Today's Weight - 209.7 (Down 0.4)
As long as it's going down, or even holding ground (for a day or two!), I'm happy! Of course, I'd love to weigh 135 TODAY! but I'm very happy to be smaller today than I was a few months ago, and looking forward with great anticipation to being smaller still this summer!! Yesterday I had cereal for breakfast (very healthy organic granola with almonds and dark chocolate! - but I really need to get some more skim milk!), with water and coffee, then for lunch - - - OH MY! Joy and Charles took me to Fogo Del ????? in Buckhead!!! Oh my goodness. I have had some good filet mignon in my life, but yesterday.... there has never been filet mignon until then. I melted! (You know how a good filet "melts" in your mouth?). Everything was incredible! The salad bar - I would have been perfectly content to just eat that - that is, until the meats starting coming around. I didn't know food could be that good!! And I have had some good food! *sigh*
After eating such a substantial meal, I was hoping not to have to eat at all the rest of the day (we ate at noon), but after spending the afternoon playing in the pool at Joy and Charles', I was hungry by 5pm! So I made a deli sandwich on that cool "flat" bread, and even had some chips. And didn't eat until almost 7! Oh, I also had a half flatbread with peanut butter! And I was still down this morning!!!! Yay!
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Whew!!! That's A Relief!
Today's Weight - 210.1 (Down 2.4)
Yay! I guess being hungry yesterday paid off! It wasn't necessarily easy going from total indulgence to no coke, no tea, no fries, and only two meals rather than eating whenever and whatever I wanted! But all day long, I wanted the freedom from obesity more than I wanted food - so it worked! Now just to remember that....
I had a grain bar for breakfast (along with coffee and ice water, of course), skipped lunch and went to West Bank Park instead, to get too much sun!!, then had a sandwich and a handful of chips for dinner, just after 6. (Water, of course). Oh yeah, I also had a spoonful of peanut butter while I was making dinner for the kids, before I started my sandwich. I got some new bread, called "sandwich thins" - pretty cool, like flatbread, only round and sliced open. So instead of 160-220 calories in the bread you eat in a typical sandwich, this was only 100 calories in bread. They have several whole-grain varieties to choose from. (They were on sale!!) Pretty good with Boar's Head Salsalito Turkey! (also on sale).
Yay! I guess being hungry yesterday paid off! It wasn't necessarily easy going from total indulgence to no coke, no tea, no fries, and only two meals rather than eating whenever and whatever I wanted! But all day long, I wanted the freedom from obesity more than I wanted food - so it worked! Now just to remember that....
I had a grain bar for breakfast (along with coffee and ice water, of course), skipped lunch and went to West Bank Park instead, to get too much sun!!, then had a sandwich and a handful of chips for dinner, just after 6. (Water, of course). Oh yeah, I also had a spoonful of peanut butter while I was making dinner for the kids, before I started my sandwich. I got some new bread, called "sandwich thins" - pretty cool, like flatbread, only round and sliced open. So instead of 160-220 calories in the bread you eat in a typical sandwich, this was only 100 calories in bread. They have several whole-grain varieties to choose from. (They were on sale!!) Pretty good with Boar's Head Salsalito Turkey! (also on sale).
Monday, May 9, 2011
Really Need To Find My Groove Again!!
Today's Weight - 212.5 (Up 3.4)
Well, NOW I'm on the other side of 210! Still, I was prepared for worse. But now is the time to halt the reverse momentum - before it gets more costly. I cannot forget how much I have enjoyed the benefits I have already reaped - just being down twenty pounds (or even fifteen....). There is no way I want to give that up!! Even though I have a long way to go - particularly as I'm doing this really slow!! - it is still rewarding on the way; I don't have to wait until I reach my ultimate goal to enjoy it!! It's fun on the way there!
So today, I'm going back to water (which I love, remember?), and healthy eating (no more junk!!). And I don't have to consider that a sacrifice - I like the foods I eat when I am eating healthy. Some people don't, and that does make it difficult. Plus, I want to add exercise as part of my daily routine, not just an extra I throw in once a week or so...
Well, NOW I'm on the other side of 210! Still, I was prepared for worse. But now is the time to halt the reverse momentum - before it gets more costly. I cannot forget how much I have enjoyed the benefits I have already reaped - just being down twenty pounds (or even fifteen....). There is no way I want to give that up!! Even though I have a long way to go - particularly as I'm doing this really slow!! - it is still rewarding on the way; I don't have to wait until I reach my ultimate goal to enjoy it!! It's fun on the way there!
