Returned to meetings

I went back yesterday. The verdict: 149.8. Almost 15 pounds heavier than my lowest weight of 135.5. But I'm doing it. One step at a time. This weekend I want to get control of my eating. Yesterday was good. I sat at a bar in front of a plate of nachos and did not partake in ONE. I had my beer (I had alloted points for it) and chewed on jalapeno peppers which made my mouth to hot to do anything. I stuck to my 20 points.

I also made a big pot of Zero Point Soup yesterday and stir-fried a bunch of veggies. Had some of them in an egg white omelet this morning. I'm having 3 cups of the zero point soup for lunch and veggies with 93% FF ground turkey and brown rice for dinner. A few days of sticking to 20 points should help my stomach "shrink" back and not feel so hungry all the time! Especially when I'm eating so many veggies.

I'm going to try to do yoga today, but I have a big paper to finish, so if I don't get to it, I won't beat myself up. I'm trying to get back on track slowly, I don't have to do it all at once.

Numbers ...

I've been in a bi t of a posting hiatus this weekend ... running around and not in front of my computer much, so I'll catch up.

I lost 1.2 pounds at weigh in yesterday -- really 0.2 since last week I had lost 1 pound (as measured at home). That brings my current official weight to 136.6 (down 52.4 pounds) and 1.6 pounds from my Weight Watchers goal of 135!

A 0.2 loss may not seem like a lot, but I'll totally take it. I had a pretty bad week, with lots of exercise but also lots of bad choices including an encounter with a roll of Ritz crackers and a small fresh loaf of whole wheat bread (my downfall everytime).

After the meeting I went shopping at BJs for lots of healthy produce and frozen fish, and the spent the afternoon/evening at Ikea. I love that place! I walked it twice yesterday because my friends didn't show up until I was done with my shopping. I did a lot of shopping, as you can see by the picture of my cart ...

Today I went on a 5.36 mile run, bringing my total number of runs since April 2007 to 100 and a total number of 282.19 miles as measured by my Nike+ sensor. As an aside, I totally recommend the Nike+. It has made me way more excited about running than just going out. I guess it's because I'm competitive, and I like to see my little graphs of my runs. You can see them too, on the right of the screen :)

I stuck around for my Weight Watchers meeting yesterday. It was the first time in over a month that I didn't just weigh in and walk off. I'm really glad I did. I'm not religious but meetings sometimes feel like a religious experience. Not that anyone talks about a higher power or anything like that, but it just has that people-coming-together feel, among strangers. They feel like I imagine AA meetings are like. I never liked going to church growing up, and I stopped going as soon as I could, but perhaps WW meetings are like my religious experience.