Monday Morning Weigh-In

Well, first let me say this was a very hard week for me! I started out doing so well and then my dh's grandfather died and we were gone from home a lot! We ate out at an all you can eat steak house one night. I have read some articles on how you should eat at these places and I pretty much followed it. A big salad first then fruits and veggies and then a lean meat, I had chicken instead of steak. Doing this really helped me stay on track. I was pretty full before I even started on the chicken! I also am looking at eating out in a different way now. I do try to watch my portions and fat in things while eating out, but eating out is such a luxury for us when we do go, I am going to stop worrying about it and just enjoy it instead of feeling so guilty. I counted all my points that day except the eating out because I really had no clue on some of the things as this restaurant does not have nutritional facts online or in the restaurant. I also was snowed in for a day and really snacked a lot! I did snack on healthy things usually 1-3 point items, but my points really added up that day! Still though I have a BIG weight loss for this week! Last week I weighted 298.6. This week, I weighed in at 293.2! That is another 5.4 pounds GONE! I am going to start making some weekly goals and then I will report back here at my weekly weigh-ins as to how I did.
Here are my goals for this week:

1. I am going to exercise! I am setting a goal of getting 12 activity points this week. That would only be about 4 days of exercise.
2. I am going to work on getting my servings of fruits and veggies in at least 5 servings.
3. I am going to get my dairy servings in at least 2.
4. I am going to drink my water, at least 6 glasses a day. I am going to try for at least 80 ounces!
5. Do a better job at planning my dinners and have points ready so I can plan my day.

So, here I go off for another good week, I hope!

Update: I forgot to add something really important to me. This weekend we went to Wal-Mart. I had some time to myself and decided to go try on some clothes. I don't want to buy a lot of new clothes because I am planning to shrink a bit more, you know. But, I did need a few things. One thing I tried on was jeans! I cannot remember the last time I wore "real" jeans. Maybe college? (that's over 10 years ago) I wore those elastic waist jeans, you know where the elastic goes all around before I got pregnant and then my stomach would not even fit into those after the twins were born. Well, I tried on those "real" jeans and they fit! I am even in a size smaller. I told my dh this is what I was going to buy for myself after reaching my first goal of being under 300! So, I got into those jeans and I really feel so happy! I will take a picture this week along with my regular monthly picture! So stay tuned!