Oops!...I Did It Again

A few repeats occurred: I did not finish or post my food journal on Friday, Saturday went untracked, but I was down 0.6 pounds!

Today's lesson: if you're too tired to shop for the week's groceries on Sunday, you will pay for it Monday in money and calories.

Today's success: I forewent cheese in my salad.

With the week-long cruise just days away, the time to behave is now! :-)

Protein? Fo' Sho' 'Tein.

Huge lesson of the day: I need protein throughout the day if I'm gonna take a hot power fusion yoga class that night! I was never "starving" but when I got the yoga studio, I was so weak and I did not have my usual stamina. It felt a little scary! You'll see my post-yoga dinner was a big one but today's success was eating what was already in my apartment and not splurging on Napoli Pizza, which I have to walk past every night I walk home from yoga.

Here's to consistent protein!

Don't Be A Calcu-Hater

My local grocery store has these organic cookies that always seemed to good to be good for you. But I bought them all the same, confident that I could eat one serving. Today's success: before I took a bite, I got out the old WW points calculator and, what do you know, half the box was 3 points! What a lovely and yummy surprise!

Today's lesson: foods that you think are simply off limits may not be as bad as you think -- do your points homework!

Rediscovering Popcorn

You know those low-point foods you used to eat constantly to curb cravings but then couldn't stand the sight of? One of those for me was 94% fat free kettle corn popcorn. But last night, I had very few points left for dinner (you can thank that random WW muffin I had so late in the day) but then remembered I had a huge stash of microwave popcorn from yesteryear. And it was perfection.

Today's lesson and success: Don't be afraid to revisit old standbys. They might taste new again!

5 secrets of diet success

Livestrong emails me neat little articles like this every week or so. I thought this one was worth sharing:

5 Secrets Of Diet Success

Sbux = Points

The only lesson I learned today was that a no-frills venti iced coffee with soy milk at Starbucks costs 4 Points! It's monetarily cheaper but for the amount of soy milk they use (and I've a feeling there's sugar in their coffee ground), but if I'm spending 4 Points or more there, it'd better be something amazing.

Success? Well, I'm journaling again, aren't I? :-)

TAKE Off the Weight, Don't PUT Off the Journal

Hey there, follower(s)!

You've probably noticed that I didn't post Friday or Saturday's food journals (Sunday was my Free Day). This happened for two reasons: 1) I kept putting it off and 2) I ate Chinese food for dinner on Saturday to celebrate a weight loss and felt bad about it.

Irony aside, I had a weight loss! 2.6 pounds! And it's all thanks to this blog.

Starting weight: 199.6
Current weight: 183
Ideal weight to me: 175

We're gonna get there, but only if we journal!