Weight Watchers Weekly Weigh-In: 0.8 ounces gained

 

I gained ounces and in all honesty, I was surprised it wasn't more. I had a GREAT time in San Diego and really didn't care to count points, however I did WATCH what I ate...if that makes any sense.

 

By the way, I'm still at a 55 pound loss! Yay!

HIGH OF THE WEEK

My high of the week came when I really did decide to watch what I ate but not count points, I'm telling you, It could have been worse, but I am proud I stayed active, did TONS of walking and watched my points. 

LOW OF THE WEEK

I didn't have a low. I really needed San Diego to go and think. Sort things out in my head. If an 8 ounce gain to you is low, then your crazy! Plus I'm PMSing...gah! lol. But yeah, no lows!

 

WHAT I LEARNED

I learned that sometimes you have to step outside and see the bigger picture. You need to reevaluate, rejuvenate and renovate yourself time to time in order to stay sane.

 

TIP OF THE WEEK

 

Theme park? Watching your calories or counting points? NEVER fear! KIDS MEALS! Smaller portions and Theme parks usually have healthy sides. You CAN get a kids meal. All you have to do is ask, if the meal requires an age. Most of the time I explain I am on Weight Watchers and people are so understanding. I always order kids meals! PORTION CONTROL!

Remember: MODERATION NOT DEPRIVATION

 

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

 

 

WEIGHT WATCHERS WEEKLY WEIGH-IN: 55 POUNDS GONE!!!

 

This lady didn't expect THIS weight loss! I lost 2.2 pounds this week! Whoa!!! As you know 165 is NOT my ULTIMATE goal, but rather a mini-goal I set up to make this less stressful. I learned weight loss is mind game. What your mind can conceive, your body can achieve and for me, to set SMALL goals is more attainable to get to my bigger goal!

However!

I HAVE LOST A TOTAL OF 55.8 POUNDS!!!!

YAY ME!!!

 

How awesome is THAT!? I think SUPER DUPER AWESOME! Yeah I just sounded cheesy!

HIGH OF THE WEEK

My high of the week came when I tried a NEW outdoor activity in THE OCEAN! Peddle boating! IT WAS A WORKOUT! And I was experiencing it with my momma!

 

 I will admit it, The thought in the middle of an ocean with Sea Lions that are bigger than me, SCARED ME!!! After complaining to my mom I was having anxiety, I finally adjusted to it and LOVED IT! It was an amazing experience and I am looking forward to doing it again!

A GREAT WORKOUT!

LOW OF THE WEEK

With crying comes poor eating habits. I really ate like crap this week. It was the reason I had thought I gained.

 

WHAT I LEARNED

I learned that I have to react with NO REACTION. Sometimes my mouth gets me in trouble because I don't know how to let things go. Then it makes me eat. Lol. A sad ugly truth about myself that I am LEARNING the HARD way.

 

TIP OF THE WEEK

 

Who said Breakfast cant be AMAZEBALLS?

Went to Denny's with my mom and ordered a "Build your own Grand Slam!" And I ordered...Drum roll please!

Egg whites, hash browns, turkey bacon, and a buttermilk biscuit!

So good! 

When you go out to a restaurant, if you don't see ALTERNATIVES, ASK! ASK! ASK!!

Any fast food place USUALLY caters to that too. Always ask for Alternatives to fit you healthy lifestyle. To be honest, just to have a healthy meal lol.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

Weight Watchers Weekly Weigh-In: +1.4 gained

 

I gained. WAH! WAH! WAH! I must say and admit, my eating habits are all over the place. Its stress and my my mind is just there and then not there. This affected my eating habits. I made some good choices and some poor ones clearly. However, I am back on track for the millionth time and starting a new. I'm letting the things I cannot change go and changing what I can. THIS I CAN CHANGE. 

HIGH OF THE WEEK

My high of the week was passing up a tray of cupcakes. To anyone else this may seem weird. But I had NO desire to eat the cupcakes. In fact, looking at them didn't make me drool. HUGE plus.

LOW OF THE WEEK

I must say my low came when I said, "This is gonna be my ONLY cheat day!" and then I had like 4! Wasn't too proud of my choices, in fact I was disappointed. I just ate to ate! Which is weird because when it comes to my cheat days, I eat the one thing I was desiring.

WHAT I LEARNED

I learned that its done and over with. I ate just to eat and I let things I cannot change and outta my hands get the best of me. I learned that I have to let go of what I cant change and change what I can. I also learned stress eating is NOT the biz!

TIP OF THE WEEK

 

So I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE peeps! We all know peeps come for EVERY season! Well, I also love love candy corn! Peeps are 3pp and for 19 Candy Corns its 4pp.  I decided to have both this day! I had points left over from the day to spare. So when you wanna eat something sweet and spurge a tad, peeps are a safe bet for those who love peeps!

