Wanted to share...

Well, I have been thinking a lot lately! I wanted to bounce something off of my readers. I really love Weight Watchers. It has changed my life! Actually it has started turning things around lol that's what it is called the Turnaround program. Anyways, I love sharing and helping others get started on WW and I just love the program! I really want to be a WW leader. Yeah you all heard me right. I want to be a WW leader. I really do not know if I will ever make it to that point, but that is my goal. I like using this blog to give others support who are struggling as I am with weight loss and it gives me back support I need too. A lot of you all say I motivate you. I like being able to motivate you all! So, being able to do this with WW would be a lot of fun for me! So, right now I have set another goal that I want in my life. The only problem is that it will take awhile to accomplish because I need to get to like 160 pounds. Right now that sounds scary to me. If I get there no when I get there I will have lost over 160 pounds, a whole person! You know though if I get to 200 I will be real happy, so we will just have to see if any of my things I really want to do will come true or not?

Thought for the day...

When you want to eat something you shouldn't change into your bathing suit, you will be less likely to eat it while you are wearing that bathing suit!

Recipe Review-Crustless Strawberry Pie

We bought some strawberries and I decided to make this low point dessert! It is so easy and very yummy!

Crustless Strawberry Pie
4 cups sliced strawberries
1 small box sugar free cook & serve vanilla pudding
1 small box sugar free strawberry jello
2 cups water
1 small container cool whip free
Layer sliced berries in bottom and up sides of 9 inch pie plate or round pan. Mix pudding mix and water and bring to a full boil. Remove from heat and add dry jello mix. Let cool down some about 5 minutes. Pour over berries in pan. Put in refrigerator for at least 4 hours or overnight to chill. Serve with fat free cool whip free add points if needed.
Special Notes
* Make sure pudding mixture is thickened enough or berries will rise to the top. The strawberries are the "crust" This is a very yummy pie!
*I served this with 1 tbsp of FF cool whip and did not even have to add points for that! This makes 8 servings at 1 point each and worth every bit of that point.
*I am going to try this with other fruits and jello flavors. To make a dreamsicle pie add Mandarin oranges instead of strawberries and orange SF/FF Jello. To make a peach pie add peaches instead of strawberries and peach SF/FF Jello. I have not figured out the points on either of these yet.
*You can also put this in a pie shell if you want, but I am telling you my family loved it without the shell.
*If you are doing the CORE program, you could add FF milk instead of water to the pudding. you can add this on FLEX too, but you have to add the points and that's a lot of points! It was really good with just the water though and I did not have to add those points!

Thought For the Day....

Before you eat something you know is bad, sing or say this little jingle in your head to help you THINK first!
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STOP!! In the name of Goal...

Before you fill that bowl...

STOP!! You've got self-control...

Now go & take a stroll...

THINK IT OOOOOVER......BABY THINK IT OOOOVER!!!!

THINK FIRST - that's the name of the game!!

Weigh-in

Well my weigh in was tonight. I weighed in at 278 pounds so I lost another 2.6 pounds! I am really excited! I have now lost 45.8 pounds. I have 9.6 pounds to go to reach my WW 10%. I am really excited! The only bad thing, if you can call it bad, is that now that I am out of the 280's, I lose a WW point! ;(

My Progress record (More for ME!)

Weigh Ins:

1. January 7th, 2008: 323.8 lbs.


2. January 15th, 2008: 315.8 lbs.


3. January 21, 2008: 313.6 lbs.


4. January 28, 2008: 306 lbs.


5. February 4, 2008: 305 lbs


6. February 11, 2008: 301.8 lbs


7. February 18, 2008: 302.4 lbs.


8. February 25, 2008: 299.2 lbs.


9. March 3, 2008: 298.6 lbs.


10. March 10, 2008: 293.2 lbs.


11. March 18, 2008: 292.8 lbs


12. March 25, 2008: 289.2 lbs.


13. April 1, 2008: 288.4 lbs.


14. April 8, 2008: 286 lbs.


15. April 15, 2008: 285.6 lbs.


16. April 22, 2008: 283.6 lbs.


17. April 29, 2008: 280.6 lbs.

4 months total loss = 43.2 pounds!

Monthly April total loss: 8.6 pounds

April 1 -.8

April 8 -2.4

April 15 -.4

April 22 -2

April 29 -3

Thought For The Day

"If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win." -- Shelly Long
Do you want to be successful at weight loss? Don't quit. Weight loss takes time and patience. I think I repeat those words every day. Are you listening? Or do you think I must be talking to someone else?
Do you want to be successful at weight loss in the fastest time possible? Don't cheat. The closer you stay to plan the better your chances of success. Are you following the WW plan or have you adjusted it so much that it now resembles a distant cousin?
Do you want to be successful at weight loss no matter the obstacles? Don't run home in despair and bury your feelings in a gallon of ice cream. You WILL have days of discouragement and disappointment. The way you handle those emotions will impact your continued success.

You CAN win. I believe it.