Update Schmup-date

Well, I have been doing WW close to a month. It's going pretty good. I went today and weighed at my doctor's office ( which of course is a totally different scale but can still give me the amount I've lost since I went there last month and weighed around the same time I started WW.) I last weighed there on December 22nd, 2010 and I weighed in at a outlandish 257 pounds. Today, I went back and weighed 248 pounds, which is a 9 pound difference in a month!!! I was hoping for more but, I was still happy and I know 9 pounds ain't too shabby. I now only need to do roughly the same for the next 12 months and I'll voila.....be 150-ish pounds No big deal....just a whole 12 months more or 8760 hours. Anyway....here is some other highlights of our past few weeks on WW. I've nicknamed my WW "Points Calculator." While doing this, I thought and thought of the perfect name, as if I was naming a new baby. I thought "SHE" needed to have a exotic name and something skinny-ish sounding. After several days deliberating, I came up with the wondrous name "Gisele Bündchen Jr." For you that may not know, thats the Victoria Secret supermodel that is suppose to be the "hottest" thAng around. I decided on naming our newest family member that because "SHE" (my points calculator) is such a skinny bitch and keeps me in check and likes to show off. And it's funny to hear us scream "bring me Gisele Bündchen Jr. so I can check the point value of this Big Mac" or so and so. It was an AWESOME idea, if I may say so myself. I've been walking 4 miles most days. I've got to where I like walking daily and HATE when the weather is bad. We hope to get some indoor exercise equipment soon to alleviate this issue. Campbell and the other kids too have become my little cheerleaders and beg to go walking in the afternoons. On days I'm by myself, I try to either chat with girlfriends on my cell while walking to make the time pass or surf on FB (and probably look CRAZY walking around town FB'ing or talking to my best friends while my cell is on speaker phone.) So if anyone ask, I'm not walking through town talking to myself but on the phone with my best friend. All the kids are really getting into the finding the points of an item and they act like it's a game. While shopping at the Piggly Wiggly yesterday, I was about to lose my MIND because I had ALL the kids with me and they all wanted to hold "Gisele Bündchen Jr" to see what the points value of their 87 items they were making me buy for them just to shut them up and get out of there without me having an aneurysm. I did allow them to get some turkey sausages covered in Blueberry pancakes for breakfast and they are 9 points for 4 of them (and they are around the size of a McDonald's chicken McNugget.) Anyway, Campbell was SO excited about them she said "I'd eat'em for 9 points." Me, on the other hand has become obsessed about getting the most BANG for my BUCK. I have been using the term my sister was taught when she was attending WW years ago which is "when food is too high in points it's TOO EXPENSIVE saying think of points as money." In fact, while making plans the other day for lunch with a friend I texted back and said "I'll have to text you back about the place to eat, I don't wanna go somewhere TOO EXPENSIVE!" After, I hit send, I realized she probably thought I was being cheap and retexted her the meaning of "TOO EXPENSIVE" as far as WW goes. Just days before, I had realized (while thumbing through my WW Dining Out Guide) one of my favorite places to eat (Dairy Queen) has a very small container (like the size you get with McNuggets at McDonald's) of RANCH which is 9 points (and you know I'd eat more than 1 because I like some RANCH with my RANCH) so I knew we needed a new restaurant of choice. I have become very good at stretching out my 37 daily points. I've laughed to myself and thought "David Copperfield better watch out! There's a new magician in town!" I have been trying new recipes out of my WW cookbook and magazines. Last night, I made the BEST ever, baked sweet potato recipe that you use navel oranges and orange zest in (holla at me if you want the recipe) and the whole family LOVED it! The recipe called for like 3 sweet potatoes and of course the Piggly Wiggly in Bristol didn't have any but I was able to find frozen sweet potato fries (sweet potatoes already cut up) which made assembly easier for just a few extra points. While shopping yesterday, I also bought stuff to make these individual WW pot pies using phyllo dough, WW Mash potato's using half potato's and half cauliflower, and a WW mac and cheese bake using whole wheat pasta. I will post at a later date the outcome of those dishes. All, in all, WW's has been going GREAT. You can eat ANYTHING you want, in MODERATION. I LOVE that, I can eat light all day and then go out for a nice dinner. All the support has been great that I've received from doing this blog. I like everyone keeping me in check and checking on us. Please keep it up and help ME keep it up!!! Just no one tell "Gisele Bündchen Jr."....... that I think she's a bitch!!