Week 1 - Day 7 and Weight Watchers

Well, folks. I did it. I broke down and joined Weight Watchers online. They were running a 3 month special - I figure that will be enough time for me to get used to the new points system and be able to keep up with it on my own. I'm actually really excited about it!

I will probably still count calories along with points... maybe forever lol. I'd like to say "just until I'm comfortable with the points-system", but I like knowing my calorie-count. Also with the way the new Points Plus works I need to know the fat/carb/protein/fiber content of everything I'm eating, and the calorie counter I use will be excellent for that especially when it comes to creating meals and stuff.

OKAY! SO! Technically since I chose my weigh-in day to be Saturday (tomorrow, eee!! I'm really excited to see how I've done this week!) WW is counting this passed week (Jan. 8th - tomorrow) as my first week - which is excellent since this is Week 1 for the 5 Week Challenge. I'll start posting points along with calories starting tomorrow, since it will be a big pain in the butt to go back through the whole week and reenter all my foods into the WW site.

Here are stats for tonight... which... aren't very good lol. I DEFINITELY took the term "splurge" day to heart...

Day 7:

• total calories: 2417 *cringe* I know.. it's really bad. That's all my regular/flex calories plus 158. It was the Papa Johns at 12am. A good friend went through a break-up earlier in the evening so I stopped by to talk and have some drinks... and we were both starving... and sometimes Papa Johns happens. I'm not proud. lol
• no workout
• 5 cigarettes
• 2am bedtime - would have been earlier but it seemed like a brilliant idea to play 30 mins of Bioshock 2 after I got home. 
• $40 spent from monthly fund - $60 left for the month

 

Week 1 - Days 5 and 6

I've gotten WAY behind - I know it, I'm sorry.

Let's stick to the nitty-gritty first...

Day 5:

• total calories: 1573 - and let me tell you I was STARVING when I went to bed.. this was the day that most of my calories consisted of fruits and veggies and, yes, I counted those even though I originally said I wasn't gonna... the number if I didn't include those? 1300. Which I guess is okay since I'm not really working out... but I'm not really trying to make this an everyday occurrence. 
• no workout
• 2 cigarettes
• 10pm bedtime- GO ME!
• $0 spent - ate at home for lunch

Day 6:

• total calories: 1711, leaving 559 flex calories for the week.
• no workout
• like... 9 cigarettes
• 12:30 am bedtime - not "go me"...
• $4 spent - last of the money's for the pay period

Now to get back on track... 

Week 1 - Day 4 Last Night's Post

My husband confiscated the computer last night to look up video game stuff so I was not able to put up my post.

First and foremost: I have to say I'm really proud of myself for being SO much better about housework the last couple weeks. Since our NYE party I've kept the main floor of the house in excellent condition and have even managed to get the upstairs vacuumed once or twice. At some point this week/weekend I want to hit Target and get a dry-erase board for the kitchen so I can have my household to-do's right there where I'll see it every day. Also - I'm almost completely caught up on my laundry which is a feat within itself. Go me! Okay, now stats...

Day 4:

• total calories: 1706 which leaves 570 flex calories for the week.
• no workout but I DID take down all the Christmas stuff which involved dragging boxes around and running up and down the stairs... well... as much "running" as one can do with a broken toe. Heh. 
• 3 cigarettes... boo.
• 11pm bedtime - yeah!
• $3 on lunch - I have, I think, like $7 left in cash til pay day.. not really sure how that happened other than I must have spent money on something I forgot about. I should invest in a tiny notepad for my purse to keep track of these things. 

I really want to get Mike into this whole "get healthy" kick - so I think I'm going to start tracking his calories for him just so at the end of a week I can put it in his face and say, "SEE?!" He is a bit of a short-boy... and probably eats like someone who is 6'4" and doesn't like exercise, like, at all. It's a treacherous combination. I would prefer he not have a heart attack and die at 40. But that's just me. 

One thing that's really going to suck about this 5 weeks and getting my exercise in - on top of having the retarded toe, it's the beginning of the busy season at work so getting out of the office by 4:30pm to hit the gym before picking James up from daycare isn't always going to work. I will most likely have to just suck it up and go in the evenings on those days.. which is what I used to do back in the day anyway. I just feel like it's better to be able to get it done and out of the way before dinner and bedtime stuff with James. Oh well!

