No excuses!

I made choices. They seemed right until after I had made them. BUT FIRST!

A view of the beach from the garage! (looking for the one of the umbrellas :] )

The beach was Beautiful today! The water was three wonderful shades of blue. Everyone out there had umbrellas that lined the shore with the cheerful summer feeling you look for when relaxing  at the beach. 


Confessions: I  had a tuna salad sandwich v.s very greasy pizza
The sandwich had mayo & the bread was white *super white, if there is such a thing..*
I honestly didn't even think about the bread until I had gotten it. In my head this was something I could live with eating...


DO YOU KNOW HOW BADLY I WANTD SOME PIZZA?
but I'm glad I didn't & even if the pizza & the sandwich are just as bad as each other.. I feel like the intentions were good & I will have to get better at ordering away from home. This was hard for me since this place isa  very small busy place at the beach.

VS

On the confession 2: I HAD STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE ICE-CREAM ..witha  cone.
It was the smallest size. The bad part about this was that I didn't NEED it but had it anyways. We had just laid out on the beach for 3 hours- the cold was so nice! It could have been the best ice-cream cone I had ever had? I will not regret eating this after I write about it here.because really..what's the point of feeling guilty :] I ate it  & it's not like I gained my 21 pounds back. This occasion was very rare & I feel it was a great day {including what I ate} 

OHH!!! & the reason why I do feel a bit bad is because while me and my friend are sitting at the icecream place, I see someone order a fruit smoothie...fresh fruit..uhh BETTER CHOICE ?? heck yes! I would have absolutely gotten that instead.NO LIE. it looked great.
Now I know for next time.

as for the sandwich..it happens!

Let's keep going :]

Goodnight

-Wallflower

One Goal down!

One goal down * actually it's two but they were so close :]
I really wanted to be below 300 before I left for school, like I've mentioned already. When I lost 7 lb. the other week it bumped out that goal & also without me realizing I bumped out my 5% goal. I'm feeling it would be good to go for the 10% now and that will be -32 total for me *11 more pounds I think. I hope I'm not doing this wrong. I have about 5more weeks till I go back to College! Mixed feeling :] I seriously miss my roommates but I'm also extremely anxious about this being my senior year.

Anyways! I will have two tickers one with my big goal [ Ideal weight ] ,it's really a lot, so I will make a 10% goal ticker as well. These are great visuals & any extra motivation-I'll take!


I just got back from the gym * 2 hour work out -kinda sluggish I don't think I got enough sleep * & I'm finding some of the levels I was having a hard time with when I first started are getting to be too easy! That's great :] I think so at least. Also great motivation , when you realize your body is getting stronger :] nice.

Happy Friday!

 I think I'm going to the beach tomorrow <3 Haven't been for a while

-Wallflower

5th Weigh In!

-1.4 lbs this week! I'll take it :]

Strating Weight : 320
Current Weight : 298
Lost So Far: 21.4 lbs

1 lb star!

I really started connecting with people at our meetings this week. I'm not much of a talker in general & usually keep to myself. I feel very comfortable knowing these great ladies & wish I wasn't leaving so soon. This loss is smaller than what I've had in the past , but I'm very happy to be having a loss rather than a gain! A little further away from the 300's Oh yeah!!

I'm on the search for some good cereal! There are so many types & I've tried many but I feel like they are still coated in sugar to make them taste better. Labels are tricky & not just talking about points..but straight up natural type cereal. Looking for health, not how many points I can have eating it. I've seen the commercials for the great grains? I think it's called* I'm hearing mixed reviews on that as well.
I've also tried & loved chocolate Delight by Special K... but I wonder what those chocolate substitutes are. I can totally understand how some people wouldn't like the way this chocolate in this cereal feels * but I like it!* It's really not a choice I would want to be going to so often.. maybe once in a while :] I hope this stays on the shelves.
 Still on the search!


I might be staying with a friend sometime this weekend & may end up going out.. I'll see how that goes. I will be unfamiliar with the area & not have internet with me *my cell is pretty old school for now*.

Let's keep going :]

Goodnight!

-Wallflower

Keeping the positive thoughts going

Distractions! I seriously need some. This means MOVIE TIME & tonight is a Moonstruck night!

Just one of the many movies I get urges to see ever so often. There are so many great scenes in this movie. Also! How bad of me is it that I want eggs in a basket every time I watch this movie..?

