weigh in ...

Weigh in =207.8lbs (-1.8lbs)

Not too bad, I'm actually pretty happy with this loss considering the fact that I haven't been to the gym in over a week, the May long weekend was quite the challenge with a few extra "snacks" and not enough protein, then with the added stress of my Dad being sick... I think I did quite well!! :) It is slowly coming off, which I'm OK with as long as it continues to come off!

So I guess my hubby bought a trailer yesterday, I haven't seen it yet so all I know is that it kinda looks like the one we looked at and liked? It is a 2006, 31ft travel trailer and that is about all I know!? He picks it up today after supper so I will take pics and post them, I'm actually kinda excited to see what he has bought and can't wait to clean it and set it up!! Now we will be able to spend more time together as a family!!

I also guess I might have been wrong about my Dad being in the hospital for a while!? They discharged him this morning!?!? I guess he was able to eat at the hospital and keep it down so they sent him home? I will probably go see him on Saturday and see how he is doing.

Jacob got his 2nd year pics done yesterday, he was pretty good - considering he's not much of a ham. The photographer was able to make him smile a few times and I think the pics turned out pretty good. It was hard though when we were finished to go through all them and pick out the ones I wanted cause Jacob was hungry and kept trying to leave the store!? I posted one below for you to see.

Weigh in ....

Weigh in = 209.6lbs (-3.8lbs)

Technically I guess I have been on the WS for 6 weeks and I am now down 13.2lbs (which is an average of 2.2lbs per week) not bad!! :) I am happy to be out of the 10's and closer to Onderland! I am happy that my BMI is down 2 points (even though I don't truly rely on BMI #'s). I am happy that I have lost 5.9% of who I was and I don't even feel like I'm on a diet?! I love how I get to do my own thing at work or during the day (drinking my shakes and having WS meals) but in the evening I get to have whatever my hubby is having for supper (with the exception of starches). Even if he is having fish sticks and cheese sticks I can still have what he is eating along with my veggies! I'm liking WS so far and think I will be sticking with it for a few months longer, I can't wait to be in my pre-pregnancy jeans again!!! :D

So.... we are about 1/2 way through our mini challenge at work here and I thought I would update everyone on how it is going. Now some people in the challenge don't like to weigh in all the time (like Amanda, who has only weighed in once since starting) but others like to weigh in everyday, sometimes twice a day!! (like Bryan) So I can only post from the last time everyone has told me their #'s.

My start weight =222.8, today I am 209.6 = -13.2lbs (5.9%)

Bryan start weight =227.8, last weigh in 220.8 = -7lbs (3.1%)

Denise start weight =247.8, last weigh in 237.8 = -10lbs (4.0%)

Amanda start weight =169.4, last weigh in 168.8 = -0.6lbs (0.4%)

James start weight =191.8lbs, last weigh in 186.4 = -5.4lbs (2.8%)

So far I am in the lead but some people on the list haven't weighed in for a while so maybe they are doing much better then what I think!? The challenge is on till July 1st so hopefully I can continue to loose at least the 2.2lbs per week and stay on top!! ;)

Weigh in

Weekly weigh in = 213.4lbs (+1lb)

Well, this week wasn't the best week but I suppose it was a lesson learned? I almost ran out of my WS food and only had a few "meals" left which is only good for lunch but I was on my own for breakfast and 3 snacks the rest of the day. I tried to stick to a low fat high protein type diet but I don't think I did very well cause I found that in the evenings I was famished and would often raid the cupboards. This is something I never really felt like doing when I was on plan so I am happy to say that I FINALLY received my WS order (after paying $62 in shipping!!!). I'm glad that I am back on plan and can start loosing again, learn not to give in to my temptations and start feeling better about myself!! I have already placed my next order just to make sure that I don't run out of food again but it seems like the shipping charges are a little ridiculous! When I was on NS the shipping didn't cost half as much and the boxes were twice as big and twice as heavy?

