Diary of a Fat Girl, and Her Drive to be a Thin girl

Hey!

What a busy week it’s been… it’s pretty normal this time of year. 

So far this week, I have been doing way better with food in comparison to last week… Places where I need to improve are with my multi-vitamin and water.  It’s been so cold these past few weeks and I’m finding it difficult to drink down glasses and glasses of cold water… this is why I have been trying new teas lol!  I made an amazing zero point soup a couple of days ago, when you add parsnip and turnip to any pot, you’re bound to get a tasty meal out of it!  Activity has been going well, so far I have 9 pts and by the end of day tomorrow,I’ll have at least 11!  I think this week’s record to get more  than last week, will actually come true!  Yahoo to me!

For the rest of this week, plans include shopping, decorating and watching a truck light parade on Saturday… not sure what to expect with that accept for trucks being decked out in lights… should be cool though!  Also, I will probably start my holiday baking… I have decided that, as a part of the gifts I give to friends and family, I am going to make a couple of different baking recipes I got from the Clean Eating magazine.  The one’s I’m going to make are: Slice and Bake Cardamom Spice Cookies (I will be baking these and putting them in boxes, you could also freeze it and wrap them with directions), Sweet and Sour Chocolate Bark, and Candy Cane Hot chocolate Mix.  I’ll share the recipes with you, if they turn out!  I love the idea of homemade gifts like that!

Hope you all have a fantastic weekend!
Take care,
Jenny

New Tea review!

Today I tried another Bigelow Tea, Ginger Snappish- It was really good!  I’m so glad I decided to try these teas, instead of walking away thinking they would be horrible (like really, how could a TEA taste like egg nog??).

The Ginger Snappish had a soft, almost buttery taste at first and then a hint of lemon- so very delicious and perfect for this time of year.  I love me some Gingerbread, and this would help sooth the craving (and doesn’t sacrifice the multitude of points you would otherwise)!  Again, totally natural so no worries about chemicals that are posing to be the taste of ginger… I hate that, you always get a really bad aftertaste! (think aspartame).

Another 2 thumbs up for this Bigelow tea!

So far my week, weight loss wise, is going better than last week.  I’m not excessively hungry at any point in the day- which is a huge improvement.  I did have a bit  of an incident with some dark chocolate covered almonds though… They were brought into the house and really didn’t have a chance.  It’s one thing that, if they are here, they don’t stand a chance…. cue mindless, uncontrollable eating.  I try to do the sensible thing and measure them out in a bowl… works well until they are gone and then I go back for more… then I’m on the phone and eat more… ANYWAYS, moral of this story is: Don’t bring chocolate covered almonds into the house.  The up side is they are all gone and won’t be creeping into my day today.  Instead much better, much more low pointy Vita-muffins will!!  I got 2 boxes on sale this week, after my meeting, and they are in my freezer now.  I don’t want to come off as someone who can’t control herself… I actually can 90% of the time… it’s just the 10% when there is chocolate involved.  Thankfully, the chocolate Vita Muffins are much easier to control.  They are rich and delicious and only 1 point each!!  The richness prevents me from eating more than 1 at a time and the guilt factor of eating it is zero… I feel great regardless!!  AND you’re getting tons of fibre and lots of other good stuff.

That’s about all for now!
Have a fantastic day!
Jenny

Hey there!

I can’t believe that 4 weeks ago, today, I walked through the doors of Weight Watchers and re-committed myself to loose this weight. I still stand strong on my mission, and will achieve it- I know I can do this! In the last 4 weeks, I have learned a lot of new things about myself, it’s been an eye opener but a good one. I know that I don’t plan enough, I love to run, and I really enjoy a regular exercise schedule.

My weigh-in was not great, but I only went up by 0.2lbs… putting me at exactly 6lbs lost in a month- that’s fantastic!!! My goals for the next month is to work on my planning- I need to make getting my healthy guidelines in EVERY day and I need to ensure I get all my points in… Just because it’s the holiday season, doesn’t mean that I shouldn’t expand on my goals and work toward bring the scale number down.

Which brings me to something interesting my leader has been asking us in the last few weeks, and I want to ask you:

Where do you want to be in January?

I want to be closer to my goal, I want to be proud of the my controlled indulgences over the holidays<—key in success, right!? I want to continue this momentum (pardon the weight watchers pun lol!) and know that I took time to keep myself healthy and directed. I’m going to be proud of my continued visits to the gym and meetings (I confess that last year I didn’t go to my meetings for 2 weeks…FYI: it didn’t prove good as it took a LONG time to get back into the swing)

Really though, isn’t this a great question? I’m glad she repeats it, it really helps you think and work on sticking to what’s important every day, not just for the moment.
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Fruit/veggie Review!!!

This is something I want to add to my Monday posts. After my meeting, I went to the veggie/fruit store and saw a bunch of different sorts of produce that I have never really thought to buy before, today I decided to change that! Each week I’m going to pick up something new and tell you about it!!

Today’s fruit is: Dragon Fruit (aka: Pitayas)

It’s an odd looking thing, looks like a fireball sort of. I can understand why it’s called “dragon” as it sort of looks like it! Normally, I would walk past and wonder who would buy such an odd looking piece of “food”… now I think I was silly to think that way!

I opened it up and it looked like this -------->

All white with little black seeds. When I scooped some of it out with a spoon, I tried it and was pleasantly surprised with the taste. It was refreshing, and the perfect amount of sweetness. The seeds reminded me of a kiwi but the texture in general reminded me of a softer flesh apple. Even hubby liked it! Thanks to my new found challenge, of sorts, I will be a dragon fruit customer again, and again!

