Week #2 on the program didn’t fare so well. I actually gained half a pound. I knew a 3-lb weight loss was too good to be true! I’m not sure if the “second week curse” applies to normal folk as well as Biggest Loser contestants, but I’m using it for the reasoning behind my weight gain!

Other factors were at play:
1. I didn’t track well. In fact, the first time I tracked was on Monday, four days behind. Not good. I had to try and think back to what I ate and I’m sure I miscounted or forgot food.
2. I didn’t use up all of my extra points. While many people don’t even touch these beautiful lifesavers, my mom found out in her go-around with Weight Watchers that she lost more weight when she used up all her extra points. I think I still had around 15 or so at the end of the week.
3. I didn’t eat enough, and what I did eat wasn’t “filling foods”. Filling foods is the cornerstone of Weight Watcher’s Momentum plan, in which if we eat more foods that are filling, we are less likely to snack on junk. I mainly snacked on junk.
4. I weighed in a day earlier! Hey, this could be it! I’ve been a Thursday weigh-in girl for a few years now so weighing in on a Wednesday may have messed with my system. (Although we’re thinking of switching to Wednesday meetings now. I love the leader we had!)
5. I didn’t eat breakfast all week, which has always been a problem for me. I’m not a breakfast eater. Even though I get hungry for breakfast, it’s never anything more than a granola bar. I read an article in Shape magazine that breakfast should actually be our biggest meal of the day which makes total sense. Dinner should be our smallest meal, when it’s usually our biggest. What we eat for breakfast will fuel us for the rest of the day. Dinner is just fueling us as we wind down for the day and hit the hay.

I’m really going to try to track a lot better this week. I’ve been tracking all of today and marking off any healthy guidelines I make.

I also need to start eating breakfast, obviously. This is my other goal I’m working on this week. I want foods that are high in fiber and protein. So I’ve made a short list of some breakfast items I’d like:
1. Whole-wheat bread, toasted, with peanut butter
2. A hard-boiled egg, without the yolk
3. String cheese

I don’t have time to sit down and eat, even when I’m at work. I need something I can make and eat on the way to work or take nibbles at when I am at work. These three options are my best bet, but I thought some of my lovely blog readers could help me out.

What do you eat for breakfast? What kinds of things could I add onto my list?

First week of Weight Watchers went really, really well. I did feel like I was on a diet but I never really felt deprived. I know I need to get serious and this time, it has to work because I want to be thin and healthy and fit. And I know the plan. I know what I need to do.

5 Good Things I Did This Week:
1. I drank a lot less soda this week. Also, I didn’t drink any at work this week! I’m really happy about that since soda is my one vice that’s going to be really hard to cut back on.
2. I stayed within my Points range and also didn’t use all my Extra Points! (35 extra points given a week, tagged onto one’s daily Point range) I usually use all of them, and then some!
3. During my Tuesday night class, we played a game. And games in college usually equal chocolate prizes. And yep, my teacher definitely brought in a bag full of Hershey chocolates, Reese’s, Kit-Kat, and Almond Joy. The bag went by me 3 times and I only got a candy once! This, for me, is something to smile about since I usually forgot who I am and what I’m doing when I see chocolate.
4. I took the stairs at school this week! I even parked on the fourth level in the parking garage and still took the stairs! It made me huff and puff and feel really weak (and realize how out of shape I really am!) But I felt good about taking the stairs!
5. I tried to choose healthy snacks instead of the usual 100-calorie packs that never fill me up. Instead, I bought some Goldfish and Milano cookies which I think filled me up better and tasted better! I don’t think I snacked too much on junk food this week, which is awesome!

5 Things I Want To Work On This Week:
1. Drink more water. I did good this week but not as much as I need to. I knew I’d have trouble drinking enough water but I’m doing better than I was! So that’s a positive.
2. Exercise more. I only got in 1 good workout this week on Sunday. I’m shooting for 3 workouts this week but hoping for 5.
3. Eat a more filling lunch. Part of the reason I didn’t exercise as much was because I was so hungry by the afternoon! I know I wasn’t eating enough so I have a more filling lunch planned for next week!

So, I know each and every one of you is on the edge of your seats, wondering how much weight I lost this week. And I did really, really well. More than I’ve ever lost in a week.

3.2. pounds!