So, I'm still on the fence on whether I should increase my calories or not? I keep thinking about the age old diet advise about how in order to loose weight you need to increase exercise and lower calorie intake. But I think some people loose more weight when they increase their calories. There is one lady on the forum I read that said she increased her calories to 1500 -1700 a day and lost 3.5lbs (more then when she was on a low cal diet) but the thought of increasing my daily calories kinda scares me! I need to find MY ideal calorie intake, the number of cals that keeps me full and I still loose weight!? I'm sure in time I will figure it out! ;)

I took yesterday off work and hubby and I went trailer shopping! It was fun, looking at trailers and I think we found one that we like and would work well for our little family. We filled out the paperwork and are now waiting to see if we get approved! Hopefully everything goes well and we can get our trailer for next weekend!! :)

1st gymnastic class =D

So we had our very 1st gymnastic class on Saturday, and it was so much work but I had a blast!! It was super fun and I was sweating by the end of the hour long class! At first Jacob was unsure of the new surroundings and people, he didn't really want to do the warm up part but once he saw the other kids having fun he started to loosen up a bit. Then we went to the trampoline (a long narrow trampoline) the instructors placed foam shapes on the trampoline and they were used as "stations" so the first station was a foam triangle shape and Jacob had to climb on top and do a summer salt down, then there was a flat foam shape he had to do a baby cart wheel over, then they placed a ladybug mat where Jacob had to do three donkey kicks, a flat mat he had to fall on his bum then slide down off the trampoline, jump on these dots on the ground that lead to a ladder that he had to climb up and over - then do the whole thing over again. He wasn't too sure the first time but the second time he actually did most of the stations on his own! After that we went back to the main mat area and did another little course but this time on the bars, I think he did pretty good at this one too! Then more trampoline jumping and some parachute time (with the big colorful parachute). By the end I was tired and sweaty, Jacob seemed to be having fun and I thought he would definitely be napping on the way to St.Albert but he didn't!? Instead he crashed after our visit with my Dad and slept the whole way home!

Sunday was Mothers Day so I went to visit my Grandma and Mom, it was a quick visit and then we headed back home. I was kinda expecting that my hubby would come home with flowers for me since the day before I had asked him if I need to pick up my own flowers and he said no, he would get me some. But NO ... he came home with nothing! :( Said the stores were closed so I hung onto the hope that maybe Monday I would come home from work to see that he had bought some beautiful flowers. I rushed home Monday to ... nothing... no card, no flowers not even supper being cooked!? This morning I bugged him saying I looked all over and couldn't find my flowers anywhere, he chuckled as if I was making a joke but really I was on the verge of tears!? I wanted to say Thanks jerk, for making yet another Mothers Day memorable and special!? He has one more day to make up for it... I'm not holding my breath but I am hoping that maybe today I will come home to flowers?! I don't think I ask for much, there are lots of other Moms (wives) out there that ask or get WAY more then flowers for Mothers Day (spa package, etc), heck I probably would have been happy with a hand made card that Jacob scribbled on or a hand stamp of Jacob? :(

This week has also been a little challenging, I have pretty much run out of WS shakes and meals so I have been trying to do it on my own. I don't think I am completely failing at it but I don't think I'm doing that great either?! I got on the scale today and I think I have gained? I also broke down last night and had a few cookies, I was just really hungry and the temptation was ridiculous!! I didn't have those temptations, cravings or the hunger feeling and just wouldn't feel the need to have those cheats when I was on the WS plan. Maybe I had the cookies cause I was upset about not getting my flowers, maybe it was cause I didn't eat enough protein!? I just really hope my order gets here soon cause I think right now I need the guidance of WS to help me get through the cravings and temptations!? Last time I checked my UPS code thing my package was stuck in customs, yesterday it finally cleared customs so hopefully I will see it today or tomorrow at the latest!?

Hopefully the rest of you had a great Mothers Day!! :)

Weigh in ...

