordered off the appetizer menu and got an order of loaded fries and chicken quesidilla and shared both. hopefully thats better than eating an entire meal. so i dont exactly have a point count today i just tried to be smart and will start counting points again tomorrow. for now, here's my day:

noon - 1/2 loaded fries, 1/2 quesidilla
2pm - 1 blueberry timbit
5pm - 1 cup cheese tortellini, 1 slice of texas garlic toast
730pm - 1 pita with 3tbsp roasted red pepper hummus (my new favorite snack)

i also got a bit of exercise in doing some raking in the yard, lots more left to do though, hopefully get some in tomorrow.

tues jun 7

today has been a real crappy day so im proud to say that so far i've been staying on track (i normally eat under stress so this is a good thing) i continued with the IF today for the most part, although i did eat watermelon at lunch with baby C. i didnt weigh myself today, but will tomorrow. heres my day:

during the day - 1c watermelon -     1pt
               230 - lean cuisine meal -   5pts
                      -2 mini choc bars-     2pts
               500- diet cola chicken -   4pts
      baked potato w/ff sour cream - 3pts
                         corn on the cob -   1pt
                730- 1 pita                     4pts
                         3tbsp hummus       3pts

this puts me to 22/23 points for the day so hopefully that will be all my eating today.

lets try this again

well as you can probably guess by the date of my last post i have totally sucked at staying on program. my weight is creeping up again and i just found out we'll be dress shopping soon. time to get things under control again. so here goes. DH is on afternoons and so this is the perfect time to get back on track.

my weight this morning - 176.8 pounds (!!!! holy crap!)
my goal - to stay on track the WHOLE week. once i get the first week in it should be alot easier.
the plan - a combination of IF (intemittent fasting) and weight watchers. my plan is to fast until about 2pm when i get home from babysitting. have a small lunch (probably a lean cuisine) then eat dinner with the kiddos about 5, then a snack when baby C goes to bed (730/800) then done for the night. hopefully with only eating during a 5-6 hour window i will be able to stay within my 23 ww points.

my eating plan for today:
2/3 pm  lean cuisine                                    4points
5pm      pulled pork on a bun                      6points   
730pm 1 pita with 2.5tbsp hummus             6.5points
chocolate pop tart                                      4pts
                                      that will put me to 20.5points

i also ate 100 calorie snack for 2pts earlier in the day.

wish me luck :)

day one...

yesterday (monday) was supposed to be my first day back on plan. i did fairly well considering ive been eating pretty much whatever i want for the last month. i am to have 23 points per day (i am following the old plan) here's how my day went;

breakfast - egg beater omelette (1/2c) with 1 slice of cheese = 2pts
snack - mousse temptations jello snack = 1pt
lunch - lean cuisine meal = 5pts
snack - special k crisp bar = 2 pts
i had 2 cookies in the afternoon. no idea on points.
dinner - cheese sausage on a bun = 11pts with noodles = 3pts
snack - fun size snickers = 1pt

total is 24 points plus whatever the cookies were. not so good. but  i did also get in 3 bottles of water.
hopefully today will be a better day

uuughhh

during my last blog post my computer crashed :( i lost all my pictures and documents so wasnt able to add a recent pic so here it is now. not the best picture, but i do my best to avoid the camera so this is all there is.

now onto the more important things. my diet. well to put it bluntly -- it has not been good lately. i was trying the IF, but i havent been able to stick to it. i've had alot on my mind and have been stressed out so have been eating more than i should. im not happy that im starting to put weight back on though so i plan to get back on track. starting monday i will follow my weight watchers plan and do 1or 2 24 hour fasts during the week. i have got to drop these 10 pounds. its soon going to be dress fitting time.

Intermittent Fasting

I've been doing some reading lately on Intermittent Fasting and thought I'd give it a go to jump start my weight loss and hopefully get me under the weights I've been struggling with. Ideally I'd like to drop about 10 pounds quickly then get back on my weight watchers plan cause i know it works.

I gave my first shot to IF the other day. The plan was to eat dinner Sunday evening then go from 6pm that day to 6pm the next day without eating. It didnt exactly go as planned. I did however make it from 6pm Sunday to about 4pm Monday evening (22 hours instead of 24) not bad for my first time. It was actually alot easier than i expected. I was hungry, but i drank lots of water, tea and diet pop to curb my hunger which seemed to help. I did not feel lightheaded or dizzy as I expected. The biggest problem I encountered was that I came off my fast at a friends bbq so ate way too much food afterwards (amazing how much you can eat after going that long without food, lol) so i didnt see any improvement on the scale. (but i ate alot of stuff and didnt go up either so i guess thats good)

today i decided to try an alternative way of IF. to only eat during a 5 hour window. I wonder if that will work better? my plan is to not eat all day (ok i have ate 1 timbit before i fully committed) then have a snack at 3, dinner with the family at 5, then a snack at 7. the idea is that i cant possibly eat as much in 5 hours as i would all day.......im going to make sure i dont. of course with doing IF i will be monitoring my weight daily to see how its going. if this is going well i will probably mix the 2. do the 5 hrs eating daily, combined with 1 24hr fast per week. I have got to get past this hurdle im at.

today i weighed in at 174.4. I am hungry but off to drink some water and maybe get C down for a nap to distract me....wish me luck!

oh - since i posted my "fat pics" i guess its only fair to post a shot of me now. midway thru my journey.

back to the beginning

I have decided to start this blog as my own kinda on line weight loss journal in hopes to get me motivated and back on track. to give you a bit of background (and for my own sake) i'm going back to the beginning..

I started my weight loss journey back in August 2010. I went to a family function, and after seeing the photos realized how big I had gotten. I knew I had to do something. At this time I weighed in at 211 pounds. These are the photos that opened my eyes.

At this time I decided to do weight watchers. I had done it in the past and it worked, so I started again using tools i found online and didnt have to pay for. In no time I seemed to have things under control.

• Aug 1 2010 = 211 pounds (the biggest I have ever been)
• Sep 5 2010 = 199.2  pounds (down 11.8)
• Oct 3 2010 = 194.8 pounds  (down  16.2)
• Nov 1 2010 =190.6 pounds (down 20.4)
• Dec 4 2010 =182.2 pounds (down 28.8)

then came christmas and things slowed down for me. all the baking and eating did not go so well.

• Jan 1 2011 =180.8 (down 30.2)
• Feb 1 2011 =176.6 (down 34.4) 
• Mar 1 2011 =172.2 (down 38.8)
• Apr 1 2011 =169.6 (down  41.4) - during this month i made it all the way down to 166.6

since then things have not been going so well. i have been gaining and losing the same weight constantly. to give a better idea check these weighins out.

April 6 - 166.6 pounds, April 13 170.0, April 27 still 170.0
May 9 - 169.6 pounds, May 23 174.6(!!!!)