Sat July 10/10

Saturday
Weigh in was 159.8 - only lost 0.8lbs. i am really surprised. I can really see a difference in my belly. and feel much thinner. have had a slight hunger every night before bed which is always a telltale sign that i'm losing. I had 15.5 flex points left at the end of the week and banked 29 activity points. not sure if i should have eaten the flex points. but now that i'm not drinking and eating the same on the wknds as the week i have more points left over for the week. i felt satisfied all week, didn't feel like i needed more. and the exercise felt good. it was challenging but pretty easy. I really felt like this week worked so it may have been additional muscle or the heat. But my plan is to stay the course and keep it up this week. if i still have a smaller loss this week coming up i can look into whether i should be eating more. But 0.8 is still a good loss and i have been losing the last 4 weeks straight so that is the main thing. how it comes off I can't control. i just feel great that i know that i am eating healthy, exercising, have more fruits and veggies and eating smaller portions and staying within my points. it will come off.
Back down to 21 points now.
Breakfast: oatmeal, granola bar, tea (3)
Date with my Mom - amazing day
belair laser consultation
Lunch at MoRoCo AMAZING!!!!!:
1 hot mess martini w/strawberry puree, 1choc covered strawberry, vodka and bubbles (3) best name for a drink EVER!
croque monsieur w/side salad (21?)
sips of liquid chocolate (1)
make up done at the new Burberry Counter - loved it.
Snack: ww bar, iced green tea (1)
Dinner at Fresh: Green Goddess w/soba noodles, water, asked for more veggie, less noodle (9)Legally Blonde - so much fun!!!
Snack: ww mint choc bar (1)
Total: 39 - 18FP = 21
Flex Points Remaining: 35-18 = 17
Activity Points earned: did some walking around but nothing worth counting.
I tried very hard to have regular day today with healthy breakfast and snacks and veggie dinner and just splurge on the croque monsieur.

Fri July 9/10

Friday
Exercise: intvls and shred - need to do hill training! did 2 hills as my intervals
Breakfast: half cup chick pea salad and half quinoa salad on bed of lettuce (3)
Snack: high fibre muffin tea (1)
Lunch at O&B: mushroom soup, chicken japanese salad, dressing on the side (8)
Snack: granola bar, tea (1)
Dinner with mom and dad in beaches: diet coke, burger, salad w/dressing on side (10)
Dessert: frozen yogurt half cup (2.5)
Total: 25.5 - 3.5FP = 22
Flex Points Remaining: 19 - 3.5FP = 15.5
Activity Points earned: 45mins high intensity (6)
Activity Points Banked: 23 + 6 = 29

Thurs July 8/10

Thursday
I am rocking this week!! very proud of myself. and it is working! I can see a difference! gotta make sure to keep telling people and set myself up for success. this week and weekend has been easy becuase i didn't have too much temptation. I also have been doing lots of exerise and have lots of flex points left if i want to have an extra treat here and there so i don't feel deprived!!

slept in and walked to work
Breakfast: tea, egg white western (3)
Lunch: salad, 4oz chicken w/buffalo wing hot sauce (yummy), 1/4 avocado (6)
vitamins, water
Snack: 1 high fibre muffin, tea (1)
eyebrow wax, cooking healthy meals with JD
snacks: ww mint chip, blueberries (2)
Dinner: veggie burger, salad, diet coke (7)
Dessert: mint choc chip half cup (3)
Total: 22
Flex Points Remaining: 19
Activity Points earned: 0 - walked to work but not going to bother including
Activity Points Banked: 23

Wed July 7/10

Wednesday
Exercise: shred and intervals - yeah me!!! its so much easier with T doing it with me.
snack: quarter cup smoothie (1)
Breakfast: egg white western (3)
Lunch w/WB at Fresh: half fruit smoothie, couple sweet potato fries, 2 onion rings, baby beach with brow rice and hot sauce (7) - she picked fresh becuase I told her i wanted to go somewhere healthy! See how it pays off to tell people! setting myself up for success!
walked back to office - 30mins moderate pace
snack at office: cucumbers, red peppers, tea (0)
Snack on way tot see grandparents: high fibre muffin, tea (1)
skipped hills
Snack on the way home: cold spring roll w/crab meat (2)
Dinner: 5oz chicken, grilled asparagus, mushrooms, half cup couscous, buffalo wings hot sauce (6.5)
Dessert: fudgsicle (1)
Total: 21.5
Flex Points Remaining: 19
Activity Points earned: 45mins high intensity (6) and 30min mod intensity (2)
Activity Points Banked: 15 + 8 = 23

