OK, I've decided to go with the wii fit scale. It's better because it used 10th of pounds and my home scale only uses 1/2 lb increments. So a small loss will register on the wii fit.

I've adjusted my starting weight and todays weight according to my wii stats. Hey and least it looks better on paper! OK onward....

It killed me and deflated me but it did NOT defeat me! I logged my weight in today at one pound heavier. <sigh> I find it amazing that one day off the wagon can negate any hard fought loss! It's either the binge or ovulation (personally my vote is on the ovulation/water retention!). Seriously, I cheated and stepped on the scale last thursday and it read 171.5, I was stoked. And today it read 175, boo!!! I'll stop on again this afternoon and see if it reads any different.

If I were 10 years younger I swear I would have logged a 10lb loss already. Unfortunately I find the older I get the slower the weight comes off. I also need to decide if I want to go by the wii fit readings or my digital scale. I like the numbers better on the wii fit so maybe I'll stick to those numbers (they are lower than my scale by approx 2lbs! lol).

It's snowing heavily here --again! and I've got 2 kiddos home sick from school. It's going to be a not-so-fun day. I'm supposed to have a housefull of Mommy freinds and thier kids over here Friday for an omelette party but not sure if it will happen due to sickness. I better clean and disinfect the house anyway, Lord knows it can use it.

Back on the wagon (no more biscuits). Happy Tuesday!

Hooray! Go Steelers! Boo. Overate.

Peanut Butter brownies and cheddar garlic biscuits---YUMMY! Of course if I stopped at one apiece I would have been just fine but nooooooo, not this girl. I think one brownie turned into 4 with each pass through the kitchen and the biscuits well they were just so good I could not stop myself from tasting them. I made them from a beer bread mix and they measured approx 2" across and 1" high and I had to have gobbled down 7 or so. I can be such a glutton!!!! The one thing I did do right was make a nice salsa from canned black beans, blackeyed peas, green pepper, onion, tomatoe, and corn with and olive oil based italian dressing. Beans and fresh veggies, can't go wrong there!

I got on the wii fit today and stepped myself silly for 45 minutes--woo hoo!

Best of 4 step routines for each: Basic=255, Adv.=500

One Free step @ 850

Super Hula=783

...then I took a 15 minute nap~! LOL

I'm once again at mid-cycle and wanting to eat, eat, eat, and eat some more! I don't want to use it as a excuse to eat but its very real that all I want to do is eat around this same time each cycle. The one thing I did notice with changing my eating habits as I barely had any headaches around ovulation time. Without fail every month I have excruciating 3 day headaches and this past time they were negligible...hmmmmmm, correlation?

Off to crochet some more on my latest project. Tomorrow is weigh in day and even though I only screwed up eating yesterday I don't have high expectations for the scale moving, as long as it doesn't go up I'll be ok!

One more pound gone forever! Yipppeee!!!!

I am very happy that the scale continues to operate in reverse but I am also reminded at how this is a game of baby steps. Why is it that it takes us years to accumulate this weight but we expect it to all just drop off in less than a month?? It's hard to stay focused and realize that this endeavor will 1- take time and 2- must last a lifetime. This thought tells me that I have not truly made a complete lifestyle change becuase I struggle to remember to eat well and the proper portions. I have not yet assimilated it into my brain. But that's OK becasue I'm only 17 days in so I've got plenty of time! The rest of my life as a matter of fact.

So if I turn the scale numbers into a positive here's what I get. I've been working at this for 17 days, I've lost 4 pounds. That's a 1lb loss every day and a quarter. Not too shabby from that perspective! I did set myself the goal of a 8lb loss for January but at this snails pace I don't think I'll hit it. I'll just accept it and fluff it off since I didn't begin this journey until 1/10 so I lost out on the first 10 days! (Whatever you need your brain to hear right??).

Tally Ho! Let's keep moving forward.

CHANGE. The Good, The Great, and The Terrible

The Good. I'm changing my eating habits for life. Last night I actually did 34 minutes on the wii fit last night. Had lots of fun, the kids were cheering me on but I have to say the basic running game got me winded. A reminder of how out of shape I REALLY am! Crud, I just remembered I was supposed to weigh myself this morning--darn forgot.

The Great. The changeover of power. I just finished watching the inauguration of our 44th president of the United States. I am so hopeful at Barack Obama's promise of change. My spirits are high and I am starting to gain back confidence for the future of my children to live in a more diverse world that embraces hope.

The Terrible. Last night around 8p my MIL passed away. She was 87 and lived a full life but the pain of her loss is there with us. My husband lost a mother and my children their "Oma". It's a very sad day for this family.

It's 1:30 and my eating is under control. I had veggie quiche for breakfast, coffee, and for lunch tuna on flat bread with a salad and water. Dinner, well that's always the wild card. I took out chicken, just not sure what I'll do with it.

Tonight I am meeting a friend out for coffee. Should be nice to catch up on life with her. I'm glad its just coffee and not dinner otherwise I might have overindulged from the menu!

It's 2:30p and so far my mouth has only seen oatmeal with some brown sugar, coupla cups of coffee with lt. cream, ham, cheese, 2 slice whole grain bread, mustard, vanilla yogurt, and berries. The problem is I have no dinner plan. Payday isn't until Thursday so I'll have to scrap together whatever I can find in the freezer for dinner for the next 3 nights. That never bodes well for a healthy lifestyle. But we all have to make due with what we have on hand, that's more motivations to make a 10 day menu and then grocery shop. Plus when I take the time to do this I always spend less money since I'm not guesssing at what we need.

The boys are playing xbox now. I've given them one hour then I'm kicking them off and am determined to log 30 minutes on the wii fit. I've dabbled on it when the kids were playing but I haven't committed to a daily "adventure" on it. Today is the day. Uh oh, half a red ring just happened to the xbox, we've been having problems with it lately.

OK I have a snotty miserable sick baby here who is demanding attention. I'll let you know how the wii fit time went.