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Sunday, March 17, 2019

Day 14 of 365

This is the last day that I will be posting my weight journey on my blog.  But it's not over FOR SURE!  I am moving my journey posts to my Facebook group:  "A Year In The Life... My Journey To Fabulous".  Join me there as I navigate this journey with friends!  Friends make everything better!

Today was good.  I cooked and baked all day.  I found a muffin recipe that is great!  PTL!  All I had to do is mix 1 sugar free chocolate cake mix with 1 can of Diet Coke.  It made 24 muffins @ 1.5 points each.  Yippee!

FOOD:  DAY 14 of 365

Breakfast:  2 Kodiak pancakes @ 1.5 points each (3 points), 3 T. of SF Maple Sugar Farms syrup (0 points) and 4 slices of Hormel Black Label fully cooked bacon (3 points) for a breakfast total of 6 points.  YUM!  So thankful my friend told me about that syrup!

Lunch:  I made a delicious Weight Watchers Chicken Mac Casserole, which is basically macaroni and cheese with chicken added.  It was luscious!  And only 3 points per serving.  I paired it with corn (0 points) and a cottage cheese cup (3 points) for a lunch total of 6 points.

Dinner:  Homemade enchiladas (2 points), Great Value refried beans (0 points), green beans (0 points) and 24 bite sized Tostitos (4 points) for a dinner total of 6 points.  It was delicious and very filling.

Snack:  I had to try one of the muffins I made to see if they were any good, so I split one with my mom.  Since they are 1.5 points each, I guess a half of one would be .75 points.

On another note, I did have a tsp of peanut butter before I went to bed and I was down another pound this morning.  I seriously think there might be something to that.  Time will tell.

I'll be back to post occasionally as I hit major milestones, and of course when I hit goal weight.  That will deserve a big, long post.  
42 meals down, 1053 to go! 
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Saturday, March 16, 2019

Day 13 of 365

I did it!!!  I lost another pound today to make me "in the next lower tens" which is the lowest I've been in YEARS.  I am super excited about that!!  This is coming from someone who repeatedly said, time and time again, "I can't lose weight.  No matter what I do, I just can't".  Yeah, right.  Talk about motivation to keep going.  I do think eating a few more points each day is helping... and who knows?  Maybe the peanut butter before bed helped too.  Haha!

I had to run to Stillwater today so I totally planned out to have Taco Bell for lunch.  I've been thinking about it and have been biding my time.  Today was the day and let me tell you it was worth every point.  DELISH!  And I love knowing I can have it occasionally without "cheating".  

An NSV (non-scale victory) that I had today:  My mom asked for Long John Silvers for dinner.  Oh man, do I love me some LJS!  But I did not order myself anything, especially since I had TB for lunch.  I drove all the way home smelling that fish (30 minutes) planning to bake some fish sticks for my dinner, but by the time I got home it didn't even smell good anymore.  Woo hoo!  All in all, it was a good day.  

FOOD - DAY 13 OF 365:

Breakfast:  Old faithful, peanut butter toast (6 points).

Lunch:  Taco Bell:  THREE Doritos Locos Tacos @ 5 points each = lunch total of 15 points.  Yikes.  But, I had the points so I *tried* not to feel too guilty about it.

Dinner:  Scout's honor, I was not hungry for dinner.  Like, at all.  I don't know if it was all the fat in the tacos at lunch, the sodium, or what, but I just wasn't hungry.  I knew I needed to eat something though to keep my metabolism going, so I had oatmeal.  I knew it was low fat and low sodium so it was a good choice. Quaker Oats less sugar cinnamon and pecan oatmeal bowl (5 points).  Yummy!

Snack:  0 points so far, but I may throw in a tsp of peanut butter before bed, just to keep my luck going.  We'll see!

Still motivated.  I'm still doing this!  They say if you do something for 21 days in a row, it becomes a habit and is way easier to stick with.  So far, so good, but I'm aiming for that 21 day mark, just in case!