 

QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

 

 

WEIGHT WATCHERS WEEKLY WEIGH-IN: 4 pounds LOST!

 

Look who decided to OFFICIALLY weigh-in! ME! and considering I hadn't OFFICIALLY weighed in for a month, I didn't do bad at all! 4 pounds lost, which is a pound a week! GO ME! See, even not attending meetings I can keep on track, especially enjoying life (and the CAKES that came with my birthday!)

HIGH OF THE WEEK

My portion control was ON point. I didn't deprive myself of the foods I wanted, in fact I made sure I portioned them out. Proud of myself because I could have gone buck wild! But didn't...and you will see how I did so, in my TIP OF THE WEEK

 

By the way, I decided to do a Before & After of LAST years birthday dress. I took it in and LOOK!! My curves!! WHOA!!! Me with all these curves and these men without no brakes.

LOW OF THE WEEK

I honestly didn't feel "pretty" if that makes sense, and there is a reason for that. I had thought I gained. Its true though, there is a mental game when losing weight. My lifestyle isn't just about the physical part, the mental and emotional part play a huge part of it! I am guilty of putting myself down this week.

WHAT I LEARNED

I think at weigh-in, I learned that I cant put myself down. My weight does not define me. Its just a number on the scale. A number I can change. I am a beautiful, strong woman....not too many women can say that. I am beautiful and my weight DOES NOT define me.

TIP OF THE WEEK!

PORTION CONTROL! PORTION CONTROL! PORTION CONTROL!

I cant stress this enough. So at work I was given panera cookies. GAH! they are amazing! but as you can see HIGH in points. VERY high. And as you can see the Peanut butter Dream is eaten...and I will tell you why. I cut it up into 4 pieces. I at 1/4th of it. That is 3 points plus of awesomeness! I didn't deprive myself at all.

I am doing this for the other two. In fact, I shared my other two cookies. If you can share, its portion control at its best.

Until next Wednesday weigh-in, CHEERS! 

2 more pounds to 50 and I know I can do this!

Weight Watchers Weekly Weigh-In : 3.8 pounds GAINED!!

 

HAHAHAHAHAH I gained and yes I am laughing because it HAS to be water weight. And to be honest I AM OWNING IT. 3 measly little pounds isn't gonna put me right back at 222. -Shrugs- Thank heaves for a new week!

HIGH OF THE WEEK

I tracked! and let me tell you, I really didn't wanna, but I did! Also, I went to Zumba THREE times. My Zumba instructor whopped my butt and by Friday night, I hurt! Yay for Zumba!

LOW OF THE WEEK

Ugh, so at work we had a meeting and there was mini-muffins. Well I thought about getting the nutritional value BEFORE they were opened. I knew once that seal was broken, the nutritional information was GONE. But I didn't. I ate 8! Which came out a total of 24 points! Thank heavens for my weekly allowance! I would have been starving the rest of the day. 

WHAT I LEARNED

I learned to not be so hard on myself. So what! Its a gain, not like I have went back to 222 or even 270's! I can lose that EASY. I live life and enjoy it and if I spend SOO much time fretting over the gain, life is gonna pass me by. I enjoy life and especially MY life. 

Cheers to life!

Cheers to a new week!

TIP OF THE WEEK

 

Meet MY version of Ted.

He can be found at Target.

17 Animal Crackers= 3 points

Problem? Do you see it? YOU CAN EASILY GET CARRIED AWAY with MORE than 17 animal crackers! Trust me, I have been there, done that and REFUSED to let it be a habit.

So what did I do

Got snack size zip-locks and put 17 crackers in each of them. Took time, but is gonna save me from devouring more than 17!

Works like a charm and I even put the points plus value on them.

WHOA-LA!

This doesn't have to be with just Weight Watchers either! If you are watching your portions, this is an excellent idea for you to do.

WEIGHT WATCHERS WEEKLY WEIGH-IN: 2 pounds LOST!

 

Two pounds LOST! Whoot! Didn't expect that loss. Not that I did bad, it's just I was pulling ounces the past few weeks and thought this week would be no different. Obviously it was. Go me! I surpassed my MINI-GOAL and made a new one 170. 

My total Goal Weight is still pending to me. I am thinking 130'ish. Not quiet sure yet. I guess I need time to sit on it and think. Until then I am loving being a LOSER! Go me!!

HIGH OF THE WEEK

My high of the week came when I realized I didn't "Blow it" and when I say "Blow it" I mean, I did not go outside my points. I tracked! You bite it, you write it! Simple as that! I also wasn't PMSing anymore. My body must have been retaining water or something. But tracking it was HUGE for me! 

