I had a large weight loss on the day we were having the celebration party for my Mom’s birthday, June 12th. I lost 6.6 pounds which brought my total loss to over 50 pounds. This is probably about the best birthday present I could give Mom. We have struggled with weight all of my life. My weight/health has been a concern to her. I am delighted that she is seeing that I am seriously doing things to take back my health and life.
I left my Weight Watcher® class and headed to Mom’s for her drop-in party. My sister had baked 7 different birthday cakes. Two of which are my very favorite cakes—Caramel and Red Velvet. OH MY!!! I am proud to say that I only ate a small piece of the Caramel Cake and only tasted the Red Velvet Cake from the crumbs left on the empty plate. I took one piece of Orange Chiffon Cake home when I learned that it was my Mom’s favorite cake. This was a huge victory for me! Cake has always been my weakness and all 7 of those cakes were ones that I enjoy—Lemon Pound Cake with icing, Hummingbird Cake, 1234Cake with Chocolate Icing, and Sugar Free Raspberry.
June 15, 2010 – My worst decision since beginning my WW journey on December 12, 2009. Bad storms as I was leaving the office at 5 PM and traffic at a standstill heading toward the Y for swimming……..so, I headed home. Made a bad decision to drive-thru Burger King. Ordered and ate 2 buck double burgers (they added cheese even though I ordered burgers), 2 small fries and 1 small chocolate milkshake to the tune of 53.4 points JUST for supper!!! YIKES!!!!!! I can make up the points with my weekly and exercise points; however, the food choices were bad, just plain BAD!!!! I felt miserable when I finished eating and the burgers weren’t even good. Confessed the next day to my trainer and she about “killed” me during our workout. She kept saying something about actions having consequences. Oh my…….my bad decision caused me to feel physically sick and miserable after eating it and then the next night was extremely sore from a super intense workout.
June 24, 2010 - We had an ice cream fellowship at the office this afternoon. (See picture of the table of ice cream and topping including MY WW treats.) Lots of ice cream with all sorts of delightful toppings. Each team was to provide the ice cream. It was suggested because of the “journey to wellness” that some folks bring healthier choice ice creams. I asked a co-worker to get some WW items specifically for me. Gave her a list of choices since everything isn’t available at every store. She brought back the 1 pt fudge bars. I ate two of them. DELICIOUS!!! Watched others enjoying the ice cream and trimmings. I can honestly say that I didn’t feel deprived at all!! I was delighted with my choice and delighted with my victory in the midst of what could have been a time of struggle.
I’ll think twice before driving through Burger King again and making those choices. Good thing that the CHOICE is mine to NOT make that choice again. Burger King = bad choice!! Ice cream fellowship = good choice!! The choice is mine and I much prefer the good choices!!
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