Happy New Year!

Today was fun!  We went shopping, walked around a bunch and just generally enjoyed being off from work.  I got a new Coach bag (which is AWESOME!) and I even ate well enough today to enjoy some wine/champagne tonight in celebration of the new year.  Goals recap:

1. lose weight - will find out at end of week
2. eat at least 1 serving of fruit/veggies - had 1 today (broccoli and carrots at dinner)
3. drink 5 glasses of water - done!
4. drink 1 glass of milk per day - not today... away from the house too long
5. activity points at least 3 days - 1/3 so far

Still have 1 point left, but I'm sure I'll use that before bed with wine/snacks.
47/49 weekly points remaining... but again, that will probably go down tonight.

Purging... and learning anew.

It was exhilarating tonight to recycle all of my old weight watchers books, info, trackers and weigh-in sheets.  I just TOSSED THEM OUT with the old... Things I love so far...

• the calculator is fun and an interesting new tool to use in figuring out points... I like it so far.  I also love that I can use it to keep track of how many points I've used so far today, and for the whole week.  It is like a mini-tracker on the go, which i believe will come in handy.
• the tracker!  I love being able to not only write in my goals for the week, but what obstacles I may face and how I plan to overcome them.  Also, my plan for exercise for the week... this allows (forces) me to look ahead at my week and decide what I can manage to do, realistically, with regard to activity.
• I love the IDEA of free fruit... i hope i take them up on it.  I had two servings of fruit today (!!), 1/2 cup of raspberries and 1/2 cup of strawberries.  It's a start.

Goals recap:

1. lose weight - will find out at end of week
2. eat at least 1 serving of fruit - had 2!
3. drink 5 glasses of water - done!
4. drink 1 glass of milk per day - done!
5. activity points at least 3 days - 0/3 so far

All points gone for the day.
47/49 weekly points remaining.

Points Plus

So, I just got back from Weight Watchers.  I'm excited to start over with a new program!  It feels like I'm not just starting the same old thing over again with the same old results.  I like the idea of fruits being free... maybe I'll find one or two that I like more now!  I also like that I have to recalculate everything.  that will help me really get into it and begin with a bang.  I can't believe how much I weighed... I won't post it here, but it was almost shocking to see when I weighed in.  WOW... how did I get to this point?  by not caring how I got to this point.  Well, I am going to spend less energy on my job and more on myself now.  I can no longer ignore what I've done to myself.  Here are my goals for this week in WW.

1. I'd like to lose some weight this week... anything works for me as I figure out this new plan.
2. I'd like to eat at least ONE serving of fruits or veggies per day.  That doesn't seem like a lot, but it's a lot for me.
3. I'd like to drink at least 5 glasses of water each day.
4. I'd like to have at least one glass of milk each day.
5. I'd like to earn activity points on at least 3 of the next 7 days.

Let's see where this goes!

ugh...

Today was a punch in the gut day.  Just after I decided to get started, I got some news that I'm not ready to share yet, but that is very devastating.  I feel like I got punched in the gut... but, the whole point of this is to make that gut a smaller target, right?  I need to steel myself to begin this process.  I'm going into Weight Watchers tomorrow to find out waht the new points process is.  Even though I feel very fragile, I still think this is the right time to begin.  Also, my mom is almost ready to begin with me, so that's a bonus. :)  I'll write again tomorrow after I find out what all of this new points plus thing is about. 

So it begins... again...

Yea, I've been down this road before.  But it has to be better this time.  Why?

• I weigh more than I ever have in my life
• I can't wear my beautiful wedding rings now ... and my 10 year anniversary is coming up soon.
• I just bought a pair of jeans in the last size available in "regular" women's clothing... before bumping up to "women's" sizes.  I WILL NOT BUY CLOTHING THAT BEGINS WITH A 2!!!
• I just saw pictures of myself from Christmas... I cannot believe that I look like that.

So, it begins again.  I am going to start the new and improved weight watchers on Wednesday, before the rush of new year's people start.  I know I can be healthy, with a little bit of work...

let's get to it.