Day 3 and 4 of Simply Filling

Friday and Shabbos went better then I hoped! Friday got a little hard as I didn't make time to sit and eat lunch so I did a lot of snacking. Its a good thing I was making a lot of foods I could snack on! For shabbos I made tons of veggie side dishes that were amazing! I did a pumpkin loaf, Italian zucchini pie, apple pear crumble, baked yams, bulgur and vegetables, lots of chopped salad. I made some of the recipes up so if you want them just ask. Shabbos morning was great and I had my shabbos treat which I enjoyed very much. Its so much easier to plan treats out... then you don't beat yourself up and feel guilty and then overdo it. 

I'm feeling really great and my clothing feel like I have already lost 5 pounds! Its hard to keep going sometimes especially when I don't plan or I see my husband eating junk food, but I keep thinking about how I want to look at Michal's wedding and I stay on track! So GO YEHUDIS GO!

Day 2 of Simply Filling

I feel so amazingly proud of myself! Besides for feeling fantastic and full of energy, I am so impressed that I was able to do 2 days on simply filling. 

Today I had oatmeal for breakfast. Tuna salad made with 1 can tuna, tomato, cucumber, pickles, and mustard and 2 tsp mayo (counted 2 points) was my early lunch. Snack was 2 oranges and a fat-free yogurt. Dinner was chicken and veggies cooked pot-roast style and a bulgur and vegetable side dish. At my birthday party I had blackberries!

Shabbos will be more of a challenge, but hopefully I will be able to cook lots of things that are on plan! I went a little crazy at the produce store today so I will have plenty to snack on. 

If you don't have it you can't eat it! (The positive way and the negative way.)

Day 1 of Simply filling

It's almost impossible for me to track what I eat these days since I am always eating on the move, so I switched from tracking to "simply filling". All that means is I can eat however much I need to be satisfied from a specific list of foods. I'm trading the ability to eat whatever I want and writing it down, to having fewer options but not having to worry about keeping track of it.

The list is fruits, veggies, non-fat milk or milk alternatives, whole grains, lean proteins, and a few other things. I tend to eat these things anyways so it's easy to switch. Oh, and I also have 49 points to use for other things.... like birthday cake..... if I want.

Today went really well. I had oatmeal with chopped up apple in it for breakfast. I had a banana, a can of baby corn, and a tangerine for my morning snack. Lunch was leftover hamburgers with BBQ sauce (used 1 point for the sauce). Afternoon snack was cabbage soup. Dinner was awesome! Completely fat free Moroccan fish made with tons of veggies with barley on the side.I have to say I am completely full!

A few more weeks of this and I'll be down 40 pounds in time for my sisters wedding this summer!

Up and Down..... and Up again

Boy is it hard to find a moment to blog... I can't wait till both my boys are sleeping at the same time! 

My weight loss has been a roller coaster ride the past 3 weeks. First I went up 1.4, then I went down 5.6, and yesterday it was up 2.6 again. I'm not quite sure what to make of it. I have many theories each as lame as the next, but bottom line is there is 5.6 less of me so far!

It's been really hard to control my environment since I have been baking nearly every day for the past 2 weeks and knowing in the back of my mind that I have a freezer full of goodies. I just keep telling myself that the people at the Upshernish will starve if I eat and of it! Not likely since I baked a ton of stuff and will be baking more the next 2 days, but I like using my Yidishe Mama cortex against myself for a change.

My experiment with wheat dairy and beef had mixed results. Most dairy is now out of my diet with the exception of yogurt and sheep/goat cheeses. This has been the most successful change in my diet since I am no longer troubled by gas or cramps. Beef has been mostly eliminated. This has been harder since I now have to cook 3 different dinners every night. Z is type B blood so Beef is really good for him. I make Beef for Z, milchigs or vegetarian for M since he wont touch chicken or beef, and then I eat either chicken/fish/or vegetarian. It seems to be working out since everyone is happy but it takes a lot of planning and a lot more time. Wheat was the hardest for me and I barley lasted a week. So many things have wheat in them!! I don't think I can make that change permanent quite yet. It will be my work in progress.....

Goal for this week: Write down what I eat!

4 Less Of Me

I feel really good about this. I'm drinking tons of water, and eating when I'm hungry. Plus I'm pretty sure running after 2 kids all day counts as activity! 

Thanksgiving was great! I made tons of veggies and not so much stuffing so I couldn't eat that much and there were no leftovers to worry about. Shabbos was harder cause I was home all day and I tend to eat more when I am. 

Anyways, I'm trying something new this week that's not weight watcher related. Ive been looking at "Eat right for your type", and I decided to try something from the plan. I'm an A type so Dairy, Beef, and Wheat are no good for me. So for this week I'm going to eliminate them from my diet and see what happens. I already don't eat most dairy so that shouldn't be too hard. Its the wheat that's gonna be tough, but Ill try. 