Tues July 6/10

Tuesday
Slept in, walked to work
Breakfast: 1/2c chick peas, 2 ww bread, 1 laughing cow, salad, dressing (4)
Snack: high fibre muffin, tea (1)
Snack: nectarine (1)
Lunch: 1/2c chick peas, 1c couscous, salad, dressing, vitamins (5)
Snack: 1 granola bar, tea (1)
Exercise: 4km run - 20mins high intensity
Dinner at sushi time: salad, soup, 6 maki, salad roll, 5 nigiri, mayo (10)
Dessert: fudgsicle (1)
Total: 23 - 1FP = 22
Flex Points Remaining: 19
Activity Points earned: 20mins high intensity (2)
Activity Banked: 13 + 2 = 15

Mon July 5/10

Monday
Exercise: Shred and Intervals - yeah! did it!! helps having T doing it with me!!! so proud
Breakfast: half cup yogurt, 1/4 banana, few strawberries, half ww smoothie packet, 1/4c kashi cereal and skim milk, green tea, water, vitamins (4) - didn't weigh or measure so not sure but will need to if i do again.
Snack: high fibre muffin, green tea iced, tea (1)
Lunch: salad bar w/chicken, blue cheese, veggies, vinegar, olives (5)
Snack: granola bar, tea (1)
Snack: ww mint choc bar (1)
Dinner: 1c chick peas, 1/2c couscous, salad, dressing, 1 bread w/dip (7)
Dessert: frozen yogurt half cup (3)
Snack: popcorn (1.5)
Total: 23.5
Flex Points Remaining: 20
Activity Points earned: 35mins high intensity (5)
Activity Banked: 13

Sun July 4/10

Going to eat like a weekday today!!!!! And going to feel and see huge difference!!
Snack: high fibre choc muffin, tea (1)
Walking to brunch on College.
Brunch at Kalendar: tea, omellette w/feta and sausage, salad and fruit, 2 whole wheat dry toast (15)
snack: lima beans (2)
Dinner at milestones: veggie burger, salad w/dressing on the side, diet coke (7)
short walk
Dessert: half cup frozen yogurt (3) - i measured and calculated the points! good girl!
Total: 28 - 6FP = 22
Flex Points Remaining: 27.5 - 6 = 21.5
Activity Points earned: 60min walk (2)
Activity Banked: 8

Sat July 3/10

Weigh in: 160.6 - down 1.6lbs. amazing!!
I wasn't going to weigh in but decided i could handle it. of course i had much better day and was much more encouraged to eat well all day because of this. but don't want to be that tied to the number. i think i saw a loss becuase of all the hardwork i did over the previous 2 weeks where i didn't see the results.
And told everyone at the meeting about my struggles giving up drinking and socializing. and was very happy i did. got lots of good advice and making myself accountable. also talked about my plateau.
Now focusing on eating like a week day today.

Run to WW 11km
Breakfast: oatmeal, banana, tea (4)
10km run home w/ low cal gatorade
Post run snack: turkey slices (2)
Brunch: egg white western (4)
stretches
heading to Port Dover to the beach and little shops
Packed picnic - good girl!!: bran muffin, pickles, salad, 50z filet mignon steak, 1tsp olive oil, diet coke (9.5)
Snack: granola bar, water (1)
went to drive in - awesome idea!!!!
Snack: smart pop popcorn 1 big bag, 1 half bag (4.5)
Snack: cherries (0.5)
Snack: turkey slices (4)
diet rootbeer (0)
Total: 29.5 -7.5FP = 22
Flex Points Remaining: 35- 7.5 = 27.5
Activity Points Earned: 2hrs moderate act (6) banked
very good girl!!! set myself up for success!

