204.2

Day two of the same weight! Yesterday I tried on some clothes that were skin tight, now they fit perfectly. I'm starting to not feel like the "fat girl".

204.2

I thought that I would have gained some weight because I ate lunch out yesterday (with clients). I chose fish and vegetables. The fish was the healthiest item on the menu but it was greasy. I'm thrilled that I have lost .2 since yesterday.

204.4

204.4 I love the scale (today).

205.4

Yay in the 205s again. I'd love to take off the .4 before the end of the month so that I'm really 205 even.

206.4

NOOOO!!! I just can't seem to get to 205 and stay there.  :(
Crazy day yesterday, ate really well, then volunteered from4-9:30pm. Came home starving and ate a bowl of soup at 10pm. Perhaps the late night soup is causing the scale to creep up.

Should I have gone to be hungry???

205.4

YIPPEEE I've officically lost 20 pounds. Yesterday two people commented on my weight loss. Being tall (5'8) the first 10-15 pounds I lose is invisible. My goal was 205 by the end of the month, I still have another week, I might be able to lose another pound or so. I'm comfortable in my size 16s now and can wear some 14s.

Financially things are looking up, hubby has seured another client. Looks like the next few months will be somewhat stable. I guess all this financial stress has really hit me hard, I used to love shopping (as in clothes shopping) now I love grocery shopping. Seriously nothing makes me happier than a kitchen full of healthy food.

206.2

So close to hitting this month's goal of 205. I'm thinking that 5 pounds a month is a realistic weight loss goal. I want to make sure that once I lose this weight that I don't gain it back. I've seen so many people drop 30 pounds on fad diets then a year later gain it back plus a few extra pounds.

Eating lots of vegetables, fruit, lean protien and whole grains really isn't a diet. I have to think of this as the way I eat for the rest of my life.

On the financial front things are looking up, my hubby has work for the next few months.   :)

207.0

Back on track with eating and its working. Yesterday I ran, well technically I managed to run for about 100 yards then had to walk for 5 minutes until I could breathe again, then I ran and walked. I felt like my lungs were going to explode. I'm not a smoker, never have been, and thought that I was in fair shape. Obviously not!! My new goal (along with weight loss and financial stability) is to be able to run for 2 miles without having to walk. It felt really good to get away from my desk and actually do something. Oddly enough I'm not that sore today. I was expecting to wake up in agony.

207.6

Ate all healthy food in small portions yesterday and the scale is moving again (in the right direction). Didn't exercise. I really need to get my act together and figure out what works for me because I'm not motivated to exercise. My brain knows that I can't get to a healthy weight by only controlling my food.

209.4

Devistated!!! Yesterday we attended a baptism.....I'm firmly convinced that all religious events, no matter what demonination, are based on eating. I ate small portions of really great food and *sigh* here I am at 209.4 again. I've literally gained 4 pounds in four days. Back on track today!!!!!!

I'm going to start running today. It might just be run for 30 seconds, walk for 2 minutes, run for 30 seconds....

I have to do something to boost my metabolism and make this weight loss not all about what I eat.

207.6

Arrgghhhh!! Yesterday started out well, but I ended up eating nearly 2,000 calories. I had a small (1oz) bag of Doritos and 1oz (yes, I weighed it) of chocolate in the afternoon and indulged in grilled chicken wings for dinner. 8 wings, a hot dog and a salad isn't a very balanced dinner. Usually I plan menu's to make sure that we are eating healthy meals. I've got dinner planned for the rest of the week, somehow I thought I could "party it up" on Saturday and the scale wouldn't notice. Its my fault for buying the chicken wings, at least they were raw wings that I BBQ'd. It could have been worse if they were fried.

I need to pull myself up and make sure that yesterday was a one day slip. I don't want this to become a habit. The good thing is that I listed everything I ate on FitBit.

Hopefully I can hit 206 again in a day or so. I'm thinking that 202 by the end of the month is unrealistic. If I get to 205 by the end of the month I will be happy. That will be a solid 20 pounds gone in two months. I have to remember this is a lifestyle change not a sprint to the finish. I don't want to end up like so many other people that lose a bunch of weight only to gain it all back plus a few extra pounds a couple years later.

p.s. The Doritos were totally not worth it, what was I thinking.

206.0

Damn you digital scale!! Realistically 205.8 and 206 aren't that far apart, its just dissapointing to see movement in the wrong direction.

