In Spite of Birthday Cake...

So, the week after Abbey's birthday party wasn't good. I gained...

But THIS past Tuesday, I LOST 4.2!! HOT DOG!! :)

Things are going well...VERY busy, and the kiddos, especially Eli, have been sick this last week, but other than that, we're fine...

So, YAY FOR ME!! :) I'm less than 4lbs. from my 10lb. ribbon!! :) YAY!! :)

Ode To Birthday Cake...

O, Birthday Cake,
O, Birthday Cake,
How do I love you...
Let me count the ways...
There's nothing like the scent that wafts from your box
When you are just opened up from the bakery...
There's nothing like your moist cake with a buttercream icing.
And, O, how I covet a corner piece!!
I love you! I love you! I LOVE YOUUUUUUU!

That is what's going on with me!! LOL Last night we celebrated with some friends (it was my cousin Pam's birthday), and there was a most deliciously scrumptious cake there.

We were laughing, because the majority of the ladies there had just started WW's, but they WI on Saturday mornings.

We were talking about what to do with the cake, and my cousin Andrea said she was planning on having it for breakfast, lunch & dinner today after her WI!! LOL We got to laughing & I said, just bring it to WI!! LOL When she walks up to the scale, hand over her paperwork, & set down the piece of cake on the table!! LOL Andrea said she would be afraid to take a piece of cake into a WW meeting...she's afraid she'd be mauled to death!! LOL

Isn't it fun to go through journeys like this one with friends? Makes those temptations a lot easier, and joking about it taking the sting out of eating the salad instead... :)

Week 3

Last week we were canceled because of the snow we had!! Wow, it was bad!!

I think I had a loss last week, but we've been celebrating Abbey's Birthday this week (YAY!! She's 5!!). Anyways, I know I've overdone it this week...But, even for all of that I had a .75 loss!! :) So, still going in the right direction!! :)

Nothing more to really report on right now...I'm just trying to get through every day without binging!! :) I really needed to visit Carla's website...I got to reading about how she still loves the taste of food & still struggles with that issue. That helps me feel better about just keepin' on!! :) If she still feels like that after losing 100+ lbs. then it's normal for me to feel that way on my way to losing 100+ lbs.!! :)

OK, better go...It's bed time!! :)

Another Day

I've not counted the days in over a week!! LOL :)

Still doing OK. This has been a hard week, because I've been wanting to stress-eat...and it has not been easy. But, nothing worth doing is!! :)

So, I'm keepin' on!! :) I missed WI this week because of the snow, but I think I might try & go to the center to WI on Saturday...I don't know what I should do. I could just wait until my next regularly scheduled meeting & have a bigger number on my booklet!! :)

I'm going to add a recipe for "Pink Stuff" because this has literally saved my bum more than a few times!! :)

Pink Stuff

1pkt. Sugar Free Instant Jello
16oz. cottage cheese, low fat/fat free
1 small tub of cool whip free
1 can crushed pineapple, drained well

Prepare jello according to pkg. directions, but don't let set to solid (about 45minutes). Add cool whip, then cottage cheese, & pineapple. Let set overnight.

I count this as 2pts. per serving, 12 servings, 3/4 to 1 c serving size.

Okay, better go...I hope you're doing well, too!! :)

No, I haven't given up!! :)

Life is just busy, ya know? I barely get a chance to check email, let alone get on here to blog...

Anyways, I didn't lose as much as I'd hoped that first week (-2.6), but I figure that's from already losing 10lbs. before I officially started WW. So, there's not that first "wow" week...

I finally made it to the grocery store!! :) I've got the pantry stocked up & ready to go!! I can definitely tell I've been eating more fiber...and that's all I'm gonna say about that!! LOL

I do know that I need to start moving...Motivation is lacking in that department, though...Prayers, please?

Okay, better go. It's late & church will come early in the morning!! :)

Day 5

Today's going very well...Sundays are always wacky for us, there is no sticking to our "regular" schedule, but I've adapted very well!!

I did have a weak moment this morning. I had a good breakfast before we left for church (a banana & lite toast, 1 slice 1/2Tbs peanut butter, other slice with spray butter), so I wasn't famished...but after I got done singing with the Praise Team, I went to make sure Abbey made her way to Children's Church, and went into the kitchen to get some ice water (we have an AWESOME ice machine there!! :) I LOVE it!!) Anyways, while I was in there...I saw it. A Tim Horton's doughnut box...

And, yes, I opened it...And, yes, I ate one...I had a chocolate cake glazed one. It was DELICIOUS. But I felt bad afterwards, and still do. Now, I still have plenty of weekly points left, so that's not an issue.

But part of this journey, I know, is learning self-control. Self-control is so important, so important that Jesus even mentioned it as a fruit of the spirit (funny, he called it a "fruit" LOL Who says Jesus doesn't have a sense of humor?!?! LOL).

I know that I won't learn self-control in one week. This is just going to take practice. Every day. Not easy in a "microwave" society...

My next step in the coming weeks is to make a list of goals I want to incorporate into my life. I don't like to exercise. My mind knows it's good for me, though, but the rest of me isn't excited about it! LOL

I'm getting close to my first weigh in!! :)

Day 4

It's amazing how good a little girl time will make you feel!!

I went scrapbooking today @ my favorite store & had 2 pieces of pizza & still didn't use up all my points!! I did end up dipping into my weekly stash pts., but they are mostly still in tact!! :) YAY, ME!!

I have to tell you, though, it was very hard not to go up & get another piece of pizza, and then there was cake...really good cake with really good icing, and I could've had 2nds on that (because I got the smallest piece I could), but I DIDN'T get 2nds, so I am proud of myself!! :)

What saved my patootie was that I had brought some 100 calorie snacks to have an alternative around. I needed it, but not all that I brought!! LOL :) I did have some popcorn (oil popped, no butter, lightly salted...YUMO!! 1pt. per cup!!). It was freshly popped there in an old-fashioned type popcorn machine, and it was worth the weekly point stash!!

A good day!! :)