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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

"Let It Snow" - Boyz II Men

Wow, what a day! The weather peeps were predicting 100% chance of snow with a 3-5" accumulation in our area. Boy where they right! As soon as I got to school around 7:15 this morning, it started to come down. The kids were super excited as were most of the teachers. :)

We kept hearing that other schools were being released at 12 or 1 but not us! Students were allowed to go home if their parents picked them up but the bus schedule was running at the normal time. Luckily, our principal allowed us to leave about 1:45 so I was able to get outta dodge.

It was a fun day because many of my students hadn't seen snow like that. When the students dwindled down, we took some of them outside to have a snowball fight. They had a blast! It was nice to hear their laughter.

Got to my mom in laws house to pick up the little dude and decided to hop in the hot tub! Had a wonderful time with her and little dude. Yes, he joined us in the hot tub but believe it or not, he got out because it was too hot! :)  See pictures below of Judy and Nathan in the hot tub.



When Nate got home, we decided to get out in the snow and play with Nathan. We had a fun snowball fight and attempted to build a snowman. Nate built the base too big and our hands got too cold and painful. Believe it or not, we even have a sled in our garage from the previous owners of our home.  Nate pulled Nathan around in the sled for awhile. What a fun day! My sis in law is right - these are the kinds of days that memories are made.

Food wise, I did really well. I have determined to win our Biggest Loser contest at school. The pot is up to $250 and apparently, it's anyones game! I really hope I can win that. I have 3 more weigh ins so it's possible! :)

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Update!

What can I say? I have disappointed you. And for that, I apologize. Life kind of got in the way a little bit. BUT, I'm back so I'll try to be better and I appreciate your patience. Let's see if I can remember some of the things in the past couple of weeks.

Week 4
January 30th - lost 3 lbs. for a total of 15.2
This is the week where I kinda fell off the bandwagon, journaling-wise. For me, whenever I've done WW in the past, this seems to be the beginning of my decline. I refuse to let that happen this time. I am so committed to this, it's not even a second thought now.

Week 5
February 6th - gained .2 lbs
Again, symbolizing a decline. I am lucky it was only .2 that I gained and it was the worst feeling. Even thought it was only .2, I began to realize that if I really want to lose this weight and commit myself, I have to make changes, not only in my eating habits but my thinking as well. I HAVE to write it all down or I will succumb to failure once again and I refuse to let that happen. My son also got glasses this weekend. Bless his heart, his left eye is lazy and would turn in when focusing on something. The Dr. determined that his left eye was a 20/200 which means he could see the big "E" and that's it. He looks so darn cute with them and has taken to them quite well.

Week 6 - February 13th - No data
So, this was the weekend I went to visit my best friends, Thomas and Becky, in Dickinson, TX, down by Galveston. I kinda went overboard the day before so I decided that I still needed to go to my meeting and use my No Weigh-In pass. This is a one time only pass that you can use where if you know it'll be a bad weigh in, you can choose not to weigh in and just pay for the meeting. Thomas told me to take the GPS with me so I could find my way easily. I told him that I would be fine. Damn that boy, I should've listened to him. There was so much construction that I was so lost. I could not find it to save my life. I even stopped at a Chick-fil-a to ask if anyone knew where it was and it was kind of funny because all these thin people were like, "No, I don't know where that is" lol. I guarantee if I had run into someone hefty, they might've known. Felt a little judged by them but it's not like I'm ever going to see those people again. So I never got a chance to weigh-in in Houston.

BUT, I am very proud of myself because I know I messed up on Friday so after my disastrous try to find WW, I stopped at HEB and got a few healthy items like some oatmeal and snack bars to keep me sane. :) We also stopped at McAllisters for lunch on Saturday and I chose a healthier option (can't really remember what I had) And then Thomas cooked an amazing dinner for us that I limited myself on. I am really proud of myself. Even though it wasn't a perfect weekend, that's what the program is about.

Week 7
February 20th (Happy Birthday, Dad!) lost 1.6 for a total of 16.6
I was so thrilled to step on that scale and see a loss. I did well for most of this week. Parent Conferences were on Thursday night and that just drains you. I had 2 slices of pizza because I got weak. Then we went to Roadhouse afterwards with our dear friend, Johnny, and I stupidly ordered the Pulled Pork Sandwich. I picked at it a little and then got a box for it. I was just tired and not in the right mind-set.
Then Friday rolls around and it was a co-workers birthday. I love my little group at work because we always do a special lunch for their birthday. They did one for me and it meant the world to me! For her, it was Tacos so I made a taco salad and ate some cheesecake....then later, went back for a second slice of cheesecake. I wasn't feeling well so I went home right after work.

