Black Eyed Peas...the food not the band!

I love black eyed peas! I am so totally serious. I had them for dinner last night (an entire can by myself, well Justin had a small bite on his plate, but he is not fond of the BEP's) and I had an entire can for lunch today! They are only 5.5 points per can and they are on the Weight Watcher list of filling foods to eat! It is cold outside and this is a perfect meal or side to have during this cold weather!

Leave me a comment to tell me what your favorite food to eat during this cold weather is.

I am thrilled!

I lost 4.2 pounds this week!!!! I can't believe it. I was so thrilled about it. Look what a little tracking (ok a lot of tracking) can do! Now my next goal is to keep tracking and work out too. I didn't work out this week (well ok I do count swawing with Ian in my arms as activity points). Keep praying for me. I have only 2.2 pounds to meet my pre-pregnancy goal by December 31st. Totally do-able. I look forward to my next weigh in!

I did it!

I am so excited! I counted my points everyday for the past week! I did it, I did it! I can't wait to weigh in tonight! Even if I don't lose I am so very proud of myself for sticking with the program for 7 days in a row! Stay tuned for my results!

4 days down 3 to go!

Day 4 of counting my points all day long is complete! It has been easier than I thought. Although on Sunday I was out in the gathering at our church during the service (Ian was fussy) and I was starving. Well my friend Haley had a mix of animal crackers and some other stuff but I said no because I didn't know the point value! Aren't you proud of me? :) It really has been easier. I guess the challenge that our WW leader gave us was all I needed! Now I will just need to continue with the tracking my points. It probably doesn't help that I am sitting here watching The Food Network. Oh well. I don't have any more points left for today but that is ok since it is after 9 pm. Well I have to go, Ian is fussy. Keep praying for me!

What makes holiday memories?

So as I was heading home from my weight watcher meeting tonight I started thinking about what makes a holiday good. Use to I would have said first the food. But now I say the family or friends that you surround your self with and the things you do that day. While eating is a part of your day it shouldn't be the most memorable part of it. I realized that on Thanksgiving this year I didn't eat stuffing! I love stuffing, and you know what? I had a fantastic day! Yes a fantastic day with out eating stuffing!!! So food should not make your holiday. Memories should make your holiday, family should make your holiday and friends should make your holiday!

By the way I lost 1.2 pounds this week! I was so excited. Please pray for me this week as our WW leader challenged us to track our food points and our activity points. We are to bring our tracker to the meeting next week to be entered into a drawing to win something. I really want to do this. Not just because I could win something but because I want to get to my pre-pregnancy weight by the end of the year. I have only 6.4 pounds to go!

Biggest Loser...

Do any of you watch Biggest Loser on NBC? I am so addicted to it. It puts me in the kick butt mood! Every time I watch it I want to go and run 10 miles. Then reality hits and I remember that I have a husband and child to take care of in addition to the fact that I am so out of shape I would probably kill over after mile 1. :) But I will say that it really does inspire me to do better with my weight loss. I woke up yesterday with plans to do DDR but then decided to lay on the couch instead. That is when I remembered the lyrics to the Biggest Loser theme song:

What have you done today to make you feel proud?
It's never too late to try
What have you done today to make you feel proud?
You could be so many people
If you make that break for freedom
What have you done today to make you feel proud?

And I thought to myself "Is laying on the couch making me proud or depressed?" That is when I decided to get up and dance! I danced for about 25 minutes!!! I couldn't believe myself. I was so worn out after that. I was pretty much worn out the entire rest of the day! But it was well worth it. Today I am planning on going on a walk with my friend at the mall. Then tonight is the dreaded weigh in. I will let you know what happens tomorrow. Wish me luck! (I think prayer would be better).

Success in gaining...

Most weeks I would not be happy about gaining. However, this week I was pretty happy with my results! Why? Well it was Thanksgiving and I only gained 6/10 of a pound! While I didn't count my points on Thanksgiving I did measure out what I ate so that I wouldn't eat too much. Oh and get this, Justin and I woke up at like 6:40 in the morning and did Dance Dance Revolution for like 15 minutes!!! Also something that helped is that on Friday I hung out with my two older nieces, Kylie and Kaitlynn, and we went to the park and walked around for a while. It was such great weather. So I would say this week I for sure had success in gaining!

7 pounds to go...

So this week I lost 1.4 pounds! I was glad I did considering I had a root canal done (twice on one tooth, don't ask why). Anyway, this puts me at only needing to loose about 7 pounds in order to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight! My goal is to be there by the end of the year. With Thanksgiving this week I will need to work extra hard.

DDR...It's back!

We pulled out our DDR yesterday afternoon! For those of you who are just now joining us DDR is Dance Dance Revolution. Yes you heard me correctly. It is a great work out and so much fun. Justin has been wanting to do this for a while, I just wasn't ready. But yesterday we put Ian in his swing and danced away. I totally won (just kidding I don't really know who won). I can't wait to do this more and lose more weight! Some time I will have to put a short video of us doing DDR.

better week...

So I must admit that last week I didn't post because, well I had a really bad week. I gained 5.6 pounds! I know, I know. Anyways this week was better. I lost 4.6! I really needed that. I think if I would have gained more I would have been even less interested in doing weight watchers. But that was just the boost I needed to keep going! So keep praying for me. I need it!