201.8

Stuck to eating healthy and drinking loads of water. I'm figuring it will take two or three more days to get back to 200. Oh well thats the price I pay for eating out.

I have an allergy to restaurant food - I break out in fat cells.....hahah

203.2

Arrgghhhh!!! This is what happens when you eat restaurant food. Breakfast out - two eggs, one sausage and a cup of oatmeal (550 calories and who knows how much sodium). Breakfast at home - protien drink, 4 egg whites and one slice of wheat toast (280 calories). Lunch out - grilled chicken salad (610 calories). Lunch at home - tuna and spinach (300 calories). Dinner out - sushi (700 calories). Dinner at home - fish, potato and steamed vegetables (400 calories).

I know that this is a temporary set back and that most of this is water weight. One day of overeating isn't going to put me back at 225. Still its frustrating that I was so close to my month end goal of 199 and now I don't think I'll make it by Sunday. Oh well I just have to keep on track and I'll hit 199 one day next week.

Motivation is high today....

201.2

I ate a late dinner last night and today it shows on the scale. Today is hubby's birthday, we will be having dinner out. I'll have to order carefully and hopefully I won't gain another pound.

This month has been a real struggle with the scale.

201.2 - I was really hoping that today would be my under 200 day.    :(

200.2

Loving the scale this week. I should I say sticking to eating healthy and drinking lots of water is making the scale a good thing.

200.6

Inching my way to 199. Will I make it by the end of the month?

200.8

:)

200.8

Sooooo close to my March goal of 199! Logging all my food on FitBit and making sure I move enough to burn what I've eaten plus another 500 calories. I stay below 1,500 calories eating 2 servings of fresh fruit and 5 servings of fresh vegetables, lean protien and three servings of grains. Eating healthy (because this isn't a 'diet', rather its a way of life) has become a habit and I'm finding that I've lost my taste and cravings for junk food. I made brownies for my family and haven't even looked twice at them. Four months ago I would have shoveled in at least half of the pan. Could it be that I'm starting to think like a thin person???

201.0

Oh yeah 201 even!!! After losing nearly 25 pounds I'm starting to feel thinner. My 11 year old son hugs me all the time and yesterday he said that he can hug me and grab his elbows. I'm fitting comfortably into my size 14s and my 16s are loose. I decided to treat myself to a fwe new clothes. I went into Ross (usually a great place for me) and literally found nothing that I liked. Then I went into Burlington Coat Factory (another one of my bargain hunting favs) and found a load of stuff that I liked. Tried it all on and yay the 14s fit.....pity that everything I liked was too short. Um, hello I'm 5'9 - I'm tall but not THAT tall. I really wanted to get a new dress for an upcoming work meeting, why are all the business looking dresses above the knees?! When I sat down, yes I always do a sit down test, the dress barely covered my hooha. I'm going to try other stores, I've saved my pennies and have earned a reward (non-food reward).

201.4

I might actually get to my goal of 199 by the end of the month.    :)

202.8

For some season I was really thirsty yesterday and ended up drinking 120 ounces of water. Normally I drink about 90-100 ounces. I woke up thirsty this morning. Hmm??

203.0

Also three months into the year and I'm still eating healthy food. I seem to have kicked my sugar cravings to the curb. I'm firmly convinced that refined sugars are addicting! If I don't eat them I don't crave them. As soon as I eat them poof the cravings are back.

203.4

I'm learning that losing weight is a commitment to eating healthy most of the time. Also it seems like eating dinner before 7pm makes a difference. My husband likes to eat dinner later than I do. If it were up to me I'd eat at 6pm every night. If it were up to him, we'd eat dinner at 9pm. Is it selfish of me to put my health ahead of his dinner schedule?

I read another blog about snacking and am starting to think about eating when I'm hungry rather than out of habit. I wake up at 5:45am hungry and drink a protein shake, make the kids lunches (school food is gross), take my kids to school then come home and eat breakfast  about 7:45am (usually egg whites and wheat toast). Around 10am I usually eat a some fruit. I have to focus on being hungry rather than eating out of habit. Perhaps skipping the morning snack, having an earlier lunch and an afternoon snack of veggies or fruit will help with my weight loss.

204.6

As they say the best laid plans...

My husband decided to cook lasagne yesterday...yum. Needless to say starting the day off with eggs and bacon and ending it with lasagne wasn't necessarily sticking with my healthy eating plan.

Today is a new day!!!

203.6

CRAP what the %&* is up with the scale?!?!?!

Just going to stick to eating healthy and hope that I'm in the 202 range again tomorrow.

202.6

Yippeee!!! Not much to write this morning.

203.2

Its amazing what eating at home does!

I realized yesterday that my sweet tooth is almost gone. I've always been a sweets after every meal, or should I say sweets any time, kind of person. I literally craved refined sugars. One of the big changes I made on January 1st was to make refined sweets a treat rather than a daily food. Pretty much every day in January and February I thought about brownies, cupcakes and chocolate just about every day. Especially after meals!! Since the beginning of March I haven't thought about sweets and am hoping that eating healthy has balanced out my body enough that I won't have unhealthy cravings all the time.

205.2

Arrgghhhh! I ate really well all day, planned to have fish for dinner. Hubby came home and said "lets get Chinese food". I pushed back a little but ended up eating the Chinese food (delish). I really should have stuck with the fish because here I am back at 205 again.  I ate steamed veggies, spicy shrimp, two tablespoons of chow mein and two dumplings. Fish tonight and if hubby doesn't like it he can go without dinner!

