beginning of a new me...

So I started Weight Watchers this morning. For breakfast I used up 10 FREAKIN POINTS ALONE!! ARRGGGHHH!!! LOL. I had 2 eggs on a 110 calorie bagel with a slice of cheddar cheese and 2 slices of bacon. But you know it's not that bad. Technically you should have most of your calorie intake during breakfast. As the saying goes "Eat like a King in the morning, a Prince for lunch, and a Pauper for dinner." I at least have a leg-up on a lot of people - I do not skip breakfast. Ever! So for lunch I brought a Smart Ones lunch that's worth 4 points and for dinner I've got chicken thawing and I'll have that with some green beans :)

I honestly don't think that this thing is going to be that hard. I have 34 points a day to work with to lose 5% of my weight. I set a small goal for right now so I don't set myself up to fail. As of right now I'm at 285 so I have to get to 270. Once I hit that I think my points will go down. Combined with all the points I have, plus my smaller stomach due to the weight loss surgery, it should be a breeze. For the first week, I'm going to focus more on this diet and get the hang of it before I really get into the excercising portion of it. I'll do some walks around work just to get away from the desk, but nothing strenuous. I want to see how well the diet works before the excercising.

Anyways - wish me luck! For anyone that follows this and actually does Weight Watcher, hit me up and tell me how you're doing!

Another weekend...again nothing to do..

You know, I find it REALLY hard to stay on track on the weekends. For anything really. It has nothing to do with it being the time of no work and being able to party and all - it's the lack of having nothing to do! Greg works every weekend. The times that I do see him on the weekend are spent me waking up and seeing him in bed. Then I go take the dog out (if I haven't made him - which I really need to stop doing) and crash on the couch cause said dog hasn't allowed me to sleep in. After a few hours, Greg finally wakes up and comes downstairs and we see each other for a couple hours and then it's off to work again.

Now that used to be how I spent my weekend mornings. But since school started this week, I now have classes every Saturday mornings and one less day with Greg. Blah. I wish he were around more. We do things together when he is. I genuinely love spending time with him (even though we do bicker a lot).

Anyways - the whole point of this post is that I get bored easily. When I get bored I'm lazy and all I do is eat. But I'm not that type of person that can just get out and go do something by myself. Sure I can go out and shop, but what girl can't? I don't want to go out shopping and spend $ that I could be saving. I want to get out and do things...but I have no one to do it with.

Someone - anyone - please remedy this...

Early morning and starting school

Good morning all,

So waking up and having to be at work at 7am sucks. I know there are people out there who have to be up way earlier than me but I am not a morning person at all! I go to bed wtih every intention of getting up at a decent time to walk the dog and eat a good breakfast. But no, once that alarm goes off, I'm hitting that snooze button a million and one times until it's completely necessary to get up. Then I rush through a shower, getting the dog out and skip making breakfast.

But see, that't the problem. I skip making breakfast. So every morning I end up stopping somewhere and buying breakfast. Now I try to make a little bit of a healthier choice in what I order (this morning was an egg mcmuffin with no cheese and a sugar free iced coffee) but I still have a problem with actually getting fast food for breakfast.

Two years ago when I first had my surgery, I was doing REALLY well with getting up and making my breakfast. But I think it's because I had more energy since I was losing the weight. Now I'm just in a slump and want to sleep all the time. That and I really have no desire to go into work. I wish I could work from home or be rich and go to school full time. Or just be rich in general. LOL.

Anyways - what's your biggest hurdle in your weight loss? Laziness? Cause I think that's the biggest culprit in my case. Blah.

Welcome

So I finally created the blog. I was a bit impulsive when I created the Facebook page. After a somewhat good night sleep, I came to the conclusion that facebook wasn't a smart move. It's to confusing with all other posts that have nothing to do with losing weight. So here we are!

You know, after watching Julie & Julia last night, I was a bit inspired to do this blog. I've always wanted a way to connect with the friends I have out there and I figured this was a start. I wanted to create something that would allow us to share our thoughts, encourage each other, swap recipes and plan events that push us to do something physical.

All are welcome. So if you know of people in the area who are looking to get healthier and are looking for workout buddies or something fun to do - tell them about this. It the next few days (or week) I'll be researchign our first activity :) I'm going to try to keep it as $-free as possible or as cheap as I can. I figure going out once a month with everyone for something big would be something that everyone can do.

Anyways - welcome - hope everyone enjoys the page!

Nicole