Back from Las Vegas!

I will need to devote a separate post to recap our recent Vegas Vacation, but I need to make some portable pockets for an upcoming bride and need to get on it fast before my wandering hands grab more School Kine Cookies Chocolate Chip Macadamia Nibbles!

After 1 week of Las Vegas gluttonous goodness, I am up 0.6 pounds, which I find quite amazing. I thought I would be lucky to be up even 2 or 3 pounds, but only 0.6? It's miraculous. I didn't track while in Vegas because I honestly forgot my WW points tracker and guide back in Hawaii! I even bummed an extra tracker off a friend so I'd be covered during my entire trip. I was so upset with myself. So, I forgot about tracking and went to town on the buffets and late-night/early-morning meals.

I didn't think we did a lot of walking, but now that I think about it, we never really stayed in one place for very long. I'm sure that was the secret.

My goal for this coming week is to lose 2.4 pounds! I'm sure I can shed more of the Las Vegas weight this week and, if I lose 2.4 pounds, I'll be down 15 pounds total and will earn 1 more gold star for my WW bookmark! I'll need to take a photo of my bookmark and current stars so you all know what the heck I'm talking about! :P

My SIL's Wedding Day

Here are some photos I took at my SIL's wedding. These were taken with a Canon 40D body and 70-200mm f/2.8L IS lens.

WW Encouragement

Shortly after I reached 10 pounds lost, I received this postcard in the mail. It's not much, but I found it very exciting! :P

What the F#@*

I have no idea what I did to my neck. I felt really tired last night so I went to lie down for a bit before tidying up the kitchen. The pain hit me like a ton of bricks. I was so stiff when I got up this morning. I'm home today because of the pain and the headache it's causing. :(

My SIL's Wedding Rehearsal

Photos I took at my SIL's wedding rehearsal this past Saturday.
Location: Byodo-In Temple, Kaneohe, Hawaii

Almost there!

I did an unofficial weigh-in today. :P We weren't able to weigh in at our meeting today. The scale was inoperable and the meeting leader didn't have a back-up scale with her. I was bummed because I had a feeling I did really good this week! I have the option of attending another meeting tomorrow night, but, eh.... So, I weighed myself on my home scale. I wasn't sure how accurate it was so I took our brand new 10 pound bag of unopened rice and stepped on the scale with it. It weighed in at 10.2 pounds. Pretty good, right? So, I'm calling my weight 135.2 for today, which is a loss of 2.4 pounds from last week. After 12 weeks of WW, I'm still chugging along....

Chugging Along....

I'm down another 0.6 pounds this week, bringing my total loss to 11 pounds! I was sure I had gained this week. We had a luncheon for my SIL at Sam Choy's BLC (Breakfast, Lunch and Crab) on Saturday. I had a veggie wrap, but then went nuts on the french fries. Then, we had dinner at my in-laws' on Sunday night. I always eat way too much because my MIL always makes SO MUCH FOOD! You can overeat just by having a little bit of everything. What was on the menu? Spaghetti, garlic bread, ribeye steak, hot dogs, Portuguese sausage, green salad, chips, salsa, boiled peanuts, grilled shrimp, apples and cantaloupe.

I did okay on Monday. I made some chili and rice for dinner (6 points total). Last night, Brian and I both came home late from work. We decided to go to a nearby Japanese restaurant for dinner. I was in the mood for some comfort food and ordered the chicken sukiyaki. It was delicious and the portion was generous. I ate the whole thing! I have no idea how many points it was, but it was chock full of veggies and I passed on the white rice. I'm actually craving it again!

The first step toward becoming a lifetime WW member is to achieve a weight that is within the range for my height (or outside the range with a doctor's note). The "range" they speak of is based on that stupid BMI. At 4 feet 10-1/2 inches, the absolute maximum I can weigh according to the BMI and still be considered "Normal" is about 122 pounds. That's another 15 pounds!!! The last time my weight was down that low was probably in early high school...14 years ago?! Aah, we'll see where I stand once I reach my 10% goal and go from there. :)

Etsy Addict

It's terrible. Here's what I've purchased...all within about 20 minutes. I had been contemplating it for about a week and then, at the urging of Brian to pamper myself, I bought these (not all for me, BTW):

From Etsy seller JPATPURSES (I LOVE her stuff and am a repeat customer)


The listing for this one no longer works so I could only snag this tiny photo...it does not do the fabric justice!





From Etsy seller Momistyle




I am in LOVE with this "Kiku" fabric!



"Tsumami" flower



Fabric-covered buttons that act as ponytail holders!

A Visual

This is how my weight loss looks to date:

My Weight Chart:


I think that's a pretty good downward trend. :)

I've reached a milestone!

As of today, I am 10.4 pounds closer to my goal!!! I really can't believe it. I've got 3.6 more pounds to go until I achieve my first big goal of a 10% weight reduction.

I haven't been updating as often as I said I would. I've been dealing with some personal issues surrounding the 1st anniversary of my Grandma's passing. It's some pretty heavy emotional stuff that I won't get into. I am feeling better, though. I would have normally turned to food for comfort during such a time, but because of WW, I've had to actually deal with my feelings as opposed to eating a cupcake for temporary relief. Pretty interesting stuff.

I lost 0.2 pounds each of my two previous weigh-ins. 0.2 pounds?! It was initially discouraging, but I tried to stay positive. At least it was -0.2 pounds and not +0.2 pounds, right? A loss is still a loss, no matter how you look at it. :)

I was a bit more diligent this week, but I did eat until I was uncomfortable when we took my Grandpa to Ushio-Tei's all-you-can-eat buffet at the JW Marriott Ihilani Resort. Somehow, I still managed to lose. Something else I did differently this week? I started eating yogurt again and cut back on the broccoli. I wonder if that had anything to do with it. Maybe I was getting too much fiber from the broccoli? Maybe I wasn't getting enough calcium without the yogurt? Maybe my body just needed a little jump-start by changing up my food? Who knows. :P

Today was the last meeting of my very first 10-week session and I'm down 10.4 pounds. I lost about 1 pound per week! I'm actually quite shocked at the results I've achieved. I went into this with cautious optimism...who am I kidding? I was downright skeptical! But, it has worked. I think I'm also shocked because I haven't "suffered" as much as I thought I would need to in order to lose the weight. This tells me that I'm approaching WW with the right attitude. It's a LIVE-it, NOT a DIE-t! Rather than depriving myself and being overly-restrictive, I'm making changes that I can live with for the long term. I want to be able to sustain this loss once I've reached my ultimate goal (I'd love to get down to 110 pounds, but think I may look malnourished...I'd be ecstatic with 120 pounds).

This is a great way to start my second 10-week session with renewed motivation. Maybe I'll lose another 10 pounds in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!