checking in

I've been kind of quiet the last couple of weeks. I NEED to be more committed to this. I'm still following my "points" allowance but I can feel myself slipping away from the good habits of measuring and telling myself, oh I know what the measurement is. I'm sure it's larger than I think. I followed the program last week even though I knew I wasn't going to be able to weigh in on Saturday and did really well with the exception of Tues. night and Friday night. I still did better than I used to in the past because I was able to control my portions, it's just the type of food I ate that wasn't good. At least I had fun though and felt confident in the fact that I was reasonable. Once night was actually alcohol and the next was pizza so really food wise, i was bad 1 night. I had a couple too many glasses of wine on Tues. night at an impromptu happy hour with friends.

Went to the Susan G. Komen walk on Saturday. My sister and I got there around 6:30 am which was WAY too early since the race started at 8:30. I'm not sure what we were thinking? Anyway, we hung out for a little bit but it was really windy and about 50 degrees so we were freezing. We were dressed for 80 degree weather. We ended up leaving around 7 well before the walk began. The good news is that I came home and did a 3 mile walk with Leslie Sansone. I actually burned a heck of a lot more calories doing that fast paced walk with weights than I would've at the walk because they move you along at a very slow pace similar to a herd of cattle :)

I've done great this week on the plan. I need to exercise more though and I know that. I'm having my "girly" time of the month so i haven't felt like it but I'm doing it anyway. I'm not sure what to expect on the scale this Saturday. At this point, i'm still pretty proud of myself. I've found something that I like and can do forever and as long as I stick with it, the weight WILL come off.

My mom started going to a Medifast center. This is the diet doctors put patients on when they need to lose weight quickly for surgery. She isn't having surgery and isn't large but wants to lose a little and it worked for her before. She has lost 10.5 lbs in 3 weeks!!! Go mom! That's awesome but i am kind of jealous. She is aware that after she stops going to this center and only eating 1 real meal a day that it's going to be harder to maintain the loss but she's prepping for that and working with the counselors there to get on a good maintenance program. I'm proud of her. My Granny started going to Jenny Craig about 3 weeks ago as well and has enjoyed following that program. It's all about your lifestyle. Some people would swear up and down that one weight loss program doesn't work for them and they're right. You have to find the one that fits your lifestyle. If you want to do weight watchers, you have to learn to plan ahead and strategize so that you can stay within your points. The same goes for other programs. You do what works for you!