I'm really frustrated that I've hit this plateau since the beginning of the month. I need to incorporate more exercise and just stick to eating healthy. At least I'm not where I was this time last year, shoveling in chocolate and cookies all day long. I feel healthier, most of my clothes fit me now (yay) and my skin, hair and nails look so healthy.

203.6

Yay the scale is moving in the right direction again. Yesterday I was up at 4am in order to be at the airport at 6am, so that I could fly to northern California for a client meeting. I usually eat several bags of honey roasted peanuts on the flight home. This time I though ahead and brought with a small bag of raisins and a 90 calorie granola bar for the flight home.

I had a really healthy client lunch, partly because I made healthy choices and partly because the service was dreadful. I started off with tortilla soup, my soup came with no tortillas (which was great because I wasn't going to eat them). The woman sitting next to me had a double portion of tortillas. Funny thing is was trying to be polite and didn't know what to do with all of them. Then I ordered a tuna steak that was supposed to come with a salad and a fries. I wasn't going to eat the fries. My plate arrived with one lettuce leaf and four tomato slices (um, hello was that my "salad"?) and no fries. I ate the fish and my salad and never said a word about the fries. The worst part of the service was when the table desserts didn't arrive. Someone ordered two hot fudge sundaes to be shared. I had already prepared my excuse for not eating any of it. They are covered with walnuts and I'm allergic to tree nuts. I've been allergic since I was a kid and for the most part have managed to stay away from nuts. Now days I'm using my allergy to not eat cookies and cakes when I'm in social settings. If you tell people "I'm watching what I eat" they will keep pushing the cookie/cake on you. If you tell them "I'm allergic" then they apologize. Ironic isn't it.

203.6   :)
I'm starting to feel like I might hit 200 by April 1st.

204.2

Another stressful day yesterday, but I managed to eat healthy foods in reasonable portions.

204.8

I ate literally everything in sight yesterday. I was at home all day working on preparing our taxes. Stress eating? Yes! It started out as plain old hunger because I chose to eat bagels and lox for breakfast rather than my protien filled normal breakfast. One bagel ended up being two and then it was on for the rest of the day.

Ironically I expected to wake up this morning weighing 225 again. Today is a new day and I'm back on track.

204.0

Clean eating, loads of water and the scale is moving again.

205.2

Heading back in the right direction! Loads of fruit, veggies, lean protien and water yesterday and the scale is moving again.

206 :(

Damn, damn, damn.....206

I was in the 203 range just a few days ago. Yesterday was another rough day, out the house at 6am for a client meeting and another fancy lunch out. I ordered the healthiest option on the menu (a sushi salad). Also ended up eating dinner out too because the group I volunteer with had a board meeting. Thin crust pizza for dinner is sitting like a lump of concrete in my stomach.

Today I'm working from home and plan on running at some point and having a veggie filled day with at least 100 ounces of water. I should be back on track in the next couple of days.

Financially things are really looking up. My boss gave me a fantastic raise and bonus (love my boss for that) and hubby's business is getting busier than it has been in the past three years. We might be able to buy our daughter a little used car by her birthday in August. My car is falling apart but I can wait until the end of the year when hubby's truck is paid off.

205.2

Crazy day yesterday, up at 4am drove for three hours to see a client, and then drove home. Not enough water all day. Really who wants to drink 100 ounces of water and be stuck in the car. I got 65 ounces in though by the end of the day.

Another early start to the day, and client meetings which means a fancy lunch out.

205.8

Hating the scale today! Evil little thing glaring at me and mocking me for eating lunch out yesterday. Japanese food (delish) full of sodium and I came home and literally drank a gallon of water. Hoping that the scale moves back into the 203 range in the next day or so.

204.6

Ate dinner later than normal last night. I'm starting to think that eating dinner before 7pm has something to do with losing weight. Hmm??

204.4

Totally crushed that the scale is moving up! Went to a party yesterday and ate more than I should have. Back on track today. I'm determined to get to 203 this week.

204.0

Eh a slight bounce back. I ate almost 1,500 calories yesterday and did get 10,000 steps in. Perhaps the second glass of wine tipped the scales?

203.4

Screw fried chicken....I'm 203.4 today!! Well not literally although I'm sure there are some weirdos that have a fried chicken fettish ~ haha.

I've decided that having a monthly weight loss goal is more motivating than setting a 'big' goal. I'm finding that losing 5 pounds a month is easy to achieve and the small daily changes keep me on track. I'm not sure what my ideal weight is, I guess I will see what I look like and how my body changes as the months go on.

still 204.4

We've literally run out of food and I did a quick grocery run for dinner. A few months ago that would have been a fried chicken, frozen mac and cheese and corn on the cob. Well thats what hubby and my son are having.

My daughter and I had roasted chicken (sans skin thank you very much) and brussel sprouts for dinner. Healthy, inexpensive (our local grocery store sells an entire chicken cooked for $5.99) and easy!

Hoping to be under 204 tomorrow....

204.4

I had my official weigh in yesterday. I've lost 20 pounds since Jan 1st. According to the BMI charts someone that is 5ft 9in tall should weigh no more than 146. That means I'm hauling around 58 pounds of lard on my body.....yikes!

I don't know that I will be able to get to 146 let alone maintain that. I'm taking this weight loss/healthy lifestyle journey 5 pounds at a time. This months goal is to get to 199. I haven't been under 200 in almost 7 years.   :(

204.8

Had the most amazing dinner (Italian sausage and gnocci) last night. Really tried to control the portions but still ate more than I should have and have gained half a pound. Not the end of the world.....

Back to eating really healthy small portions and back on track.