Rocking the WW

My favorite treat is ice cream. McDonalds vanilla cone or low-fat ice cream. Was feeling hungry so I just nommed on a skinny-cow ice cream sandwich. It was delicious. Have been kicking ass on the Weight Watchers. I'm on week 4 with three months before the June... I have lost 15.8 pounds and I am going full-speed ahead. The weight loss is slow but speeding :P

My clothes feel looser... significantly. I am about 16.3 pounds away from my first goal of getting my ass under 300 lbs. I'll get there. I want to get there sooner than later, but it took me a while to puff up when I gained all my weight back. I am being more active, especially with utilizing my gym membership. Gym changed venues because 24-Hour Shitness decided not to continue their franchise in Salinas and a newer, better, gym took over my contract. Very very nice. Can't wait till they get their jacuzzi installed.

The one mantra that I'm living by is that I gotta burn more calories than I ingest. I'm really trying my ass off. That whole thing they talk about at the WW meetings, as far as mentally rehearsing, is what is working for me. Today, someone bought Round Table Pizza for lunch and I ate only one slice (at 8 points) with a salad to fill me up. I ate out at this work-related dinner and made sure to fill up half my plate with the steamed greens and salad, while also being mindful of my portions. I was able to tally things up right and I'm not regretful for my eating behaviors.

Just a quick note: I've given up posting my deepest thoughts on the internet... blocked or not, I am afraid that they will come back and bite me in the ass. The closest thing I got going is micro-blogging, which I am good at instantaneously lamenting my disdain.

I am in love with my girlfriend. She is a huge motivator for me. I want to look good for her, make her look good, and be healthy so that I can enjoy my time with her. She is a sweetheart and I know she loves me. I can't wait to move in with her, though I have my fears. We still have a lot of things to work out before I am fully set on making her my betrothed. While my girlfriend is not a Christian, thus not sharing my faith, she is also not a whore or hypocrite. I'll take that straight to the bank.

My mood is good. Getting organized and losing the weight is definitely going to affect my happiness... positively affecting it. That's really, all I want.

My Thursday...

So I bought this today because I had to buy $4.00 worth of merchandise at 7-11 to be allowed to use a debit card:

(this is what $4.00 worth of Buy-1-Get-1-Free! Twinkies looks like in my work desk... So how did I do...? We'll find out later.)

Right now is still Thursday, despite being a quarter to 2. Anything I eat after midnight gets logged for when I started my day - basically, my day ends when I go to bed.

Thus far tonight, I have snacked on 94% fat-free popcorn with I Can't Believe It's Not Butter sprays for 2 or 3 points, as well as four of these juice ice-cubes that I made. Actually, this one's worth sharing:

[tangent] I bought these natural fruit juice blends (guava-pineapple) that are high in sugar and then I figured out the serving size. So for 8 oz of juice, that's 4 points. I pour into a measuring cup with the spout, 4 oz (half-cup) for 2 points and then I pour the juice to fill the individual ice cube cubby (or what ever they're called) up to about 75-80% full or until a few are relatively full and evenly distributed. Repeat until all the ice cubes are filled up. Then I gingerly put foil on the top and press down to see the edges of the cubes. I grab toothpicks and poke through the foil at the center point of each cube. Freeze. Done. [/tangent]

Eating was good today. I indulged in one package of Twinkies... you saw six up above and I only ate one. Not a big accomplishment... Twinkies are that kind of food that you learn the first time that you don't eat more than two. I've been eating a steady diet of Hamburger helper the last few months for several reasons: cheap, easy to make, tasty. I had the sloppy joe flavor today with hamburger buns... so fucking good! dinner was about 12 points.

I went to the gym today, too! Was on the eliptical for an hour, totally rocking it. Fired Up! [Amazon Link] helped me get through the first half hour, followed by a few random tracks. The iPhone keeps me perfectly distracted (I read the news on google reader) so I can get through a lot of stories and then I check the time to see I have 30 minutes left. It's awesome. My gym sucks, but I'm paying $200 for a whole year of gym and I can use the nice/clean/not-ghetto gyms near my parents house in the bay area.

Tomorrow, I'm hoping for the best and that it's the same. Tomorrow will more likely be my cheat day, in which I go waaay overboard on the daily, activity, and flex points. Assuming that Obama is not speaking to an adjacent and empty podium, I'm drinking teykahtey and cheering my guy on.