It feels great to be back home after being away for over a week. It is hard to live at someone else's house for over a week, especially with kids. We had fun seeing the in-laws and cousins and beach combing. It was REALLY hard to stay the weight loss course. I find it extremely difficult to drink my water when I am not at work. Also, I know I did not get all the fruit and veggies I am supposed to eat in a day. And....I ate some ice cream! I didn't eat awful but it was really hard to live without a scale. I had no clue. I figured I was doing terrible, so I figured what the hell, I'll eat more.
It was a very scary thing to weigh myself this morning. I am up, but only 0.8. Better than I thought, but still disappointing as I basically wasted 2 weeks of weight loss and for what, some snacks and ice cream. Not worth it. I am ready to refocus and reconnect with my ladies to figure out what this weeks challenge will be. It will be easier this week in the comfort of my own home, but even easier next week when I return to the normal grind.
I had my hair done a week and a bit ago, even had my eye brows and other facial parts waxed. I felt so good about myself. I desparately need a hair straightener to help create the ultimate look. The tough thing was that I was expecting my in-laws to say I looked good or different....they said nothing. They knew I was losing weight and what I was trying to do with my eating, so instead of saying I looked good, they offered me a diet that really worked for them. My sister-in-law is very fit and trim (some natural, but she also works for it). She is such a great person and so much fun to be around. My mom-in-law made a few comments when we were around her that if I was to paraphrase said " your sister-in-law is so thin, you are fat". Now was that what she said? No, but it is amazing how your mind can intrepret things at when you are feeling vulnerable. I know I am overweight, I know other people know I am overweight, so I am not sure why I would expect someone to say or act any different. It is tough when you compare yourself to someone else. It is quite toxic how you can cut yourself down. I did a bit of that when I was away, and it sure didn't help my motivation. You think it would, you see something you are striving for, so it makes you strive harder. It can, but it can also seem so unattainable that why bother. I felt the latter. And no matter what anyone said or didn't say, it was me who made me feel that way.
But I am ready to shake that off, lean on my support system and get myself back into the groove I was having before I left.
The gym will have to be on hold a bit longer as an x-ray of my left foot today shows two fractures in it. Glad the mystery of the swollen, sore left foot is solved, the solution sucks though and means that my weight loss is going to have to come from proper eating alone. But I can and will do it. As my kids have learned in kung fu " I can, I must, I will".
Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Monday, 15 August 2011
T-Minus 4 days!!!
I am on vacation in 4 days - whoot, whoot!! I am so excited. Of course being on vacation will create a challenge in and of itself. I am going to do my very best to stick to what is working for me - no eating after 8pm and cut out starchy carbs.
Success was the name of the day with all my girls dropping some great pounds. I got on the scale and am down 3.2 lbs. That takes me out of the 200's. I told my husband he is no longer married to a deuce! I hope to keep it that way and reduce it even further. It is great that my girls and I all had such a successful week. When you achieve success, you crave more. I hope we can all keep the momentum going.
The challenge this week is 5 servings of veggies a day. At first I thought I had this in the bag, but not so much. I have been really great at eating salads and veg for lunch, but I seem to have it taper off by dinner time. So on first glance I thought the challenge this week would be a breeze, but after not meeting the challenge today, not so easy.
To help me with this challenge, I need to improve my food journaling, take a page from my friend Kelly's page.
Breakfast
1 cup oatmeal
meduim double double
Lunch
2 cups spinach
1/4 cup craisins
20 almonds
2 tsbp calorie wize poppy seed dressing
1 nectarine
Snack
10 cashews
Supper
2 california rolls (white rice - starchy carb, but yummy)
1 Sunomono salad
1 cookie
Snacking after 8 - NO WAY!!!
Water - Not quite today - harder when I have the coffee in the morning
5 servings of veggies - nope - and I am going to find out what a serving is so I can do better tomorrow.
