Another one bites the dust

Another pound down!
While one pound may not seem like much, I refer to the above image.  I've taken that off my internal organs.
That's an achievement.
So I rewarded myself with a little treat - a Milky Way dark chocolate bar - which I can completely have if I count it.

Fill me up buttercup

New obsession - vanilla Chobani yogurt with honey.  So sinful, yet amazingly healthy.  However it's 5 points, and considering I get only 29pts a day it's a bit too "expensive".

According to the scale at work I'm down 9lbs!

Now searching for foods that will fill me up, without costing many points.  And don't say raw vegetables.  I get wicked stomach cramps if I eat more than a small handful.

Limp Salad

Somehow being at work is good place for appetite control.  Perhaps it's the cafeteria food - filling yet completely unappetizing.  And a pre-chopped salad bar helps.  No that's NOT a photo of ours.  Ours is far less appealing and has about 1/3 the choices.

But Lord Have Mercy the minute I get home I want to throw the kids in the car and head for DQ.  Tonight we're grilling chicken and vegetable skewers.  With boiled red potatoes and melon on the side.  Wish I could say I was ending it with an enormous slice of 0 calorie flourless chocolate torte.  Maybe I'll go buy some of those Skinny Cow thingys instead.

Dr. Feelgood

Big News - I'm down 8lbs!!

Eight pounds isn't that much compared to my goal, but it's a good start.  I had a wicked cold for one week that killed my appetite.  That helped too.  Anyway, online WeightWatchers is really helping me stay motivated and accountable.  Next week I'm making their Paella-in-the-crock-pot recipe.

Am I hungry?  Mostly no.  But today I could have eaten my way through everything on the menu.  I just wanted to stuff my face into a chocolate layer cake.  I wanted to pop a large batch of popcorn and smother it with melted butter.  I wanted to bake chocolate chip cookies and dunk the entire batch in 2% milk.

But I didn't.  Instead I had a reasonable dinner and a glass of Dr. Pepper 10 over ice.
I'm so proud of myself.

Let's Get It Started in Here

This is me.  And not even at my fattest.  I could ride that go cart straight to heart disease and diabetes unless I do something.  And for me that something is Weight Watchers.  In Summer of 2007 I lost 20+ lbs on that program.  Then Johnny C's boss closed the company and took off owing us ten's of thousands.  All non-essential spending was gone, and Weight Watchers with it,  Over the next 5 years the stress, the high-carb-cheap-diet, more stress, and comfort eating brought all that poundage back.

Now I'm determined once and for all to get healthy.  And that means losing about 40+ lbs.  I've been on WW for one measly week, and I'm already down 3lbs.  It's a slow slow program, but it helps me stay accountable.  I helps me deal with real world food.  After the first week, my appetite is different and I stop craving fatty sugary carbs.

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