Recap from the weekend!

So Saturday was my WW meeting. The meeting after all the cheesecake on vacation.  I was hoping to maintain.  Stepped on the scale.  She asked how my week was, and I told her it was rough with vacation and I was just praying I'd maintain.....  I lost 0.2!!  Even better!  

After my meeting I headed out to get my mom and we drove up to the casino.  One plus was lots of walking there.  So much standing in line for various things though. We registered for the Price is Right show but didn't get called to come on down or anything. Jerry Springer hosted --- eh. LOL  We had a great weekend though - Mary made it up there and we all had fun!

Downfall was the buffet eating. BUT I didn't really eat all that much and I did log what I ate to the best of my approximations.  I for the most part stuck to water or diet for drinking.  I didn't have alcohol and just 2 coffee drinks and they weren't like biggby drinks all loaded with whipped cream and what not.  We just did the buffet twice and I only had dessert the one time. :-D  I think I'm doing pretty good this week, but ready to be all focused for the rest of the week. I'd like to see at least a 2 lb loss.  

On Saturday, the WW coach had us write down where we wanted to be in 5 weeks (between 0-10 lbs loss)  So I of course said 10.  Totally doable and I should be able to exceed that no problem.  There's no reason I shouldn't.  At the weight I am now, I think it's totally realistic to lose more than 2 lbs a week and still be doing it a healthy way. Below are my milestones through WW that I've achieved.  5 lb loss the first week and thank goodness for the 0.2 lbs so that I got the "streak" star. haha  The first goal they have set for me is 5% --- 284.8.  9.2 more lbs to go.  It's nice that they break up the goals.  They haven't even specified an ultimate goal for me yet.  I guess you decide that with your coach later down the line --- sometime after your 10% goal.  

This week shouldn't be too bad.  On Friday I think we'll be going out to dinner but I will need to be on my best behavior!  Weighing in the following morning = no leeway or time to make anything up!!! 

--Katie

Yesterday was great!

I felt completely in control.  By the evening I was getting hungry, but everything was logged!  I think I still had two extra points too. Tomorrow morning is the day...dun, dun, dunnnnnnnnnnn.  I don't really know how my scale at home compares to the WW scale, but what it said on my last weigh in day and this moring is the same!   That gives me hope!!!! I may have survived this vacation!!!! 

Good choices today!  Logging it all.  Water and tea, water and tea!  I forgot my big water bottle tho so that makes it harder for me to do as much water, but I'll get some extra steps in and just walk to the water cooler more. lol Lunch and dinner are both going to be WW Smart ones I think.  I just really want to do everything I can for a good weigh in.  

After my meeting tomorrow morning I'm picking my mom up and we're heading out to Mt. Pleasant for Girls Weekend!! Thank goodness my weekly points reset :)  Mary will be meeting us up there.  We're gonna come on down, for the Price is Right Live!  haha  

Mom and I will get there early to register so hopefully at least one of us will get picked to be a contestant. Maybe we'll win a trip or something!!!  Somewhere warm!! We can hope! 

Kelly - this goes out to you since I went over my weekly allowance. Ooops:

xoxo 
Katie

Home Sweet Home!

Back from Colorado and back to the grind!!  Working today and trying to stay awake. It's not too bad though - Claire actually slept fairly well, and her amazingly wonderful Dad let me sleep in my own bed and checked on her when she woke up in the middle of the night!!! He's pretty awesome!

The trip was great - REEEEEELAXING!!! We didn't do a whole lot, and I was okay with that. I needed a break and I got one :) Grandma is sooo freaking sweet.  This is what I came to find in our room:

She's like "I remembered they were your favorite" Cue the Awwwwwwww!  She remembered from when we got married in 2008!!! They had white roses and a teddy bear sent to our room then. She is such a sweetheart!! Love them both so much!  There was also a bowl full of Lindor Truffles (brag: I had NONE)

My eating wasn't horrible - but not amazing either.  My downfalls: regular pop and cheesecake...ooooh cheesecake.....BUT I think I did mostly good tracking what I did have.  Bigger breakfasts than normal, but we really only ate two real meals each day.  Sooo I'm kinda terrified of the scale at my meeting on Saturday.  Ugh! But maybe i'll surprise myself and be okay!  I'm so on track today it isn't funny!  I used one of the itWorks! wraps this morning for a few hours.  I've been drinking tons of water. I'm onto an itWorks! green drink right now......and that Monster in the background? I haven't opened it...... yet......  LOL But that is something!  

I'm about -5 on my weekly points for WW so no more points out of the daily ones.  But that's okay.  I lost over 5 lbs on my first WW weigh in, so if I maintain with this vacation I will be thrilled!!!!  I'm just going to keep chugging the water and pray for the best!!!!  

Hope everyone is doing well! 

<3 Katie

Feeling focused today!!!

Recapping the past few days......motivated...pumped.....hungry...stressed....hungry....guilty....focused....

