August 5- I Turn My East, I Don't See Nobody By My Side, I Turn My Head to the West, Still Nobody in Sight, So I Turn My Head to the North, Swallow that Pill that They Call Pride, That Old Me's Dead and Gone But the New Me'll Be Alright

Weight Loss for the Week: 2lbs

That's right, I have officially lost 50+ lbs now!!!

I can't even describe how good it feels to say that.

I have been getting busy these days.  I'm in a more intense prep mode for school now- only 9 days until I start teaching! It's getting so real- I'm so excited/nervous/anxious/ecstatic/worried/prepared.  I want to meet my students and get to the lessons and pray that I'm doing what I should be and that they learn what they need to do well. 

Since some of that prep involved going into my rooms (my main room for my five high school classes and my other room that I share for my one middle school class) and physically cleaning, organizing and setting up, I got some much needed new activity added to my regular routine.  There's still some work left to do, but I've definitely made some good progress and have even been dreaming about setting up my room or having other people change my room. 

I also tried out two new recipes this week.  The first was a pizza recipe that I created.  I've been craving pizza so much lately it's not even funny.  I know I can eat it and manipulate other meals to be fine with the points but I felt that there must be some way to have a slice of pizza that is both filling and not 9 points.  So, I used the Recipe Builder- a new BFF from WW- to see what I could do.  I used a pre-made crust, a little tomato sauce, tomato slices, steamed spinach, part-skim mozzarella, feta, artichoke hearts, onion and bell pepper to create this delicious five-vegetable pizza. It was so good and so filling- I cut it up into 6 slices at 5 points apiece.  I ate 2 slices per meal.  I could have easily done one slice and a side salad but I didn't have salad ingredients. 

I also found a recipe for Skinny Cajun Chicken Penne on Pinterest that I tweaked a bit because I didn't like all of the ingredients.  And after plugging in my version on the Recipe Builder it went from being 12 points with the original recipe to 8 points with my tweaked recipe.   It is also beyond delicious and incredibly filling.  And it has earned the approval of a foodie friend and the interest of even my brother who almost never wants to try new dishes.  So, I think it will have to be my contribution to the next family meal.

Finally, I have been asked this question five or six times this week- what is my ultimate goal weight?  This is my answer.  I have looked up what the weight range for my height is- 126lbs to 141 lbs.  Knowing this, I want to get down to about 150lbs and then go in to see my doctor and talk with him about where I should fall in that range- the bottom, the middle or the top- and from there I will know what my ultimate goal weight should be and work from there.  My doctor is aware that I am on WW but I do not go in to see him unless I have an illness, etc.  And thanks to my septoplasty and likely my weight loss, I have not had to go in to the doctor since February.  I kind of want to just so they can see how much weight I've lost, lol.

Oh, a few people mentioned trying to leave comments and being unable to do so- I have updated the settings on this blog and it should work now. So, if you feel the urge to comment, go ahead :)

Now, to go check out the Stax Museum!