Living Large at the Lake {WIW}

Good morning and happy Wednesday! It's been a busy time at the Lake! We live on Lake Texoma. The Red River divides Texas and Oklahoma and it dumps into this very large lake. We live on the Oklahoma side, but in the fall when the trees are bare I can see Texas from my upstairs window. During the summer we get lots of visitors. We jet ski and boat and EAT!

Two week-ends ago we had friends visiting and last week-end my dad, his friend and my sister. When we have guests we like to show them a good time, and feed them well. This typically involves big breakfasts with unhealthy options, big dinners, desserts, and yes, wine. That's what we did two week-ends ago. I took a different approach last week-end and it worked!

For breakfasts we had cereal and toast, a egg scramble with veggies, part egg whites and turkey sausage with wheat toast (no biscuits here!), and the last morning we had overnight oats (minus the pecans).   

For dinner we had Pioneer Woman's Spicy Pulled Pork (made with diet Dr. Pepper) and I tried  these awesome Broccoli and Cheese Twice Baked Potatoes.  I also tried Skinny Taste's Southwestern Black Bean Salad.  It was AWESOME!

 


And you know what?  We had a great visit even without the heavy food! The meals were GREAT!  We did have drinks available for our guests, but I had only one each day.  I know wine or a good dirty martini are a big part of my calorie problem.  I LOVE  a good glass of wine (or two) at the end of the day.  But I am making a serious effort to curb my intake to avoid those extra calories.

Lastly, I am tracking my tracking, so to speak.  I think this is really helping.  My goals were water, tracking my points, exercise 4x a week and blogging to keep myself honest.  As you can see, I do great during the week, but I falter on the week-ends.  Although I was better on the week-end and ate pretty well, I didn't keep track of anything.

It paid off!  I lost 4.6 pounds this week!  I know it seems like a lot, but I was weighting heavy at the beginning of the week, so the loss looks larger, but I'll take it!  It reminds me if you just do the things you are supposed to do the weight loss will come.

This week my goal is to track my points through the week-end and get the 4 days of exercise in.  Wish me luck!

How was your week?

Linking up at Kim's Weigh in Wednesday

Try as I Might {WIW}

Happy Wednesday everyone!

It's Wednesday and it's time to weigh in.  I'm in Dallas this week and my scale is not, so I will not be able to weight myself until tomorrow, after I return home.  While I am optimistic, I don't think the results will be what I was hoping

Try as I might, I knew it was going to be very difficult to stay on track this week. We had company this week-end.  We had a great time but too much food and wine and too little activity.  We enjoyed some time in our boat out on the lake and we did grill both nights.  In fact, twice this week we made these tasty chicken k-bobs.

Here's an update on  my goal attainment for the week.

Exercise - I had cleaned up my work out area and was ready to go.  My goal was to work out 4x in a week.  Between my work schedule and company, I was only able to get in two work outs.  This week - with renewed motivation - I will again attempt four work outs.  We have company again this week-end but I am hoping since it is my dad, I can get up early and work out before lake fun begins.

Water - I did better, but wasn't able to  drink 64 oz. every day.  I will put more focus on water this week.

Tracking WW Points - I tracked for a couple of days, but when my company pulled into the driveway, that ended.  I am going home tonight, tomorrow I will start anew and track through the company this week-end.

Blogging - I know that blogging will keep me accountable for my actions (or lack of action) so even though I did not have a great week.  Here I am!

I'm glad to be going home tonight and staying there fore about 10 days.  I'm excited for the opportunity to meet my goals for the week a little more easily. Hopefully less of me reports in next week!

I'd love to hear how your week went!

Linking up at Kim's Weigh in Wednesday

Nothing's Ever Easy {WIW}

Nothing's easy.  I've had a grand plan of getting back on track by tracking my WW points, drinking more water...and exercising.   We get in at least a couple of miles a day in dog walks, but I had planned to start working out this week in the home-gym that we set up in the garage.  Most of my plan fell apart mid-week for various reasons.

I went out to the garage yesterday to work out.  I did work out a little, but spent most of the time I had available trying to get my work out area back into a condition where I could actually use the equipment.  My husband has been working for months (ok, weeks...)- installing a sprinkler system himself and then just yesterday we finally had the sod laid.

Our back yard.  After the patio, pergola, sprinkler system and sod!

We have big clumps of dirt EVERYWHERE--including my work out area.  I've finally gotten everything cleaned up and moved back so I can use the equipment.  I'm ready.  I worked out for 30 minutes in between vacuuming, wiping stuff off and moving things around.  Again, nothing's easy.

The fancy garage-work out room.   Functional, just not pretty.

My Plan

Tracking WW points - Beginning today.  This is such a challenge for me because I am only home about 60% of the time.  And looking at the calendar, we have company coming to the lake for the next three week-ends.  Some of that time will be spent in the boat on the lake--in a bathing suit.  Surely I can stay within points during this time?!?

Water - I love drinking water.  My problem is I get busy (I work at home) and forget to go downstairs and get water.  I've got the Brita pitcher full and ready to go!  I will drink 64 oz of water a day.

A big jar of water.  Lemon would be awesome, but I need a trip to the grocery store!

Exercise - In addition to the 2 miles+ in dog walks, I will get some additional form of exercise at least 4 days a week.  Remember I am frequently gone for 3 to 4 days at a time.  With the company coming and my frequent absences from home this will be difficult.  I have to make sure I hit the goal on the weeks I am home --and get more creative when I am gone part of the week.  Excerise might be working out with weights, getting on the treadmill, another good 30 minute walk or getting on the elliptical that we are housing for some friends.

Blog About It!  Blog about my successes (and failures) weekly.  I've wanted to get my blog going again.  And although I am not sure I want to blog every day and track everything I eat, I want to keep a weekly account of my food/exercise. Committing to sharing my status with you will help keep me on track with my goals.

I've had a very difficult time lately getting and staying on track.  During that time, I was really not active in the WIW FB group.  I appreciate all of your support and am excited to be an active participant in that group again.  I really love this group and value their friendship and support!

Here's to getting back on track.  Have a great week!

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