Feeling good about my progress and great about my girls progress. Hope I can beat this challenge tomorrow!
Success was the name of the day with all my girls dropping some great pounds. I got on the scale and am down 3.2 lbs. That takes me out of the 200's. I told my husband he is no longer married to a deuce! I hope to keep it that way and reduce it even further. It is great that my girls and I all had such a successful week. When you achieve success, you crave more. I hope we can all keep the momentum going.
The challenge this week is 5 servings of veggies a day. At first I thought I had this in the bag, but not so much. I have been really great at eating salads and veg for lunch, but I seem to have it taper off by dinner time. So on first glance I thought the challenge this week would be a breeze, but after not meeting the challenge today, not so easy.
To help me with this challenge, I need to improve my food journaling, take a page from my friend Kelly's page.
Breakfast
1 cup oatmeal
meduim double double
Lunch
2 cups spinach
1/4 cup craisins
20 almonds
2 tsbp calorie wize poppy seed dressing
1 nectarine
Snack
10 cashews
Supper
2 california rolls (white rice - starchy carb, but yummy)
1 Sunomono salad
1 cookie
Snacking after 8 - NO WAY!!!
Water - Not quite today - harder when I have the coffee in the morning
5 servings of veggies - nope - and I am going to find out what a serving is so I can do better tomorrow.
Feeling good about my progress and great about my girls progress. Hope I can beat this challenge tomorrow!
Friday, 12 August 2011
Two steps forward, half a step back?
This week has flown by. So glad it is it Friday!!! In one week, I am on vacation!!! I am very much looking forward to some down time. I am also getting my hair cut and coloured next Friday. This is another part of the Fab 40 project, doing things for myself and putting some effort in my appearance. My hair is, in short, a disaster!! It is so fuzzy and knotted - totally unmanagable. I hope that the hairdresser can work so magic for me.
So my week has been like my title says it - mostly good and a little bad. I will vow to take a page from my BFF Kelly's page and start doing a proper food journal. But here it is in a nut shell. I have had a lot of salad, fruits and some meat. I have been doing pretty good with avoiding the bad starchy carbs - that is until today. I went for lunch with my boss and we got an appetizer of bread with some dip. I told myself, just a couple pieces, but my best laid plans were cast aside when I tasted how great that bread was. My lunch was good - salmon, brown rice and roasted veg.
I had one night with snacking in it - an apple with PB and some crackers. But I am okay with it. I felt bad about it, but I truly have avioded snacking more and better than I ever thought I would. So although it was a two steps forward and a half step back, I feel good about my week. I know I am working hard and I know I will achieve my goal, I am positive about it. Clothes are feeling better, and I feel better about myself.
What is helping me is my husband is now really focused on losing weight too. Not that I need him to be to succeed, but it sure helps to be on the same page and have someone else to hold you up when you think you are going to crack. So I consider myself a lucky girl - I have a supportive husband and supportive friends - I can't fail with all that support.
I need to step up my exercise. I still have not figured out a routine that will work now that hubby is back at work, but we will figure it out and I will make it happen.
I am looking forward to a great weekend and being productive as well as healthy. The scale has been my friend this week and I want it to do the same on Monday when it counts!
Good week - happy Kim!
So my week has been like my title says it - mostly good and a little bad. I will vow to take a page from my BFF Kelly's page and start doing a proper food journal. But here it is in a nut shell. I have had a lot of salad, fruits and some meat. I have been doing pretty good with avoiding the bad starchy carbs - that is until today. I went for lunch with my boss and we got an appetizer of bread with some dip. I told myself, just a couple pieces, but my best laid plans were cast aside when I tasted how great that bread was. My lunch was good - salmon, brown rice and roasted veg.
I had one night with snacking in it - an apple with PB and some crackers. But I am okay with it. I felt bad about it, but I truly have avioded snacking more and better than I ever thought I would. So although it was a two steps forward and a half step back, I feel good about my week. I know I am working hard and I know I will achieve my goal, I am positive about it. Clothes are feeling better, and I feel better about myself.
