WW Acountability: Day 4

One word: "Ouch!" I did the whole "this doesn't sound too bad points wise at TGI Fridays and found out later it was terrible" thing. 4 of the loaded potato skins were 21 points! Almost my entire day's worth. And I hadn't done all that great the rest of the day.
Today is another day!

WW Accountability: Day 3

So, another good day foodwise. Stayed within a reasonable number of points and didn't feel unsatisfied. Yes, I still got some chocolate in. :) Did not get any exercise in and overslept my new yoga class this morning. A little disappointing.

WW Accountablity: Day 2

Just a quick note with yesterday's tracker. Wasn't great, but I tracked everything and I still have room to stay on track for the week. Worked past midnight and did hit the candy drawer. I run my WW "day" from midnight to midnight, so the points will show up on today's morning. That allows me some flexibility for accounting for the extra points in today's meals.

Total of 35 points consumed. Swapped out 11 weekly flex points to make it even. Need to get in some exercise today.

WW Accountability: Day 1

Here it is. Yesterday's food tracker. Compared to how I have been doing, this is exceptional! I think the fact that I was going to have to post this definitely helped curb some potential overeating. I didn't touch the office candy drawer once even though I worked until 2 AM. Yippee!

I used 31 points total. 25 daily points, swapped 5 activity points and used 1 weekly flex point. All in all, a very successful day.

WW Accountability Challenge

Time for a little confession. Okay, maybe a big confession. I joined WeightWatchers on May 29, 2005, when my doctor said I needed to do something about my weight. At 5'-8" tall, I weighed in at 234 lbs. Not healthy.

I had great success over the course of the first year and a half and lost almost 60 lbs to reach 174.4 lbs. My lowest weight in my adult life. For the next two and a half years, I gained back 25 pounds, spending a lot of time between 190 and 200 lbs. In July of 2009, I was diagnosed with a hypothyroid which probably caused a lot of the weight problems. Feeling utterly exhausted is not conducive to working out or planning and cooking meals. I will probably always struggle with my weight, even with medication. The full extent of hypothyroidism on my life is a subject for another blog.

That said, I do know that over the past few months, I have not been making the best choices food wise. I've watched the 15 lbs that I struggled to lose since my diagnosis slowly creep back. So for this week, I'm creating my own little challenge. Every day, I'm going to post my food tracker from the day before. Depending on available time and my mood, it may just be the page or could be accompanied by notes and thoughts on what happened that day.

To the left is a blank tracker for reference. The main portion is an area to list the foods you eat and their points values. At the bottom is a location to track your hunger level. The righthand side of the page is a place to keep track of the 8 healthy guidelines. More on that another time.

For those not familiar with the WeightWatchers system. I get a certain number of daily points allowance (24 in my case) and 35 flex points to use each week as needed. You can also earn activity points and apply them to your food balance. Yeah, the accounting analogy is kinda fun for me. :)

Tomorrow morning I'll post today's tracker for the world to see!

Three Finished Bowls

Well, pottery class is finished for now. Here are the first three bowls I finished. I did a total of five. I'll post the other ones later.
Pot #1 in its final form. The shape was an accident, the glazing was an accident. Pretty cool-cooking for an accident. The glaze crackled (apparently, I left the bowl dipped too long.) Hmmmm…

Pot #2 completed. It collapsed while I was throwing it. But in this case, I left it as it was. I glazed it white with the brown rim, since it reminded me of a Grecian urn. Unfortunately, the brown didn't adhere to the white very well. I'm generally happy with this one.

Pot #3. For this one I returned to the basic bowl form and kept it simple. I like the straight sides, but would have preferred a more flat top rim. My instructor recommended rounded edge to prevent breaking, so I'll survive. I again did not put enough of the brown glaze on the bowl and I didn't overlap the colors sufficiently. I do love the blue glaze though.