Week 5 weigh in = 212.4lbs (-1.2lbs)

Not too shabby but I know it could have been better! I had a couple "bad" cheats (coffee out with a girlfriend and ordering off the menu when I shouldn't have) and I baked cookies for my hubby Tuesday night which meant sampling a couple too make sure they were cooked!! I can honestly say though that the cookies didn't really taste all that great? I also haven't gone to the gym at all this week (except last night) so considering all that ... I'm happy with a 1.2lb loss!! :) I have now officially lost over 10lbs, which I was hoping to see this week and hopefully next weeks weigh in will have a better number (as long as I stick to plan)!

I however didn't plan on my 2nd shipment taking as long as it is and I am almost out of food!! I only have one shake left and one bar so if I don't get my shipment today then my weekend might not go so well!? I will have to try and take the knowledge I have and hope that I can still loose weight without the shakes? Or go buy a container of protein powder so I can still make shakes? I still have a couple "meals" so that is probably what I will do, and instead of having the protein bars (that are kinda high in calories and carbs) I can have low fat high protein snacks instead (like yogurt and turkey pepperoni).

I'm excited for this weekend and the week to come, this weekend Jacob gets to try gymnastics for the first time and I think he will really enjoy it!! And next week we are going shopping for a trailer! We have the choice of either using one that is already at the track or buying one of our own for a very special discounted price! The only problem with taking one that is already out there is that it will probably be a little small (20ft) and it probably won't have what we want (bunk bed for Jacob) and we wouldn't be able to take it off the property but if we buy our own it will be just what we want (or close to it) but we haven't really saved up for it so it would be another expense. We will probably end up buying one on our own but we might not be able to get one that "I" would like! Not that I want a huge fancy brand new one but I'm the one that is going to be stuck in the trailer when it's raining or not nice out and if you've ever been in a 20ft trailer with a toddler for more then one hour (without having the option of going outside) you know what I'm talking about!! I would like a trailer that is around 24-28ft and preferably one with a bunk for Jacob and a bed for us (so that I don't have to make the bed into a table every morning).

busy weekend ....

My weekend was exceptionally busy, starting with Friday... after work I had to drive out to the race track to work in the tower, it was the first race of the season and it actually went fairly well. Jacob had a sleepover at the inlaws Friday night and Saturday night - it was GREAT!! :D Saturday I went back out to the track to see what needed to be done and help out but couldn't stay long cause we had my Grandpa's memorial that day so I left before lunch to pick up Jacob and Grandma, we stayed at the memorial for a few hours. It was nice, more people then I thought showed up, considering Gpa passed away in Feb I didn't think too many people would see the ad in the paper about the memorial. Then I dropped Jacob back off at Gmas and headed back to the track, Sunday was spent at the track as well but it wasn't as smooth of a day, equipment broke, cars broke, truck hit the wall - there wasn't much racing done. I left early so that I could go to my FIL's bowling banquet, we used to bowl with the same league and it has been awhile since any of them had seen Jacob so I thought it would be nice to show him off. Jacob was good even with supper being an hour late!! :(

And that was pretty much it for my weekend, as for my meals ... it was so hard to stay on track being at the track (lol), I brought more "snack" type foods just incase I got the munchies and I'm glad I did cause if I didn't have the snacks I might have had some concession crap instead!? Friday night we all went out after the race for a social thing, they usually always go out after the race but I rarely go cause I am either too tired or don't want to be tempted to 'snack' when I'm not really hungry. I went ... and shared nachos with a friend .... felt like crap after and vowed to only go out with them once a month or until my willpower kicks in and I can resist the temptation!! :( My eating also sucked at my Gpa's memorial, I had a few bites of brownies and an extra sandwich or two! And then on Sunday I didn't quite stick to my L&G for supper since I was at the banquet but on Monday I weighed in to see how bad it really was and I was so surprised to see that I was down 2lbs?!? So, now I'm wondering if maybe I need to increase my calories or if I should allow a few extra snacks (like low fat yogurt or turkey pepperoni). I might try next week cause this week I won't be going to the gym that much this week so I don't think I need too many more calories. Hopefully the 2lbs stay till my weigh in day or more!! ;)

