5/21/09 Been SO busy, but still losing weight!!

Hi all, my most recent weigh in was Wednesday 5/19/09 weighed in @ 246.8 lbs. I'm only 7.2 lbs away from the goal of 52 pounds I set for 2009. 

As you know I am a member of Weight Watchers & am doing the Points method of tracking my food. However something disturbing has happened recently. My last 2 weigh In's I lost 4.4 lbs (5/16) and 3 lbs(5/20). Today when I stepped on the scale @ home I could not believe the number I saw. Knowing that my scale was not the same as WW, I went to a meeting to just check on my weight. I was down another 2.5 lbs. So from my weigh in on 5/6 to today 5/22 I've lost 9.9 lbs. I felt that was too much, and when I consulted with the leader so did she.

She wanted me back up to 39 points (currently @ 35), but I decided that it would be a good Idea to split the difference & go with 37. I plan on doing 37 for the next 2 weeks & see the outcome, if I drop too fast again I'll increase to 39. By the time I get there I'll be down to 38 anyway, but I don't want to overdo it and wind up not losing weight. 

Now that goal of being 239.6 by 12/31/09 may be attainable by my 25Th High school reunion on June 13Th!!

When I reach my First goal, (239.6 lbs), my next goal will be 199 lbs by 12/24/09, and my final goal will be at between 170 -- 175 lbs by 5/17/2010.

As of today, I've lost a grand total of 47.3 lbs in 144 days, or roughly 2.4 lbs a week. I haven't been this light in years and I owe it all to Weight Watchers.

5/4/09 -- I know you're out there...

I know there are may people out there that are having difficulty with thier own weight loss. I also know that all you need is to see a person like me, that was once 150 lbs (18 --21 years old), gained over 163 pounds from 21-42 and is finally losing the weight he gained over the last 21 years with the help of Weight Watchers, no drugs, no special food plans, no pre-packaged food. From my high of 313.0 lbs I'm down, 57 lbs. Since I was Officially 291.6 lbs at my first WW weigh in, I'm down 35.6 lbs. since 12/30/08. It's not been easy, I had 2 "+" weeks in the last 17 weeks (+1.8, & +1.6), but I've been positive. There are 3 major changes I made in my life, not Earth Shattering, but key to the weight loss.

1. NO FAST FOOD: McD's, BK, Wendy's ect...

Now not to say there are not good choices at these places, I know for a fact that McD's McNuggets are 1 pt each. A Chick-Fil-A Grilled Chicken Breast Sandwich is 5 pts. I just have problems picking the "Best foods" so I just Stay away.

2. Cook Meals @ home (Sorta goes w/ #1): I can make a "Healthy" Whopper or breakfast sandwich from home & save tons of points.

Burger King® Whopper® (w/o Mayo) 11 Pts.

Jennie-O Turkey Burger, w/ Lettuce Tomato, Onion, w/ Arnold Multi-Grain Sandwich Thin is 5 pts. (less than 1/2 the points)

3. Tracking, even if I go over my points for the day, I always know what I eat & how many points I have.

More tomorrow,

TCP

Better Feelings

Losing 3 lbs yesterday when I thought I lost 0 was great! I'm finally over that bad feeling I had since eating @ the Party. I'm going to try some Whole wheat Pasta in the up coming days. If I have the same icky feeling I'm going to eliminate pasta from my diet.

Food Out Feelings in

I don't know why but ever since that party I've been all screwed up. I'll call what I'm doing Abstinence because it's what I'm doing.

Since the 30th of December, I have NOT done the Following:

Ate a Bag of Potato Chips/Doritos/Corn Chips
Gone over allowable points for the day (weekly bonus included)
Ate @ a fast food restaurant
Ate without putting it in my WW log

What I have done is the Following:
Planned meals
Avoided situations where I could cheat
Followed the recommended guidelines for this program

Why am I all of a sudden so angry? I can't figure it out, ever since that damn party I'm not myself.
I had a great time, saw family & friends, and ate what I planned to eat, and yet something went terribly wrong.

I've stuck to my 41 points, but I'm not losing weight, (I'm not exercising either). It feels like the pasta I ate (weighed & measured (7 Points) ) did something that triggered this.

I guess I need to stay away from pasta.

:(

More later

1/9/09 The "Party"

I knew that I had to go to a party last night (Writing this Saturday Morning) so I prepared:

I called the resturant and asked what they were serving. Ceaser Salad was a big no-no so I asked for a plain salad with Romaine Lettuce to be specially made for me.

I also found out that Penne Vodka is 7 Points for a serving and after extensive research, that Chicken Marsala is 15 Points for 4 oz. (Several places had it 15 Points for 10 oz but the resturant guide seemed to be more accurate.)

