Follow the Leader, the Leader, the Leader...

Sometimes life is a bit backwards. I love how that goes sometimes. I have been a bit more motivated by the CEO of WW. Can you believe that? I don't know the man personally, but he is doing the right thing.

Guess what he did? I am not sure when his motivation hit him. I can tell you that mine hit after Innovations in Novemeber of 2008. I got the new Momentum program and took off with it. Nearing where I don't want to be, I have been inspired to write down what goes in my mouth again. You see, I have been maintaining my weight for the better part of 2 months now. I was writing it down each week. I suppose I got accustomed to what I was eating, because my weight maintained and I inadertently stopped writing it down. Over the past 2 weeks, I have put on a pound or two.

I have not gotten to my "forbidden" weight yet. I just know that I don't want to get any closer.

Anyway, not only has David Kirshoff, our CEO, gotten back into losing weight, he has also started his own blog.....on the blogspot.com site. Funny huh? You two can read his blog. www.manmeetsscale.blogspot.com

He, like me, do it for selfish reasons. Although, if it helps you, then GREAT!!!!! Be warned though...he has great pictures on his. I am NOT that religious about using my camera. Although, it would be fun to do so. I hope that you find inspiration somewhere....here or on his spot.

I am already down 1 pound since writing in down this week. I am a true believer in this, but I am still amazed at how it works.

Random thought: We soon will be celebrating two more lifetimes....Willie and Tracey. Isn't this great. All of these people around us with all of this experience to share with us everyday. I am so proud of each of you for doing what you need to do to make you a healthier you.



Today's diddy: "Stare it down". (Empower yourself.) ---Linda Lovejoy

Love in Losing,
JEnny

It's Gotta Be Because I am Overworked....

I just posted a great blog......on the wrong blog page. Check out "Our Story" for the latest WW blog. Go to "View my profile" at the bottom of the page on the right. Scroll down until you see the "Our Story" blog. Click and read.

Man, I have got to get to bed earlier.

Love in Losing,
Jenny

It's All About Attitude

I figured out what was wrong with me. I did not feel quite right the past couple of days. (No worries, Ioday I feel fine.) I had some strong stomach pains, which I thought was just gas. You know that feeling you get when you eat too many veggies/fruit? Top it off with a starch or two, and you have a lot of gurggling and stuff.

Well, I believe it was bad crab from my fridge. I had some for dinner Monday and some for lunch Tuesday. I just wanted to go to bed---laying down seemed to make me feel better. Yesterday, I went for the crab to make for lunch and I saw yellow spots. I thought I saw them the day before, but in the dim light, I thought I was just seeing things. All is better now.

I have to say, I did enjoy going to bed early and feeling well rested in the morning.

However, now I feel like I am behind in everything.....remodel to finish, flip chart to make (usually made by Wednesday), house to clean, laundry to do, etc,....and what to make for dinner tonight.

So, how does all of this pertain to my weightloss journey? IDK. Truely WATCH what you eat.

I was just commenting on Tracey's remarks: I think maintenance is easier this time for me, because I WANT to be here. I mean truely WANT to be here. I've been thinking about this a lot lately. Last time I was at my goal I just wanted to get there. I'm not sure that I wanted to STAY there. Today, I do want to stay here. Today, I know that if I am heavier tomorrow (and its never by much) that I can fix it today. Used to be, that I would just keep hauling the food inward, never stopping. Today, I know that if yesterday was bad, today won't be.

Notice I said, "won't be", not "doesn't have to be". It never had to be a bad day earlier in my life. HAD to BE??? Nothing HAS to be the way it is....we can change ourselves and our attitudes and our choices. So why not start NOW? I know that tomorrow WON'T be like yesterday (the proverbial yesterday).

Join me won't you in making those choices: Choose fruits and veggies over sugar snacks. Choose to walk up a flight of stairs (or walk it quickly). Choose water over the soda. Choose mental games over television. Choose sleep over worry. Choose you over them. Choose faith over fear.

Today's diddy: "You can't have faith and fear at the same time...You can't have two opposite emotions simultaneously." ---anonymous

Good night one and all.

It seems that I have been pretty good at maintaining my weight for the last several weeks. I usually eat all of my points then "splurge"on something fun for dessert. Or like the other day, I had a fun pancake breakfast with my family and nephews who were over for the night. I feel good in knowing that it has not been as hard as it has in the past.

Something is aching at me (besides the heartburn/gas I have right now). I know what it is. (I want to lose those last 3 pounds.) I know what to do about it. (I have to write it down.) I know that I want to start on this 3 days ago. I don't know why I continue to let the weekends get "away from me". I know better.

I know that tomorrow morning I am going to get my journal out again. (I put it away after the week that Rose challenged me to write it down.) So, why do I feel like my drive is gone? I am not sure what I need to do to get out of this funk. ......

For years I went through this every March/April where I question what I do for a living. Am I being effective as an educator? Am I making a difference in people's lives? Should I be doing something else with my life, if so, what? I think that this attitude has carried over into my WW job too. No worries, I will get over it. I will be ok. It will take a short period of time. I have not had this feeling since I have had my new teaching job. Until last week. Now I question everything.

And of course, as you know, it also effects how I take care of myself. It effects how I eat. It effects my weight. It effects how I treat my children.

So, the question of the day.....what to do about it? I think I might have the answer....













