I am an eating machine!

If I could just control my eating, I might be thin. I seem to be able to eat and eat and eat....I am far from a healthy eater and love sweets and junk food too much.
On the exercise part of dieting, I am doing well. I walk like 3 times a week with a friend and do the treadmill about 2-3 times a week as well. Plus I am at home with Andrew so he keeps me BUSY!!!
Right now my weight is 188...crept back up a few pounds....would love to be 185 by Thanksgiving and 175 by Christmas.

It's been awhile, but I am BACK

Well it has been awhile since I last blogged. Hubby is now home...has been since April. Also we sold our house, bought a new house and now live in good ol' Kansas. The move was a big one, but we are all adjusting.
I have made a small success in my weight loss. I am down about 16 lbs from when I first started at 204. Don't pat me on the back yet...I was sick sick and lost 11 lbs in a week. And the other pounds came off due to stress.
So now I gotta start trying now that I got a little head start in shedding the pounds. Biggest Loser just started back up again so hopefully that will motivate me. Also I joined an online Biggest Loser League Team, The Yummy Mummies. Plus we now have a treadmill along with the gazelle that I need to use.
So here I go again....

MLost my motivation...anyone seen it?

I haven't been really trying to diet in WEEKS and haven't been to the gym anytime lately. At least my scales have stayed the same, but the number that it is at wasn't good to begin with.
SO.....gotta get back into the swing of things and get moving!!! Jake, my husband, will be home really soon and it would be nice to shed a few lbs....it might not make a difference in the way I look, but I think losing even 5 lbs would make me feel better.
So starting operation sexy momma.....fat momma reporting for duty!!

Been slacking big time....

Haven't been counting points and hardly exercising. My weight has crept back up to 202. Why is it that we work so hard to take off a few lbs and they can come back on so easily??? I hate it! I think I kinda lost my diet/exercise mojo if ya wanna call it that.
But time is a ticking...Jake will be home in less that 3 months now and I would like to lose at least the 20 lbs I gained since he has been deployed. So I have a new plan. I am still gonna try to do WW but also start the Flat Belly Diet. It has a 4 day jumpstart program so when I am on that I will not count points. But after day 4, back to counting points. Basically the diet revoles around 5 MUFAS (olives, good oils, avocados, seeds/nuts, semi-sweet/dark chocolate) and saying that you need to eat one MUFA with each meal and snack. I have ordered the book so I will find out more when it gets here. I orginally heard about this diet on the Rachael Ray show and after browsing the website and seeing other peoples' sucesses I thought I would try it.
I am starting my 4 day jumpstart on Monday so I will update you all on Friday...well if anyone even reads my blog...lol.

I suck at losing weight.

Well tomorrow is weigh in day but as of now it looks like I will be 200 lbs...which means 4 lbs lost total since I started my wl journey this year! SUCKY!!!! My first goal is to be 199 and I haven't even reached that yet.
Why I am I failing...I have been thinking about things I can do better/change to help me speed up the weight loss, here is the list:
1. not eat out so much
2. stop splurging...seems like each week I go to something (b-day party, playgroup, girls night) where there is yummy food
3. exercise more (right now I am averaging 3-4 times a week)
4. drink more water (I drink 1 or 2 glasses a day if that) less soda (drink about 3 diet sodas a day)
5. Stop night time eating (this is when I tend to pig out)
6. Try eating 6 small meals instead of 3 big ones plus snacks

Weight loss is like a roller coaster..

Well I was being successful. I have been trying to do WW on my own and since like the 2nd week in January, I had lost 4 pounds. I was soooooooooo close to being back in the 100's again and then I splurged. Outback for supper! Birthday party that had cheeseburgers, french fries, and supper yummy cake. A delicious but fattening chciken recipe to die for! So now I am back up...about 2 lbs! So here's to hoping this roller coaster takes me down again....no more being wild and splurging for me! Weigh in day is Wednesday so we will see if somehow I can get back into the 100's before then.

I kinda suck at this whole dieting/exercise thing...

BUT I am trying. I totally indulged on Saturday, but it was my birthday...lol. Although that did not really give me the right to eat out twice in one day. Can you say mega-calories? Tomorrow is my weigh in day so even if I am the same as I was last week (202) I will be satisfied. Wish I could do this whole thing better so I could lose more weight in a week...I think seeing the scales go down will motivate me.

Notes to myself

Well so far the diet is going ok...my weigh in day is Tuesday, same day as Biggest Loser!

As the day has progressed, I have been thinking of some things I can do differently that hopefully will help me more successful in losing the fat!

#1 Keep healthy snacks in the car so when I get hungry while out, I won't be tempted to buy bad stuff from a store or even worse drive through a fast food joint.

#2 BUy low cal/low fat salad dressing. Salad is healthy but high calorie salad dressing is wrong!

#3 I need to drink less soda and more water! Gotta buy some bottles of water, freeze some, and keep one with me at all times.

A New Year...A New Me????

The past few years I, like many Americans, have made the resolution to lose weight. Ha! Like many Americans, I have FAILED!!! In 2007, I did not lose a lb. Instead I gained 20. My excuses....husband is deployed again, I stopped working and now am a stay at home mom, and last but not least my kids drive me crazy. The real reason: I have been eating like a pig and not exercising. So this blog is an attempt to hopefully motivate and keep me on track on my weight loss journey. Wish me luck...I need it!