So I had a very light breakfast:

1 TCP-WW-"McMuffin" - 3 Points
1 Nature Valley Trail Mix Bar - 3 Points

Total - 6 Points

Lunch -
1 Turkey Sandwich made w/ WW Bread - 3 Points
1 Nature Valley Trail Mix Bar - 3 Points
1 package Apricots - 1 point

Total 7 Points
Total for the day 13 Points
Total Remaining 28 Points

With the 34 Points I have for the week remaining, I had 62 points to play with. My dinner was as follows:

1 Portion Penne Vodka - 7 Points
2 Portions Chicken Marsala - 30 Points
1 Garden Salad Made w/ Romain Lettuce, & I picked out Every Cruton - 0 points
1 Serving Fat Free, Calorie Free, Sugar Free, Dressing - 0 points

Total Points 37
Total for the Day 41 (9)

Total borrowed from 34 Weekly Bonus Points 9

Total Remaining for the Day - 0 Points
Total Bonus Points remaining for the week -25 Points

Not too bad, I was 9 points over for the day. I got some disturbing news, that the Popcorn I was eating that I thought was 1 point for the bag, was actually 5 points. I double checked, and it's 2 points.

When I got home I had:

1 Popcorn - 2 points
1 Orange - 0 points

Total Bonus Points remaining for the week -23 Points

I then realized it was a bad thing not to eat my regular Breakfast & Lunch because I was hungry. So before I went to bed I had:

1 WW Strawberry Yogurt - 1 Point
1 Serving Flax Plus Red Berry Cereal - 4 Point

Total 5 Points

Total for the Day 57 Points

Total Bonus Points remaining - 18

Lesson Learned: If there is going to be an event, eat Normal and whatever you have at the end of the day, plus bonus is what you get.

1/7/09- Days End

I finnished the day with:

1 Popcorn -1 Point
1 orange - 0 points
1 WW Black Cherry Yogurt 1 point
1 Serving Flax Plus Red Berry Cereal 4 Points

6 for the night 42 for the day

I'm off 42 points! I start at 41 tomorrow.

1/7/09 - I'm sick

Well I'm officially sick, I hate being sick.

Breakfast 2 TCP-WW-"McMuffins" - 6 Points
1 Apple - 1 Point
1 Package Apricots - 1 Point
1 cup of Coffee w/ Skim Milk - 1 point
2 glasses of Crystal Lite Sunrise Orange - o points

Tonights the big weigh in, I hope I do well I'll let you all know later.

TCP

1/6/09 - EVENING Snack

After watching The Biggest Loser, now more than ever I know that I can't fail in this venture and tomorrow I get to see just how well I did.

For now My Evening Snack was:

1 TCP-WW-"McMuffin" (3 Points)
1 WW Strawberry Yogurt (1 Point)
1 Serving (55g) of Flax Plus Red berry Cereal (4 points)

1 Orange (0 points)

Except for a bit of a sore throat & stuffy nose I feel great.

Looking forward to letting you all know how I did.

TCP

1/6/09-Daily Blog

Today was another good day as I look forward to my first weigh in tomorrow. I'm guessing clothed I'll be down to 284.6 which is about 1 lb per day. I obviously don't expect to lose that much every week, but it's a nice start.

Todays meal's are as follows:

Breakfast (from this point forward known as Work Breakfast #2):
2 TCP-WW-"McMuffin's" 6 Points (3 Each)

Made with 1 WW English Muffin (1 Pt); 1 slice lowfat American Cheese (1 pt); 2 Mini Turkey Sausage Patties (1 pt).

1 Nature Valley Trail Mix Bar (3 points)
1 Package Apricots (1 pt)
1 Package Cran-Raisins (2 Pts)

Total 12 Points 30 Remain

Lunch: Work Lunch #1 (9 Pts)

Total used 21 Points, total Remaining 21 Points

Dinner: TCP-Chicken Pot Pie, w/0 the Crust (11 Points)
4 Oz Chicken (boneless & skinless) 4 pts
1 cup Carrots 1 pt
1 can Campbell's 98% FF Cream of Chicken Soup 2 Pts
1 Cup Green Beans 0 pts
3 1/2 oz Mushrooms 0 pts
1 cup Brown or Mixed Rice 4 pts


I added 2 extra oz of chicken to bring the total to 13 points

34 Points used for the day 8 remaining.

More Later

Night Snack

Today was a good day in more than one way,

My snack was 1 TCP-WW-"McMuffin" 3 Points

1 WW Berries & Cream Yogurt 1-pt

1 Serving (30g) Flax Plus Pumpkin Seed Cereal - 3 Points

1 Bag of Popcorn 1 pt

43 Points for the day (1 bonus Point used)

More tomorrow.

1/5/09 Dinner

Had a good day today, a VERY good day, I wasn't hungry or looking for a snack.

Dinner
Chili-con-Carne 8 points
Mixed Rice 4 Points
3/4 oz Shredded Cheader Cheese 2 Points
1 slice onion (shredded) 0 points

1 Apple 1 pt

1 Can Diet Black Cherry Soda o points

Total for dinner 15 Points

Total for the Day 35 Points

total Remaining 7 Points

I plan on starting a new Blog that has something more of my addiction to food than what I'm doing about it.

