Debate

So, I debated whether or not to go back to Weight Watchers(WW). Then two weeks ago on Monday I received a Weight Watcher magazine. I thought it was kind of odd, since I have not subscribed to the magazine since 2007. So, I took it as a sign to join. I hemmed and hawed all week long and finally decided to go and join. I went last Saturday and to my surprise Jodie was still there.

A little back history. I joined WW back in 2005 with my sister in hopes to lose weight and became a life-time member in November of 2006. Kept the weight off for about two years got married and gained a lot back.

So, as I was saying Jodie was there and I felt at ease. I got on that crazy scale and was not surprised at my total. Went back this week and I’m a LOSER! Now, I don’t go around bragging that I am a loser often, only when I do well at WW and lose weight. I tried this week, but not as hard as I could have, but I lost 2.4lbs. YEA me!

For the month of January I am down 5lbs! Not too bad a way to start the year off.

Cooking at Home or Out to eat?

So, it is true that cooking at home helps cut down the budget and waistline. I guess that all depends on what you are cooking. Jarrett made a little shopping/planning sheet for each week. It isn't anything too complicated and not sure why this is working. We have tried all kinds of things from cooking all of the meals on Sunday to planning out each meal on Sunday. For some reason writing out the shopping lists of the recipes one of us has picked and then heading to the store to retrieve those items is helping.

Each week we decided that one person would pick out all the recipes. We pick enough for M-Th and the plan is Friday to be left overs. Well, it is my week and I thought how great I only have to plan two meals. I am going out to eat with some folks from work on Tuesday and Wednesday. I decided though that I can't plan a week to lose weight when I am out to eat and tempted by all the things I love. So, I cut it down to one day out and I feel good about it.

We have been cooking a lot at home lately. Don't get me wrong we always cook, but for some reason I find myself not wanting to eat what we have planned for the week and can't stop thinking of the good food that is prepared as fast as I can say I would like a #3 no onions. (Can anyone guess what restaurant I am at?)

So as tough as it can be sometimes I have to remind myself that nothing tastes as good as skinny feels. A little saying that my former Weight Watcher leader, Barb, used to say.

Weight Update

So, I am about to start my fourth week of bootcamp and I have lost 2.5 pounds. That is almost a pound a week, which feels a little slow, but better than gaining. I feel stronger and so good after a workout. Kind of debating going back to Weight Watchers.

Two Funerals in one week

So, on Jan. 9 I went the funeral of my teacher's aide. She died of Leukemia after battling it for 23 months. So, that was my start to the weekend. During that weekend my mom was giving me updates on my Grampa. He wasn't doing well, but all was okay. I found out on Tuesday night that they were sending him home on hospice. So, it went from bad to worse fast. Needless to say he died in his sleep on Jan. 13.

So the debate was who was going to the funeral and when we would leave. That all would depend on when the services were being held. We found out the services were on Saturday. So Mom, Lisa, Frankie, and myself all went. We were going to leave at 10:55 and we boarded and started to back away from the gate. I realized that we were pulling back up to the gate. So, come to find out there was a bad part in the engine and that it would take at least 45 min. to fix. Finally, after waiting two hours we switched planes. Once we were almost to the next flight our previous flight took off. We finally arrive and we are starving. We have not had lunch at all. So, we head to El Taco Tote, which we have been there before, but it was just as delicious. Got to Gramma's about 3:45 and then waited around for about 40min. before we left for the service.

We headed to the funeral home to say goodbye to my amazing Grampa. It was very sad, but we got to see a ton of our family. So, that was nice. Afterward, we went back to Gramma's and hung out there visiting for a little bit. Then we went to dinner with my cousins, Gabriel, Fernie, and Crystal. These cousins have been our closest cousins. We always visited them when we were in El Paso. Had fun at dinner and then finally went to the hotel and got there at 12:30 El Paso time. WE were exhausted from such a crazy trip. Got up at 5:45 El Paso time and got ready to head home. Our plane was to leave at 8:20. We made it home. It was just such a whirlwind of a trip.

Great day back

Today was my first day back at work with kiddos and it went well. I missed them and, even though sixth graders will not admit it, they missed me. So, it was a good day. I think they were shocked that I had them do work. Hello, school isn't all fun and games. : )

I hope this semester is even more rewarding than the last. I have a really good group of kids that are eager to learn. I just want to make sure that I am delivering.

Get In Shape Girl!

Do you remember "Get In Shape Girl" from the 80's? That was the name of this awesome workout equipment I used to have. The cassette was so cool. Here is a commercial to refresh your minds.



Well, a little coaxing and encouragement and I rejoined thenorthdallasbootcamp.com. I didn't really quit. I just took December off and my instructor new that. So, after five glorious weeks without exercise, ugh I went back and am regretting every bit of it. I should have been doing more than I was, but I am back and that is all that matters.

To top it off tonight's meal was 100% bison steaks with steamed vegetables. YUMM!

I had a little post-dinner workout as well. I talked my husband into doing The Biggest Loser Wii Game. I could only hang for another 10 min. since I had already worked out an hour prior. I am so proud of him because he did about a 30 minute workout. Can't wait for tomorrow's dinner!