tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21934485887619034992024-02-21T03:26:39.148-07:00another mama on weight watchersI lost over 35 pounds with Weight Watchers. Now I learn to live like the skinny girl I have become.noellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13587354790255284059noreply@blogger.comBlogger231125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193448588761903499.post-63342118729446428962013-07-18T17:13:00.002-06:002013-07-18T17:13:56.582-06:00weigh in frustration
Today I was only down .2. I was really frustrated by that. I have felt like I was on plan all week. I got more exercise than I had any other week. And I haven't used all my WPA yet.
I think that may be the problem. Maybe I just haven't eaten enough this past week? Or maybe this is what I have to look forward to?
A loss is a loss is a loss. I would likenoellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13587354790255284059noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193448588761903499.post-5080353855504062332013-07-16T21:17:00.002-06:002013-07-16T21:17:43.647-06:00donuts and family favorites
Last night I helped my husband make one of his grandmother's recipes. It was a noodle dough that we made into a dumpling with some cheesy filling. Then there's a sauce that goes over it made from evaporated milk and sour cream.
Oh, my! Rich, rich, rich! I wasn't even sure how to track it so I just estimated. I tried to not eat too much and I had a smaller lunch to noellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13587354790255284059noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193448588761903499.post-15363355365769197682013-07-14T18:35:00.002-06:002013-07-14T18:35:48.718-06:00hungry!
My husband and I planned to go out for pizza on Friday night. I had a plan. I followed my plan. I was proud of myself.
But Saturday I was hungry all day! I couldn't fill myself up. I ate more than I wanted and wasn't happy about it.
I hate it when I am feeling really good and in control of the food I'm eating and then I feel like it gets all out of control. noellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13587354790255284059noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193448588761903499.post-8277860919831941242013-07-11T20:33:00.000-06:002013-07-11T20:33:00.233-06:00surprises!
I woke up early early this morning. There were big trucks moving around just after 6:30 this morning in preparation for working on our sewer line on our street all day. I couldn't get back to sleep and I knew I needed to walk the dog and get a shower before 8 anyway so I just got up.
But I felt gross when I got up. All bloaty and icky. I didn't want to go to a meeting noellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13587354790255284059noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193448588761903499.post-21007224950916317512013-07-10T15:40:00.001-06:002013-07-10T15:40:49.193-06:00ready for a meeting
I'm not really sure why I'm so excited to go to a weekly meeting, but I am. I had been going to a Friday meeting with a leader I didn't know. I didn't want to go to my regular meeting with my "regular" leader. Mostly because I was embarrassed for her to see that yes, I stopped coming and yes, I've gained weight. You know, 'cuz she thinks about me that much.
Anyway.  noellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13587354790255284059noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193448588761903499.post-1826595833654394902013-07-09T19:48:00.000-06:002013-07-09T19:48:31.063-06:00How long has it been?
I really had abandoned this blog long ago. I stopped going to WW meetings and was just maintaing on my own. I started counting calories. I gained some. Lost it again.
