Body decided to take a break. :)

-0 pounds.

Nothing happened this week.  I worked a lot, didn't walk as much.  Didn't really do much of anything. 

I did find out pastry samples are a weakness, especially when the girls at work say, "What do you want to eat?" and then cut up that pastry.  Haha, have to walk away from those bastard cheese danishes!  :)

A goal for myself this week is to up my water intake.  In general, I need to be drinking more water than I normally would because its hot here, and I'm usually always dehydrated anyways.  Add in the free coffee and teas that I'm drinking everyday I work, and it makes it worse.  So....my goal is for every caffeinated beverage I have, I need to drink a large cup of work (at work, a large cold cup is 24 ounces).  Drinking more water isn't necessarily a weight loss goal, but rather a general healthiness goal.  :)

And I think I've decided once we get our internet up and running, and probably after my next pay day, I'm going to sign up for Weight Watchers online.  If I sign up before the end of March, they waive the sign up fee, and then its something like 50 bucks for 3 months of it.  I think it will be a great tool for me, and now I'm kind of stoked to learn the new program. 

Also, I dug around in the stuff we brought from Seattle and was stoked to find that I had thrown the new PointsPLUS calculator inside.  My aunt had loaned it to me awhile back, but I hadn't looked at it too closely.  I played with it and determined point counts for all the normal stuff we eat, and it didn't seem like there were too many crazy differences.  :)

Next week, I'll have a negative!  :)

Current weight: 152 pounds
Going to the movies weight to lose: 4 pounds

Rolling

-1 pound

Walked 5 out of the last 7 days.  Didn't reach my goal of 7 straight days, but hey, only missing two days isn't bad.  And one of the days was our anniversary, and we didn't get home from Warren and Annabelle's until late.

The walking really helped, because I did splurge a little bit this week, and still came out losing.  I'm a loser!  yay!  :)

I'm not sure what my goal should be for this week--walking again?  I already failed today...haha.  But we did walk A TON yesterday.  Beach walking, and we walked from the apartment to Pizza Madness and back, which is FAR!  (Okay, its only 1.5 miles each way, but when you're starving, it seems that much further...lol.)

At this rate, I'll be seeing a movie in the middle of March...hahaha.  At least its progress, right?

I've been mulling over more sentimental/emotional/body image things, but I'll save it for now.  My confidence in myself and in my body seems to be on a roller coaster.  One minute I'm feeling sexy and confident in my new body, and the next minute I'm craving my sweatpants and finding myself wanting to hide in the apartment.  1 day at a time I guess.  :)

Current weight: 152 pounds
Going to the movies weight to lose: 4 pounds

pointsPLUS

-1 pound!  yay!

We didn't eat out at all this week, and I found some lean cuisines on sale at Safeway to make my lunch choices at work better.  Been eating a lot of rice.  Haha, its cheap here.  :)

I've also been drinking a lot of green tea, though I have no idea if that actually is a successful contributing factor.  Doc Woods, my WSU doctor, recommended that I take green tea extract pills, because even though doctors aren't exactly sure what it is about them, they all agree that they contribute to healthy weight loss.  So I can only assume that drinking the stuff does the same, right?  :)

I'm setting a mini-goal for myself this week to walk somewhere everyday.  It won't necessarily have to be a big epic walk, but I'm going to walk at least 15 minutes each day.  I'll get Justin to think of a prize if I succeed, and start tomorrow!  :)  Goals are so much easier to attain if there's something awesome at the end.  Maybe poke for dinner at the end of the week?  Haha.

I've been considering walking to work, but it sucks to work at 5 AM and walk.  Its 3.2 miles away. If I ever have a daytime shift, I think I'll give it a try.  :)

A teacher friend of mine here did loan me all of her pointsPLUS (the new WeightWatchers program) materials to read through.  I found it very interesting, and WAY more "well-rounded" than the previous plans have been.  I'm considering looking into the online tools portion of the program--though, that mostly depends on how much it costs!  But it would be nice to finally become a lifetime member of Weight Watchers, and to learn the new program.  Though a small part of me is very hesitant to learn the new program.  But that's mostly a selfish part in that I may have to change certain eating habits...haha.

Current weight: 153 pounds
Going to the movies weight to lose: 5 pounds

late post--no internet at the new place yet

-0.5 pounds.

Busy busy busy.  We moved to Kihei this week, though we still have stuff in Haiku.  I worked 6 days straight opening at the coffee shop (which I LOVE!)

I just have to be careful drinking my calories.  All of my drinks while I work are free....oye!  I've mostly been sticking to teas!  Calorie free! :)

Now that we're down in Kihei, there will be an abundance of walking (Justin has declared that we will not drive anywhere within 2 miles!), and hopefully we can start utilizing my days off for big hikes and such.  We're almost done transitioning, and then I can finish this thing.  AND finally get my damn movie!  lol.

Current weight: 154 pounds
Going to the movies weight to lose: 6 pounds