Putting My Money Where My Mouth Is... Finally!!

Well I finally caved in and  rejoined WW meeting since this whole doing it on my own thing got me nowhere but 296 pounds. That is almost 10 pounds more then what I joined WW last time at which makes me sad because at one point I had lost 90 pounds which means that over the last 2 years I have been packing back on all those pounds and then some... I know I  was blaming it on school and everything else when really it was my own damn fault for not taking 20 minutes of my day to plan on what I was going to eat and to get some damn exercise. Well now that I have gotten back to the meetings I hope that I can  find the same determination I had last time to get this shit done, and once and for all lose at least half of me. I am starting fresh this time, so I will be adding new starting out pics and hopefully soon I will get some new progress pictures. Now that school is done I have an amazing job working for a hospital that I love I'm really hoping that this will be the year when I let my head out rule my mouth and get back to being the healthy and fun loving person I used to be before I decided it was good to just eat away my boredom with life. I forgot to take pictures of my breakfast this morning so I will start with what I have packed to take to my  8 hour day at work... I made an amazing salad with fresh Romaine lettuce, cucumbers, tomato, cut up carrots and a cut up WW string cheese. I  am also bringing a Sweet Potato which I can cook in the convection oven at work while I am there. I grabbed a fiber one bar to munch on during break later if I am still hungry and a WW Jello Rice Pudding Snack . My water bottle I plan on filling at least 3 times  while I am there and that is usually no problem for me since H2O is my fav. drink. I really love this food picture blog it really helped me last time, and I know that this time I will do even better and keep with this!! So far after breakfast and what I have packed for later I will still have 20/46 dailies left to eat... not bad for dinner and a snack if needed later!

Finally Getting Somewhere!!

So about a month has passed since actual graduation, and in that time I have spent it getting myself back under control. I went digging in the garage and found my WW cookbooks, points plus calculator and my food journal... so happy about this because it means I can do weight watchers on my own with the use of the online community boards and I don't have to shell out over 40 dollars a month for meetings or 20 for online services. If I had the extra cash right now I wouldn't mind it, but honestly the only thing I will be missing are the meetings; fortunately for me though I have a group of really great supportive friends and family who can stand in when I need them to. My parents got me a gym membership a couple months back for my birthday, so I have been using that more and more each week along with my at home workouts and I have been managing to stay within my points limit each day. I plan to start photographing my meals again starting next week once I have my menu's planned out better. I really feel like that was key in me doing so well the first time on WW, it made me really accountable for what I was eating each day and I really feel that it will be a great this time around. Even though the last couple of months has been stressful with studying for my Ultrasound Registries I think that being more organized and taking out time of each of my days to work out has really helped me stay on track and I'm hoping that this time next year I will be able to look back and say that I made it to where I want to be... A healthier Skinnier me..                         
                                                                                                                                     
This is what I made for myself and some friends for dinner the other night it was excellent... Nothing quite like fresh steaks on the grill in the summer time!! I think next time we are going to grill up some romaine lettuce and do a Cesar salad to pair it with.                                                                                            

 

It's Over!!!

Well after all this time I will finally be graduating from college... I swear sometime I thought this day would never come but as of next Thursday I will be an official college grad. I love this for two reasons I can finally get a job doing something that I love and that challenges me everyday, and I will also have way more time to focus on getting healthy and back in shape. It's sad to say but a couple of years ago I had lost almost over a hundred pounds, but while going to school and being on clinicals I gained over half of the weight back. Now I have no excuses I will have plenty of time to concentrate on cooking healthy meals and getting in the exercise I really need into my weekly routines. I don't think I have looked forward to the future this much in forever I really hope that at this time next year I will have a great job and be able to post some new pictures of my weight loss progress on here!!! I know it's still going to be a daily struggle but I think now is def. the time in my life I will be able to push threw the hard times and make it work!!!

Feelin Good!

So this is my 6th night in a row that I have gotten in a workout and I'm feeling great... I think the hardest part was getting back into the swing of things but now that im doing it I know it's going to really pay off in the end. I hope Zumba continues to kick my butt into shape!!! Even with all the shit going on in my life right now I feel like for once I'm in control again I just hope I can keep it that way this time.

Ohhhh New Year!!

Okay New Year this is how it's gonna go and I don't want to hear any crap from you about it:

First your going to be amazing... I'm going to graduate form college and finally get to stop working crap dead end jobs just to pay the bills... I'm going to keep going to zumba classes with my workout slave driver and I'm going to continue to eat healthy and avoid making bad choices!!! And for some reason if I do slip and make bad choices I won't be allowing myself to wait forever to make them right again... So here it is New Year I'm telling you how it's going to be this year and if you don't like it then I guess you will just have to make someone else's year suck because you really screwed me last year, and I'm not letting it happen again this year so watch your back baby!!!

Now that I have taken care of that I just want to say Happy New Year to everyone and that I hope you all have a great year as well. For all my fellow WW out there now is the time to kick a little ass and lose some as well! I spent the last year gaining back over 60 of the 110 that I lost and while I know it's my own fault I am choosing to fix this situation before I end up back at square one completely. Anyone else in the same boat just know it's never to late to wake up and get back on track!!!

So Far Off Track I Need A Map!!!

Hey all I know it has been forever since I last posted I swear this time though I will be posting way more often. It has been a crazy couple of months for me around here with school and all now that I have been away on clinicals. I'm getting ready to head back out for 2 more months at the hospital for school, so I'm hoping with all the extra walking around and movement I will get back on track in no time. I haven't been taking photos of my food in months, and I think that it really helped me stay on track last time with the whole losing weight and keeping myself in check so I have made a promise to myself that as soon as I go shopping tomorrow and get things stocked in the fridge I will be making healthier choices and publishing the evidence here online so all can keep me in check lol. I miss how I felt when I was doing so well recently I have putt a crap load of weight back on and I have been living in denial about it well NO MORE!!! I am back this time and refuse to let this get me down I know I have a long road ahead of me since I gained back like 50 pounds from the last time I was on here it's sad to say, but I know I can do this and keep it off for good this time I just needed to get my priorities straight and commit to it again. I hope all of you out there are having an easier time of it then I am!!! Hope to hear all your advice and motivation along this way this time just like last time it really helps a girl out!!

Back On Track Baby!! Kicking Ass!

So I lost 7 pounds last week... I was stressing about school and guy shit but I finally realized it wasn't worth letting myself get discouraged and eat over it. Instead I got my food plan right, and even got in some really great walks. I have been doing really well this week so far, and I'm hoping that by my Birthday in 2 weeks I will have lost a little more. Then I can really go out and have a good time! I'm hoping to be able to get on here more and vent it really seems to help clear my head on those days when shit is just going really wrong in my life. Hopefully I won't have to many more of those occasions since I have rid myself of some very unwanted drama in my life recently! I love you girls and you give me inspiration each day to kick this plans ass I love you for it!!