Weighty Matters

Yesterday's Open House was nice. We didn't have many people, but I loved meeting the ones who were there! Afterwards, I went shopping. Yeah, retail therapy even when you don't need it (HA!)..... I found a couple of pairs of jeans on sale, and then I went dress shopping. I have a wedding to attend in a couple of weekends, and I want to look nice! So I went off to try my luck. I found this beautiful navy blue long sleeveless sheath. I refuse to wear sleeveless without a jacket or shawl. But this one felt so good and looked good ..... so of course I got it. There was also a pear-green short-sleeved sheath dress -- no jacket, but guess what, I have a shawl or sweater I can wear with it...... AND, AND, AND. I found a great navy blue skirtsuit. I have plenty of pantsuits. Hillary Clinton has nothing on me (HAAA!), but not many skirt-sets. I don't usually wear skirts much; from years of the huge legs, I have always hated wearing them. But I figure I can now, and so I will. I...

More to come later tonight....... just to let you know that the weight is down a bit. Not quiiiiiite there yet for monthly weigh-in, but we are getting there! And WW e-Tools is wrong on their recipe for zero-point slow cooker soup. Eight one-cup servings? So how come I was able to freeze 2 quarts AND keep one quart out for use this past week? Even with adding extra vegetables (broccoli, squash, mushrooms), I still kept it at zero points AND got more out of it. 12 servings. And extremely tasty. VERY good!!!! Okay, off to the last Open House of the month. More writing to come soon!!!

I spoke to my leader on Thursday night, and we decided not to bump up points or pounds right away. Instead, I'm going to keep really strong track this week and aim for less processed foods.... to see if that is perhaps the cause of things not working well for me. She's thinking that perhaps a couple of weeks of this might be helpful. At this point, why not? I do eat healthy, but I also do rely on more processed food sometimes as a matter of convenience and time. When about 90 minutes of your day is shot due to merely commuting, sometimes processed and packaged is a huge advantage. I could spend a couple of hours (on a weekend, naturally) to make homemade soup, freeze it, then hope I remember to set it out to defrost and then reheat...... or I can open a can of the Progresso Light soup (which I love) and voila! As much as I love cooking, I haven't had time to breathe lately, let alone cook. In a "worlds colliding" moment worthy of George Costanza, I am going throug...

In this week's weigh-in, I was back down by a couple of pounds...... WHEW!!! We're getting there and by next month's weigh-in, I have EVERY intention of being at a reasonable number. This number was anything but reasonable! With that in mind, however, I have also made a decision. As much as I fought the idea, I need to change my final goal weight to bump it upward by a couple of pounds. Since the end of last March, I have been dancing all around this number anyway. It has been quite a struggle to try to get to and stay at my original final goal weight. My doctor had suggested this number, and probably because it was a nice round number. Figures that end in "0" or "5" do make things so much easier sometimes. But this is not one of those times. It is like my body has said, "No, that number does not work for me. And stop trying to make it work for you." Am I bummed? A little, but at the same time, my body is obviously trying to say something to me...

Cut to the chase: I am up -- badly. I had to do my official weigh-in yesterday, and this is the most I have weighed in a very long time. I am scratching my head trying to figure out exactly how this happened. Am I eating too much? Am I not enough for all the activity points? Should I use all 35 extra weekly in one fell swoop (because I know that 2-3 a day doesn't work for me)? Am I exercising too much (which truly, in my situation, I don't think is the case)? Is it simply a hormonal thing? Do I need to watch my sodium even more than I'm doing? I'm drinking plenty of liquids and getting rid of them too. I don't get it. I am just baffled, puzzled, confused. I am going to keep doing what I'm doing .... I know it works. And I know this will come off, but holy mackerel, am I just floored.... *** BUT!!! In great, wonderful, positive news, yesterday was the first of our Open Houses at Weight Watchers. If you haven't heard yet, each Saturday in February in select lo...