39 meals down, 1056 to go!  #onmyway #nevergiveup

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Friday, March 15, 2019

Day 12 of 365

I was down 11 lbs as of this morning.  If I lose .6 tonight, I will weigh less than I have in years and years.  I can't wait and am keeping my fingers crossed!  I just know it's going to happen!!  (I won't let myself be disappointed if it doesn't though... I'll just keep on keeping on.)

Confession:  I'm bored with my food choices that I made this week.  Since I have to cook on the weekends for the whole week, I'm going to have to mix it up some this weekend.  I need new things to try.  I'm shooting for biscuits again, and some kind of muffin... maybe legal cake?  Hey, a girl can dream, right?  #girlonamission

FOOD - DAY 12 OF 365:

Breakfast:  Peanut butter toast again.  3 points for the bread and 3 for the peanut butter for a total of 6 points for breakfast.  Speaking of bread, my dang Walmart doesn't carry my bread, my sausage, my cheese or even club soda!  Ahhhh!  The perils of small town living.

Lunch:  Chicken Fried Rice and Great Northern Beans.  Weird combo, I know.  I added the beans (on the side) for added protein.  I had 1 1/2 servings of the CFR (9 points) because I'm trying to use a few more points each day.  Since my beans were 0 points, my lunch total was 9 points.

Dinner:  Nachos.  I REALLY wanted to make this pizza on Gluten-Free crust that I found, but I was out of pizza sauce, naturally.  I decided to go do my grocery shopping before dinner and by the time I was finished, I certainly was not in the mood to cook anymore.  Nothing at all (legal) sounded good, so nachos it was since they were easy.  I used 30 bite sized Tostitos (5 points), chili beans (0 points), corn (0 points) and 1/2 cup Fat Free cheddar (1 point).  Usually the cheese is 0 points but that's when I only use 1/4 cup.  Dinner total was 6 points.

Snack:  None.

36 meals down, 1059 meals to go.  I'm in it to win it, y'all!  This time next year... woot!  I'm going to be skinny...or at least WAY smaller than I am now.

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Thursday, March 14, 2019

Day 11 of 365

It's been a long day.  Work job #1, go to the bank, work job #2, grab dinner, work job #3.  Whew!  I'm exhausted and my allergies are still kicking my rear as well.  

I'm finding that I eat my meals as I should, and then by dinner, I'm not very hungry and could really just go without.  I love that empty stomach feeling.  But, I know that isn't a good way to do this, so I eat supper... regardless of how small the points are.  

Tonight I decided to change it up.  I tried for Subway again (remember, last time they were out of bread?).  Well, this time they had bread.  Yay!  I ordered my mom's sandwich first and then I (tried) to order mine.  NO TURKEY!  Ugh!  I mean, really.  I am not a ham eater at all, so I got the only other meat that I really like there... bacon.  Yum, but way too many points!  Err!  So frustrating.  But at least eating too few points for dinner did not happen tonight.  Lol.  There's always a bright side.

FOOD - DAY 11

Breakfast:  I ate pancakes again, but in an effort to use a little more points (I had no idea what Subway would do for my points later in the day!), I had 3 pancakes (4 points), 2 T. Maple Grove Farms SF syrup (0 points) and 4 slices of Hormel Black Label bacon (3 points) for a breakfast total of 7 points.

Lunch:  I had soft chicken tacos again:  2 Mission Carb Balance tortillas (4 points), chicken (0 points), taco seasoning (0 points), chili beans (0 points), 2 T. Tostitos Queso Blanco (2 points) and Fat Free cheese (0 points) for a lunch total of 6 points.  It was just as delicious as it was two days ago.

Dinner:  Subway:  1 six inch Italian bread (6 points), 3 slices of bacon (5 points), white American cheese ( 2 points), 1 T. of Kraft light mayo (1 point) and Lay's Oven Baked potato chips (nice to have something crunchy!) for 4 points.  Dinner totaled 18 points!  Well, that was unexpected!  Yikes!

Snack:  None.

Even though dinner was so many points, I'm still under my points for the day, and that is all that really matters.  It was good, but not something I'll probably do again for a little while.  Spending that many points on one meal is kind of traumatizing.  Lol.

33 meals down, 1062 to go.  "This girl is on fire!"

