Ok..So, I haven't self destructed....

Yeah I know. What is she doing home posting on her blog at this time of the day. I'm home sick and have had enough of resting in bed. Nothings on TV (as usual) and I need to "talk" to someone. And isn't Will wonderful?? He got both girls up, got Emma's bag together and got her dressed, took her to Shirley's, got Sidnee to school and didn't wake me up for help at all! Amazing huh? He's the greatest. I truly am blessed to be married to such a great man. OK...enough with the mushy, sappy stuff...

Well, this is amazing. I don't know how it happened, but it did. After the week I had I still managed to lose .4 lbs. Hey, it's only a stick of butter, but when I was really thinking I was going to gain it feels like a 5 lb loss! OK..so maybe I'm exaggerating a bit. So, how did everyone else do?

Alright, I'm hungry now...going to go warm up some soup. Talk to everyone again soon. Let me know how ya'll have been doing.
Love ya!
Sonia

YOU ARE NOW IN SELF DESTRUCT MODE!!! HURRY....RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!!

Ever feel like you're in self destruct mode? I sure do. All week actually. Every day was something different. Wednesday was dinner at church (I packed my own, yeah me!!). Then Thursday was Homecoming Mum making extravaganza, Sidnee and Will went golfing, Emma was being herself, then Sidnee went to the bonfire. I so wanted to have dinner with them and hear about their days so I waited, and waited, and yup, waited some more. THEN, finally, at 9 PM everyone was home and hungry. You know on Core, you're supposed to listen to your hunger cues. Well I didn't. I was hungry at 7, but by 9 I was STARVING!! We ordered from Ranchers and I did initially start with a good choice. A chicken fajita salad. Well, Will called in the order but forgot that I now don't eat it with cheese. No big deal, I'll just scrape it off right? Well....wrong! By the time I ran to Wal-Mart, got the food and sat down to eat, my cheese problem was not even a problem anymore. I ate it AND all of the ranch dressing to boot. Oh yeah, and the greasy chips!! AAAHHHH!!! Then Friday was Homecoming, there I was trying to get 3 girls ready, hair brushed, mums pinned on and everyone out the door. Did I mention it was my 10 year reunion? Yeah, so there I'm trying to find something to wear to the game as well!!! That's enough stress in itself. So, needless to say, we didn't eat before the game as I had planned. Instead, we're going through McDonald's and we all know regardless of what plan you are on...McDonald's is not safe at all!!! Do you see where I'm going with this? Good...the rest of my WW week followed the same suit. Oh yeah! Mother nature decides to visit too....AAAAAAAAAARRRRRHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! No wonder I can't control my own emotions, thoughts, or stomach!!! She always has such a strong hold over everything I do for the week!! Why? Could it be physiological? Could she be my scapegoat? Or could it be with everything else going on in my life that week that "my give a damn was busted"? Or perhaps all of the above. Oh well. I'll be at my meeting tonight to face the music. I'll fill you guys in on how everything went.

But, I found an interesting article that I thought ya'll might like to read. It has some good pointers, some we already know, but who couldn't use a refresher course now and then right? Hope it helps! Until next time!
http://health.msn.com/weight-loss/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100215766&GT1=32001

Making Core Easier

Some of you may know this and others may not. But, I'm going to share something I just discovered last week. If you have access to E-Tools, go into the planner. From there you click on the find and explore tab on the left and it takes you to a screen with a search box. In the search box you can type in ANY food and of course you know if it's listed in the WW database, then it will bring up all the results listed and the points values. Here's where it gets even better if you're doing the Core plan (actually this would work for Flex as well) on the left there are some tabs that say food, restuarants, recipes. If you click on the Recipes tab it opens and expanded list for you. Then there's a box that you can check that says Core plan only. Then it gives you the results that fall under the Core plan. For example, I typed in "chicken" pretty broad and generic I know. When I went under the Recipes tab and checked the Core box it gave me 109 Core recipes that used chicken!! I then tried Progresso. It brought up all the soups that are listed under Progresso then I checked the Core box and Voila! it gave me all the Progresso soups that are Core! Pretty neat huh?

I've also had people ask me "What do you eat on Core? Nothing?" So, I've decided to list my menu from Monday to give others some insight.

Monday:

Breakfast:
Coffee with Splenda and 1/4 C FF half and half (counted 1 point)
Didn't have breakfast because mornings are not good at my house.

Lunch:
Leftover Spaghetti made with Ronzoni noodles and 96/4 ground beef
Peas
Pear

Dinner:
Baked Chicken
Brown Rice with a little Reduced sodium soy sauce
Steamed Veggies
Green Beans

Snacks:
1/2 C plain, fat-free yogurt with splenda and vanilla with
1/2 C grapes and
1/2 C sliced strawberries (this was after work)
then after dinner I had an entire bag of 94% fat free popcorn with 2 t. EVOO and some kernel seasonings sprinkled on top
None of this had to measured, I only know the amount of grapes and strawberries because I happened to use the 1/2 cup to take them out of the bowl I had them in. The only points were used were for the 1/2 &1/2.

Not bad right? If I had wanted something none Core, no big deal, I could eat it and just figure my points for whatever it was.

Well, back to work! HOpe to hear from ya'll soon!

Bravo Moment

Yeah, I know....I didn't post last week. At first I wasn't sure if I was going to because of the fact that I was bummed out about "only losing .4". Then I realized that it was a loss still...AND that I had a big loss the week before. So, that made me feel a little better and then I decided I was going to post this piece on "self sabotaging" and never got around to doing it. I still think that would be a great topic, for another time. I'm just not feeling it at the moment.

I am however, feeling proud of myself. I had a HUGE Bravo Moment and didn't even recognize it. It was only after talking on the phone with this AMAZING friend of mine (IRPMS) that the moment was brought to my attention. One night this week (I think it was Sunday...maybe Monday, anyway) I had had enough. Emma was whining, Will was not being helpful (I love the man...but still he's a man and sometimes....well, you all know how that can go) I was tired, the day seemed never ending, I didn't feel too swell, etc., etc., etc. So, at 10:00 at night, when I should have been sleeping, I pulled out my sewing machine and decided to sew some new pillows for my couch! I was telling my friend this really just to bring out the humor in the situation when she responded with "at least you didn't go into the kitchen". And you know what? She was right! I hadn't even realized that I didn't do that. Before, I would have gone in an scarfed whatever was available, but this time I didn't! I did tell her that I hadn't even gone to the store yet and that was probably why (and another reason for my mood), then thought, "No, I still would have found SOMETHING to eat just to feel better." So, my moment was that I did not comfort myself with food. I found something else to occupy my mind and help me chill out. I've always know I was/am an emotional eater, but never could control myself, or slow down enough to really access any of my "bad", "mad", "sad", feelings to really think about what I was about to do, or what I was doing. (And to be honest, I did run to the kitchen earlier in the evening and had some Nilla wafers with Nutella. Yes, I'm embarrassed to even admit it, but oh well, I'm a work in progress remember?) Now, not to say that I'll always start a project when things aren't going my way (work in progress remember LOL), but to have one time under my belt when I was in CONTROL feels pretty darn good. And maybe, just maybe, I'm actually getting the hang of this.

So, what about you? Does this post getting you thinking about any bravo moments that have gone unnoticed? TELL ME ABOUT THEM!!! I'd love to hear about them!!