Last night I went out for coffee with a girlfriend I hadn't seen for awhile and tonight is grocery shopping day, I'm also going to try and fit a haircut in today. I started taking a "good" vitamin today and I'm looking forward to feeling better, not that I was feeling bad before but just feel more complete now. Jacob starts gymnastics this weekend and I'm super excited for him!! I think he will really like it!? That's about all that is new for me ... I'm still waiting for my 2nd order of WS!??! Maybe I should have ordered it sooner?! I'm almost out of bars and shakes? Hopefully it will get her by Thursday or I will have to figure out another protein snack instead of the bars!?

Weigh in

Weigh in for this week is 213.6lbs = -1.2lbs!

So not a huge number but still going in the right direction so I guess I can't complain!? I wonder though if maybe I need to increase my calories? I just find it funny how I had a high calorie weekend with a few cheats and so I weighed in on Monday to find that I was 213.6 (same as today). But I went to the gym and worked out hard and watched my food intake since Monday but haven't lost anymore then when I had a few cheats? I don't get it? I lost more when I gave myself the extra starch that you are suppose to have on the 1200 cal plan but I stopped eating it cause Fitday said I was well over the 1200 cals if I had a starch as well? Maybe I should put it back in for a week and see if there is any difference?

I placed my 2nd order with Diet Direct and found out that the shipping is crazy expensive!! ($45) for a month supply of WS? It used to be free shipping to Canada but they recently stopped that!? :( Although I am excited to get some new food choices, hopefully this order won't take as long to get here!!

The other day I was doing some blog rolling and thought I would share a couple funny blogs I came across, hopefully you enjoy them as well!! :)

http://makemommygosomethingsomething.wordpress.com/

http://www.mommylingo.blogspot.com/ ***I laughed out loud with this blog!***

http://practicalmum.com/

Week 2 weigh in!!

Week 2 weigh in = -1.8lbs

Which makes a grand total of 8lbs, not too shabby!! :) The plan seems fairly easy to follow so far and I find that as long as I stick with it I don't have any hunger pains or cravings, which is nice! Last week I did stray a bit off plan and would have a couple bites of Jacobs meal (pasta or a cookie) and that is when I started feeling the hunger pains again, so I need to focus on staying away from carbs/ sugar and stick with the plan, when hungry grab a tall glass of water and wait. Speaking of water ... I am so thirsty on this plan, which is making it super easy for me to have at least 94oz of water everyday! Last night we had wieners and beans for supper, mine were Fat Free wieners and usually we have toast with them but after I finished my beans and weenies I really didn't want the toast, of course though since it was on my plate I had to have at least a bite ... it didn't taste good and soon after trying a bite I regretted it. Next time I won't even put it on my plate! :) I need to listen to my body more and be more aware of my hunger signals, when I'm really hungry and when to stop eating!!

I can't wait to place my second order, I am excited to try some new products, some that are lower in carbs and are a little more tasty. The lunch entrees that came in my starter kit are not very good and they only supply one snack for night, unless you use your shakes and make pudding with them (which I've done). I have noticed that I am saving a ton of money on fruits, veggies and dairy!! I feel like I never get to have dairy (no yogurt or cheese), I suppose I could if it was low fat cause they are considered a protein but they also have carbs!? And veggies I only get at supper time, fruit I have been having apples and a bag of apples is fairly cheap, plus seems to last a while. I thought that this diet was a lower carb diet but after putting my info into Fitday it seems to me like I am having quite a bit of carbs, even without my extras, and quite a bit of sugar? I wonder how much this effects my weight loss? We will see what next week brings, hopefully a bigger number but if I can loose around 2lbs every week I think I would be happy with that? :)

time for an update...

