My Journey to Weight Loss Success

It would be nice to get a bit more consistent.  I ended up waking up way too early, getting up twice and eating and trying to go back to sleep.  I had a handful of Wheat Thins (not good for WW), a piece of bread with about 1 TBS peanut butter, and a Nutri-Grain Bar.  I went back to sleep, slept a few more hours. I was up very late, then had pancakes for breakfast.  I think all of that was 900 calories.  I didn't eat anything else until dinner.  I decided to be good and had a grilled chicken salad with light Italian dressing.  It also had a boiled egg and some avocado along with a bunch of veggies, greens and the chicken.  Later, I had another piece of bread with peanut butter.  I'm going to bed soon and will have some kind of snack before I go to bed.  I think I'm still well under my calories burned, which FitBit shows to be about 2400-2500.   I obviously need a better mind set in the mornings!  Before I put one bite in my...

  Well, I've been struggling along here lately, but still at it! I did make it to Weight Watchers, expecting a gain.  I had a nice little surprise.  I was down 0.8 pounds, though that's not that great since it's my loss for the last three weeks.  But I'll take it.  I was much better on track.  I ate lower point foods through the afternoon and dinner:  a banana, deli turkey and mustard on bread, chicken breast, roasted veggies, and mashed potatoes.  Potatoes are my free carb right now.  Later, I had plenty of points for a peanut butter sandwich.  I did eat a few crackers before I crawled into bed. I've been going to bed with 2/3 my dose of Unisom, and I fell asleep quickly.  Yay for that!   I learned something about my FitBit today.  After WW, I went by the grocery store and bought groceries.  It's a big store, and I walked all over it.  WW was over a little after 12:30 and I didn't get home until 2:00....

  I was much less emotional today.  It was just a day I dreaded somewhat, but as I expected, it was no big deal. I had a salad with lettuce, grilled chicken, sour cream, guacamole, small amount of grated cheese, and salsa for lunch, with a small tortilla with honey for dessert.  During the late afternoon I had a peanut butter sandwich.  I had two scrambled eggs with a bit of grated cheese and two slices of wheat toast with Brummel & Brown for dinner.  I'll have some type of snack right before I climb in bed. I only walked about 3900 steps; it was good I had 10,000 yesterday.  I did do a little bit of toning:  a spine exercise which is done by squeezing your shoulder blades as though you are trying to squeeze a ball between them.  I also did 20 leaning pushups.  The spine exercise was prescribed by my chiropractor to help strengthen the tiny muscles that support the spine as a preventative to back problems.  I've been better as doing ...

This was another emotional day.  I think maybe one reason is that tomorrow is sort of an historical day for me (which I won't go into); and that has probably been weighing on my mind this week. I also realized today that one thing that sends me into an emotional whirlwind is when I feel like giving up on myself.  That makes me want to start into a tailspin, which compounds the problem.  I'm getting better on being easier on myself, being good to myself, and this is another realization that will help me.  I'm learning more and more that when these times happen, I need to calm myself, spend time praying, letting God love me, and encourage myself.  If I don't, I'm actually tearing down what God is trying to do in my life. My eating wasn't good today.  My husband picked food up twice and I didn't resist.  I had a piece of bread early with peanut butter on it; then later, a bowl of cheerios.   Jake brought me a burrito, most with taco meat, cheese...

Today was a very emotional day.  I attended a brunch with some of my closest friends, but I wasn't in the best state during the meal.  It was just one of those days. Thankfully, I didn't binge because of it.  I spent a lot of time processing what I was feeling and praying about it.   I was tired again today, but I could tell it was not from a lack of calories; I had plenty at the brunch.  I think I just need more hours of sleep.  I did get in 7710 steps today.   I was up a little bit more on the scales today--hopefully, just water.  I would like to drop a couple more pounds, just need to be patient.  Today definitely was a higher calorie day. My food today:  small piece of quiche, fruit, salad with Olive Garden's dressing, a small brownie, small serving of peppermint ice cream; later a peanut sandwich, small bowl of tomato basil soup, a few Wheat Thins, a few Chewy Sprees, and a corndog.  

Almost two months back at weight loss.  Last night (this morning), I couldn't go to sleep.  I had a peanut butter sandwich before I went to bed and then had a bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios about 3:00 in the morning.  That was using some daily points, but I wasn't too bad on the calorie count.  I was up a few ounces on the scale, I'm sure from eating in the wee hours. Today, sometime after noon, I had a banana, a small Granny Smith apple, deli turkey and mustard on Nature's Own Honey Wheat bread, a bowl of oatmeal, a one fun-size Hershey bar.  I was very tired today, and I kept eating a bit more to see if I would get more energetic.  It didn't help. I took an hour nap, then I had bacon (2 1/2 slices) and two medium-sized pancakes with Log Cabin syrup for dinner.  I think that adds up to somewhere around 1000 to 1100 calories.  I will have a bedtime snack in a few minutes.  I think I am within my points total at the moment.   I walked 54...

It's a year later, and here I am again.  I actually never quit WW, but got distracted along the way again.  It's interested that I started Al-Anon again, which you would think would assist in staying on a weight loss program, but somehow it didn't.  I don't know if I can even remember what happened.  One day goes wrong, then another. . . . By the way, I'm calling this Day 58 since it is day 58 of my attending WW again.   But everything I've written in here is true, I think.  I have to reach that point where weight loss is something I must continue, no excuses.  Sure, we will have periods of detours, but hopefully, those will become much shorter. I started going to meetings again maybe six weeks ago after having regained all but two pounds of my weight loss.  I was happy with myself that I did not cancel my membership; I always the intention of going back.  Covid was not helpful.  And I am proud that I went almost a month on WW with ...