tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794023751897264362011-04-21T17:16:39.524-05:00I've adopted the nickname from the TV cartoon. I'm a new face at Weight Watchers, and I'm blogging my journey so I can be more accountable and hopefully encouraged as time goes on.Beckynoreply@blogger.comBlogger251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79402375189726436.post-87319627456493733462009-02-03T15:11:00.003-06:002009-02-03T15:18:40.581-06:00

...I would congratulate him. What he's accomplished is nothing short of amazing.Then I would advise him to get a PR coach, and get a different type of training than what he's spent so much time on. He has another amazing opportunity in front of him - that of building an image, a brand. This image, this brand if built well could easily outlive his physical talents for swimming... but he needs to

Beckynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79402375189726436.post-31619095616662386792008-12-29T20:50:00.000-06:002008-12-29T20:51:02.385-06:00

Tonight I *finally* made it to the gym for Cool Running's Couch to 5k! OH MY GOODNESS it felt good! I'm so excited! After having spend the last how long - at least a year and a half, probably more - not exercising with any kind of consistency, I'm very happy with how well it went. And it's also amazing what 15 pounds feels like when you aren't carrying it around.Yay!The first 4 intervals I

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I came into lunch *ravenous* and didn't really overeat! That's probably a first for me!I curbed with a banana and some crackers, waited 15-20 minutes, then had lunch./cheer!Overall, eating today has not been the best; lunch was breaded chicken tenders and tater tots... but I've stayed within plan points. Overall, mostly balanced eating, and I've gotten some good fruits and veggies in.Still

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...and it was my MIL (Love Her!) that asked the key question... how much difference is there between my before-baby weight and now?Before Baby? 184.Now? 160.That's 24... Yay for victory!It's been hard to look at the 230 before weight and think about having lost 70 lbs... didn't seem fair some how. But 24? I'll claim that. That's mine.Thanks, Mom!

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So here we go...I've been absent for too long (DOH!) and have been, accordingly, stuck at 160. I saw 158 one morning, 162 and 164 more than I like...Time to take Week 2's advise to heart -> That is MOVE MORE.I am hereby doing something slightly insane.There is a 5k run locally. That's 14.5 weeks away. Coolrunnings.com has a 9 week couch to 5k program... which gives me an extra 5 weeks or so.

Beckynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79402375189726436.post-10505182125673608492008-10-25T21:03:00.003-05:002008-10-25T21:23:23.968-05:00

At last week's weigh-in, my WW Leader brought up that I should consider what I would like to set my Goal Weight since I'm closing in on the maximum of 164. (I'm currently 166.6 and at that weigh-in had hit 166.8.) Here are a couple of thought's I've been able to pin down:Part of me wants to pick the 164, get Lifetime and be Done, but then maybe lose a bit more "on my own" anyway.Part of me

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Logging didn't go so well. BUT 'm proud of myself - instead of just burying my head in the sand, I just sat down and thought through my day... and I should know better, that it is okay to open my eyes and be honest about what I've eaten. I'm not off program, it allows for this, and that's part of why I like the WW Points system.SO... my best guess is that I dipped into my weekly pool about 9

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Posted by Bloo on October 24, 2008 at 10:29pmDidn't have a good week at all, but the scale was down .2 so I can't be too upset. Yay for continued progress!

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Posted by Bloo on October 23, 2008 at 11:34pmThis might be fun...http://www.hundredpushups.com/test.htmlThanks, Roni!

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Posted by Bloo on October 22, 2008 at 10:43pmvI'm getting closer to tracking well, but not quite there yet. Today I was on for my daily points, woot! ...but still needing to make sure I drink enough water.All in all, I feel better than I did a few days ago... Maybe shining a light into the closet did a little good? I still need to feel a little more comfortable in my skin, and I'm talking to some

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Posted by Bloo on October 20, 2008 at 8:30pmHas it really been two weeks?!?I blogged so well for a while, there... Things have been a little to crazy to make it in to blog at a reasonable hour.This week has been, like I said, crazy. It's been hard to log food, and that's what really keeps me on track. I have no idea how many weekly points I've used. It's rather funny... our latest chat at WW was

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Posted by Bloo on October 5, 2008 at 7:36pmDiscouraged. Can't seem to stop eating homemade apple pie even though I'm full. I'm an emotional eater and I need to figure out how to deal w/o eating...

