Bunny Plan - Day 1

Well it's almost midnight of day 1 of having to invoke my Bunny Plan. I worked all day, and ate well, I had some chicken breast and leftover couscous for lunch then it was off to Miramichi. What awaited me in Miramichi was a huge Easter dinner with the inlaws...dundundunnnnnn. But I left feeling very in control of myself and feeling like I did well sticking to my Bunny Plan. I had lots of turnip and carrots with 1 tsp of butter, 1/2 cup potatoes with 3 Tbsp of yummy gravy (mmm...) a tiny piece of ham(2oz.) with all the fat cut off, and some white turkey meat with a little gravy. I wanted more turkey (I love turkey!) but told myself I was full and that i'd have turkey again tomorrow at my own family dinner! For dessert I had one small piece of blueberry pie made with Spenda and a tiny piece of DH grammie;s fudge because it's AMAZING. I think the major victory of today was that I felt feeling good about all my food choices, even the fudge, and I wasn't too full :)

Tomorrow is Day 2. Tomorrows plan includes lots of playing outside with the kids, very few easter eggs, nothing uncounted for and everything measured :)

Hoppy Easter!!!!

Step by Step (Oh, baby, I wanna get to ya giiiirrrl)

So at my meeting on Wednesday I also decided to buy a WW pedometer. After noticing my steps on the elipitcal it got me wondering how many I took all day! The WW one is neat because you put in your weight, height and stride length and it can also track your APs for you. Although it also has 2 modes, one for all day and one for being active, and I use the all day which doesn't track accurate APs when your working out. So i'll be posting my steps in a side bar ------> over there, to track my daily steps, purely for my own amusement lol.
In knee news...I decided to try to go to a Body Jam class because I missed it for 3 weeks and thought me knee was well enough...Whomp whomp! No dice! I had to leave the class after 40 minutes of doing the class. And I wasn't even doing all the moves or doing it as hard as I normally do! I thought I was taking it easy on myself. However, all the turns and twisting on my knee was not a good idea. Looks like it's back to plain ol machine cardio for me for awhile :( Speaking of the gym, it's open today and DH and I will be going soon so I should get dressed! (I hate getting dressed on holidays lol)

Today's WI

Well I knew I would be up this week due to many things...New pills for my knee injury, not working out a lot because of my knee injury, feeling bad about not working and and eating like a mad women instead. I expected the scales to show more of a gain but I am happy to report that I only had a gain of +.8 this week. Is that nornally somthing to be proud of? No. But even though i'm not proud of how I handled myself for most of this week, I am proud that i'm handling the gain well and am already past it and moving on.
I have started to formulate a "Bunny Plan" as it's now called, for the time I will be spending this weekend with my family and my in-laws. So far the "Bunny Plan" consists of the following:

-Bringing my own low point alternative to dessert (my choc. cupcakes).
-Taking my WW scales home and to both Easter suppers i'll be attenting.
-I purchased a Mr.Hungry (WW new mascot) magnet and will be sticking him on the fridge at my sisters house where I stay when I go home. A gentle reminder that being home also equals being on plan.
-I will be taking my neices and nephew for walks before and after dinner. And DH and I will be walking at least twice a day for everyday we are home.
-I will fill 1/2 my plate with veggies.
- I gave the Easter Bunny a list of acceptable Easter treats.

I think if i stick to this and prepare for the time i'll be there, i'll make out fine. I need a loss this week!

Mmmm..Cupcakes

Mmm... So I just made these cupcakes and they are still warm ...Mmm.... Best part is that they are only 1.5 pts each! Score! You take a box of Betty Crocker Devils Food Cake Mix and mix it with 15 oz of pure pumpkin and voila!
Other than making yummy cupcakes (that are even better when you add a tbsp of light cool whip to them!) things are slowly looking up here. My knee if still hurting and sore but i'm able to work out for 25 minutes of cardio compared to my usual 40, but it's a start! My eating this week was horrible and I know i'll hardcore pay for it tomorrow but yesterday went well, as did today. Enough of my pity party, i'm moving on!
I don't have a whole lot to update really. Kris has a job interview on Thursday so keep your fingers crossed for me!!

Old vs. New

I've been trying to stay positive this week but I am having a hard go of it right now. I think the majority of it is the fact that I havn't worked out becasue of my knee. I hate feeling laid up and have been eating like a mad women which in turn is making me feel worse. In on part of my head is the smart girl who's determined to change her life, who knows what it'll take and is willing to change and stick it out. Then there is the old me, the one who doesn't think she can do this, who feels unable, unwilling and alone in her personal struggle to lose this weight. My husband is normally good but he's been umemployed for over 10 weeks now so he's hot and cold with his moods and it gets hard sometimes to manage both of our mood swings lol. I understand how he's feeling but there is nothing I can do to help which I think is why it bothers me so much. When his mood swings affect me, I want to eat. And this week the old me is winning over the new me.

My knee is still pretty messed up, but I am dragging my sorry ass to the gym today. I need to. I have to get out of this house and feel active! I'll take it easy but I need to go. I just hope I don't do more damage while i'm at it. It's time for me to get out of this funk and tell the old me to eff off :P

OH!!

AND! I forgot to add to my shitty day that our washer is broken! ugh!

Stupid Knee!

So last week I somehow managed to fall off the step stool at work hurting my right ankle, left knee and wacking my head on the shelf (only my luck I swear!). Having a bad left knee since I was 12 years old this caused much more problems than it would have if anyone else did it. A week later and my knee has gotten worse everyday meaning my gym workouts have been slim to none which makes me sad. I can hardly walk let alone work out but still it's so frustrating!! Since my family doctor is over 2 hours away from where I now live I had to call in a huge favor. I called the doctors office (also my best friends dad) and got him to fax an anti-inflamatory medication to a pharmacy here in Fredericton so I could have somthing to take. Plus now that i'm married i'm no longer covered under my fathers health coverage so I had to pay for it ...ugggh. Then on top of paying for the meds I had to pony out another $40 for a half decent knee wrap so I can suffer through work. Blah. Shitty day!

Onto less bitchy things... Last night I decided to make my Chicken/Tzataziki pizza to take for lunch today! I take a whole wheat pita, spread it with Tzataziki sauce, then a layer of spinach add some cooked and seasoned chicken then top with some low fat shredded cheese and perfection!!!!which is why there is a 4th of it missing in this pic :P



Mmmmmm...... Oh and while i'm on the subject of foods! I have a new favorite chip. Before WW I was a chip monster and I had a hard time over coming it when I started WW. But these Pringles are soooo worth the 3 points...even if I can only have 14 chips, they are so worth it!

Anyway, all in all this as not been a fantastic day for me. I'm in pain and I feel crappy. I want to work out and I can't and i'm feeling cooped up in my house and it's sooo damn nice outside! I want to take my puppy for a walk! Alas, instead i'm off to veg on the couch, icing my knee and enjoying pain medication!

16 weeks!

So at today's meeting I got my 16 weeks award and lost .2 pounds. I wasn't too broken up about only losing .2 since I wrecked my right ankle and left knee at work this week and the gym was far from my mind!

The first time I was in WW I almost panicked when I hit my 16 weeks. It was almost like I decided to quit now before I lost too much, that way when I failed I didn't have too much weight off, like it wouldn't have been as much of a disapointment. Weird things the mind does eh? This time though i'm committed to the long haul and sticking to this life long change.