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Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Day 10 of 365

You guys... the WIND.  I am so over it.  And my allergies... GAH!  I wish everyone would go out and mow their freaking yards and kill all those little purple flowers (Henbit).  UGH.

Well, I've been on this journey for 10 days now.  And not once in those 10 days have I thought about quitting.  I'm seriously in it to win it this time... and I can't even believe it.  I don't know where this determination came from, but I'm thrilled I have it!

I have noticed something that I think it hindering me this week.  Due to so many zero point foods that I eat, I'm not eating that many points each day.  Weight Watchers lets me "roll" over 4 unused points per day, storing them up for a splurge at the end of the week.  I haven't used any of them, and don't plan to, at least not at this point, but I'm ending the day with WAY more than 4 left over... and I'm not losing good this week.  My body is screaming to me not to starve it, even though I'm full after every meal.  So, that being said, I'm going to try to eat a few more points each day.  I mean, I could have 10 at a time if I'd let myself have a donut, but that's not an option for me right now.  My willpower is strong and it needs to stay that way!  Donuts are my true weakness.

My mission for this weekend is to cook some new foods, and maybe a couple of repeats.  My taco meat was so good last week that I'm craving it again this week.  Lol. I'm also on the hunt for "legal" biscuits and muffins of some sort.  We shall see.

FOOD - DAY 10:

Breakfast:  2 Kodiak Pancakes (made with the Kodiak waffle mix.  1/4 cup of the mix made several at 1.5 points each.  I had two of them for 3 points.  They have so much protein in them that two fills me up.  After polling Facebook, I finally found some delicious sugar free syrup... Maple Grove Farms.  It is fairly thick and doesn't have that weird "sour" taste that the other brands I've tried have had.  SCORE!  2 T. was all it took and that was 0 points.  I also had 4 pieces of the Hormel Black Label fully cooked bacon for 3 points.  All for a breakfast total of 6 points.

Lunch:  1 Salmon patty (3 points), 1/2 cup of WW Scalloped Potatoes (3 points), and Green Lima Beans (0 points) for a lunch total of 6 points.

Dinner:  It was late, I was tired, and didn't want to cook.  I ate leftover Great Northern Beans (0 points), corn (0 points) and a snack cup of cottage cheese (3 points).  See what I mean about not using many points?  

Snack:  Nothing

I'm tired of the foods I've cooked for this week.  Ready for something different.  I can't wait until next week.  It's Spring Break and I can cook lots of different things to try out.  I've also heard that eating peanut butter before bed would help you to lose weight.  I did some Googling on that and turns out, it can.  So, add 3 points to my Snack category.  I think I'm going to try it.

My motivation is strong... praise God.  Seriously, He's the only reason I can do this.  My mom had KFC again tonight and I didn't!

30 meals down... 1065 meals to go.  #onwardandupward (well, maybe #downward in this case).

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Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Day 9 of 365

So far, so good!  I can't believe I'm about to say this, and knock on wood, throw salt over my shoulder, or whatever I need to do, but this isn't hard.  It's like once my mind got on board, my body is just following suit.  

My mom asked for Taco Bell tonight.  Now, I LOVE me some Doritos Locos Tacos and Nacho Fries.  I mean, it's true love.  Yum, yum, yum.  Well, even though I could have had some healthier things from TB, I didn't order anything except a Diet Pepsi.  It's like a true miracle over here!  

I decided that eating out sounded good since I was starving so I headed to Subway because I knew that I could make good choices there.  Guess what?  The stars are aligned against me in Cushing as far as eating out goes... they were closed because they had no bread.  Subway.  NO BREAD.  What?  How does that even happen?  So, instead of turning back to TB, or another fast food place, I came home instead and had a homemade turkey sandwich.  It was far less points and I was/am pretty dang proud of myself!

I'm like the Little Engine That Could... I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.  I've got a huge hill to climb but I'm climbing!!

FOOD - DAY 9:

Breakfast:  Back to my favorite from last week, peanut butter toast.  It's a good thing the toast is warm so the peanut butter can go farther.  Lol.  2 slices of Wonder Whole Grain white bread (3 points) and 1 T. of PB (3 points).  Extra yummy this morning.  Breakfast total:  6 points.

