Spring Break...Glad it is Over

Well I had my weigh in today. Not too hot. I gained 1.8 pounds. I really wasn't shocked knowing that at the beginning of the week I did not do too hot. However, I am shock that it was that much of a gain. I was doing a lot of walking and I did kickboxing from Fit TV twice.

Now that the scale day is over, I can go an concentrate on my week. My goal is to stay firm on my points. I know that won't be too hard going back to work. I am not sure why but it will be. I guess I was out of my routine. I think that is something I am unable to adjust to. I guess I need to figure out a way to deal with adjustments when the summer comes.

One positive thing is I have changed my vitamins. I have moved from the regular ones to gummie ones. I feel like a wimp, but I need to get some form of vitamin in my diet. That is one of the thing WW has on their daily intake tracker.

The second positive thing is I have done two recipes from WW. I loved the strawberry swirl, and loved the garlic lemon scallops. They were great. I am so glad Meredith posted that. I am not sure I would of found that or cook scallops.

My goals this week will be to take a vitamin, and double up on water. I think TOM is coming for a visit and that makes me panic. Another thing I need to work on is getting enough sleep. I am going to try to get to bed no later than 10:30. I will have to see how that works. Wish me luck.

I know I will have a terrific week and hope all my WW friends do too.

New Recipe

I love that with WW, I am able to find new recipes to try out. I have tried a new tilipia recipe and it was great. Even Scott my husband enjoyed it. It is the following.

Servings: 6 servings • Total Time: 15 minutes • Points: 5 ww points

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6 -6 oz tilapia filets
* 4 cloves garlic, crushed
* 2 tbsp butter
* 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
* 4 tsp fresh parsley
* salt and pepper
* cooking spray

Preheat oven to 400°.

Melt butter on a low flame in a small sauce pan. Add garlic and saute on low for about 1 minute. Add the lemon juice and shut off flame.

Spray the bottom of a baking dish lightly with cooking spray.

Place the fish on top and season with salt and pepper. Pour the lemon butter mixture on the fish and top with fresh parsley.

Bake at 400° until cooked, about 15 minutes.



6 oz tilapia = 4 pts
1 tsp butter = 1 pt

I got this recipe from Ginny's Skinny Blog. I would highly recommend this blog. She has awesome recipes. I hope to share more recipes and stories about weight loss.

Frustrated

I am not sure why I am frustrated. I didn't gain any weight. I am right under 12 pounds. I really thought I would of loss something, but oh well. No gain is better than a gain.

My frustration is on what I am eating that is causing me to be no loss. I know that this past week I did use more Smart One lunches and breakfasts. I guess I will cut that out some. I hope that is the problem. I love cooking but last week was extremely hard.

I have been working out a little more than usual. I did get up Thursday and Friday morning. I did 15 minute workout. I am trying to do the Rise and Shine Challenge on the WW site. I rested on Sat and probably tomorrow. I will go back to the challenge on Monday. I imagine you are suppose to be doing the challenge everyday.

I think my goal next week is to only have one diet soda. Friday I broke down and had 3. I will also work on eating more power foods. I am not sure what the power foods are but will try anything to change my eating habits.

Weigh in Missed

Well I was unable to go to weigh in on Saturday. Scott worked so I did not have anyone to watch my little darling. However I did weigh myself on the scale and it was a 2 pound loss. I am excited to see what the scale will say on Saturday. I hated missing, but I just couldn't get Donovan up that early to go to a weigh in.

I received my vegetables from Riverbottom Farms. They were actually great. Donovan is loving the grapes. I made salsa but realize what was missing. Cilantro. I will be ordering from them again. It will be next week.

I have been doing more activity than I have ever. Today we took Donovan to the park. We walked the track. Of course Donovan and I raced one another. Too bad my shorts were falling off my tush.

I wish the other ladies would keep a blog. I think it would help for them to journal what is going on with them. I think this has helped me out a lot. I am glad to have an outlet about eating. The blog is great. I wish I could do more daily blogging but right now it will have to be just once a week.

Monday before TOM

Why is TOM going to be my downfall this week? I know it is coming around the corner, but why does it have to effect my weight so much. I guess I will take the advice of some of the other WW members of the WW site. Double up on my water, watch my sodium intake. I hope that works. I will be really upset if I don't have a tenth of a pound weight loss.

I am wishing I were able to loss more than a pound or two, but I will take whatever I can get. I find it hard at times to lose weight. My husband seems to notice, but I really don't notice. It seems to be the same bulge at my stomach that I see.

I love my support system of friends who are going through the same thing I am. It makes it easier to do WW with people who are really in it to lose and not doing it for a time and then going away. I love the support and wouldn't change it for the world.

This week will be tough with TOM, but I think I will kick TOM to the curb and find that happy medium.

WW Weigh in

Well my weigh in was great. I loss zero and I gained zero. So I feel blessed that it was zero. I am happy that I have loss 10.4 and if I loss more great, if not then I will continue on this journey and find out what what I need to do just to stay healthy.

On this journey I have learned about my eating habits. They really weren't bad, it was just the way I did it. I might miss a meal and over indulge in one meal. I think that is very easy when you are super duper hungry. Also I can still have some of the foods I love but in moderation. The key there is moderation. One way I have been staying on track is drinking water. I can't remember the last time I drank this much water. I have cut down to one diet soda a day.

I can honestly say I am learning a lot of new things for the weekly meetings and the websites. I love the tips that are posted and love sharing them with my friends.

This week I expect to see inches go away. Now I know that won't show up on the scale, but the scale isn't where I am going to get my happiness from. It is the choices I make.

Saturday Weigh in

Well I should be happy, but am not. I went to my weigh in. I did lose weight, but I was hoping to break the 10 pound mark. Close but no cigar. I lost 1.2 lbs, and down to 155.4. I did reach the 5% of my weight goal. So I guess I should be celebrating.

I guess I am upset because I stayed away from the chocolate. Thanks to Anna. I found the Reese's cups on my shelf. Oh my word. The kids were driving me crazy at school and it was just so tempting. So Anna came by to do an intervention for me. I was so close to having the chocolate and peanut butter. Oh my word. I just can't describe how I wanted that peanut butter.

I did try a new recipe this week. A great one. It was Egg Drop Soup.

4 cups of reduced sodium chicken broth
3 tbsp. cornstarch
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 tsp. rice wine vinegar
1 1/3 c thawed frozen peas

1. Bring broth to a boil in a large saucepan over medium heat.
Whisk cornstarch and 1/4 cup cold water in a small cup until smooth;
whisk cornstarch mixture into brothe . Simmer until soup thickens
slightly, about 2 minutes .Reduce heat untile broth barely simmers. Slowly
drizzle eggs into soup while stirring quickly in circular motion. Cook for 1 minut and remove from heat. Stir in vinegar.

2. Meanwhile, heat peas according to package direction and divide evenly into 4
bowls. Ladle soup over peas.

This is 3 points plus per serving. You can add for garnish chopped fresh cilantro, and drizzle a little low sodium soy sauce.

I definitely recommend this soup. I am so glad I found it through a friends weight watchers cookbook.