Week One WI

And I'm down 4.4lbs !!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is all :)

Toronto Lovin

Well not really, I actually kinda dislike Toronto with a passion, but I've had a couple of good days here so I can't complain.

G and I had a great weekend together this weekend, filled with fun and healthy food. We went to my company Christmas party on Saturday night at the Marriott, which was a ball! I drank a little to much wine, and had desert, but unlike last year I only had one slice of cake instead of everything on the desert buffet, so I feel like that was an improvement. Sunday we spent the day lazing around. Ate my homemade chili for dinner and I made a really yummy buttercup squash and apple soup made with apple cider. 2 points for 1.5 cups! Yay! Even G liked it.

Caught the early flight out to YYZ on Monday morning (3:30 am wake up..blah!) and have been training yesterday and today. Travelling for work is usually what kills me with Weightwatchers, however I'm feeling on the ball and in the groove this week.

There is a Country Style downstairs in my office building that we eat for lunch. In the past I'd grab a muffin, cookie, chocolate, big sandwich and not think about the calories or points. This week, I logged onto the Country Style website, looked at the nutritional information and figured out my points for lunch. I did the same for when I went to the Keg tonight.

As a result, this is what yesterday and today have looked like - BOO YAH!

Monday:
B - english muffin with 2TBSP peanut butter and TBSP jam; H20; small hot chocolate (8 pts)
S - H20; granny smith apple (1)
L - Greek Wrap; 1/2 container brocolli chedder soup; diet pepsi (8 pts)
D - Diet Coke; 9 inch thin crust pizza with tomato sauce and 3 oz goat cheese (Estimate 12 points)
Total: 29 points (1 flex)

Tuesday
B - english muffin with 2TBSP peanut butter and TBSP jam; H20; small hot chocolate (8 pts)
L - Greek Wrap; diet pepsi (6 pts)
D - Keg - 7 0z Filet mignon (yum!), side spinach salad with dressing on the side, 6 oz of wine - (17 pts)

31 pts (3 flex)

205.8

I joined Weightwatchers at work today, and that was the number that was on the scale. I had prepared myself for much more, however it was still a shock to the system. I've been working myself toward this recommitment now for a few weeks, trying to cut back, make smarter choices etc in an effort to commit fully to things this time. I'm hoping to see a much smaller number by next weeks weigh in.

That being said, I did something today that I haven't done in many years on Weightwatchers. I made a HUGE pot of chili - white kidney beans, black beans, 3 kinds of peppers, corn, lean ground beef. My usual. Except my usual normally means throwing everything in the pot and gestimating the points per serving.

Not this time. Today I weighed and measured everything that went into the pot. I wrote down the nutritional information for all the ingrediants and I figured out the point values for each item, added it up and divided it out = 5.5 points per cup serving.

G is working nights this week which means leaving at 7 and I'm home at 7:30, so we're not seeing each other this week. But - he made dinner tonight. I gave him the recipe and wrote it out step by step (G is wonderful, but cooking is not his forte!) It was so nice to come home to a yummy meal. And what a good boyfriend he was, he measured out everything in the recipe and I ended up with a 5 point baked rigtoni dinner. Yay!

snow..blech!

Its snowing out. It was supposed to go from snow to rain before this evening. NOPE! Its snowing hard, and the plows didn't come out until 8:30. Which made my drive home from the airport at 7:00 really fun.

I was smart and got my snow tires put on last week -- however they only put on 2 of 4 because the other 2 weren't good anymore. I haven't bought new ones yet, so driving with 2 snow tires on the back and 2 summers on the front (in a front wheel drive) was an experience. I was doing well until the hill right before Lower Sackville when I went off the road (almost).

Big thank you to the random guy from IMP (who I didn't get the name of!) who was the first driver after 20 minutes of me being stuck who stopped to help. He pushed me on my way again and followed me part way with his blinkers on just in case. Yay for good samaritans!

yummy new sammie

I'm back :) Trip to YYC was great, and a day shorter than it was supposed to be, which was even better. AND I got upgraded to business class on the flight home, which was completely awesome!

Because things were cut short, I didn't get to the pool for the one night that I was there. By the time my boss and I got finished training, and headed back to the hotel, and checked in and ate dinner, the pool was closed. Boo :( But I think I managed to eat ok, ordered salad instead of a regular side with my meal, water to drink with dinner instead of wine. So I'm happy with how it went.

G and I had a laid back weekend. We got together with our upstairs neighbors and played Cranium on Friday night -- SOO much fun, I definitely want this game for Christmas. On Saturday I slept until 12:30 (ops!) and we had another couple over to watch the UFC fights (oh joys...catch the sarcasim?)

I tried a new idea for dinner on Saturday night, since we decided to eat at home instead of going out. When I was in Calgary, I had a reallly yummy quesidilla at Joey Tomatos, so I tried to replicate it at home - it was fantastic.

