Weigh in 1.9.10

Sweet Success! I weighed myself this morning and am down 1.2 lbs, for a grand total of 130.5. I'm sure some of this is because, after a while, the extravagant holiday eating ends so you have to shed some of that poundage. Still, I have been really good at keeping my point below 20 the past few days. So far, so good again today, so I'm hoping I can keep up the pace and lose this weight in just a couple months!

Diet Sand Traps

I call them sand traps: the ravenous hunger for junk food that I feel at approximately 2:30 and 8:30 everyday. I imagine it's how smokers feel when they NEED to have a cigarette. So this raises a serious question - Am I addicted to junk food? I wouldn't be surprised to have a sugar addiction (most Americans do), except I don't always crave sugar; I also crave chips and other salty snacks. The idea of being addicted to anything (other than caffeine, which is totally sociably acceptable) makes me feel really crappy.

Anyhow, today I made it through most of the day staying within my point range of 21. Breakfast was an English Muffin (1 pt) with 1 tbsp Nutella (2.5 pts). Lunch was 3/8 c egg salad (6 pts) on two slices whole wheat bread (2 pts), two pickle spears for an afternoon snack (0 pts). Dinner wasn't as good. We had leftovers, so I had a 9 pt pasta dish and a little of an egg and sausage casserole...I don't know the points value of that one, but I know it put me over for the day.

All in all, not bad. I successfully navigated through my 2:30 binge - YAY! But I wasn't quite so lucky at the 8:30 binge. I started with animal crackers dipped in Nutella, which is actually kind of disgusting written down. It just shows you how much I'm craving sugar in any form. And that I steal my daughter's snacks. Then once I finished with my chocolate, I needed something salty, so I ate potato chips and pickles. Ugh...I don't know why I did that. A bad ending to an otherwise pretty good day.

Same story, different day

I'm the Barack Obama of dieting. I promise change, but ultimately stay the same. I did eat three healthy but filling meals, which is definitely a move in the right direction. But...I also snacked A LOT today! And those snacks aren't exactly fruits and vegetables.

Something I need to work on is snacking after dinner. I'm not sure why (because I eat healthy dinners) but I am starving at around 8:30 every night.

I also have to start tracking my points. What usually happens is that I eat a good breakfast, but then need a snack before lunch, realize I'm screwed, then decide just to throw in the towel. I'm not really sure what's going to be that motivating factor that will push me to take this diet seriously.

First weigh in

I woke up, stood on the scale, and it wasn't pretty. I gained three pounds over Christmas, bringing me up to a whopping 131.7!!

Today's theme seemed to be about making choices. For breakfast I went for Cheerios and skim milk, measured out so to control portion size. Lunch was an unexpected meal out, and I think I made a fairly healthy choice with a turkey sandwich. Sure, it had mayo, cheese, and bread, but I did forgo the fries in exchange for a healthy salad with only a little dressing.

Things start to go downhill from there. In a fit of hunger, I downed two leftover Christmas cookies. On the upside, I usually would have eaten about five, but I stuck to two. Good for me. Dinner was at T.G.I.Friday's, possibly the least healthy eatery on the planet, but I went for a Right Portion, Right Price meal - Prime Rib Stroganoff - it was tasty and filling, but I'm sure it was also packed with fat, although I haven't looked at the nutritional information.

This is where it gets downright ugly: The Binge. Unfortunately, it was not followed by a purge. Three. Handfuls. of. Peanut. M&Ms. Yuck (Actually quite yummy). Anyway, I'm not proud of that. I think I'm addicted to sugar. Hopefully I'll have better willpower tomorrow.

First weigh in...

Okay, so I weighed myself this morning and I weigh (gulp) 151.4!!! :( I was very disappointed, but at least this gives me even more motivation to make a change. I figured out that using the WW system, I can have 24 points per day. I'll keep you posted on how the first day goes.

My Story...

My story is quite similar to that of Nini's. I was always able to maintain my weight pretty well (mostly through halfheartedly dieting on and off through the years) until the birth of my beautiful baby girl 14 months ago. Since then, I have gone majorly downhill. For the first time in my life, I am ashamed of what I look like and I constantly feel the need to pull and tug at my clothes to conceal my fat rolls. I am determined that I will finally make a major effort to look better and get healthier. My goal is to lose between 20-25 pounds. Hopefully by working as a team we can make the changes that we both want to make. Let's make 2010 the best year ever!!! :)

Welcome 2010! Welcome Hot Mammas!

A new year is upon us, and so it is once again time to make New Year's Resolutions. Like many women, I'm vowing that 2010 is the year I get back down to my 'fightin'' weight. Fifteen months ago I gave birth to my first child, which (shocker!) wrecked havoc on my figure; but honestly, I wasn't exactly Kate Moss (or even Kate Winslet) before my pregnancy. Once upon a time, however, I was quite slim, which is why on this blog you can call me by my alias, TeeneyNini, or just Nini for short.

I am following the Weight Watchers program to lose approximately 13 lbs. I figure I weight about 130 lbs. currently (I am 5'2") and want to weight 117 lbs., so when I step on the scale at Weight Watchers meetings, with the extra weight of my clothing, the scale reads 120. I'll update this blog with a more accurate weight tomorrow morning.

Also, I'm not doing this blog alone! Stay tuned for my partner-in-crime's take on her own New Year's resolution!