#weight watchers

I woke up this morning and looked in the mirror and told myself “get it together Katie - this is ridiculous”. I haven’t really counted my points in weeks, I had pizza THREE times this week. Each time it was delicious, but not necessary. Tomorrow is my weigh-in day. I will accept the number on the scale and use it as motivation moving forward.

Day 1 of my restart will include:

- eating within my points

- drinking 100 oz of water

- get my butt to the gym for some cardio and weight training

I lost 64 lbs with Weight Watchers and then when I moved in with my boyfriend last year I got comfortable with where I was. I started eating what I wanted and not caring. I was in love and wanted to spend time with him instead of going to the gym. Well let’s fast forward a year and now I’m up 16 lbs. and I need to get back on track. I’m so lucky to have a boyfriend who is supportive and will cook Weight Watcher friendly meals for me and support me. However, he can’t do this form me. I am the only person who can do this and I want to get back to the healthy, confident person I was. 

Cheers to day 1 of my healthy journey! 

I’m so excited it’s Friday!! However, when I stepped on the scale this morning to weigh in I was up one pound. This is really upsetting because I counted my points all week, I worked out (3 days of cardio, two weight training workouts) and I still gained a whole pound? Ughhhh.

The first reaction was to say screw it and stop for a large Diet Coke and some frosted Pop-Tarts, but I decided against that and will continue counting points today even though I’m pissed.

Week 1 went great. I brought my lunch except one day (I had a working lunch meeting) and k felt good. I saved some money, I wasn’t as bloated, the scale was moving in the right direction. I was feeling good. Then week 2 started. The boyfriend and I didn’t go grocery shopping on Sunday because we went on a day date instead. Monday I ate out. Pizza and Caesar salad is seriously one of the best combinations ever. Tuesday I resisted peer pressure and ate the lunch a brought. Wednesday - Friday sucked and I ate lunch out every day. Working in a shelter is hard. I sit in an office with no windows and we don’t have a break room to eat in. I need to get out and get some fresh air. I know that isn’t an excuse, but it really does suck sitting inside all day.

I’m pretty sure this weekends weigh in will suck. However, tomorrow is the beginning of a new week for me point wise and the beginning of a new month. A perfect time to hit the reset button (again) and kick some ass.

I hope you all (I assume someone is reading this) have a great weekend!

So when I sat down this weekend to balance my checkbook (yes, I still do that) I noticed how much money I’ve been spending on eating lunch out every day. It’s nice to get away from my desk for an hour and enjoy deliciously bad-for-you food with my coworkers. However, I think if I planned better and brought a healthy, Weight Watcher approved lunch I might see better results on the scale each week. Right now I’m doing just enough to not gain… sometimes a small loss. So here is what I’m doing… for the next thirty days I will be bringing my lunch to work. Now, I might not eat my lunch at my desk every day, but I will be eating what I brought from home. Hopefully after 30 days the number on the scale will be going down while the number in my checkbook will be going up!

Day 1 was a success!! I even made a cute chart to hang on the wall next to my desk to keep me motivated. Who doesn’t love putting a gold star on a chart at the end of the day?!

I’m always looking for fun new ways to exercise. While I love the elliptical and could stay on there all day if there was a Law and Order: SVU marathon on I like to switch it up. Last week a friend and I tried a beginner spin class at the Y. I was so nervous, but I LOVED IT!!! The music was fun and I appreciated that it was dark in there so no one could see me huffing and puffing. 30 minutes of spin equals 6 activity points #hellsyeah

The beginner class is on Mondays and Wednesday’s so I think I’ll keep going until I feel like I’m ready for a full 60 minute class.

A few months ago I read a blog post from one-twenty-five where she talked about training your brain to make good choices. I don’t know about all of you, but deciding what to eat for lunch is one of my top three favorite moments of the day. Anyway, prior to leaving the office for lunch I went on the website, built my sandwich to make sure it fit within my points and decided that I would order fruit as my side instead of chips. As I stood in line with my coworkers I started to struggle… Do I get the sandwich I planned on getting or do I say screw it and order the oh-so-cheesy Ranchero Wrap which is my guilty pleasure. As I was standing there having this internal battle I remembered that post I read a few months back and when it was my turn to order I stuck to the plan and even added a side of steamed veggies to fill me up. I felt good about my choice and I was full… not that “gross I ate too much” kind of full, but a healthy full. Bottom line is that this eating healthy thing is an every day struggle, but I’m going to keep making healthy choices and hope that one day it will just come naturally.

I have my weigh-in tomorrow for weight watchers and I don’t know if I’ve lost that much weight. Hopefully I didn’t gain any weight! Fingers crossed!

I lost 4.5lbs this week! Yay!

That means I surpassed my 5% goal!

I also surpassed my first goal that I set for myself!

60lbs gained in 7 months. Starting to feel a little fat. But I think I still have plenty of room to grow, don’t you? Why don’t you feed me some donuts?

Yet, I’ve already lost 3lbs so far this week! Even after Easter food! Yay!

For all the obvious reasons of 2020 just being over finally and having a (hopefully) more sane president in office.

But also for personal reasons because on the 4th I begin not only a new job, but an entirely new career in an entirely new industry for me and I am beyondexcited about it!  It will also be by far the highest paying job I’ve had and the most “grown up” job I’ve ever had with insurance and real benefits and all that.

I’m also in the healthiest, happiest, and nicest living situation I have ever been in.  It’s just me, my sister, and our dog in this nice house with the yards and the garage and a full kitchen AND NO OTHER ROOMMATES OR RELATIVES LIVING WITH US so we can do whatever we want and live how we want to live. 

In 2020, I completely lost track of my weight loss (as I feel most of us have) because I was trying to focus more on my mental health and just getting through the year, but with the new year and this new job and stability in my life, I’m excited to get back on my weight loss journey–even though it will be much more of a health journey rather than one that is weight loss-centered.

I have been almost completely MIA on this blog all year, but I’m looking forward to being more active again and will be sharing more mental/emotional health posts in addition to health/diet/weight loss ones.

Highest weight: 331

Current weight 280.6

I’ve been trying to be more consistent with Weight Watchers and it’s paying off!

Eating no sugar is rough at times but I am sticking with it! (even when my boyfriend was eating a DQ blizzard beside me last night >_<)