Weigh in tonight.....not the greatest

I had my weekly weigh in on Wednesday and I knew walking in the door I wasn't going to hear the words...."fantastic job Amanda, down another blah blah blah". I was expecting to hear I had gained, it wasn't that I ate horrible or anything this past week I could honestly just feel that I was up. So when I stepped on the scale I was waiting and waiting and she comes back with "you are up .8lbs". Seriously .8lbs? I was expecting 2+lbs so .8 was nothing and I know I will lose that and more this coming week.
Gaining those .8lbs did trigger something in me though. I thought about the meals for the week and what I was going to buy at the grocery store. I actually wrote down the different meals and am putting them on a new calendar so I can stay organized and on track. I went onto the E-tools portion of WW and got some recipes that I am going to try to make. I looked more for things not to cook in the oven since I am told it is going to be in the 80's and 90's next week so we will see what happens.
I need to start getting out walking and running again, it is just so hard to be a single parent and figure out when to get out there exercising. It use to be so easy to just put Camdon in the stroller, pack snacks and walk for 90+ minutes. Now that he is 4 and full of energy it is a challenge to get him to stay in the stroller so I can just move, instead he wants to walk with me....but that also means we have to stop at every sewer and find rocks to drop in there. That isn't my idea of exercising and I think this slow paced, stop and go action is going to do no good to my exercise routine. I know I can't use him as my excuse and I am not but it just being me makes it hard. So my goal in the next month is to start exercising more and finding the time to do it.
I need to get some pics of me still, maybe I can get to that this weekend. I want full body shot photos so I can monitor my loss but I guess I can also post up pics from when Camdon's recent birthday party so at least they are up there to remind me of why I am changing how I eat and what I eat.

5%

It has only taken me 16 weeks but I have finally hit my 5% marker at Weight Watchers. I know I could have lost more than that in the 16 weeks, but life has been a little hectic and I am happy with my 13+ lbs in 16 weeks. I have weigh in on Wednesday and I am hoping to hear I have lost more so I am closer to the 15lb marker.

It has been forever since I have blogged and I need to get back on track. Blogging not only helps me clear my head but it is a great way to track where I have come from. I need to take some pics of how I look now relatively soon so I can compare thru the time how I look to motivate me to keep going.