Sounds about right ;) 

Saturday was my first WW meeting!  I actually enjoyed it.  So what I envisioned it would be and what it actually was, were two totally different things.  Especially with the weigh in.  I know they said private weigh in, so I pictured, one on one, going to a closet like area with a scale.  Instead, I was in and there's a long counter with about 5 scales in front.  5 people working on 5 computers which is where the results go. lol  Kinda felt weird, but they printed my weight on a sticker and stuck it in my booklet. So my official starting weight was 299.8 ----  not 300 so that was something!

I'm a little worried about my day yesterday.  I didn't make the best choices with using my points.  And using your points on donuts and evil girl scout cookies doesn't sound like the best choice.  Today I'm feeling good tho -- I started my day with cottage cheese (and yes, 3 tagalongs.... but they are gone now!) I had a drink with ItWorks! Greens and am on to a Monster.  I've got a Smart Ones for lunch and will have one for dinner. I'm going to try not to weigh until I go to my meeting.

Since we're planning on Colorado this weekend, I'm going to do a meeting on Friday.  I'll weigh in then and next week will try to hit a meeting before my mom and I leave for Soaring Eagle :) 

Lots of fun coming up, but I'm hoping that I'll be able to be focused and make good decisions!  Vacation will be tough I'm sure....on the radio this morning they were talking that 60some percent of people let their diets go on vacation. I believe it. It's easy to do.  But I just need to be diligent about logging my choices --- and not drinking my cals. That will help!!!  

So it will take a while, but if I can lose 3 lbs. a week -- I'll be back to around 260 by my birthday.  Not the number I'd like to see then, but who knows, maybe I can beat it....especially if I start incorporating exercise.  It's too darn cold right now for me to want to do anything.  I'm tired of it.  But soon I can start walking outside and get into the zumba groove.  But by this time next year I should hopefully see 199!!!!!! Again, that will be a freaking amazing day and we are all going to celebrate!   

--Katie

And I leave you with this quote....

 ...oh yeah, and then health benefits ;)

Points points points

Well I'm following Katie's footsteps and signed up for weight watchers. This isn't my first time doing their program, but I haven't done it in probably 10 years! I was really successful with it last time, but the in person weighing got to me and stressed me out towards the end, so this time I'm trying it online. Luckily, I get a lot more points from breastfeeding! And I'm also happy that fruits and veggies are free now (except wine doesn't count as a fruit. Wtf)! I feel like I can do this! 

We should be allowed to wear sweat pants

Mardi Gras... Fat Tuesday.... another reason (not that we need one...) to over endulge.  I started early....like last year?? I kid...I kid....kind of... 

But today, although my eating is not on par (shooting for tomorrow!), I signed up for Weight Watchers.  I think my first meeting will be Saturday morning.  Kelly told me yesterday that you can go to meetings whenever, and as often as you want, so that made it sound even better to me! Looking at their website, it looks like there's also 24 hr support online that you can get too.  Here's to my next 3 months!! Hoping that it will make a big difference in all aspects of myself!

So my (long-term) goal is now to lose 1/2 my body weight.  I need to lose a person.  I can do that, right???  I must just like a challenge, because I keep making this more difficult.  But it's way past time.

Okay - so WW sign up, check!  Ordered a new EC Planner thanks to my hubby - check!  
Yes, they're pricey but they're adorable - plus I still love paper planners - and I wanted something to jot down notes, reminders, weigh ins, with for WW.  If you're interested, use my link below.

EC Link - Cutest, most fun planner ever

So now to re-familiarize myself with WW - so it has me down at 45 daily points and an additional 49 weekly points.  I know when I did WW online before, I did do my best to avoid using the weekly points - which I'll do again.  I'll just leave them for special occassions, etc.  That's the plan!  So tomorrow I will start tracking my points.  45 should be a lot - so I should be fine!  Yes, I obviously can't eat how I've been eating, but I really shouldn't feel deprived!! 

So today between working and such, I'll get my WW hat on and print up some helpful info.  Get ready for Saturday's meeting --- of course Friday night we're going to a basketball game with a strolling buffet and whatnot - and then Saturday we already have plans for pizza with my dad and then game night which is full of snackiness ---- let's hope that meeting works wonders with my brain :D Cuz the struggle is gonna be real!  

But there will always be something going on - always be something popping up - always be an excuse ---- so why keep putting it off!?  

Wish me luck!!

--Katie

Oh look, it's Monday again.

 So apparently this new lifestyle is going to take more than a week to settle into. I started off great last week, until about Thursday. I'm so tired from being up with the baby AND my big gir at nightl, all I want to do is eat sugar all day to keep myself going.  But it has to stop. Now. If I wasn't nursing, I would do a drastic detox week, but since mr. C wouldn't appreciate if I did a juice cleanse, it's just going to be a very strict week. As soon as the temperature warms up to -5, im going to the grocery store to get my supplies! I'm taking a bit of a break from vegetarianism for the moment because I don't want to eat a lot of soy protein while breastfeeding, so I'm going to bake off a bunch of organic chicken breasts today to have with salad all week for lunch. Also making my own dressing with plain greek yogurt. Oatmeal and turkey sausage everyday for breakfast, yogurt or protein shake for snack. Sensible homemade dinners. And water. Sooooo much water! 

Do I sound like I've got this? I hope so.