Ok, I had my weekly meeting with the scale on Saturday and it showed a loss of 1.2 lbs. for the second week in a row. A tiny drop in a big pool but a drop none-the-less! That’s 2.4 lbs. over two weeks, which means I won’t make my 5 lbs. every 3 weeks goal at this rate, but it’s further ahead than where I was two weeks ago. What helps me even more than seeing a negative in my WW book though, is the “I can do this” feeling it has instilled in me!
Weekends are usually a battlefield for me. Dinners out, different schedule (we often just eat a late breakfast and an early dinner), social occasions where I don’t have control over the menu, etc., etc. But this weekend was different. Friday night instead of my usual “I’m too tired – let’s order pizza” ritual, I planned to make BLT’s with fresh veggies from the garden. Just fried up some bacon (this is one area I don’t substitute… I do not like Turkey Bacon or bacon substitutes it’s got to be the real thing), cut up some veggies, put on Reduced Fat Wheat Thins and Hummus for me and Potato Chips for the hubby and called it dinner! What I did do was went light on the bacon and mayo (even though I use light olive oil based mayo), piled on the lettuce and tomato and limited myself to just one sandwich (which are made on Whole Wheat Sandwich Thins).
Then Saturday we were headed down to my mom’s for dinner and I didn’t know if we’d eat in or out. Just before we left I was feeling hungry and decided to make something substantial so that I wouldn’t eat everything in sight when I got to mom’s and/or the restaurant. So again, out came my sandwich thins, a wedge of laughing cow cheese and a couple of slices of deli turkey. That definitely took the edge off so when we did sit down to eat I could slow down and enjoy my mom’s ham, sweet potato and salad dinner. I even indulged in a small sliver of her famous Pecan Pie (thank you daughter who lives in GA for those sweet pecans we picked up over the 4th!).
As many of you may know, I have severe arthritis in my hips so I am very limited as to what I can do for exercise. I did walk the dog 2 miles around our “block” (we live out in the country) Friday night but that was it as far as planned exercise goes for the weekend. What I did do was help Duane on the barn, climbing up and down a ladder and walking on the scaffolding as he placed boards, helped him disassemble and move my mom’s queen size bed and then assemble and move her new twin size bed, and cleaned house on Sunday. While those things don’t seem like a big deal – they are to me because if I was still at my full-weight or higher I would have never had been able to help Duane as I did and I remember what a chore cleaning house was! I still don’t like it and I still sweat but I’m at a point where I feel better when I’m done rather than worse.
Speaking of full-weight, prepare yourself because I have decided to put up a photo I shared at the WW Open House on Sat. It was taken at Christmas in 2005, I joined WW the following May, and is one of the very few photos of me at my full weight. I either avoided the camera or was the one taking the photos so I wouldn’t have to be in them. WOW! When I found it for the presentation, I was one of four that shared our WW Success Stories at the Open House, I almost started crying. I showed it to my hubby and even he was a bit shocked. I can’t believe I let myself get that large. I remember that it was easy to do. I know that as it was happening I didn’t feel bad about it – hey they make plenty of Plus-size clothing, and my family continued to love me just the same – but looking back I can’t believe how much it hurt every day to carry that extra 75 lbs. around! Now I pick up a bag of 40 lb. dog food for our dog and can’t believe I carried almost twice that on my knees and hips! I do remember being tired all the time and not wanting to do anything except sit on the couch every night and weekend. Walk around the block – I had a hard time walking around the house!
After I weighed in Sat. my WW leader reminded me that because of my age and meds I take, I can get a letter from my doctor asking that my goal weight be adjusted up from what WW recommends but I said “No”. I know what it feels like and how I look when I’m at goal and I want that feeling again. I want to get rid of this spare tire once and for all!
So this morning I got up and did a 30 minute Yoga DVD my hubby found in the TV cabinet over the weekend. It wasn't pretty but I did it! I had WW oatmeal and a banana for breakfast, and made two tacos with left-over chicken, WW red beans and rice and salsa on corn tortillas for lunch. I’m full and hope that maybe I’ll get through the afternoon without needing a snack but hey – if I need one I have my honey-wheat pretzels and almonds counted out in drawer for a quick boost.
It’s going to be a great day because I’m going to make it a great day and that's worth beating the drums for!
Me - Christmas 2005 before a wonderful 75 lb. weight loss!
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