In my personal life, things are going quite well! Trying to keep the house clean is saving me a lot of stress, believe it or not. Pine-sol is my new best friend haha. Nathan is getting to be such an awesome young dude. Looked into some pre-schools for him for next year. I had no idea that your child can't go to a public pre-school unless you meet income requirements. That doesn't quite seem fair to me but I'm middle class so I should be used to by now.  We've been doing some home renovations lately that are so much fun. Between our dining room and living room was a giant wall. Well, we decided to put a hole in it. See pictures below:

Before (when we first painted it)


View from the dining room when we first painted.












Our little hole in the wall! Nate wants to have a sign made. :) This is the view from the living room to dining room. It opens up the room so much more!








And here is my Bubby (Nathan) with his new glasses. What a sharp lookin' kid! :)
Well thanks for being patient with me. I promise I will try to post more often and get back on track. Love you guys!! :)

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Weigh In for Week 3

So the big number for the day is:

-1.6 lbs.!

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I also hit my 5% goal today!! So I am currently 12.2 lbs. down!

I feel really great and I even went and got my toes done to commemorate! :)

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

"Down" - Jay Sean

Currently catching up on The Biggest Loser. I watched the show yesterday but didn't finish so I am at the weigh-in. I am off and on with this show. Whenever I care about being healthy, I tend to be really into the show. Whenever I don't want a reminder to get healthy, I don't watch it. Funny. Oh and a side note, Allison (the host) is wearing her hair down with a black shirt. When she told the Orange team "Congratulations", she was wearing a blue shirt and her hair in a pony tail. FAIL NBC!

Well I have to tell ya that this is probably the longest that I have truly been OP. I am patting myself on the back because I finally realize that this is a lifestyle change. I can still have ANY food I want (in fact, I had Chick-fil-a Chicken Wrap and a small order of waffle fries while everyone else ate their healthy crap and less of it) just in moderation. 

I have my Fitness Challenge weigh in tomorrow morning. I am really excited about it. My co-worker (and great friend) Misti and I are doing the challenge together. I am such a trash talker! I told her "You ready to get beat tomorrow?" She is so funny. I love my co-workers. They are feisty things but have my back which I appreciate.

I bought the Biggest Loser DVD yesterday. I put it in today and boy, I got my ass handed to me. It's kind of high impact and my knees just aren't great. Kind of embarassing but I did the best I could.

Have a great week everyone. Happy Hump Day! :)

Song Choice: "My scale is going down, down, down, down, down..."

Monday, January 18, 2010

"Let's Get Physical" - Olivia Newton John

Saturday night was spent babysitting my God nieces. They are twins who are about a month old, Layla & Alexa.  They belong to my best friends, Jennifer and Damon. It's rough having twins, I imagine, so I offered to babysit so they could have a date night. It's funny because they are exactly like we are. We love our children but definitely make time to be away and be adults for awhile.  They had a nice time and I did as well but I tell ya, it really makes me glad that Nate and I agree on just one child. Layla was very fussy and it got kind of frustrating towards the end of the night. I have very little patience so I pray that God only blesses us with one child.  I got a little nuts and hit their pantry. Boy, those Flaming Cheetoes and crackers got the best of me. BUT I didn't have too much and I made sure to write all my points down. 

Sunday was so much fun! Nate had to work so Nathan and I headed out to my mother in laws for a visit. My sis in law and her family also made it out.  She is a WW'er too so she brought lots of salad fixin's. It was a very healthy day and I am very appreciative to her for it. It's easier when everyone else is eating healthy :) My bro in law, I found out, is also doing WW and is having great success!!  He and I have a "love/hate" relationship but it's always in good fun. So now, I feel like it's a competition and I must destroy him. >:)

Sunday night was what I was saving my points for. Our friend, Johnny, "Facebook'd" me (yes, I just turned Facebook into a verb) and asked us to dinner. We went to Wings, Pizza n Things, home of the world's best fried pickles (next to Damon's). It nearly broke my heart when they told us they no longer fry the sliced pickles, only the spears. I got them anyway. And a large (too large) salad and some grilled chicken wings with the nummy sauce. Totally worth it.

Today, Monday, was right back on track. Pretty much spent the whole day at home (off for MLK) with little man cleaning and being my usual lazy self. Though, I DID go for a 30 minute walk. It felt really good and I hope to make it a habit. Anyone want to be my walking buddy?