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GET A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP. Sleep is soooo important in everything we do from trying to lose weight to simply being functional.






Good night.
Love in Losing,
JEnny

Random Thoughts

First, my apologies to anyone who follows on a regular basis and I have not been there for you. My life as seem to gotten so busy that SOMETHING had to give.

Iknow that it is still early, but I have been doing a lot of thinking since our meeting this morning. You taught me a lesson....I need to introduce myself in detail during the Getting Started Session. I will be extremely brief during the meeting when it comes to that from now on. I was taught to do that in the meeting, but I was also taught that we should give the members what they want. Clearly, you don't want to hear my story every week.

I have been on this "I don't feel like I have been good at my job" thing with my FT job. I hope that I did not carry this over into the meeting this morning. If I did, I did not mean to. I have there for you.

I am going to get started on our "science fair boards" this week. I bought them while shopping today.

HERE WE GO.....

I have been maintaining my weight for the past few weeks. I think that I am happy where I am when I wake up in the morning. Why is it that by the time I go to bed at night I feel sooooo much different? I look at myself and think I should try to shed a few/couple more pounds. Wonder why that is?

I secretly would like to be 3-4 pounds less JUST so I can say that I am the same as before I got married. Really, more like the same as when I met my husband....for those who know the story, and I think you all do.

Today is going well so far. (food-wise). I will come back later today or tomorrow. I am getting ready for a housefull of kids and half of them have not had lunch yet.

Made it Mine

I only have random thoughts today.....

I made my goal this morning. For real this time, not just for a fleeting moment. In fact, I was .4 below, and so far today I feel good about how the rest of the week will turn out. I was a bit surprised by this mornings 1 pound loss, because yesterday for dinner I finished off a sleeve of thin mints.....Thank God THOSE are out of the house now. Thank God. We'll see how it really effects the scale in a day or so.

Ok, so I have NO idea how many points are in a whole sleeve of thin mints, but I did count my points the rest of the day (as I was dared by Rose). By the time I got to those thin mints, I had 16 points left for the day. Perhaps......

Now that I have met my goal, I need to think about if I like it here or if I think I should keep going. I like the idea of having a bit of a flatter stomach. But I am comfortable with me here. Not to mention that if I go much lower I WILL have to buy all new pants, mostly.

Secretly, I enjoy the compliments that I get. Or even just when people notice that I have lost weight.....wait til my mom's husband sees me now. OWWWW!


I just emailed the Relay for Life lady again. I hope that I hear from her. I am looking forward to it. Although, still in a quandry with what to do with my kids for that long, that late at night. humph. Something to think about.

I must get to bed at a decent hour tonight.....my new goal is to get to bed before 9pm 2-3 times per week.

Today's diddy: "Back-patting can whittle your waistline. Be first in line to congratulate yourself."
Love in Losing,
Jenny

4 thoughts for life....

I know that when I am at a church service I should focus more on the preacher. Today he said something that got me thinking about my whole life....I suppose that is a good thing. I could apply the 4 things he mentioned to make us better Christians to my Al-Anon life and my WW life.....

1.) Faith. We need to have faith in the program. There are professionals who work at the corporate office for us. They test this stuff. They have members in test markets use this stuff in real life before they present it to us, the service providers and you, the members. Have faith that if you stick with it you will lose weight.

2.) Courage. You had the courage to show up. You had the courage to walk in the room and sign up. You had the courage to come back. You now need the courage to continue on a road (that may be rough at times) in order to meet your goals. You are courageous. Demonstrate your greatness for others to be inspired.

3.) Obedience. Discipline yourself. Form habits. Make it a lifestyle change. Reward yourself for the good things, the goals met. Don't punish yourself for the slip-ups, use them as learning tools. Every experience in life gives us the opportunity to learn something. The hard part is recognizing it. (Quote me on that.)

4.) Patience. We did not get to where we were when we walked into WW overnight. It won't come off overnight either. Have patience with yourself. Don't expect perfection. Don't try to give up everything at once....you may set yourself up for failure that way....I would hate to see that happen. Allow yourself to mess up without punishing yourself horribly.

I would like to add #5: Strength. Sometimes, I think we have the courage to do the right thing, we just don't have the strength. This is when we have to dig down deep and pull ourselves up (or away from), dust ourselves off and tell ourselves that we CAN do this. We don't have to succumb to those cravings or "wantings".

So far so good. I have kept track of everything. How about you? Yesterday was not good though. My husband went to Shop-n-save for some last minute supplies for the birthday party we were hosting. He bought for ME some spicey/honey chicken nuggets from the deli. This is a weakness of mine. No idea how many points those are, but I had enough. Enough that I also wanted a beer. You know how that is....beer and wings....yum. I can only assume that most, if not all, of my WPA are gone.

I was speaking to my husband today about food. He messed up my BBQ mushrooms AGAIN. Measure the margerine, WAY less salt, and try not to burn them. In doing so, I found out that he likes to feed me. Those were his words. WHy do you suppose that is?!!! Wierd is what I thought. How can you keep me thin AND feed me at the same time? I told him that was like me serving him beer, but asking him to stay sober at the same time. DOESN'T HAPPEN, HONEY. THanks for trying though. I think that might have been a "term of enderment" for him.....to feed me. Who knows?

Today's diddy: "Even a stopped clock is right twice a day."

Love in Losing,
Jenny