Smoothies

This smoothie has a shot of beet juice, water, organic apple juice, strawberries, blueberries, and one carrot.  I also added hemp seeds and one super-food.  I'm trying not to go crazy with the smoothies here but they are such a great way to add veggies/fruit to my diet.   

Geting sick and staying on top of hunger

Well I got sick for a week and I gained the weight I lost back.. already.  Luckily I did not go home and cry about it.  Instead I rode my bike around, hung out with a friend and walked the lake, and then meet up with dream boy for a quick hangout in moss wood park.  It felt great to ride my bike around and enjoy the beauty that is Oakland.  I ended up riding more after I left the park to places I'm usually nervous to ride.  I still hate hate hate my bike.  I want a new one so bad.  I just know if I had a bike I loved to ride I would be out there enjoying the wind blowing through my hair.
  So this meeting we covered hunger and how it affects us.  On the e-tools you can actually track hunger as your day goes by.  So you track how you feel before a meal and then how you felt after wards.  I had a serious trend going on.  I would wait till my stomach was growling and I was irritable, then I would eat a ton of food and feel ridiculously full.  I would also eat what I wanted, not what I needed.  I was going days with out drinking water or eating veggies.  Any way tracking it has really helped.  Also my new vita mix blender!  Yes I got a very stupid expensive blender and it was worth it!  I've been drinking tasty green smoothies and this morning I accidentally made strawberry/carrot/apple sauce which I had for dessert today.  I feel like I'm healthier.  Especially since I've been actually outside walking everyday, or riding my bike.
I even went to the YMCA for the first time since I think October!  I did a cycling class with my lovely friend.  It wasn't easy to do but I'm glad I finished the class.  Also Whiskey is 4 points!  What!!  This past Friday I basicly drank all my points for the day.  So sad!

Week one under my belt

I joined weight watchers a few weeks ago and finally got the courage to go back to my favorite meeting, to face the scale.  I knew I had hit a all time high.  After my May adventure camping with buddies I got some of the pictures back from the trip and my jaw hit the floor when I saw the ones of me.  My idea of what I looked like and the cameras was totally different.  I was shocked!  But it took having a crush on a guy and seeing a pretty girl talk to him to make me want to change my weight, my self esteem, and the way I go about handling my life.  I was sick of tired of the what ifs.  I was sick of being the ghost girl.  I was tired of not being noticed, and most of all I really hated how low I thought of myself.   So blog readers I'm here to bare it all and to share my experience as I go about this.

So first meeting.  I faced the scale and it was bad but I didn't cry about it.  I was at  195!  I don't even remember what we talked about but I really was happy when my WW leader said its really great to see you again Elaine.  I like her a lot and I think that's important.  I love saying "I'm AWESOME" at the end of the meetings because after my meeting I really do feel awesome.

I went to my second meeting this past Saturday and my ww leader was out and a nice gal took her place.  I liked her too and its nice to have a back up plan.  I had lost 1.6 even though I was sick all week and only exercised three times and ate OK.  I tracked two out of seven days.  I also made the veggie soup and added some tofu.  It looks fried but I used less than a teaspoon.  Its the beauty of a le creuset pan.