What is helping me is my husband is now really focused on losing weight too. Not that I need him to be to succeed, but it sure helps to be on the same page and have someone else to hold you up when you think you are going to crack. So I consider myself a lucky girl - I have a supportive husband and supportive friends - I can't fail with all that support.
I need to step up my exercise. I still have not figured out a routine that will work now that hubby is back at work, but we will figure it out and I will make it happen.
I am looking forward to a great weekend and being productive as well as healthy. The scale has been my friend this week and I want it to do the same on Monday when it counts!
Good week - happy Kim!
Tuesday, 9 August 2011
New Week - New Challenge
So a new week has begun. We are down to one computer at home at the moment, one in for repair, one just not worth repairing. So my husband is nice enough to let me use his work one until our home one is returned.
So I stepped on the scale yesterday morning. It played a few tricks on me, changing the weight a few times, but I think I finally settled on 200.6. It hit that a couple times. So that is 1 lb down. I am pleased, but man that one pound was hard to achieve. I spent so much time concentrating on my eating and water, that I thought it would be more than a pound. But at least I saw a change.
I promised myself I would hit the gym this week....I haven't yet. I have however been on a bike ride the last two nights. I have pushed myself, I am talking some hills. There sure is a difference being on a stationary bike and hitting a hill and being on a real bike, on the pavement willing yourself up a hill. I pushed a little too far tonight and had to get off my bike mid hill - I just couldn't make it up!!! But now I have a benchmark, now I have a goal, I will make it up the hill!
The challenge this week is no bad carbs, startches (white rice, bread, pasta, crackers). We are allowing ourselves 4 small servings of a whole grains, such as quinoa or barley. This challenge is on top of the water challenge and the no eating after 8. I am very excited about it. I have been really good at eating only salad/veggies, fruit and a yogurt for breakfast and lunch. Last night I had some roast beef and steamed broccoli/carrots/peppers. Tonight I had a bowl of vegetarian chili with 2 tbs of cheddar cheese (yummy) and a green salad. I have avoided the starch and I am not eating after 8 pm. I feel so empowered that I can stick to not snacking in the evening, it is an amazing feeling. Does white rice have a nice smell? It did to me tonight - I so wanted it. RICE!!! I resisted. The thing with family and kids is that you still need to provide a full meal to them. The growing boys need all the food groups, so I have to continue to work on my willpower by cooking the foods I need to avoid. Of course, they can benefit by eating new things, but my boys would never eat vegitarian chili!
I was at the hospital today getting injected with some nuclear medicine, a dye. I have to go for a scan tomorrow and Thursday. The doctors want to see if my back tumuors will accept this dye. If so, this will be an option to help slow the growth of the tumours when surgery is not an option. I am trying not to think about it too much, but the thought of me not being able to have surgery to remove the tumuors and if this "chemo-type" treatment won't work - what does that mean for me? It is out of my hands, so I do not have much control over it.
On a funny note, my middle boy had some white powder in his hair tonight and I asked what it was. He said "we were making bombs at daycare today". They learned to make baking powder bombs - fun to be a kid.
The week is shaping out good. I am in control of what I am doing and what I am eating. I need to up the exercise but I am happy with what I am doing and what my girsl are doing too! We can do this!
So I stepped on the scale yesterday morning. It played a few tricks on me, changing the weight a few times, but I think I finally settled on 200.6. It hit that a couple times. So that is 1 lb down. I am pleased, but man that one pound was hard to achieve. I spent so much time concentrating on my eating and water, that I thought it would be more than a pound. But at least I saw a change.
