Weekly Weigh In

I'm excited that I was down 3 pounds yesterday!  Although the cushion that I was feeling between what I weigh at home in the mornings and what I weigh at TOPS in the evening has caught up with each other.  So I had better stay on top of my game this week!  

Last Tuesday I took my measurements for the first time since I started back up, March 28.  I have lost 11.9 inches!  So that means I am losing an inch per pound just like the program states!  Plus I am down a size and half!  Yay!  

So, on to the hindsight of last week.  My food journal completion was spotty at best.  It appears I only kept it for three days.  Monday I started out well and even added morning stretches to help loosen up my back and legs.  I was diligent with my program with the exception of finishing up those darn cheese penguin crackers!

Tuesday we went to look at properties right after Tim got home from work so we ended up eating at Quiktrip.  Not a healthy choice.  And then Wednesday it stormed and we ate at home which helped us stay on plan.  Thursday the gravel for our driveway arrived and my daughter's boyfriend came over.  We ended up ordering pizza.  Surprisingly the next morning Tim and I had both lost some weight.  Of course, his idea of eating the leftover pizza Friday night for dinner did not have the same effect.  

Along came Saturday and Sunday.  My diet nemesis.  The weekend.  We yet again had Mexican food and Tim ordered a margarita!!  Which we shared!  And totally enjoyed!  I can feel myself getting lax on the willpower of avoiding certain foods. Time to tighten that food plan belt!  

I have to remember:

You Alone Are Responsible for Yourself!

Weekly Weigh In

Well, I didn't make it to TOPS last night but since I weigh myself every day I'll use yesterday morning's weight.  I was up 4 pounds!  This morning, however, I was down 2.5.  I wish our TOPS meetings were on Tuesday so we could have an extra day to recover from the weekend. 

I seem to always be off my food plan Friday, Saturday, and Sunday!  I have great intentions and they don't seem to come to fruition.  Beginning with Friday lunch, I tried to make good choices.  I did stick with chicken and had a Salad from Rib Crib.  However, I also had ranch dressing, plenty of those tortilla strip croutons and added a cheese quesadilla roll-up.  Yes, I shared with my grandson but he ate way less of it than I did!  

And Friday night was me and Tim's date night so of course we ate out at Plaza De Toros.   We both had the Carne Asada.  With too many chips because they were busy and kept bringing them to us before we got our meal.  I am proud of the fact that I was successful in not ordering a margarita.  They looked so good though!

We had our granddaughter over to spend the night on Saturday and since it was late by the time we picked her up we ate at Chick-Fil-A per her request.  Although I think the only reason she wanted to go there was to play in the play area.  It was different than the one by her house so she kept telling me what was wrong with this one, lol.  She ate four chicken nuggets and the two strawberries and four blueberries she had in her fruit cup and then ran off to play.  I had the chicken sandwich and waffle fries.  Was a bad choice, but it tasted good.  

Sunday I fixed a healthy, albeit not on my diet, meal and consumed too many penguin cheese crackers I had left over from last night.  So I shouldn't have been too surprised I had gained.  I don't know why I seem to have no restraint on the weekends! 

How did your week turn out?

Weekly Weigh In

I'm surprised and happy about my .8 weight loss!  I did not always heed my own advice at restaurants and ended up eating out at a LOT of them!  

Tim was home all week.  Even though I/we had planned to stay on plan and eat at home all week our plans were waylaid.  The first couple of days we were on track but then on Wednesday we ate out at McDonald's for lunch while driving around looking for potential properties.  The Bacon Ranch Salad was close to being on plan.  I'm trying to avoid tomatoes, carrots, cheese, and that GLORIOUS bacon, but I ate it all, along with a half of a package of Ranch dressing.  

Along came Thursday and my daughter and grandlittles came over for the morning.  We went to lunch at a Mexican restaurant.  I used my tip of eating six tortilla chips (more or less) as a bread serving and had a fajita chicken taco salad.  More off plan foods--sour cream, guacamole, more tomatoes, too many cooked onions--but not too far off.  And we had Mexican for dinner at another restaurant.  I had Chicken Asada while eyeing Tim's Carne Asada.  Beef is my main meat love aside from bacon, of course!

