Week 29 Results

Pounds Lost this Week:  -0? lbs
Pounds Lost to Date:  -36.0 lbs

I am questioning my weigh in this week because of some things I ate (and drank) over the weekend at birthday parties we attended.  When I weighed in Monday morning the numbers showed a gain of 1.8 lbs.  However, I re-weighed myself this morning and the numbers showed me down .2 lbs from last week…  so I’m calling it a draw. LOL  The next few weeks will be tough to stay on the program as I go through what I’ve dubbed “birthday party mania”.  We have about 8 birthday parties to attend in a matter of 4 weeks! (would have been 9 but I said no to one).  I'm determined though to not let the birthday cake get the better of me!

Here’s this week’s dinner menu. 

Sunday 7/28:   Grilled chicken legs with BBQ sauce (10 pts+) and roasted summer squash (2 pts+)

Monday 7/29:   working late (got pizza)

Tuesday 7/30:  worked late (leftovers)

Wednesday 7/31:  Taco Night!  Tacos using ground chicken & whole grain shells (6 pts+) with fat free spicy refried beans (2 pts+)

Thursday 8/1:  Chicken with Mushrooms & artichokes in garlic white wine sauce (6 pts+) with green beans (0 pts+) and side salad (1 pt+ for dressing)

Friday 8/2:  Beer Marinated Chicken Thighs (9 pts+) with side salad (1 pt+ for dressing)

Saturday 8/3:    no meal plan (attending a party)

Countdown to K has begun!

Look what showed up in my mailbox yesterday...

 

 

 

My first reaction was “WHAT????  already?!?”  Then I looked at the calendar and realized it was almost August.  My big man starts Kindergarten in 46 days.   OMG!!  I guess I have been in a little bit of denial that this is really happening, but it’s COMING. and coming FAST!  He sat at our dining room table last night flipping through it picking out the backpack he wants (transformers) and new markers, lunchbox, etc. 

 

We may still be waiting for his teacher assignment, but we’ve got the supplies list and he said he’s ready to get on the bus and head off to the “big kid school” (as he calls it).  He might be ready but I don’t know how ready I am….  Even though he’s been going to “school” since he was 17 months old this is going to be different.  Taking the bus…having homework…making new friends…being in a bigger class environment.  I’m both excited and a little nervous for him at the same time. 

 

For now though, I'm not thinking about that.  We’ll just stick to some back to school shopping and try to hit the stores a bit early before everything gets sold out.

Week 28 Results

Pounds Lost this Week:  -3.8 lbs
Pounds Lost to Date:  -36.0 lbs

Only one week back on the plan and what a difference!  I had to do a double take (and triple weight check) yesterday morning just to make sure the scale wasn’t lying.  I wasn’t expecting this much of a loss this week so I’m ecstatic and highly motivated to keep it up!  I’ve surpassed the 35 lbs mark and only have 2.2 lbs to go to hit the “goal” weight I had set for myself on Weight Watchers.  Even though I haven’t been obsessing about hitting a certain weight, at this point I really want to hit that number since I’m so close I can taste it (no pun intended).  I’m hoping that by week 30 I can report back that I’ve hit my goal and have switched into maintenance mode. 

Here’s this week’s dinner menu. 

Sunday 7/21:   Lobster Rolls (6 pts+)

Monday 7/22:   (I moved this from Saturday b/c we ended up going out with our friends instead of BBQ’ing at home)
Asian Grilled Chicken Thighs (6 pts+)  I used skinless boneless thighs instead of breasts with Asian Cabbage Mango Slaw (2 pts+)

Tuesday 7/23:  Grilled hot dog (no bun) with baked beans & grilled corn on the cob (8 pts+ total for everything)

Wednesday 7/24:  Skinny Lemon Glazed Chicken (6 pts+) with ½ cup brown rice (4 pts+)

Thursday 7/25:   Grilled chicken sausage (5 pts+) with grilled zucchini (0 pts+)

Friday 7/26:  Spicy Shrimp Fried Rice (8 pts+)

Saturday 7/27:    no cooking (attending a party)

Week 27 Results

Pounds Lost this Week:  +0.2 lbs
Pounds Lost to Date:  -32.2 lbs

I skipped last week because we were on vacation and I didn’t have a scale to weigh in on Monday.  So considering this is really a 2 week weigh in and one of those weeks was vacation where I wasn’t following WW at all, I’m considering this a win in my book!   It’s going to be tough, but I need to get back into the WW flow this week.  The heat wave is going to make working out difficult but I can always squeeze in some sit ups and other exercises in the air conditioning ;)

Here’s this week’s dinner menu. 

Sunday 7/14:   no cooking (got home late from vacation)

Monday 7/15:   didn’t end up cooking tonight.  Got pizza instead ;)

Tuesday 7/16:  Taco Tuesday!  Using ground chicken & whole grain shells (6 pts+) with fat free spicy refried beans (2 pts+)

Wednesday 7/17:  Hot dogs & grilled corn on the cob

Thursday 7/18:  Buffalo Turkey Burgers with Blue Cheese Broccoli Slaw (10 pts+)

Friday 7/19:  Grilled Flank Steak with Tomatoes, Red Onion and Balsamic (4 pts+)  with side salad (1 pt+ for dressing)

Saturday 7/20:    Asian Grilled Chicken Thighs (6 pts+)  I used skinless boneless thighs instead of breasts with Asian Cabbage Mango Slaw (2 pts+)

Week 25 Results

Pounds Lost this Week:  -2.0 lbs
Pounds Lost to Date:  -32.4 lbs

I feel great about being down this week.  I fully made up for the pound I had gained last week and then some.  Hopefully this is a trend that I can continue.  Although I am leaving for vacation this coming weekend so I am going to try and not let that derail me.  I’m packing my running shoes and already used my running app to map out a 2.5 mile course around the neighborhood where we are staying so that I can keep up with my exercising.   On a positive note I have hit my wedding weight!!  If my dress wasn’t all packaged up in a storage box I would pull that sucker out and wear it.  Ha ha!! 

Here’s this week’s dinner menu.  I’ve already made the first two items below and I can say they both were delicious!  Hubby especially loved the Penne dish.  He already wants me to make it again.

Sunday 6/30:   Grilled Chicken Thighs with Pineapple, Corn and Bell Pepper Relish (6 pts+) with brown wild rice & salad.

Monday 7/1:   leftovers (volleyball night)

Tuesday 7/2:  Penne with Chicken & Spiced Tomato Sauce (6 pts+)  

Wednesday 7/3:  Skinny Meatloaf (5 pts+) with skinny garlic mashed potatoes (5 pts+

Thursday 7/4:   Grilled Citrus Chicken (4 pts+) with grilled squash (0 pts+)

Friday 7/5:  Spicy Basil Chicken (7 pts+) with side salad (1 pts+ for dressing)  

Saturday 7/6:   leftovers (leaving for vacation)