I promised myself I would hit the gym this week....I haven't yet. I have however been on a bike ride the last two nights. I have pushed myself, I am talking some hills. There sure is a difference being on a stationary bike and hitting a hill and being on a real bike, on the pavement willing yourself up a hill. I pushed a little too far tonight and had to get off my bike mid hill - I just couldn't make it up!!! But now I have a benchmark, now I have a goal, I will make it up the hill!
The challenge this week is no bad carbs, startches (white rice, bread, pasta, crackers). We are allowing ourselves 4 small servings of a whole grains, such as quinoa or barley. This challenge is on top of the water challenge and the no eating after 8. I am very excited about it. I have been really good at eating only salad/veggies, fruit and a yogurt for breakfast and lunch. Last night I had some roast beef and steamed broccoli/carrots/peppers. Tonight I had a bowl of vegetarian chili with 2 tbs of cheddar cheese (yummy) and a green salad. I have avoided the starch and I am not eating after 8 pm. I feel so empowered that I can stick to not snacking in the evening, it is an amazing feeling. Does white rice have a nice smell? It did to me tonight - I so wanted it. RICE!!! I resisted. The thing with family and kids is that you still need to provide a full meal to them. The growing boys need all the food groups, so I have to continue to work on my willpower by cooking the foods I need to avoid. Of course, they can benefit by eating new things, but my boys would never eat vegitarian chili!
I was at the hospital today getting injected with some nuclear medicine, a dye. I have to go for a scan tomorrow and Thursday. The doctors want to see if my back tumuors will accept this dye. If so, this will be an option to help slow the growth of the tumours when surgery is not an option. I am trying not to think about it too much, but the thought of me not being able to have surgery to remove the tumuors and if this "chemo-type" treatment won't work - what does that mean for me? It is out of my hands, so I do not have much control over it.
On a funny note, my middle boy had some white powder in his hair tonight and I asked what it was. He said "we were making bombs at daycare today". They learned to make baking powder bombs - fun to be a kid.
The week is shaping out good. I am in control of what I am doing and what I am eating. I need to up the exercise but I am happy with what I am doing and what my girsl are doing too! We can do this!
Sunday, 7 August 2011
Why is the weekend over already?
I can hardly believe it is Sunday evening. It always feels like not enough gets accomplished on the weekend and then you are thrown into another week. We had a good day today, out on a bike ride. We didn't make it too far as the route was sandy, proving very difficult for the boys to ride in. I then slipped as I was walking on some loose gravel and have garbled up my knee. I have been making good progress on my water today, but I believe I will break a rule and eat dinner after 8pm, as it is already after 7pm and the man who is supposed to cook is out mowing the lawn. So we will have to eat after the kids go to bed. Which is nice from time to time, but kind of breaks the nighttime eating rule. Of course my real weigh in is tomorrow morning, so I am picking the worst night to do this. But, this is real life. Sometimes things get in the way. If we keep it healthy I should come out okay.....hopefully.
Like I said in my last post, the scale is my friend and enemy. I am obsessed with it and I hope to see at least a pound down tomorrow morning. I actually think I will be in a bad mood if I don't see it. I still have not worked out a great work week schedule with my husabnd, so it will be a little 'fly by the seat of my pants'. But I plan to make it to the gym at least 3 times this week. I am not sure what days or if I am going morning or nights, it will be what it will be. I might even be able to nail down a schedule with my husband tonight - he needs to make time for the gym too.
Two more weeks of work and I am on vacation for two weeks. I am soooo excited!!! I haven't had time off since Christmas and it is really needed. I hope that I can keep some routine to my days and make the right choices. I am spending a week with my in-laws on the island. I am looking forward to it, but they are good cooks. Lots of oil, flavour, fat, yummy, yummy food. But they do eat a lot of salads, so I will do my best.
Well, I will talk to my ladies tomorow and figure out the challenge for the week.
See you then!
