Weigh In Wednesday

It's Wednesday and that means a weigh in! How did I do this week?

* I ate absolutely all of my weekly points and even delved into my earned activity points.
* I completely failed at my "don't eat out for a month" challenge.
* I TRACKED IT ALL THOUGH so that makes up for it.... a little.
* I earned sooo many activity points through moving. And I know I probably earned more, but I was being modest with the points.
* I ate lots of WW meals to help combat the eating out/moving stress.
* I drank a lot of caffeine and not so much water. I had so much diet soda/coffee with chocolate creamer & stevia, it isn't funny

All in all, a good week considering. Let's see what the scale says this week. Last week, I weighed in at 220.4 lbs. This week I weighed in at 222.6 which is a gain of 2.2 lbs.


Here is my weekly tracker snapshot

Maybe I need to change in my weigh in day? I seem to sabotage myself on the weekend so Wednesday is probably not the best day to weigh in! If I change it to Monday, I might be able to say "no" to all that crappy junk I eat because I know my weigh in is around the corner.

Or I could, I don't know.... stop eating. Saturday was a lot of points. That's when I ate Pizza Hut. Tuesday was bad too, I couldn't stop snacking. But I am back on track today. I started measuring everything again and pulling out my calculator on the spot. Coupling that with pre-tracking and I got it this week.

Also in my fridge- my new secret weapon- jello! Sugar free of course ;) 1 serving of this baby? 0 points. 2 servings of this baby? 0 points. THREE servings? 1 point. 4 servings? 1 point. SF Jello is 1/2 cup per serving, so you can have 2 full cups of it (or one, regular sized box) for 1 point. Or you can space it out all day and eat it all for 0 points, I guess.

I had lime jello the other night and last night I made strawberry! I read on the box that you can put in lemon-lime carbonated soda (Sprite) so I might get some diet sprite and try that.

Am I sad that I gained this week? You bet. Am I surprised? Not at all. With moving, eating out, and not being able to weigh myself every day, it's been a real challenge.

I'm ready for next week. And I am weighing in on Monday.

I was totally going to make this a picture post but still havent uncovered my pictures from packing, so I can't scan them for you. :(

Priorities

I'm sure you are just sick of my moving blogs, but to be honest, that's the only thing going on in my life right now.

I noticed that when you are moving, there are certain priorities that take place. First of all- comfortable clothes. Moving boxes, furniture, cleaning etc, requires a lot of effort and you can't stop unbutton your too tight jeans while your dad and husband are dismantling your Queen sized bed.

My solution? Grey stretch sweat pants and a t-shirt, with a pull over hooded sweatshirt for when it gets a little chilly.

Problem 2: When you got to go... you got to go. Running back and forth between two destinations, its important to be well prepared should nature call. No one wants to get caught with their pants down... literally.

My solution? A roll of toilet paper in the old place, in the new place, and one in the car. Just in case I happen to misplace one ;)

Problem 3: Laundry. Laundry is a pain at the best of times and moving is an absolute nightmare. After all, you are busy moving things, do you really need to stop being productive so you can get your clothes out of the dryer before they wrinkle?

My solution? Wear the same outfit for 4 days. Why? UH still moving shit! Unpacking! Why on earth would I want to do laundry when there is a mountain of boxes full of dishes, belongings, and knick-knacks that need to be put in their new homes!

Problem 4: Caffeine. You are going to need it. Lots of it.

My solution? Make a pot of coffee and drink the whole thing, by yourself, immediately. You will be beaming all day.

Problem 5: Dogs. Your dog may or may not freak out about a move. And he may or may not have been dropped off at the shelter when his last family moved and abandoned him. He is probably afraid you will do the same thing.

My solution? Have your dad come play with the puppy. If your dad is anything like my dad, it means he is a dog fanatic and will spend the day petting the dog and making up silly little nick names for him. Like "puppy wuppy woofy wuffy" and "dugal hound" Dad will also fill up your dog's Kong with peanut butter and become dog's new best friend.

Problem 6: Where to begin unpacking? You have successfully moved all your shit- I mean treasures- from point A to point B. Now what do you do? How do you begin?

My solution? Priorities. Figure out what you absolutely cannot live without for another moment. For me, it was my phone charger and a pillow. I seriously needed a nap. Then it was finding my toothbrush & etc, followed by bowls and spoons for cereal (and other bowl-meals) Today? I'm on a mission to find my hair brush. I know its somewhere around here but I have been too busy with other things to worry about the state of my hair.

I'm not worried about scaring the neighbors though. I'm not even sure we have neighbors, to be honest. I know that there are cars in the parking lot. I know that one of them has a yappy little dog. (I'm thinking Pekingese? Or something similar) And I know that some of them are smokers. I also know that they like music. But to be honest we haven't seen much of anyone. And we never see the same people twice! It's like the twilight zone. It's pretty damn awesome. I promise, pics of the new place are coming soon. I got all the pics of Alpha done. I just need to finish unpacking and then take pics of Beta. I am pretty excited to show you.

The next blog, however, (which is tomorrow, since it's weigh in day) is going to show case some now and then photos, like I promised forever ago.

I need to remember that even though I am only down 17.5 lbs from my highest weight of all time, I still look loads better.

Thursday will be the apartment comparison blog, as well as a recap of Disney on Ice

Friday is my first ever spin class. Tips? I'm sure I will die. I also have bridesmaid shopping at 4:30.

Moving: Unpacking

Moving is such a weird thing. First you pack all your belongings in boxes and tape them closed and write on the outside of the box a one-word summary of where things belong. "Kitchen" or "Office". Then you load up all your brown boxes and move them to your new place. You put them in the empty, respective rooms.

Then there is the furniture. Oh god, furniture. The bane of my existence, furniture. Moving that stuff sucks.

But we are finally all done with the move. We got up today to finish getting rid of all the trash and cleaning up. We found only a few more things that we simply couldnt live without, but mostly every thing got pitched.

We lived there for 2 and a half years and we had 12 bags of trash!!!

Craziness.


We've got it all unloaded and now we get to unpack it all. It's crazy. We havent told any of our new neighbors that we just moved from another building, and we are going to keep it that way.

So much unpacking to do at least things have slowed down now and we can relax.... Time for corn dogs!