So today, I'm going back to water (which I love, remember?), and healthy eating (no more junk!!). And I don't have to consider that a sacrifice - I like the foods I eat when I am eating healthy. Some people don't, and that does make it difficult. Plus, I want to add exercise as part of my daily routine, not just an extra I throw in once a week or so...
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
These Breaks Will Wipe Me Out!
Today's Weight - 209.9 (Up 1.0)
Actually, I'm very thankful - I was trying hard to prepare myself for a much bigger gain - I was afraid I'd be back well on the other side of 210.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Oops...
Today's Weight - 208.9 (Up 0.7)
I didn't really mean to skip yesterday's post/confession... although it wasn't a pleasant thought to have to tell that I had gained the 0.9 pounds back that I had taken off the day before. Anyway, after being up 0.9 yesterday, this morning I am down 0.2 - actually a pleasant surprise, since I had lunch at Red Lobster yesterday (I think I had three cheese biscuits!), and then for dinner...! First, I had a fiber bar at 5:30, so that should have done me for the rest of the day; I wanted to eat early. But when I made pepperoni pizza for the kids.... I caved and had two pieces - at 8pm - and drank a coke and a half!!!! So I was very pleased to be down this morning! :) Now, to try to control myself today...
I didn't really mean to skip yesterday's post/confession... although it wasn't a pleasant thought to have to tell that I had gained the 0.9 pounds back that I had taken off the day before. Anyway, after being up 0.9 yesterday, this morning I am down 0.2 - actually a pleasant surprise, since I had lunch at Red Lobster yesterday (I think I had three cheese biscuits!), and then for dinner...! First, I had a fiber bar at 5:30, so that should have done me for the rest of the day; I wanted to eat early. But when I made pepperoni pizza for the kids.... I caved and had two pieces - at 8pm - and drank a coke and a half!!!! So I was very pleased to be down this morning! :) Now, to try to control myself today...
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Who Knows...?
Today's Weight - 208.1 (Down 0.9)
Well, that proves that yesterday's excessive gain was a fluke. Because I sure shouldn't have lost any yesterday. I had cereal for breakfast, with coffee and water, but after that - that was it! I don't even remember what I had for lunch, but I had McDonald's fries and a coke about 5, for an after-school snack, and Julie's shepherd's pie for dinner, and then I made toffee! and ate half of it!!! Late!!! Drank coke and sweet tea... just ridiculous. And I lost 0.9 pounds! Well, I do feel better, so I'm going to try to keep going in that direction. What a ride!
Well, that proves that yesterday's excessive gain was a fluke. Because I sure shouldn't have lost any yesterday. I had cereal for breakfast, with coffee and water, but after that - that was it! I don't even remember what I had for lunch, but I had McDonald's fries and a coke about 5, for an after-school snack, and Julie's shepherd's pie for dinner, and then I made toffee! and ate half of it!!! Late!!! Drank coke and sweet tea... just ridiculous. And I lost 0.9 pounds! Well, I do feel better, so I'm going to try to keep going in that direction. What a ride!
Monday, April 18, 2011
Yuck...
Today's Weight - 209.0 (Up 2.9)
It looks like I was really bad over the weekend - and although I did "relax" a bit (fish tacos and sweet tea Saturday night, Zaxby's fries, nibblerz, and coke for lunch on Sunday, and Giorgio's! with sweet tea for dinner Sunday night, not to mention tortilla chips with spinach, cheese, and artichoke dip as a snack!), I have done far worse with less catastrophic results. I believe my gain is partly digestive (or the lack thereof), and partly retaining water (which is sort-of related). I feel bloated, and my whole abdomen is sore, and hard as a brick (and not because I have great abs, either!). So I am hoping to see that disappear soon, and be back on track. In the meantime, I don't feel so good, and I'm afraid I won't feel like exercising, so I guess we'll see how that goes. At least for right now, I don't want to eat again, ever! :)
It looks like I was really bad over the weekend - and although I did "relax" a bit (fish tacos and sweet tea Saturday night, Zaxby's fries, nibblerz, and coke for lunch on Sunday, and Giorgio's! with sweet tea for dinner Sunday night, not to mention tortilla chips with spinach, cheese, and artichoke dip as a snack!), I have done far worse with less catastrophic results. I believe my gain is partly digestive (or the lack thereof), and partly retaining water (which is sort-of related). I feel bloated, and my whole abdomen is sore, and hard as a brick (and not because I have great abs, either!). So I am hoping to see that disappear soon, and be back on track. In the meantime, I don't feel so good, and I'm afraid I won't feel like exercising, so I guess we'll see how that goes. At least for right now, I don't want to eat again, ever! :)
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