New Start

Wow! It has been a while since I posted anything here on my blog.  I think I need to change that.

I have been working on losing weight for ever and it hasn't really gone any where, so I need to kick my own ass.  I am getting older and my weight is getting in the way of living my life to the fullest.  I am tired and I worry about my heart, that likes to skip a beat more often recently.  In order to keep myself going I need to come up with a plan that works for me.  I have been paying for WW for years and it works but only if I work it.  I have not been doing that for the last year and I had gained all the weight back.  So I am going to try meal planning to see if I can get back into the swing of things.  

I have a terrible sweet tooth and I have been pulling the I don't care, snacking.  So that is way out of hand.  I need to find an alternative to snacking that helps.

Another thing I am going to try to incorporate is walking the kids to school.  I might need to get Kid 2 a rain coat since she doesn't seem to have one anywhere.  It is a 20 minute walk, so it is about 1 mile.  We could ride that in about 6 minutes if it were not for the youngest who is still riding a 1 gear bike, so not that fast.

Breakfasts

2 points

Berries Yoghurt and cereal

1 cup frozen berries, thawed 1 minutes in microwave

3/4 cup 0% greek yogurt

1/3 cup Nature's Path Pumpkin raisin crunch cereal

3 Points

Bagel and eggs

1, 2 ingredient Bagel

2 eggs

Pam

I think I need to look into other options for breakfast.  I know that I need to reduce my coffee intake, it has been getting kind of out of hand.  I think I need to look at some office snack that would be healthy.  Susan at our office, brings in veggie trays for her snack and lunch.  I might need to start doing that.  Or maybe just making my lunches the night before.  I spend a lot of time eating out so I need to figure out some tricks for that too.  

I think I need to up my baked goods game as well.  I like baked goods but I don't do fake sugar, so that limits the amount of "diet stuff" I consume.  I will see if I can take some fixings for microwave oatmeal muffins.

3 Point 
Microwave Muffins

1 container WW oatmeal

1 banana, mushed up 

1 egg, beaten

fruit or veggies (such as blueberries or grated carrots)

Spices

Mix all ingredients together and microwave 3 minutes.

We will see how tomorrow goes.