LOW OF THE WEEK

I would have to say not working out as much. I didn't work out as I normally would. I also almost ate it on a bike in an attempt to try a new routine. Umm they say you never forget how to ride a bike, YES YOU DO! Maybe just I do! LOL! Oh well. I tried, Ill master the bike later. My pretty little face cant get messed up. Lol.

WHAT I LEARNED

I learned that it's mind over matter. It's all in my head that I cant resist certain foods. I can, I know my portion control, I know my limits, all I have to do is think, "Stef, do you WANT this REALLY?" If I don't REALLY want it, then I don't want it, if That makes sense? 

TIP OF THE WEEK!

Summer is here and boy is there an overflow of BBQ's and a Margarita can be 6-9 points! Whoa! I love me Margaritas! But I wanted to do something "Lighter" Crystal Lite Margarita gave me that Margarita taste. PERFECT for a summer day.

 

If you add one serving of Tequila it comes out to 4 points plus. Alone it's ZERO! And you can slushy it ! Yay!

WEIGHT WATCHERS WEEKLY WEIGH-IN: 2 ounces GAINED

 

Im laughing at the two ounces. Which I am sure I lost by now. But its made me think of all hard work that has gone into this weight-loss. A lot of dedication, self-discipline, self-love and believe me when I say, A LOT of times I wanted to say "To hell with with this!!"

I will NEVER go back to being 222. NEVER I TELL YA! I started my weightloss because, like many of us who are losing weight, I wanted to love myself again. I wanted to be ale to look at myself in the mirror and not feel so bad about myself.

I also wanted to lose weight for the kids that I may some day have. I wanna be the mom who's son in the game not on the sidelines. The mom who isn't out of breath after walking down the street. The mom who can run wild and free with my kids. I don't know if I will have kids, just like I don't know if I will ever get married...(clearly if you follow my blog you will know my love life is non-existent at the moment and that's OKAY, Because while I was/am alone and lonely, I am working on me!)

SLOW PROGRESS IS BETTER THAN NO PROGRESS!

I'm in it for the long-haul...

HIGH OF THE WEEK:

Being able to say no to Mcdona;ds S'mores pie! HAVENT HAD ONE THIS WEEK! And if you know me, this is a shocker. I love those things! Saying "No thank you" is a common thing in my life when people wanna feed me. Proud to say I passed up on Mickey D's pie!

LOW OF THE WEEK:

I didnt drink enough water. Considering it's hot here in the City of Angels, I should have drank more water rather than juices. No bueno!

WHAT I LEARNED THIS WEEK:

ENJOY MYSELF! It has been awhile since I throughly enjoyed myself believe it or not.

CHEERS TO A NEW WEEK!

WEIGHT WATCHERS WEEKLY WEIGH-IN: 1.4 pounds gained

 

I gained this week. I knew it. I started to fall back into old habits. I drank soda, I ate candy and I ate when I became emotional. Wah-wah!

I think by going to weigh-in, KNOWING that I didn't follow my usually lifestyle, and "facing the music", taught me to OWN IT. I know what I did, and sure I enjoyed every minute it but it made me realize that I am still not at my goal. My weight goal meas EVERYTHING to me. Its something I can own and say I did this!

I started work, and ACTUAL hourly job and I realized packing my lunch is going to be essential! ESSENTIAL I tell ya! Next Monday is a pot luck too! Woah! I need to focus on my goal and really get to my goal.

Any tips for this newly working girl and packing a lunch?!

Owning my 1.4! Here's to a better week!

Weight Watcher's Weekly Weigh-In: 6 ounces Lost

 

Hey! At least I lost!

And I will be completely honest, I was expecting a two pound gain.

I emotionally ate this past week.

I really thought I had that covered....boy was I was wrong.

All I wanted to do was eat and take away my sadness.

Jack In the Box was my arch enemy. Their mini-churros was NO PROBLEM, but they now have Chicken Nuggets! I am a sucker for nuggets!

I really felt horrible about myself lately. 

My clothes are fitting baggy and I am serious so low on cash to afford new jeans.

Also, by not tracking, I felt horrible.

Do you emotionally eat?

Anyways six ounces lost is better than a gain! Ill take the ounces loss over a gain ANY DAY!

YAY ME!!

Here's to a new week!

New Points,

and a new outlook!

Weight Watchers Weekly Weigh-In: Down two ounces

 

Id take a loss of two ounces over a gain any day!

I think this week was more about NON SCALE VICTORIES (NSV). What does that mean, it means victories that didnt involve stepping on a scale. 

For instance, Cinco de Mayo was a toughie for me. I wanted to eat chips, guacamole, salsa and wash my pretty little mouth out with margaritas....but I didnt. Instead I stuck to my plan and counted my points and only had one beer. Which I learned, not that my daily points target is LOWER, I get buzzed 100000 times more faster. One beer did me in and being in a bar, dancing the night away. I was DRENCHED in sweat.