Lunch:  Chicken Tacos.  OMG.  These were so tasty.  I had shredded, cooked chicken breast, seasoned with Taco Bell (ironically!) taco seasoning (0 points), FF cheddar cheese (0 points), chili beans (0 points) and 2 Mission Carb Balance white tortillas (2 points each = 4 points), topped with 2 T. of Tostitos Queso Blanco dip (2 points).  Lunch total was 6 points and it was sooo good!

Dinner:  Turkey Sandwich made with 2 slices of Wonder Whole Grain white bread (3 points), Oscar Mayer Oven Roasted Turkey breast (1 point), 1 slice of Sargento Ultra Thin Provolone cheese (1 point) and mustard (0 points).  I also had some baby dill pickles (0 points) and about 6 Ritz cracker chips for (1 point).  I was absolutely going to have 21 of those suckers for 4 points but then I discovered... I don't like them.  Blech.  So, I stopped at 6 and was fine.  Dinner total:  6 points.

Snack:  I usually don't eat a snack or if I do, it's only once a day, but today I had two.  I just needed them.  During the afternoon, I had a Cocoa Krispy Treat (4 points) and then this evening I had 4 Chocolate Graham squares (2 points).  Worth every point when I really needed a treat!  Snack total:  6 points.

Oddly, each of my meals, plus my snacks were all 6 points today.  Lol.  

27 meals down, 1068 to go.  There's no stopping me now!

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Monday, March 11, 2019

Day 8 of 365

I am learning every day that food challenges are around all the corners, and I'm also learning how to consciously choose what I'm going to put in my mouth.  It's empowering!

Tonight we had big board meeting.  Every year, the FACS class cooks the most amazing brick oven pizza for the meeting.  (Side note:  We are the only high school in the United States with a real brick oven in their FACS room.  We came up with the idea during an all night FCCLA lock in and applied for a grant and got it!)  This year, not only did they make some amazing pizza, but they have been trying out recipes to make and sell monster chocolate chip cookies in our concession stand next year.  They finally decided on a product and brought all of us monster cookies to try.  So, I had a choice to make in what I was going to put into my body.  It wasn't a matter of will power.  I didn't feel like I couldn't keep from eating the stuff.  I just simply chose not to have it all.  I ate supper at home for 6 points and had a monster cookie at the meeting.  I was satisfied and didn't feel deprived at all.  Yay!

FOOD - DAY 8 OF 365:

Breakfast:  1 of the biscuits I made yesterday (it was not good.  It needed WAY more salt.  It tasted like... nothing.  Blech).  It was only 3 points, but I do not recommend.  I'm going to try another recipe this weekend.  In addition, I had an egg (0 points) and 4 pieces of Hormel pre-cooked bacon (3 points) for a total of 6 points.

Lunch:  Chicken Fried Rice (1 cup for 6 points), corn (0 points) and green lima beans (0 points) for a total of 6 points.  So good!

Dinner:  1 Salmon Patty (3 points), corn (0 points) and WW scalloped potatoes (3 points) for a total of 6 points.  It was delicious!!

Snack:  1 Monster Cookie.  Now, I had a hard time figuring out points on this, but I found a Toll House Monster Cookie so I went with that at 8 points.  Way higher points than any snack I would normally have, but it's okay because I still have points even after eating it.  And man, it was totally worth it.

All in all, a successful day.  I still have a good attitude and do not fear failure.  That is HUGE for me!

24 meals down, 1071 to go.  I've got this!

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Sunday, March 10, 2019

Day 7 of 365

I made it a week!  Yahoo!  And what a week it was.  I had ups and downs, some major food challenges and a serious learning curve going on... but I LOST 10 LBS!  TEN!  What?  

I've said for years, "I can't lose weight".  "My metabolism is zero".  "I think my thyroid isn't working right".  Guess what I discovered this week?  Those are excuses, not reasons.  Now, I'm positive that those are real reasons for some people, but this week proved that I am not one of those people.  It proved that all along, my heart wasn't in it.

