Halloween happened

Last week's goals were:

To write it all down.

I did okay for 3 days. Then Halloween happened. I can't blame it all on the candy though. The husband and I had a salesman come over on Saturday to talk to us about buying new windows. He arrived by 10:30 and did not leave until around 3:00. I had nothing to eat the entire day. After he left I had to rush to the store to buy Halloween candy. I had planned to just buy the usual one bag but after speaking to my neighbor and finding out that last year brought 60 kids to their door, I changed my mind. After spending more on candy than I did on my phone bill, I headed home. Since I had not eaten, I of course did not feel like cooking anything and the husband (with help from his friend) decided on pizza and wings. So not the best choice but at least I did not like what they ordered and so I did not eat that much.

My next goal was WATER.

I took a large mug to work with me and did pretty well at refilling it thru out the day. But once the week was over and with Halloween being on Saturday, the water intake seemed to be over as well. I did not do very well liquid wise over the remaining weekend either.

My last goal was to Follow the Guidelines.

I was pretty awesome at reaching this goal. Well except for the oil and only during the 3 days where I wrote everything down. It felt good to cross off the little boxes.

When I weighed in on Monday, I did okay. I lost a little bit. Very little, but at least it was something.

This new week is not going so well for me. It is HIM (Health Information Management) week. So far this week we have had sandwiches with dessert goodies & 2 cakes. With Halloween being over, there has also been tons of leftover candy. Friday (tomorrow) we are having wings. Not very good choices at all this week. In fact I have just one goal for this week. To write it all down (and stay on program) for just ONE day.

This week will be better

I have gotten lazy. I have stopped weighing, measuring and tracking.

After the craziness of last week, that included a trip to the ER and a special houseguest, I am ready to get back on track. I am not one that expects to lose a certain amount of weight each week. Gains really don't bother me. It is the overall picture and total that I am after. I am trying to accomplish my main goal of being (and eating) healthier. Well as healthy as I can be while still eating processed foods and other goodies. I find it harder to eat healthier since I have been married. When I was single it was a lot easier.

My goals this week are to write it all down, drink lots and lots of water, and follow the guidelines (including eating my oil). So far everything is going okay this week. There are a few obstacles that I need to get past though. On Friday there is a work potluck and then of course there is Halloween.

Halloween is what got me in trouble last  year. I have always purchased candy that only the husband likes. That way I won't be tempted to eat any of it and if no kids come he can eat it all himself. Last year I handed the job of candy buying over to the husband. Big. Mistake. I have NEVER seen so much candy. He has since been fired from any future Halloween candy buying. Especially since we had all that candy and only one trick-or-treater. This year will be tough though. We don't know how much candy to buy. We are living in a new place and I don't know if the neighborhood is big on trick-or-treating. I do know they like Halloween as there are many decorated houses. But I don't know if we will see any little ones this weekend.

It's been a couple of years...

It has been awhile. So here is a quick catch-up.

The last time we saw our hero, she had just lost her job. The time of jobless-ness lasted a full year, during which she went to school and moved from her sucky apartment to the best townhome ever.

2008 found our hero starting a new job doing something she had never done before and where she had to train herself. Stress was an understatement as she worked on reducing the 4-year backlog and had no one she could ask for help. The Halloween candy of 2008 was only a start to additional padding that would expand her rear.

Another year passed, which brings us to the season of 2009. Our hero is still learning on the job and although she vowed never ever ever to do it again, she moved. Only this time she bought a house. During this time she also decided that something really needed to be done about her health and body. It has now been 8-months and 32.8 pounds have disappeared.

But now our hero finds herself in need of motivation to keep going. This past week she realized that she really needed to do something to get herself back on track. So she searched online and found this, this & this...Such wonderful online motivation to help her with her quest.

So far this past week had been good for our hero. Already half-way thru her week and each day of food had been journaled and counted. She had high hopes of making it thru the weekend.

Then came the pizza. How would she count the pizza. Could we please just ignore the pizza.

Please join us next time when our hero asks......What pizza?

Long time, no post

Wow! It sure has been awhile.

A lot has happened since this year started.

I am no longer employed so I no longer have the option to attend the At Work meetings. I cannot attend regular meetings either for that matter. However….I have been doing Weight Watchers since I was twelve so I really should know what I need to do to lose weight. I have finally figured out that I am just plain lazy!

When I worked I always told myself I did not have the time, and honestly, I did not have the time. But now that I have been home. I have not even tried to exercise. I have WRITTEN it down on my to-do list – but I have not done it yet. :(

The one good thing about not working is that I am eating a lot less fast-food. I have been eating at home now, but DH does not like low-fat food so I have to figure out a way to get low-fat meals on the table without him knowing.

Does anyone have any ideas on some good low-calorie dinner ideas? Something that my DH would not know was low-calorie?