Weigh-In Triggers & a yummy snack!

TRIGGERS :) YAY!
So, applying for jobs has never been fun.. editing resumes and cover letters for each new application has pretty much been my year. A year..seriously. I can't help but feel a bit bad about myself after being unemployed for this long. I've been working freelance but that's not steady (though it is SOMETHING). Hearing back from employers has been a trigger for me in the past. That's what I've been working on the past few weeks.

Paying attention to these stress triggers has been helping me. At one point I found myself going to take a snack break after every job I applied to.  :/ I found that was a trigger also, I realized I got this nervous feeling after sending my applications in and that would be a trigger. KNOWING THAT HELPS. Instead make sure I have my glass of  arizona green tea /water mixture.

This weeks weigh-in :)

This week=268.8 (-2.8)

Last week= 271.6

Start Weight= 320

Total loss=51.2

It's almost time to start looking for new sneakers. My shoes I have now are just a year old and are at that point where you can see my socks right where my pinky toe is. 

Does anybody else's toes fall asleep while on the arc trainer or maybe the elliptical. I use the arc trainer, but I'd assume this would happen on an elliptical as well? It usually happens around the 20 minute mark??? 

This stuff is great! I love the peach flavor. I've noticed these are kinda ...creamier? not as thick as the original Activia. But in a good way. :) Great snack, I sprinkle a little bit  of granola on top. yum

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

-Wallflovver

WW Weigh-In!! My week In PICTURES! :D

I'm a bit late updating! 

This Weeks WW Weigh-In

This Week = +0.6 lbs
Current Weight= 276.6 lb
Start Weight = 320 lbs 
Total Lost = 43 lbs

This week was a bit of a gain, I'm having a hard time thinking of what this past week was like. My mouth is throbbing from a dentist visit I had this afternoon. The numbness is gone, now I can actually feel what's going on! Needless to say we'll be having soft foods tonight, eggplant & manicotti :] yum.

I wish this was how it really went...

 MY WEEK IN PICTURES! 

I LOVE AVOCADOS...that is all.

breakfast My eggs are 1 regular egg with egg white mixed in, spinach, a slice of multi grain bread toasted with regular cream-cheese and a nice cold glass of Arizona tea/ water.

Green Monster Shake (My Recipe *just with more Spinach*)

look who is beggin for some shake :P

This is an individual Activia yogurt with multi-grain Cheerios on top

 I like the crunch the cheerios add to  this snack

This weekend I'll be going to Halloween Horror Nights in Orlando. My WW Weigh-In will be moved up to this thursday. 

 Ahhh.. I'm pretty excited for the ''scare zone"/ maze area that was designed off The Walking Dead!

I've been going with the same group of friends since 2000, it's crazy to think we've been going for almost 13 years.

I went to the gym yesterday and will be going tomorrow! :] as for right now I think I'll go lay down.

Good Afternoon!

-Wallflower

WW weigh-In & a Blerg moment...

This Weeks WW Weigh-In

This Week = -4.8 lbs
Current Weight= 276 lb
Start Weight = 320 lbs 
Total Lost = 44 lbs

YAY -4.8 this week :)!! I'm glad it's kinda making up for last weeks gain! PHEWWW!


 Anyways, this friday I went to the dentist and got some much needed work done. After the dentist I felt fine and brought a change of clothes with me for the gym,
i didnt want to make excuses not to got to the gym...I figured it's my mouth that is numb..."why not!? :D"
I go and realize trying to drink water with half a numb mouth is kinda hard.  It reminded me of this little segment of a 30 Rock episode, except while on the arc trainer machine.

Blerg...

owell... at least I went to the gym once this past week. The other days were very busy with the holidays and having friends and family over.

I'd also just like to take note that I just joined the WW 8 weeks till thanksgiving challange!!!!

This is my 1st real challenge that I signed up for 

UMMMM... I found a forum dedicated to Target Halloween 2012 :}

I'm hvaing way too much fun on here -----> 

http://www.halloweenforum.com/general-halloween/118693-official-target-halloween-2012-thread.html

Hope everyone has a great weekend/ week!

Goodnight

-Wallflower

Weigh-In - A few Gains ( Good & not sooo great)

Starting Weight = 320 lbs 
This Week = +3 ( -13.8 lbs since back from school)
Lost from start = 39 lbs

BLAH! (」゜ロ゜)」This past week was a 3 lb gain!!

