I walked into the English Dept. office this AM, and the counter was blessedly bare for a change. I came back a few minutes later to grab some coffee, and there they were:2 boxes of the most delicious-looking cupcakes I have ever seen. Carrot cake cupcakes with cream cheese icing and little carrots on top, red chocolate-cherry cupcakes with white frosting and cherry syrup drizzled on top, double-chocolate cupcakes with candied cherries on top, and dark chocolate cupcakes with cappucino frosting and little coffee beans on top. Yes, I stood and studied them. No, I did not cave in. I took a small taste. But wow, that was rough.
THEN, I went to a holiday luncheon at school (but not my scheduled cheat). There was fried chicken, cheesy mostaccoli, potato salad, macaroni salad, home-baked cookies, brownies, Danish butter cookies, and a terra cotta planter with what appeared to be a poinsettia plant, but was actually a silk plant in a mixture of cool whip and french vanilla pudding covered in crushed Oreos. I tasted the dirt pudding, had a chicken breast with no skin, had a spoonful of mostaccoli, and some salad.
I made it through the day without any major disasters, but it was so hard! It is so not fair that I have to be so austere in my eating habits to avoid ballooning. God, I wanted that cupcake.
Well, there is my rant. Gaaah.
Weigh-in tomorow...my will power had better pay off.
This week is good so far. Yesterday the English department kitchen was full of pies and cookies to celebrate all of the December birthdays in the department; I only took a very small taste and that was all. Strange how at certain times, resisting temptation is so easy, and other times is so very difficult.
I haven't been working out because I have a touch of sciatica (I have an evil spine with bulging discs all over the place), but I have been very good about food. I need to really keep this up...my next scheduled cheat is at the holiday luncheon for school. Hawaii will be challenging as well; unlike my trip to Canada, when I was so active that I could handle extra calories, I will probably be fairly sedentary much of the time, what with the lazing around by the pool, sipping tropical fruity drinks. Is is Dec. 22 yet?!
Well, at weigh-in, I was 6.6 lbs less than last week. Sheesh! That just goes to show what water retention and other stuff can do to the number on the scale. The last 2 weeks, I was retaining a lot of water on top of having indulged around Thanksgiving. So I am at a new low of 212.4, with a net loss of 102.5. Yay!
OK...this week will be even better. I am going to work out this week, since I am almost over whatever bug has been plaguing me this past week. I probably wont meet my goal of hitting 200 by Jan 1, but I might get awful close!
Well, I have recovered from Thanksgiving, and have been a good girl this week. I am to weigh-in tomorrow, and I expect good news. I didn't exercise this week so far because I have been sick--I came down with a fever on the day after Thanksgiving, and it has evolved into a nasty chest cold.
I know what I have to do, so I am going to just do it. I plan to have a cheat-free week, and work out at least twice (cardio and strength classes). I hope to be a bit smaller by the time I go to Hawaii in December, not that I'll ever look good in a bathing suit again without surgery.
I have a cool "days until Hawaii" ticker, but can't figure out how to make it work. Any suggestions?
I was pretty good this week, but I gained 2.7 lbs! It has to be that I am retaining fluids, though, so it's ok. I also hadn't eaten before my weigh-in last week, and that makes a big difference.
So yeah, I'm at -99 again, and Thanksgiving is this week. Guess I won't be seeing -100 again until December. I already informed my consultant that TGiving is a 24-hour window of eating whatever I please. Eggnog latte, here I come.;
This has worked for me the past 2 years, so I am not worried that it will throw me off my stride. I just have to make sure that I don't allow the couple pounds I will undoubtedly gain bum me out; I will earn them well.
I went to strength training for an hour Tuesday, and cardio for an hour on Wednesday. If I use the bellydance tape once befor Monday, I'll have worked out 3 times this week, which is what I am aiming for!
If I lose this week, I'll be most impressed, as this is water-retention week. If I gain, though, I'll be miffed, especially if I go back under -100. But I've been perfect food-wise, so that shouldn't happen.
I finally did it! I broke the -100 mark. I lost 3.7 lbs this week, for a total of a 101.8 pound weight loss.
The trick, now, is to keep things moving in the right direction despite the holiday season. I plan to go off plan for the holiday luncheon at school, an on Tgiving day.
It is freaky to be less than 15 lbs. from my "official" goal. My consultant dropped abomb today, though--she says that I can't get JC food when I reach goal. That makes me very nervous. They want me to learn how to eat on my own and maintain. I guess that is a worthy goal, but I am not sure I am ready for that.
Anyways, I am a very very happy camper! Onward to strength training tomorow!
I worked out to Slim Down Bellydance for Beginners, with Neena and Veena, who are identical twin sisters. I felt very silly doing it, but it was very aerobic and a lot less annoying than most exercise videos I've seen.
Hopefully, I'll make a habit of doing it once a week, so supplement the strength and cardio classes. That would be awesome!
That just goes to show what water retention and other stuff can do to the number on the scale. The last 2 weeks, I was retaining a lot of water on top of having indulged around Thanksgiving. So I am at a new low of 212.4, with a net loss of 102.5. Yay!
