No more Yo-Yo'ing. V's Journal

Whenever you eat your shop's Italian ice, it makes my mouth water. When I am traveling around the nation for my interviews in a few months I am going to stalk your shop!
 
It's freakin addicting. The creme ices are my favorites. We have over 100 flavors of ice and ice cream. The thing for me to remember is that I can have SOME while continuing to lose weight and then while maintaining. I just can't eat it by the quart anymore, lol. I think limiting myself to 2 smalls once or twice a week is reasonable, especially if I throw some no sugar added flavors in there.

If you ever make your way to New York let me know. The ices are on me!

V.
 
As always, rocking out on the points and doing a fantastic job. I can't believe your already in the 130's DANG!!!! that's just awesome, I'm very happy for you and your accomplishments thus far!!! Keep up the great work. Your menus are always so yummy and full of variety, that's the key!! Great job!
Kim
 
YUMMY!!! Great job as always! I have managed to get only 45 minutes of exercise in so far. Tomorrow I plan on getting an hour or so. I'm starting to feel better on most days! Thanks for helping me out this week.
 
Miss Ladybug said:
As always, rocking out on the points and doing a fantastic job. I can't believe your already in the 130's DANG!!!! that's just awesome, I'm very happy for you and your accomplishments thus far!!! Keep up the great work. Your menus are always so yummy and full of variety, that's the key!! Great job!
Kim
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Thanks Kim,

Yeah, it's pretty exciting to see the 130's again. If my current weight holds up, I was 134.3 this morning I'll be looking at the 120's within the next few weeks and closing in on my goal.

I'm really skeptical if my weight will hold or not for this week's weigh-in because I got a visit from mother nature this afternoon, although you would think if that was going to elevate my weight, that would have happened already. But as of this morning I'm showing a 3lb loss for the week so far.

I love the points system. It's definitely what works best for me. I find low point foods that I enjoy so I can eat a lot over the course of the day. Having just a sandwich for lunch for example just doesn't cut it for me mentally. I need at least 2 - 3 courses at any given meal. So along with that sandwich I'll have soup and nuts and fruit and so forth and feel very satisfied without using a ton of points for that meal. I definitely make the most out of every point I get.

Thanks for stopping by and, as always, for your words of encouragement.

V.
 
bmohearn said:
YUMMY!!! Great job as always! I have managed to get only 45 minutes of exercise in so far. Tomorrow I plan on getting an hour or so. I'm starting to feel better on most days! Thanks for helping me out this week.
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Hey Brandy,

Glad to see you're back on your feet. I was getting really worried about you. Did you ever find out what was wrong?

No thanks are needed. We're a team, we're there to help each other and work together. Glad you're back with us.

V.
 
Tuesday, March 11th

Breakfast:
Weight Watcher's bagel w/ 1 wedge lite cheese spread - 3 points

Snack:
1 cup Tortilla soup - 1 point

Lunch:
turkey sandwich - 2 points
15g pistachio nuts - 2 points
28g pretzel chips - 2 points

Dinner:
PB & J sandwich - 3 points
2 cups grapes - 2 points

Snack:
Weight Watcher's muffin - 3 points
80g prunes - 2 points

Total for the day = 20 points


Workout:
Bike: 60 minutes, 883 calories, 18.01 miles


Day 34 of the Lenten Challenge complete (12 days to go)
 
Wednesday, March 12th

Breakfast:
Low sugar oatmeal - 2 points
114g cottage cheese w/ 1 cup blueberries

Lunch:
1 cup Progresso Italian Style soup - 0 points
Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich - 3 points
28g pretzel chips - 2 points

Dinner:
6oz. buffalo steak - 4 points
cabbage - 0 points
mushrooms - 0 points

Snack:
Weight Watcher's muffin - 3 points
80g prunes - 2 points

Total points for the day = 19


Workout:
Biggest Loser Cardio Max DVD:
Warm-up - 5 minutes
Cardio Level 1 - 20 minutes
Cardio Level 2 - 10 minutes
Cardio Level 3 - 10 minutes
Cool-down - 5 minutes
Bike: 60 minutes, 930 calories, 19.11 miles


Day 35 of the Lenten Challenge complete (11 days to go)
 
Hello...It looks like your still doing very well with your eating and exercising!! keep it up, you will be to goal in know time:)
 
Thanks Amber. I'm doing really good. I weighed in this morning at 133.6, down 3.7 lbs for the week and 46.4 lbs overall. I'm only 3.6 lbs away from my Weight Watcher's goal and 8.6 away from my personal goal. I'm so close I feel like I can reach out and grab it, which is motivating me even more.

Have you weighed in yet since switching back to Weight Watcher's?
 
Well done on the weight loss again, You will get to 120's and soon by the way your working it out. The points system is really a great way to lose weight, because YOU pick the foods that fit for you and you don't have to give up anything either, now that's my type of weight loss diet.

Good luck for next week too! Have a great weekend.
Kim
 
The points system is really great. You don't feel like you're on a diet because as you said, you're eating what YOU want to eat. I do forego certain foods that are higher in points so I can have larger quantities of lower point items. But I find things that I enjoy so I don't feel deprived. And that's not to say I'll never have those higher point foods. I'll just have them occasionally. Weight Watcher's is really a good way to go.

Hope you have a great weekend too.

V.
 
