Oh, happy day!

We have eaten clean all week, so last night we decided to treat ourselves to grilled meat made by someone else besides me. Allow me to clarify- We didn't cheat; we splurged.... So we had a small steak from Applebee's with a salad on the side.YUM! I never knew a simple steak could be such a slice of heaven.... 

This morning I am down another 1.4 lbs. This is the best thing since bread; note: not sliced bread... I just like BREAD in general..... =0) I've never participated in a diet program that is so effectively based on immediate gratification. If you're good today, it will show in the morning. How great is that?!? If I'm bad today, it'll show tomorrow. There's no waiting a week to see if I was successful. That gets boring, and it's difficult to keep up your motivation. 

I am losing every single day, and that is incredibly motivating and great for the self-image. Tomorrow I will take measurements to see how much mass I have lost. I can tell, even without them, that I'm smaller than I was 7 days ago. Oh, happy day!

What the heck?!?

Ok, so we wake up this morning to the deafening sound of our power going out. The momentary panic is that we had aleady missed our alarm and was shortly followed by power coming back on, then off, then on again.

I'm supposed to weigh and take my supplement first thing in the morning, so I do - in the dark. Brian has just come stomping out of the bathroom to announce his weight: up 1 lb. Why is he mad? He didn't cheat at all the day before- not even one single disallowed chip.

My turn, and the scale is just as unkind. What the heck?!? I didn't do anything bad AND I drank all my fluid. (Can't say the same for Brian...He sits all day and has a hard time drinking 2 liters of water.) So my turn on the scale yields a gain of 1 lb. That's pretty depressing when you're good and supposed to be dropping every single day.

After Brian heads off to work and the kids are settled with breakfast, I head back to face the scale. I simply can not accept that my obedience to the process yielded an almost 2 lb gain. By this time, the power is back on, so I'm not walking around with a flashlight.

That's when it hits me- I weighed HOLDING a MagLite so I could see the scale face!

My new weight? Down 0.8 lbs!!!!

Phew! I was afraid I'd hit the dreaded plateau!

I'm of to have a great day 5.8 lbs lighter than I was on Sunday at church. Have a good one!


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Another day, another....

..... six tenths of a pound! I'm at a grand total of 5 lbs since Sunday. Not too bad, I'd say... :)

Laying on the couch with a migraine today. Y'all have a good one! I'll write something better later. :)


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Baby, are you down?

(If this blog had audio, you'd hear my awesome rendition of that song. Instead you'll have to imagine it!)

I am- another 1.8 lbs to be exact!!

I have lost a total of 4.4 lbs so far. I know it's not much, but it sure feels good to see that number drop every day. I'm trying not to get too excited, though, because I'm afraid I'm going to stall out any day now.

Oh, well- I'll take the good with the bad and not fret the stalls whenever they do come. Right now, I have to get Andy off to school.

Have a great day, all! Here's to getting skinny..... :0)


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It's been a long day....

....and it was one that started with a 1lb loss! Yay, for me!

I spent the day in training in Dallas, so I didn't have total control over what I had to eat. I AM proud of myself, though, because at lunch I avoided most of the calories in my meal by skipping most of the croissant (it was soft and warm,too!) and the potato salad, Lay's chips, cookie and coke altogether.

What DID I eat? Turkey, lettuce, tomato and LOTS of water. I brought apple slices from home, so I had a few of those for a nice crunch with what turned into a turkey roll-up.

Total today, I've had over 125 oz of water, and, just for the record..... I've been to the potty 12 times!! (Can you tell I'm a mom of small children?)

Overall, it was a very good day. :) I'm expecting only a small loss, if any, tomorrow. Not only did I have a few too many cals, it's, well, THAT time..... IF you get my drift, so I figure I'm retaining water.

So we'll see. Anyway, feels good to be home; feels good to be excited about work again, and it's about to feel GREAT to be in bed!

'Night!

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And the winner is...

....me!

I didn't post Sunday night because I'm working on a head cold. I crashed at some horribly early hour and was sawing logs as peacefully as is possible when one can't breathe through one's nose. I didn't even think to post until this morning after I weighed in. 

My weight this morning? Down 1.6 lbs from the morning before. Sweet! 

I was nervous about Food Day 1 for no REAL reason.... It wasn't too terribly difficult. Yes, I ate clean, and actually enjoyed my meals! I'm still fighting that cold, so I can't really say if my 'off' feeling could be attributed to my diet, supplement, or the fact that I'm sick and can't see straight, hear clearly, or smell ANYthing. 

But, such is life. We have to learn to take care of ourselves (diet and exercise) even when we don't feel well. That's my lesson for today. Enjoy!

By the way, you'll notice my loss tracker at the bottom of the page. Hopefully, I'll be updating with losses daily! I will update with gains as well to keep accurate track of my total weight lost.

Thanks for reading!