Then I went through a divorce and lost some without even trying. It was kind of fun weighing what I did in high school again. But I was worried that I wasn't taking care of myself well. I noellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13587354790255284059noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193448588761903499.post-33446337969826832572009-04-12T18:48:00.002-06:002009-04-12T18:54:06.870-06:00helloooooo???I haven't posted here in so long. I'm trying to figure out eating more traditional foods, and maintaining my weight loss. That part hasn't been much of a problem.My trouble has been with working nights again (4 eight hour nights/week) and not eating junk to compensate for fatigue. I realize now that was part of my survival mode when all my kids were little. When I started with WW I was well noellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13587354790255284059noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193448588761903499.post-10015204656221322402009-01-19T11:36:00.002-07:002009-01-19T11:48:39.710-07:00more updatesI posted on my kitchen blog about why we will continue to eat butter and phase out all artificial sweeteners. You can read that here.Last night I was talking to my mom about the book I am reading and how it contradicts a lot of what WW stresses. I have thought about that a little since then.How did I get overweight to begin with? Let's see....there was pints of ice cream on the couch late at noellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13587354790255284059noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193448588761903499.post-48822466750975986652009-01-17T12:12:00.002-07:002009-01-17T12:23:00.792-07:00the good and the badSo while I figure out what I will be eating and feeding my family, I need to take a step back and remind myself that even thought I went back to WW two weeks ago, I have been happily maintaining my weight for over a year now. Sure I'd like to lose a little more, but that will happen in it's time.I have felt like I need to get moving more. What in the non-WW world we call exercise. I am not a noellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13587354790255284059noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193448588761903499.post-14789891658336118622009-01-16T08:24:00.003-07:002009-01-16T08:28:23.245-07:00Yesterday I alluded to what is going on with me here. I was a little more specific in on this blog.My dear cyber friend left this comment for me yesterday."I haven't read it but it does reflect some of what Michael Pollan wrote about in his book. It did occur to me yesterday after seeing the commercial for the Splenda with added fiber that we are now fortifying our chemicals with other chemicalsnoellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13587354790255284059noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193448588761903499.post-6963209801463511662009-01-15T15:48:00.002-07:002009-01-15T16:08:49.534-07:00ignorance is blissDo you ever feel that way? But what about when you realize that you need to know the rest of the story to become more complete.I think I am about to have a huge shift in all that I think about food. Or maybe give some confirmation to what I already know I believe.Either way, it's freaking me out a little. A lot.noellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13587354790255284059noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193448588761903499.post-2335271251690461052009-01-13T15:34:00.002-07:002009-01-13T15:39:24.379-07:00it's 3:30and I still haven't gotten any activity in. Unless you count grocery shopping with an energetic 3 year old. Or repacking all the Christmas stuff in our house.But I have to take Trey to his guitar lesson soon. His lesson is in a nice neighborhood and lasts for 30 minutes. So I am off to change into my walking pants which also happen to be magic pants. No sweats for me. Nope those skin tight noellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13587354790255284059noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193448588761903499.post-91114787520196367732009-01-12T08:58:00.002-07:002009-01-12T09:09:53.299-07:00magic pantsWe all know what fat pants are, or fat jeans at least. Those are the ones we wear when we feel big and bloated or just blah.Yesterday I wore my magic pants. I was feeling big. Feeling bad about my body. But I had to get dressed for church. And now we're at our new church so there's no more jeans and a sweater for church clothes.So I put on my black pants. For years I wore black pants to noellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13587354790255284059noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193448588761903499.post-61934621239775933992009-01-08T13:54:00.002-07:002009-01-08T14:03:38.704-07:00not sure I like my MomentumI'm not sure how I feel about WW's new Momentum program. I really miss CORE. I miss being able to just eat and not worry about points. But I am noticing that even though I am eating less, I still feel satisfied. Well most of the time, right now I'm still hungry after lunch.But that shows me that maybe I was eating because I could. Like, if fruit is a CORE food, then I can eat it, but what ifnoellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13587354790255284059noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193448588761903499.post-72738524882075042942009-01-07T08:16:00.002-07:002009-01-07T08:23:33.626-07:00one of the reasons I love my daughterThe other day my oldest daughter Aleena (who will be 13 at the end of the month!) saw me writing in my tracker and asked if I had gone back to WW. When I said yes, she said, "Why?" Love that girl!!! I told her I had gained about 5 pounds and she understood that I wanted to lose those 5 pounds again.I thought it was really sweet that she sees me as a healthy weight. We talk a lot about body noellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13587354790255284059noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193448588761903499.post-48094661497585883222009-01-06T14:25:00.002-07:002009-01-06T14:32:41.321-07:00It's