Thursday, March 13th

Breakfast:
Weight Watcher's bagel w/ 1 wedge lite cheese spread - 3 points

Lunch:
1 cup Tortilla soup - 1 point

Snack:
Dunkin Donuts Cappuccino - 2 points

Dinner:
Turkey Sandwich - 2 points
cabbage - 0 points
15g pistachio nuts - 2 points
2 cups grapes - 2 points

Snack:
1 small creme ice - 6 points (est)
2 cups grapes - 2 points

Total points for the day = 20


Workout:
Bike: 60 minutes, 943 calories, 19.35 miles


Day 36 of the Lenten Callenge complete (10 days to go)
 
V, I am envious of how quickly your weight is coming off! All that added exercise is really helping! I kind of wish I knew the WW points system.....I bet it would help me out a lot. I just don't have the money to join something like that (nor do I think I qualify). I have really good days with cals and really bad days, and often I don't bother calculating! I need to get better about that. I got off work early today and passed out all day! I plan on going down to the gym and working out for at least an hour, if not more. I need to start popping in some exercise videos as well b/c it changes things up! I seriously am so excited at the fact that you keep hitting new lows!!!!!! You will be at goal in no time! I admit, I will be jealous if you reach goal b/f me b/c I have been lingering around with the same weight for a while!!!!!! So frustrating!
 
The exercise is definitely a big factor in my having such a consistant loss week after week even as I close in on my goal. It was the same for me in the past as well. My weight loss never slows down, even when I don't have much more to lose. I also think it's the consistancy in my eating that contributes to it as well. I never really go "off" my program. If I do have something, I account for it within my points. And I know exactly how much I am eating. I weigh and measure everything.

The lingering is most likely because you have those good and bad days. There's no consistancy so the weight is going to continue to fluctuate up and down. My neighbor has the same problem. She loses and gains the same 2lbs over and over again. When I ask her what she's been eating it's always, well the other night I had, so and so, but then yesterday I was good.

Maybe try to be more accurate in your calorie counting and more consistant each day in your eating. It seems like a lot of work at first but once you start doing it, it's not much of a hassle. Write everything down too. That'll help you to see exactly where you're at. We tend to eat the same things over and over so once you've written down the calories it'll be very easy to calculate the next time you have the same meal. Just look back at your notes.

The WW points is just like counting calories. The key is consistancy.

V.

p.s. I think it would be great if we both reached our goals by the end of the challenge!
 
Friday, March 14th

Breakfast:
Weight Watcher's bagel w/ 1 wedge lite cheese spread - 3 points

Snack:
114g cottage cheese w/ 1 cup blueberries

Lunch:
turkey sandwich - 2 points
15g pistachio nuts - 2 points
2 cups grapes - 2 points

Dinner:
PB & J sandwich - 3 points
1 cup Tortilla soup - 1 point

Snack:
Weight Watcher's muffin - 3 points

Total points for the day = 19


Workout:
Treadmill: 40 minutes, 399 calories, 3.78 miles
Elliptical: 40 minutes, 465 calories, 2.48 miles
Tae Bo Focus on Abs & Glutes - 30 minutes
Biggest Loser 1 DVD - Cooldown (stretching) - 20 minutes


Day 37 of the Lenten Challenge complete (9 days to go)
 
Saturday, March 15th

Breakfast:
27g Cinnamon Puffs cereal - 2 points

Lunch:
1 cup Progresso Italian Style soup - 0 points
170g crab meat - 2 points
15g pistachio nuts - 2 points

Dinner: (Applebee's)
Cajun Lim Tilapia - 6 points
Dunkin Donuts Cappuccino - 2 points

Snack:
1 bag 94% fat free popcorn - 3 points

Total points for the day = 17


Workout:
Bike: 2 hours, 1,697 calories, 34.53 miles


Day 38 of the Lenten Challange complete (8 days to go)
 
Sunday, March 16th

Breakfast:
Weight Watcher's bagel w/ 1 wedge lite cheese spread - 3 points

Lunch:
114g cottage cheese w/ 1 cup blueberries - 3 points

Snack:
2 cups grapes - 2 points

Dinner:
1 1/2 slice pizza - 8 points

Snack:
2 sm italian ices (1 no sugar added, 1 creme) - 5 points

Total for the day = 21


Workout:
Bike: 60 minutes, 880 calories, 17.93 miles


DAy 39 of the Lenten Challenge complete (7 days to go!)
 
Thanks Amber,

I sure am trying. The goal for the rest of this week is to NOT weigh myself each day. I'm starting to drive myself crazy with the day to day up and down fluctuations. I never used to weigh myself daily but rather once a week. It's a lot less frustrating that way, lol.

Here's how yesterday shaped up:

Monday, March 17th (Happy St. Paddy's Day)

Breakfast:
Weight Watcher's bagel w/ 1 wedge lite cheese spread - 3 points

Snack:
Dunkin Donuts Cappuccino - 2 points

Lunch:
2oz. turkey cutlet - 1 point
60g crab meat - 1 point
15g pistachio nuts - 2 points
28g pretzel chips - 2 points

Dinner:
6oz. buffalo steak - 4 points
cabbage - 0 points

Snack:
Weight Watcher's muffin - 3 points
80g prunes - 2 points

Total points for the day = 20


Workout:
Bike: 60 minutes, 880 calories, 17.95 miles


Day 40 of the Lenten Challenge complete (6 days to go!)
 
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