I am glad to be back again, Julie. You are right when you say that it is about being back in control. I must admit, it feels nice.
Amazingly, I did get some sleep last night. The girls were too tired to stay up too late, thankfully.
Oh! I am down 1 lb.!! It feels really good to be on the losing side again. I know that this quick loss is temporary and it won't be as easy to lose as time goes, but I am relishing every lb. gone when I get it.
Yesterday went very, very well and all of my food was as planned.
The only thing that I could have done without was eating the 2nd piece of lasagna and a garlic bread. However, I will not hold this against myself since my overall calories for the day were still very good. Besides, "in the before" I would have probably eaten more than 2 pieces, would not have had as much fruit through the day and would have added in a bunch more empty calorie snacks. So this was a WIN! Water was 74 oz and I didn't eat after 8pm. Not really tempted. What I didn't do was ........exercise. Surprise, surprise. But I was up moving around alot more as I got things done around the house and at the store. Not that it replaces the exercise, but at least I wasn't vegging all day.
Today's food:
Breakfast - 1 egg over easy, 1/2 slice 7 grain toast w/jelly, 4 strawberries, 1 c 1% milk, 1 c tea
AM snack - 4 saltines w/ pb
Lunch - tuna roll up, 1 sm banana
PM snack - hard cheese, celery
Supper - ????? maybe leftover lasagna & salad, or ?????????
Goals for today:
1. water = 60 oz
2. no eating after 8pm
3. exercise = 15 min (this is a priority goal)
Yesterday, I started looking at reviews for treadmills. I want to get a quality treadmill but of course there is a budget. Some of them are nice in the fact that they cushion your walking making it easier on the knees and hips which would be very nice for me. I figure, for the cost that it takes to join a gym or Curves, you can have a treadmill at home and it will pay for itself in a year or just over once you consider gas.
I have bookwork to do at some point. But, mainly, I think I will take rest of the day and sort some pictures. Kind of a way to clean up more in my office and get the extras out of my closet. DH ended up with tons from closing up his father's home years ago and I am going to divide the duplicates (triplicates, quadruplicates, etc) amongst the children then scan the others and put on CD. I figure they can then print what they are interested in, but at least I have shared them all.
Well, I am off. Everyone have a great weekend!

Amazingly, I did get some sleep last night. The girls were too tired to stay up too late, thankfully.

Oh! I am down 1 lb.!! It feels really good to be on the losing side again. I know that this quick loss is temporary and it won't be as easy to lose as time goes, but I am relishing every lb. gone when I get it.
Yesterday went very, very well and all of my food was as planned.

Today's food:
Breakfast - 1 egg over easy, 1/2 slice 7 grain toast w/jelly, 4 strawberries, 1 c 1% milk, 1 c tea
AM snack - 4 saltines w/ pb
Lunch - tuna roll up, 1 sm banana
PM snack - hard cheese, celery
Supper - ????? maybe leftover lasagna & salad, or ?????????
Goals for today:
1. water = 60 oz
2. no eating after 8pm
3. exercise = 15 min (this is a priority goal)
Yesterday, I started looking at reviews for treadmills. I want to get a quality treadmill but of course there is a budget. Some of them are nice in the fact that they cushion your walking making it easier on the knees and hips which would be very nice for me. I figure, for the cost that it takes to join a gym or Curves, you can have a treadmill at home and it will pay for itself in a year or just over once you consider gas.
I have bookwork to do at some point. But, mainly, I think I will take rest of the day and sort some pictures. Kind of a way to clean up more in my office and get the extras out of my closet. DH ended up with tons from closing up his father's home years ago and I am going to divide the duplicates (triplicates, quadruplicates, etc) amongst the children then scan the others and put on CD. I figure they can then print what they are interested in, but at least I have shared them all.
Well, I am off. Everyone have a great weekend!

