Holy Cannoli

I was scared to weigh in today! Wait, that’s a complete understatement, TERRIFIED to weigh in this morning due to my bad eating late last week!

To my surprise, I’ve lost 4 lbs! Hunh? How? What? These are all things that were going through my head!. No way, nope, can’t be. So, I weighed myself again and sure enough it read 164lbs 3 weighs in a row!

I’ve officially lost 12lbs, I’m 4ish lbs away from the 150′s! I can’t wait! Yahoooooo!

It’s a new day

Good morning fellow fat busters!

Just got in from my 30 minute power walk with a new sense of determination. DH and I set our engagement party date last night and now I have something more short term to work towards. 20lbs in just over 3 months, totally attainable! no?

I plan to up  my exercise to 30 minute power walks every morning before I ship out for the office. The last time I lost weight I walked and walked and walked and walked. It really helped my metabolism get going.

I did my first 30 minutes this morning. My legs are pretty sore but that’s okay. The feeling I get after exercise totally compensates for any discomfort I may feel during!

Here’s to an OP day!

a reason

So in my last post, I was bitching okay venting about my Sunday night food fest. After therapy today I realized or should I say my therapist helped me realize that although my ultimate goal is to be thin for the wedding next May – my goal is very long term and as a result i’m having a hard time making it “attainable”.

Coincidentally, DH and I had planned to pass by my cousin J’s restaurant today to unofficially book our engagement party for this fall. Although he wasn’t there we totally fell in love with the place (really cozy and urban all at once) and I called him right up and booked an appointment with him tonight to officially book the party. This is when the whole accountability and attainability thing made sense for me… I now have a smaller short term goal to look forward to which will hopefully help keep me on plan. Knowing that I should look my best by lets say September or October will hopefully help me move my ass a little more. So, my short term goal is to lose 20 lbs by our party. I’ve already lost 8lbs so 12lbs shouldn’t be all that difficult! Yay! I’m suuuuuper excited.

In other wedding related news, I decided to start a blog about our wedding. You know, I was talking to a dear friend of mine and she asked me if I was “enjoying every minute” and I kinda didn’t have an answer for her.

Yeah, I’m enjoying it but everything is moving so quickly, life I mean that it’s often really hard to stop and really appreciate every second of it. So, I created a blog, a password protected blog mind you but a blog where I can really chronicle our journey. DH is totally on board, he even suggested printing the whole thing out or burning it onto a DVD later, so we can look back at it in the future!

So, the blog is password protected because obviously there are some pretty personal things going on over there. If you’re interested in knowing the password and such just leave me a comment with an email addy and I’ll definitely send that right over. I just want to limit the number of google searches that find my little wedding niche!

Fessing up

One of the most important reasons for starting this blog was so that I had a place to be accountable. You see, although DH, my family and my closest friends are aware that I’m on WW it is completely unfair of me to expect them to eat like me just so that I wont cheat. It’s not very fair to expect them to have to watch what they are eating when they around me for the fear of cheating. But, any slips are not anyone’s fault but my own. WW or no WW there will always be a fast food joint on the corner and it’s up to ME and absolutely no one else to control myself and make good choices.

I’m starting my third week on WW today and I’m past that “super motivated” period that comes when you start any diet. The first couple of weeks are not too too bad for me but my biggest problem is sticking to it. Last night, I was hungry. All I could think about was food and I was literally making myself insane. This seems to be a big problem on weekends! It’s two Sunday’s in a row that I cheat. I know that my cheat is a result of being idle. As much as I LOVE having free time it really isn’t conducive to staying on plan. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can overcome those late night munchies on the weekend? Any advice will be REALLY appreciated.

I’m not going to beat myself up about this though. I’m going to get myself right back on track and not give myself the opportunity to fall of the wagon. WW works for me and I need to keep reminding myself that a slip up does not necessarily have to mean the end of the journey. This is HUGE progress for me since in the past, a small slip up would lead to me to completely abandon my healthy life style. This WILL not happen this time. I am back on plan today. No ands ifs or buts about it.