To me, I had the perfect WW weekend. What I mean by that is I ate what I liked, even the bad stuff, in moderation and I was responsible and had control over what I ate (even when I forgot that I was on WW for just a second on Saturday night). I am thankful that this is becoming a lifestyle change :)  Blessings to all of you!

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Weigh In for Week 2

Well, I go weigh in in about an hour or so. I am a little nervous about this one. I stuck to the plan this week but don't feel I did as well. On my home scale, it shows about a 1 lb. loss. I guess a loss is a loss. But I also feel that I am in competition with myself and a 1 lb. loss ain't gonna cut it. I will post what the actual results are when I get back home. *Good weigh in vibes*, please! :)


Well, I lost...

-2.4 lbs.

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For a total of 10.6 lbs. lost!!!

Thursday, January 14, 2010

"Livin' On A Prayer" - Bon Jovi

Ok, my post is going to work backwards, kinda like that episode of Seinfeld :)

Wed. 5:15pm
So I am currently watching Porn for fat people....otherwise known as The Food Network. Paula Deen's show is on. I would never in my life eat her butter induced crap but she sure is entertaining to watch. I absolutely adore her kitchen. I wonder if we can make that happen here at ours. Oh what? I'm not a millionaire so I can't afford those kinds of things? Thanks for the reminder.

Wed. 4:00pm
Watching Oprah. I can't really stand Oprah but I love Nate Berkus so I watched it for him. They had him on helping some girl with dating stuff when she had a list of 20 "non-negotiables". Then they got to the story of when he lost his partner, Fernando, during the tsunami. He helped a family who had a son that died of a cancerous tumor. The little boy's twin loves cooking and it is what helped him out of his depression. Paula Deen is his favorite cook and she showed up to surprise him. Damn you, Oprah. Why can't I not cry when I watch your show??

Wed. 11:30am
I don't know what my deal is but I really feel like munching today. I think it's because I am off today. Also, because I didn't plan my meals today. I think planning my meals the night before really really helps. I am weighing in for the Fitness Challenge in the morning and then Saturday is my WW weigh in so I'd better be careful with the crap that goes in this body.

Wed. 10:00am
Nathan and I went on a walk/bike ride. It was going really well...except that we got caught in the rain. Luckily, we weren't too far from home and he wasn't too worried about it. I would've loved to have gone out longer but what can ya do? Had a nice time with my Bubby, though. :)

Tues. 8:30pm
Went out to dinner with Ace & Moe. It was really nice to see them. I suggested Applebees since they are a little WW friendly. I made the mistake of not eating my afternoon snack so by the time I got home, I was starving. I went ahead and ate my snack but think I may have overdone it at Applebees. I had the large Oriental Chicken Salad. I think the medium was 20 points, which I had to spend.

Tues. 3:30
What a craptastic day it's been. The kids were wild and obnoxious, my mom said that she couldn't watch Nathan tomorrow (which actually won't turn out to be such a bad thing), I was confused on some paperwork, I am bumped from the computer lab next week and I had to attend an ARD (Special Ed meeting) for a kid I've had in class twice. It was time to go home and go to bed....OH and not to mention, I never got to eat my snack....No snack and bad things make Erin a crabby girl >:(


Wish me luck on the weigh ins! :)

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

"Blah Blah Blah" - Ke$ha

So when I woke up this morning (and even when I went to bed last night), I felt like I overate. I ate all of my points and tapped into a couple of my Flex Points (FP's - they are the extra 35 points you can use however you like if you choose to). So "technically" they were legal points but still felt kind of dumpy.....and as I am typing this, I have a feeling I know what it is.....time of the month? Possibly - it's almost time (sorry if TMI). :)

I am one of those people who holds onto things. This is something that is bothering me. I did nothing wrong but until I see that scale on Saturday, I won't feel better. That sounds horrible. I need a new quote....the scale does not define my success, I DO! Hell yeah! Haha. Can you tell I'm a quote whore? Submit your favorite quote in the comments section. Would love to know what quote gets you through the day.  My favorite one right now (by me, I guess) is "Even small steps move you forward." I love this quote because it reminds me that every time I make a choice for something healthy, even a healthy snack, it moves me toward my goal. So score! :)

Today, when Nate got home, I made him drag out the old treadmill that my mother in law gave us. This thing is very old and I think she got it from her sister. It's not digital whatsoever but it does the job. It kinda sucks that it has to work extra hard with my weight on it.  I also think it's broken because it is on the highest incline possible and there is no way to make it go to a level track. So THAT was fun working out on an a high incline for the very first time. I could only do like 15 minutes. Kind of embarrassing. But I have to learn to be real.

