Ohhhh I Went......

Weight Watchers Day 1. I went. I weighed in. I was actually down 2 pounds, LOL. Is it wrong that it kinda bummed me out because I'm thinking my first weigh-in won't be that much then? I know I'm not quite right. Seriously, I do. But I'm just sayin.....

Unfortunately I couldn't stay for the meeting. I never advocate that. There is statistical proof that people lose more weight when they attend the meetings regularly. I had a good enough reason though. My parents are here visiting and I wanted to cut out of work early, so I didn't really take a lunch. Just quickly ran over to get weighed and then down to the cafeteria to grab a small salad and crusty bread.

How cute is my mom? She brought stuffed peppers with her. OMG soooo delish.

So tomorrow, with the parents here, I took the day off and we are going shopping at Easton. Easton is a great place for shopping here in Columbus Ohio. Looking forward to spending the day with them. It is an all about Travis shopping trip though. New computer for him and I wanted to pick him up some new clothes for the start of school. Which, by the way, is in 2 weeks. O.M.G. This summer just flew by.

Must go hang with the family. I'll be back soon.

New Start

Well tomorrow is a new start for me. Back in May when I was forced to switch jobs (no, I'm not bitter about it or anything, LOL), moving to our headquarters downtown actually afforded me a lot of opportunities that I didn't get at the other facility. For example, there is a fitness center, a credit union, a dry cleaners and a cafeteria all right there in the facility. Pretty cool right? Unfortunately, I have not really taken advantage of these perks. However, tomorrow that is all going to change when I start Weight Watchers at work. How cool is that. Every Tuesday on our lunch we will go and weigh in and have a short meeting. Serious convenience.

I have done WW a zillion times, ok maybe not a zillion, but I am definitely a seasoned Weight Watcher. I even worked for them before as a weigher. When I work the program, it works for me. The thing is, I haven't been working the program. However, historically, I have to hit a certain point, and only THEN will I make the commitment to work at it. Unfortunately I have not hit that point, where the bottom falls out, where I just can't stand another second for a long while.

Well tomorrow is that day. I hit bottom last week. I'm actually really looking forward to starting. I haven't been feeling that great, and I know it is because I'm carrying extra weight around. I will be writing about my weight loss here.

Things I'm looking forward to with weight loss:

1. Without stating the obvious, I would like to look better. Just sayin....

2. I would like to be able to bend over comfortably. I know this is terrible, but putting on socks and painting toenails just about sucks right now!! It is not comfortable to bend over at all!

3. Improved balance. I just feel like I'm off balance all the time and this may or may not be related to weight, but I don't really have another explanation so I'm going to go with it being related to weight.

4. I'm flying to Florida in October. Again, without stating the obvious, I would like to be comfortable while I'm there. Another thing is the plane. The seats are so small, or I am so big, or both. I want to feel better about myself by the time I go.

5. Being able to walk without gasping for air. Funny enough my old boss suggested we made me go up 4 flights of stairs at work. I - was - DYING!!!! Seriously, when I say I did not think I was going to live through the last flight, I meant it. I was bent over gasping for air. And I'm not kidding. GASPING! Not too cool when your boss is a medical professional!! Whatever.....

Those are my immediate desires for weight loss. I'm sure more will come along the way though.

So....Tomorrow...

1. Weight Watchers meeting at lunchtime.
2. Will take the weigh in and not cry. LOL, I seriously would not cry...maybe, but it is time to face the music so I shall embrace what the scale says and then vow to never see that number again. EVER!
3. Will do 1/2 hour of Wii.

This is it! I'm on it!! I will be posting my progress so look forward to at least weekly updates!!

Also, on a side note....HAPPINESS....my parents are coming tomorrow. I can't wait to see their little selves! Taking Wednesday off to spend the day with them, shopping. Also, my mom informed me that she made us stuffed peppers for dinner tomorrow. O.M.G. I D.I.E.!! How is that for SWEET???!!!

I'll let ya know how it goes!!

Recipe Time!!!

I tried this soup out on the fam last week, and they loved it. They are always leary when I'm on a diet, because they are just not sure what to think of the new recipes I come home with, and of course most of the food is bland, but this soup was really, REALLY good!!

Crock Pot Beef Vegetable Soup
1 pound lean ground beef
1 small onion chopped
2 cloves of garlic (I used 2 tsp of the chopped garlic).
2 cups cole slaw mix (this is just shredded cabbage in the produce department)
1 bag of frozen corn
1 bag of frozen green beans
4 cups of V-8 juice. I used the low sodium but I think the hot and spicy would be excellent!
1 can of Italian stewed tomatoes
2 T. Worcestershire sauce
1 t. dried basil

Brown the ground beef with the onion and garlic. Drain if necessary. Put in crock pot with the rest of the ingredients and cook on HIGH for 4-5 hours.

I added some Franks Hot Sauce because, well I just come from a long line of Frank's Hot Sauce lovers and I tend to use it in soups. IT WAS SOOOO DELISH!!

Try it and let me know what you think!!