Saturday I was running around with my daughter helping her get ready for her senior prom. 
Here's a picture of her and her date.  

I didn't have time for lunch so I ate a hot dog. Then I was too tired for fixing supper so we ate out again at, you guessed it, another Mexican restaurant!  If I could learn to speak Spanish by osmosis just by eating at Mexican restaurants I'd be quite fluent by now.  I just couldn't resist that Carne Asada and I enjoyed every bite!  However, I stuck to no rice or beans every time and had grilled vegetables instead.  

Then came Sunday!  Welcome to the Dark Side, they have cookies pizza!  Tim cooked and we were low on groceries so we had fried Treet, fried potatoes and the obligatory green beans for lunch.  He made pizza for dinner with a croissant crust.  Luckily I didn't give in and voice my want for ice cream!  I was starting to feel dumpy and out of control again.  I'm glad I was able to hoist myself back up on the wagon.  I intend to stay there, too, as long as my daughter will keep from making her blueberry danishes!

Weekly Weigh In

This weekend was a little rocky for staying on my food plan beginning with Friday morning's uncooperative scale.  The silly thing kept showing me different weights every time I stood on it.  Out of the 4 pound range it was giving me I finally chose the lower one which was still one pound up from the previous day.  I attribute that gain to not feeling like eating a salad the day before and possibly those fake crab legs that have 15 carbs in a serving.  Carbs, in a protein!!  

This was also a Friday that my husband has off from work.  We went driving around looking at houses and ended up eating out for lunch.  I didn't do too bad.  We went to Senior Salsa. I ate some chips with the salsa and a half of a tamale with a half of a taco salad. And. Then. We ate out for dinner.  Man I love me some Mexican food!  Dinner was at El Tequila.  I was not as on plan for dinner.  I not only ate more chips and salsa but I ate beef, rice, beans, and cheese!!  

I tried Saturday to hop back on the wagon but slipped a little again.  While taking my daughter out to find shoes for prom we ate out at Chick-Fil-A.  I did really well there.  I had the 8 piece grilled chicken nuggets and a side salad with light Italian dressing.  So far so good!  Then came dinner.  My husband, daughter and I ate out again.  This time at Logan's Roadhouse.  We had an appetizer.  My fault.  I suggested it.  Fried pickles, mmmmm.  And a bite of a buttered roll.  And some peanuts.  The chicken breast and grilled mushrooms were both tasty and on plan but the rice, not so much.  I only ate about 1/2 cup, so not too bad, and the Caesar salad was questionable on dressing calories.  

My exercise this last week was also spotty.  I only walked twice for a total of probably 1/4 of a mile.  However, I did play tennis with Tim!  I had this as my goal for last month.  He bought those rackets and tennis balls at least 2 years ago!   My back screamed at me the next day from picking up missed balls, but it was fun when we did knock the ball over the net.  

My weigh in at TOPS showed me a weight loss of one pound.  All in all I am happy with my progress in spite of my food plan discrepencies.  It's a new week.  Time to buckle down and stay on plan!  

Weekly Weigh In

I finally buckled down with my diet last week.  The day after Easter!  What a better day to start fresh, right? So, of course I had to try and eat all of my Easter candy and favorite brunch leftovers before bed.  Not a good idea!  
It was tough that first week.  It always is, but I pushed on through.  I was happily successful at sticking to my food plan at lunch on Friday when I went to lunch with my mom and daughter.  I so wanted some of Cracker Barrel's Dumplings.  Oh well, someday, but not today!  
I was rewarded for my hard work when I weighed in at my TOPS meeting Monday with a 7.4 weight loss!  Yay!  Plus, I'm back down to my previous weight loss number so my losses will now start counting again towards being the biggest loser of the week.  
I managed to get my measurements down this Monday night.  I can't wait to see my numbers drop next month!  I can feel the difference in my clothes already!

Weight Loss:  7.4 pounds
Exercise:  None