Like I said in my last post, the scale is my friend and enemy. I am obsessed with it and I hope to see at least a pound down tomorrow morning. I actually think I will be in a bad mood if I don't see it. I still have not worked out a great work week schedule with my husabnd, so it will be a little 'fly by the seat of my pants'. But I plan to make it to the gym at least 3 times this week. I am not sure what days or if I am going morning or nights, it will be what it will be. I might even be able to nail down a schedule with my husband tonight - he needs to make time for the gym too.
Two more weeks of work and I am on vacation for two weeks. I am soooo excited!!! I haven't had time off since Christmas and it is really needed. I hope that I can keep some routine to my days and make the right choices. I am spending a week with my in-laws on the island. I am looking forward to it, but they are good cooks. Lots of oil, flavour, fat, yummy, yummy food. But they do eat a lot of salads, so I will do my best.
Well, I will talk to my ladies tomorow and figure out the challenge for the week.
See you then!
Saturday, 6 August 2011
I hate the scale!
I am obsessed with the scale. I seem to be on there more than once a day, just checking out the number. I am elated when I see it down a pound, and then I am disappointed when it isn't the same 4 hours and a meal later. Am I crazy?? I am the only one obsessed with it? Kind of feels like it. Feels like I am putting my self worth and happiness into a 3 digit number. I just really want to see those numbers go down and soon.
I know that I am making a lifestyle change for the betterment of myself and my family, and I am doing well with it. This will be the 4th night in a row that I ate dinner before 8pm and didn't snack (at least I can say that so far). I am eating more veggies and drinking more water. I did not drink my water quota today, but I should be able to get a few more glasses in before bed.
I just recall a time, in my 20's, where the results from working this hard would just fall in my lap. I recall losing 7 lbs the first week on Weight Watchers. I may have to resort to counting points, I know my food journaling hasn't been the best.
The family and I are going on a big bike ride tomorrow. It will be nice to get out and be active. My foot is still an issue, but I am determined to figure out a workable workout schedule with my husband this week. I really need to step up the game if I ever hope to be down even 20lbs by the end of October. The days and weeks seem to fly by.
For the coming week, I am not sure what the challenge will be, I will touch base with the ladies on that. But I know I will continue with the water and no-snacking challenge. I know those two things are going to be a secret to my overall success.
I vow to get my measurements (scary) and a full body pic next week (even scarier!). It will help me to see changes any way I can. If it is in inches and not as much in pounds, so be it.
My girls and I have had a rough week, physically and emotionally. We have all promised to step up the game and stop beating ourselves up for what didn't get done yesterday. Again, we are in it for the marathon, not the sprint.
I hope my ladies are having a lovely, relaxing weekend. Wish we could all be together.
I know that I am making a lifestyle change for the betterment of myself and my family, and I am doing well with it. This will be the 4th night in a row that I ate dinner before 8pm and didn't snack (at least I can say that so far). I am eating more veggies and drinking more water. I did not drink my water quota today, but I should be able to get a few more glasses in before bed.
I just recall a time, in my 20's, where the results from working this hard would just fall in my lap. I recall losing 7 lbs the first week on Weight Watchers. I may have to resort to counting points, I know my food journaling hasn't been the best.
The family and I are going on a big bike ride tomorrow. It will be nice to get out and be active. My foot is still an issue, but I am determined to figure out a workable workout schedule with my husband this week. I really need to step up the game if I ever hope to be down even 20lbs by the end of October. The days and weeks seem to fly by.
For the coming week, I am not sure what the challenge will be, I will touch base with the ladies on that. But I know I will continue with the water and no-snacking challenge. I know those two things are going to be a secret to my overall success.
I vow to get my measurements (scary) and a full body pic next week (even scarier!). It will help me to see changes any way I can. If it is in inches and not as much in pounds, so be it.
My girls and I have had a rough week, physically and emotionally. We have all promised to step up the game and stop beating ourselves up for what didn't get done yesterday. Again, we are in it for the marathon, not the sprint.
I hope my ladies are having a lovely, relaxing weekend. Wish we could all be together.