2.2 Less Of Me

I had a successful week! That means I have a mere 96 pounds to go, but as Lao Tzu wisely said , "A journey of 1,000 miles must begin with a single step." 

Smart guy that one!

Starting from scratch... once again!

I find myself wondering where my motivation has gone. Might it be lost somewhere between the piles of laundry yet to be washed and the lingering odor of another diaper changed? Yah, I thought being a mom of 2 would be just like being the mom of 1. HA! Funny joke! Now that reality has set in and I am completely overwhelmed its time to admit I can't do a weight loss program by myself.

This week was my first back on weight watchers. I went to the meeting last week after I saw a picture of myself. It wasn't pretty. So hopefully this is it! I weighed in and told her to start me off at zero (the computer remembers what your last weigh in was even if it was 11 months ago). My goal is to get to 160, so I have 98 pounds to loose. I'm going to the meeting tomorrow night so I will see how my first week went...

I don't ever want to be in this place again. I hope I can really do it all the way this time!!

7.6 Less of Me

I dearly love the Tishrey season, but I do not like what it does to the numbers on the scale or the number of hours of sleep that I get for that matter! So the fact that I am 3.8 pounds down could be a whole different story by the end of the week! I'm going to try and make sure that doesn't happen. Key word here is try.... my will power is significantly weaker around stuffed cabbage, cranberry nut bread, home made challah, and all the other yummy things on my menu!

Once the yomim tovim are over, I'll be back to a regular program and regular blogging about it. I might even start with weigh watchers again. Anyways good luck to all of you out there in the same boat as me. I do have a really good tip that worked really well last year for me. (I lost weight over last tishrey). Make a plain vegetable to have at every course, or use a fat free dressing on it. So have a big salad with fish and a huge bowl of green beans for the main course. that way you can snack on that during the conversation instead of the other things at the table. Oh, and change up the veggies so you don't get bored. Another good way to get veggies in is to roast them. A shpritz of oil, salt and pepper, and into the oven at 400 until they start to crisp. You can do green beans, squash, zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots etc etc that way. Yum!!

Walking is Awesome!

Last night was amazing! I thought I would be so out of shape but I guess I was in better shape then I thought! I was able to walk the path around Pan Pacific Park twice before my legs felt like jello. A few more days and I will be back to my regular routine.

Besides for the walking part it was so nice to just have mommy time. I will defiantly not be taking Meyer with me when I walk. I had a chance to just focus on me which was great! Thank you Z for being a great Tatty and thank you Mimi for being a great walking partner!

Let the walking begin!

So tonight I start walking again. Besides for the exercise it will be nice to get out after cranky hour! I am very excited about it! I have been waiting for this since I stopped walking which was when I was 7 months pregnant and the zoo got to be too much for me. I have an hour allotted to it, but I will probably not last more than 20 min. At least the first few nights.... but then watch out cause here I come!

6.4 Less Of Me

That's right folks, you read correctly! I lost 5 pounds this week! I'm excited!!! I am writing things down, and making good food choice, and nursing probably helps. I mean its pure genius! Why didn't someone think about this before?They could make a fortune off of this idea and even call it something snappy like Weight Watchers, or Eat Right!

For a minute there on the scale I thought it was broken. I even got off and did it again. It was pretty funny! But lo and behold I am finally below the 250 mark! FINALLY!!

So this week I'm gonna start walking and keep doing what I'm doing! That's the plan!

1.4 Less of Me

Well I lost weight, but it could also still be just fluid retention and all that fun stuff, so I'm not jumping for joy yet. I am happy that the number is going down that's for sure! Even though I'm not really dieting yet, writing things down really helps! I just don't want to write 10 chocolate cookies down. Even though I'm the only one who looks at it, I just don't want to see it on paper! Even my subconscious is rooting for me!!

I was going to continue subtracting from my original weight of 270 but I was getting all confused and trying to figure out how much I gained and lost over my pregnancy didn't help, so I am going to start from scratch with my "Less of mes".

Sunday just happens to be a really bad day for weighing in cause Shabbos can sometimes be... you know Shabbos, so I'm going to weigh in on Thursday. Seems like a safe day to weigh in!
 

I'm Back!

So here I am, 9 months and 1 baby later, ready to get back on the weight loss wagon. I finally had the courage to weigh myself today for the first time after giving birth. To my surprise and delight I actually weight 1 pound less then I did before I got pregnant! I'm not exactly sure how but I am sure as heck not complaining about it!

I'm not going to be on any plan for right now since it is too soon to be counting calories or points. What I am going to do is write down everything I eat and weigh myself weekly. I'm also gonna start walking again but not for another week or two.

So that's the grand plan for now.... wish me luck!