That’s a lot for me! I’m super happy about it but who wouldn’t be? Hence the title of this blog…I am a loser!

I joined Weight Watchers today. It’s my third time joining and this time it feels different. (And how cliche does that sound?)

I think it’s mainly to do with the fact that I went to a different location with a different leader. The leader is definitely different from my old one. I feel like I’m making a fresh start. They don’t know my past and how many times I’ve failed at this. They don’t know how up and down my weight loss journey was. To them, I’m a brand-new member.

So I feel like it’s a fresh start. A new beginning for me.

This week, I’m just focusing on tracking my food and staying within my points range. And trying to fit in exercise. I’ve been so lazy about exercising lately. I need to stop screwing around and just do it. I feel better when I exercise and worse when I don’t. It’s not complicated at all. But I make it so.

Last week, I weighed in at 153 lbs on a Publix scale. I was horrified, as I’ve never been that fat. Ever. Today, my weight is 149.2 lbs at WW. I’m not sure if this means I lost almost four pounds in the past week, which I’m sure it doesn’t. I ate way too much Halloween candy, barely drank any water, and ate horribly. But my goal was to be under 150 lbs when I weighed in this week. And I did!

(Oh, and if I ever lose 3-4 lbs, I will most definitely shake my head, look incredibly disappointed, and say, “It’s just not enough to keep me above the yellow line.”)

Remember my first Flab to Fab post? I remarked on how I need to have a healthy lifestyle and just start making gradual healthy changes to my life.

Then came last week’s post. I expounded on the idea that fat people don’t know how to have a healthy lifestyle so, for a starting point, we need to be on a “diet” and be accountable.

ERG!

This week’s post will be on how much I suck. No, just kidding. Although, that’s a post that could fill many a line. (Again, kidding. Albeit, I’m not very good at these jokes.)

I started off the week really good. I was tracking my food and really excited to start this process! I even decided to forgo my Friday afternoon nap for a gym workout. I was doing good, up until Friday night, when I stopped tracking. And I feel like everything fell apart. It didn’t, really. I think I stepped back into making healthy choices. The fact is, I don’t like tracking my food. I don’t like to know every single morsel of food I put in my mouth needs to be written down. That’s why I failed at Weight Watchers. I just want to be healthy. I want to feel good about myself.

So I think I’m going back to my decision on Week 1 – making gradual healthy choices. No, I won’t always make the best decision. And yes, this way means it’s going to take me a lot longer to lose the weight. But this is the best fit for me. It’s the best way that I can succeed and keep succeeding.

I want to start including a list of good healthy choices made. And I really need to come up with a better name for it. Alas, I have 7 minutes to finish this entry before I need to pick up my mom from work so Healthy Choices it is!

Healthy Choices
Friday: Attempted to track. Also, I ate one of the healthiest Lean Cuisine meals there is!
Saturday: I didn’t snack all day, something I’m prone to do on Saturdays. Also, for the first Saturday in probably a YEAR, I went to the gym. I’m always nervous about Saturdays because my gym can get very packed (and it’s a small apartment gym) so I hate going. But I went at 11:30 and it was empty the entire time. Yay!
Sunday: I got in a 90-minute workout on this day! And I ate pretty healthy. I’m nervous about Sundays now since football started. Football = food.
Monday: I ate healthy at work with a salad, fruit cup, and cookies. (Just add a sandwich to that and I sound like a third-grader.) Also, I didn’t have an ounce of soda until after my 2pm class!
Tuesday: I ate moderately healthy at work. And I only had one 20-ounce Coke, too! Woot!
Wednesday: Ate healthy at work. We made mini pizza’s with the kids and I had probably 2 pieces but it wasn’t too bad. And since I left my wallet in the car, I didn’t have any soda until dinnertime. AND…healthiest choice of the week goes to choosing Weight Watchers ice cream over cookies. Mom gave me the choice to choose a dessert (mainly because she hates making choices). I really wanted cookies or something equally unhealthy but I was feeling horrible about the choice so I decided, on the spur of the moment, to get the ice cream! I’m still super proud over this moment. 🙂

That’s all for me since I’m 1 minute behind schedule now. Question, though: I’ve been eating salads again. I have this amazing olive oil vinaigrette dressing I’m using. I’ve only been topping the salad with tuna fish. I need some good tips: What do you do to spice up your salads?