Catching Up

Time for an update since it's been a few days since I last posted.

4th of July was uneventful. I stayed home and exercised, eating was on plan. The evening of the 4th my brother called me from PA and said that he and his wife were going to come visit on Saturday, the 6th and spend the night. Oh holy hell! The control freak in me hates last minute plans like that. I like to know "the deal" well in advance so I can get a plan together for meals and entertainment. This left me scrambling to call my sister and DD and trying to pull a plan together at the last minute as well as trying to plan out meals.

After a few back and forth calls, my brother said that since he was popping in with short notice that he would either take us all out for dinner or we could order pizza in and for us not to go to any trouble cooking and so on. I left it up to him since he was the one paying and he decided on pizza in so we could stay in and visit more (and I was fine with that so I could have more control over my food). But, PIZZA! Oh no! I knew I needed to get to the grocery store so that I would have something to eat. I decided to buy stuff to make a huge antipasto salad loaded with veggies, ham, provolone, salami, olives and pepperoncini. At least I could eat that. My brother stopped at a farmers market on the way down and brought with him a watermelon and a cantaloupe that were as sweet as sugar. I also made cupcakes and brownies and bought chips and snack mix for the others. (I was the only one watching what I was eating and had to feed the crowd something.) I had salad, fruit, a glass of lemonade and a half of a small brownie. I also picked some cashews out of the snack mix. My sister asked if I was going to have any pizza and my SIL mumbled something about me being on the caveman diet and not eating grains. (I didn't tell her about it but I did tell my brother about it on the phone a few weeks prior, so they had to be talking about me being "on" it.) My sister said in a know-it-all voice, "So you're just not eating complex carbs." I told her that it was a little different and there was more to it than that without getting into details because I know that they don't get it or want to hear it. My sister said, "Well, I don't eat grains either." I explained to her that she does eat grains: flour, rice, pasta, corn, oatmeal... I could see everyone's eyes glaze over and my sister got a shitty look on her face so I promptly shut up. I know what they were all thinking - "oh, she's on one of those fad diets." They are all oblivious to living a healthy lifestyle.  Especially my sister who just had both knees replaced due to her obesity and she wanted to order a Philly Cheese Steak pizza (which didn't get ordered - probably to her dismay.) She likes the idea of losing weight but she doesn't want to do the work to make it happen, therefore, she doesn't want me to lose weight either. Jealousy is a bitch.

I sent all the baked goods, pizza and chips home with everyone else so I wouldn't be tempted to eat it when I was home alone. I felt good and in control. Even though I did indulge in a tiny piece of brownie and a glass of lemonade, I felt good resisting the other food crap. I was rewarded with seeing 232.6 on the scale.

The next morning we went to my DD's house where she prepared a healthy breakfast buffet (she's eating primally, too, so no problem there).

Nobody noticed or commented that I've lost weight. I've lost 26 pounds now and I know they can tell at least a little bit, but no comments. :/

The action on the scale has slowed down but it's still creeping in the right direction and that's progress for now. I'm trying to kick it up a notch. I must drink more water. I've been doing my Slim in Six videos, which have three phases and tonight I move to the medium phase, which is tough and lasts for 45 minutes. God help me have the energy to do it. I must focus and keep my eyes on the prize.

Oh yeah - somehow I got freakin' poison ivy, too!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's it for now. make it a great day.