I'm not sure how it happened, but one day, it just clicked in my head... and in my heart.  Poof!  I was going to change my life.  Yes, there is a little doubt still that I may not stick it out.  That little devil always rears his ugly head.  I realize that I'm not going to lose 10 lbs every week, and likely there will be weeks that I don't lose, and even gain.  But, seriously y'all.  I really think I'm going to do it.  OMG.  I'M REALLY DOING THIS!  

I spent all day today cooking for the week ahead.  My new normal is grocery shop on Saturday and cook on Sunday.  Since I work two jobs, plus tutor in the evenings, there isn't room for much variation in my week.  I get it, but man, that makes my social life sound really lame.  Haha!  You want to see me?  Come over on Sunday and cook with me.

Tomorrow begins week 2... I'm totally up for the challenge!

FOOD - DAY 7 OF 365

Breakfast:  3 waffles made from Kodiak cakes (1/4 cup mix, plus 1 egg, plus a little water to make it the right consistency = 2.5 points).  Add 1/4 cup sugar-free syrup for 1 point and it's 3.5 points total.  It was... decent.  The waffles tasted great.  The syrup is not my favorite.  I made more of the mix up into pancakes (1 point each) for the coming week.  I'm thinking maybe with just peanut butter or something.  I want to love them.  We'll see.

Lunch:  2 cups of canned Red Beans with some Fat Free cheddar cheese melted on top.  Sooo good and was 0 points.  How can you knock zero??

Dinner:  1 salmon patty (salmon, egg, crackers = 3 points), scalloped potatoes (a Weight Watchers recipe I found on Pinterest... oh, so delish.  They seriously tasted like fried potatoes but 1/2 cup was only 3 points!), cottage cheese cup (3 points), green lima beans (0 points), and corn (0 points).  I was starving after cooking all day and smelling all the good things I cooked.  

Snack:  1 Blueberry Muffin (a recipe I got off Pinterest and tweaked the ingredients for 2.5 points), 1 tsp butter (1 point).  This could be so delicious if you used sugar.  Lol.  I used Splenda.  It's okay.  Not the greatest, but the farther into the muffin I got, the better I liked it.

I feel like I'm going to weigh heavy in the morning... for some reason salmon always makes me retain water.  Odd since it's a fish.  Haha!  Oh well.  If I do, it's all good and I won't be discouraged!  

21 meals down, 1074 to go.  #iwilldothis #neverbackdown #getyourheartinthegame



Saturday, March 9, 2019

Day 6 of 365

Today was party day!  My mom turned 80 yesterday so we had a birthday bash AT A PIZZA PLACE today.  Talk about a food challenge.

I prepped all week.  This is a fairly small pizza chain so I couldn't find any nutrition info online for them.  However, I did find it for several other pizza chains so I compared them all and found a happy medium, hoping that this one fit into that mold.  I was ecstatic to discover that a pepperoni calzone was only 8 points... until I found out they don't have calzones.  LOL.  So, after looking and comparing all week, I decided on soup and salad.  Oh well.  

Then there was cake.  OMG.  It looked so good and chocolate cake is my weakness for sure.  I wasn't going to have any, but then I got to thinking how this was a lifestyle change, and at some point in my life, I'm going to have cake.  So, I cut 1/4 of a piece and enjoyed every single bite.  And that was enough to be satisfied.  It was delicious too!

I wasn't very hungry for dinner (thank goodness after all those points at lunch), so it was an easy choice tonight.  

All in all, I'm feeling quite proud of myself for navigating such tough waters and coming out on the other side a winner!  #icandothis

FOOD - DAY 6 OF 365:

Breakfast:  1 Peanut Butter toast (3 points), 4 slices of Hormel ready to eat bacon (3 points) = 6 points and it was delicious.  Good combo!

Lunch:  The big one.  Lol.  1 cup of potato soup (6 points), salad (7 points).  Here's what I had in my unconventional "salad":  cottage cheese (3 points), boiled eggs (0 points), sunflower seeds (1 point), croutons (1 point), low fat cheese (1 point), 6 black olives (1 point) and broccoli (0 points).  No lettuce or tomatoes in my salad! All for 13 points.  Not terrible.