But I HAVE been more conscience of how I move at work. If I am walking, I will walk faster and don't mind so much going back to my room which is in BFE (if you don't know what that means, email me - I learned that term this year and think it's hilarious!)

Other than this, everything else is just peachy! I hope your day is peachy, too! Don't forget to submit your quote!

Monday, January 11, 2010

"Need You Now" - Lady Antebellum

Ugh.

Rough day. Let me start with yesterday which was Sunday.  I did fine but had mad cravings for bad stuff. I fought through them and made it! I almost tried to cheat myself by adding a little extra dressing and a couple more croutons to my salad then what the points I wrote down. I went back and wrote them in though. Kinda proud of myself on that part. :) It's like I tell my kids: I am almost MORE proud of them when they correct themselves then when they get it right the first try.

I went to see Avatar 3D with Jennifer later on in the day. I did very well as I only got a Diet Coke. Avatar is an insane movie - if you haven't seen it, go!

Well today, we had no internet or phone in the entire school. Someone cut the fiber optic cables so we were stuck. It made for a very boring day. My students were supposed to use the computer lab for research on their project but that obviously couldn't happen. They got to play a little on their computers and they were happy.  I knew that I had to hit HEB for a few groceries after work. I had a meeting right after school until 4:20 then headed to the Harker Heights HEB.

Note to memory: NEVER, EVER, EVER go to the HH HEB unless you are going for 1 or 2 items. It was so frustrating with all of those people there. I finally made it out and forgot hot sauce. So yes, I went to the Temple HEB for hot sauce. When I was close to home, I called my "dear, sweet hubby", Nate, to see if he could help me bring in the groceries. He answered that he couldn't be bothered because he was watching a movie....can you see the frustration level start to rise?

I get home and I literally stand outside of my car with my head against the door breathing in, breathing out ala "Daniel-san".  When I enter my house, it's a disaster zone. I already knew it was a disaster zone but it really hit me as I walked in. I need a maid. Anyone know of any?

I am better now because I did a load of dishes but just had a rough day.  The good? I stayed on plan! Even when I was starving at HEB - I tell ya, breath mints help me so much!

Off to dinner!

Sunday, January 10, 2010

"I'm A Believer" - The Monkees

Yesterday went really well in the eating department. Our friend, Damon, called and said he wanted to make pork chops in honor of Nate's birthday.  So I made sure to save up my points because he also made...FRIED PICKLES. This is where I went into "Nom Nom Nom" mode. I love fried pickles and the cool thing is I knew that I could have them because with WW, as long as you control your portions, you're good to go!! And that's exactly what I did.  So I was worried for NOTHIN'! :)

Feeling really good this morning. I even "feel" thinner if that makes any sense. Nate took my car this morning though and it has all my WW stuff. So I'll have to journal on a piece of paper or something until I get my journal back. Later on, Jennifer and I are going to see Avatar in 3D! I have never seen a movie in 3D so this would be the perfect one, right? I can't wait. But my house is a wreck so I feel like I need to clean before I go....we'll see if that actually happens.

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Weigh In for Week 1

8.2 lbs.!!

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I lost 8.2 lbs. on my first week!! I can't believe it!! This just shows that the program really works. I didn't have to eat only certain things or restrict my foods because Weight Watchers lets you eat it all. Just in moderate portions. I love it!! 

"Don't Stop Me Now" - Queen

So, yesterday, Nate told me that my face is looking thinner. That felt so good to hear. It hadn't even been a week and if can see it, then I'm doing something right!! I also found out that we have 5 pregnant women at school. Holy crap! I better not drink the water ;)  This week was really long so I am happy to have it over with. And today is weigh in day so I am excited to see my progress!!

So weigh in is this morning and I am feeling really good. I had a weigh in for the Fitness Challenge at school on Thursday and it said 6 lbs. down. So I am hoping that it stays 6 or even more. If it doesn't, I know that I truly did my best this week. I am really proud of myself. But here is the thing that knocks me off track everytime. For some reason, after I weigh in and it's a good one, I feel that I have the right to go and eat whatever I want. BUT, not this time!! What was I thinking all of those times? I have to be really careful because in the past, one little mess up throws me off track and I just quit. My will power seems to be a bit stronger this time. 

