Day 39

This weekend was great and horrible at the same time... Matt took me to Glenwood Springs, where they have the biggest hot springs in the country or the world or something. Very cool. We played miniature golf and Matt won by two strokes. (even though I definitely should have won... he cheated!) :) Then we had dinner, got massages, and relaxed in the hot springs. Such a nice, relaxing weekend! However, it was really difficult to get out of the "this is my vacation" mentality with regards to food. "I can have a pop, just this once, because I'm on vacation"... "I can have a cheeseburger & fries, just this once, because I'm on vacation"... "I can have dessert, just this once, because I'm on vacation"... etc, etc, etc. You get the idea. But, as bad as it sounds, I really don't think I did as bad as I could have. I didn't eat the best of meals, but I only ate meals... I didn't binge and snack and get so full I thought I was going to explode. So, it could have been a lot worse.

Last night I tried Suz's veggie soup idea. I made a huge pot of vegetable soup (onions, carrots, celery, potatoes, zucchini, yellow squash, canned tomatoes, and tons of fresh herbs). I had a bowl of that with dinner, and it definitely did the trick! It was so yummy (the first time I've ever made soup) and Matt actually ate a whole bowl (he is the most anti-vegetable person I know!). Plus, it definitely helped fill me up so I didn't need as much of everything else. Thanks for the tip, Suz!

So, despite my bad weekend dining and the not-so-fun weigh in last week, I'm looking forward to this week. I'm definitely going to get some extra exercise in, somehow. And I'll definitely be eating very clean and healthy. I'm hoping for my 10lb mark this week!

Day 35 - 273.2 (+.6 this week, -8 total)

So, I actually gained .6 lbs this week. :( I am NOT happy. First of all, I didn't even get to go to my meeting, which makes me mad. I've been trying to sell my computer, and someone finally was interested. I told them I'd be around between 4:30 and 5:15, and that I had a meeting at 5:30. So, he shows up at 5:20, talk on the phone for 5 minutes, then starts picking out bad points of the computer (dude, do you want it or not?!?!?!).... I was asking $220, and he started haggling. I was so flustered at this point that I gave in and sold it for $165. So, I leave my place, head to the meeting (knowing all I could do is weigh in, not attend the meeting since it was practically over), and then I get THAT news! UGH! I ate a few bad meals, but I didn't go crazy... I guess I kinda figured I wouldn't lose a lot, but I thought I would lose SOMETHING, or at least not gain. I'm bummed. I'm not going to let it get me too down. I'm not going to jump off the wagon or anything. I just had a healthy dinner... subway sandwhich with turkey, no cheese a tiny bit of mayo, and lots of veggies. I'll have some fruit or something in a bit. Maybe I'll even go for a walk tonight, assuming the rain stays away. And, tomorrow is a whole new day, right? :)

Day 33

Sunday and Monday nights were not great meal-nights... I already talked about Sunday, and then last night I had calamari and spinach pasta... which, wouldn't be too bad, except I ate A LOT of calamari. So, to make up for it, I'm eating just fruits and vegetables today, with the exception of a mini-bagel for breakfast and a few cubes of low-fat cheese with lunch. But, man, am I hungry. Today has been yet another crazy day... deadline deadline deadline. I also went spray-on-tanning at lunch in preperation for our trip this weekend. I'm defintely darker, but I smell like fake-tanning lotion, and its driving me nuts.

I'm not sure what I'm going to do for dinner, which is usually a bad thing because I'll make an impulsice decision. Especially since I can already tell I am going to be absolutely ravenous by dinner. I'm definitely not going to stop by McDonalds or anything, but I may cook something thats quick and easy as opposed to super healthy. Who knows. We may even go out for dinner.

Anyhow, even though I haven't been perfect lately, I'm still striving for my goal of 270 by Thursday. It would be doable on a good week, but who knows with this week. I'll be happy if I at least hit the 10-lb mark (271.2). We shall see!