Dinner:  1 cup of Great Northern Beans (0 points), 1 cottage cheese snack cup (3 points).

Snack:  CAKE!  A tiny, 1/4 piece but it was soooo worth it (4 points).

All in all, it was a good day, I still have points left over and I really am feeling "in it to win it"!

18 meals down... 1077 to go.  #onmyway

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Day 5 of 365

A year in the life... Day 5.

It's been a whirlwind!  Yesterday was my mother's 80th birthday.  Of course I had to take her out to eat.  You're only 80 once!  That being said, I told her I was taking her to the local family restaurant and I had done my research.  I was all set to spend 15 points for dinner and have catfish, baked potato and green beans.  Yum!!  Unfortunately... she decided she wanted Mexican food and since it was her birthday, that's where we went.  Total game changer.  YIKES!  But, I did my best, and turns out, I still had rollover points.  

I was seriously worried that I'd be up when I weighed this morning due to all the salt in the food (not to mention the FAT), but thankfully, I was down another pound!  Yahoo!  8.4 lbs since Monday.  It's a miracle y'all!  I can't even believe it.  I NEVER lose weight.  The struggle is so real.  But I'm here to attest... this is working for me!  

FOOD - DAY 5:

Breakfast:  Finally a satisfying breakfast!!  Success!  Peanut Butter Toast (2 slices of Wonder whole-grain white bread = 3 points... doubled since I had two of them, so 6 points).  

Lunch:  2 Soft Tacos (2 Mission Carb Balance tortillas (these are soft, white and delicious!) 2 points each, 99% Fat Free ground turkey (0 points), taco seasoning (0 points), Kraft Fat Free cheddar cheese (0 points) = 4 points total.

Dinner:  The Mexican food mentioned above... hold on tight.  It's a killer.  7 tortilla chips (3 points), 1/4 cup white queso (3 points), 2 tostadas with beans and cheese (14 points) = 20 points.  TWENTY!  Ugh!

Snacks:  1 Kiwi (0 points) and Grapes (0 points).  Let me just say that this, too, is almost a miracle.  I have never been a fruit eater.

All that, and I still had points left at the end of the day.  100% success!


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Thursday, March 7, 2019

Day 4 of 365

Today was a DAY!  Ugh.  Day 4 of 365.  It's days like today that would normally make me quit.   I was starving all day, I felt like my sugar was a little out of whack, and when I stopped to pick up supper from KFC, I discovered that Cushing's KFC doesn't have the grilled chicken because "they don't have a grill."  Of course they don't.  #storyofmylife

Just my luck!  Without having nutrition info at hand, I had to just wing it (ha!  wing it... get it?  chicken?).  I ordered a KFC bowl.  When I got home I found out that sucker was 17 points!  Holy Moly!

All that being said, I still had a good attitude today and absolutely wanted to make good choices.  I had a couple of moments of weakness (that chicken bowl came with a delicious looking cookie that I threw away), but so far, I've survived and have points left over.  PTL!  I need all the rollover points I can get because my mom's 80th bday is tomorrow and we are going out to eat and then Saturday is her bday party... with PIZZA & CAKE!  Oh my...

FOOD - DAY 4 OF 365

Breakfast:  2 pieces of Wonder whole grain white bread, toasted (3 points) and 1 T. of peanut butter (3 points).  It was BY FAR the best breakfast I've had so far.  SUCCESS!

Lunch:  Spaghetti (7 points), green beans (0 points) and butter beans (0 points).  SUCCESS!

Dinner:  KFC Chicken bowl with most chicken removed for less points (I'm calling it 13 points).  SEMI-SUCCESS!  Lol

Snack:  Kellogg's Rice Krispy Treat bar (4 points - too many points for the small bar!)  SEMI-SUCCESS! 

To sum it up, I hope tomorrow is a way better food day, I'm tired of all the things I cooked last Sunday, and I'm still hunting for the perfect sweet breakfast.  BUT, I'm still in it to win it, I threw away a hot, delicious chocolate chip cookie, and I'm still under my points for the day.  Absolute SUCCESS as far as I'm concerned!  12 meals down, 1083 to go.  #ivegotthis #neverbackdown #bringingsexyback

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Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Day 3 of 365

Day 3... 9 meals down... 1086 to go.  So far, so good.  My body feels... skinny.  Haha!  I'll take it!

I love, love, love to eat out.  I love not having to cook or clean up the mess from cooking.  I was TOTALLY tempted to grab fast food tonight.  I was starving, and I really wanted either Taco Bell or KFC.  I mean, I have lots of points left over for the day and I could have had it, but I just felt like it wouldn't be a great choice for me.  I'm down 6.2 lbs and I want to stay that way!  Fast food has so much sodium in it that I knew it would make me retain water and I'd be sad when I weighed in the morning.

So, I forced myself to drive to the gas station and get a Diet Pepsi instead and then I came straight home.  And once here, it was easy to eat right.  WIN, WIN, WIN!

FOOD - DAY 3 OF 365:

Breakfast:  I've still not hit the breakfast jackpot yet.  That's my struggle bus for sure.  I ate low-sugar Quaker oatmeal for breakfast for 5 points.  It was okay, but didn't quite hit the spot.  Still searching for the breakfast solution...

Lunch:  I had two soft tacos for a total of 4 points!  Y'all, who says you won't get full on Weight Watchers??  I was stuffed.  And everything I ate (taco meat, beans, fat free cheese, and Mission Carb Smart tortillas) was 0 points except the tortillas.  Although they cost almost $5.00 a package, let me tell you, they are worth EVERY penny.  They are "white" (I hate wheat tortillas), soft and delicious.  YUMMO!

Dinner:  Leftovers:  Succotash (6 points for 1 cup), cottage cheese (3 points) and butter beans (0 points).  Delicious 9 point dinner and I'm stuffed to the gills.

My attitude is good, and my mindset is even better.  I'm in it to win it!

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Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Day 2 of 365

I DID IT!  I survived Day 2 of 365. 

When I woke up this morning, I got on the scale.  I was down FIVE pounds.  What?!  Talk about empowering.  It's amazing how 5 measly pounds will make you feel "in it to win in".  I felt like a diet beast all day.  Haha!

I will say that I am learning a lot about food.  Before yesterday, I absolutely could not have eaten spaghetti without bread and butter.  It just goes together.  I'm a HUGE bread eater.  I literally like bread of some sort with every single meal.  That is most definitely going to be a hard part of this journey.

FOOD - DAY 2 OF 365:

Breakfast:  2 chocolate pumpkin muffins.  3 points each - 6 points.  Not bad for breakfast.  I love, love sweets for breakfast.  I used a sugar-free Pillsbury cake mix and combined it with one can of pure pumpkin.  You guys... DELISH and only 3 points!  WIN!

Lunch:  Succotash. 1 cup - 6 points, and green beans - 0 points.  Y'all.  Succotash is the BOMB and it has so many zero point things in it!

Snack:  I discovered that while I'm at work, I HAVE to have a snack.  At home?  Not so much.  But at work, that 3:00 slump hit me hard.  I found these great Enlightened Fudge Bars at Sprouts yesterday.  Only 2 points and not bad at all.

Dinner:  I was STARVING.  I had more spaghetti than I'd originally planned to.  I used the Kraft green box spaghetti mix and it's only 7 points per serving.  The ground turkey in the sauce was 0 points.  But alas, I couldn't stop at one serving so I had 1 1/2 servings which brought my total to 10.  I also had 1/2 cup of low-fat cottage cheese at 3 points, and corn at 0 points.  Dinner was still a complete success at 13 total points.

So, on target for the day with points left over.  Day 2... a complete SUCCESS!!  1,089 meals to go...

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Monday, March 4, 2019

Day 1 of 365... Let's Get This Party Started!

Last July I saw a movie that would eventually change my life.  I knew it at the time (see my previous blog post), but just didn't know exactly how it would change me.  So... my blog is titled, "You might as well make lemonade"... and I truly believe that I have "made lemonade" these past 10 years since my divorce.  I have looked adversity in the face and risen above many times.  It hasn't always been easy, that's for certain.  Sometimes my lemonade was sour, salty, bitter and watered out, and there were definitely times I felt like I'd crash and burn.  But, hey!  I'm still here and making it!

