I love to watch Biggest Loser, and I am so excited that it's coming back for another season next week! It's a great motivator for me mid-week, and then I have my WW meetings on Fridays. Good timing! When I watch Biggest Loser, I always roll my eyes a little at the contestants who lose 2 or 3 pounds and act like they are total failures. Give me a break, I think, you lost a great amount of weight! Well, guess what? I only lost 1.8 pounds this week. I weighed this morning on my scale, which I thought was totally the same as the WW scale, and according to my scale I was down four pounds, so to see 1.8 at the meeting was kind of depressing. Depressing - geez, I'm rolling my own eyes at myself. 1.8 is great! 1-2 pounds a week is the Weight Watchers standard, and if I lose at that rate I will reach my goal weight around the end of summer. I'm gonna have to just keep plugging along, be patient and celebrate along the way. I exercised almost every day last week and stayed within my points for the week and those are great things. So - moving onward!
One of our New Year's Eve traditions is to let the kids bang pots and pans at 9:00. This year we pulled some party poppers too. It was especially fun when my father-in-law wandered over from across the street to see what all the commotion was about. :-)
We also make s'mores for NYE. We don't normally make them using mini marshmallows and chocolate chips. LOL It was fun to change it up a bit, though.
We also like to do a craft in the evening. This year we started a pocket book about the four seasons. Here's Graham's cover.
Great job on your Weight loss!!! I am doing WW too, but gained like 5 lbs over Christmas! i was at my moms, sick, tired and eat everything i could get my hands on! Way to go!
ReplyDeleteSuch fun traditions!!
ReplyDeleteWay to go Emily! You are doing great!
I sooo have to do all that fun stuff next year!!! And you always look fabulous by the way!
ReplyDeleteBlessings, ROssie
How fun! I love that you let them bang pots & pans at 9pm. Have you told them that the new year doesn't actually begin until 12:01, or are they convinced that it happens at 9? LOL
ReplyDeletelove the pots and pans idea!what great memories for your kids....
ReplyDeleteyou are doing FAB!
Hey, almost 2 pounds in a week sounds like a dream! I'm averaging about 1 every other week. I found your site through Afterthoughts and enjoy it. Thanks for letting me stop in.
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What sweet New Year's Eve traditions! My boys love to make s'mores in the microwave, too. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd I am SO impressed with your commitment and diligence! You look FABULOUS! I can even see it in your face! Pretty soon you're going to look like you're in high school again! :)