Back on the diet again.

After eating my way through Tybee Island and Savannah, and basically eating whatever I wanted for the last month and half or so, I decided to get back on WW. I started on Sunday. So far so good. I have been eating a ton of fruit and veggies. I might have to make a run to the grocery store in a day or two to pick up some more.

I also haven’t been to the gym since…mid-August maybe. I am so lazy. I have always hated working out. I don’t know why I joined a gym. Paying for it is not making me go. And I don’t really have the motivation to go.

I am hoping that starting WW again will help me kickstart my motivation to start working out again. We’ll see.

An update to make up for my lack of updates.

So I have been MIA over the last few weeks. Here’s what’s been going on:

• - Work is good! Busy, but good. Things have been a little challenging with some projects I have been working on. My boss left about 3 weeks ago. But, I feel like I have learned and have grown so much in just the few months I have been at my new agency. 
• - I am still going strong with the gym. It’s been about a month since I joined and I have been going 3-5 times a week. Maybe I am just on a gym high or something, but it’s sort of addicting. And it helps that there is a super cute guy there every day during the week between the 6:15 and 6:45pm timeframe that I consider my motivation. Oh, did that make me sound like a stalker? Well, I don’t even know his name and have never talked to him, but I like to consider him my gym boyfriend. Ha. Now I just sound like a crazy, desperate woman.
• - I’ve also been doing well with my diet. Weekends are tough, but I’m sticking to it as best I can.
• - Remember my online dating fiascoes last summer? Well, I ran into two guys I went out with (only once) that I met online at the same bar, two weeks in a row. I didn’t talk to them, but one had a serious beer belly, which he didn’t have last summer, and I think the other was with his boyfriend. Those were some real winners.
• - It’s hot. So hot, I haven’t been to the pool in a few weeks. So hot, I dread getting out of my car if I have to leave during the day for a meeting or run errands on the weekend because all it takes is walking from the car to the entrance of the store to start sweating. Or maybe less than that.

And that’s it. Life as usual.

I joined a gym.

I’ve only been twice in the last 5 days or so and I was supposed to have an appointment with a personal trainer tonight (so she could tell me how fat I am and how I need to lose weight, because I feel like they all do that), but she canceled on me as I was walking into the gym. Figures.

I’ve been feeling lazy lately and have actually been doing well on WW this time around (I actually resisted eating queso!), so I felt like joining a gym was good next step in trying to be somewhat healthy. We’ll see how this goes.

Bad Tracy.

I was doing well with my dieting. Then about a week and a half ago, well two Fridays ago to be exact, I had a craving for pizza, had some and then went of the diet wagon. I got back on it again today. And I am trying to be serious about it.

My office has so many lunches and happy hours and breakfasts and celebrations and an endless supply of snacks.. I really need to learn to control myself and to say no sometimes. Sure, the occasional cookie or lunch is OK, but every day is just too much.

Back on track today.

Random diet post of the week.

I ate two slices of pizza for lunch and a beer with dinner tonight and I am still within my daily WW points allowance for the day. Yay me.

My first Crock Pot meal was a success! Skinnytaste’s Sante Fe chicken served over brown rice with fat free cheddar, fat free sour cream, scallions and cilantro. So much food and low in WW points.

Lots of great comments! Thanks! Here’s a few additions to this post - Here is the recipe for the chicken mixture in case you missed it a few days ago. And yes! This is like a healthy Chipotle burrito bowl!

Today was a good day.

I had lots of client meetings, but today was the first day I felt really confident, like I understood everything and was comfortable talking about the projects I am working on. Sure, there is still so much to learn, but I feel like I have come a long way already.

Today was also my first day of being back on WW. I forgot how much time it takes to prepare meals. If I don’t make them in advance, I get really anxious about what I am going to eat. I usually put stuff together the night before so I am ready to go in the morning when I have to leave for work.

Between a good day at work and good first day of dieting, I just feel…good. And a little tired too.

Trying this again.

I signed up for WeightWatchers again. I know, I know. I am never consistent with dieting or exercise. Being out of work for three months and meeting up with friends and family for lunches, dinners and happy hours, sitting on my couch and being lazy plus starting a job with a fully stocked snack closest two weeks ago and being attached to mall with endless amounts of lunch possibilities has officially taken its toll.

I also found out today that my company offers gym reimbursement, which I need to look into. I am not a gym fan by any means, but it might be nice to a discounted membership. And I do have a Groupon for Sunstone yoga that I need to use before mid-June. I pass a studio on my way home from work, so I might sign up next week.

We’ll see how this goes. Diet starts Monday. Working out, TBD.

I used to think that work was making me fat…

Now, I think that sitting on my couch all day and not having very much human interaction, expect for the occasional lunch date, drinks with friends, trip to the grocery store or working at a coffee shop, is making me fat.

I quit my diet the day I lost my job, haven’t been to yoga in three weeks and haven’t had much motivation to get of my ass lately, which is sad. So yesterday, I downloaded some mixtapes from my fellow tumblr friends and rediscovered some oldies, but goodies and made some new playlists. I walked in the park the last two days and I feel good. Yesterday, I was depressed and today I was happy and after a walk in the park on both days, I felt better.

Now, I just need to stop buying chips and cookies…that’s another story.

Falling off the diet wagon.

I have been going through some personal, stressful issues recently and totally blew my diet last Friday. And I have continued to eat crap since then - chips, queso, chicken fingers and lots of wine…I feel guilty. However much I needed comfort foods, I could have made better choices. I also haven’t been to yoga in over a week. I should have gone. It will probably help me clear my head and relax.

Tomorrow is a new day. I am going to start tracking what I eat again, making healthier choices and planning my meals. I am going to go to yoga at least once this week and this weekend. I was doing so well and I could see the results, so could other people. It made me feel good and proud of myself. I like that feeling.