Day 46 (Saturday)
Something occurred to me as I was cleaning my kitchen today -- I have this amazing appliance that I clean around but rarely use. It's a bread maker. I could be making my own whole grain bread rather than spend over $4.00 for a loaf -- welcome to the party, dummy. Sometimes I'm a little slow on the uptake...
Did I bother to get anything going in the amazing bread machine? No. Guess I'm a little lacking in the motivation department and slow on the uptake...
Day 47 (Sunday)
The closet cleanout started today -- I have 2 shopping bags full of clothes that are leaving and more to look at later in the week...
Day 48 (Monday)
It's official! 17 lbs completely gone! There is a bit of up and down happening with that number right now but the trend seems to be back to 130 lb. as a final number. This is good -- looking like the weight loss is permanent...
I discovered a yummy new tea -- Lipton Green Tea Superfruit (has wild cranberry and pomegranate) -- it has 100 mg of flavonoids per serving. I really have no idea what that means, but according to the box it's a LOT more than orange juice or cranberry juice -- guess that means it's good for you. It brews up red, which is a bit shocking the first time, but it is very tasty -- a good alternative if you don't like the taste of plain green tea.
Day 49 (Tuesday)
Complete dinner wash-out tonight -- it really shouldn't be so hard to eat properly on a weird night, but I completely failed. Hubby and kids ate on the way home from camp, so when I got home from work, I was on my own. Did I choose the super-awesome-amazing taco salad fixin's that were in the fridge. No! I opted for an oatmeal/raisin cookie, a slice of leftover Hawaiian pizza and a Skinny Cow ice cream sandwich. Then I wound up being hungry at bedtime. Nice going, dummy...
Day 50 (Wednesday)
I behaved myself better today, but I did have more carbs than I should have and not as much exercise as I could have. On the plus side, my sewing project is finally finished so I should be able to fit a little extra exercise in after work from here on in.
The countdown is on -- only one more week left until I finish this cycle. Remember, the plan is to call it done and move on to maintenance no matter what the scale says on that last day. I may have to rethink that because I've been a bit naughty this week -- I'm not holding out a lot of hope for tomorrow's weigh-in -- crossing my fingers that I've managed to hold the line at 130 lbs.
I've been extremely careful with the fats through this cycle -- using the bare minimum of oils, mayo, salad dressing and cheeses because I don't buy the low-fat alternatives (you don't have to, though it is recommended). That part has been easy. It's the carbs that I still struggle with. Although I haven't "pigged out" on anything, I have had some treats that aren't on the list: 2 slices of banana bread with Becel on Sunday morning for breakfast, an oatmeal/raisin cookie in the evening on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, a chocolate chip cookie tonight (all of these were homemade -- the daughter baked...so hard to refuse...) -- and not enough water on any of those days.
So much for really being on top of the plan this week...
Another weigh-in tomorrow morning...
