Progress Check In...

I think this is the second one this week...oh well, I choose to note progress or non-progress when I see fit lol (I love this no rules blog thing). So, I officially weighed in for this week. I'm up a pound but it's watev. Here's some of the lowlights and highlights of this week:

Lowlights (yeah let's just get em out the way....)

• Did not point Wed or Thurs---BUT this was due to SNOWMAGEDDON 2011. I couldn't get the online tracker to come up (I tried for like 30 minutes several times). And I could do the paper journaling cause I don't have the new stuff. I did however, today go in and just put my max points in. I mean I know I ate like a pigg-o (and enjoyed it fuckers lol) so the max is not too too far off.
• Did not do my 16cts of choreography.

HIGHLIGHTS! (boo to the yow)

• Shoveled for 45 minutes with a 3ft shovel to get my car out lol.
• Then, AFTER shoveling for 45 minutes, I went for a ONE HOUR photo walk around my neighborhood surveying the wrath of Snowmageddon 2011 (there were downed branches due to the lighting and thundersnow eek!)
• Did 20 pushups last night (10 was from last week!)---the grunting/pissed off feeling help energize me into that second set. Loved getting that aggression of not having done the stupid ten pushups done out. This is a good sign...me voluntarily pushing myself to do crap I don't like...Maybe I'll move to my dance tapes soon!)
• Did 20 minutes of yoga last night...my back thanks me. Just wish I wouldn't have then slept weirdly on my couch lmao!

Journaling...
In general, I'm trying to stick to my journaling motto of "journal it and forget it". Like right now just to make me journal I'm trying to not look at the numbers or get to caught up in the math. Just put it in, see if I go over and close the dam thing lol. I know some people get caught up in the numbers but I did that one time and I got tired of having to do 30 minutes of math to create a meal because everything I was eating I was cooking. Now that I have welcomed processed foods back into my life it helps with the journaling.

Speaking of my food choices...
I'm still limiting my processed foods to snacks and frozen dinners. It saves me so much friggin time packing my bag of food in the morning. And yes, I have totally turned into one of those people who pack a dam cooler's worth (though I refuse to put mine in a cooler, jewel's bag it will be) of food everyday. I mean it's both the hard part of losing wight and working full time and a good thing. Bad because you have to buy food that will taste okay nuked (I prefer hot food) and will last all day, but good because you know at 8am exactly what you're going to eat which means you only have to point ONCE a day lol. Okay gonna ramble off random thoughts right now...

Lack of Sandwhich Making....
In lieu of the loaf of bread I threw away yesterday that was moist on the bottom and hard on the top (ewwwww)....I can't believe I can't get BACK into the habit of making sandwiches. I think in 2005/6 when I first started WW, I broke myself of it because I was having portion control issues with the meat and the bread was like 2pts a piece. And it's crazy cause I used to be a sandwich eating machine but now I seriously can't get back into it. I mean for the last 6months to a year every time I buy lunch meat it goes bad and since I'm trying to hold fast to my "don't eat bad food just because it's convenient" rule (McDonald's is the exception tho my choices there have become pretty limited)....I don't buy bologna anymore not even the turkey kind. If I'm going to eat lunch meat I want the real deal! I usually find the ham on sale, and I only like the flavored turkey breast but then I don't make any dam sandwiches! I have kept my habit of buying snack size bags of chips for my sandwiches that I never make tho. First on the bread....I can't afford 1 pt bread. Sorry I'll eat less meat and choose a healthy bread worth two points over the opposite any day. And say what you want but when I eat a sandwich I need a bag of chips, so I buy the snack size ones. Remember it's not about eliminating, but everything in moderation right? Only problem is now I have these chips lying around that I eat for snacks which I can't just stop at one bag lol. Crazy. And I love PB and J's but PB&J with chips is just unnatural lol. So, for now since I know I prefer hot food, I will continue to buy a few more frozen dinners (they're so expensive you know you can only buy a couple at a time lol) and be mindful about my leftovers. But making sandwiches would help with the "pack three meals a day" thing.