starting over

The last couple of weeks have been rough. I haven't done very well. And I have no one to blame but myself. So today I started over. I really want/need this to work. So here I go again...

At the store today I was looking for Weight Watchers Smart Ones meals. I thought if I had a few of those on hand for lunches that would be nice. I found an awesome one! It is in a steam bag and it is chicken and broccoli alfredo. You can also cook it stove top which is what I did since I don't like broccoli. This way I could pick out the frozen broccoli before all the flavor ruined mixed in with the rest of it. It was really delicious and I am so glad it was only one serving because I would have gone back for more!!

So hopefully, prayerfully, this week will go better and I can get moving on this again! I am going to start throwing in some exercise too since it is cooling off now. Oh! I finally measured myself too! :) I found some measurements that I had written down maybe last year and used those as my starting point and then measured now and I have lost several inches. I can even tell in my clothes! Which is both good and bad. I don't have the money to buy new clothes each step of the way. I do have some smaller sizes packed away. But I will have to wear the bigger things til I absolutely can't, then buy some more that are hopefully a couple of sizes smaller!!

Thank you all for the kinds words you have given to me, both on here and in person. I really appreciate the support, encouragement, and prayers!!

week 5

Well I knew this was coming. And I am completely OK with it!  I had no change this week. I had a rough couple of weeks and am ok that this was the outcome. So hopefully this next week will be better. I am trying really hard. I struggle so much in the evenings after the kids have gone to bed. I just want to munch. I realized last night that the first couple of weeks I had lots of fruit and since it is 0 points I was able to munch on that at night. But the last couple of weeks we didn't have any extra money, so no fruit and it has been a struggle! So hopefully I can get some fruit soon. Apples will be good now and they last forever so I will stock up on those. Maybe I can get to the farmers market and get tons of them at a better price too. So praying this week goes well and that there will once again be a loss!!

Week 4

Last week was week 4. It was awful:( I prepared myself for the worst (a gain) and prayed I would just stay the same. It was a hard week. I was feeling down and I am an emotional eater, so I really struggled. But when I weighed in, I had lost another 2 pounds!! I could not believe my eyes!! Praise God! So that takes me down to a loss of 10.5 pounds in 4 weeks!! I weigh in again tomorrow already. It has been a little better than last week, but still a little harder than in the beginning. Not sure why the first 3 weeks were such a breeze? Maybe it was some sort of rush at starting something new and succeeding and then the rush kind of wore off? Not sure. But I keep trying. Everyday I start over. Keep me in your prayers as I continue on!

week 3

Another week gone, another 1.5 pounds gone! Woo-hoo!! I was worried cause I weighed myself Friday and I had gained, which was totally annoying because I have totally been staying on points!! But then I weighed Saturday (the day I weigh in) and it was down again. Just normal fluctuations I guess.  So that is a total of 8.5 pounds lost in 3 weeks!!! And no I haven't taken my measurements yet Karen:) I don't have a tape measure, but my mom does and I am going to her house this Friday, so I will try to do it then!!

week 2

Week 2 is done and I lost another 1.5 pounds!! So excited to be doing well and to be seeing the scale moving. I plan to start exercising when it gets a little cooler. We don't have AC and it is ridiculous to just walk in the house let alone  exercise. Plus I would like to lose some more to make it a littler easier to get moving too. Still haven't taken those measurements. I need to get a tape measure and do it!!

bye bye 5!

I lost 5 pounds this week!! It is so nice at the beginning of a program to see the weight come off so quickly. I am quite proud of myself and I am starting to think I can actually do this!! I need to do one thing I dread though, I need to take measurements. I don't want to know those numbers now, but I would like to know how far I have come at the end, or even in the middle!! I probably won't share those numbers, as I am sure you will understand, but bug me til I post that I did it for myself:)!!

week 1

Well, I think my first week was a great success!! I am still at my mom's so I am waiting to go home to do my official weigh in, since I did my initial one at home. But some pounds have definitely come off and I am feeling great and still feeling encouraged and like maybe this is it! Maybe,  just maybe, this is the time that it really works! I haven't started exercising yet. A friend of mine told me that her weight watchers instructor at one point told her to get some of the weight off first so that you have more energy to exercise. So I am going to try and get some weight off first and see how it goes! So thanks again for the prayers and support and keep them coming!!