WW Update

This week: down 1.5 pounds
Total so far: down 23 pounds

I'm glad I lost the 0.5 I gained last week plus another pound! And I was away for the weekend, so I am quite pleased with my results this week.

WW Update

This week: up 0.5 pounds
Total so far: down 21.5 pounds

I had to weigh in early again this week since I will be out of town all weekend in Ottawa visiting Eva - yay!

For the first time since I started WW 3.5 months ago, I gained a little bit this week. No big deal. I have a feeling it was the McDonald's yesterday. I didn't get home last night until 7:15pm and I thought that Carlos was going to have supper all ready when I got home, but turns out he had to work until 7:30pm last night. At that point, I was too hungry to make anything, so I asked him to pick up subs on his way home. He understood that as pick up "something" on the way home, so he showed up with McDonalds instead. At almost 8:00pm, I couldn't say no, especially since it was right in front of me! So, that's probably the 0.5 pound gain right there. I'm not worried, I'll start fresh again today.

WW Update

I know it's a few days early, but I went to weigh in this morning instead of Saturday since I'm busy on Saturday and won't be able to go to WW for my regular meeting.

This week: down 0.5 pounds
Total so far: down 22 pounds

YAY! I was going into this weigh-in expecting to gain because of the back to back big family meals on the weekend, but I managed to lose a half a pound. I am so pleased! Must have been the fact that I was really good yesterday to try to counteract some of the weekend :)

Update on my aunt

I emailed my uncle for an update on my aunt. Turns out Oma had the details incorrect. Annette has melanoma, so not in the eye at all. She is not in the hospital; she just had a day surgery to remove something on her leg to go for testing. Now we’re just waiting to get the results and then we’ll know what treatment she’ll need. I’m glad I asked because it sounds like it’s not as serious as what Oma said!

WW Update

This week: down 0.5 pounds
Total so far: down 21.5 pounds

Not bad considering the week I had. This next weigh-in might not be pretty given the back to back turkey dinners I have this weekend! I'll do my best to stay on track and try to get some exercise in too.

Sad news

Oma got a call from my uncle yesterday - first time he's talked to her since the beginning of July. Turns out my aunt is in the hospital in Toronto and she has just been diagnosed with cancer. All we know is it is some type of cancer of the eye - the same type that my Opa died of 17 years ago. Of course, Oma is quite upset and keeps asking my mom for details, but my mom doesn't know anything because all the information we have received has been from Oma. Doesn't he know giving a woman with dementia details is useless because she doesn't remember things from 30 seconds ago?!?!

So, my mom emailed my cousin to try to get some info. Needless to say, we are all pretty worried! Makes it worse that we don't know any details!

WW Update

This week: down 1.5 pounds
Total so far: down 21 pounds

YAY! This week, both my mom and I got our 10% award - we have each lost 10% of our starting weight. I thought it was funny that we both reached it in the same week - haha!

As of tomorrow, I will officially be a full-time (more than 30 hours per week) employee again. I am adding Monday mornings to my current schedule of all day on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. That will bring me up to 31 hours per week. Which means I'll get the health benefits for free again - yay!

I had a great weekend. Yesterday, I was a vendor at a Girls Day Out event, so that went well. Today, we had church in the morning and then we had some portraits taken with Julie. Our annual family portraits - they turned out really well! We had them done at Walmart this time and now I know that next time I'll go back to Sears. I wasn't overly impressed with Walmart, but live and learn! Here is one of my favourites: