New Discovery

Alert: Making good choices and cooking at home help you lose weight. Shocking discovery, I know.

I lost 2 pounds this week, and I definitely deserved it! 

Examples here:

On Friday (27th), I got lunch for the office and it was Baja Fresh. Instead of indulging, I dropped it off, set it up, and went to my home office and had a Lean Cuisine.

Tuesday was also a lunch for the office day, and everyone wanted pizza. I went to the store that morning, and made a fresh green salad for the office as well. I had a HUGE plate of lettuce with some balsamic vinaigrette and one teensy slice of garlic bread. Aaaaand 2 Diet Pepsi's and a ton of water.

Wednesday was my SIL's (sister in law) birthday and we went to Cheesecake Factory. I ordered Chicken Medallion's (grilled chicken and brown rice) and just had a bite of MIL's reeses cheesecake. Mr. Awesome and I went to Gelato instead for dessert, and I got the Fat Free Lemon. Just as delicious. :)

All of these awesome choices helped me to get to my 2 pound weight loss. Here's to many more wonderful weeks ahead!

What....am I doing?

I just looked at my weight history and I started WW online in February. Aaaannd I still haven't hit the 10 pound weight loss mark. I mean, 6 months? What am I doing?

Time to get serious. Seriously. WWKME. What Would Kate Moss Eat.

Why...

Is it so much easier to put ON the weight, than lose it?

I went to the Doctor today, and she told me that the first step is acknowledgment. She also said that her first year of marriage was the hardest for her.

Some great words of encouragement.

Plateau

So I've hit a plateu. I haven't lost in a week. Frustrated to say the least. It may or may not be from the excessive drinking I did over the 4th of July weekend.

Back on track, friends!

I love the Scale

Another pound friends! The weight is dropping like crazy.

YAY! I'll be wearing this shirt in no time. :)

Progress!

So I'm down 6.6 pounds! This is soooo exciting! On my Weight Watchers online I have a little star for "5 Pounds." 

Only 49.4 pounds to get to my ultimate goal, but we'll see how that goes. I'd be happy to fit in my skinny jeans again.

Weekends are my Enemy

Marissa Miller, Victoria's Secret Model. She is my bikini inspiration!

When it comes to weight loss, weekends are definitely the enemy. I got this article emailed to me from Weight Watchers, and it's like they were reading my mind...

Weekends are synonymous with fun, friends and eating out, so it’s easy to think you can’t stay on track. What you probably don’t realize is that weekends are a time to fit in additional activity and a chance to cook your meals whether it’s for the day or for the week ahead. Successful members eventually change their attitudes to see the opportunities a weekend presents rather than the challenges it contains.

I always look forward to spending time with friends, and that normally revolves around eating and drinking. Maybe instead of meeting up for dinner, we meet later for drinks and eat dinner at home. I think I can budget 4 points for 2 glasses of Chardonnay on the weekends. It's also hard because my mom and my in-laws love meeting for breakfast. This starts the day off with a TON of points already.

With the summer months FINALLY here, I will just have to incorporate more walks with hubby and the dog, and maybe meeting at the pool.

Changing bad habits are hard, but I know it will be worth it.