Tuesday, right?Having one of those days where I'm not sure what day it is anymore. I woke up with an icky tummy. Thankfully D was home this morning for a while so he could make sure Emma got up on time. This is 2 days in a row of not missing the bus. The girl is on a roll, I tell ya!So after I bragged to you about how I left 1 Reese's cup in the package (which is still in my purse btw!), I have to confess noellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13587354790255284059noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193448588761903499.post-86872159537895720552009-01-05T08:57:00.002-07:002009-01-05T09:28:58.009-07:00quick updateJust wanted to drop by and say that I am dong great with tracking. I don't necessarily enjoy it, but it does keep me accountable. I have used just a few of my WPA's so far and yesterday I had 1 point left at the end of the day. It didn't concern me though because I had done lots of estimating on the salad I had for lunch. I didn't measure my cheese or the crema or the chicken so if I was off noellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13587354790255284059noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193448588761903499.post-20038175966054696102009-01-03T09:26:00.002-07:002009-01-03T09:47:35.228-07:00MomentumI went back to my regular meeting today. That was interesting. It was interesting in that a few of the same friends were there. One woman who started long after me, but got to goal around the same time. Then she just kept losing and losing. She was still talking about that part of her weight loss. She had gained a little last summer, but...I don't need to bore you with the details. She is noellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13587354790255284059noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193448588761903499.post-26622276590538301442009-01-01T10:43:00.003-07:002009-01-01T11:03:44.085-07:00going backI've decided that I'm going back to my WW meeting on Saturday. I want to lose 5 pounds. I've wanted to lose 5 pounds since...ummmm....July, maybe? Obviously I'm not very successful without going to the meetings so I am going back. I honestly don't know if I'll stick with that Saturday meeting. I may be able to sneak in a week day meeting now that Kelli is in preschool 2 days a week. And noellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13587354790255284059noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193448588761903499.post-64103055982868315832008-12-15T08:23:00.002-07:002008-12-15T08:48:33.113-07:00holiday survivalUGH! So I think 4 pies at Thanksgiving was NOT a good idea. There are only 8 people in this house after all. And mama LOVES her desserts.I got on the scale a week after Thanksgiving and saw 169.8. Granted I was fully clothed and it was the end of the day, but still. I don't weigh that. That is WAY out of my comfort range. I decided then and there that I had to go back to what I knew workednoellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13587354790255284059noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193448588761903499.post-23588024233442942332008-11-11T13:51:00.003-07:002008-11-11T14:02:56.653-07:00day 2I survived day one back on plan. I did just fine in fact. It was cold and I even had half a grilled cheese and some tomato soup for lunch. I just made really different choices than I had made the past few weeks.I did dive into the ice cream last night. I put it in a bowl though and didn't just eat out of the carton. Nights really aren't usually a problem for me. I have an audience usually, noellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13587354790255284059noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193448588761903499.post-40650154270627404662008-11-10T07:57:00.002-07:002008-11-10T08:23:49.531-07:00any body seen my wagon?I feel like I am sooooo far off plan these days. I haven't really been following a plan per se for quite a while, but I was eating well none the less. I would gain a pound or two and take it back off. Staying in a range I felt comfortable with. Then Halloween came.I did really well not dipping into the candy before hand. And we decided to let the kids indulge as much as they wanted for the noellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13587354790255284059noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193448588761903499.post-76033095410808108602008-10-31T14:57:00.002-06:002008-10-31T15:00:37.047-06:00Halloween CandyIt's been unbagged and is waiting in the big bowl for trick or treaters. I even got things I like this year. But just now I wanted a snack. I stopped in front of the big bowl. And chose a banana instead. Yay for me.Not like there won't be buckets of candy around for days and days! lolnoellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13587354790255284059noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193448588761903499.post-71325032696051953822008-09-24T13:21:00.002-06:002008-09-24T13:38:58.194-06:00checking inIt's been almost a month since I was here, huh? Wow! How have I been? Well, not really OP, but not really off either.I read an article in Clean Eating magazine about intuitive eating that really resonated with me. The author talked about eating local food, prepared at home and not eating much processed food. The author found that she naturally lost weight this way and never felt noellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13587354790255284059noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193448588761903499.post-57804311686334460242008-08-28T08:49:00.001-06:002008-08-28T08:50:44.721-06:00hiatusI'm not sure what happened yesterday, but I was back to my old ways. TOM is on it's way so maybe that's my excuse?Anyway I am back on track today.Too tired to really blog any more. How sad is that?noellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13587354790255284059noreply@blogger.com5