Do a little DANCE, Do a little JIG

WOOOHOOO I am on a roll!
Drum roll please......dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd...
I went to my official WI at my weight watchers meeting this morning and I am down.
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                                       ... 3 pounds!

Oh yeeeeah, oh yeeeeah!

Okay! on to another week... right after I put another $5 bill in my jar (right Heather D?)*grin*

Determined

I have become VERY determined... I seem to have my head in the game again.  Oh, not that I haven't been tempted... but I am able to give myself some self positive talk and move on.
Of course putting $5 in a jar every week helps.. and that I have the WW meetings community food tracking Journal...
On Wednesday I am going to be asked how'd it go and what did i learn...
Well, to be honest I haven't learned anything that I didn't already know...other than validating that I know tracking my food really works and keeps me in control! 
I found it interesting looking over the other members "week" in the journal and see what they ate and struggled with.   Their weeks look like mine... although one gal likes her beer. 
I don't drink alcohol so that is one area where I am safe from high point temptation. 

Two more days til I get to officially see the weeks hard work on the scale.  I have stepped on mine a couple of times and know I am headed in the right direction.

I have been challenged by a very competitive challenger so I HAVE to keep on my toes!  I even have my hubby cheering me on... now if I could only keep HIM out of the ice cream! and no, having blueberries or strawberries on top does NOT make it any less fattening!

Tools

I am back battling the bulge! I have my main tools ready to go!

• tracker (check)
• Pen (check)
• points calculator (check)
• water bottle (check)
• challenge jar with $5 (hehehe - check)

Now I am headed to the fridge to clean it out and make a grocery list.

Dinner tonight is
BBQ salmon
brown rice
cauliflower
cucumbers
dill carrots

mmmmmmmmm

Got it

I have that 3 month tracking journal in my hands.  The one that I was talking about in the previous post that is a Challenge thru my ww weekly meetings.
I have been on dangerous ground with my weight continually moving up and me getting more and more down over it.  I have decided its time to take the bull by the horns, whip myself into shape and get back on the wagon and stop waiting for the miracle that is never going to happen until I make it happen.
So far so good - i have had the tracker for 5 hours now and have tracked everything... I even stopped at a store and walked PAST the chocolate bar shelf that screams out "have a kitkat! or an oreo! maybe a Mr. Big! try a nut bar! maybe a ...  NNNNNNOOOOOOOO I had to scoot out the store real fast cause it was nearly a brainless automatic response to reach for one.  Thankfully I had purchased my item at the pharmacy where there were no bars talking to me!
Note to self: continue to stick strictly to the list in hand

I have a deadline... or better yet... a goal.
We have been invited to Luxembourg to a wedding April 2nd, 2011.  That gives me approximately 16 weeks to lose at least 20lbs...

I think that is doable.

 I won't stress over it but I need a goal.  I refuse to go to Europe FAT!  that will put me at the same weight I was when we went to NZ in 2007. Such a shame! I could  have been down to goal weight ages ago but I let things get in the way. 
I always find an excuse.  Here's to moving forward - let by gones be by gones and take it off!
Who knows, maybe I will do better than 20 lbs... but if not... so be it.
I am on my way once again...

Gotta get serious

Yep that is what I keep telling myself.  I HAVE to get serious.
At my WW meetings - yes still going even tho I haven't been diligent - they have started up a new challenge for tracking.   The leader has a 3 month journal and a member (volunteer) takes it home for one week and tracks.  Then you report your findings the next week.  It is supposed to jump start you again and help you get back into tracking again.
I think I need to be the volunteer for next week!
Not much more to report...