And Really Bad Eggs...Weigh In Wednesdays 6 and 7

I realized that I had taken a little hiatus on my blogging about my weight loss.  Honestly, not much has been happening, except that I have been staying on my plan and the scale has been hanging on to the exact same pounds.  I would say that it has been frustrating, but actually, it hasn't been as frustrating as you would imagine.  The reason for that has got to be the fact that when I go to bed at night, I know that I know that I know that I'm staying on my plan.  I'm not doing anything that would make me rethink if the scale is going to actually drop one day or not.

I got up this morning - after turning down both pizza and pasta last night - and low and behold - the scale FINALLY MOVED SOUTH.  After over three weeks of only dropping .6 of a pound, I finally dropped 1.6 in a week.  YEAH!  I got off the scale and danced a jig.  No, really.  Please don't picture it, but it happened.

As of today, here are the stats:
13.2 pounds down
11.8 to go to reach my first 25 pound goal (by April 18)
36.8 to go for the year

Today was going great.  First I had my weigh-in, then I had my year end review, and I was feeling pretty darn good.  Then it hit me.  No, I mean really really really hit me.  You see, I've been scrambling eggs early in the week - like on Sunday - and eating them all week long and well - I must have got a hold of some bad eggs.  Really bad eggs.  I had to come home because those eggs were really really bad to me.  Needless to say, the scale should be down tomorrow, too.  haha! 

This is a beautiful life.

Hormones and Migraines

For about the last year and a half, I have been taking something every night to help with my migraines.  It actually is a prescription medication that does two things - helps block migraines and helps a person sleep.  The only problem with this, is that after doing some research, this medication also decreases muscle tone and makes it harder to build muscle.  Now, I'm not trying to be muscle bound, but we all need to be able to build lean muscle in order to burn more fat.  This news was kind of discouraging.

On the other side, I've also been back on the pill for 9 months, and I am just not a huge fan of the pill or what it does to my body.  When I went back on it several years ago, I gained 40 pounds in 4 months.  Although I didn't gain weight this last time, I was also training for a half marathon and running like a crazy woman.  I feel like being on the pill is making this process harder, too.

Since I know that my migraines have the potential to be reduced based on diet changes, and the reason I'm on the pill can sometimes be remedied with weight loss, I've decided to come off both of the medications.  I am VERY nervous about this, but I would like to try it for a month and see what happens.  If my migraines come back, or I absolutely just can't sleep, then maybe I will go back on it.  However, I would like to see how I feel without anything in my system.

This is a beautiful life.

Cinnamon, Be My Friendamon

Okay, so that title doesn't make any sense, but it did make me smile.  =)

I'm sitting on the couch tonight, a little sleepy, and already finished with dinner, when that feeling comes over me.  The feeling of wanting something sweet.  I've mentioned it before, but I think it is hugely ironic that I am craving sweets every now and then, when I've never been a huge sweet fan.  I start doing a mental check off in my head - we're out of cottage cheese - I took the strawberries to work - oh boy, this could be a long night.

Then...out of the blue....this small voice in the back of my head says - "Didn't you purchase a lot of Emerald Almonds back when Publix had them on a buy one get one sale?"  Um, yes, yes, I did.  I find a container of cinnamon almonds, eat just a few, and boy oh boy, that did the trick.  Yep, I'm pleased.  =)  Just a few almonds went a long way.  I'll have to remember that for the future.

This is a beautiful life!!

Weigh-In Wednesday Week 5 - Monthly Meaure Up February

Well, it's weigh-in Wednesday and the scale says the EXACT same thing as last week.  Yes, I know I bought a new scale, and YES, I know the new scale is weighing about a pound heavier than the old scale, but psychologically it does something to you to see the same numbers for two weeks in a row.  Am I at a plateau?  I have no idea.  Everything I've read says I've got to go at least four weeks without a loss in weight or measurements, and I'm only two weeks in.

In good news....I took my measurements since while it's Weigh-In Wednesday, it is also the first day of the month - so here are my results for the month of January

11.2 pounds lost
11 3/4 inches lost overall - with 2 of those inches being off my hips, this does seem to raise my spirits a little about the scale.  =)

It's on February...Let's do this!  I'm going to once again crush it in February and hopefully my March 1st  results will be something to be proud of, too.

This is a beautiful life!