Fri July 2/10

Friday - holiday!!!!!
Feeling a bit sad about last night. Cancelled on friends and overate at home! But I have to shake that off and just get back on track today and I acknowledge 2 things I already know and have forgotten.
(1) I have to tell people I'm not drinking and eating less/or healthy- just own it
(2) I have to cancel social things or limit them to situations I can handle
That will set me up for success and I have to acknowledge this otherwise its too hard all at once.
Now on to being more positive!!!
Going to spend whole day lapping up the pool at Radisson, reading magazines, books, and enjoying the summer calorie free!! Can't wait!
break out 2 new books and 100 magazines, sunscreen, bronzer, new swimsuit! fun fun!!

Breakfast: ww bar (1)
Lunch: pulled pork sandwich, looked the healthiest and asked for no cheese but think it was still on there and had mayo and looked greasy... as hard as i try! But i didn't eat the top bun with the mayo and to make up for the cheese, side salad with barely any dressing (7)
snack: diet coke ww mint choc (1)
went for a walk
dinner: shrimp cocktail, chicken souvlaki, salad (6)
dessert: frozen yogurt (3)
Snack: banana, almond butter (4)
Total: 22
I have to prepare myself to not throw in the towel if i do not lose on saturday. Doing the math I won't be losing this week but I know I am doing the right thing by giving up drinking and eating the same on the weekend so I just need to stick to the plan. I actually don't want to weigh in tomorrow... that way I can just stay the course and not get psyched out by the number. And I have to acknowledge that i had to learn that I have to cancel social engagements to make it easier for myself.

Thurs July 1/10

Thursday - Happy Canada Day!
Going for 10km run and then sailing for the day with friends! woohoo!!
Pre-run snack: lima beans, tea (2)
Exercise: 10km (12 & 6's) - felt really good. burned 680 calories!!
Lunch: 6" subway, baked lays, diet coke (9)
Snacks: 1 sangria, crackers, laughing cow, veggies, fruit, almonds, cookie, 1 sour jube, 1 choc almond, 1 chip, 1 pce full fat cheese - tried very hard to stay with healthy stuff and bring healthy stuff. (9)
Was also supposed to go out for dinner with friends but had a meltdown. I'm finding all of these social occasions not eating and drinking while everyone else is VERY hard. It's making me miserable. Not sure if it will get easier or maybe this week has just been extra tough as they've all been really good events that I wanted to partake in where others i don't mind not drinking or its not all about food but hanging out on a sailboat with everyone snakcing the whole time and drinking the whole time wiht nothing else to do is VERY difficult for me. Not sure if I should just cancel these kinds of events or learn to handle them. i think this week has just been harder than usual. I don't usually have this many fun things days in a row. If i had been in control all day and then gone out for dinner it would have been fine but i just couldn't handle using willpower all day long and the last two nights and then going to a dinner and try to resist.
But I also was miserable at home. it was 10pm, we hadn't had dinner and were too tired to make something or find something healthy to order so I had the other half of my sub that was cold and soggy and was more miserable. and i didn't even have the points for it.
Its driving me crazy that I had to resist all week, feel like i've been miserable at 3 events, doing without, and passing on all the good things but still not going to lose this week as my points are still too high! its so frustrating.
The good thing is I know I'm doing the right thing. I know I have to give up drinking and eat the same food on the wknd to get to my goal. I'm just struggling with all the social stuff. There is lots of non-social stuff I can do that will include a great summer but also feel guilty cancelling social stuff. I also am not telling people i'm not drinking so i think thats making it tougher. I just don't like telling people because (a) i know its boring to be around someone not partaking so if i fake it a bit its not as noticable but stressing me out (b) people will think i'm pregnant which drives me crazy (c) people will start asking why I'm doing and I don't want to get into it because then people say "you don't need to lose more weight" or "why would you do this in the summer" and I don't want to get into my 1yr and 33week plateau.
Anyway, ate way too much last night feeling sorry for myself and not feeling satisfied.
Dinner: soggy sub, 3 ww bread w/ becel, shrimp (13)
Total: 33
Basically giving up drinking is making me feel so deprived i don't feel satisfied and the 2 pts I'm using per day for the one drink is leaving me hungry. I can only hope the 10K will make up for this.
I really don't think i will be losing on saturday which is going to make this more frustrating but I haven't had a good week. And the joke is i've been more careful this week and the last 2 weeks than ever before.

