The title refers to my flex points...as I have no more after my husband's birthday celebrations last night. We went out for Mexican, and I had planned on trying to be good, but then I had a margarita...
Haha, we had a blast though, so these once in a while type things are okay.
Now back to plan!!! I have PT tonight, so that should burn a lot of calories, and I'm going to do my best to be as low as possible the rest of the week/weekend. It will be hard though, because I'm heading home to visit…
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Added by Tricia on April 2, 2009 at 10:26am —
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haha...sorry, I'm in a weird mood today. I did use some flex points yesterday "technically". I also had personal training where I earned activity points, but since I"m in hard core loss mode, I don't use my activity points. So I know I was hungrier than normal because of the workout, so it all ends up being okay.
| Day 8 in Week |
Target |
20 |
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| Food |
Points |
Count |
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| Coffee |
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Added by Tricia on March 31, 2009 at 11:00am —
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I managed to make it through the weekend and stay on plan!!! I feel like I enjoyed a few things this weekend, but didn't go overboard on anything, and ended the week with an 18 point surplus of flex points. So the first week of my 27 day plan were a success!!!
I hope this week continues to go as well as last week! It's definitely a choice I have to make every day to stay on plan, and I know I can do it!
I hit the gym on Saturday, but I think I may have overdone it a bit, as the back starting h…
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Added by Tricia on March 30, 2009 at 10:09am —
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The perfect on-point day!
| Day 4 of 27 |
Target |
20 |
|---|
| Food |
Points |
Count |
|---|
| Coffee |
-1 |
19 |
| LC: Chicken & Vegetables |
-5 |
14 |
| Kashi Cheddar crackers |
-3 |
11 |
| NSA Granola bar |
-2 |
9 |
| Veggie Chili Dogs (2) |
-5 |
4 |
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Added by Tricia on March 27, 2009 at 10:42am —
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Well Day 3 of the 27 Day San Diego plan is done, and it went pretty well. Here is my food journal from yesterday:
| Day 3 of 27 |
Target |
20 |
|---|
| Food |
Points |
Count |
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| Coffee |
-1 |
19 |
| Ranch Chili w/ Brown Rice |
-6 |
13 |
| Pretzel Sticks |
-2 |
11 |
| Another serving of Ranch Chili (w/ |
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Added by Tricia on March 26, 2009 at 10:34am —
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So yesterday was a good day eating wise, but a horrible day water wise...I'll get to that in a minute. But first, my food journal from Day 2 of the 27 day San Diego Plan:
| Day 2 of 27 |
Target |
20 |
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| Food |
Points |
Count |
|---|
| Coffee |
-1 |
19 |
| LC: Sesame Chicken |
-7 |
12 |
| Kashi Cheddar Crackers |
-3 |
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Added by Tricia on March 25, 2009 at 11:13am —
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I've been so extremely busy at work, and with life in general, I've neglected BTL! But I'm back in full force! I just got back from my spring break in NYC, and I had an absolute blast!!! I have a lot of traveling coming up, the next being San Diego on in late April, so I have to kick it into high gear with journaling and working out. As of yesterday, I have 27 days until we leave for San Diego, so I started a 27 day commitment to full-on hardcore journaling.…
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Added by Tricia on March 24, 2009 at 11:17am —
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That is how I've been feeling lately. Some days I'll have a good day, others will be bad. My workouts have been on point though, working out 3 days a week on my own, then 2 days a week of personal training...so I know that is good.
However, I'm having some more birth control issues. I got on NuvaRing after having my old BC turn generic...and the generic was causing a lot of problems. And after 6 months of NuvaRing, I'm still having problems. This is a little TMI, but I keep having mid-cycle spo…
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Added by Tricia on March 9, 2009 at 11:08am —
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I've had a good week with food journaling and personal training. Things are still continuing to look up, or down as the case may be ;-) on the scale...so things are going well.
I am heading into the weekend with 17 flex points to my name, but I'm a tad concerned only because we have a wedding rehearsal dinner to go to tonight and a wedding tomorrow for my husband's cousin. I'm sure i'll be able to make decent choices and stay within my points budget, but it is always a little scary when you don…
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Added by Tricia on February 27, 2009 at 11:10am —
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So I didn't end up journaling this weekend...I just didn't feel like it. I ate normal low points foods, worked out both days, and enjoyed myself. I'm going through a "not wanting to journal" phase, which happens every once in awhile. Sometimes writing down everything I eat starts to drive me a little bonkers, even though I know sometimes I need to do it no matter what. So I'm intending to journal this week...and hopefully I can keep it up.
