Goals...

As you can see from the image above I've lost 31 lbs. since Labor Day. 30 lbs. was my original goal. I'm still working to lose a little more. Just another 15 lbs and I think I will be smokin' hot!

So Reho, was fantastic, I had fries, mac & cheese, and I still lost 4 lbs. Don't hate me. I also ran a lot on this trip. Plus, I have a killer cold that is finally going away. It feels good though to be at my first goal. I did it.

I have a lot to be thankful for. I had an interesting conversation with a woman at Loaves and Fishes, a local food pantry here in Ithaca, about volunteer opportunities. I thought it was ironic that I was going to be late to meet with her because I had a WW meeting because I have to much to eat. When you think of all those people that don't have enough it really puts things into perspective. It is what it is.

Well bitches, I have to get off to a meeting, my day is just starting. Hope you are all doing well on your own plans whatever they might be.

:)

The Return

Hey bloggers! Sorry I have been MIA for so long. I've been real busy. There have been some interesting updates in the weight loss department...This week I didn't lose anything, I stayed exactly the same. I attribute this to having pasta twice in one week. All though it was multi-grain, it's still pasta! I'm going to include my recipe tonight for the best ever pasta with a butternutsquash sauce. I have totally stolen it from Giada DeLaurentis from the food channel. However, I have made it more healthy. That skinny bitch needs the heavy cream! The day after my meeting I was down a pound...Not sure how that works. I'm fitting into my skinny goal jeans as of last week. They make may rear look soooooooo hot! LOL. I have a big ass and will always have a big ass. It' s a curse. JLo's got nothing on me!

NEWSFLASH: Wegmans has Chocolate Peanut Butter Skinny Cow Sandwiches-only 2pts. Thanks to Safety Sam for calling me from Wegmans to let me know and thanks for bringing me a batch! They are very yummy!

TRAVEL: Joe and I are going to Rehoboth Beach for the long Thanksgiving Weekend. Reho, as we call it, is one of our favorite places. We go every summer and sometimes twice in the summer. We wanted to get away and we thought about NYC, Boston, and Philly. We really need to relax and destress. When we go to the city its all about shopping, theaters, museum, clubs, and being on the go. NOT RELAXING! So we both sort of were thinking about Reho, and then we both sort of mentioned it at the same time. The best part, Olivia (our Boston Terrier), gets to go to the beach with us! It will be her first time. We don't take her in the Summer because she just would not like it. We spend all day at the beach and she would just get to hot. So we send her off to the nanny's! It's great. What's the worst part you might ask?

There is this place at the beach that shines like a beacon in the foggy sea. It's a place that has filled me with joy since I was a child. It's a place that makes everything beautiful. It's called....(Insert drum-roll here) THRASHER FRENCH FRIES! An eastern seaboard landmark. Along the coast of Delaware to Maryland they sit on every block of the boardwalk just beckoning for you to come and taste the nectar of the gods! The first time Joe and I went to Reho, it was Memorial Day weekend 5-years ago. I said to Joe before we went you are going to love these fries. Every day I mentioned it, I dreamed about it, and I drive into town and their is one spot down-town right in front of Thrashers. We get out, and Joe say's these damn fries better be good. I immediately order the large bucket of fries. Now see you can't use ketchup and if you ask its considered an insult. There is sea salt and big tubs of apple cider vinegar! You just don't understand how yummy that combo is. I'm tasting it now! They fry them in peanut oil and man are they f-ing fantastic! So my dilema is that I will have one small one and will hopefully share that with Joe. Reho is about food and booze. It's what we do for a week every summer. Eat out at fabulous restaurants, most of which have been written up and given high reviews in the NY Times and the Washington Post. Then their is the Blue Moon, the bar where everyone goes. It's always so hot the week we go in July, that if you order a beer, and chug it, by time you get to the bottom its warm! So I have my fries to contend with, I can have 2-beers a day and be good (only 2-points per Heiniken Light).

I've been agonizing over this trip. I have lost nearly 30lbs and with the onslaught of Thanksgiving, I think I can stay within my points value that day. Then going to Reho, where we already have our reservations at two of our favorite restaurants. I'm going to have whatever I want to eat. Friday night we are dinning at Nage. They have the most amazing cheeseburger you have ever had. It's truly a delight. Then Eden on Saturday has this Mac. and Cheese dish that is so good. I can taste it now. It has grilled chicken, roasted peppers, and spinach in it. So that's healthy. Right????? I'm going to just run every day like 5-miles. Hopefully that will counteract anything I put in my mouth.

