Oh man...

I know sometimes this happens... but yesterday I drank almost a whole days worth of points in beer (18 pts to be exact)... I feel suuuper heavy today... not sure if it's the morning after beer taste in my mouth or the guilt... but I'll see you in pilates today!

Thanksgiving: The Aftermath

It's Wednesday today and I weighed in at 159 lbs. Not bad considering that at the cottage this Thanksgiving weekend, besides the turkey dinner, there were Nanimo bars, Rumballs, mini chocolate bars, apple cake, layered jello, banana muffins and chocolate mousse in chocolate shells topped with fruit. After two days of being home I was 158, came back from Thanksgiving at 160 and today am 159. It could all just be water weight. Who knows.

I didn't count points today. I think I left my weight watchers books at home but my day looked like this:

Cheerios with 1/2 c. milk.
Tea.
Leftover Indian food (3 pieces of chicken).
1 c. pasta with leftover turkey.
Non-fat, no-whip Signature hot chocolate from Starbucks.

That's not bad. Actually it's probably not enough. I hate days when I have to bring food to school. I never buy "packable" food so I never bring enough and so I can't stay as long as I intend. That ruins all my good library intentions and I get stuck coming home and vegging out for far too long. Hopefully I will get in some good library time and some good independent study writing time tomorrow. That is on top of 4 hours of work and 2 hours of class.

I also hope to go for a run when I get home tomorrow night. A girl can dream. I did go to pilates today though. It hurt... especially because my bum was tired of sitting from the almost 7 hour train/bus ride yesterday. But at the same time it felt good. I will definitely go on Friday.

By the way, I'm thinking Wonder Woman for Halloween. But I'd like to tone up a little bit first.

Is it in you? It's in me.

Haha, dirty.

I'm not really sure what I'm doing this for... in all likelihood I will forget about it until the next time I'm bored and think, I should blog and then I'll remember that I have this one that I keep deleting posts from but oh well. Carrying a journal around is lame too and I already carry my computer around.

Here's the skinny on today (skinny, haha)...

Today I am home for Thanksgiving. I have lost five pounds since gaining ten over the course of last year and the summer and I've been struggling to lose more since I went back to school in September. My roommates are health counselors for a weight loss company and are two of the most unhealthy people I know. They have zero willpower and would break their diet for a toblerone any day of the week. I swore I would start running again once I got back to school but I keep finding excuses not to. Including "but I'm having a good hair day." Maybe writing my goals on the internet will help. Or at least give me another excuse... "but I have to blog!"

Ok...
October 8, 2009
Weight: 160 lbs.
Height: 5'2" or 3"
Pants size: 12

Long-Term Goal:
To be 140 lbs., the top of the ideal weight range for my height.

Short-Term Goal:
To lose and keep off at least 8 pounds by Halloween.

That means I have 23 days, three weeks, to lose it. That's a little over 2.5 lbs per week. Do-able if I maintain the goal over the weekends too. Thanksgiving is not code for over eating and Sunday mornings are not code for syrup loaded Eggo Waffles and deep fried bacon. Unless you've worked hard to save up the points (I will be using my old Weight Watchers books as a guide). And let's face it... no one can save up enough points to make deep fried bacon sound legit.