I did jump on the scale and it was at 154...so 4 more p…
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Added by Tricia on February 23, 2009 at 11:12am —
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Well all buy one of my flex points has flown out the window...but I'm not totally panicky quite yet. Had a great day yesterday...had my fav splurge for lunch. Taco Casa. It's a local taco place that makes all of their food with fresh ingredients...kind of like a higher class Taco Bell. I had my Nachos w/ Cheese and side of beans...and it was very yummy, and helped with the salty cravings as well! And even better...I didn't eat all of it. I stopped when I felt full and it was great!
Had another…
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Added by Tricia on February 20, 2009 at 10:59am —
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Why is it that every time TOM comes around, all I want to do is stuff salty things in my mouth???? I was hanging out with a friend last night watching Idol at her house when the salty craving kicked in...and what did she have in her house...RUFFLES...full fat, greasy, salty, delicious ruffles. My willpower was no where around last night when I needed it!
So I ended up using 14 flex points for the day...oh well. Journaled, counted...moving on.
PT is going well...and by well, I mean I'm in horri…
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Added by Tricia on February 18, 2009 at 11:36am —
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Okay...the weekend of fun is over. We had a blast at game night on Friday and I surprised myself...while I did have 3 pieces of pizza...that is actually a huge success for me...pizza is definitely one of my "trigger foods", so I was pretty pleased with myself.
Valentine's Day was great...the husband got Chinese take out for lunch, which was definitely a splurge, but so good! Then he made me a very romantic and delicious steak dinner!
And finally on Sunday we went to the in-laws to celebrate my…
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Added by Tricia on February 16, 2009 at 10:16am —
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Wow...had our first Personal training session last night, and man do I remember the pain now. I already felt it leaving the gym, and I know that the full onslaught of the soreness won't happen for another 24 hours, so it's going to be a rough weekend. But it felt great to get back to it...I think PT is sort of like a tattoo...you forget how painful it is, so you are willing to go back to it, then as soon as you start again...the pain comes rushing back in your memories.
This week has been a str…
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Added by Tricia on February 13, 2009 at 10:23am —
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Okay, I've been MIA this week, but not off program...just too busy to blog. So here is a conglomerate post of what's been going on:
1) I have worked out 4 times already this week, and it feels great! I also signed up for Personal Training, so hopefully that will start either this weekend or next week. I'm also doing the C25K program on the days I don't do PT, but due to the crowdedness of the gym, I've only been able to complete Day One of Week One. I plan on doing Day Two tomorrow. Day One was…
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Added by Tricia on February 6, 2009 at 11:06am —
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I used 4 flex points yesterday...why do you ask? Not because I ate a lot, or even that I ate heavy/high point meals. It's all because of some damn candy that I won as a prize at the baby shower on Saturday. I knew as soon as I won it, that I should give it back. But I didn't.
Damn yo…
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Added by Tricia on February 3, 2009 at 11:02am —
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Okay, so I've been contemplating kicking up my workouts because I've been half-assing it since the beginning of the year since I was trying to focus on getting my healthy eating back on track...and now that the eating has been taken care of, it's time to kick these workouts up.
Well today it all kind of came into place. First thing is that I'm going to do the Couch to 5K Program for 3 days a week. I have seen so much about this program since I started WW, but I was always to intimidated to try…
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Added by Tricia on February 2, 2009 at 1:39pm —
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Well I'm definitely glad that I saved all my Flex points for this weekend, because I certainly needed them!!! I ended up going over my flex points, but only by 2 points...so I guess it could have been way worse. I do feel a tad bit bloated and blah today, so I'm going to try and up my water intake and take care of some of that extra sodium I consumed!
Had a great time at the baby shower, and enjoyed all the yummy food! I did manage to pass on the cake though, which was very hard since it looked…
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Added by Tricia on February 2, 2009 at 11:32am —
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But not in a bad way necessarily. I had another good OP day of eating - right at my 20 daily points. Didn't go to the gym last night, but I wasn't planning to, so that is fine. Not much else to report on that front. Here is my menu from yesterday:
| Day 3 in Week |
Target |
20 |
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| Food |
Points |
Count |
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| Coffee |
-1 |
19 |
| SmartOnes: Fajita Chicken |
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Added by Tricia on January 29, 2009 at 4:20pm —
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Yesterday was one of those days that really tested my commitment to my short term New York goal, and I'm happy to say that I think I passed with flying colors.
First, the lunch issue. I had my WW SmartOnes Fajita pizza all ready in the freezer for my lunch at 7 points. Then my boss asked that I join him and two others for a working lunch meeting. Although the food was very yummy, and I only ate about half of each item, it still estimated to be about 16 points...so when you only have 20 points f…
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Added by Tricia on January 28, 2009 at 10:36am —
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