The nutrition of this odd cactus fruit seems to be very extensive. I got this information from Wiki

• Particularly red-skinned pitayas are a good source of Vitamin C.
• Pitayas are rich in fiber and minerals, notably phosphorus and calcium. Red pitayas seem to be richer in the former, yellow ones in the latter.
• The seeds are rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, and in particular Red Pitayas contain very little saturated fat.
• Pitahayas also contain significant quantities of phytoalbumin antioxidants, which prevent the formation of cancer-causing free radicals.^[13]
• In Taiwan, diabetics use the fruit as a food substitute for rice and as a source of dietary fibre.
• Pitaya supposedly increases excretion of heavy metal toxins and lowers cholesterol and blood pressure. Eaten regularly, it is credited with alleviating chronic respiratory tract ailments.

If you’re looking for something super delicious and has a copious amount of healthy stuff packed in it, choose this odd cactus fruit!!

Hope you all have a fantastic week!
Take care,
Jenny

…tea!  So good!!  It’s all natural and super delicious.  It doesn’t have the thickness of eggnog, but the taste is really good!

If you haven’t had this Bigelow tea, I highly recommend it. 

Ingredients: black and green tea, natural eggnog flavour with other natural flavours (soy lecithin), cinnamon.

There are other flavours that I want to try, one is Ginger Snappish, sounds delicious!

Today we went for a hike to one of the beaches.  The waves were really high and surfers were taking advantage- it was pretty amazing to watch.  Maybe I’ll try surfing one day… the only thing I wouldn’t like, is the really cold water… guess that’s something I would have to get over lol!  Something like that will be really exhilarating, don’t you think?

Tomorrow is weigh-in #4, I”m not really sure what to expect- I had some issues with points this week (not eating enough for the most part), however, I got 12 activity points, unlike my 8 in past weeks.  We’ll see how it goes.  I really have to work on my planning ahead, to avoid the excess points.  I don’t even consider it “point hording” as my leader called it in past meetings, I just call it poor planning.  Nobody is perfect, there will always be new things to learn and new habits to form.

I’ll let you know my WI results tomorrow.
Have a great night/ week!
Jenny

Hey there

What an oxymoron that title is, hey?  Well it was a wet day, but a fantastic day.  I went shopping with my sister, she made lunch and dessert- we had such a great time!  I’m a bit weird when I admit that I really enjoy wrapping gifts, so we did lots of that too.

I haven’t written as much this week and it’s no reflection on the week, I have been doing well for the most part.  Some days I never got all my points in until later in the evening, it forced me to have dried fruit and chocolate… not the worst thing ever, I guess.  But it’s not good, I know this.

Take care,

Jenny

Hey there,

I can’t help but feel the beginnings of the holiday spirit enter my heart during the Macy’s Thanksgiving day parade.  When I was younger, we would always go to my grandparents for turkey on this day (my grandfather was, Grandmother is a duel-citizen of Canada and the US) and then, a week later we would decorate for Christmas… ahh…sweet memories!  Happy Thanksgiving to all the American bloggies and their families!

Today was started out perfectly, once again.  I had a great workout and a delicious Spinach and Feta wrap from Starbucks with a Grande Christmas blend- yum!  Sadly for my workout, I forgot my Ipod so getting through that 25 min’s was HARD, BUT, I did it!  Oh well, if anything it has shown me that it is actually possible to workout without music… haha!

I have wonderful news, I won a new Ellie Krieger Cookbook in Tiffany’s (From 12 to 6) first giveaway.  She asked for weight loss tips, mine was:

"Instead of striving for your ultimate goal, make smaller, short-term goals. This keeps you from loosing sight, and helps keep you positive!"

This is a tip I firmly believe in and one that took me a LONG time to really grasp.  I know for me, if I look at the bigger picture, I feel really overwhelmed and end up not doing anything… sounds weird, I know.  But now, I keep this little tidbit of information in the forefront of my mind and it’s working!  I love that Weight Watchers helps keep this in mind by using the 5 lb star, the 5% and 10% goal rewards.  Thank you Tiffany!

Have a super great day!
Take care,
Jenny

Hey there!

What a busy week this is turning out to be.  I am in the process of setting up my new office and want to get all second hand furniture, trying to find that is a task in itself!  I found the perfect chair (though I have to de-stinkify it… a side effect of second hand furniture…) and think I may have found the desk- just waiting for a response now.  It’s fun! 

Yesterday I did OK with the food… a little too much snacking and not enough meal eating.  Today, I started out with oatmeal, a recipe for success in my book!  I find that if I start my day with a substantial breakfast, the rest of the day just falls into place.

My first mistake, yesterday, was trying the new Weight watcher Smart One’s breakfast muffin- terrible, not filling, white bread (which I despise now) processed cheese and a cardboard egg white disk thing… HORRIBLE!  I should have known…

<---- Gets a FAIL!! in my book!!

Other than that… what did you think of the Biggest Loser last night?  I’m so glad that Amanda got to continue, it was so great to hear that she loves herself now…  What a fantastic episode!  I don’t want to talk too much about it, in case some of you didn’t see it yet.  I can’t wait to see the “Where are they now” episode tonight, it’s going to be interesting to see!

I was going to go to Zumba today, however, my heal still isn’t 100% and I have quite a bit of work to do.  I’m going to take this day to catch up and then go to yoga tonight (hopefully, if my partner is able to go).

Speaking of a lot of work, talk soon!
Jenny