Wed July 30/10

Wednesday
Starbucks run
Breakfast: egg white western (4)
Lunch: salad, chicken, blue cheese, olives, vinegar (5)
Snack: 2 crackers, 2 laughing cow (2)
Drinks and dinner at Biffs: 2 small bread w/hummus, oysters, 1 prosecco, steak (they put butter on it - argh) (14) - I did it... only one drink! yeah me. still wasn't as in to it... not as much fun but getting better and got to drive hot new car!! weeeee!!!
Total: 25 - still feel like I'm starving and barely eating because I'm not drinking!
Beginning of holidays!

Tues July 29/10

Tuesday
Exercise: 6km tempo run, push ups and sit ups. didn't quite do the 6km. tripped and fell down and skinned my knee! so hobbled for a tea after. but all is good except maybe my ego :)
Breakfast: egg white western, vitamins (4)
Snack: chicken (2)
Snack: ww mint choc bar, tea (1)
Lunch: salad, chicken, half whole wheat pita, vinegar (6)
Snack: ww mint choc bar, tea (1)
Dinner: salad from fast food fresh (5)
Girls Networking Night: 1 drink (2) - i did it!!
Total: 21

Mon Jun 28/10

Monday
Back on the wagon today and not weighing myself this week as my stupid scale is off by 4lbs or so every time so i find it frustrating. i think it needs a new battery but I can't figure out how to get the current batteries out. Once a week is good anyway!

Exercise: run to starbucks, really booked it. walked back with tea
Breakfast: egg white western w/ 2 normal bread (6)
Lunch: salad, chicken, blue cheese, veggies, vinegar (4)
Snack: mint choc ww bar (1)
Exercise: push ups, sit ups, squats, lunges etc and anything else I can throw in there. some intervals? just want to tighten up and torch some calories, even 5 mins of the shred or insanity. - didn't do anything!
Dinner: life choices pizza (8)
Dessert: fudgsicle, carrots and dip, bread w/laughing cow (2)
Total: 21

Sun June 27/10

Sunday
Breakfast: tea, shrimp, pasta dish (5)
Bites of ts brunch (1)
Snacks: veggies, shrimp, olives (1)
Lunch: salad, pork skewer, flank steak, dressing (7)
Dinner: dips, pita, chicken, crackers, dip (26?)
chose to eat past my points and chose to not feel guilty about it. I enjoyed it. a hint of guilty but i reminded myself that it's not good or bad and just enjoyable and not to worry about it. and i acknowledged that I was doing what I always do so i will get what i always get. and i didn't care.
Total: 40 - 21DP = 19 over points!!!

Sat June 26/10

Saturday
weigh in: 162.2 - I was sooooo good this week i'm not sure why i am not losing. its definitely frustrating! i know I am doing the right thing so i'm going to stick to my plan:
-eating within my points
-eating the same on the weekend as much as possible as I do during the week
-cutting out drinking as much as possible for the next 10 weeks
-exercising to burn calories and weights to tighten up.

however, it is really annoying. as soon as I buckle down and really get on it I don't lose or gain. its like when you are down, more crap gets thrown at you.

I'm writing this monday morning so can already tell you i over did it on saturday and sunday... quelle surprise. reverting back to my old ways. but i know what to do to make this week work for me. I gotta eat really low points this week and exercise and will do well this weekend and then get right back on track. but I can't help but blame myself that maybe I screwed up even though i know for once i didn't. i worked out really well, ate my exact points, had a few points leftover for flex, measuered and weighed everything. just gotta stay the course. its just discouraging.

exercise: ran part way to ww and then ran a killer hill near ww.
Breakfast: egg white frittata, feta, 2 dry toast, ham (13) - too big of a brunch when I'm going out for a big dinner. need to eat regular breakfast. but i want to splurge on the wknd after being really good all week. its hard to break this mindset but i know what to do so i can do it.
lunch: salad, calamari (leftovers, popcorn (3)
snack: dumplings (6)
drinks: prosecco (6)
drinks: 2 kir royales, 1 wine (6)
dinner: biscuit, butter, pizza salad, steak, mash potatoes, veggies, corn cob salad (23)
-cheese, toast, chutney (7)
Dessert: brownie, ice crm, whip (3)
AMAZING DiNNER!!! Worth every point!
Total: 67 ajhhh!! a few more than i thought! -35FP = 32 - 21DP - over by 11DP!!! I did do exercise that I could subtract from this but don't usually.