Well, it's been an interesting couple of days. We were away from Friday night through last night, and my food choices really ran the gamut.
I was good Friday night eating a turkey sandwich on whole wheat with only lettuce, tomato and sweet peppers.
Saturday I had a granola bar for breakfast and was starving by lunch -- ate 2 pieces of pizza, one with chicken parmesan on top and the other with buffalo chicken on top. Very bad! At dinner Saturday night, I wisely chose mussels for an appetizer and crab cake with mesclun salad for my entree. Of course, I also ate some fried calamari tossed in olive oil and 3 buffalo chicken wings. Having walked for an hour that day, I should probably have been pretty close on points.
Sunday was a disaster after a very healthy eggbeater & veggie omelette for breakfast. We went to a barbecue where I ate a cheeseburger and a piece of cheese & chicken sausage and all sorts of side dishes, including potato salad. Then, instead of sticking with fruit for dessert, I helped myself to the more decadent stuff. I am figuring I blew all my flexpoints for the week in that one day. UGH!!!
Yesterday I had grain & nut pancakes for breakfast, but we never really ate lunch or dinner. Instead, I was munching on mini pretzels on the drive home. Had one small piece of thin crust pizza for "dinner" at 9:30 last night. UGH!
So, there were some good choices in there, but also some bad ones. I DID walk for a total of about an hour on Saturday while DH did his five mile race. And I did 20 minutes on a treadmill on Sunday and Monday mornings at my hotel. There were probably some APs in there somewhere Saturday and Monday also for walking around the outlets, shopping.
So, on to the good stuff. I am so happy that clothes I have bought recently are getting too big pretty fast, except for the "waste of money" factor. I bought two really nice, but full price pairs of Lauren pants on mother's day, which are now too big to wear, even when they come out of the dryer. I am really obsessing at this point about clothes. I am very surprised at the shape my body is taking as I exercise more and more. Even though I was not on plan this weekend, the scale was friendly this morning, showing another 2 pounds lost.
And when we went to the POLO outlet yesterday, I bought a couple things in XL, that fit just fine. That is SOO exciting to me. Starting in tight 22Ws in January (and 24Ws before that) makes it even more meaningful to me to have my 18s bagging on me. I caught sight of my reflection walking past an office building this morning, and realized my legs are taking shape too, with slimmer calves. Hopefully, the 1/2 marathon training I am doing will continue to make a big difference there.
My significant issue at this point is flabby skin. I am mortified by how wobbly parts of my body are, now that the pounds are dropping. I obviously need to step up the exercise in a very focused way, but can't yet change my mindset. I am determined to do the "Couch to 5K" program, but am not sure I have the energy (or discipline) to do other types of exercise in addition to that. I am really going to have to focus on a plan of action and stick to it. I still have not opened my "FIRM" set I bought almost 2 months ago.
Maybe if I make a commitment here to get that out of the box tonight and check it out, you all will motivate me to be accountable.
UGH! Okay, here we go. I am making a commitment. Going to the gym on the way home to do the first official session of "Couch to 5K" then I am going to go home and open the FIRM box and check out at least one of the videos, even if I don't do the workout tonight. I know some people swear by this regimen, so I have to at least give it a shot.
Well, if you are still here, and have actually read all of this, thanks! Just having a place to come to, to vent, is such a miracle!