OK-I will post my recipes later tonight...Later and remember its about planning! I have found that if I plan on eating foods that are high in points that I plan my day around that. I do extra cardio to counteract, I eat as healthy as I can during the day. I plan!

Exercise Tip of the Day

Today at W2 I got a great tip for those of us who have Time Warner Digital Cable. On channel 574 in Tompkins County you will find Exercise on Demand. Tai-Bo, Yoga, and more. It's great for those of you who can't get to the gym but want a good workout at home.

My friend from W2 says: "My butt is still hurting from my Billy Banks work-out!"

Give it a try, what do u have to lose?

Nite Blog Buddies

Weigh In....

I had a great meeting today! I'm down 26.5 lbs! I got my 10% goal key chain and my 25lb chip today. It felt great. I also have some interesting stuff to put out there that I learned in my meeting today! It will be in the next post!

When you get your awards at the meetings they always ask what your tips are. I guess mine is being present all the time. It's so easy after a long day of work to come home and just eat whatever is there. I have found that since I started W2 I am more likely to plan out what I eat, and make dates for eating my favorite high-point foods. I also make time to eat during the day. There were times in the past where I wouldn't eat for some reason and then get home and house three servings of diner. I've stopped that. I'm planning dinner, lunch, etc. I'm making the effort.

I also think that my time at the gym has been really helping. There are always days where you don't feel like going. I go early in the morning and sometimes its hard to get up and get moving. I'm tired, I'm cold and I just don't want to wake up and go. I do it, I make myself. Sure there are some days that I don't do it, that I wait and go after work. BUT I DO IT.

I'm lucky. I don't have kids that need to be picked up from school and then dropped off at dance lessons. I have a dog. I have a supportive partner. I'm busy to, but I can make the time. If it wasn't for Joe taking care of the dog every morning I probably wouldn't be able to make it to the gym. But he does and I can.

Anyway, go me! I did really well this week. Now I have a friend who didn't lose anything this week. She didn't gain and she didn't lose. She was bummed. It happens, if it hasn't it will. She has lost so much weight and hasn't even been exercising. So stay the course and realize that even if you gained that tomorrow begins now!

I Survived...

What do we do when we have to go to parties where there is going to be very good (but bad) food, and lots of booze? We plan. I ate as I normally do all day, I looked at the points I had left over and realized that I had low point meals all day. So I knew I had some wiggle room when it came to snacking and beer intake! I also brought my own snack. My 94% FF popcorn, along with some Heineken Light! I knew I could have four beers and still be within my points goal for the day.

First off, I paced myself. I went with the mindset that I could eat what I wanted at the party. Going in with that idea I immediately hit up the veggie tray! (Thanks fellow WW'er Sam for bringing that!) I didn't even touch anything else. It felt good. I left with 4 Lite Beers in me and when I got homeI had a couple pieces of turkey wrapped inside a slice of FF cheese! YUMMO!

It's all about planning and tricking your mind. If you go in to something thinking you can't do this, you can't do that, you can't have this, you can't have that then that is what we all immediately go and do. I did the opposite. I said it's a party, you have extra weekly points; if you need 'em you need 'em. I wasn't going to deprive myself of anything. So I went in, and didn't have anything bad! GO ME!

So my saving grace this weekend was my Heineken Light! It was great. I would like to say thanks to my buddy Kimmy for throwing such a fantastic Halloween Party. Joe and I looked pretty Zexy with our cod-pieces in as Batman and his Boy-Wonder Robin! Guess who I was?

In-laws should be here in 40 minutes and counting. I need a beer! LOL.

Motivation

This morning it was really hard to get motivated. I was sleepy and tired. By the time I left my house and got the gym I was late by about a half hour. As I'm standing in the locker room I was fighting with myself. Do a really fast workout, and rush through that and do my cardio and get to work later, or do I just come back.

I decided today at 7am to take a shower at the gym and come to work. I got to work at 7:30 so call me, email me, if you see me tell me to get my fat arse to the gym STAT! My job is great, I get to work early and I can leave early. It is not like other places where we basically had to be clock watchers. So after work today I'm going to go to the gym and make it happen!

People always use the excuse of "I don't have time to work out." Frankly, I understand that because I don't either. I have to make the time. I wake up before any normal person should so that I can make that time. Sometimes though there are just times where I'm just not that into it. So that's why today I'm waiting and going later.

So remember if you see me, remind me, push me to go the gym! :)

More Later....