After the weigh in is my nephew's birthday party. He is turning 7 and I can't believe he is getting so big! I am sure they will serve hotdogs and hamburgers so I have to figure out something so that I won't go crazy (I don't even want to eat any of that!) I have let myself have 1 fun (but controlled) meal a week. Since Nate's birthday was yesterday, we are going over to our best friends (Damon & Jenn) house to watch the football game and we are bringing Papa Murphys. If you haven't heard of them, check out their website below. They make your pizza and you take it home and bake it. So delicious!!

Papa Murphy's Take N Bake Pizza

I love that they have the Nutrition Information on their website so I can calculate my points. Well, wish me luck! I will post my results when I return. Thanks so much for reading! It means the world to me when the counter continues to climb! Recommend me to your friends! :) *hint hint* LOL.

Thursday, January 7, 2010

"Texas Fight" - The Texas Longhorn Marching Band

As many of you know, I am a diehard Texas Longhorn fan. I am currently watching Texas play Alabama in the National Championship. Texas lost Colt McCoy due to a shoulder injury and had to bring in their #2 man Garrett Gilbert, who has not played in 1 Longhorn game until now. Talk about PRESSURE!! He isn't doing too well so I can only imagine the stress he is going through right now. Praying for Garrett and Colt and heck, the entire Longhorn football team. Nate and I made a bet. He is rooting for Bama because he hates Texas. If Bama wins, I have to walk every day next week, even if it's 0 degrees outside.  That's gonna suck. I think he is just getting a 6 pack if Texas wins...I told him he does that anyway so what does it matter? lol

So, I weighed in at work this morning. We started our school's Fitness Challenge. We can't call it "The Biggest Loser" because "somebody" complained that it focused too much on losing weight....and that's a bad thing how? But when I weighed in, I was 6 lbs. down from starting weight on Saturday. So YIPPPEEE!! So far, so good. I even felt better this morning as I was driving to work. Normally, I feel gross and full. But now, I feel very balanced. I don't know if that's hard to understand but it's what I feel. It's good! :)

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

"If Tomorrow Never Comes" - Garth Brooks

My week so far has been pretty uneventful. Go to work, go home. That's about it. But to be honest with you, I am glad it's been so boring. I eat better when I can plan my meals.

I bought some brown paper lunch sacks to carry my lunch in. On Monday, I asked Nate to write a note on my bag for me. Something to lift my spirits. He wrote "You are the brown bag special of my life". LOL Kind of cheesy but sweet. I asked if he would do it again for today's lunch but he was busy so I wrote my own inspiring words. On one side, I wrote "Smarter, Better, Faster, Stronger", on the other side, I wrote "If you bite, write it!" to encourage me to journal my food intake.  When I grabbed my lunch this morning, I saw that Nate had written on the sides of my bag "Do it for Bubby" which he means Nathan, of course, and the other side said "Daddy and Bubby are SOO proud of you!". It was such an awesome surprise! I might just keep my lunch bag lol. I'm glad he is thinking of me on this journey. If you don't know my husband, he weighs 135 soppin' wet.

We are going to be doing our Fitness Challenge here at the school this week. I am going to participate in that as a double motivator. I am notorious for dropping out though. When you gain, you have to pay $1 per pound gained. If I knew that I would gain, I would drop out of the competition instead so I wouldn't have to pay.  I told our school nurse that if I dropped out for any non-emergency reasons, she was allowed to forward my weight to the entire school. How's THAT for motivation??

The nurse said (through email) that I sounded motivated this time. I told her how at my Weight Watcher meeting, someone had said that with every year, we are getting older and fatter. Ain't that the truth? I am just getting older and subsequently, I AM getting fatter. It's time to put a stop to it. She gave me a quote that made her think of this:

When it comes to eating right and exercising, there is no “I’ll start tomorrow.” Tomorrow is disease.
- V.L. Allineare



I am all about the quotes so I thought that aligned perfectly with my feelings. Have a great day! :)

Monday, January 4, 2010

"Even Flow" - Pearl Jam

So today was a really good day. I guess it really started last night when I packed my lunch for work and wrote down all of my meals last night. Definitely have to repeat that again for tomorrow. Nate asked me if I wanted to watch the Texas game Thursday at Wings, Pizza n Things...of course, I told him no. There is NO way I can be around that stuff without digging in and that just ruins it for me. *pats self on back*

I even did my first little bit of exercise and trust me - I deserve a damn cookie. It was minus BF cold out there. I walked around my neighborhood for 30 minutes so that felt nice to do. I really didn't want to because there were other things calling my name but I said to myself, "Self, you need to do this for you. Take some time out of your day JUST for YOU!" And I did. So yay. :)

I was reading CNN.com today and saw that Time.com had an interesting article. People getting PAID to lose weight. There are also websites that do the opposite - TAKE your money if you don't meet your goal within a certain amount of time and donate it to your "anti-charity". I thought that was funny. The article is below.

