Time flies when you're having fun!

So it's been awhile.  I have gone into maintenance mode as it's just not realistic for me to be in losing mode over the holidays.

I had a great birthday, and had a great time in Ottawa with my family for Christmas.  I got home yesterday and I have a gross cold and feel like garbage.  Christmas was so much fun, we hardly left the house but it was so relaxing.  My parents are moving across the country in the spring so we had some good laughs cleaning out boxes.  They will be closer but still not in Alberta, which makes me sad.

I am on hiatus from WW until Monday.  I already have my exercise plan written down and will be tracking like crazy.  We're going to Arizona in March and Australia in July and I want to look super hot in my bathing suit.

We are planning on staying home for NYE, we had plans to go out but neither of us feel like it, so we'll just cuddle on the couch and watch movies.

Happy Last Days of 2010!

Points Plus!!

So I'm really liking the points plus program!  For me, it's not a huge change.  I converted an "average" day on the old program (23 points per day) to the new points plus values and it worked out to my new allowance, 29 points.  My leader said that meant I was making good choices before, and the new program isn't going to affect my choices too much.  Except for the free fruit!!  On the old program, fruit had a points value and I was choosing "treats" instead of fruit because they cost the same points.  On Points +,  fruit has a value of 0 as they have researched and decided that eating fruit (within reason) doesn't affect weight gain.  So I have been loading up on grapes and raspberries as snacks.  It's nice that when I have run out of points I can still have a sweet snack!!

I wore my punishment pants yesterday and they are feeling pretty good!  At the end of the night they were a bit punishing but I was still really happy!  I am so glad that I am back into them (fairly comfortably, without a massive muffin top and angry red lines in my skin when I take them off).

I tracked all week, even with a few crazy "food based events".  I had a teacher appreciation lunch, dinner out with a colleague, and M's Christmas party.  The food at the Christmas party was amazing, and I was happy to have the menu in advance so I could track as best I could.

I got a free trial of Etools on the WW site and I am really liking being able to track online.  I can also look up the points values without having to use my calculator, and they are lists of common food items.  It costs 18$ a month and I think I might sign up after my trial runs out.

Etools set up my weigh in day as Monday so I am going to record it tomorrow.

Only 7.5 school days until Christmas Break!!

Have a great week!!

On My Way

So I went to WW today to find out about the new program.  I bit the bullet and did my weigh in - 150.2 which put me back in goal range.  After how lame I felt last week having to pay I was thrilled.

The new program makes me feel like a newbie all over again.  I am so excited (and a huge dork).  I spent most of the evening looking stuff up and playing with the online tools.  I got a free trial for the online tools which made me happy.  They are cool but I don't know if I would pay 18$ a month for them.  We'll see how it goes.  I also bought the new electronic points calculator thing - also known as my "clicker".  I'm that dork in the grocery store calculating points :P

I am hoping the new plan will kick start my weight loss.  I have been doing my Zumba videos and have already noticed the definition coming back in my belly which makes me so happy.  Before I hurt my knee my abs were pretty ripped and I was so proud of myself.  After 10 months of very little activity I'm a more of a jelly belly and that might have something to do with making my fav jeans so punishing.  So here's hoping they will feel great again soon.

The rest of my week is super busy.  I'm working tomorrow night at London Drugs, Thursday I have physio and I'm going to the school play (which will be lame, but it makes the kids so happy when teachers come) and Friday is M's work Christmas Party.  I've seen the menu and there is no way it fits into Weight Watchers - I'm just going with it!

Only 10.5 work days until I'm on my way to Ottawa to be with my family.  I can't wait!!

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas!

So I am starting to get into the Christmas spirit.  Last night M set up his tree then we did a Ginger Bread house.  Both look great.  Then today I did my tree and my Christmas cards.  I have finished shopping for M and my dad, now just for my brother and my mom.

So I have had a super good week on plan.  But it's also "that time" so the scale is a bit off.  I am curious as to what it will say tomorrow.  I plan to go to a meeting on Tuesday because they are launching the new program.  I don't have to weigh in if I don't want to but it would be nice to get it out of the way.  I will decide on Tuesday because there is no way I'm paying again!  I have heard great things about the new plan, I am hoping it will help me with these pesky 12 pounds I would love to get rid of!  We'll see how it goes.

Have a good week!!