In July, I had a revelation that my head was my problem.  It screamed insecurities at me.  I let it tell me all sorts of ugly things and I had let myself believe them... for years.  I knew in July that I had to figure my head out before anything else in my life would change.  I also realized then that it wasn't what was on the outside that really counts... it's what's on the inside that matters.  I struggled to accept myself as I was, regardless of circumstances, size, shape, looks, personality, etc. But at the same time, I wanted to be healthy, and to be a better me both inside and out.  I really began to work on myself, and on my insecurities, my confidence.  But I never could get that one part of my head on the straight and narrow... the part that yelled at me that I couldn't lose weight, that I never would, that I didn't deserve to.  Then suddenly, in the past couple of weeks, it finally all just came together and "clicked" in my head.

This morning marked the start of my new life.  Not just a "diet", but a complete change of mindset.  And for the first time in years and years... I know I CAN do this, and I definitely DESERVE it.  I've started out on a one year journey to greatness... a year to improve myself, in a lot of ways.  A year from now, you'll see a "new" me, at least on the outside.  The inside me will always be the ME you know... hopefully with a few improvements there too but y'all, I'm about as real as it gets.  No fakeness here and that won't change!  Love me or leave me, either one is okay.  It's all about the journey, and those that make the journey with me will be the ones that I need in my life.

With that being said, I'm changing things up a little bit.  I'm trying to be transparent, because, well, that's just how I roll.   Instead of "You might as well make lemonade", my new phrase is going to be "You might as well make DIET lemonade".  For YEARS, I haven't "really" tried to lose weight.  Oh, I've put my hand to it a little here and a little there over the years, but not with true effort.  And why not?  Well, for quite a few reasons, some being more expedient to talk about than others.  There's just some dirty laundry that needs to stay... buried... for lack of a better word.  Let's just say that people's words can be more hurtful than they know and can stay with you for a lifetime if you let them.  It's time to let them go.

I've done some soul-searching these past few years, and especially since last July, and I've made some changes for myself... some popular with others, some not.  And THAT'S OKAY!  I'm doing me, you do you, and we'll get along just fine.

For Day 1 of my 365 day journey, here are some observations:

1.  I like grapes way better than I thought I did.
2.  I don't like Egg Substitute.  Blech.
3.  If I eat the right things, I'm really not hungry between meals.
4.  Who knew that you could eat SO MUCH food and it be legal??
5.  If you put your water in a cute Rae Dunn refillable water bottle, you drink a lot more than when it's in a boring old cup.
6.  I have no clue how I can feel this full, be on target with my diet and yet still lose weight... but "they" say it works.
7.  It's amazing what a good mindset will do for your confidence.  Wow.  I had no idea.  I honestly had a great day, in public with zero insecurities. 

You guys... come ride this train with me.  I need all the encouragement I can get!  (Just don't side-eye judge me if you see me eating something you think I shouldn't... this is a year-long journey and no one is perfect for a whole freakin' year.)

FOOD JOURNAL, DAY 1 of 365:

Breakfast:  2 Eggs (0 points), 1/4 C of Fat Free cheddar cheese (0 points), 2 slices of Canadian Bacon (1 pt), 1 Mission Carb Balance tortilla (2 points) and water.  3 points of SUCCESS!!


Lunch:  1 Small bowl of Chicken Tortilla Soup from Chick Fil A (5 points), 8 regular chicken nuggets (6 points), and unsweetened tea (0 points).  11 points of SUCCESS!!

Snack:  Grapes (my new favorite) (0 points).  0 points of SUCCESS!!

Dinner:  24 bite-sized Tostitos chips (4 points), 1/2 Cup of ground turkey w/ taco seasoning (0 points), 1/2 cup of chili beans (0 points), 1/4 cup of corn (0 points), Fat Free shredded cheddar cheese (0 points).  4 points of SUCCESS!!

Y'all, I'm STUFFED.  And I still have points I can eat today if I want.  I can't imagine... Lol.

So far, so good.  3 meals down out of 1,095... I CAN DO THIS!

It's been a good, good day.