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I am taking back my life and my body- I rejoined Weight Watchers today. Proud of me and proud that I am trying to get back to somewhat of a normal like. School and grad school are crazy, but it seems like everything in my life is crazy– I finally (DUH!) realized that I need to just take care of me and everything else can just WAIT.

I weighed in at my biggest today. UGH.

BUT I just got back from 4 sunny days in Mexico binging on all-inclusive all you can eat buffets so I am sure that had something to do with it. I will not be at my all time biggest next week.

Meetings are at 8:30am on Saturdays, so while I am not promising I will post here every day, I will do my best to share my LOSSES (and gains) and non-scare victories each Saturday. I really do want to post my meals each day. I will do my best.

I did another thing for ME today- got my nails and toes done. IT WAS FANTASTIC! I got my first no-chip manicure – it is supposed to last 2 weeks without looking crappy. We shall see– I am in the middle of a 2o page Teacher Work Sample right now (due tomorrow- EEK!) I wonder if all my typing will wear the poor polish out!

PS: Anyone having trouble eating all their pointsplus points? I know it is the first day and all, but usually I am STARVING and out of points on the first day of WWs. I still have 8 pointsplus left and I am FULL!! I wonder if it is the (good for me) foods I am eating (and the fact that I didn’t have breakfast this morning?)

Excited for FitBloggin- ONLY 25 MORE DAYS!!

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Morning
3  cup(s) black coffee	0
6  serving(s) Lucerne Cinnamon Vanilla Coffee Creamer	6
Subtotal	6
Midday
1/2 cup(s) grapes	0
1/2 cup(s) carrot(s)	0
1  serving(s) Tumaro’s Gormet Tortillas Multi grain	2
1  serving(s) Starkist fresh pouch tuna	2
2  serving(s) kraft miracle whip	1
1  cup(s) sweet red pepper(s)	0
Subtotal	5
Evening
1  large potato, baked	5
1/4 cup(s) Nonfat, Plain Greek Yogurt	1
1  serving(s) potato roll	3
1  Blue Cheese Burgers	5
Subtotal	14
Anytime
1  cup(s) grapes	0
1 1/2 cup(s) strawberries	0
Subtotal	0
Food PointsPlus values total used	25
Food PointsPlus values remaining	8
Activity
No entries for activity.
Activity PointsPlus values earned	0
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While I don’t celebrate Kwanzaa, I learned all about it a few weeks ago when my students were learning about holidays of lights. This song got stuck in my head, so I had to get it stuck into yours.

NOTE: I would love to praise the singer, and even link you directly to the singers page, but I have no idea who this is. If you DO know, please let me know so I can properly site the singer.

Enjoy!

Kwanzaa Time

So I know I am never on this blog anymore- my life is CRAZY right now with teaching, grad school and, you know, LIFE. My back is killing me from the 15,000 STEPS (yes, 15,000) that I am taking a day at school. I am realizing that I need a new mattress as mine is decades-old and falling apart– and to be perfectly honest, it is too hard for my poor back.

Here is where you come in.

Would you please take 15 seconds out of your day and vote for my video on workoutmommy.com to help me win a new Sealy Embody Mattress? I already made it through the first round, now I am hoping to make it through to the end… Here is the link – I am VIDEO #2:

http://workoutmommy.com/2010/11/15/sealyembodymattress/

Thanks for your help!

AJ

Rally sign

Originally uploaded by Ajlovestolose

Ok… so it is not “Wordless Wednesday…” but atleast I am posting! I was a volunteer for the Rally to Restore Sanity to today in Chicago. While I was really excited about the rally and give a big shout out to the organizer, a few of the speakers were really off-putting and I actually left early. I consider myself a liberal kind of gal, but some of the things that were said were not really what I would consider sanity inducing, as the event was supposed to be. BUT, I must say, the rally was set up wonderfully and I had a blast the first hour or so. Am excited to see the DC rally (I DVR’ed it). Happy Night Before Halloween! Stay Safe tonight!

Lunches for the first week of school: I have been told I wont have alot of time to eat while teaching…The kids have 25 minutes to eat at lunchtime and I will be monitoring the room, so no time to eat then. I will have a prep period while the kids go to “specials” (gym, music, art, something else I am forgetting right now) but I will also need to make copies, tweak lesson plans and check my email….I might just lose a few lbs!

Because I won’t have alot of time, I am planning small snack-type meals that I can quickly eat without heating them. We have a small dorm-sized refrigerator in my classroom, so my food will stay cold. I am planning only one day a week for a hot lunch, because I hear the line for the microwave can get long in the teachers lounge.

My mentor teacher allows water bottles in the classroom, so I will stay hydrated. I will have to stagger my water intake though, I won’t be able to have many bathroom breaks.

Monday: LABOR DAY – Left over grilled hot dog, bun, mustard and ketchup, 12 oz diet coke, water, nectarine.

Tuesday: Justin’s Almond Butter packet, flatbread crackers, apple, triscut crackers, nectarine, water.

Wednesday: leftover crockpot meal from Sunday (recipe in this post from Saturday), water, green beans, nectarine.

Thursday: a repeat of Tuesday. I love snacky lunches.

Friday: GRAD SCHOOL: I have a Groupon for America’s Dog, so I will be eating there for lunch. We will have a very short amount of time for lunch (classes run from 8-12, then from 12:30-4:30)  so I will have to run quickly to get lunch. But I feel like if I don’t allow myself one day to eat out, at least initially, I will feel “deprived” and want to eat out for dinner every night, you know what I mean?