I'm still here and still losing weight!

I haven't had a lot of time to get online and update my blog, so I am finally getting around to doing just that! I am doing great and have lost a grand total of 96.4 pounds now! Look out 100! Here I come!!!!! I am really hoping to reach my 100 # loss by Jacob's Birthday ~ September 23. I think I can do it!

I have gotten a little off track along the way, never given up, but just wasn't counting my points, which is absolutely necessary for me to lose the weight. I am back on track now and just trucking away!

Just want to say "HI" to all of the Weight Watchers gals I haven't spoken with in awhile....I miss you girlies! Have got to check back with you soon, too! Have a wonderful and safe Labor Day weekend!


AND............................GO VOLS!!!!

Bye, Bye Fat Clothes!!

I am finally getting rid of some of my fat clothes, sizes 24 - 21! My mother-in-law is selling some of them on eBay for me. Isn't that super sweet of her?! I have so many more clothes left to be gone through though. It is really fun to watch people bid on and buy my clothes. I plan on putting the money back into a "special place" and when I get to goal weight...I am hitting the clothing stores! Hurry up goal weight!!

Slave to the Scale

I know the "rule" of weighing is to only weigh once a week. Before I bought my scales, that wasn't a problem ~ I only weighed in on Monday's at my WW meeting. But, I just HAD to have a set of scales at home and ever since they have entered my home, I've been a slave to them. There's rarely a time that I go into the bathroom that I don't step on those scales! Whether I'm doing laundry, cleaning, washing my hands, taking a shower, getting ready....whatever I'm doing in the bathroom I weigh myself. And sometimes will weigh myself upon entering the bathroom and before I walk out too ~ twice in one visit to the restroom! I think that I would definitely be considered a "Slave to the Scale."

I don't want to step on the scales every time I enter the restroom, but there they are just looking at me, telling me to step on! I've thought about having Steve put them up for me because if I know where they are, it will be too easy for me to just get them down and jump right on!

What does weighing myself 3, 4, or 5 times a day help? What am I hoping to accomplish by doing this? Should I leave this routine alone? Change it? If so, how? Should I not have bought them? Why did I think I needed them so badly?

These are questions that are on my mind almost everytime I walk away from the scales after weighing myself. While on the scales, I am hoping to see a huge loss...2 or 3 pounds would be ideal in my mind ~ knowing that isn't realistic for every single time I step on! But, I've decided that I am going to put the scales away myself. This is something that I need to be in control of. And I'm starting right now! After I finish here, I am going into the bathroom and putting the scales away. I'm not even going to weigh myself one last time before putting them into hiding! I will no longer give in to the scales.

At the end of the day, it's not the number on the scales that is important! It's the reassurance that I am feeding my family and myself healthy foods and teaching my son to make healthy choices.

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~~85 Pounds Gone Forever~~

Tonight's Weigh In was awesome! I weighed in at 190 pounds, so I lost 0.8 pounds, but a grand total of 85.4 pounds!! Yippee, I'm so excited to get another 5 pound sticker. It's pretty funny how exciting and important a sticker has become. I am going to set my next mini-goal to be in the 170's by April 1! {sooner would definitely be accepted though} I bought a few new pieces of clothing....a size LARGE shirt...YEP, A LARGE....not 1 single X in front of it AND I can wear it now ~ THAT is a major accomplishment! I am fitting into most 16's now, but can still wear an 18 just fine too! Super Duper Day!!

The Power of Positive Thinking: 7 Steps to Losing Weight

I have always been an optimistic person ~ I see the glass as half full rather than half empty. Can positive thinking help with weight loss? I really believe it can! When I joined Weight Watchers, I really believed this was going to be the way for me to get rid of this unhealthy weight for good and keep it off. As I continue on my weight loss journey, I have found that beating myself up emotionally about something does not help! Instead, I try to think of what I could have done differently so I can handle it better should the same problem arise again. I have found 7 steps to positive thinking to help get you to thinking in a positive way.

1. Plot out your goals ~ Make long term and short term goals. If you only make long term goals, it may make the process seem much longer and harder than if you had set mini goals and celebrate when you reach them.

2. Envision your success ~ Have a "mental image" of yourself being at goal weight and having a healthy new lifestyle.

3. Don't sabotage yourself ~ Having an excess of items you know you can't resist is just setting yourself up for failure. And remember, "I think I can, I think I can....."

4. Be your own cheerleader ~ Celebrate and cheer yourself on when you reach your goals.

5. Avoid being a perfectionist ~ If you don't succeed 100 %, it's OK! Always leave room for mistakes and realize that they happen to everybody. And most importantly, it is no reason to give up.

6. Follow through with your goals ~ Write them down and reward yourself when you reach your goals.

7. Affirm your self-belief ~ Tell yourself that you are capable of meeting your goals and believe it, because you can do it!

*Thanks to Weight Watchers for the 7 Steps.....the explanations are my own take on them*

What do I eat??

The better question should be "What don't I eat?" The biggest reason I chose Weight Watchers as my weight loss program was the ability to eat ANYTHING that I wanted to. To me, eliminating something from my life forever is not realistic. That would only make me want that food that much more....funny how the mind plays tricks on us like that!

For breakfast I usually choose one of the following through the week:
1. WW muffin
2. Yogurt with fruit and bran
3. Oatmeal
4. Fruit

On Weekends, I cook breakfast when we're all home together. I usually fix:
1. Eggs, and Bacon, sausage or ham
2. Gravy (Pioneer instant is very low in points, I sometimes make homemade gravy if Steve requests it.)
3. Omelets
4. Toast or Pilsbury Flaky Biscuits...lower in points


For lunch I might eat:
1. Salad
2. Campbells Healthy Request Soup
3. Lean Cuisine or Smart One
4. Low-Fat deli meat on 45 calorie wheat bread with Baked Potato Chips
5. Left-overs from the night before

For supper/dinner I fix most anything. I just try to make it low in points as best I can. Some of my favorites are:
1. Chicken (BBQ, Marinated and Grilled, Fried in olive oil, seasoned and baked, dumplins)
2. Salad
3. Baked Potato, Mashed Potatoes, Fried Potatoes, Twice Baked Potatoes
4. Ribeye Steak
5. Rice
6. Steamed Veggies
7. Green Beans, Corn, Greens...any vegetable
8. Shrimp
9. Meatloaf


For a snack:
1. 100 calorie popcorn
2. Baked Chips
3. Reduced Fat Ice Cream
4. Apple & Peanut Butter
5. Honey Wheat Pretzels
6. Any fruit

*These are just some of the things I eat. like I said earlier ~ I eat anything. I haven't cut anything out of my diet. I just try to watch and not eat "junk."