Hi y'all! Just checking in to let you know that I'm still fat.

Last week was the first week in months that I didn't work out at all. I had a busy work week AND it was my birthday AND we had stuff with the kids going on every night of the week. It's not an excuse, just admitting.... I feel icky, though, and am ready to get back to the gym today.

As usual, I've been eating like crap. Of course, even if I was on a diet, I probably would have blown it big time this past weekend. I love long holiday weekends, but why do I feel the need to honor our veterans by binge eating?

So, TODAY, I'm starting something new. Let me give you a little back story....

A little over a year ago, I started doing Weight Watchers. I did it for a while strictly as an online member, and then I started going to meetings. I didn't lose a substantial amount of weight, but I consistently lost 1-2 pounds/week, which is healthy. I found that the program (I did POINTS) was *fairly* (I'll define fairly in a minute) easy to stay on, and I was happy that I could pretty much eat whatever I wanted so long as I stayed within my allotted points.

Ok, I said it was fairly easy, but here's where I fell off the wagon. If I was staying in my routine (work, home, sleep--repeat, repeat, repeat) then I could stick to it. But, once I was out of my routine, I would break. In mid-June, we travelled to Florida for Jeff's brother's wedding. Uh, sorry, but I cannot calculate the points value for unbelieavable seafood and open bar.

Plus, I found it difficult to plan my own meals and calculate the points value. So, here is where the genius of my new plan is revealed.

E-Mealz! My sister told me about E-Mealz and I looked into it and I think I'm going to like it. This program develops new menus every week. You can sign up for their "regular" menus, or low-fat, OR....POINTS menus. Obviously, I'm doing the points one. They provide a menu for every night of the week, AND tell you the points value, AND provide a shopping list based on the menu. How easy!

Of course, I say that now....I'll check back in and let you know how it goes! :)

Also, shout out to Mimi Pam....thanks for the comment on my last post--I know I'm a terrible updater! ;)