Spinach tortilla, with a small amount of pesto, goat cheese, BBQ chicken and roasted red peppers. Grilled on the stove until the cheese melts and gets all smooshy. YUM!

Dinners are planned for the week:
Tonight- WW crockpot sour cream salsa chicken
Tuesday: Crockpot black bean and smoked sausage
Wednesday: Baked Ziti
Thursday: Kickin Chicken and Rice
Friday -- who knows!

I start WW at work on Thursday and will be recommiting completley to writing down what I eat. I've been gearing up now for the past few days, but come Thursday I really need to buckle down and do this. 5 lbs by Christmas, thats my goal!

till next time

Its a beautiful day in the neighborhood!

Another gorgous day here in Nova Scotia. A little chilly, but sunshiny and bright, which I love. Particularly when I get home before it gets dark. My body likes me much better when I get some sunlight in my day.

Todays eats:
B: 2 slices of whole wheat bread with peanut butter and lite double fruit jam
L: wholegrain pita with chicken mole/rice mix, 10z of lite chedder cheese and TBSP lite sour cream
D: greek chicken kebabs, roasted balsamic veggies with feta, whole grain pita with tzatiki. Yum!

I'm excited because I've joined WW at work starting Thursday with 14 of my co workers. Unfortunately I can't start until next week, as I'm away this week. But hopefully its the support system I need.

I'm headed to Calgary tomorrow until Friday to do some Respect in the Workplace training. Travelling is always my toughest time eating and exercising wise. But I have my swim suit packed (the hotel has a pool and my ankle is still a little stiff) and I've got some all bran bars and fruit source bars for if I get stuck in the airport. So we shall see how it goes.

christmas is coming...

Ok so, I knew it was coming when I saw the eggnog in the grocery stores, and then when they were followed by decorations and wrapping paper I started to pay a little more attention.

But now, its definitely obvious that Christmas is on its way, because today at the grocery store I saw Chapman's Peppermint Stick Ice Cream...mmmm.

missing camera...

How annoyed am I that G lost our Digital SLR camera coming home from Toronto on Sunday....pretty damn annoyed. I'm not annoyed at him, I'm just annoyed that it happened.
We can't afford to replace the camera right now, and the chances of finding it are likely slim to none.

We've called YHZ Lost and Found, we've called Air Canada in Halifax and we've left message with Lost and Found at Pearson. But really, whose going to turn in a 800.00 camera and extra lense?

*grumble*

boo hiss!

I'm feeling bloated and gross. We travelled this weekend. G volunteered for the Ontario Race Medical Team doing emergency response for Moseport Racetrack throughout the summer. We headed up to Toronto for the night on Saturday night (the perks to working for an airline!) to attend the end of the year banquet. It was great, however it means lots of eating out, and lack of hydration due to being on the airplane.

Adding to my feelings of bloating, is the fact that I haven't been able to work out since Thursday because of this:








This is what it looked like on Thursday when I sprained it.




4 days later its still swollen and sore and looking like this:


I show you both feet for comparison sake in terms of swelling. Please excuse my disgusting toes, I haven't had a chance to get a pedicure in a long time (its on the to do list I promise!)So yeah. Needless to say working out has not been top of the priority list. In fact, I managed to do this damage working out (go figure!)

I was just finishing my workout at the gym, and I steped down off a step and BOOM! Down I went. I have really bad ankles and do this at least twice a year, but it doesn't make it suck any less. In fact, this was my good ankle, which makes it seem worse! Luckily, it does give me an excuse to have G wait on me hand and foot...hehehe! Isn't he a good boyfriend!

Funny story about G and me. Our first date, ended up with a picture very similar to the above. We met online, and the first weekend we spent together (we were long distance) we ended the weekend at Peggy's Cove (unplanned) before I was going to drove him back to the PEI ferry. We're walking along the rocks (me in flip flops, I told you, it was an unplanned trip!) G says to me "Wow, someone could really hurt themselves on these rocks" yep, you guessed it, down I went! I twisted my bad ankle (the one that I've broken twice already and sprained AT LEAST 15 times) so we spent the next 9 hours at the hospital waiting for x-rays just in case.

Great first date eh? Wait, it gets better. We head home around 11:00. We hadn't eaten since 9:00 that morning so we stopped at Subway for G to grab a sandwich and head home. All is well, until about 7:00 am when G wakes up and complains about his stomach being upset. Minutes later, off to the bathroom he runs. Yep, food poisoning. We ended up back at Emergency to hook him up to an IV because he was so dehydrated. The admitting nurse was the same one who had been there the night before when we came in for my ankle. Talk about a memorable first date!

Our date this weekend at the banquet was less than remarkable in terms of good stories. But we had a good time, and I got to do some dancing with my man, which I love. When we returned we started unpacking the suitcases and Sully decided to help us out. So I leave you with a picture of our cute unpacking helper...