Big surprise: having the flu and losing weight

Ok. Just a quick pop in check in.
So yeah. I had the flu earlier this week. And you know what? I lost 3 pounds on my weigh in on Wednesday. haha.
I had the Flu mostly on Monday/Tuesday- but by Wednesday was on the upswing in the sickness department. Just in case, since I still was kinda crummy, but not nearly as bad as M/T, I went to the doctor on Friday- She confirmed. Yep, I had the flu. But not anymore. Now I have an ear infection. Lovely. (NOT!). So now I'm on antibiotics and I'm sniffling due to the drainage.

 Anti-bacterial hand gel- the ONLY thing I could actually smell when I was sick.

 Being sick sucks!

Oh Peanut M&M's. How you make my day.

But in not-sickness related news, I did lose 3 pounds this week. Amazing, since I basically ate "comfort" foods while sick.
 Luckily I could enjoy the SuperBowl at a friends house the day before laying in bed feeling like death. lol

Who knew, that in less than 24 hrs from this photo, I'd be feeling like death- bed ridden?

 Chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter icing- made by the hubs too.

 What do you see- Duck or Rabbit?

 We had DD's homemade chili at the party!

 Hubs made this super awesome White Zinfidel fruity cake with Moscato icing!

 Anyways, hopefully next week's weigh in is good- and not just the sickness taking over.

 (Kitchen wall art!)

 (Our cute crockpot)

 (My dinner tonight at work)

Happy weight loss!
-M

Even out...

Ok. So this week still wasn't my best week, I enjoyed a wine tasting the day before Memorial Day. However I tried my darnest to do well every single other day except the wine tasting. This paid off with me losing 0.4 lbs (the exact amount I gained last week). I am determined to do even better this week, being the last full week I have before I start practice for the show I got cast in. (I'm still in disbelief of that fact).
Here's some happenings this week in weight-loss land.

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(The hubs made this lovely avacado ranch dip after I was raving over it from TexMex. It's 1 points plus for 2 tablespoons!)

(Last Wednesday we celebrated our one newspaper I work for winning Best in the State. I however was good and bypassed having a piece of this lovely cake. I instead enjoyed the free salad and sandwiches.)

(What a rarity- I had taco bell for dinner. I only had 2 soft tacos (10 points plus for 2 soft beef tacos) but getting off of work and after grocery shopping late at night, I didn't feel like cooking)

(My first glass of wine at my friend's Wine tasting. It was some white wine of some sort)

(This is my "I'm bad" cheesecake. I was good with everything else, but I REALLY wanted a piece of this)

 (On Memorial Day, we used a Groupon to go mini golfing with two of our friends before I had to work night shift. It was super fun, but super hot outside.)

(Here is the lunch I had at Ruby Tuesday's. I even avoided the dreaded cheese garlic biscuits they give out. This was actually a very healthy dinner. I've become obsessed with roasted zucchini!)

 (My numbers for this week)

(Here is 3 pictures all from the Holiday dinner at my husband's work- Top picture is 2009, middle 2010, and bottom 2011. Can you tell the gains and losses going on here?)

(lastly, here is my new drink of choice if I'm going to have a soda. Yummy!)

Overall, not the best, but not the worst week. I hope to rock this coming week, as I have no major parties or get together to bog my weight loss down. *fingers crossed* We are also hoping that the housing situation all goes smoothly this week as well. *double fingers crossed*

-M

I survived the New Year

While many people decided they needed to lose weight as a New Year's resolution, my resolution was to CONTINUE to lose weight at my current 1-2 lbs a week pace.
We had a huge New Year's party this year, with our one friend proposing to our other friend, lots of food and drinks and such. So it was super super hard to figure out the points for it. After busting my butt to not use any of my weekly points or any of my 9 activity points I acquired that week, I decided that New Year's Eve was going to be too tough to calculate. I tried to be good and avoided the sweets and stuck to the vegs and meat/cheeses and didn't over do it too much on the alcohol.
The next day I started back up again on my points tracking.
Even with the non-tracking New Year's eve, I managed to loose 1.6 lbs this week, making my total loss at 21.8 lbs in 11 weeks. Woot!
So I basically have 40.2 lbs left till I reach my goal of 150 lbs. If I keep at my current pace, I'll get to that goal in roughly 27 to 20 weeks (so sometime between May 22 and July 10, 2012). That would mean I'd get to my goal before my next wedding anniversary and my best friend's wedding in Sept. Hopefully I can keep up that loss. I know it gets a LOT tougher the closer to your goal. to be honest, I'd be happy if I get to my goal by next New Years. lol
Anyways, thought I'd give a little update on things. :D
-M