Bob will kick your butt!

Yeah! You can see that I now own the other Biggest Loser workout DVD. Yes, I am a member of a gym. I just hate when it is cold outside. Having a DVD at home means that I have no excuse to do even a 20 minute little workout. I have not tried this one as Kevin just purchased it for me when I was at work. I have done the yoga video twice and I have to say that I really like it. Anything that makes your body feel stronger is worthwhile.

Yesterday, after I took Kevin out for lunch for his birthday I went to Whole Foods to buy some more Clif nectar bars. I love going there. I can just spend hours looking at all of the different products. I was hungry after eating lunch and knew it would be a long time till dinner so I ate this Odawalla protein bar. I have to say it was only ok. It was a point value of 4. It was good because of the protein, but it left a lot to be desired. I think that it would have made a big difference if there were some cranberry or raisin chunks in it. Not my favorite. Oh well it is one snack, moving on.

Today for breakfast I had an English muffin with a Tb of peanut butter and some SF jam. I also enjoyed some apple spice tea.

For lunch we went to Mimi's with Kevin's dad. It was a nightmare trying to find something healthyish to have. Luckily I had done my research in advance and already knew what I was going to get. I had the cup of french onion soup, with a request for less cheese topping. I also had the Asian chopped chicken salad with dressing on the side. This came with a muffin which I did not eat because I looked it up and for a points value of 11 I just don't think that it is worth it.

Snack was a laughing cow Swiss cheese and half a kashi bar.

Dinner, ah dinner. I wish that I could say that I made something that was delicious. I did not. I had a frozen dinner that was garlic stir fry chicken, veggie mix, and a yogurt. Nothing fantastic, but it got the job done.

My biggest let down of the day? I was going to reward myself for drinking lots of tea and water with buying a cherry coke zero at work. I pushed the button and what drops down? A coke zero. Yuck! I really dislike those! I had set my hopes high. I guess they replaced the cherry coke zero with just coke zero.

edit-Kevin tells me that I wrote about this said 11pt muffin in an earlier post. Guess what 11 points is way too much for a stupid pumpkin spice muffin no matter what month it is!

Happy Birthday Kevin!

Today is Kevin's birthday. When I got home from work last night at midnight we did a mini celebration for his special day. We had a piece of the dark chocolate cake that I made yesterday. I have to admit is was amazing! I tried to get him to guess the secret ingredient. When I told him that it was sauerkraut. He could not believe that it had that sneaky veggie. I also let him open his presents. He was very excited to get his hard drives.

Food of the day....for breakfast I had a English muffin with peanut butter and SF jam. I also enjoyed a cup of winter blossom tea and a tangerine. It was all very good.

For lunch we are going out to Chinese for Kevin's birthday. Out of all of the choices he picked Chinese. It will be hard to find something healthy, but I will try my best. Probably some soup and some veggies.

For dinner I am going to have a Kashi meal, which I love! I am also going to have green beans and some yogurt.

As far as the Kashi chewy bar that I had yesterday...It was not my favorite. It was kind of gritty. I think that I am going to go to Whole Foods today to get some more nectar bars and some other staples.

I am not going on a walk or doing yoga today. I am allowing myself to have a day off. I think this cold is getting me down.

I'll be honest, today I am just plain tired!

The title pretty much sums up everything for me today. I am exhausted. Yesterday my throat and ear started hurting and today I think that it is trying to take over my body. I wish that I could just lay on the couch with a blanket over me. I mean essentially that is what my body is telling me that it needs and sadly I can not give into the need.

Last night when I got home Kevin had a little gift for me. He had the new Biggest Loser Yoga DVD with a bow and sticker on the package. That was so sweet of him to get it for me. I forced myself to do it today. I did the five minute warm up and then the 20 minute beginner. I will be on the beginner for awhile:) My arms and legs were shaking. As Bob says they were "cooking" Thanks, Bob!

I also made Kevin's birthday cake. Not that he would really mind, but it is a WW Dark chocolate cake that I found a recipe for. It was super easy. Well all except for the part where you have to puree the sauerkraut. I wonder how it will taste. I am going to serve it with some Cool Whip. I will post on it tomorrow or the next as his birthday is tomorrow.

Food for the day....I did not cook anything today. Oh well, I feel icky and that was that. For breakfast I had the usual oatmeal. And, as usual it was good! For lunch I had a cup of leftover turkey chili from the freezer and a peanut butter and jelly on an English muffin. I have not had peanut butter in a long time and it just sounded so good to me. I did however just measure out a Tb instead of eating it straight from the jar. Tonight I am going to just give in and have a frozen meal and some veggies. Today I have labeled as a wash.

The Clif nectar bar yesterday, the chocolate and raspberry, was great. I really do like those a lot. This afternoon I am going to have 1/2 of a kashi chewy bar I think peanut butter and chocolate. I am not having the whole bar because it is 6pts. I cut it in half for a more reasonable 3pts.

So that it is in a nutshell. I am hoping that I feel better tomorrow. This is going to be a long night at work.

Success on the Scale!

Today was a Monday. My normal day off from work and my WW weigh in day. I was very happy to see the number on the scale drop 2.2 lbs. Yeah me! So today is officially the day that I have met my goal of losing 100 lb! It feels weird to type that as there was not any confetti exploding when I got on the scale or anything. I guess that only happens on the Biggest Loser. Also, I feel like it isn't "true" because the scale at home and the scale at WW are different. But, I started the journey on my home scale. Thus, it tells me that I have lost 100 pounds. That is crazy to me! I have lost the equivalent of a small person or a child.

So, now what? My next goal is not too far off. It is in like 6lbs. I am waiting to see the scale have a 1 in front of it. So there. I have outed one of my biggest fears. Just saying the weight that I started at. Yes, I suppose anyone could be reading this including people from work etc. but the truth is that I am loving the person that I am becoming. The person that I started as is not the person that I am today. When I began this process I started at roughly 305 pounds. So with this weight loss I have effectively lost 33% of my starting weight. My next big goal is to see a "1" at the beginning of my weight. Honestly, I think that if I stayed at 199 for the remainder of my life I would be happy. I don't want that to be my stopping point I just can't wait to see that number. When that happens I think that a celebration will be in order!

Today's meal rundown~ breakfast was a carb check bagel, WW cream cheese, SF jam, and apple
Lunch~leftover chicken stir fry from yesterday
Snack~ yogurt and Kashi Go lean crunchy bar ( very yummy by the way for a 3 pt value!)
Dinner~ Whole wheat pasta topped with hamburger stroganoff a recipe from Cooking Light and a veggie mix.

Overall, it was a splendid last day of vacation! I can't believe that I have to go back to work tomorrow. That will be a big change, but I am looking forward to be back on a routine. Well somewhat:) It was also nice to meet Kevin at the gym for some treadmill time after he got off of work.