Wednesday, 3 August 2011
Crash and Burn
So ladies, confession time. I crashed and burned on my own challenge last night. I ate my dinner after 8pm AND then I snacked. I am really embarassed and disappointed in myself. I know that it does no good to beat myself up about it, but if I can't get with the program the weight will not go anywhere. The scale moved this morning - the wrong way by a pound. Shouldn't weigh myself everyday, but I am kind of addicted to it.
I woke up early today to use the elliptical I have in my basement. It has been folded up for over a year, do you think I could figure out how to set it up? No way, I did a few sit ups and then went about my day in a cranky way. I came home tonight and I am cranky. My house is messy, I had to make dinner (which I hate doing) and I am still disappointed in myself. So of course I am cranky with my kids and husband when it is not them I have a problem with. It's me. Only I can make the changes I need to make to succeed. Only I can make myself happier with my life and general existance. No one is holding me back other than me. It is just hard to shake a funk sometimes and I find I let it invade every part of my life.
I want to be that super mom who can work, keep a house clean, cook and bake and be able to relax and have fun. I want to be that wife that is happy, supportive, fun and playful. But if I feel I am not succeeding at one of those things, I talk myself into the fact that I am a failure at them all. I know that is not true, but it can feel so overwhelming and so unattainable sometimes.
I did have some successes today. I drank all my water (yeh me!). Here is what I consummed:
Breakfast - 1 cup cheerios
Lunch - green salad with fat free italian, apple
Snack - 1 cup cherrios and grande non-fat chai tea frap (yummy)
Supper - 1.5 cups spagetti with homemade meat sauce with veggies
I am going to succeed at not snacking tonight. I am also going to take a break from beating myself up about the things I believe I am not succeeding at and pat myself on the back for the good things about me.
We are all a work in progress and change will not happen over night. Here is hoping for a better day tomorrow. And most of all, just feeling better about myself tomorrow and not taking my frustrations out on my family.
I woke up early today to use the elliptical I have in my basement. It has been folded up for over a year, do you think I could figure out how to set it up? No way, I did a few sit ups and then went about my day in a cranky way. I came home tonight and I am cranky. My house is messy, I had to make dinner (which I hate doing) and I am still disappointed in myself. So of course I am cranky with my kids and husband when it is not them I have a problem with. It's me. Only I can make the changes I need to make to succeed. Only I can make myself happier with my life and general existance. No one is holding me back other than me. It is just hard to shake a funk sometimes and I find I let it invade every part of my life.
I want to be that super mom who can work, keep a house clean, cook and bake and be able to relax and have fun. I want to be that wife that is happy, supportive, fun and playful. But if I feel I am not succeeding at one of those things, I talk myself into the fact that I am a failure at them all. I know that is not true, but it can feel so overwhelming and so unattainable sometimes.
I did have some successes today. I drank all my water (yeh me!). Here is what I consummed:
Breakfast - 1 cup cheerios
Lunch - green salad with fat free italian, apple
Snack - 1 cup cherrios and grande non-fat chai tea frap (yummy)
Supper - 1.5 cups spagetti with homemade meat sauce with veggies
I am going to succeed at not snacking tonight. I am also going to take a break from beating myself up about the things I believe I am not succeeding at and pat myself on the back for the good things about me.
We are all a work in progress and change will not happen over night. Here is hoping for a better day tomorrow. And most of all, just feeling better about myself tomorrow and not taking my frustrations out on my family.
Tuesday, 2 August 2011
Half Empty or Half Full?
Well I hope everyone had a great long weekend. I took a little road trip to Spokane with the family for shopping and fun. And it was fun. Not as much good shopping as I expected, but my husband devoted an entire, non-complaining day at a few malls - priceless and I love him for it. I discovered that all those crazy amusement parks rides I loved as a child I cannot handle as an adult. Kinda pathetic!
