Merry Christmas/Happy New Year

So i wasnt able to get on for my last weigh in ( on christmas day) sigh i gained a pound but thats to be expected if you all knew just how much i ate and drank at my staff christmas party. I learnt there that i really really really like Caramel Apple Martinis ( apparently 4 drinks worth) along with several other drinks... and when the next day came and i delved into the world of WW points, i realized that i had drank over 12 pts. wow thats a whole meal. so the fact that i hadnt gained 10 pounds was a wonder to me. I didnt however make my goal of loosing 10 pounds by christmas i came just shy 8 i think total.

That being said i have also had turkey and stuffing for like 3 days and i am loving every bit of it.

Today, i received a bit of news via snail mail. In January when i go back to school my class and i are going on a retreat and i am thinking "sweet" that was until i read on and saw that we were going snow shoeing.... ummm i dont do that... last time i did was in high school when i was in Guides. To say the least i am not fit or in shape really and some 8 hrs of snowshoeing frankly scares me. I now have some serious motivation to hit the gym as much as possible over the next 3 weeks and do what i can to build up my endurance.

did i mention that i now have to go and find snowpants that fit... sigh! ok ok so how realistic is it to loose 20 pounds in 3 weeks... lol just kidding. we'll see.. i guess its the gym for me tomorrow...

so i will see when i next get online... if its not till after the 31st Happy New Years to everyone

ps i'll try and edit this message later with a photo of the staff party

christmas party

Last night was one of my christmas partys, we went to Fiction on broadway, I had a yummy chicken breast with honey mustard sauce mmmmm... Then we went had to dash to the Stanley Park Train Ride. We had tix for the 9:30 run, i gather thats the last one and we were almost late but we made it. On our way back we decided to stop off for desert at Whitespot. I was really good though i didnt eat my whole Mountain Madness ( cream puffs with hot fudge) and had water instead of the usual coke, but i did splurge at diner and have two cups of red wine.

I should apoligize to any car who was behind us on burrard street last night when " all i want for christmas" by Mariah Carey came on bc we were rocking the whole suv last night as we sang along, it must have made people wonder what was going on. lol anyways here are some pics from last night as promised.

I will have another party tonight this time though, its a staff party at a yummy greek place in New West. All i can say is thank god my flex points reset on monday

24 hour shopping

OHHHH i was bad and went to Walmart last night...Theres one here in Langley that is now open 24 hours until x-mas eve. It was packed at midnight and it didnt look like it was going to slow down anytime soon.. I picked up a little dog house (see picture) for my aunt and her little pup and some last min gifts for my brother. Now all i have to do it make it through tonights xmas reunion!

ahh christmas shopping!!!

Well, just when i think i am done... bam i clue in that i have to go out once again and get something else...darn and i was so close to being done before xmas this year..

granted though i have been working 7 days a week for the past 3 weeks to earn some extra money so i've been shopping at night and theres only so much you can do on that type of time constraint.

Anyways... i have a reunion of sorts tomorrow (dec 21st) all my friends that i have known since kindergarten will be back in town and were doing our secret santa and a yummy dinner at a place called Fiction... never been so i am not sure how my whole stick to your points will work out but i have 27 extras burning a hole in my pocket so maybe i'll throw a glass of wine into dinner as well.


after that were off to the Stanley Park xmas Train ride... i hope to have some photos of that posted on friday... the one above is from their website

as for exercising...hmmm whats that again? the weathers not helping though and i just cant be bothered to go to the gym right now... so i'll attempt to get off my ass tonight and go for a good walk... watching it pour with rain now... :(

another weigh in today

Todays my weigh in day... was worried bc this past weekend i hadnt exactly stayed on the program... i went out for dinner at Red Robin had chicken fajitas and really didnt care how many points they were... i even caved and had two xmas chocolates the ones filled with strawberry cream..mmmmmm... and yet somehow i managed to still loose 3 pounds... i am one pound away from a total of 20 pounds lost since november 7th...

those who know i am on the diet say they can see a difference... i am still not seeing much but i am sure that will come when i have to go and get some new clothes... i'm hoping for at least a dress size down.

that would be really nice...

I have two xmas parties this week one on the 21st the other on the 22nd... hmmm drinking and food (lots of it and all free) this cant be good...

and my final weigh in of the year will be on Christmas day itself...lets see if santa is nice to me this year and helps me loose 2 pounds bc that would push me over 20 total lost and would achieve my goal of 10 pounds lost by christmas. we'll see

My first blog

I've never used a blog before, but thought that it would be a good way to keep track of things as i regain my focus for loosing weight.

I joined Weight Watchers (my second time really) on November 7th 2006 decided enough was enough and now was the time to kick my weightaholic issues. The excuse of "well i come from a family of larger people" or "It just too hard to loose weight" just isnt going to cut it anymore. I need to do this now more than ever.. i'm still young only 24.

The turning point came back in October when i feared getting on a amusement park ride for fear i wouldnt fit. That was it, i was done sitting on the sidelines.

So now i've been on the Flex Plan Weight Watchers system for a month. Managing what i eat and how much and things are looking really great i've already lost 16 pounds.

By posting here i hope to keep myself accountable, no excuses anymore just hard work and determination... i'm in it for the long run!