In other non weight loss news, DH to be and I spent the day shopping for furniture. The wedding and moving in together are slowly approaching and it’s all becoming very real. When he proposed the wedding was some 17 months away, now that it’s less than a year away and were REALLY starting to plan it’s making everything VERY VERY real. I’m super excited and completely terrified at the same time. Well terrified is misleading. lol. I’m not terrified to get married I’m terrified about the amount of money we’re going to have to spend to set up our life. Prices and quality just don’t go hand in hand anymore.

We started scouting restaurants and reception venues for our Engagement party also. We’re leaning towards having the engagement party at a cozy restaurant as opposed to the more traditional reception hall. We’re pretty much agreed that we’re only going to invite very close family and friends and save all the pomp and circumstance for the wedding next spring. We made a couple of calls and set up a couple of appointments to taste foods and scout out venues so we can hopefully book it by July. We’re a little torn on when to have it though! Most restaurants would prefer if we have the party on a Sunday afternoon as opposed to a Saturday night obviously because they don’t want to shut down their restaurant for us. So, we were thinking about having the engagement on Labor Day Sunday. What do you think? Would an afternoon party be appropriate? So many decisions and options really overwhelm me! Any opinions would be welcomed!

Off to our weekly Martial Counseling now! Have a great day everyone! Cheers to a fresh start and staying OP!

Victory

As a rule, Sunday is pasta day here at my house. My grandfather who’s MEGA old school Italian demands (yes you heard me right) pasta every Sunday at lunch time. My hatred for pasta started some 10 years ago when I got so fed up of eating pasta 3 times per week. Once mum got diagnosed with diabetes we cut down our pasta intake to once a week… Sunday.

Now, I generally HATE pasta. I hate everything about it. Tomato sauce upsets my stomach, pasta itself makes me bloat etc etc. But, when i’m on ANY diet I crave carbs like they are going out of style!!! Perhaps this is because I know they are forbidden from most diets and so I psyche myself out and I end up craving them??? Who knows!

So, today was my turn to cook Grandpa’s pasta lunch. I tried to get my mother to do it because I was too scared that I’d give into this asinine craving of mine but she had things to do so I had no choice! So there I am making sauce, stirring pasta and NOT ONCE was I tempted to even taste ANY of it! Victory!

Sunday Six

Many years ago I had a blog. It was different from this one but it was a blog just the same. At the time, I actively took part in a weekly posting challenge that included answering a set of questions every Friday. It was a fun thing to do because as it caught on literally thousands of girl bloggers were answering the questions on their respective blogs and ta da I got to know a heck of a lot of really cool people!

So, in an effort to revive some of that old school posting enthusiasm, I’m bringing forward the Sunday Six. Basically, every Sunday I will post 6 questions right here in my wee blog that you are free to answer yourself. The questions will be pretty much about everything but I’m thinking of trying, just trying to keep them related to all our journeys: weight loss! I just ask that you leave a comment with the answers or you can copy and paste it directly into your blog! Just let me know where I can go to read your answer! Have fun everyone!

Sunday Six for Sunday June 21, 2009

1. What foods did you eat liberally before committing to your life style change? My biggest offender was anything considered “fast food”. You name it: fries, fried chicken, burgers, fries with gravy, pizza, ice cream. As much as I don’t like to admit it sometimes, okay often, I’d eat all of these things in just one day.

2. What foods were you surprised to find out you loved on this journey? I’m really enjoying fruit! I apparently love water melon, peaches, apples and grapes when before I’d opt for a banana split as my daily fruit intake!

3. What is your biggest motivation for sticking to this journey? I have tons of reasons why I’m doing this! I’m in the process of compiling a pretty long list of reasons why. Although one of my reasons is to look beautiful on my wedding day the most important and motivating factor is my health. I want to live a LONG LONG LONG time so I can enjoy a happy and healthy life with DH to be!

4. What “diet” are you following and why? I’m on Weight Watchers. I’ve tried many diets in the past and WW is the only one that will work for me long term. This diet is really teaching me how to eat! I realize that i’ll probably loose slower, but that’s okay, my goal is to keep it off forever!

