I lost another 3 lbs.

I lost another 2 - 3 lbs!!!


214.2 lbs as of today!!!!


Snack Idea -
I eat for snacks - hummus and melba toast.. -Yummy!

Weight loss

Today, I stepped on the scale. Remember I am about 217. Anyway, I have started my monthly cycle and I looked and noticed that I am up to 219. This doesn't alarm me because
I know that I gain about 5 lbs around this time every month. So this is actually a blessing.. I feel pretty good so far.. I am cramping but I mean, I can tell that this is nothing but water and will be
off in a couple of days. So this means that I am about 214!!! Which I am trying not to get excited.

I went to the Cheesecake Factory this weekend and it was very difficult to stay on point. Anyway, I ate the Avocado egg rolls and a little spinach dip with about 4 tortillas. I had a 1hour and 45 minute wait because it was packed, so I over did it on the bread and butter when it came to the table. I made sure that I mentally made note of how much I ate though.  Anyway,  I got the cheesecake  
and ate that the next day.. And it made me nausated.. Probably too rich.. Anyway, I had to count all the points for the next couple of days. I have been eating soup and salads.

Udon soup, Japanese Miso Soup, clear broth soups with veggies. Salads with dressing on the side. I am making sure that I am balancing everything out..

TIP!  - If you have a bad day, make sure that you find the point value and then eat less for the rest of the week..

Happy Valentine's Day

Ok. I started at 220 lbs. on  Sunday, so I want to have a total loss of 70 lbs.  Thank God I am a pretty muscular person so I hide extra fat well.  I wear a lot of black and I am pretty covered up most of the time. But my pictures were telling the truth of my weight. I look in the mirror and look so old...So it is time to get it under control...

During the day I ate my soup and smoothie.. Total of 7 points and then I planned to celebrate Valentine's day a day earlier so I went out..

Last night I went to O'Charlies for dinner and had (embarrased to say)

2 rolls with butter
loaded potato soup - bowl
1/2 of 10 oz steak and steak sauce
loaded baked potato and
sweet tea

now that was about 47.5 points!

I already had about 19 points that I could use so the rest of the week I have to make up for the -28.5 overage..and that is Wed, R, F and Sat..

Anyway, I will have light days the rest of the week.

After all it was Valentines Day!!    (had to celebrate early)

I WORK UP THIS MORNING AND I AM  217.2 POUNDS!!!!

Total Loss so far  -  2.8 lbs.

Only  67.2 pounds left to go

My Breakfast Smoothie

This is what I take in the morning for work..  Blended together..

vanilla yogurt

frozen strawberrys ( makes it thick)

pineapple and other fruits.. - I try different fruits at times... so I wont be bored...

mix together and I think it is 4 points.. per cup...

Anyway, if you dont use vanilla yogurt and use plain it is less points but I like the vanilla better

because I dont have to add splenda to sweeten it, the vanilla and fruit is sweet enough.

Also, the vanilla gives it added flavor.

So between the smoothie and the soup.. it helps a lot.. When you are hungry.

Some of this sound really strange - receipes but they taste pretty good..  

keep an open mind.

The beginning

I started the point system with Weight watchers and I think this is going to be difficult for the first couple of weeks. I ran out of points on Sunday and I was hungry.
I went to bed starving, but today is Tuesday and it is starting to kick in.. I am eating low point items.. 1 or 2 and thus, I can get more of a quantity of food...by eating soups and salads
and things like that... BUT  no one can live my salad alone...So I am going to have to get creative.. since I am working on my weight.. I think about food a lot more than I used too.

Here is a receipe that I tried last night...you can modify it to your taste, but remember the points..Adding too much may change the points on the item.


This is what I ate last night  and took to work-  1 point per cup    

TACO SOUP

5 cans of beans of any type - I am not crazy about that many beans so this is what is used (only three cans - but you can do what you want)

 - 1 can garbanzo

 - 1 can black beans

 - 1 can of pinto beans cooked with onions

- 1 can of sweet corn

- 1 can mushrooms (you can leave that out if you want - i like veggies...)

- 1 can of diced tomatos

- 1 can of diced green chilis

add

1 season packet of ranch dressing - hidden valley

1 season packet of taco season

---- (of course I had to add flair - so I did it a little differently) what I did

was added

 1 season pack of fiesta ranch dressing - hidden valley

1 seasoning packet of taco season

1 seasoning packet of onion soup mix

dump everything in and it looks really strange, but you can add a little water if it is too thick

for you... cook for a while and serve..  Make sure you heat everything through..

I was concerned that it would be a little too salty.. due to all the seasoning packets.. but it was just fine.


PRETTY GOOD!! and IT SMELLS GREAT.

I have been trying to lose weight for a long time

Thanks for reading this blogger.  This is about me trying to lose weight.

I have been trying to lose weight for a long time and there was one time when I did lose 40lbs, but I have gained that back and more. I got real flabby because I
lost it so quickly... My goal is to lose 70 lbs.. which may be pretty difficult.  Any comments will be great.. and if you are trying to lose weight
please email me or comment on this blogger. Anything that I can find out to help or neat receipes, I will post.

I have decided to lose weight based on Weight Watchers point system. This is no way an advertisment or anything like that their company.
I am just familar with this program.. I have all the items that I need and I am not going to the meetings...
 But I am not about to spend.. a lot of money on food when I have that at home.. I need to learn how to control myself and control my portions based on what I eat daily...

Ok..70 lbs to go..

I started on Sunday 2/11th.