I was a little bummed out yesterday because I lost only 1/2 pound last week.  I didn't eat anything I shouldn't but maybe I ate the permitted food in a little larger amount than I should have.  I think I need to stay away from nuts.  I never got around to planning my meals or snacks, I just kind of winged it all week. 

On a brighter note I woke up this morning and the scale said I weigh two pound less than yesterday so It's looking good for this week.  I am planning my meals so they will be exactly what I need to eat this week.  

I'm making chili for Super Bowl viewing.  It is traditional and fits in with South Beach.  Of course there will not be the usual cornbread and tortillia chips but we can have the cheese.  Maybe I'll toast some whole wheat Pitas and have black bean spread.

I think there is some challenge every week.  This week is the Super Bowl and a graze all day wedding shower at work.  Who knows what next week will bring. 

I usually weigh on Saturday but having just started the South Beach Diet I just had to see if it is working.  I have lost 4 lbs!  One more pound and I will be under 200 lbs!  This is so exciting, it has been a couple of years since I was able to say that.

The diet is not hard to stick with because you eat real food that you cook.  I think I may be eating more food than before! 

For possibly the first time in my life I made it from Thanksgiving to New Year with a weight loss!!!!!  It wasn't a huge weight loss but I still call it a VICTORY.  Now I just need to build on that small loss.

I bought the South Beach Diet book yesterday and I am getting my kitchen ready to start the plan Sunday or Monday.  I have to get rid of a lot of food and I need a little time to plan meals and go shopping.  Planning is my weak point.  I cannot eat right without planning. 

I read a few of the meal plans to my Husband and he is looking forward to it.  It's always a help when everyone in the house is on board.  I feel like I will be saying hello to all of the clothes in the back of my closet in the next couple of months.

I'm feeling the motivation again.  I have not been very motivated since last Friday and been hanging onto my diet by the skin of my teeth.  Yesterday I wore a pair of slacks to work that were too tight a month ago!  No problem buttoning them, no binding and I could breath just fine.  I got them out of the closet in error so I thought "lets just give them a try" and boy was I shocked!

I'm now pretty pumped about the possibility of wearing all of the clothes in my closet.  I can only wear about 25%, the others are too small.  When I loose another ten to fifteen pounds that will push it up to 50% and twenty to twenty five pounds and I will be able to wear all of them!  It will be like a new wardrobe for free!!

I spent the day making Wine Jelly.  I am making Christmas gifts for co-workers, friends and family.  I made White Zin Jelly, Merlot Jelly and Chardonay Jelly.  They turned out beautifully with the three different colors! I could have made cookies for friends and family but then I would have eaten half of them so the Wine Jelly was much safer!!

I will be making some cookies for people but only up to a point.  I will be making the mixes in a jar and they will have to bake them themselves!  Again, it limits temptation.  I think they will mostly be chocolate chip cookies or double chocolate brownies because I have about 10 lbs of chocolate chips that need a new home. 

I have not been doing well on the diet since Friday.  I have got to get it back together starting now!  I refuse to give back the pounds I have lost.  I need to get prepared by having the right foods in the house.  I think I'm going to have to start walking.  I think it is the only exercise I am capable of at the moment.  I'm looking forward to being able to be more active.  We love to hike, camp and ride bicycles, it's just not easy at my weight. 

Well, I'm tired and my husband is talking to the cat.  I think he could use some human companionship!