three tenths

That's all I gained this week. 0.3, so 16 oz to a lb makes that 4.8 ounces. Honestly, the way I went through Easter candy this week, I am surprised it isn't more!

Need to really get on the ball this week and track everything. This month's focus is planning at WW. Plan what your next meal/snack will be. Easier said than done. I don't always know what I want for dinner when I am eating breakfast.

breaking even

Last week I gained 2.8 lbs. I was kind of expecting that. This week, I lost 2.8 lbs.  I broke even.

stress eating

I am feeling completely overwhelmed lately. My 7th of 10 classes started this week, and I am already one day late posting my discussion. I haven't even finished reading the materials  yet. I am trying to correct the multiplication pretests i had fourth grade students complete so I can pick subjects for my research project.  I love my new job as a tutor (although I'm more like a teachers assistant!), but sometimes I miss my mornings to myself. I also have a family member (brother in law) who is very ill. I'm sure I am not as stressed out as my sister and her family are though, but I'm still stressed.

Do you know how I know that?

In the past hour, between leaving Walmart & picking up kids & getting home, I have consumed 4 donuts and a small 3.5 oz bag of chocolate. In addition, I have consumed two containers of coolwhip frosting that I bought for my 10 yr olds bday party on Friday night. Did I mention it is a sleep over, and that it is tomorrow and that my house is not clean and I haven't baked his cake yet?   It has been a really long time since I binged on frosting. On the good side, it is lower in points than regular frosting.

Something has to give.

I dropped my class. I hope that the stress of being behind already during week one will make things easier.

couch to 5 k

I did a lot of walking on vacation, so I decided to get into a routine. Based on my husbands pedometer, I know that at least one day we walked over 3 miles. I looked up the couch to 5k program, but it involves running.  I do not run. Not only is it hard on my knees, I have to many rolls of extra "stuff" that jiggle when I run. A few weeks ago I jump roped at school with the  kids. Too many parts of my flopping around! I found a program through sparkpeople that is walking.

I'm starting tomorrow.

Vacation eating has ended

I weighed in this morning to find I had gained 2.9 lbs on my vacation. All in all, I can live with that.  The cruise eating was very easy. The formal dining room is served to you in perfect portions. I at dessert every night. When eating at the buffets, I made sure to have a fruit or a vegetable with my meal. The thing is the walking. you have to walk everywhere  I took stairs more often than I normally would because the elevators were a bit slow. There was also no pantry to browse through. I truly only ate when I was hungry.

Then came Disney World. The food is not only over priced, but over portioned! There were several times we ate at a buffet that I had more than I should eat, including extra dessert. We did a lot more walking there though.What most likely did me in were those times when I was alone that I got a sweet treat. I also bought a lot of chocolate in different countries in Epcot.

I had my last fattening dessert out tonight at Red Robin for my son's birthday. My older son and I shared a brownie sundae. Tomorrow points start again. I also need to keep up the exercise. I walked quite a bit during my vacation and I don't want to lose that momentum. I didn't walk today, however I did shovel what felt like 200 lbs of slushy, wet, heavy snow.

Tomorrow I am going to look into a couch to 5K type of program. I have no interest in running, too many parts of my body jiggle when I run, but I would like to increase my activity and stamina.

point two

That is what I am up this week. 0.2. Its only 3 ounces. It is so minuscule its like staying the same. I bet if I used the bathroom before I went it would have been less.

I did, however, walk 30 minutes for 3 days and 10 minutes for 1 day. Walking is good. I have a very eclectic music taste when I walk though. Yesterday i started out with some slower country music, then bon jovi, adam lambert and guns and roses. Paradise City really has a good beat to walk to. I finished up my cool down with Sounds of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel

I don't want to know what I would have gained without the exercise. I had a few days this week that I over ate when I knew I was not hungry. I blame PMS.

Vacation starts Saturday. I am not following my plan on vacation. I also am not going to overindulge just because I am "on vacation". It's still all about the choices. The first four days there will be food available on the cruise 24 hours a day. I do not need to eat all day long. I do not need to eat ice cream with every meal just because it is available. I'm not saying I wont eat dessert, but I do not need a lot of it. For the Disney part of the trip, I am bringing snacks. We can eat pop tarts in the room for breakfast.

The other thing that should keep the weight down on vacation is the extra walking. I usually end up doing fairly well on vacation because of the additional exercise. We'll see how I do!