Buuuttt I know exactly what happened, since this week is another HOLIDAY I'll be watching to make sure this week isn't a repeat. 

We actually did some real grocery shopping yesterday.

Last week all we purchased were item to make the turkey,brisket and matzo ball soup!

Let's just say that after two nights in a row of having our "holiday dinner" plus leftovers (that we still have) we were all looking for something else to snack on. It was just a very off week :-/

This week we'll have a fast and the breaking of a fast... that will be very interesting. I know my parents will be fasting, I on the other hand have some medications I'll be eating with...otherwise I'll be fasting along with my parents. A friend of mine will be spending Yom Kippur with us this year! YAY:]

Alright, to kinda sum up my plan for the breaking of the fast...

Usualllllyyy I'd have a few bagels and whatever else....ect......ect......
**( I had one bagel this year :} )

( I havn't been home for breaking of the fast since I was in High School, so being home for all these holidays will be a new experience to learn from it seems.

Changin' up Breakfast

Oatmeal time!

On sale for buy 1 get 1!

The two I chose :]

Never expected to have a craving to try oatmeal- I remember having a bit when I was younger ( my grandparents loved the stuff!).  There was a buy 1 get 1 deal this week :} The variety packs made sense since I wasn't sure what flavors I like. 

I made mine with milk :}

The first flavor I tried was the Apple & Cinnamon in the Lower Sugar Package. It sounded great because I knew I could chop up some Golden Delicious with it! The last touch was some real cinnamon... I'm so happy I ended up loving it --- Don't know what I would have done with two boxes otherwise.

MY GOOD GAIN *other than finding a nice new breakfast option!* ( JUST SAYIN)...

I beat Katamari Damacy the other night! Like I said I would :P

hahha I play this game way too much.

yayyyyy!

I just finished cleaning the house.. It's 5 Am :/ I should probably get some sleep now.

I really need to get myself to be earlier

Goodnight!

-Wallflower

WW Weigh-In! & Prescription Issue??

Starting Weight = 320 lbs 
This Week = -2.8 lbs ( -10.2 lbs) 
Lost from start = 36 lbs

I weighed in This weekend, I go on Saturday mornings at 9:30. I lost 2.8 this past week :} yay!
I got my 2nd 5lb star :}! 

It took me a little bit to post this entry because I was feeling a bit under the weather. I hd just gotten a  new prescription for birth control, to regulate my periods. ( They are very out of whack..I'll skip the details). Apparently, it's a common problem for over weight women, so maybe this will cure itself in good time. Anyways, I didn't connect the fact that I had just started a new script to my sick feeling. Long story short... I figured it it, stopped taking the pills. For the most part I'm feeling a lot better, hopefully that was the issue and it's solved.
Those pills made my heart race super fast, I could feel it. I was pretty scared & hope taking this script didn't do any kind of damage,  I was taking it for almost a full week till I'd connected the dots.

After the gym I made myself a lettuce wrap with turkey and mushrooms. That was my 1st lettuce wrap...and it was pretty good! I didn't miss the bread at all.

yum!

We've got a lot of star fruit coming in..but nobody in the house eats them! But we do  give them away to friends and neighbors :}

our dog lady & The fish tank outside!

Tonight I made Salmon with Honey Mustard and roasted veggies on-top and on the side :] 

Goodnight!

Wallflower

Weigh-in Update :]

Weigh-in Update Starting from July.28.12

July.28.2012 / 294.6 

Aug.4.2012 / 291.0 = -3.6

Aug.11.2012 / 289.4 = -1.6  {Total -5.2}

Aug.18.2012 / 285.4 = -4.0 {Total -9.2}

I was very shocked, for some reason I had already come to terms that i had gained this week ( I felt so bloated )...but  instead I lost 4lbs! Good news :]
What did I do? Uhhh....I definitely increased my resistance on the arc trainer, I realized it was getting a little to easy. The default resistance number is at 15 and this week I took it up to 17-20 going back and forth.
Going back to meetings is really great, instead of thursdays like before, I'm going on saturday mornings. I was surprised how packed the meetings are on Saturdays though, it's no surprise once you sit in on the meetings, the WW leader on Saturdays is so energetic, funny, informative, and very genuine. This weekend we mainly talked about drinks alcoholic and non...