The next day, Sunday, I STILL counted points even though I wanted to stuff my face with a Jack in the Box Bacon Cheeseburger and fries. But I was up until 6 am on the phone with a friend and I pretty much slept all day.

Its the little things like the NSV's that keep my soul in check. Makes me feel proud of myself.

Cheers to NSV's!

Weight Watcher's Weekly Weigh-In : - 2.6 pounds down

 

This makes my weight-loss a total of 41.4 pounds!

Go me!! 

This means I weigh LESS than I did in High school!

WHOA!

And to make this EXTRA special, I decided to bust out my prom dress to see if I can fit in it again...

I DID! It even was big on me!!! Do you see the difference?

Getting back in that dress brought back a lot of memories of my ex. On prom night, he broke up with me as soon as we got there, on the dance floor, to No Doubts "Don't Speak". I felt so beautiful back then and I remember keeping my composure, while all my friends wanted to kick his behind!

But it also made me feel so proud of myself and inspired me to keep going.

So I tried on my winter formal outfit, which took place just a few months before prom...

and guess what!

IT FIT!!

Do you see a difference here too?

These dresses are beautiful and I am so happy I have not thrown em away.

Who knows! Maybe Ill go to an adult prom, or a formal, or maybe be a princess for a day and go to a ball!

I was so proud of myself and thought, "Stef, keep going, you feel great, you look great...."

So I lowered my MINI-GOAL. 175. Five pounds, think I can do it before June? We'll see!

Until then 

CHEERS to HEALTH!

If you cant take care of you, how in the world can you expect to take care of someone else?

Love yourself and the world will love you back!

WEIGHT WATCHER'S WEEKLY WEIGH-IN: How about we ZUMBA!!!

 

This woman right here, Daisy, has been the reason I am feeling this new found "I don't care" feeling.

I get so many questions in regards to my ACTIVITY. I recently shared with you guys that I got into Zumba and at first I was scared to look stupid, but I didn't feel stupid. In fact, when I don't know a move, I just do as Selena would do. Hahahahaa gotta love the washer machine!

Anyways, Zumba has not only taught me that IT'S OKAY to look silly, but the more I move, the more I feel good. Last night I walked into class not feeling so great about myself. I will NEVER be a size ZERO. I have come to terms with that fact--- I love my Tacos and Taquitos WAY TOO MUCH. I walked out feeling sexy. I know, sexy and sweaty? *Gasps* But I did. 

It made me feel good! It made me feel accomplished. 60 minutes of shaking it, winding, twerking it,moving it and jiggling it gives me a sense of confidence. 

I was so scared to try Zumba before this and now that I have tried it, poor Daisy is stuck with me! Lol. 

Point is, when it comes to losing weight MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! and pick something YOU LIKE! I LOVE Zumba. I actually look forward to Zumba with Daisy. If you do Weigh Watcher's, it gives you ACTIVITY POINTS! Wooo-hoo! Which meant I can eat that snickers! lol! 

So, with that said, if you ever wanna take a Zumba class with me and in L.A, Join me!

You can find Daisy's Schedule HERE

Do you Zumba?

WEIGHT WATCHER'S WEEKLY WEIGH-IN: No Gain, No Loss!

 

No gain. No loss and I am A-O.K with it!

You know what I realized yesterday? That the scale does not DEFINE me. It doesn't make up who Stefanie is. I AM NOT MY WEIGHT.

I will be the first to admit, weighing in every week, facing the music is a tad bit scary. The thought of going back to THIS:

Scares me! Heres what I learned tho...I will NEVER be this woman again. Why? Simply because this woman does not exist anymore. I was very hurt and depressed when I was HER. I was caught up in nothing but sadness and I think sometimes, people still feel the need to "handle with care" because back then I had no back bone. I was a sad woman with NO confidence. Yet some how thought EVERY man was after me.

Me present day....

Yeah its old by a few weeks, but me NOW, I think I am so much more comfortable in my skin where I can honestly say, "Take it or leave it- THIS IS ME!" I am NOT defined by the size of my jeans, or the width of my hips. I am not defined by the stretchmarks I have because I lost weight. I am not find by a number that simple is nothing more than a number.

I AM STEFANIE.

I am witty, smart, beautiful, kind, caring, some days I have more patience than the others, some days I am just like a toddler in my terrible twos, I'm broke as hell, I am funny (I swear I should be a comedian) and I love life!

Theres more but I wont bore you.

Point blank. 

I am not upset of this weigh in. I am quiet happy. Proud of myself considering I didn't count points and stuffed my face with food!

So here's to a new week!

Cheers!