Day 32

Man, I am horrible at writing on the weekends. This weekend was especially bad because I was so busy. I have ONE MORE LOAD to take over to Matt's and then everything will be moved! YAY! Well, there is some more stuff, like a computer, microwave, random stuff... that I'm trying to sell. Therefore, I'm going to leave it there until I sell it instead of moving it for no reason. :)

Yesterday was a VERY stressful day. I had to work all morning, then head over to my apartment to meet a lady who was buying my entertainment center. Then I went back to work, and worked while I waited for my boss to come. He was going to help me move my couch and table in a bigger truck. Well, we get all the way down to my place in the truck, and he doesn't have the right key to open the back cover and remove it. So, that was a wasted effort. So, between Matt and I, we tried to fit my couch and table in our vehicles. We barely squeezed the couch in my truck, and in the process of putting the slate table top in Matt's car, the interior got a scratch on it. And let's just say he wasn't happy. Well, I wasn't in a good mood to begin with, and that didn't make it any better, so I closed my truck and stormed off back to our house. (Sorry Matt!) That frustration/annoyance/stress carried through the afternoon, and I just wanted to eat something REALLY REALL BAD. I ended up not going too crazy, but I didn't eat as healthy as I'd hoped. We had chicken burritos and salad. (regular tortillas, fat free beans, low fat cheese, low fat sour cream, and spanish rice... not too terrible). Then we shared a yummy (but horrible) dessert. What a day. All I can say is that I am MAJORLY looking forward to our weekend getaway this weekend!

Again, I didn't get any regular workouts in. But, there was lots of stairs and walking this weekend, so I think I'm okay. I need to find something else I can do besides the bike, because until my feet start cooperating, it is just no fun.

Day 28 - 272.6 (-2.8 this week, -8.6 total)!!!

Yippeee! I lost another 2.8 lbs this week. Overall, I'm down 8.6 lbs in three weeks. Not too bad at all. I'm determined to hit the 10-lb mark by next week. I'd really like to hit my goal of 270 then, but I'd be happy with 10.

So, I'm ALMOST finished moving. I basically have my office furniture, my bed, my couch, a TV, and few random boxes to move. I've cleaned the kitchen and both bathrooms, so all that's left is to vacuum and spot-bot any stains, and I'm good to go. yay! :) Then, next weekend, Matt is taking me on a surprise trip. I have no idea where we're going or what we're doing, but I'm excited! Well, except for the "bring your bathing suit" part of it. That should be interesting. I need to remember to go spray-on-tanning next week before hand... that way I won't blind anyone. :)

Thanks again to everyone for their support and comments this week! Much Appreciated!!!! :)

Day 19

I'm becoming quite annoyed with restaurants. Last night I went out to dinner at TGI Fridays. I got a smaller-portion of a cedar salmon salad that was very, very yummy. However, I cannot find any nutritional information for it anywhere. The reason I'm so intent on finding it is because I want to know if it's really good for you or not. I got a salad at Chili's a few weeks ago, with what I thought was their best-choce dressing (a citrus vinegarette)... turns out the salad had over 40 grams of fat!!!! I think it should be outlawed for any salad served at a restaurant to have more fat in it than you should have in an entire day! The reason I ordered a salad is because I was looking at their "healthy" menu, and it said those menu items all had approx. 10 grams of fat and 500 calories! FIVE HUNDRED CALORIES! (for like 4 pieces of shrimp and some broccoli, none the less) Well, frankly, none of them looked that appetizing for the number of calories I'd be spending, so I got a yummy salad instead. I will be very upset if I find it is horrible for you!

Okay, enough of my rant. :) This weekend I got two workouts in... basically just the stationary bike, plus some leg-lifts and sit ups, and an emerassing attempt at push ups. For some reason the arches of my feet kill when I'm doing the bike... I don't stop because I'm tired or my legs hurt, but because my feet are killing me. I tried it both with and without shoes on, and the same thing happens. It is driving me crazy! If the weather would start behaving, I'd go for walks more. I think tomorrow it is finally going to clear up, so I'll probably do that. Plus, I'm STILL moving... we're hoping to have everything moved this weekend. I've pretty much gotten everything in boxes, and everything out of the kitchen, bathrooms and closet. So, I'll be getting more exercise that way, too. I've also started taking the stairs at work... I usually park on the 5th floor of the garage, so I go down the stairs, and up and down the stairs to the office (3rd floor). I'm not to the point I can go up to the 5th floor, but I'll get there eventually!

I'm hoping this week's weigh-in will be good. I've checked my weight twice this week, and it fluctuates so much I can't go off of any of it. Saturday night I was at 272.3, yesterday I was at 274.4. Who knows. I think it's just best to wait until Thursday. :)

Day 14 - 275.4 (-1.2lbs this week, -5.8 total)!!

Woohoo! Down another 1.2lbs! Not a whole lot, and not as much as I'd like, but it's still a loss and I'll definitely take it! Almost 6 pounds in two weeks... not too shabby! This week I'll definitely kick up the work-outs, and hopefully next week I'll have a better loss.

Thanks you all for the support this week! You have no idea how much I appreciate it! :)