short and sweet

Perfect food week!

Weigh in tomorrow!

Wish me luck!

107 down

I was at the doctor's on Monday, and she reminded me that in 2004, I weighed in at 320...so really, I have lost 107 lbs, or more...I think my high was in the neighborhood of 340.  So yeah...wow.  I still want to lose another 50 lbs. or so, but my family and friends are warning me not to lose so much that I can't maintain it...the only 2 times in my life that I actually weighed 160, which is a perfect weight for me at 5'7" with a big frame, I wasn't able to keep it off.  However, I wasn't eating enough, and lost the weight too fast and in an unhealthy way.  This time is so different...I have maintained this weight loss effort for over 2 years successfully.  Once I kiss 200 goodbye and enter "onederland", I never, ever want to see that number again.  EVER.

Here's to continuing what has been a perfect week, food-wise.  (Why, oh why don't I ever work out?!)

102 down!

I am back in the -100's! 

I was 213 at Saturday's weigh-in, so I am 102 down.  I was actually at the Doctor's office yesterday, and she reminded me that 3 years ago, I weighed in at 320...and my all-time high was in the 340's!!  So, I have lost well over 100 lbs., even though I only count since I started Jenny Craig at 315.  So, I am happy. There are a couple of weeks left in the weight loss challenge...I really need to work out!  I have been doing a good job controlling my eating, but I am too damn sedentary.  Always room to improve.

This AM, my boss made blueberry, banana, and plain pancakes.  There was fresh fruit too...I had 2 pancakes with a bit of syrup; I had cleared it with my JC consultant the last time I saw her.  I might count it as breakfast and lunch if I can avoid eating all day...but I don't know how good an idea that is.  I just have this nagging feeling that I ate more than 300 calories...oh well.  I had some cantaloupe and honeydew, too.  Mmm, mmm.

Onward and upward! 

another pound down

So, now I am about 5 lbs. heavier than I was before the holiday scourge arrived.  Not too bad.

And, the weight loss challenge is on...let's see whether I can avoid cheating for a whole month!

I can't wait to have lost 100 lbs. again, for good.

headed in the right direction

I was 217.7 at today's weigh-in, which is down 1.1 from last week.  Not spectacular, but not bad considering that I was not perfect this week (ate out too much).  So, I am pleased. 

self-control

The last couple of days have not been bad at all, food-wise.  However, I am always hungry and it is a bummer.  I need to make some of my free soup!  Time for a grocery trip...

At work, my department is having a weight loss challenge.  Everyone who wishes to participate puts in $10.00, and whoever loses the greatest percentage body weight in a month wins all of it!  I am totally in...I need something to help me whip my butt into shape.  I might even think about working out, which I haven't done in months, bad girl that I am.

2 days 'til weigh in!

Ugh. Not so good.

The last couple days, I have been stress eating...Winter break ended and I am back to schoo, and the transition has been harsh.  It's hard to go from sunning by the pool to assessing writing assignments.

Anyways, it's a new day, and I will be good the rest of the week.  This weigh-in is going to suck, but it is time to face the music, so the speak.  Wish me luck and willpower...it is not time to backslide, but rather to gallop to my goal, which had been so close! 

so far so good

As I vowed, I have not yet weighed myself; I don't want to see a number until my weigh-in next weekend.  However, since I returned from Hawaii, I have been on track.  So, at least I will undo some of the damage before seeing numbers.

the food orgy ends.

Well, I am having one of my infamous spikes.  I don't quite know how bad, because I refuse to weigh myself until after I have undone some of the massive damage I did the past 2 or 3 weeks.  Starting with the parties I attended the week prior to leaving fro Hawaii, I have pretty much been eating like a complete pig.  SO, I know I have a LOT of damage to undo.

The good news is that I know I can do it.  I have had severe lapses before, but I am very good at getting back on track.  So I am not too worried...just a little disappointed with myself.  When I weigh in, I'll post the damage.  Until then, I need to really buckle down!

holding steady

I weighed 213 at my weigh-in yesterday, so that is .5 from last week.  The week wasn't perfect, so that isn't too bad, considering the degree to which I successfully overcame temptation.  There is no way I'll reach goal by Jan, but I figure that just maintaining through the holiday season should be OK.  If I weigh no more when I return from Hawaii than I do now, that won't be such a bad way to start the new year. 

The plan:  be good all week!  Next week there will be parties, and I plan to go off plan at the holiday brunch at school.  Also, I traditionally celebrate the last day of school before break with an eggnog latte and a cranberry bliss bar at Starbucks.  I have allowed myself these indulgences the past two years...it is what makes the plan do-able for me.  Absolute deprivation is an untenable condition.