This morning I was up early again and dropped Bayou off at about 8am. There was a line of dog waiting to get in so it took a few minutes to drop her off. After I dropped her off I went to the grocery store and picked up a few things that I had forgot to get on Friday. One thing I got that I could have done without is cookies (the Lemon Creme ones). I need something for a snack but that's not the healthiest choice I could have made. I did get more fruit (apples, bananas and grapes) but I should have said "no" to the cookies. I'm going to have to really watch how many of them I eat and how often. I'm going to keep them in the cupboard instead of on the counter. When they are on the counter I'll eat a whole box in just 2 days. If they are in the cupboard I won't think of them as often and hopefully they will just be a once in a while treat instead of an every day thing. I also had to get yogurt for David. I wish I like yogurt but I just don't. I send pretty healthy food with David to work every day for breakfast and lunch but then choose more unhealthy things for me. That's kind of stupid. I should take just as good a care of myself as I do David. If I want to lose weight I'm going to have to make better choices.
I came home and put the groceries away and then left for my 9:30am WW's meeting. Pat talked about this week's topic - outsmarting the supermarket. Ironic that I went this morning and let it outsmart me. The only reason I bought the cookies was because I had a coupon for them. Dumb, dumb, dumb. When Pat asked how we are successful at the grocery store I said that sticking to the list would help me. I did have cookies on the list today so I did stick with it. It was funny too because I put them back for a minute thinking the coupon was expired, then realized it wasn't and put them back in my cart. I almost did the right thing. Almost. Other members talked about not going to the grocery store hungry, shopping the perimeter of the store (the cookies aren't on the perimeter) and sticking to Power Foods (cookies are NOT a Power Food). Then Pat talked about the Simply Filling technique and how we should try it for a week. I love tracking and so I'm not sure I could give it up. You only track non Power Foods when doing Simply Filling. You try to stick to Power Foods that are on the list and those you don't have to track. You can eat as much as you want as long as you are hungry. I tried Simply Filling before but didn't get far with it. Maybe I'll give it another try.
After the meeting I came home and slept in my chair for about 30 minutes. Now Maria is here cleaning the house. Who knows, maybe one day I'll be able to clean my own house again. Then again maybe I'll be able to but will still have someone do it so I can do fun things instead. LOL I do have dishes and laundry to do today. Of course, I have dishes and laundry to do every day. I did load the dishwasher last night so there were only 2 bowls and a pan that didn't fit in the dishwasher and need to be washed. I washed a load of laundry this morning and it's in the dryer right now. I just started it on it's 2nd cycle so it will be done around 2pm. I'll do the dishes once Maria leaves. All this stuff is getting me AP's so that's good. I still have to go over to the clubhouse to check on the treadmill. I also have to drink more water and some tea today. I haven't had much water at all yet today. I don't want to get in Maria's way so I'll do that too once she is gone. She'll be done in about half an hour.
I'm getting a little nervous about WI on Wednesday. I hope I have lost weight but will understand if I haven't. I'm not eating as healthy as I could and I'm not getting my GHG's in each day yet. I am doing better than I was last week so I am making progress and that's what it's all about. But I can do better!
I read an interesting thing on a WW blog today. It talked about how we make a big deal if we gain .2 pounds (that's two tenths of a pound) but we don't give ourselves near as much credit when we lose .2 pounds. I had never thought of it that way before. It made me want to be grateful every time I lose weight no matter how little it may be. I'm going to try to carry that attitude into the meeting with me on Wednesday. I want to be excited about losing weight so that I continue to work at it. I'm looking forward to getting stickers and WW charms for losing weight. I haven't seen the circle charms at our location. I'm going to ask about it when I can remember to ask. I think we can get them online but I'm not sure where. I want those things. I'm working hard and I want some payoff for doing it.
That's about it for now. I'll have lunch after Maria leaves. I had my cereal and banana for 3 PP value for breakfast and I'll have my ham and cheese sandwich with chips for 11 PP value for lunch. No idea what's for dinner yet. Maybe steak and buttered egg noodles. That sounds good. I just need to have a veggie. I have frozen broccoli in the freezer so I'll probably steam some of that. Guess I have more of a dinner plan than I thought. LOL More later.
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