Weigh-In Wednesday Week 4

It happened.  Oh, you know...the dreaded "step on the scale and nothing has happened" happened.  Even worse, the even more dreaded "step on the scale and it went up" happened.  For the first time in my history of dieting, I did not have a major set back when I saw that my official weigh-in weight was up - yes, only .2 of a pound - but when you've been as good as I've been about tracking everything, to gain at all can be disheartening.  Not really this time though.  You know why?  Well, simple.  The reason I'm not letting it get me down is because I absolutely without a single solitary doubt have no questions about what I ate or could have done differently.  I've pretty much been laying it all out there every single day.  So, I believe that it might not be this week....it might not be next week...but eventually, the weight will have to drop on the scale.

Another note on the scale...  I think my scale died on me.  The past few days, I've noticed that the scale won't give you the same weight - even when you step off and step back on.  Or, it will show me the same thing I weighed in the morning, when it's time for bed.  Tonight, it didn't show me anything at all.  So, I went to Amazon and ordered myself a brand new shiny bathroom scale.  It is supposed to be here Friday.  I shall weigh and see what it says.  It was rated a 5 star product, and considering there are almost 3,000 reviews, I'm going to believe I'm getting a great product.  I'm sure I'll blog about it.  =)

So - as of now - I am down 11.2 pounds....and still going.  =)

This is a beautiful life!

Question of the Day....

Can a person get the shakes from the smell of fried food?  Well, let me just say, I felt like an addict who hadn't had their fix in too long today at work.  We had food at work today and the choices were - fried pork chops, fried chicken, smothered pork chops, mashed potatoes, gravy, broccoli salad (loaded with mayo), fresh rolls, and several types of pies.  Yeah, read that again:  fried pork chops, fried chicken, smothered pork chops, mashed potatoes, gravy, broccoli salad (loaded with mayo), fresh rolls, and several types of pies.  I seriously felt like I was cast into the lion's den of food choices.  I walked away and made my grilled chicken salad.  Once I was full, I felt better, but it was a no joke hard situation. 

I think what made it harder was the fact that I'm pretty sure I'm going to weigh in the morning and be up in weight on my official weigh-in day.  Yes, seriously.  I'm not discouraged because I know that I know that I know that I've done EXACTLY what I was supposed to be doing.  I figure if I'm not down this week then I absolutely have to be down next week...or the week after that...or eventually the scale is going to have to budge downwards.  I will say it is psychological harder when you've been losing pretty nicely and yet, the scale isn't moving at all - except maybe up a pound - and you are doing the exact same thing as before.  I figure my body is probably in shock that I've had almost a month of extremely clean eating and it wondering if it can get me to binge again and get back to the old normal.  ha!  Well, this time, I'm not going there.  I will hold strong. 

Well, I've got to finish up some homework.

This is a beautiful life! 

Around Here...

About 6:00, I look over at my kid and notice his eyes starting to close.  Yep, he was trying hard to go to sleep.  I wouldn't quite let him.  We had already finished up dinner and were settling in to watch our nightly DVR marathon of NCIS, and we hung in there - well, at least for one whole episode and part of a second.  Next thing I know - I come to, after sleeping for about 20 minutes, and he's out.  Needless to say, I had to wake him up because we will never sleep tonight.  So, here we sit at 8:15 trying to hold out for about 30 more minutes before we give up and go to bed.  I'm starting to think that tonight I'm honoring my temple by going to bed early.  That sounds like a great plan to me.

You Know It's the Devil When....

I'm having a sudden craving for Cheez-Its.  You know, the bright orange square bits of unhealthy in a box?  Let me clarify something real quick...I do not now nor have I EVER liked Cheez-Its....or Goldfish...or any other kind of "cheesy" cracker thing like that.  So, the fact that I suddenly find myself wanting some definitely means it is time to wash my face, brush my teeth, swish the mouth wash for an extra minute or two just to get that idea out of my head, and get myself to bed.

Quote of the Week...

I guess since Sunday is actually the start of a new week, it would technically be the quote of last week, but still...

Friday night, after my extremely long week, my younger sister calls me, and says "Are you feeling like having a drink by now?". I immediately replied "Well, if I were a drinker, probably, but considering how many carbs are in alcohol, I think I'd just take a piece of bread". hahaha... She laughed, and we agreed. I don't need alcohol, I really wanted to self medicate with Cole's garlic toast. I didn't, but I think it dawned on me again how much I have substituted food for other things in my life. Not anymore. =)

This is a beautiful life.

Why I Love DVR

You know why I love DVR?  Well easy...because I can fast forward through all of the food commercials. =)

I am still doing great on my plan - even though last week was a weird week for me.  I was unexpectedly out of the office, and unable to bring my own lunches or anything.  I still stayed on track.  I was very pleased with that.  However, I was unable to drink water throughout the day, and I noticed I was up a little on the scale.  I'm chalking the small fluctuation in weight up to that.  I'm on my water now, and we'll see what happens come time for my official weigh-in on Wednesday.  You know what though?  Even if I'm up a little on Wednesday, I can step on the scale knowing that I did exactly what I was supposed to do for the whole week.  I will just continue trucking on towards my goals.

Well, it's Sunday night, and I think I'm going to go put some chicken in the crock pot for dinner tomorrow night.  I kind of like to have something cooking in the crock pot so I am not tempted to pick something up on the way home.

It's a beautiful life.  =)

Weigh-In Wednesday Week 3

Got up this morning - stepped on the scale - and I'm down another 3.4 pounds.  So here is the breakdown:

3.4 pounds this week
11.4 pounds overall
13.6 pounds until my first 25 pound goal (by April 18th - 13 weeks until then)

I'm well on the way!  Yeah!