Half-Way There

I just noted that I have reached the half-way point to my "Dream  Weight" of 154 pounds.

I haven't weighed that little since age 18. I was a size 9, and that was back in the days of everything having little bitty waists, like jeans. No way the size 9's of today are the same as 20 years ago.

My "Real Goal" of 170 pounds is seeming to be more realistic than ever. 17 pounds, I could do that, (I think to myself)

I am at the smallest I've been forever- 183 was my pre-pregnancy weight about 11 years ago. I am wearing a size 12 in most everything, and I went shopping in my sister's cast-offs to find them.

She's down to a size 10 herself, and I like the idea of reaching that point, too.

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As for "Mr. Wonderful", I am still talking to him, and  e-mailing. That's all.

I think weight-loss is like drug rehab, no sexual affairs during the process. I may re-think it in the future, but for now, if he likes me as much as he says he does- he'll wait.

In the meantime,  well, the idea of dating again is surely assisting me in my efforts to keep the food intake down. Talk about butterflies. Am I really dating again?

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I am still doing the Metabolic diet, I am eating healthier than I ever have before. (Not including the Tequila and the diet sodas, of course.)

Breakfast is two eggs, or an egg and an ounce of cheese, 1/2 of an English muffin or 2 pieces of light Wasa crisp bread. Lunch is salad vegetables with 4 ounces of lean meat (chicken or tuna are easy to do at work), and I'm supposed to have a fruit, but I always forget to bring it.

So at dinner, I have a fruit first, then 8 ounces of vegetables, and another 4 ounces of lean protein. You can also have a 40 calorie bread or similar. Sometimes I have 1/2 of a sushi roll, and count the rice in it as my starch.

You also can add extra proteins through the day. I figure it's about 1200 calories on most days, unless I don't add the extra proteins.