My Splurge

The bonzi burger... not pictured above... why do you have to be so tasty.

Robert and I have decided we will have a monthly splurge. I figured if I got it out of my system early in the contest it wouldn't affect my numbers as much. So last night we went to Red Robin and of course you can't just stop with the burger. Even though I opted for no mayo and only 1 slice of cheese and a side of melon, I still had to steal fries from Robert. Shame on me. It wouldn't have been so bad, then we got the milk shake! HA! So yeah, it's out of my system. Especially when I came home and calculated the points, I'm not even going to tell you, I'm sure you can figure it out for yourself. Bad Melissa. Oh Food, our relationship is so hard. I love you, but my hips hate you. Sigh. I will definitely be calculating points BEFORE I go out to eat.

I think a major hurtle I need to overcome is letting myself get too hungry especially after I exercise. I feel so good after a good work out the last thing I want to do is eat, i feel like I will ruin my whole workout. So then I let myself starve till dinner and I can't stop eating. I was doing good for a few days, making sure to stay full so I wouldn't be so hungry at dinner time but I get so lazy, I hate cooking, well, i like it but only sometimes. I think that is why I ate so much last night, I was just so hungry.

why are the boobs the first to go??

Not that I mind having a smaller chest, but seriously, why can't my body slim down together, cut inches evenly so my stomach doesn't stick out further than my chest! I'm down 5 lbs now and I really cant see any results, I know I know, it's going to take some time but 5 lbs seems pretty significant to me, plus my heaviest after kamryn was 156, so I have almost lost 10 lbs. Shouldn't my clothes be looking loser??

I feel quite proud of myself since the start of weight watchers, It's true what they say, I feel more accountable for what I eat especially when I know how many points are associated with it. Not saying I haven't screwed up now and then (I ate 12 points worth of chocolate pie on sunday!!) But at least I'm only doing it on rare occassions AND I have been working out more than I have in years!! It feels good. Hopefully I wont get unmotivated which usually happens around now and can stick to it. We were out driving last night to get some minnie mouse ears for Kamryn's costume and both girls had fallen asleep. We will usually drive around some more at this point to help them nap a bit. Robert suggested a Frosty, I was SOOOO tempted but I held strong and said we should just go home. Not a huge deal, but it is to me since we used to get a frosty once or twice a week!!!

If you give a Melissa a cookie....

She'll eat them all up!!! Goodness I was doing so good! I started weight watchers last week and was doing so good sticking to my daily points. My mom invited us over for family home evening and you always have to bake a treat. I thought I could be content with 1 but they were so small and so delicious, certainly 1 more wouldn't hurt.... 2 more.... 3 more??? Seriously, 4 cookies. I went home and added the recipe to my WW tracker, 3 freakin points each!!!!! OUCH!!! Good thing I have the weekly allowance, sheesh. Now I have to be extra careful this week.

We got a new stroller, not a good exercising one, just a nice sit and stand so I can take the girls for walks. We did that yesterday, it was really nice. I think we will do it again today. I am also doing Wii fit exercises, they really got me sore this morning so I just need to do more reps. I really want to start boxing again but the muscle in my chest isn't better yet, I probably should see a doctor about it, but it hurts to box or do turbo jam. We'll see what I do today. Luckily today isn't as busy as yesterday so I can make sure to get my exercising in... and clean the house....

Weight Watchers

I started weight watchers today. I have tried ot once before but it was the old "core" program where you can eat as much as you want of certain things, yeah, didn't work so well. I think I lost 5 lbs in 5 months, blah! So I am going to try out these points. I've realized that I do really well during the day, even before I started. I usually only eat cereal - all bran or cheerios - sometimes with bananas and strawberries, I hardly snack during the day and I have a sandwich or something for lunch. I think my problem is I need to healthy snack more so I am not the ravenous monster at dinner time. I think the points will really help that. I also need to eat more during the day, perhaps more cereal and lunch, so again, I'm not so hungry at dinner.

Reading through all there guidelines, recommendations and stuff was kind of overwhelming, there's a lot to read! I think I have the basic gist of it: take in less calories than you work off - I have known that for a while, but I never really know how much I am taking in and how much I am working off, exercise everyday at least 30 minutes, eat more reasonable portions, and eat more foods that help you fill up faster with out being too fatty. Did I get everything?? I don't have any problem with my drinks, all I ever drink is water. I do however give in to my sweet tooth a lot. Robert usually gives into my begging too. So i think I need to stick with those 100 calorie snacks (though they don't taste that great) or eat pudding with strawberries, I actually like that. And if I make it myself it actually tastes better to me then those premade ones.

The weather is getting a lot nicer so the girls and I went for a walk. I think we need to throw that into the routine at least 3 days a week. I really need a double stroller. Poor Clara got so tired walking that I had to carry her the rest of the way. I think I will make that my next investment. I don't need a fancy jogger one because i don't jog, but it would be better for me to walk with less interruptions. I'm trying not to lose any weight yet, I don't want to start out lower for the contest :)

Starting Over

Ok, so I got pregnant and stopped contributing to this blog, but now I'm not pregnant anymore and no more excuses!! I added the cheetah skin print to my backdrop, because there is something sexy about cheetah print and I'm on my way to a sexier me!! I am currently 153 (as of this morning). I'm exactly where I was at my smallest after Kamryn ( I got up to 156, ugh!). I have had my ups and downs but I really want to kick it into gear, I might even join weight watchers. I definitely need help most with my eating habits, I need structure!! So here we go!!!

My Activity today:
half hour of Wii Gold's Gym Cardio Boxing - 60 calories