Yesterday I ate my 5 servings of veg, 3 servings of fruit, stayed at 1,500 calories and ate two slices of thin crust pizza for lunch (yummm). Last night I volunteered at my daughter's high school snack shack. She is a cheerleader (she has my Mom's thin genes, unlike me who ended up with my Dad's fat genes) and all parents of athletes have to work at the snack shack. The shack shack is stocked with literally every kind of junk food you can imagine (fat girl heaven). There were bags of pretzel M&M's that were calling my name. It took every ounce of self control to not indulge. Especially when the woman in charge said "eat anything you want". I took a bottle of water and politely said "I've already had dinner", meanwhile my brain was screaming for the M&Ms.

Grocery shopping day.....my goal is to keep it under $200. Thankfully things with my Hubby's business are picking up. He is working on a large home remodel that should take about 4-6 months. Crazy to think that just a few years ago he was running five big jobs at a time. Being tight financially really is humbling.

still 205.8 (just later in the day)

I've been reading another weight loss blog and just signed up to be on her roll (not exactly sure the technical meaning of that but I'm thinking that other people will be reading what I write).

Wow this is certainly going outside of my comfort zone. I set this blog up as a weight loss diary for me.

Beginning January 1st at 225.6 (225 point six arrgghhh) I decided to make some lifestyle changes. Eat about 1,500 calories a day, 5 servings of veggies, two servings of fruit and as few refined foods as possible. I use FitBit.com to track my food and movement (I wear a fancy pedometer thingy) and am going to start running soon. I'm not sure what my weight goal is. Welcome to my journey......

205.8

Wow, 20 pounds gone since 1/1! I'm going into my busy season at work and have started my client meetings. Last year I had one pair of pants and one skirt that fit and I rotated those hoping that no one would notice that I was wearing the same thing. Yesterday I put on a pair of pants that I haven't worn in at least three years. They fit perfectly!!  :)

I have a closet full of really expensive clothes (purchased when the economy was good) that are all size 10's and 12's. At my biggest I was a tight 16 eating my way into an 18. Currently I'm between a 14 and a 16. The black pants are Ann Taylor size 14s (yay me).

My goal is to fit into everything in my closet by the end of the year. At the rate I'm going it might be sooner.

207.2

Ate lunch out yesterday (Chinese food) and went to the movies and had a little bit of candy. Controlled the portions and only gained 1/2 a pound, not too bad.

206.4

I'm not gaining weight so its all good.

206.4

in the 206 range OH YEAH!!!    :)

208.0

Scale is moving in the right direction again. I just have to stick to eating healthy small portions of food.

209.4

Treated myself to two carne asada tacos and chips & salsa last night. Paying the price this morning.    :(
I used to eat five tacos and a half a bag of chips. Last night I ate 10 chips. I break them into pieces and eat the salsa with a spoon.

I'll bounce back in a day or so. Just kind of a bummer that I was 207 yesterday morning and *poof* here I am at 209 again.

207.8

I'm getting a cold and have a horrible sore throat.

208.2

Clean eating yesterday - 5 servings of veggies, 2 servings of fruit, 2 servings of low fat dairy and that scale is moving again.

208.6

The scale is moving!   :)

I need to exercise more....

209.4

In the office work meeting all day yesterday. Ate a healthy breakfast and dinner at home, had the "boxed" lunch at the office - ate half the sandwich, a small bag of Sun Chip, an orange, and two chocolate chip cookies. In hindsight I realized that I shouldn't have opened the cookies at all. They were okay and really were not worth the 400 calories. Lesson learned......if I'm going to splurge with calories it better be worth it.

Hoping to be back in the 208 range tomorrow.

210.4

Work dinner last night at Maggiano's. Ate small portions of everything but I knew it was a gut buster of a dinner. Back on track today.

208.8

Very successful birthday party for my son. It felt really good throwing him a party!!

I ate some junk but didn't get out of control. 208.8.

208.4

Throwing a sleepover Super Bowl party for my 11 year old son this weekend. Will have loads of junk food in the house for him and his friends. Trying to pre-plan what I will eat so that I don't eat a bunch of fattening food.

Financially....still not good, but with the savings plan in place this is the first birthday party that we've thrown for our son in three years.

208.8

Still in the 208 range......sticking to the plan

208.6

I really thought that I had gained weight. Yesterday I ate 1 ounce (I weighed it) of white chocolate, which is my absolute favorite. The funny thing is the first bite was amazing after that it was just kind of gross and then I felt ill from the sigar high. Not sure that I'll be doing that again anytime soon.

Years ago I heard someone say the first and last bites are the best why bother with anything in between.

208.6    :)

209.2

On January 1st my goal was to lose 5 pounds by February 1st. Woo hoo today I'm 16 pounds lighter than I was a month ago.

My motivation is at an all time high! This isn't a diet, this is a way of life. Eating healthy unprocessed foods every day is something I will do forever. I'm "allergic" to processed foods.....they make me break out in fat cells. Haha!