February 4

So far I have started off the morning great. I am still pumped so I really want to stick with this. I understand that this is a lifestyle change and not just a diet. I am willing to do this and give it my all!

I forgot to mention last night (why I dont know) that I have lost 3.5 pounds on my own so I am hoping that is a good sign. I am allowed 30pts for the day and of course I have those weekly extra points but I plan on not using them unless I have to. I dont want to get in the mindset of "Oh, I can eat this because I have extra points." Hopefully I will push them out of my mind if possible. I also plan on going to the gym on my way home. I am really trying to start this off right and if I can make it a habit it will be better for me in the end. Kaylyn is staying with my inlaws tonight because of our work schedule so that gives me a night to myself and I want to go to the gym...so I am going!

Morning-
Packet of Oatmeal 3pts
Bottle of Water 0pts

27pts to go!

***Update 1***

For Lunch I had a Jersery Mike's sub. It was a turkey & swiss on wheat bread. It was 5pts. I also had some Baked Lays BBQ Chips which are 3pts along with a Sweet Tea 3pts. Total that was 11pts so I now have 15pts for supper and a snack.

***Update 2***

Fo supper...well I didnt go as healthy as I wanted but I did go to the gym! Yay me! I spent 45 mins there doing the treadmill and some weights. That in itself is a big accomplishment for me! Anyway...back to supper. I ended up having a McDonalds 6pc McNugget Happy Meal. It was all within my points and I havent gone over! The McNuggets were 6pts, the small fry was 5pts, the BBQ sauce was 1 pt. Now that is 12pts so I still have 3 to go. Now the McDonald's wasnt that filling but I still have 3 pts so I had a granola bar that is exactly 3 pts. So I have stopped for the night. I feel pretty good about it. I intended on something healthier but by the time I got out of the gym it was late and I still had to run by Publix anyway so I picked up some groceries and of course had to be home to watch American Idol. Kevin picked up the McDonald's so I settled tonight but tomorrow should better be different! Oh and I had water with my meal and not sweet tea. I have had 3 bottles of water and 1 20oz sweet tea. That isnt too bad!

My day

Man, have I had a bad day! I am still doing good on the WW (I still have 15pts to go for tonight) but in general my day has stunk! It's one of those where nothing goes right and you really just want to start over again...or at least get it over with! Work today has just been off. I am the only one in the office today (and look I am blogging lol!) but several things have happened and of course I am having to deal with them. Not a problem but I am just tired of being the one that it falls back on. I keep thinking about just wanting to go home...because that is what I really want to do. So part of me wants to skip the gym and just go home. The other part of me wants to go to the gym and work off some of this frustration and then go by the grocery store on the way home. That my friends is what I am going to do!

Wordless Wednesday!

Here is my Worldless Wednesday post...I dont know why I label it wordless because I always post on it lol! This is Kaylyn at the beach last May. I love this picture for some reason...she looks so tall to just have turned 4! I have this as my desktop background on my work computer.

It's so cold!

I live in the South but it normally doesnt get this cold! I got in my car this morning to come to work and it was 14 degrees! I cant honestly remember the last time it was this cold! Now MckMama lives in the frozen tundra so I am sure she is use to it...but I am not! I cant wait for Spring! Being this cold makes it so much harder to do things...get groceries or go anywhere for that matter. You dont want to get out in it...at least I dont. I would have rather slept in this morning!

So how cold is it where you are at?

No She Didnt

After Kaylyn gets out of school my inlaws normally pick her up. That is what happened today. I called and checked on her because as most of you know she has been sick. I havent really posted much about my family other than my immediate family. I have wonderful inlaws. Alot of people cant say that but I truely can. I love my inlaws and I talk to my mother in law at least once a day! So anyway...I called to check on Kaylyn. When Abbie (mother in law) answered I could hear Kaylyn in the back ground screaming & crying. My first instict of course was that she was hurt. Abbie assured me she wasnt. She was in trouble...and was vocally protesting it. Barry (father in law) & Abbie have all the newest, coolest gaming systems because Barry plays and so does Jason (dont let me forget and I will explain who & the situation is with Jason) when he is in town. Well Kaylyn has been playing them as well. In her room they have the Playstation 3 & 2, V-Motion (awesome learning tool), and a Sega. Kaylyn mostly plays the PS3 there as well as Jason. Becuase Jason is a 15yr old boy he has alot of Teen & M(not that I agree with it) rated games. Well today Kaylyn wanted to play one. Barry told her no because she wasnt old enough. He then tried to explain the whole teenager age thing (she needs to be a teenager before she can play these games), which to where she insisted she was a teenager. Clearly she is 5yrs old! Anyway she kept arguing with him about it and ended up turing around and calling him a "IDIOT!" My 5yr old just called her grandfather an idiot!! I couldnt beleive it. I dont know where she heard that from because honestly (seriously) I (WE) dont say that. So of course she was put in time out (I would have spanked her) and I called in the middle of it. So that is why she was crying so loudly. Plus she thought I would take up for her! She cried so much harder when I got on to her over the phone! Bless her heart! I told her you cant say those kinds of things! Needless to say when I did get home tonight she was very sorry and has apologized at least ten times. She did not get her extra play time tonight (she wasnt happy, but I think she understood why) and when she got out of the bathtub she went right to bed. I just can not believe she said that!

So what has your child said?

My Last Supper

Since I did joined WW tonight and I officially start my "diet" I had my last supper tonight! Kevin had to work the 1pm-9pm shift so after I got out of my WW meeting (I think around 6:45pm) I was close to Kevin's work so I called him to see if he had taken his supper lunch. He hadn't so I thought we could grab a quick bite to eat since I didnt have Kaylyn with me. He only gets 30 mins so he wanted to go to Chick-fil-a. I agreed and thought might as well enjoy this...not that I cant have it on my diet but it would probably take a big point deduction from my daily points. I had the #1 combo Chick-fil-a sandwich on a wheat bun and of course a sweet tea. I havent yet figured the points up but like I said...I am not on the diet tonight! So all in all I enjoyed my "last supper" with Kevin at Chick-fil-a.

I joined Weight Watchers!

I did it! I went to a WW meeting and joined. It was awesome! I am really pumped! Its $39.95 a month (I really dont have that extra money) but it's gotta be worth it. I still will not publish my weight but I will post about how much I lose (Lord willing) and my daily points. So I will officially start tomorrow but I do not really have any groceries so the first week might be a little tough.

One of the interesting things I learned is that now WW is allowing more types of drinks. Meaning that I dont only have to drink water. Water is no points but I cant still have other drinks (like tea) that counts as fluids for the days. I still have to "count"the tea but I can still drink it and count it as a fluid. That is good news for me because I hate drinking water. However, though I think what I am going to do is still drink the water all day but I will still enjoy one sweet tea a day. Water is still the best for you! So that is what I am going to try and do.