If you read my last post you will understand what I'm about to say.  I weighed in at my WW meeting yesterday and had a "bad loss"......only down 0.2#'s!  I kind of liked the way the #'s! looked after the 0.2....it was kind of like swearing without meaning to.  Freudian slip I suppose.  Anyway I suppose to my DH it would have been a "bad loss", that is until I teach him otherwise.  He didn't ask so I didn't offer what happened at WW yesterday.  Good thing; maybe this his way of not deflating me.....you know the age old addage, "If you can't say something nice, say nothing".  He might be learning.

I wasn't happy with my weight loss but it was a loss none the less and I'll take it graciously.  The meeting got me thinking about a few things though and I have an entirely new outlook for this coming week.  Our leader asked us to pick another goal of creating a new habit.  My first one was to walk 5 times a week.  As I looked over my MapMyWalk calendar and journal I noticed that each week I walked a little less than the previous week.  Hmmmm maybe that's a clue to why my weight loss was declining.  It's not rocket science after all and I got it!  So for my new habit I have chosen to stop procrastinating about going for a walk.  I will practice going out for a walk the second I think of an excuse why I can't, don't want to or any other excuse that comes to mind.

So I made myself a reminder that I can't miss.  It's on my desk right next to my computer.  So far it's been working.......so well in fact, I have a strong urge to get off the computer and go for a walk right now.  Well, I'll wait until after lunch.  Is that an excuse?  Oh oh!  No I think missing a meal for a walk wouldn't be a good plan but I promise, right after lunch, I'm hitting the trail!

Closet Blogger

I just finished reading the blog "Let Them Eat Lettuce" and a question was put out about how our husbands or signifigant other related to us blogging away the pounds.  I was glad to see that other women's spouses had the same feelings as mine so now I know I'm not alone with a guy that just doesn't get it.  Other than the computer time I put in, my husband is great with the different type of meals I've been preparing, saying he actually like it better this way.  He even will go to the supermarked and buy his own "goodies" and eat them out of my sight.  That is a biggy as far as I'm concerned. 

Now I have a thought to put out there.  My husband is always very excited for me if I have a "good loss" but is kind of indifferent if I have a "bad loss".  Sounds silly huh?  Well it is, but it  bothers me a lot.  Everyone knows what a "good loss" is but what the heck is a "bad loss"?  In his estimation and considering all I did during the week, each week should be a loss of at least 2 pounds.  When I have a "bad loss" I'd have lost 1 pound or less.  In my own mind I know that any loss is a "good loss" but his attitude makes me feel like I didn't do well enough when the numbers are under the one pound mark. 

He's the kind of guy that is perpetually slim.   Yeah, you hate him already; I hear ya!  LOL He's also the kind of guy that when he weighs himself after a holiday and has gained a lot of weight.....read that as 3 or 4 pounds....he freaks out as if it were the end of the world.  How do you suppose THAT makes me feel?  Now he begins weighing day and night ....."only down .7 pounds"......"what the heck is wrong?"  " I've gained 2 pounds!"   "Don't you know you weigh more at night than in the morning?", I ask.  "Why can't I lose weight?"  " Better get upstairs and start working out double time.....I'm fat.....look at this" (see pinched skin the thickness I'd kill for) "Don't buy anymore "goodies""........I'm about to kill him if he doesn't shut up about HIS weight problem.  I've told him how this makes me feel, but it's there, in the background now waiting for me to have a "bad loss". 

Don't get me wrong.......my husband is great about our meals, sometimes having to make his own lunch when I'm budgeting points for dinner out that night.  He's even gone in the "closet" so to speak with his ice cream or chips for me so I really don't have a lot to complain about.  Now if I can get him to understand that there is no such thing as a "bad loss"...............

The End of Week 1

What a journey this week has been. I've learned so much between my online WW program and my WW meetings. Never before could I manage to have several glasses of wine during the week and still lose weight. I finally figured out how to do it. First and most important, I learned that the wine must be planned AND recorded in advance. Second, and equally important for me, is to make sure I have some point friendly sweet treats for the sugar craving wine seems to leave me with. Finally, I must go out walking at least 30 minutes every day to get away with it. Easy peezie, now I have figured out the wine to sugar craving equasion. I never over indulge; 1-2 glasses of wine 2-3 times a week is my norm and now that I know I can do that AND still lose weight, I'm a happy camper.

BTW I lost 5 pounds this week! I used about 6 of my WP due to the cookie fiasco I reported earlier and none of my AP. It wasn't difficult, stressful or unpleasant.............as long as I remember to record my points BEFORE I eat them I feel confident I'll finally reach my goal.

The Revelation

The sun is shining and the birds are nesting.....what more could I ask for? Well 35 lbs. less of me I suppose but I have a strong feeling THIS time I'll reach my goal. Now for last night. After 2 glasses of wine which were planned in advance and recorded, the cookies in the pantry started acting up. Fortunately they are Peak Freans LifeStyle cranberry citrus oat crunch 1 point cookies....how bad is that you might wonder? By the time I was through 12 cookies had somehow found their way into my stomach! I think there might be a lesson here I thought. DAH!

Actually there is a lesson for me at least. If I drink wine I always crave sweets afterwards. So what to do? Hummm????? I suppose I could have some frozen grapes or a 1 point Dairy Queen fudge bar on hand to safely take care of the after wine sweet attack. Cookies on the other hand, must not be in residence if I want to enjoy a glass or two of wine from time to time. It comes right down to this, either cookies or wine? No contest.......I'll have the wine!

Another Great Walk......And a Revelation.

I've Joined WW meetings plus WW online!

It just had to happen one of these days. I finally got tired of gaining weight and growing out of my clothes so a month ago while we were still down south, I joined WW online which helped me halt the upward trend. Once home and immediately after Easter, I went to my local WW meeting and rejoined. Did I forget to tell you I became a Lifetime member back in 1992? Anyway, I'm motivated and back out walking, tracking everything I eat and feel relieved that I've finally set a goal and am working toward it.

In the map below, if you click on Full View, you will see camera icons along the way; click on them to see what I saw at that point in my walk. Isn't technology amazing! This marvelous little iPhone app cost me $1.99. Where else can you get GPS for the price of a couple of extra large apples?

I mapped this walk with my new iPhone app "MapMyWalk"