Well ... today is my 5th day on WS (Wonderslim) and so far it's going pretty good. The weekend was a little bit of a challenge, we did our usual (visit family, go to St.Albert, etc.) so I found that my water intake was not where it should have been. I was lucky if I had 32oz, it's just hard to drink that much water when you are traveling and at other people houses. Then on Saturday I had packed some snacks for Jacob but he didn't want anything I had packed for him so I went to McDonalds and got him a meal, nothing for me! But I did steal a bite of his cheeseburger and had about 1/3 of his fries. It's hard to say no to him when he offers me food, last night we had fish sticks for supper and Jacob dipped one of his and said "Mommy eat" as he handed me his half dipped fish stick, so I replied "Oh- no sweety, you eat" and he insisted "NO -MOMMY eat!" so I had a bite, I suppose I could have pretended to take a nibble off the end but I figured what the heck it's only one bite of a fish stick and if that is going to stop my weight loss then I guess I was meant to be the fat girl!

Well... I was a little worried about the cheats I had and wanted to wait till I had been on the program for a week before weighing in (just in case I didn't see the results I wanted too) but I couldn't do it... last night at the gym I jumped on their scale and it showed a loss. So this morning my co-worker convinced me to get on our scale here and see what it said and guess what?! It showed a 5lb loss and I still have 2 more days before my official weigh in!!! Yah!

Surprisingly I don't really feel as hungry as I thought I might, I am however very thirsty which I suppose is good cause it helps me get my water in. The Puddings/ shakes are good, nothing fancy and the protein bars are like having a treat! As for the 'meals' ... they are a challenge to eat! Not so good, edible ... but barely! The only one so far that was good was the veggie joe, the 'chicken' meals will not be on my next order! I also got a scale so I could learn how much 5oz of meat is and I am very surprised at how BIG 5oz of meat is!! Plus my 2 cups of veggies for supper, my plate is very full! I so far can say that I like the plan, I think I will continue on it for at least another month. I just have to figure out how to order things separately so I don't get the 'chicken' meals anymore!! :P

Jacobs first pony ride at the Mom Pop and Tot show! He wasn't really too crazy about it, he wouldn't hold on to the saddle so I had to hold him there the whole time. It was fun though!! :)

Day 2

Well Day 2 and so far not too bad.... which has me a little worried that I'm not doing it right? I followed the plan almost to a "T" yesterday, my only cheats were a couple cups mugs of coffee with creamer but it was low fat and I had a little more then a cup of fruit for my afternoon snack. I think I might have to cut back on my coffee intake, but on a plus note I was able to intake 94oz of water!!! :o I know ... it was crazy ... I peed A LOT!! But I'm trying to do the same thing again today, or at least get my minimum 64oz, so far I've had 42oz for the day and it is only two in the afternoon.

I found that yesterday at 2pm I hit my hunger wall, I was famished but didn't want to eat my afternoon snack too early or I'd be famished at supper time too so I had more water and waited. O - I guess my supper was also kinda a cheat ... I was in a hurry (like I usually am on Thursdays cause there is a class I really enjoy at the gym at it starts earlier then I usually get there) so my hubby picked up subs for supper. I proably should have threw away my bread and just had the chicken breast with a salad but no ... I ate it, only a 6" sub but it still wasn't quite following the plan. Tonight I will do beter!!

I know it has only been one day but I decided to weigh myself, only to find out that I haven't lost a single ounce! It is kinda disapointing, I thought I would at least see a little bit of encouragment from the scale? I think I just need to keep at it ... give it a week and not jump on the scale too much.

I find that I am thinking about my meals ... all the time!? Like this morning I was thinking about when I should have my snack, don't want to have it too early cause then I'll be hungry and have to eat lunch early too and then I might run out of food before I head home making me want to stop for a treat before getting home!? So I wonder ... should I eat only when I'm hungry or should I set up times to eat? If I only eat when I'm hungry then I might miss a few snacks? Will this hinder my weight loss? I also wonder if it's bad to spread my meals out during the day or should I eat everything at once? I like to snack so I hope it won't effect my weight loss if I snack throughout the day!?

