Not good, not good.

I give no excuses and have no good reasons. I went so far off track this weekend that I'm disgusted with myself. If I didn't have to stay up and work on a presentation, I'd go to bed so tomorrow would come faster and I could get back on track faster. Because I need a new day to start over.

Shed 10 by April 25th update

Well, two days after I made my goal, I think it's time for an update.

Monday:
-I stayed within my points, and used two of my four activity points. I may have earned more, but I'm never really sure about those.
-Attended an hour of Cardio Kick Boxing at MUN. And OW!

Tuesday:
-I used up and will stay within my points range for the rest of the day.
-I didn't make it to the gym today, but I made sure to walk to and from school (45 minutes each way) and later on I'm going to do my Yoga DVD and some ab exercises.

And I know I shouldn't weigh outside of Friday morning, but I was so curious this morning and couldn't help myself. I was 128.6! Here's hoping for that minus 0.6 on Friday!

Goals for the week

I'm only 2 pounds from reaching my goal and I want them gone asap, and I'm going to try for my weigh-in on Friday! So my goal is this: despite the massive amount of work to do in the next two weeks for final papers and presentation, take at least an hour every day to exercise. Monday-Friday at the gym and Saturday and Sunday to walk.

I know I said in my last post today that I would set mini-goals after I hit 128, but I think I'm setting a new goal of 120 after I get to my first goal, and I want to try and get there before the Dominican trip. I have 5 Fridays before then, so this equals out to 2 pounds per week. I think I can do it. If I keep to my exercise goal and walk to school whenever I can, I really think I can do it. Because I already lose 1-1.5lbs per week with minimal physical activity, so I think my goal is attainable! I can do it!

Late weigh in and more

Andrea finally decided to buy a scale yesterday, so I weighed this morning, even though it was two days after my normal weigh in day and on a different scale. Still, I think it was pretty accurate as it said I was 130! I lost another 1.5 then! Woohoo! I can't believe that I need to lose only 2 more pounds to get to my goal and only 1.5 to say I loast 20 pounds! Wow, I'm so proud of myself, I've been trying to lose weight for years and I've finally done it. Once I get to 128, I'm going to start making mini-goals. Even now I'm very happy with my weight, but after 128 I'm going to go with 3 pound goals I think, because I don't need to lose much more and it's hard to gauge how much. I'm trying to lose as much as possible before April 30th when I go to the Dominican because I of course won't be counting my points down there! There will be many swims to the bar and tasty trips to the buffet! Mmmm. But I don't think I can gain more than 5lbs at the most down there. That's how much I gained over Christmas, and I ate like crap then!

I'm just waiting on turkey dinner now and I have 10 daily points left and 15 extras, so I think I'm safe. And my mom thought of herself and me when she was going to make cake and then decided not to. Good for her.

Oh, and good news! Capn' Crunch is 2 points for 1 cup! I'm so excited! Most sugary cereals are 2 points per 3/4 of a cup, and even the Vanilla Almond Special K is 2 points per 3/4 of a cup! It was very exciting. Seriously.

I'm hoping to make a trip to Sobey's tomorrow to get a few things. We live close to Dominion but I don't like it much. Compliments, the Sobey's brand, has a lot of really great better-for-you foods, plus it's cheaper than that name brand stuff. They have 1 point fudgesticks, orange swiril and raspberry swirl ice cream bars, and a great line of pizzas. The pizzas are small, but for two people, a half each is 7 points! I also need to pick up more cans of beans. Two points for a half a cup and that is filling! And they're tasty! We also need some more spray butter. That stuff is a life saver!

Well I think it's almost time for some turkey! Happy Easter!

Weigh in and other issues!

I stayed at my own house last night originally so I could get to the doctor, but now since I couldn't get an appointment, I just felt like staying since I had planned it. Anyway, being home I got to weigh. I lost 1.5 pounds! Now this is spread over two weeks since I didn't weight last week, but that's great considering my shameful weekend. It really was my worst since I started Weight Watchers. But I'm actually on track to where I had planned to be because of my 2.5 loss a few weeks go which is now making up for my -1.5 in two weeks. I've now lost 17 pounds! Wow! It's hard to believe. I'm gonna have to go halves on a scale for Andrea's though. Because I'm 131.5 and once I lose 2.5 more pounds, I have to go to 29 points per day!

Here's another issue. My dad has never liked this weight loss thing, no matter how hard I try to convince him that I really did have a few pounds to lose, that I'm not starving myself, that I actually eat far better than I did before Weight Watchers, and etc, etc. Now my mom has party jumped on the bandwagon with him. She does Weight Watchers too so she knows I'm not starving myself, but at the same time she tells me to stop losing weight and questions why I'm still weighing myself. Normally every Friday we tell each other about how we did that week but not anymore. If she doesn't want me weighing myself than too bad, I'm doing it anyway and not telling her.

Nothing to Eat

When you're conscious of what you're eating and trying to eat well and on the go, this can be really hard. I need to start bringing more food to school with me than I thought, I guess. I have to stay late today to go see one of my profs and I left my lat class 45 minutes ago starving. So off I went in search of a bag of backed chips, those being 2 points. There was not one vending machine with any in it and all the cafeterias are closed by this time. The food court is useless for finding some kind of healthy snack, where you have a range of foods ranging from pizza and burgers to french fries and cookies. The healthiest thing I could find was a measly cereal bar for 3 points, but I had to eat something. Only another 2 hours till I'm home.... *rumble rumble*

Catching up

I'm pretty much copying and pasting this from my Bootcamp Buddies forum post, because it works here too.

I didn't update last Friday because I have no scale now. I weigh at home, and on Friday mornings and so does my mom. The problem is, I temporarily moved out to my friend's house till April to keep her company because her roommate is gone. Her house if huge and she didn't want to live here by herself. I also had major computer problems lately and with the temporary move I had no internet for a while.

I can say with pretty good confidence though that I'm pretty sure I survived my weekend. I didn't end up drinking the Bailey's and instead had Light Mike's Hard Lemonade. I was very excited when I found them. Even though I couldn't weigh, I was at my house on Saturday afternoon and decided to weigh and it should 133, the same as last week. Which is good since I normally weigh in the mornings. So hopefully that means I lost something.

Oh but this weekend. Oh boy. I have to admit it, it's weighing on my conscience! Last night my friend had a dessert and snack pot luck. I was doing great. I had 30 points to work with, had a few cookies some baked chips, salsa, those things. BUT THEN! But then my friend came with Mars Bars Rice Cripsie squares which were the best things I've tasted in my life, and then another friend showed up with Drumstick ice cream cake and then I tasted the new best thing ever in my life.

This morning we went to Cora's for breakfast where I used 19/21 points and ate 2 Oreo's to cover off those last 2 points. I had 2 forkfuls of that ice cream cake, a piece of leftover angel food cake and a banana. BAD ME.

I'm staying at my house Thursday night because I have to go see the doctor Friday morning and it's just down the road from my actual house so I'll be able to weight myself then. I of course will easily be able to stay on my points for the rest of the week, but do you think lowering my points a point or two will help? Since this will be my last kick at the cat to get to my goal (5lbs by Patty's Day, Friday for me. It's a challenge on the forums), and because I really want to get back on track. I also am planning on walking to school on Monday and Wednesday morning if it's nice out. I've never done the walk before but I think it would only take an hour at the most.