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Posted by Bloo on September 29, 2008 at 9:21pmsatisfaction!Well, the lunch box was packed with a lot of high-volume, low point good foods today... and I wound up full but not satisfied. Blaech. Kind of had an icky day, and I *do* tend to be an emotional eater, but I didn't think it was that icky. Anyway, I'll try to jot the question down for my leader, but has anyone dealt with this? Feeling full

Beckynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79402375189726436.post-56106920217650611252008-10-25T20:29:00.001-05:002008-10-25T20:29:42.540-05:00

DS and I went to a pot luck birthday party... it's so hard to know points value for everything. I guessed about 1 point/Tbsp for the rich dips... and came home to DH having had pepperoni pizza for supper. Hard day to stay conservative!W3D2: Bought a dietary scale that measures in g and oz. I'm quite interested to see what weighs what, and how much a weighed serving differs from a measured serving

Beckynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79402375189726436.post-53836994864452762382008-10-15T11:54:00.003-05:002008-10-15T11:55:29.097-05:00

to http://www.blogtolose.com/profile/Bloo . I find that I get more comments with this community, although I'm contemplating copy/pasting both places. If anyone has input, I'd love to hear it! :)

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Cut and Pasted from an AP article: (read the details carefully...)Cheney experiences abnormal heart rhythmBy DEB RIECHMANN – 57 minutes agoWASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Dick Cheney experienced an abnormal heart beat Wednesday morning, went to the White House physician and scheduled a hospital visit to "restore his normal rhythm."For the 67-year-old Cheney, who canceled a campaign event he was

Beckynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79402375189726436.post-50981465252693340262008-09-26T19:51:00.009-05:002008-09-26T20:18:17.958-05:00

I was a little disappointed... Although it was a rough week, I was OP. I've recently read somewhere that drinking water helps you lose weight - that's one area that's been way weak, maybe I should drink more!At our meeting, one of our topics was music; I've decided I need to listen more music, that's upbeat. :)Tired... again. Been a snacky day again today - I think due to boredom.Last week we

Beckynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79402375189726436.post-4988266130865211392008-09-24T22:00:00.004-05:002008-09-24T22:13:16.465-05:00

Yes, I had two slices of pizza. On plan. And I've only had 1 point of drink (no food) since and feel satisfied. I enjoyed every bite of those two slices. I've been wanting pizza since lunch, when the cafeteria at work smelled of it; when DH suggested a frozen one for dinner, I hopped on the bandwagon. I figured out how many points I had left in the day (12) and how many points for 1/6 of a

Beckynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79402375189726436.post-35244143529210934342008-09-22T19:12:00.003-05:002008-09-22T19:34:19.754-05:00

I've been trying to pack half my DP in my lunch box, leaving the rest for home. What do you do when at it looks like you're through your food at 10:30AM? I managed to get busy enough (read: DS went to the doctor and the pharmacy took FOREVER to fill the prescription) to hold off until I got home to each much. BUT... if I wouldn't have been snuggling with my little guy I would have been

Beckynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79402375189726436.post-56554526769452046042008-09-19T19:32:00.003-05:002008-09-21T20:59:00.183-05:00

And the official scale says down 3.0 pounds! Wow! Just from curbing some snackiness and watching portions. Woot!Today was nice, I baked an apple pie. I learned that Splenda does pretty well when used in a recipe, half Splenda and half sugar for whatever amount of sugar is called for. The crust was the most expensive part of the pie! 1/12 of a two crust pie was 5 points, w top removed, 3. 1

Beckynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79402375189726436.post-2096463488071669632008-09-18T21:13:00.004-05:002008-09-18T21:42:50.547-05:00

...not always easy. I've been missing the dairy a lot.Been playing around with myvirtualmodel.com ... and it's been fun! Left is my starting weight, after DS was born. The middle is my official first weigh-in and right is my ultimate goal. Fun!Been losing milk volume... might not be a nursing mommy for too much longer. :( I hope and pray my supply will rebound soon.

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I guess it's been a good day. I survived a workplace trip to Olive Garden for a birthday, and the boss bringing caramel brownies to our group meeting. It's going to be interesting how the rest of the night goes, as I can tell already that I'm quite snacky - one of those crunchy food cravings. I still have today's allotment of WP to go, and I'm glad. After yesterday's balance I'm pretty well

Beckynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79402375189726436.post-10486728952010438762008-09-16T19:43:00.004-05:002008-09-16T20:21:11.208-05:00

One of the questions I've had is how to budget points over the course of a day. I read a bunch of blogs, and different people do it different ways... I've been trying to do it where I have a few more points for meals with 3-4 snacks in between with fewer points for snacks, but today ended up different that what I've been trying to eat... between being pretty focused at work and, frankly, not

Beckynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79402375189726436.post-36649638448323695392008-09-14T20:39:00.000-05:002008-09-14T21:07:29.679-05:00

Google is wonderful... I was able to search for WW points for SB's menu and come up with an alternative to my favorite Double Chocolate Chip Frappuccino® Blended Crème (14 Points with whipped cream!) -I ended up getting a much more reasonable Cinnamon Dolce Frappuccino® Light Blended Coffee - 4 points with no whipped cream.Notice I said "more reasonable." Something I'm learning is that the '

Beckynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79402375189726436.post-47337869209875336002008-09-13T22:21:00.000-05:002008-09-13T22:32:20.570-05:00

So, here I am, my first post. Crazy. I've heard that blogging can help keep me accountable, as well as tracking for encouragement /seeing how far I've come. So here I am.Today was a pretty good day, I ate pretty reasonably until about 8pm. I can't tell if I was eating to stay awake or caving in to DH's snacking and late supper, but I still need to jot down my 2-3 points of mac and cheese I

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