& maybe I will one of these days! when I find some good whole wheat bread I'd like to have for breakfast. This will be on my mind from now until I DO have it :].

Tomorrow is my next weigh in! I'm actually pretty nervous , earlier this week I weighed myself & really shouldn't  have. I know the point is not to drive yourself mad by weighing yourself everyday... { & I don't } but I did the other day. I think it was monday & I was at the gym, what can  say, curiosity got the best of me. The scale read 301...meaning for 1.) back in the 300's 

NOW I know it's only by a little & all but I was disappointed to see that number again.

Since then I just feel bigger than before & am feeling less motivated.

That's on one level. On the other hand I know I can't let this hurt me & it will pass. I haven't done anything that SHOULD make me feel nervous about weighing in tomorrow, but the feeling is there.

Just been thinking about that a lot this week. 

ALSO + CONFESSION TIME -(Tuesday) I didn't track for a full day this week!

Not because what I was eating was horrible or anything.But let's face it.. I was being lazy.

 :[ I don't want this to be the start of something bad. I have since kept my tracking going as usual.

I have been going to the gym. 3 or 4 times this week. At least THAT is in my tracker.

Crossing my fingers for tomorrow! 

Goodnight!

-Wallflower

Sweet Potato Fries [ Baked ]

Tonight we grilled!

I never got the final shot of the grilled chicken! :[ ugh. I guess we were all very hungry. Those pieces of chicken were HUGE!!! Everyone had one & that was more than plenty * I say this because, my brother can usually polish off about 3 pieces of chicken normally *

To marinate we used the Catalina Dressing that is on the side of the bowl. I'll figure out the points _____

Instead of frozen fries *that I wouldn't have eaten anyway* I opted to make sweet potato fries. These turned out so great & as you can see I took many pictures. * all kinda the same haha.

I cutt the potato into small thin strips so it would get a  crunch and cook through easily.I did not pour oil on these & instead saw more control in spraying the pan with Canola Oil & over the top of the fries , so they wouldn't get too dry. I used Cinnamon, some salt, & very little brown sugar. These were so great & they were all gone by the end of the meal.

Goodnight

-Wallflower

What's for Dinner?!

Frittatas!

This ended up being a simple & delicious dinner. Some nights we are all staring at each other saying.."what's for dinner?"-"I don't know what do you want?"and so on. I had actually never had a frittata & wasn't even sure what it was till tonight haha. We have some cook books here, that haven't had much use for a while. Anyways! We made ours with Egg whites, tomato, Zucchini, onions & Mushrooms.

We also added some low fat cheese at the end.

Goodnight!

-Wallflower

4th Weight Watchers Weigh in!

This is exciting & scary because I did very well this week! At least for me thinking about how last week was 2 pound loss that it would be a little less or around that same number.Well, shows what I know!

• This week I lost 7.6 lb's :]
•  Down to 299 lbs! 
• My Total Loss: 20.6 lbs!

Haha it was funny I came into the meeting before anybody & the leader was in the front, so I was just going to get weighed in the front. No problem, I got weighed in the front...(at this point I hadn't seen the scale numbers *not expecting anything special*). The meeting leader says "Wow, let's go to the back and check if that's right". Still not knowing what it was in the first place go to the back & weigh in again. I was thankful since I would sincerely like to know how I'm doing. I'm still standing there looking at 299.8 (OH! That means UNDER 300...uhh yes please, that was my summer goal before I get back to school.  College is starting back up in about 6 weeks! ) & not reacting at all. haha I don't think I realized till she said "Wow, you don't seem surprised or excited!"
- haha anyways, I was of course but it just took me longer than usual to realize what just went on :P

This is how I felt inside!

1st of all I'm scared because I don't know what I did differently this week. * Other than running out of Arizona tea & having to just drink water. BUT!!!- even when I did have Arizona I made an effort to fill half or more of my cup with water. I'm going to look at that more, since that's all I have to go on for now.  I'll look back at my tracker and see what I did differently without realizing maybe!?


Now I just need to keep myself from expecting anything for next week.I'd like to keep from setting myself up for disappointment.

On with the journey

+ The gym was great today. Since it was a pretty stormy afternoon there were more people than usual. I see this cycling class going on *looks kinda intense* & I'd like to try that one of these days before I get back to school.