Cash for Weight Loss

Ok, so KISD is really big on teaching the students about technology which, I couldn't agree more with. I love the fact that we are training kids for jobs that haven't even been created yet. That blows my mind! So, because I am a tech. convert, I've been wanting to do something really fun that the kids can create using our Mac computers. I had a Eureeka moment today. My kids will be producing a digital documentary about one of the topics of Spanish culture. They have to actually create a documentary on the computer with video, pictures, dialogue, you name it! The best part is, they don't even need a video camera. Score! :) I'll keep you posted.

Well, off to take care of my little dude. He is watching Shrek and playing with this awesome simulated moon that actually phases. Thanks, Ace & Moe. :)

Sunday, January 3, 2010

"Nice & Slow" - Usher

Well, so far, so good! Day 1 was really no problem. I ate all but 1 of my points and believe me, I was trying to fit those points in. When I've done Weight Watchers in the past, I seem to hold back a lot of my points until dinner time. I am really trying not to do this so that I am not bombarded with points at the end of my day.  It's going to take time but I'll get there. Hence, the song ;)

Yesterday was a chill day for me. I kicked my boys out of the house so that I could get the house picked up. I have really improved on my messy house. Baby steps, of course. I try to take pride in my home and I believe keeping it clean helps me do so. We're getting ready for some home improvement projects in the near future so that has me excited! This is another way I am improving my life. Nate and I have always "planned" things but they never happened. I am making things happen. We will be putting a giant "portal" into our wall. It'll be the size of a large window and will open up the wall between our dining room and our kitchen. We should be doing that this weekend so that will be exciting!

School is also starting tomorrow and that means I have to really plan my meals. This last semester took a lot out of me because I was the Drama Club co-sponsor and stayed at school until 5:30 or so every night. Then the 30 minute drive back to Temple was brutal so I look forward to taking it "easy" for awhile :)

Saturday, January 2, 2010

"Don't Stop Believin'" - Journey

So, if you haven't been able to tell by now, each of my blog posts will be the title of a song. The title will reflect how I am feeling that day.

Let me update you on the past couple of days. Nate and I went to San Antonio for New Year's with our friends, Jennifer & Damon. They just had twins 3 weeks ago so it was Jenn's first time away from the girls.  We had an amazing time! We went on the Riverwalk, drank like crazy and just enjoyed being in the moment. The best time of all was when we were at a restaurant called 'Ritas on the River'. You figure out what their specialty was ;o)  Well, a mariachi band came by and asked if we wanted a song. I told them sure! They began to play "My Girl" which is Jenn & Damon's wedding song. My jaw dropped. It was totally fate. I also ate like crazy. I figured that I had better get my kicks in then. But boy was I feeling it. I felt like I needed a cleansing fast to clean the grease out of my intestines.  Not gonna do that again.

So I decided that Weight Watchers was going to be the best choice for me. My sis in law went with me for moral support (she decided that she wanted to try it as well).  I consider myself somewhat of a WW pro. I mean, the leader knows my name as soon as I walk in the door. Her name is Wendy and is too sweet. She is a woman in her mid 50's who lost 68 lbs. several years ago and has been a leader ever since. So I weighed in. I already knew my approximate weight but....man, it can still take your breath away so here goes....my current weight is 297.2 lbs. Yes. I weigh almost 300 lbs. It really hurts to put my true weight out there because it is such a huge number but I am hoping by doing this, it will put me on the right track. So long, 297. You will be gone VERY soon. :)

So after I weighed in and paid, I started looking through all the material. Things have changed a little since I last came in but for the better. The thing I love about WW is that it really concentrated on eating healthy but also splurging every once in awhile if you choose to do so - as long as you are smart about it. I call it the "Real Woman Plan".

Ok, well I am going to get a donut....just kidding ;) But I AM going to clean my house. It's funny - when I'm by myself, the house tends to stay neat. But when my husband comes around, forget it.

Happy Day everyone! :)