So am I half empty or half full??? I like to think I am more half full than half empty - just doesn't always feel that way when I think about myself and my weight. I made some good choices this weekend and some not so great ones. First, I did not succeed on my water challenge this weekend - not at all. I was good Friday night (turkey sub at Subway). Saturday morning, I had an egg white scramble with spinach and tomatoes. In fact all day Saturday I chose the lite options from the menu. It meant eating a lot of steamed broccoli, but it was good. Until dessert Saturday night. We ordered two desserts to share, except no one shared with me. It was glorious, a big ball of vanilla ice cream rolled in toasted coconut drizzled in chocolate sauce. SOOOOO good!! Sunday got worse with a hotdog at the ammusement park and then a steak dinner with a loaded potato and steamed broccoli again. On our way home on Monday, I had poached eggs, turkey bacon and toast for breakfast and grilled KFC for lunch.
So after a full weekend - good and bad choices - I stepped on the scale this morning. Save the drum roll, still 201.6. Should I be happy I didn't gain, or angry that I didn't lose? I have waffled all day long. I really want to see something on the scale, but what should I expect when I wasn't exercising last week and had only an okay weekend eating.
But I am back in the mode this week. The new challenge is not eating after dinner. This is a tough one for me. But I am going to try my best. I made it through all my water today - I rock at that. I had cherrios for breakfast and a salad with rice cakes for lunch. Supper is undertermined as I write this. I need to get better on planning. Just waiting for payday to do a big shop.
On another note, I had to give someone at my work a copy of my drivers license. She commented, in kinda a surprised way what a great picture it is. I shrugged it off with a little comment "that was 5 years ago when I cared about what I looked like". And that is kind of true. My hair is done, my make-up on, and I am wearing a nice purple sweater. I don't spend enough time on me. I can rationalize it by saying I don't have enough time, but if it was a priority, I would make the time. And that is what this project is about - making a better me.
Here's to a good week ladies! And a better result on the scale next week!
So am I half empty or half full??? I like to think I am more half full than half empty - just doesn't always feel that way when I think about myself and my weight. I made some good choices this weekend and some not so great ones. First, I did not succeed on my water challenge this weekend - not at all. I was good Friday night (turkey sub at Subway). Saturday morning, I had an egg white scramble with spinach and tomatoes. In fact all day Saturday I chose the lite options from the menu. It meant eating a lot of steamed broccoli, but it was good. Until dessert Saturday night. We ordered two desserts to share, except no one shared with me. It was glorious, a big ball of vanilla ice cream rolled in toasted coconut drizzled in chocolate sauce. SOOOOO good!! Sunday got worse with a hotdog at the ammusement park and then a steak dinner with a loaded potato and steamed broccoli again. On our way home on Monday, I had poached eggs, turkey bacon and toast for breakfast and grilled KFC for lunch.
So after a full weekend - good and bad choices - I stepped on the scale this morning. Save the drum roll, still 201.6. Should I be happy I didn't gain, or angry that I didn't lose? I have waffled all day long. I really want to see something on the scale, but what should I expect when I wasn't exercising last week and had only an okay weekend eating.
But I am back in the mode this week. The new challenge is not eating after dinner. This is a tough one for me. But I am going to try my best. I made it through all my water today - I rock at that. I had cherrios for breakfast and a salad with rice cakes for lunch. Supper is undertermined as I write this. I need to get better on planning. Just waiting for payday to do a big shop.
On another note, I had to give someone at my work a copy of my drivers license. She commented, in kinda a surprised way what a great picture it is. I shrugged it off with a little comment "that was 5 years ago when I cared about what I looked like". And that is kind of true. My hair is done, my make-up on, and I am wearing a nice purple sweater. I don't spend enough time on me. I can rationalize it by saying I don't have enough time, but if it was a priority, I would make the time. And that is what this project is about - making a better me.
Here's to a good week ladies! And a better result on the scale next week!
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