Maybe I just think too much!??! :P Hopefully I can relax a bit when I do my official weigh in next Thursday!? Now to just stay off the scale until then!

And now it starts ....

I finally picked up my parcel last night, I opened it as soon as I put it in my car and was quiet excited to get started!! And although the box is half the size as my usual NS shipment it didn't faze me ... until this morning when I was packing my lunch. I'm so used to packing NS size lunches that when I saw what I had put in my lunch bag now I thought there is no way I can do this!!?? My lunch bag was nearly empty! I think I will take pics just to give you an idea, it really was scary!

So this morning I woke up with a headache - not a good way to start a diet but I figure there is no more excuses! I need to start today, stick it out and see results!! So here is what my morning looks like:

Breakfast = 1 shake/pudding (depending on how you make it), 1 starch and 1 fruit

Morning snack = 1 shake/pudding

Lunch = 1 protein bar, 1 shake/ pudding OR 1 soup, 1 fruit

Afternoon snack = 1 shake/pudding

Supper = 5oz lean meat and 2 cups of veggies

Snack = 1 shake/pudding

So needless to say my lunch bag looked VERY empty but it hasn't been too bad so far!? It is almost lunch time and I had 20oz of water so far (probably pee'd just as many times as ounces I've drank!!). The chocolate shake was good and I just finished a Strawberry one, both were good, nothing to write home about. I had a slice of toast this morning for my starch and a apple, to tell you the truth I kinda freaked out a bit when packing my lunch and threw in a yogurt (just in case)!! he he It seemed very strange to not pack any veggies for my lunch? I suppose I could divide my supper veggies and have one cup for lunch, one for dinner? I might have to do a little adjusting to my menu, so far it seems tolerable? I assume I will feel like crap for the first 3 days, like you do when you start most diets and your body is getting used to not eating everything you used to.

My biggest issue today is my headache! If that was gone I would feel much better! Everything irritates me more when I have a headache. Every time I feel like eating I take a drink of water, my goal for this week is to drink half my weight in ounces everyday!! I am also going to try and not have carbs as my veggie, no carrots, peas or corn!

Counting down ...

Well, I finally did it... I made my choice ... I am going to try Wonderslim, and even though we are pretty broke right now and I probably shouldn't have ordered it... I did! Hopefully hubby won't be too mad? I'm going to give it a month of no cheats and working 100% at trying to loose this weight! And if that month goes good then I will place another order! If however that month doesn't get the results I'm hoping for then I think I will try a modified version of Ideal Protein. I have four friends that have are either currently on it or have been on it and the results were amazing! The only reason I am not trying that diet first is because I'm worried that it might be too striked for me to stick too? We will see how the next month goes, I really want to loose this weight and I'm almost willing to try just about anything!? I just need to get past the first few days and detox then I should be fine! Below is a picture of the kit I ordered:

April 1st I am starting a challenge with a guy at work and his girlfriend, we are putting $25 in a pot, giving it 3 months and whoever looses the most % of weight will win the pot!! I'm pretty excited about it and hopefully with the help of Wonderslim I can kick his and his girlfriends butt!! :) Too bad there wasn't more people in on it though, a bigger prize might be more encouraging although I know the real prize will be fitting in my pre-pregnancy pants!!

Not too much else is new ... I'm thinking about enrolling Jacob into gymnastics, his cousins are enrolled right now and I think it would be nice for him to go to the same place they do, then they can get to know each other better and hopefully become closer!? It's up to my SIL though, she was thinking they might do swimming for the summer so if that happens then I will enroll Jacob at a place closer to home. I think he would really enjoy gymnastics and hopefully he is old enough to follow some of the direction the instructors give?