Weight Watchers!

So, I've signed up for weight watchers online for their 3 month special (basically they waive their "initiation" fee). Now I'm forced to track my food - which is a good thing! and stay within my daily and weekly point balances. Yesterday I was over my daily point balance because of . . . a grape "drink" (not juice, drink)! I won't be making that mistake again!!!

But it also made me realize that I really only should be eating one cereal bar at a time and one yoghurt at a time instead of two. That should really help me stay within my points balances. I get 24 daily points and 35 weekly "splurge" points, and I get extra points for exercising.

Meal Plan:
Breakfast (everyday): 1 bowl fibre one ceral (4 points), 1/2 cup 1% milk (1 point), 1 yoghurt (2 for raspberry, 1 for vanilla) = 6/7 points

Lunch (everyday): low fat turkey lunch meat with whole wheat bread (6 points), spinach salad (0 points), 1 tbsp of low-fat Greek dressing (1 point) = 7 points

Afternoon Snack (everday): 1 special K bar (2) and 1 apple (1) = 3 points

Dinners:
Sunday: grilled chicken wraps
Monday: roast beef with carrots  
Tuesday: grilled chicken spaghetti with broccoli
Wednesday: chicken breast and feta burgers
Thursday: beef and broccoli stir-fry
Friday: I'm going out for dinner with my mom for mother's day (for mother's day I bought her a ticket for Sears Stars on Ice, which is here in Toronto on April 30th, so we are going out for dinner before). I'm not sure where we are going yet, but I'm going to do some research on weightwatchers to see what I can have at a few restaurants without going over my point values.
Saturday: pork cutlet with whole grain rice and veggies

I will find out the point values for those meals later on. Gotta get going on the day - going to the gym! TTFN, Morgaine.

Weekly Update

Weight: 185lbs - down one pound!
Gym: 2 times this week, and going tomorrow as well
No junk days: only 1 (boo!)

My challenge is going pretty well so far, I only had a some coke yesterday with my meal and I have been drinking my 8 glasses of water every day, no problem.

As for eating, there have been a few slip ups, I had fish and chips on Wednesday night, Swiss chalet on Thursday - probably wouldn't have been bad if my bf had ordered me a salad instead of fries (he surprised me with SC when I got home from the gym), and I had the ultimate in bad food yesterday - McDonald's for lunch! I don't even know why, and I didn't even finish half of my nuggets, but I feel REALLY guilty about it, and that's why I had coke yesterday as well.

I HAVE to do better than this if I'm going to lose weight, and I know what I'm going to do next. More on that tomorrow! TTFN, Morgaine.

What a blow out!

So, I'm still keeping up with my no pop and 8 glasses of water per day - BUT I went out with some co-workers last night . . . 2 ciders and bruchetta later . . . then I met up with bf at 8 pm and I had fish and chips for dinner! Deep fried battered, but so delish.

I'm going to try really hard to make this a no junk day. This is the one area that I really feel that I'm lagging in. I don't eat as badly as I used to (fast food at least once a week, chips or chocolate bars almost every day, 2-3 cans of pop A DAY!!! But, I know there is still room for improvement.

My boss had suggested weight watchers (BTW, my boss is totally cool and helpful in these matters, not judging at all. And I brought up the matter). I don't want to pay for it because I'm also trying to be tight in my budget but if I'm going to see about getting a copy of the points book from someone I know that is taking it.

But, since this is still early on, I'm going to continue on for at least another month on my own and see how I do.

Wish me luck! TTFN, Morgaine.

Finally another no junk day!

Today I behaved myself really well. No junk food at all, not even one cookie (I was offered). I drank my 8 glasses of water and didn't have any pop! I did have a coffee this morning - if we had anymore water at home (we have a water cooler) I'd probably have another glass of water to compensate. Tomorrow I will do that.

Planning on going to the gym tomorrow, Thursday and Saturday. I really need to do some core work every time I go to the gym, I do notice a difference when I do.

Time to get ready for bed! TTFN, Morgaine.

Progress Report

Weight: 186.5 - up 0.5 lbs
Gym Visits: 2 so far this week, planning on going today as well. 5 visits so far this month.
No Junk Days: 0 so far this week.

So, not much progress. I've been very happy with myself for going to the gym 3X per week for the last 3 weeks. But there hasn't been any change in my weight at all!

I think it must be my eating habits. So, I have a challenge for myself for this week. It has 2 parts:
1) No pop (I swear I'm addicted to diet coke like someone else would be to cocaine)
2) Drink at least 8 glasses of water per day

I know I've should've been doing these things from the start, but my work has free pop! Its super hard to resist when its right there and I need caffine. So instead of reaching for a diet coke, its going to be water.

Also, I've gotta try harder not to have even one junky thing a day. It seems that I could be having a good day eating wise and then I have a cookie and sabotage it all (ok, not one cookie, more like 3) damn girl guides!

So, that's about all for now. TTFN, Morgaine.

Two Days - Two Gym Days

I went to the gym yesterday AND today! I'm pretty happy with this - 3 times this week! Today was a good day food wise as well - only bad thing was about a handful of tortilla chips (left over from homemade nachos). And boy were we tempted! If we had gone to the movies like planned, I probably would've caved and got popcorn or chocolate. Can anyone go to the movies and not buy a snack? If you can avoid it, then you have way more willpower than I do!

Yesterday I did my "usual" - 10 mins recumbent bike, 20 mins elliptical, 5 mins treadmill (cooldown). Today I did 20 mins on elliptical and then my bf and I did about an hour of arm, leg, and core work. Not feeling too bad yet (although I did take a nap when I got home!) but I have a feeling that I will be feeling it tomorrow. Good thing its a "relax" day tomorrow.

I hope I can keep up the 3 times per week for a while. As of tomorrow, I will have 7 more months to reach my goals.

Wish me luck! TTFN, Morgaine.

Fit for Thirty

Since the (personal) success of my PF blog, I decided I would start a blog to track (and help motivate me to) my weight loss goals.

I hope to reach my goal weight of 140lbs by my 30th birthday: November 11, 2010.

Please join me as I record my hits and misses on my way to *hopefully* be "Fit for Thirty"

TTFN, Morgaine.