Look for it!

TCP

Morning Blog- 1/5/09

I'm having my usual Morning & Afternoon Work meals today, a total of 20 points.

I'll drink 2 Glasses of Crystal Lite Sunrise Orange this morning, & bring 6 cans of Diet soda with me to drink durring the day.

I'm going to have to come up with better & more choices for Lunch because dry Turkey every day is gonna drive me nuts.

More Later

Nite Snack

6 Points 2 TCP-WW "McMuffins"

That's 42 for the day.

Another Good day.

Now the work of doing this while I work Starts.

Have a Great night.

See ya tomorrow

Need a Beer? How about a 1 Point Beer!

MGD 64

Nutrition FactsServing Size: 12 fl oz
Amount per Serving Calories 64
Calories from Fat 0
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 0g 0%
Saturated Fat 0g 0%
Monounsaturated Fat 0g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0g
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 0mg 0%
Potassium 0mg 0%
Total Carbohydrate 2.4g 1%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
Sugars 0g
Protein 0g
0%
Est. Percent of Calories from:
Fat 0.0% Carbs 15.0%
Protein 0.0%

I'm not much of a drinker, but it's nice to know that if I want a beer I could have one w/o feeling Guilty.

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Hit a Wall

I can't remember the last time I could say "I'm full" but I was after eating only 1/2 of my dinner!

So between now & about 10 pm I need to eat 14 more Points!

I plan on tackling the rest of my dinner (6 points) @ 8:00 but as for the other 8 points, it's gonna be tough!

I never thought I'd have trouble eating food.

I guess between the commitment, the diet and the support from family & friends it's making it eaiser.

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1/4/09 - Dinner Same as lunch

I ususally won't do this but I cooked 4 1/2 pounds of chicken & I don't want it to go bad.

I added 2 oz of chicken giving me 13 for this meal & 36 for the day.

I need 8 more for my 42, so BBL.

1/4/09 - Lunch

Had TCP's Chicken Pot Pie for lunch w/ Brown Rice (11 points)

1 Diet Black Cherry Soda.

Did the food shopping, got lean center cut Pork Chops on sale (only 1 Point per oz)

Also Picked up lots of chicken breasts (boneless & skinless)


Going to do lots of cooking for the week while the games are on.

More Later.

1/4/09 - The Morning After Breakfast

I was going to complain about yesterday some more, but I decided to be positive and just move forward.

I had "Work Breakfast #1" today - 11 Points

Plus 2 glasses - Crystal Lite Sunrise Orange

From Bad to worse, but still OK w/ points

I won't say who, but I was with someone that ordered Pizza for dinner. Lucky for me I had 17 points after having a 1 point Popcorn w/ 2 Glasses of Sunrise Orange Crystal Lite.

I wound up eating 3 Slices of Mushroom Onion Pizza 18 Points

1 Diet Black Cherry Soda 0 points.

So I used 1 of the Bonus Points today & am down to 28 from now until next Wednesday.

43 for the day.

I'll have 2 More glasses of the Crystal Lite b4 Bed.

I'm definitely getting on the Wii Fit tomorrow.

Not mad, just dissapointed in my choices.

TCP

Thrown a Curve Ball, Didn't hit a Home Run but got through it...

Sometimes I think that I'm being tested every day of the week. Today was no exception,

I didn't have popcorn @ the Movie, BTW, unless you like History I wouldn't suggest seeing Valkery, so when it was suggested that I check out a new Burger place called Jake's I figured It would be OK. Well not so much.

There burgers come in 3 sizes the Jr (which I didn't see until after I ordered) 3.3 Oz
The Jakes Burger 6.6 Oz & the Super Jake 9.9 Oz.

I went with the 6.6 oz on a bun w/ Lettuce, Tomato, Pickle & Raw Onion.
NO French Fries & a 20 oz Diet Pepsi.

The Guide I have only had Ground beef that was 85/15 so I went with that and figured out the meal was 13 Points which still left me with 21 for dinner, I was happy with that.

I came home & looked up 80/20 ground beef & saw it is 2 Points/oz which makes just the MEAT over 13 Points.

Adding the Bun & Ketchup puts me at 16 for a burger. 24 for the day with 18 reamining.

The worst part is I'm still hungry. The Food was good, I have no complaints there, freshly cooked, but what a waist of 16 points.

I have some 4 Point Frozen meals, I might have one before dinner to get me through, I'm not sure yet.

I thik that I really need to read the Menu throughly before making a choic next time. If I had I coulf have shaved 6 points off the meal by ordering a Jr.

Not a set back, just a precaution, when you eat out, read first.

I'm running downstairs to have 2 glasses of Crystal Lite Sunrise Orange.

More Later