It's been a while!

Wow, it's tough working 2 jobs. Lately, I have actually been spending more time interacting with real people rather than my friends and family over the internet. That's a big switch for me. I spent a lot of time at the NY State fair the past week and a half. I worked there a total of 30 hours and also spent some time enjoying it also. That means I ate meals there a few times too. One of my favorite things to eat there is from the fried veggie stand. I like the fried zucchini and mushrooms the best but I usually get the combo basket which also comes with onion, cauliflower and broccoli. Fried veggies are 5 points a cup. So it's best to eat these in moderation. I also like the chicken pitas that you can get from the greak food stands. I get it with only a little of the sauce. It tastes like ranch to me but its made of yogurt. I also like the mexican food place in the international building. I got a chicken taco salad from there too. It doesn't come with dressing, but with sour cream instead. The only bad part of that is the taco shell...I just try to not eat all of the taco shell. :)

This past week was also my anniversary so we ate out and I got steak and lobster and a dry baked potato with sour cream on the side. So I have been doing my best to make the best choices I could while eating away from home. It has also been difficult to walk while working the 2 jobs. I used to walk over an hour and a half a day but with being so busy lately its more like 30 mins a day. But when I worked at the fair I was on my feet the whole time and running around stand to and from the grill...so I was moving a lot to make up for the not walking. I also started my fall class last week. So, that is 2 days that I do not get to walk on my lunch break.

Now that my life has calmed down a little this week and I am only working 1 job everyday and my class is 2 days a week during my lunch hour I need to get back to where I was before I started working the fair! I need to work hard on eating more meals at home and walking more each day. I miss water aerobics too. The class doesn't meet during August and September. I signed up for the next session but it doesn't start until the last week of September. Not walking to and from work and during lunch during the fair has made me feel a bit lazy and not wanting to walk.

So today is the start of my new week. I weighed in this morning and lost another pound. Last week while working and eating at the fair I lost 2. I am now up to 57 pounds total! :) So I did OK for not being on my normal schedule! But I feel I can still do better! I walked to work this morning and I am going to walk at lunch. I can't walk home because I have to be somewhere right after work but I plan to walk this weekend...hopefully both days!

My goals starting this week are:

1) Get back to my old walking schedule I was doing before the fair!
2) Eat at home more this week...get back to cooking more and not eating out soo much.
3) Concentrate on my daily points and try not to go over as much. I know that I have the extra 35 points a week just for that reason but I feel I am using them too much.
4) Work on blogging more. Every other day, if possible!

So, I start my new WW week with determination and am looking forward to a great week! I am going home to TX for Christmas again this year. I would love to be able to say that I've lost 70 or 75 lbs when people ask me how much I've lost!? :) That is my BIGGEST goal! I want to lose another 13 - 18 pounds by Christmas! That gives me 14 weeks to do it! My current average weight loss per week is 1 to 1 1/2 lbs. So I think it's doable. And if I stick to my goals I've set for myself going forward then I will have no problem!! I CAN DO THIS!!

I know I need to lose more than 75 lbs but I like to set short term goals for myself...long term goals sometimes seem unattainable. I am going to take this journey 1 week at a time!!