San Diego Photographer / Pasheoni Photography & Design / Sheryl Paulino

Coming soon, I promise! Now that I’m ready to post the photo, my phone dies. AND NO, I’m not procrastinating my post…well maybe…

I BLAME THE SAN DIEGO FAIR FOOD FROM SUNDAY!!!! 

Ok, Weigh In WEDNESDAY!! LOL. This past week has been  INSANE. I can’t believe it has come and gone this quick. With this weigh in, I already had low expectations. I knew from when we planned our Father’s Day event, I was doomed! From San Diego Fair, to Thai food, to Steaks…there was NO WAY I was going to maintain my points. I think walking down the main strip of the SD Fair had already counted as 20 points! LOL

Nonetheless, I owe it to all of you, my faithful blog readers (YES Kellie, that includes you too hehe), that I post my current stats and what I’ve done to achieve (or not achieve).

drum roll please…..

WOW! I lost weight! Maybe I should go to the fair more often and eat more of their good! LOL. Even though I lost something, I know I could have done better. I didn’t incorporate any exercise like I said I would; the Wii Fit is still collecting dust! I haven’t brought any walking shoes to work (as planned), nor have I even done a single ab workout. How I expect to burn off my bellay fat, beats me! I’m getting lazy, I’ll have to admit. I stopped eating my morning oatmeal; it’s starting to taste that familiar ‘yuck’ when made with WATER! I am eating my bagel thins with WW cream cheese which adds up to only 2 points. It just doesn’t keep me as full as oatmeal does.

I’m tempted to buy this book I found on Amazon. By the time I get home and the kids situated, I literally only have 20mins til we have to start our night time routine of bathing, reading books and bed time. If anyone has this book, let me know how it’s working for you!

With it being Weigh In Wednesdays, I have a little Partner In Crime that’s keeping me motivated and on track as she weighs herself in. Good night everyone xoxo

Ok, so I didn’t do as good as I wanted. I would like to ‘blame’ the Chinese food we ate for dinner the night prior to my weigh in….LOL! Overall, I know I didn’t try as hard. I was hoping for a miracle that I’d continue to to drop at the rate I initially started, BUT NOPE!

I still eat my daily oatmeal for breakfast and now I’m expanding my options to 100calorie bagel thins with Weight Watcher 1point calorie cream cheese (yum! I could eat the cream cheese alone!). As for lunch, I still stick to what’s in the EDR, but lately I’ve scooped some high point valued food. What makes it worse is that my coworkers are out to SABOTAGE ME! They love to bring in cookies from a meeting, or pastries from home…oh I can’t say no to cookies! For dinner, I have my ups and downs. I try my best and some days I do great BUT when we have family over, it’s over!

My goal this week is to kick it up a notch. I’m going to start a light work out and be more discipline. I know I’m ok at the weight I am now, but I just want to decrease my body fat percentage. I need to gain muscle and have it work for me. So I’m going to undust my Wii Fit and work on my core muscles (again). Let’s hope this change does me good!

What a great start! I can say I’m a tad surprised, but I also know that the first 5lbs bla bla bla… LOL. I can honestly say that the first week was pretty hard. I miss eating freely, I miss my 3pm sweet snack, and most of all, I miss food coma, ha!

Breakfast:
This past week I ate oatmeal (Quaker Instant Maple and Brown Sugar – 3points). You have to be proud of me because I COOKED IT WITH WATER! If you ask my husband, he knows that it’s an ‘on-going’ war of which way to cook oatmeal is better. He likes water, I like milk! I can’t say I like it better, but it is less points, and now my palate has tolerated it to where I don’t gag anymore!

Lunch:
At our Employee Dining Room, I’ve limited myself to eat the chicken or the fish, and a side of salad, if you want to call it a salad (iceberg lettuce, red onions, squeezed with lemon and some pepper).

Snack:
I have a stash of WW 1pt chocolate cakes b/c you know a girl needs her chocolate! I also have 100 calorie pack almonds (2pts), and fiber one bars (2pts). IF I want a ‘good’ dinner, I skip the 1-2point snacks and go to the EDR to grab some cucumbers and squeeze a lemon on it. This way, it gives me the crunch I’m looking for and it’s fresh and light (AND zero points!).

Dinner:
Now that all depends how well I do for lunch and my snack. I typically have rice, a chicken item and some vegetables. If I do bad, I have a stash of Smart Ones (weight watcher frozen dinners).

I have not yet incorporated exercise in my plan. I know I should, it will let me EAT MORE! I think once I get to 120, I can start lifting light weights to gain some muscle. I didn’t want to disappoint myself that my weight wouldn’t change once I start working out, since muscle weighs more than fat. So once I start shedding the weight, I’ll start toning up.

I also have to confess that I just ended my monthly cycle, so I am not as bloated as I was in my last weigh it. In the past, I’ve found that this is usually my biggest drop (week after the cycle). I find it motivitating. After 3 weeks of slow shedding, a 2lb-er comes through and remotivates me! Whatever works, right?

Thank you for everyone that had commented on my last post! If you’re looking for motivation, JOIN ME! Update with me and most of all HAVE FUN losing weight with me! I’ll link everyone that posts on their blog so we can have a central location to find all the links (and you can do the same, it’s great for SEO!).

XOXO

So I’m tired of looking at myself in the mirror and being disappointed. I look at my closet and yearn to wear clothes that have been hung for almost 2 years. I’ve told myself over and over again that SUMMER is when that will happen…and well folks, it’s just about summer and it’s NOT happening. I kept telling myself to start After New Years, then it became after Valentines, but now it’s Dad’s birthday, then after Easter, well then it’s Mom’s birthday….see a pattern? So I come on here today to do something about it. I KNOW many of you might say that I’m fine just the way I am and I am skinny enough, but my clothes are telling me otherwise! LOL.

After having my BEAUTIFUL baby girl, I’m stuck with 15lbs that JUST WONT GO AWAY! On top of having a 9-5 job that has FREE lunch…well, how can one not indulge? I know 15 isn’t much, but gosh dangit, it’s enough to make me sad. I figure by losing the weight, exercising and getting fit, I wont feel as tired and have more energy to keep up with my kiddos.

If you’re just like me, self motivation just doesn’t cut it. So I’m coming here today to COMPLETELY and UTTERLY embarrass myself. Below is a photo of me with my current weight. I hope that with the help from my readers (and knowing I’m ON THE WEB for all to see), that I have to show something for it. So from now until I lose my 15lbs, I will check in every Wednesday with a Weigh In Wednesday post. I’ll log what I ate, how much exercise (eeks if any, ha), and my current weight. I WONT, however, keep posting photos of myself for your sanity and mine! ha! I plan to tackle this project the same way I did prior to my baby girl, through the powers of Weight Watchers. Back in 2008 I successfully lost 20lbs in 5 months. This time, I’m hoping it won’t take as long, but I will take what I can get.

Here’s to getting healthy.