Week 1 - Day 3

So, I watched this episode of My So-Called Life last night and one of the characters mentioned eating cookie dough raw and now I've been totally craving it!! So bad... lol I'm just glad I didn't have to hit the grocery store today otherwise I may have broken down and bought some. *tisk tisk*

We went to dinner at Old Country Buffett *vomit* tonight for Mike's dad's birthday.. I had baked fish filet and a salad, a tiny piece of carrot cake for desert, and a tiny serving of soft serve. It was all awful. I'll tell you what: Golden Corral is like a fucking five star restaurant compared to Old Country Buffet. True. Fact. We also had Taco Bell for lunch today - but I stuck with just a 7-layer burrito and taco. Good stuff. I do love Taco Bell... it's such a guilty pleasure.

So! In spite of all that.. check this out:

Day 3

• total calories: 1653 - WOO!
• no workout - thinking maybe I need to give my toe some more time so I don't eff it up real bad and cause like permanent nerve damage to my poor foot. Might at least do an ab workout or something tomorrow.
• 4 cigarettes at my mom's... bad influence. I need to just up and quit like my cousin Maury has done - and I can honestly say she was in WAY DEEPER than I am. lol Maybe that's not quite an accurate assessment since I can't seem to give up my 15 cigarettes a WEEK... ugh.
• going to bed as soon as I finish writing this - 11pm! Gonna shoot to actually get out of bed when my alarm goes off in the morning.
• $4 for lunch off what was left on my rebate card from AT&T so nothing out of my weekly cash fund, and nothing for dinner since it was the in-law's treat. Good deal there. 

I'm really proud of myself on my calories the last couple days - I've been trying to eat really healthy foods (even out and about) and have kept TONS of fruit for snacks and that is really helping me stay super full during the day. Without the workouts I can really feel my energy lagging, so I'm really trying to motivate to get on-track even with my toe injury... that feels so dumb to say. "I can't workout because I slammed my baby toe just walking around my house." -.-

My poor husband is sick and I'm just going to hope and pray and OD on vitamins until it passes... and, with a little luck, not catch those tiny yucky germs. Yes I just made a Yo Gaba Gaba reference. DON'T JUDGE ME.

Goal for tomorrow: start a new book. We have no Netflix dvds right now and there's nothing good on tv this week until Gray's on Thursday so there's no excuse for me to not pick something up and get back on the reading band-wagon. *thumbs up*

ps
You readers out there need to update me on your 5 Week Challenge statuses! How's it going? :)

Week 1 - Day 2

Day 2

• total calories: 1561 - go me! Ate tons of fruits and veggies today and that kept me feeling full and satisfied. I did order some Kung Pao shrimp for dinner with brown rice - but only ate about a fist-sized portion so now I have plenty leftover to eat for lunches this week. 
• no workout - toe keeps getting better though!
• 0 cigarettes
• shooting for an 11pm bedtime
• $15 spent on chinese - $30 left til next pay period. 

I started watching "The Cape" on NBC earlier - it was awful. I only lasted 30 minutes. I got the 4th disc for My So-Called Life from Netflix yesterday so I'm watching some of that now while I update this. I feel like I don't really have much to talk about since I haven't been working out - I did have a bit of a panic attack Friday night which I think it definitely a side effect of not getting enough sleep and/or exercise. Hopefully we won't have much more of THOSE!

5 Week Challenge - Start!

Hi everyone!

Well, today is the start of the 5 Week Challenge (well, I'm starting today, I suppose some of you might prefer to start Monday)!

Here are my beginning body stats:

• Weight: 197.8lbs
• Chest: 40"
• Waist at bellybutton: 37"
• Hips: 46"
• Arms (flexing): 13"
• Thighs: 27"

End of Challenge goal weight: 188lbs. 

Let the measurements be what they will. I have ideas of "eventual" goals as far as measurements go, but right now I'm only focusing on the next 5 weeks. My toe is feeling amazingly better these last couple days and I'm going to see if I can squeeze my foot into my gym shoes tomorrow and take a stab at doing some low-impact cardio on a stationary bike and also get some weight training in on Monday.

Daily calorie goal: 1700
Weekly flex points: 700

Sometimes I feel like flex points should really be called "alcohol points".. haha! My friend Holly just started back up with Weight Watchers on their new "Points Plus" system which is really focused on high nutrient foods (ie, fruits, vegetables, lean meats) - in fact all fruits and almost all veggies are now ZERO POINTS! That's pretty exciting. She's going to fill me on more of the details and I may choose to go ahead and follow the Points Plus along with her... but for now my plans is to not count whole fruit and veggie calories (with the exception of corn and potatoes, high-starch low-nutrient veggies). For example: if I have a salad with asparagus, cucumber, bell pepper, onion, cheese and dressing I will just be counting the calories for the cheese and dressing. An apple with peanut butter? Only the peanut butter. Let's see how that goes.   I'm still struggling to find a calorie "schedule" that really works for me. It's pretty much still a guessing game at this point.


I'm really excited about this! I will post today's final calorie-count tonight after the football game.