I want to be...

.... a skinny bitch!
It has been awhile since I have posted.  Not that I haven't thought of posting as I am one of many words but I haven't had a whole lot of time on my hands lately.
No time but lots of frustration.  and YES I do want to be a skinny bitch.
I started, on Nov. 17th, a challenge with a friend... the first to lose 10 lbs... well our end date was May 28th - that's tomorrow to be exact... but my usual WI day was on Wednesday the 25th so we ended it then.  I checked my weight and I rolled across the scale at 179 lbs... hmmmm... I looked back in my records and LOW N BEHOLD on Nov 17th.... I was 179 lbs!!!!!!!!   HUH! well one thing is for certain.. I know how to maintain! 
It should have been doable... 10 lbs in nearly 6 months! SO doable! phffffft but I don't know WHAT happened - or better yet what DIDN"T happen!
so....
I have been thinking....
my biggest problem is
1. portion sizes
2. I hate cooking
3. I never have time to cook
4. I don't want to take time to cook
5. I want someone else to do the thinking for me
6....
I have decided I am going to join Jenny Craig.
Okay, okay, okay... I know... a WW Lifetimer saying she is going to join JC?  Almost the unthinkable!
but...
WW has let me down a bit over the last few years. 
I have asked and asked for menu plans - thinking already done for me - I can swap in and out any foods on their plan when I want but at least I have a base to go by...
but NOPE they are very stingy on that part.   Not only that when they do have a menu plan (for a week) they use foods I don't even know exists! Where the heck do you buy that?

So I am going to try it out. JC that is.  I am going to be anonymous - at home - and continue to WI at WW cause I AM a  lifetimer! 
I HAVE to get this weight off AGAIN. 
In 2007 I was 10 lbs away from my goal weight.  A lot has happened since then that has caused some pretty good emotional eating but now I want to try and get it under control. 
Here is to a skinny new me in 2011...
now to just make that Jenny call :)

Much better

I tried to post a couple of times from someone elses computer but blogger wouldn't let it post.. kept telling me there was an error.  Probably cause I was posting from Luxembourg.

I just got back from a 16 day trip to London UK, Germany, Luxembourg with some side visits to France & Belgium. The side visits were only a scenic drive.
BUT in my travels I did do a LOT of walking... I figure I averaged 15,000 - 20,000 steps per day.  I was very paranoid that I wouldn't fit into a formal gown I brought to wear to a wedding we were going to so I was VERY careful with my eating... and I drank LOTS of water... NO pop... no alcohol just plain water. Got a shock in Germany though. When you ask for water it comes carbinated.  So I asked for Still water - it still had some carbination... so I asked for tap water. I got funny looks but they served it. 

Alll in all it was a wonderful trip and 2 days after I got back it was WI day! 
I went to my meeting and stepped on the scale...
drum roll please!
ddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd.......

I lost 3.7 lbs!

I was VERY happy!

Now to keep it going...

That just reminded me... I need to go grab my glass of water.
Cheers and have a great day!