Small NSV

Not much to report today.  I had a .4 gain this morning...who knows why...I'm not going to sweat it, it will be off soon enough.

NSV:  I stopped at the grocery store before work this morning to get tissues for my office (allergies) and I found myself in the candy aisle looking for a bag of hard candy for work.  What in the hell was I doing?  Didn't I just give up sugar? I quicky turned away and headed for the check out.  It wasn't that hard to say no but it took me a minute to remember my new way of eating.

Last night my exercise was only 75 squats (according to my squat challenge chart).  I haven't had a day off from exercise for a week and I wanted to catch up on the most recent episode of Mad Men before The Voice came on.  I felt guilty for only doing the squats but reminded myself that my body needs a day off to rest/recover.  Tonight will be the squats and an exercise dvd.  I wanna see the scale go down tomorrow, don't I?

After work I'm going to hit a really nice grocery store across town to get some organic half and half and I want to try the Annie's organic salad dressing that Gwen was talking about. 

Make it great day!

Starting to tell a difference.

Todays weight = 244.2.  My goal was to get to at least 245.9 by today so I'm THRILLED!

I've been sticking to the squat challenge schedule; I have to break the squats up into sets, but I'm doing it.  I've also been walking or doing a workout dvd every day.  Sunday is usually my day off from exercise but it was raining and yucky yesterday and I was stuck in the house and I thought I can sit here and watch tv or I can get up and exercise so I did a 45 minute exercise dvd.  I kept thinking - you want that scale to move so what is going to take for that to happen.  Get moving!

I've really noticed a big change in how I feel and with the weight coming off when I dropped the grains and nearly all sugar.  I was floundering back and forth between the same 5 pounds and when I decided to drop grains it kicked my weight loss into high gear.  Practically no cravings anymore either.  Yippee!  It feels so good to be in control.  I've started to notice a tiny bit of a diference in my clothes and I noticed that my thighs aren't rubbing together near as much - for a fat girl to notice that is great! Lol.  Giant NSV!

I wish that I could like black coffee so I can delete the creamer.  I only use a tiny bit of flavored FF creamer and a tiny bit of FF half and half - no sugar or sweetener.  I tried to drink it black again yesterday but I just can't do it so that is a little sugar that I'm not going to be able to get rid of.  I cleaned my pantry out of all the grains that were still lurking and not being eaten.  Boy did that feel good.  I was talking to my DD about dropping the grains/sugar and she and her BF are going to give it a try too.

I feel good about my progress in April and I'm so close to 15 pounds gone and close to a new decade.  YES!

Glorious Friday!

Thank goodness today is Friday!  The weather is gorgeous here and I wish I was out walking!

Today I'm up .6 for no apparent reason.  Oh well, I know I'm doing everything right so I'll just hope for a loss tomorrow.  Last evening I did 55 squats but that's all since I did a little shopping after work.

Not much happening this weekend.  I want to do some good spring cleaning and get alots of exercise in.

Have a great weekend!  :D

30 Day Squat Challenge

My DD is doing at 30 day squat challenge with people from her work so I've decided to give it a try, too.  I don't know if I'll be able to hang or not, but I'm sure going to give it a try.  Last night I walked 2 miles and then did the 50 squats.  I'm a little sore today.  I know that a couple of days into it my muscles are going to be screaming but I'm going to try to hang tough.  I looked at some results of the people that have completed it and you can definitely tell a difference.

I've been trying to think of different ways to prepare vegetables so I don't get bored and I came up with a delicious way to prepare broccoli, I will definitely make it again.  Here's the jist of it:  Par boil the broccoli then finish it off by sauteeing it for a few minutes in a little sesame oil, LS soy sauce, and a tiny bit of honey.  Top with toasted sesame seeds.  You just want enough sauce to lightly coat the broccoli.  This is yummy!

Todays weight was exactly the same.  I hope to hit 245 by Monday.

NSV - I was offered homemade doughnuts TWICE at work yesterday and politely declined both times.  I wasn't really even tempted.  Yay me!

It's a Beautiful day...

...don't let it get away... (Can't you just hear Bono singing now?)

It is an absolutely gorgeous morning here.  I have my office window open and I can smell the fresh cut grass and hear the birds singing in the gorgeous flowering trees outside my window.  I'm lucky to have such a nice office and a great view.   I wish I were out walking now.  I love walking in the morning.

I dropped another full pound this morning!  YIPPEE!  I've lost 12 pounds now and I'm starting to feel better.  Last night I sooo did not want to exercise but I thought about how good I would feel after I did it and how it would help me get closer to my goal so I forced it and I'm glad I did.

Today for Administrative Professionals day I got 2 dozen gorgeous golden-yellow roses, a candle and a gift card.  It's nice to be appreciated.

Let's make it a great day!

Eating Better

247.2 this morning.  Down another full pound!  I can't wait until I hit 245.9 and then I will be on the downside to a new decade and safe from slipping back into the 50's. 

My eating has been so much better these past two weeks and it is being reflected on the scale.  I'm working on cutting out grains and have been eating mainly meat, fruit, vegetables, cheese and nuts.  I have one cup of coffee in the morning and then water the rest of the day.  I haven't had any sweets in about two weeks now and I'm not really even craving them, but I know if I have just one bite I will spiral downward again, so I cannot let myself endulge at all or the cravings will return in a heartbeat.

I skipped exercise last night.  I had such a massive sinus headache that I couldn't bring myself to do it.  I've been hit hard with allergies, too. I just took a bath and watched The Voice.  I was surprised that I was still down a full pound without exercise.  My eating was great last night with a light dinner of tilapia, zucchini and lemon in a foil packet.

I think and hope that WB has gotten the clue.  She hasn't asked me to walk in a while now and it is slightly strained between us now.  Oh well, I need to focus on me.

Chugging along

I'm down 2.5 pounds since I last weighed about a week ago.  Yippee!

Back at work after a three day weekend.  I took a vacation/mental health day Friday.  I've been exercising everyday except yesterday.  DD is getting her nail technician license and needed someone to practice on so she came over and gave me a full set of acrylic nails.  She did a great job for it being her first time and I got free nails out of it.  Got my hair colored yesterday, too, so I'm nice and fresh, lol.

I've been doing great with my eating and have cleared all of the bread and crackers out of the house once and for all.  I'm going to make a pit stop after work today to get some more produce.  I got some really good naval oranges the other day and I'm craving more. I haven't walked with WB for nearly a week.  So far I've been able to avoid it. I think tonight I'm going to do an exercise dvd to switch it up a little and work different muscles.

This morning my sister had a knee replacement (second one - both legs) brought on by weight/osteoarthritis combo. I feel for her.  I hope that once she gets back to normal that she can get some weight off.  More inspiration for me to lose coz I don't want that to be me one day.  It won't be me.  I'm getting my motivation back and feeling good.