congratulations Beth

You are doing great. Keep it up and good luck with the next 6 lbs. I enjly reading your posts and I am saving them for when I start doing this seriously.
Barb

So proud of Beth!

Beth, I am so proud of you.  You have done great with your weight loss.  Now you've started working out and are feeling better.  You are the only one of us that has stuck with it and continued to post about it and encourage the rest of us.  Thank you for that.  Congrats on your success thus far and good luck for the next 6 lbs!!  Love you!
Dawn

A gain of +.4 pounds for me...

I gained this week.  This is the first gain for me.  I started my period late Sunday night.  I know that did not help.  I worked out 4 times last week and feel so much better so I am not going to be depressed about it.
My new goal is 6 pounds by December 18th (the night of Wicked downtown Indy).  That would be 1.5 pounds / week.  Wish me luck.

Great salad recipe and points:
chicken sausage (warmed in skillet and chunked, I had a spinach and provolone)    3 pts.
spinach and romaine  0 pts.
red pepper  0 pts.
2 tbsp. reduced fat feta cheese   1 pt.

Dressing:
2 tsp olive oil     2 pts
4 tsp red wine vinegar  0 pts
1 packet splenda  0 pts

This was 6 points and was GREAT!  It would have been good with mandarin oranges or some fresh strawberries....neither of which I had!

I am focusing on eating all food in the healthy guidelines daily.  It is really difficult. Now 2 tsp of oil are recommended.  Using a dressing from a bottle does not count.  They say you must mix it yourself.  I am also putting flax seed oil in my smoothies if I don't think I will get my oil in that day.  The 5 healthy oils are flax seed, canola, olive, safflower and sunflower (the last 2 are a little nutty tasting). Well that is the latest I have learned at my meetings.  Also, my leader said she will put flax seed oil in her oatmeal....not sure about that one....I will try it to see though.
Oh, also she said that a study showed that on an average Americans gain 5-9 pounds OVER THE HOLIDAY'S!!!!  eeeeks. 

herschy

Officially 13.6 pounds

Well...13.6 pounds 'officially' at weigh-in this morning.  I was shocked, because...
Friday I ate 10-12 pieces of bacon.  Yeap "oink-oink".  I was like a ravenous pig.  It made me sick later.
Saturday:  We went to Red lobster (unfortunately).  But hey, I live 25 minutes from Kokomo...and it wasn't my birthday so I did not have a say so.  I ate parmesan shrimp, and ALOT of grilled shrimp and some fried shrimp.  (In case you are wondering...it was terrible.)  I still have not pooped well!  Then Sunday, while helping my dad move for 7 hours we ordered Pizza King...oh yeah! It was so yummy (and I still cannot get my wedding ring on....thank goodness for windex (to get it off last night)).
What I am saying is the weight watchers is a way to live and eat and be healthy.  It is all a big circle.  All we have to do is find the balance. 
I AM TRYING TO WORKOUT. :(   I can finally burn 200 calories on the elliptical without stopping.  I am so out of shape.  2 weeks ago I could only do 100 calories.  Each time I would add 10 more calories (to burn).   We all can hoola hoop, right?  I was terrible at first.  But now, I put in a video and go for 10-15 minutes, resting in between.  Nothing yoga goin' on here, or anything fancy.  Some (terrible looking) push-ups, too. Most done during commercials, and not every day.  Just here and there. 
My hormones are screwed up too.  Hey ladies....that is life.  I was taking herbs from the health food store and ran out last week.  Then, yeap I went crazy on the bacon!!!!!  I was out of control!  (I bought some more herbs today though!)
I only have 3 weeks to lose 6.4 pounds to reach my goal.  

Herschy

13 pounds.....

Well, it is a little over 7 weeks with a loss of over 13 pounds.  But, I don't feel like I am on a diet.  It is a life style we can all live with (my husband and kids, too!)  Elvin dropped 15 pounds really quickly.  He will not eat white bread and has even been staying away from white rice!

My children's new favorite muffin recipe:
1 box chocolate cake mix
1 (15 oz.) pumpkin
1/4 cup water
1/2 tsp. allspice
Pour into cupcake pans and bake as directed! 
These are healthier than with oil and eggs.  Only 2 points a cupcake.  As a mini-muffin is only 1 point.
Instead of chili with beef, I have been making it with venison.  It is leaner and better for us.  Sometimes I make a vegetarian chili, too.  It is so great I don't even miss the meat.  The points are @ 4 pts for chili with meat (per cup) to 1 point vegetarian (per cup).  hmmm...let's see, that is a 3 point difference (a glass of wine instead of beef!)
Paula.....I am still drinking a glass (or two) of red wine a couple of evenings a week :) 
We went out to dinner and I had a long island iced tea instead of an appetizer.  It is an easy trade or give and take for me to make now.

I have more EASY dessert recipe's.  Let me know if you want some more.
I wish you all well.  Dawn should have a tupperware party or something to get us all together!!  (hint...hint)

Herschy

Keep posting your comments, Beth

Iam enjoying reading your posts. Keep them coming. They are an inspiration for me and also give me the information I need. Congratulations to you.

Today was 6 weeks on Weight Watchers....

I have lost 11 pounds.  I am happy with that, but more important I don't feel like I am on a diet.  We will continue to live like this.  It is so simple that it really is genius. 
My goal is still 9 more pounds by Thanksgiving.

Herschy