My points

Am feeling lousy today – don’t really know why as last night I could have eaten a packet of biscuits and a slab of chocolate without sharing with anyone and not even blinked an eye but instead of got a can of the faithful DP out the fridge and drank that – the main reason for my restraint was – I didn’t want to not be able to wear my size 12 jeans when we were on holiday !!!!!!
A few people have asked how I can have so many points left at the end of the week so I thought I would give you a typical day for me.
No fat yoghurt – 1
Dried apple and sultanas – 1
Rice crackers or dried apricots – 1 or 2
Sandwich (bread (2), butter (1), oxo (free)) – 3
Nut bar – 3
Chicken – 4 or 5 (I don’t eat meat)
Veggies – free
Total points for the day : 15
My breakfast and lunch rarely change – Al makes both and it is easier to let him make the same each day and, as I enjoy both, I have just stuck with them. I know that you are supposed to have variety but, quite honestly. I don’t have the time to fiddle around and so just stick to what works and what I enjoy. Sometimes I substitute 4 lite biscuits for my morning snack – and if we have sauces etc with dinner I add those on. So, most days I have at least 4-5 points I can save plus my 12 bonus points which I earn either through exercise or from packing at Coles – we normally pack between 12 – 18 hours per week but occasionally will pack 20 – 24 hours per week. I have definitely found that there are days when I eat more – usually another nut bar or some crackers or something like that – I don’t like fruit but LUUUUUVVVV sweet things and really find it VERY difficult to stay within the 14 points – our Saturday morning muffin plus biscuits during the week. I don’t mind not having alcohol and would rather have a chocolate than a drink. I like to drink Amarula and it is just too high in points to even worry about. Quite often it is a case of if I don’t eat it I don’t worry about it i.e. once I start eating sweet things in the week, I find it hard to stop, so I try not to have anything at all – sometimes it works and most times it doesn’t !!!!!!
I went to the doctor this morning and when I was talking to her it came up that I had lost nearly 14kgs and she couldn’t believe it and asked me how I had done it. I told her on WW and she asked what I had done. When I told her she said that it was too difficult and even though she needs to lose weight she doesn’t think she could do it. I was thinking on the way to work – she could do it if she wanted to – it really just boils down to – how badly do you want something ? If you want it badly enough, you do what you have to do to get it.
Right now I want to feel good about how I look and know that if something happens to me – they don’t need three people to try to pick me up or move me if I had a fall, I want to buy clothes off the rack that K thinks are ‘cool’ and, while I am happy to look like her mother and not her older sister, I don’t want to have to wear frumpy clothes again because they are all that fit me !!!!!!
Enough ranting for one day – especially as I don’t have a lunch hour today due to coming in late after the dr’s appointment and I have typed this in between posting journals and doing all the other good month end processes that I need to get completed.
Take care everyone and have a great day !

TFTD : If you treat an individual as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.