WW - Week 1

Okay so last Monday I made the decision to start Weight Watchers. When I went into, I had hopes of losing weight but I seem to let go of just about everything on church night, or date night or any other night I deem as a special reason why I cannot "diet" for that day. But as church night, date night and every other night came by, I stuck to it! I continued to count points, continued to drink my water and continued to stay positive about my goals. Well I am happy to say that I have been successful this week and the scale showed that my hard work paid off. I jumped on the scale this morning and did a little happy dance because I lost 3 pounds in a week. That's huge for me! I have also decided that with every pound I drop, I am going to be proud of it. Most of the time with I try and diet, i'll get discouraged when I don’t lose 5 pounds or something crazy but this time, I’m looking at it different! Every pound lost is a pound closer to my goal!

I'll give a quick rundown on last week. Wednesday was church so as always, we went to McDonalds for dinner but instead of my normal meal with french fries and a large sweet tea, I had chicken selects {6 points} and a bottle of water. I felt proud of myself. After church, my Dad wanted to go out to Rita's Water Ice for a little treat. Normally I would go for the Vanilla Galati with lemon water Ice (YUM) but I got a child’s size Lemon {7 points} and was very satisfied and felt no guilt. I stayed within my allowed points and had a sweet treat. I would consider that a success.

Thursday was a little easier. I did run by my favorite Starbucks and order myself a Chai Tea {7 points} because I was dealing with a wicked caffeine headache that just wouldn’t go away. For dinner, we had Subway and I order the 6 inch wheat with turkey and ham, lettuce, American cheese, pickles and light mayo {10 points} Unfortunately they gave me regular Italian bread so that added extra points. Bummer.

Friday, Saturday and Sunday are where I struggled with my points but I never went over my weekly allowance so I think that was good. I have always said I will be honest on this blog because it keeps me accountable to everyone reading and to myself!!! On Friday night, my honey and I went out to The California Pizza Kitchen for dinner and boy what a temptation. Luckily, I had downloaded this app that is a restaurant guide and gives you the points as well. So I looked that afternoon so I was prepared for what I should order. I order a chicken Caesar salad - half size {12 points} and RJ had ordered my favorite pizza (BBQ Chicken and Bacon) so I swiped a piece of his pizza {4 points} and then I was REALLY BAD!! We walked around the mall for a little bit and then decided to get dessert. Cinnabon. WARNING!!!!!!!! RJ bought one of those 6 packs because it was cheaper and we went back to my house to watch a movie and we had our dessert. I had half of a cinnabon {12 points} Holy Moley that’s a lot of points for a sweet treat. I had 47 points that day. I told you I was bad!

Saturday morning I woke up feeling soooo guilty because of all the points I had allowed myself to eat the night before but I couldn’t go back, I could only go forward. That day Renee (my sister) and I were going to her new house to rip out some hideous and huge bushed that were taking over the front of her house. So on the way we stopped and picked up salads and ate them when we got there. That afternoon I got one intense workout so for dinner I had quite a bit of food. My dad made a London broil in the crock pot, homemade mashed potatoes, and broccoli and cheese. It was fantastic! After dinner, RJ and I sat down with my parents to watch the movie "The Hunger Games" (really good movie) and of course! I had half a cinnabon {12 points} because RJ left the box at my house, big mistake. I had 35 points that day (2 over).

Finished job

Sunday was easier. For lunch, my dad and I headed out to Taco Bell and I had 2 steak Tacos {8 points} and they were really yummy and filling. For dinner we went out with my mom to Cracker Barrel (my goodness we ate out a lot last week!!) I had a really hard time with what to eat but I had eaten so little that day that I splurged just a little. I had a house salad, chicken and dumplings, pinto beans and half a biscuit. It was quite yummy and worth the points. I actually don’t have them on my computer yet, I wrote them out on my tablet and calculated my points but never put it in my computer. Oops!

That brings us to today. Are you tired of reading about my food yet?? Because I sure am tired of talking about it!! :-)

Thanks for following me in this journey. All the encouraging words mean so much to me and really have helped me along the way. I'm not saying that there won’t be times where I will want to give up but I won’t let myself because now I have let my entire facebook world know that I am overweight and a diet jumper. But that’s okay; because that means that I am going to see this thing to the end. I am going to reach my short term and long term goals because all of you are following this and know my good and bad days.



One day at a time...

Starting Weight: 201 pounds

Short Term Goal: 186 pounds (5% of my weight)

Long Term Goal: 150 pounds

Pounds Lost: 3!! WoHoo!