First off today was my Weight Watchers meeting day. My weigh in was 254.6 which is down 3.6 lbs. over last week's weigh in!
So I've mentioned Weight Watchers in all of my posts so far. Part of it is because I want to give credit where credit is due. When I started down the weight loss path I was lost. Weight Watchers helped me figure out what was good, what was bad, and just how much of the bad I could have and still be good.
One of the cool things about this is I get to go through a lot of the Genghis Grill bowls and figure out the POINTS plus value for them which is so cool. By the time I'm done I'm going to have a whole lot of created items in my Weight Watcher's online menu.
For me the most important part of Weight Watchers has really been the meetings. You have a leader there to cheer you on when you succeed, build you up when you are down, and answer your questions when you are lost. The beauty of it is the leader has been there too. They may not have lost as much as you are needing to, but they know about and understand those dirty little secrets you have (like eating an entire bag of potato chips or that huge bowl of ice cream).
The next important component any my real focus of this entry are the meeting members. I'm lucky enough to be part of an at work meeting. The people at my meeting work where I do. I bump into a lot of them several times a week if not daily. They're there when someone brings in brownies and can stop your from indulging (or tell you to go ahead). :) You can meet up with them and go on walks during lunches or breaks (I should probably give a shout out to Lacie at this point because without someone walking with me in the afternoons I'm not sure I would have stuck to it as much as I have).
Everyone in my meeting group has commented on my accomplishment and given me a lot of support, but I have to say that I'm so proud of what they've done too. I am always amazed at how much they have accomplished. Every one of them looks healthier and happier, and that just makes me happy too. I'm truly proud to be part of my meeting group. All of them a nice, caring, genuinely excited for you when you have a success, and there for you when you have a failure. I'm honored to be a part of that.
Having that kind of support is an important thing. Even if you don't join Weight Watchers and go to meetings you need people who can support you and cheer you on. There will be dark times when you need that shoulder to cry on. There will be happy times that you want to share.
I have a larger support network then I ever thought I would. A couple months after I started loosing weight I started posting some of my successes (and a few failures) to my Facebook page. I was surprised to have old high school classmates cheer me on. People who I hadn't seen in a long time were there to help me. Old friends of my mother and father have been there too. Some of them told me that my speaking up has inspired them to make changes in their own life, and that brings me more joy then I can put into words.
So let me take this moment to say thank you.
Thank you to the Weight Watchers meeting leaders who have been so happy to see me succeed.
Thank you to my fellow meeting members for always being there in and out of the meeting.
Thank you to my lead, manager, and coworkers who have stopped by and told me how much better I'm looking and how proud they are of my accomplishments.
Thank you to my friends who have stood by me throughout.
Thank you to my family who have always been so supportive.
Thank you to all those who have said how my success has been an inspiration to them.
Thank you to my mother who always says "way to go" when I loose and "that's ok, you've come so far already" when I don't.
Thank you to my brother who is always telling people behind my back how proud he is of what I've done.
And thank you to my father... I know he would be proud of what I've accomplished.
Tomorrow I'm going to talk more about him because he is a big part of why I'm so committed to loosing for good. Tomorrow would have been his 55th birthday. I wish he could be here to celebrate it with us.
On the menu today: (nutritional information) [POINTS Plus]
So I've mentioned Weight Watchers in all of my posts so far. Part of it is because I want to give credit where credit is due. When I started down the weight loss path I was lost. Weight Watchers helped me figure out what was good, what was bad, and just how much of the bad I could have and still be good.
One of the cool things about this is I get to go through a lot of the Genghis Grill bowls and figure out the POINTS plus value for them which is so cool. By the time I'm done I'm going to have a whole lot of created items in my Weight Watcher's online menu.
For me the most important part of Weight Watchers has really been the meetings. You have a leader there to cheer you on when you succeed, build you up when you are down, and answer your questions when you are lost. The beauty of it is the leader has been there too. They may not have lost as much as you are needing to, but they know about and understand those dirty little secrets you have (like eating an entire bag of potato chips or that huge bowl of ice cream).
The next important component any my real focus of this entry are the meeting members. I'm lucky enough to be part of an at work meeting. The people at my meeting work where I do. I bump into a lot of them several times a week if not daily. They're there when someone brings in brownies and can stop your from indulging (or tell you to go ahead). :) You can meet up with them and go on walks during lunches or breaks (I should probably give a shout out to Lacie at this point because without someone walking with me in the afternoons I'm not sure I would have stuck to it as much as I have).
Everyone in my meeting group has commented on my accomplishment and given me a lot of support, but I have to say that I'm so proud of what they've done too. I am always amazed at how much they have accomplished. Every one of them looks healthier and happier, and that just makes me happy too. I'm truly proud to be part of my meeting group. All of them a nice, caring, genuinely excited for you when you have a success, and there for you when you have a failure. I'm honored to be a part of that.
Having that kind of support is an important thing. Even if you don't join Weight Watchers and go to meetings you need people who can support you and cheer you on. There will be dark times when you need that shoulder to cry on. There will be happy times that you want to share.
I have a larger support network then I ever thought I would. A couple months after I started loosing weight I started posting some of my successes (and a few failures) to my Facebook page. I was surprised to have old high school classmates cheer me on. People who I hadn't seen in a long time were there to help me. Old friends of my mother and father have been there too. Some of them told me that my speaking up has inspired them to make changes in their own life, and that brings me more joy then I can put into words.
So let me take this moment to say thank you.
Thank you to the Weight Watchers meeting leaders who have been so happy to see me succeed.
Thank you to my fellow meeting members for always being there in and out of the meeting.
Thank you to my lead, manager, and coworkers who have stopped by and told me how much better I'm looking and how proud they are of my accomplishments.
Thank you to my friends who have stood by me throughout.
Thank you to my family who have always been so supportive.
Thank you to all those who have said how my success has been an inspiration to them.
Thank you to my mother who always says "way to go" when I loose and "that's ok, you've come so far already" when I don't.
Thank you to my brother who is always telling people behind my back how proud he is of what I've done.
And thank you to my father... I know he would be proud of what I've accomplished.
Tomorrow I'm going to talk more about him because he is a big part of why I'm so committed to loosing for good. Tomorrow would have been his 55th birthday. I wish he could be here to celebrate it with us.
On the menu today: (nutritional information) [POINTS Plus]
Breakfast:
1 1/2 Cup Honey Nut Cheerios (3 fat / 44 carb / 4 fiber / 6 prot) [6]
Lunch:
4 slices Sara Lee Delightful 45 cal 100% multi-grain bread [5]
2 tbsp Peanut Butter & Co All Natural Dark Chocolate Dream [5]
2 tbsp Peanut Butter & Co All Natural White Chocolate Wonderful [5]
20 baby carrots [0]
1 Mott's No Sugar Added Healthy Harvest Country Berry applesauce [1]
1 Jell-O Dark Chocolate Mousse [2]Dinner:
Genghis Grill Bowl - Sweet and Sour Pork Bowl (slightly modified)
Pork, Pepper, Dragon Salt, 3G Mix (green beans, bean sprouts, bamboo shoots), Pinapples, Green Onions, Sweet and Sour Sauce, Brown Rice (432.5 cal / 8 fat / 59.5 carb / 7.9 fiber / 29.5 prot)
Snacks:
12 Emerald Nuts Cocoa Roasted Dark Chocolate Almonds [2]
2 Cups Silk Pure Almond Dark Chocolate Almondmilk [7]
1 large banana [0]
Exercise:
1.25 miles walking during breaks.
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