Day 51
My friend, Scale, told me something wonderful this morning! 129 lbs! That means I am down 18 lbs in total! Only two more to go...I think I'm going to make it...
Some of those clothes that have been fitting well for the first time in years are now on the big side. The closet clean out continues this weekend -- I'm not sure there's going to be much left in there by the time I'm finished. Oh, well -- that means more room for my crafting supplies, I guess...lol!
Day 52
Tonight was girls' night in! How I've been looking forward to an evening with my besties! So much fun, conversation, laughter and so much wonderful food! Of course, I sampled everything (it would be horribly rude not to, dontcha think?), but only one serving of each (well, except for the spicy meatballs...those were just too amazing to limit myself to one helping...) -- my plate was full, but only the once, and I didn't feel the need to have seconds of anything. In fact, I didn't want seconds, except for those little meatballs...
I may have had more wine than I should have. OK, I know I had more than 5 oz of wine. It was closer to 3/4 of a bottle. That means extra water tomorrow...
It was a super-fun evening and I didn't feel bad about having anything that was on the table -- pasta salad, potato salad, pulled pork sandwich, spicy meatballs, chicken/broccoli/cheese casserole, chocolate puffed wheat squares (you know there had to be chocolate involved at some point -- it was ladies' night after all...) -- it was my reward for sticking to the project. And I discovered a wonderful new salad in the process -- quinoa salad -- who knew that could be so tasty? I'm going to have to try quinoa as a side dish one day...
Day 53
Feeling no ill effects for my over-indulgences of yesterday. This is good -- very good!
I did sleep in this morning as I was up later than usual last night, so I made do with just breakfast (vanilla yogurt/blueberries/granola mixture -- yummmmmm) -- no morning snack. Indulged in a little bit of potato salad for lunch -- leftover from the party, but still very tasty. I figured I could have a small serving and it would count for the rest of my starch for the day. A few raw veggies on the side -- nice cool lunch on a hot, busy day...
The family is away for the week, so there's lots going on here with organization projects. This is going to keep me busy for days...
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Day 46/47/48/49/50 (Achieve Cycle Day 6/7/8/9/10)
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...
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...
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