Still on it

I will be so glad when my schedule gets back to normal. BUT...I have learned something! I can go out of town, visit Washington, DC...work at different centers...eat out...and STILL LOSE WEIGHT!!!!

I'm not sure what week I am on. My WW journal is in my car. Will document correct week ASAP. Monday...July 20th I weighed in...LOST 3 POUNDS (now I have been absent two weeks!)

TOTAL LOSS: 55 POUNDS! WHOOO HOOOO!

Finally found good Homemade Ice Cream recipe. Thank you Mary Ann Smith (Charles' sister!)

Homemade Ice Cream

1 can fat free sweetened condensed milk

1 large COOL WHIP (lite)

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 gallon (fat free) milk to "fill line" in ice cream maker

Want Chocolate??? Use Skinny Cow fat free Chocolate Milk!!

Where Have I Been???

Well...as always, summertime has hit, and I have been busy traveling for work! I am going to have to refer back to my Weight Watcher card for what week I am on!!! BUT...the last weigh-in I have now lost...52 1/2 pounds!!!! YEA!!!

July 4th is tomorrow...and with that holiday comes some "holiday food memories!" Here are some ideas WW July 4th!!!

1 cup watermelon = 1 point
1 grilled turkey burger = 5 points
1 wheat hamburger bun = 2 points

Homemade Fat Free - Sugar Free Vanilla Ice Cream




While searching for a good Ice Cream recipe...came across this great site! My Favorite Weight Watcher Sites

Charles Before...On the Way

January 1, 2009 4 days before we started on our LIVE IT!!!

EIGHTY POUNDS LATER

Week Twenty-One

CELEBRATION!!!! A new mile stone!!! I have gone under 200 pounds! YIPEE!!! 199.5 was my weigh in at Weight Watchers this week. Two More Pounds, GONE!!! The next mile stone will be 50 POUNDS!!! Stayed tune to see when I do it!!! ;-0

Week Twenty

I am so proud of yet another pound gone. But, I guess I am most proud that for 20 straight weeks, 14o days...I have kept my focus on my goal...to eat healthy and lose the extra weight that has been dragging me down!

What I haven't had in 140 days that I thought I could never live without:

1. diet coke
2. caffeine
3. McDonald's french fries
4. chocolate: candy, cake, covered donuts
5. unhealthy fast food
6. Shipley's donut holes
7. garlic toast
8. cinammon rolls

Well...you get the idea.

What I have loved the last 14o days that I thought I could never live WITH:

1. turnip greens
2. baked fish
3. steamed vegetable
4. an apple a day
5. Sprite 0
6. salads with dressing on the side
7. grilled chicken salad instead of fried
8. water, water, water

So...on to Week 21! This is Memorial Week-end and cooking out is on the plans. We'll SEE!

40th Year Class Reunion

OK...I did NOT start this "live it" with the thought of being thinner when I go home for my 40th Year High School Reunion...but I am glad the two will intersect! I just looked at my calendar and determined there are 21 weeks before the big week-end. If I can loose at least 1 pound a week, that will be 21 more pounds gone! That would be only 5 pounds away from my 71 pound loss goal!!! But...let's not get too cocky! I will still be over 25 pounds more than I weighed when I graduated! HA!

I laugh about carrying my driver's license with a ficticious weight listed. I hope one day to be telling the truth again! Can that policeman not recognize a big (no pun intended) fraud when he sees one. I guess sitting behind the wheel masks my deception!

Natchez Adams High School, CLASS of '69! Here I come!

Week Nineteen

Lost 1 1/2 pounds this week. OK, I am excited about the loss, but writing this I am full of excitement that I have consistently attended meetings, tracked my food, and have stayed focus for 19 WEEKS! That is as amazing as losing the weight. This is not a diet...but a LIVE IT!