5. When did you start your life style change? I started my journey on June 4th, 2009.

6. How much have you lost so far? As of my last weigh in, i’m officially down 8 whole pounds! yahooo!

A good old fashioned Saturday morning

Most  days i’m really grateful. I’m thankful for being healthy, having met the love of my life, having an awesome family and being successful at my own business. Today, it is just NOT one of those days. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE my life most of the time. I’m generally very satifisfied and have little to complain about other than the weight issue.

I do however feel like I’m missing out on ONE thing. It may seem petty to most but to me this is something that I used to enjoy sooo much and now I never EVER get the opportunity. So here it goes, I totally miss having Saturday mornings to myself. I miss not being able to sleep in. I miss getting up, drinking coffee and reading the paper. I miss cleaning the house in my jammies! Pathetic, I know but, when you work 6 days straight ever single week you start to miss these otherwise unappreciated little things that are so important. The last time I had a Saturday off (apart from National holidays) was ummm in 2004. I just wish that every once and a while, maybe once a month I could have a Saturday to myself and not have to dash out of the house for the office at 7:30 am.

— venting stops here —

In other completely unrelated news, I am DONE DONE DONE with my summer class. Apart from being INSANELY long the exam itself was actually rather easy. I’m just so glad that this course is one and over with!

Today, i’m at work *duh* and then this evening DH to be and I will head over to the pier and enjoy the weekly fireworks that the city puts on there. They are really great! They last about 30 minutes and they are just so beautiful. We always walk up and down the pier for about an hour before we actually find ourselves a spot where we can sit and watch so I suppose that this will be my exercise for the day!

Have a great day everyone! We CAN do this!

1pt ho ho’s anyone???

At 10 pm tonight I’m officialy DONE this class. I must admit I totally love family law but just the same i’m DONE DONE DONE! Like everything else in my life, I start off super motivated and half way or three quarters of the way through I sorta get burned out and just make my way through with little effort. I’m glad I worked by butt off throughout the term since I can go into the exam tonight knowing I have a 90% before the final.

My food choices were HORRID today. Okay, they weren’t McDonald’s bad or KFC bad but BAD nonetheless. My pitfall today was eating 1pt snacks. Who the heck though I’d ever feel bad for eating 1 pt snacks. Two weeks ago I’d shove anything into my mouth without really thinking twice about it – now, gosh, I’m feeling guilty cause I ate a few too many 1 pt snacks. I guess this diet umm I mean lifestyle change is working. I feel totally bad for eating those snacks and so now I feel like I should make it up to my diet and run a 10k marathon or something. In anycase, I dipped into my flex points (2 pts so far) so it’s not THAT bad

In about an hour or so I’m gonna make my way to campus so I can scope out the exam room! Have a great night everyone!

TGIF

I have another really busy day ahead of me. All week I’ve been preparing for my exam which takes place tonight. I tend to get very anxious when there is a change in my plans and so my anxiety went through the roof yesterday when I was told that I need to take my cousin to the dentist. Fun! lol. I had initially planned to take my time and study and review all day but instead i’m going to be running to the dentist office! I hate when my schedule is upset this way. I have such a hard time dealing with it. It may sound crazy, heck I think it is a little crazy but it’s just part of my control freak personality.

On the food front, I’ve been on plan with no cheats since Monday. I really don’t find it hard to stick to the plan during the week. My biggest pitfall is the weekend when I’m not so busy. Mind you, I will be pretty busy Saturday so I just have to prepare myself for Sunday. I’ve noticed that if I really plan out my day and I mean PLAN out my day I tend to have an easier time staying on plan. I tend to have the urge to cheat when I haven’t figured out what I’m going to have for lunch for example and I’m stuck trying to put something together at the very last minute. It’s so much easier when I know EXACTLY what I’m going to eat and the all my meals are already planned for me.

Must start the day now! Have a great day everyone! We CAN do this!!!!

Week 2

in the 160's baby!

Although my official weigh in is tomorrow, I weighed in this morning because tomorrow I will be too busy studying for Friday’s exam to actually login and update Gettin’ Thin!

I’m thrilled to report that i’m down another 2 lbs this week making my grand total 8lbs in 2 weeks! I’m officially in the 160′s! I haven’t weighed in in the 160′s in over 5 years! Yessssssss!!