Ups and downs on the scale. Thought I had lost weight this week, even though I didn't follow Plan well... but I didn't lose. I gained .6 of a pound. (Theoretically that could be the Diet Coke I was drinking on the way to the meeting!... ::sigh::)

WW introduced new information this week.  I had my 7 yos with me, so it was difficult to concentrate on the talk. I still need to go over the handout material, since I couldn't focus at the meeting, to know what has changed.  I signed up for a YahooGroup that I hope will help me to be more diligent --something like WeightWatcher_journals or something. Let me go get the name for sure...  here it is:

weightwatchersjournals-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Well, gotta go get lunch.  Blessings, all!

Diana

Greetings, y'all.

I've been doing very poorly for two weeks on the Weight Watcher's front.  The first week wasn't as bad as the 2nd week, but looking back I guess it is actually going on FOUR weeks, not just two.  And, come to think of it, it has been four weeks since my step-dad died, so I guess I'm beginning to see a pattern here...

So, anyway, my weight has been creeping up for four weeks, and it is just about time to turn that back around again.  But last week had the memorial service on Wednesday, burial in Arlington, and Thanksgiving on Thursday.  And I just haven't been able to bring myself back to proper eating yet, so there you go.

Tonight is my weigh-in night, so I'll go and see what the actual damage is.  Then I'll pull myself up by my bootstraps and get back on track.  (Oh wait! If I don't have boots with bootstraps, does that let me off the hook?  It doesn't?  Shucks!)

Please say a little prayer for me, as you read this, that God will help me to be serious and get back on track. I had set "pre-pregnancy weight" as a goal by my son's 7th birthday (how sad is that?!), but I didn't make it (SADDER STILL!), so I'm setting the new year as my date to try to accomplish it by.  That may or may not be attainable, since at this point it is 11 pounds away. Maybe it will take a little longer, but I need to get back to work.

On a good note, I did walk on the treadmill yesterday.  Because of my declining fitness, lack of working out for ages, and knowing my arthritis in my knee could act up, I went quite slowly, with the goal being one mile instead of a particular amount of time.  I was only going about 2.5 mph, so it took about 25 minutes (is that right?)... (maybe it was longer, I'm not sure...). But I did it. And my hubby wants to help me make sure I exercise just about daily, so that should help.  That means that I can tell myself it is okay to exercise right then, even though there are things all around me that are still not done yet...  I need to know that, or I put off the exercise... because for now there will never be a time when everything that needs to be done is done, so the exercise won't happen if I have to get everything done first.

Gotta go now. Blessings!

D

Okay, y'all, I'm still here.  I'm also still losing weight.

I tried to update in October, but my kitchen computer won't let me into this account, and we can't figure out how to empty it's cookies!  Also, after a long battle with Alzheimer's, and a brief, rapid decline, my step-father's life ended last week (10/22), and my commitments leading up to that and as a result of that are occupying part of my time.  I am also still dealing with issues regarding my bio-dad's estate (who died 4/10/06).

I will try to post a chart tomorrow showing my weight loss progress, and update things on my blog like the little bar that shows how much is my goal and how far I've gone.

Blessings,

D

June 8?  My last entry was June 8?  Sheeesshhhh!  That's terrible!!!

Okay, so I don't have time right now to bring other parts of this blog up to date, which would be nice, but oh well!... But here are the stats:

Starting weight, February '06: 187.0 pounds

Current weight, 8/29/06:         170.5 pounds

So, I've had a really rough, busy, hectic, overwhelming summer, where I've literally been turning to God, who upholds me in His everlasting arms.  I've balanced out changes of food selections (brown rice) with smaller portions (when I eat white rice or white noodles, for example), changed portions (veggies take up the largest part of my plate) and changed choices (afternoon snack of 94% fat free popcorn without guilt, rather than some form of chocolate or other higher fat, higher calorie choice).  The reason I've not lost MORE is that I have the following philosophy: if this is a lifestyle change, and not a diet, then it doesn't matter how fast I am losing just so long as I am losing.  I am interested in being able to have a Starbuck's caramel frappacino when I want one, and an occasional dessert, or sharing a Ben & Jerry's pint of vanilla Heath bar with my hubby from time to time, as long as I am still losing weight.  And, if/when I get to a place where I an not satisfied with my weight loss, if I plateau, if I want to lose weight faster, I know that I can reduce or eliminate these delicasies (sp?).  But I am not ready to go there yet.  If I want changes to be permanent, then I have to make them slowly, like Flylady says, one change at a time until I've got it down, then move on to the next change.  Baby steps.

So, right now I have changed a lot of things in my diet, but am not purely following the WW guidelines, and not recording what I eat, not staying purely CORE or anything.  When I am ready I know there are more changes I can move to, and I know what they are. I know what I can change in my diet, I know I can start exercising...  But for now, I am the tortoise.  Slow and steady.  1/2 pound this week?  0.4 of a pound?  I'll take it.  It is a weight loss, and the numbers are going the right direction.

Who's with me?  Let's do it!  Slow and steady, Lord.  Hold my hand.  I am weak, but you are strong.  Help me to become all that you want me to be, and help me choose changes that will be a permanent part of my life!