We had a visiter the other day! He was right next to the screen door, so we tried to open the screen for him to get back out into the world! Instead he jumps off the screen, into some plants then into the pool. My parents were in the pool at the time :} my mom's reaction was priceless. He was a great swimmer, we got him out with a pool net ( we figured the chlorine water  wasn't the best water to be swimming around in). We find some really crazy things in our pool area.

His name is Icarus * ironic..I know, because he is a turtle :P

The other week we found a little turtle in the pool, my mom again had a funny reaction, she thought he was  leaf at first.

Good afternoon & weekend!

Wallflower

35th WW Weigh- In & Happy Groundhogs Day!

Happy Groundhogs day!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-buzz/post/groundhog-day-2012-dc-needs-local-punxsutawney-phil/2012/02/01/gIQA2sVnhQ_blog.html

I almost lost track on how many weeks it was. Since my WW online doesn't show my full time I had to re-count since I haven't been posting the number of weeks recently.

Current weight: 274.6
Loss this week -1Total Loss: -45.4 
Starting weight: 320

I've been staying the same/ fluctuating between the same few pounds. I'm happy I haven't been gaining though! Today I weighed in at 274.6 - almost back to my lowest so far- the lowest was 274.2.

Still haven't hit the 50 mark, hopefully that will be soon!

On another totally different note... I'm having weird pains...almost like my monthly pains/ cramps do you also get cramps days before you get your period? I don't remember this happening before, but I suppose it's what's happening. Just wondering.


Good afternoon! 
-Wallflower

25th Weight Watcher Weigh-In!!! Only a few before 50!

FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY..... x's a thousand (only a few more before 50!)

Plateau broken.. { at least that's what it looks like!} This week I lost 3.6lbs

Current weight: 271.2
Loss this week 3.6
Total Loss: -48.8
Starting weight: 320

Hopefully I'm done with the 276-8's haha. My points are starting to get harder to manage... I remember from when I started I had so many! Now that there are fewer it's starting to show, but I'm figuring out how to manage them :)


I'd like to keep this loss going!

Goodnight!

-Wallflower

T.G.I.F! :]

Special K's Chocolaty Delight

This afternoon- I don't have much food left so I made due with what I had.

mmm I had the serving amount on the box :] 

I have a feeling I'll be busy later tonight :] So I wanted to get this up before Im too exhausted.

Me and my roommates have some plans for Dinner & a party later on! I've honestly not been to many parties... this will probably be my 1st at somebody else's house. I probably wont know anyone there... and it may be awkward at times. I'll try my best to keep from being awkward & just have a good time.

This being my 4th year of college, I suppose it's about time I go out and see what's happening.

Today was one of those lazy days. At some point I decided I'd try Wii Fit, but people started coming home from their last classes & I got sidetracked. Then plaid some mario galaxy 2. The rest is undefined! {for now}

Hope everyone has a great Friday/night!

-Wallflower

Whoa! Busy Busy

The pressure of Senior year is starting to take action. I'm glad my weightless lightbulb came on..now better than never!

Mondays

Class @ 8:30 (Gets me up in the morning!)

There is time to go back home, drop off my paints & go to the gym before my next class at 3:30 


That's as far as I've gotten as of right now.

It's unbelievable how much more energy I have now! I remember my past years in College... I would come home from class & crash. I was always in bed, and when I wasn't in bed I was eating or half asleep in classes.

I forgot my snack this morning. I've been trying to bring a baggie of cereal or something ( our classes are 3 hours long each). The one day I start to feel empty :] of course that's the day I forget my baggie. I felt horrible, my professor was talking to us & I kept having to step out. It sounds silly- but I'd rather not have my stomach making huge "monster growling noises" in the middle of a relatively quiet class.

Yesterday I went to a Chinese Buffet with two of my roommates.
I feel I did very well. I didn't eat till I dropped! Most of the foods at the buffet were things I would eat but when it came down to what went on my plate... I didn't actually want those things!
This Buffet had a great Sushi Bar :] & I did have a Rangoon!<3

I love Spider Rolls! (coincidentally, I'm known for being terrified beyond belief of  real spiders :) I get teased for this)

Then later... the same day, Panera Bread for dinner. That's a lot of going out hu?

Turkey Artichoke Panini- this was so good! I had half there & half later on when I got hungry again.

I wrote now, incase I don't have time to write later! I have some homework to catch up on later. This was a relaxing break between classes.

I hope everyone had a great Monday!

Goodnight! 

Wallflower