Avelyn is into everything. The toilet bowl, every cupboard in the kitchen, the potting soil of the plant in our bedroom, the drawers of the dining room hutch, the dishwasher as I unload it (her favourite thing to grab is always the steak knives), and when I open the fridge to retrieve something for a meal she’s underfoot grabbing something from the lowest shelf. Today she found an eggplant and took a big chomp out of it. Then she hurled it on the floor. I don’t blame her. I think eggplant is raunchy.
And, for accountability’s sake, here’s a little Weight Watcher’s update. This week I weighed in at 134 and was feeling great. I went shopping and found some sweet end-of-season sales. I bought a pair of white pants and a striped top (they were each a whopping $7) and I felt like a (kind of) skinny sailor. Or at least a somewhat svelte member of a yacht club. See?
But then tonight I had already used up all of my weekly flex points but there was a piece of hot, cheesy pizza on my counter and after willfully walking past it three times, I caved on the fourth. Then, in keeping with my awful all-or-nothing mentality I also had some fresh pear crisp with Breyer’s vanilla ice cream. So there you have it. I went over my points. But I am going to stop the Binge Train in its tracks. Just because I messed up a little tonight doesn’t mean I have to write the rest of the weekend off. Talk me down, people! I hereby pledge to stick to my points for the rest of the weekend and be back on track.
I don’t want to be a Sausagey Sailor.
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You look awesome.
Next time, just ask yourself, “Is that piece of pizza REALLY going to be better than the way I would feel at my goal weight?”
Just don’t answer yes, like I would.
Poor Avelyn! Cute outfit!
Amanda, you ALWAYS look so fresh and beautiful and graceful and glowy. You are positively radiant my friend.
That’s my biggest problem. How to not compound a little ‘slip’ by making it into a BIG slip. I sorta figure…I’m going to want ice cream one day soon so wouldn’t it be more efficient to just make today a really bad day rather than have two somewhat bad days? Its not really good logic….
Several things about this post:
1) That picture of Avelyn should be on the cover of a baby magazine.
2) Love the sailor outfit.
3) How dare that piece of pizza just sit out on the counter like that, flaunting it’s salty chewy cheesy goodness? No one could resist!
How I would love to be at 134!!! You look amazing and I had to look twice to make sure that the picture was you and not a catalogue model modelling the clothes you bought!
You look fabulous!! How I wish I was at 134 too… that’s a wonderful weight.
Eggplants ARE gross.
Amanda.. you look really good! I have to be honest I have cheated for the last 3 weeks! Now I am up like 7 pounds (143)Yikes.. and feel depressed about it. Why is it so easy to gain weight and soooo hard to lose it??! Well… you have inspired me to get back on the band wagon! Keep up the hard work… and a piece of pizza isin’t all that bad.. ONCE in awhile! :)
As I told you tonight, YOU LOOK AMAZING. And the occasional slip-up won’t hurt you :)
Also? LOVE that photo of Avelyn!
I don’t have the will power to watch what I eat. However, last week I walked into a grocer with every intention of buying some Breyer’s ice cream (because it’s my favorite) to go on top of an apricot flan tarte that I had just bought at Trader Joes; and guess what! not only were they buy one, get one free; i discovered that they now make fat FREE vanilla. i don’t know how they do it (or if it’s really true), but it’s not bad..especially when accompanying apricot flan tarte…or, I suspect, fresh pear crisp. Not that i condone that sort of behavior.
That photo of Avelyn is so gorgeous. I think you should send it in to a photo contest or something. It would surely win. Maybe send it to Gerber baby food. She could be the new poster child for Gerber. Never know. It is a great shot.
Eggplant is THE WORST. You, however, are adorable. :)
Beautiful picture of you. Seriously. You look AWESOME. Just great. You skinny thing. I’m jealous officially. I’m up from 7-10 pounds and got back on WW last week…mostly staying with the program, but mostly I’m just DISGUSTED with my body right now. It IS so hard to get back on track. I just don’t want to go back where I came from. The occasional binge won’t hurt…just don’t make it a habit. You’ll be fine.
Love the pic of Avelyn too.:)
I couldn’t agree more! Eggplant has never done anything for me!
Avelyn is so adorable as always. What kind of camera do you use? Your pics are always amazing. Congrats on the 134. I need to do something fast to work on my baby weight.
A post idea – high school memories… I was thinking about dances today for some reason…. ahh the awkwardness, good times :)
hey we weigh the same! I’m trying to get down below 130 on a daily basis (not just after I pee and before I eat anything in the morning) but I’m not always good at watching what I snack on. Oh why is it so easy to be hungry?
Ahoy matie! Looking SAH-WEET!!! Love the outfit and I love the price tag, that is my kinda sale. You look fabulous, very inspiring.
Whatever you’re doing to your pictures these days is marvelous. (Angella’s Foto Friday?) Oh, and you and your daughter look radiant, as usual.
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