Diana

Church was good today.  Al Mohler was preaching on The DaVinci Code to help us be prepared to answer when we are asked what we think of it.  Spoilers:  The book has the following falacies in it:

• Jesus wasn't devine (the book says).  He wasn't deemed devine until the Council of Nicea, at which time the bishops present voted him devine, and "it was a close vote, at that!".  Besides the fact that we know Jesus' devinity was not determined by man and did not every have a beginning, we also know that, historically, the Council of Nicea was voting on the Nicean Creed, in which the bishops were professing their faith in what was already true.  Also, it was not a close vote--there were 301 bishops present, and only two of them did not agree to the creed, and they were later defrocked, or excommunicated, or whatever.
• Jesus was actually married to Mary Magdeline and had a son (the book says). After Jesus died, Mary took her son to Gaul, now known as Turkey, and he later became the political leader of that country, and his offspring still live there today. (Pardon my memory, for anyone who finds errors in my recollections of the story line...)  This is supposed to be this huge cover-up that has been passed down through the ages.  Well, we do not believe God would have neglected to mention that Jesus was married.  It was clear, where he was dying on the cross and asked John to take care of his mother, that Jesus was not married. If he had been, he would have assigned someone to take care of his wife and son. Marriage was not God's plan for Jesus' time here...

I know I probably butchered this. This sermon will be available free on my church's website later this week, so if anyone wants me to, I can try to post the link.  There was a lot more in it that I just can't remember right now. I plan to listen to it again myself later.

Blessings!

D

Weigh in this morning: 182.5!  Rah! Rah! Rah!

Working on my blog site yesterday and today.  First I had a double header that I couldn't figure out, so I completely wiped out the blog page and reloaded the format from Kris Price.  Then my blog site was dark blue, unreadable, and I had run out of time to work on it.

Today, as you can see, I have lots of great graphics reloaded onto my page.  Unfortunately I have messed up the links under my entries. If you want to leave a comment, you click on "Leave Comment" and you are immediately redirected to "YahooMail".  What's up with that? Where did that even come from?  I have absolutely no idea. Unfortunately I am out of time to work on it today, so it will have to wait.  Sorry. Click on my email link to send me an email instead of posting a comment.

D

Scale died! No weigh in this morning.  This evening went in to Wal-Mart and bought the scale I have been wanting. The one I decided on is actually not the WW brand, but is Taylor, I think. It has memory for five people, weight to the tenth of a pound, and also measures BMI!  So, I'll be weighing in tomorrow.  Yea!

D

Good morning, all my weight loss buddies!

I got all excited this morning! I stepped on the scale and it said 182.0!  To put this in perspective, my starting weight just over a week ago was 187.0.

Now the bad news. You ever step on the scale several times just because you can't believe your eyes?  Well, that's what I did, and the weights were:

182.0, then

183.0, then

183.5.....

::sigh::  Well, I am reminding myself that the only weight I am applying to the ticker is my weekly weigh in. So, based on that I am making forward progress.  I can't wait to have some spending money to purchase that new Weight Watcher's scale that I have my eye on!

Blessings,

D

Okay, y'all. The time has come. No more procrastinating. I've done all the typical things: had my last caramel frappacino, had my last big bowl of ice cream. You know the routine.

My day is here.  Monday morning, January 24, I am starting my Weight Watchers plan.  I am hopeful to work on the blog more, add things to it, make it more attractive, more personal, put my picture on it, etc. But I'm not going to delay WW any more just because my blog isn't ready.  So tomorrow is the day.

I am going to post a separate entry under eating plan so that it's down there what I intend to eat and what the point values are.  I'm on the lock-up computer anyway, so I'm going to get off this entry and move on to the next.  The longer an entry is when my computer locks up, the more time I have wasted composing something that is lost forever!

So, anyone, send me a word of encouragement!  Thanks!

Diana

Okay, so I love following Weight Watchers, but I'm having trouble getting myself started.  I am not planning on joining....  Just planning on following the plan.  I find I am most successful at this if I don't have to think, so I want to be able to post what I plan to eat each day so I can return to it during the day and know what to eat (with the points already calculated), and indicated whether I followed my plan or not.

I really need to get this started, but figure I'll start Monday.  I saw that Weight Watchers sells a really awesome scale that measures in tenths of a pound (unlike my scale, which looks like it measures in tenths, but actually only gives you a weight that ends with either .0 or .5).  There is a variety, some measure in 1/10 of a pound, some measure by 2/10s of a pound.  I intend to order the scale or buy it at Linens and Things or Wal-Mart, but until I do my weigh-ins will have to go by my current scale. Here is a link to one of the scales: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=3267157

I am trying to figure this blog stuff out, and trying to tweak it enough that I can have various links, so that my menu plans can be in one place, my basic thoughts in another, etc.  Hopefully I'll figure it out by Monday. Otherwise I'll just dump everything into the general entry spot!

So, I'm off again to work on this.  Blessings to you all. Blessings especially to Kris Price, and hopefulness that I can continue to style my blog after hers!

Diana