It's Starting to Work!

My pants/shorts feel looser, my shirts feel looser and even longer - it is all more comfortable. It is a happy making feeling.

I must remember:
CELERY
JICAMA

They will help the hungry feeling!

My Numbers!

Here it is:

At San Francisco I was 147. At that point my goal was just to get to 140 . . . if I could just get to 140 I knew I would feel so much better. Last week I reached my goal. Hooray.

Now my goal is just to get to 135. Five more pounds; I can do it! This morning I weighed in at 138.2. I was very happy. I'm glad to not be in the 40's anymore.

Last night I did my running at 6pm and did 4 miles. I felt really good. I stayed busy last night taking care of baby and didn't eat again - ok, I did . . . I had 10 reduced fat cheese crackers. They helped my salt craving. But I didn't have cereal or anything, I was very proud. I thought of you (Julie) and to be happy with the hungry feeling.

I am going to buy the green tea box. I like it and I haven't been drinking water since I ran out.

One Week Down

Ok, first week is done! I did lose some weight, (10) yea! I also know that week number two can be REALLY hard, meaning no weight loss; so I am thinking I will not even weight myself during this week. Why suffer the upset?

Do you want orange juice?

Gil asked me this question this morning and it almost made me cry. DO I want orange juice? CAN I have orange juice? I don't know. Is it good for me/bad for me/too much sugar?

I HATE losing weight! Do you know how long it is going to take for me to lose 20 pounds? I can't even lose a pound a week - only 1/2 a pound. I'm going to have this body for a long time. To lose 1 pound a week, I have to eat 1700 calories. That's impossible for me right now. Even if I wasn't nursing Teo it would be really hard.

THEN, Oprah said that if you go "on" a diet you have to go "off" a diet. So by eating healthy and exercising I will lose weight, but super slow. If I can just lose 5 pounds that would be a start, but that is going to take me forever! It seems that the amount of effort I am putting in, doesn't even come CLOSE to the weight loss result.

My Birthday

I was very happy with my day today. I didn't wake up sad. I felt very happy to be 37 and have a new baby. Gil made me a breakfast burrito (I told him the specific ingredients). We added turkey to the burrito for the special occasion. Then at church I brought string cheese and 3 wedges of cantalope to snack on. (I learned last Sunday that I cannot go the whole 3 hours without eating since our time is 1:00 to 4:00. I need a little lunch in there somewhere or else I just go home!). Then we went to Kabuki for dinner where I had tuna and salmon sushi and california rolls. I did have a Diet Coke, but I thought that was ok.

I did not make the angel food cake. At dinner they brought me a scoop of ice cream. It really was very good and I savored every bite. I don't feel like I over indulged. I feel good about my day. I'm now going to go to my personal gym and do the elliptical.

Dinner 7/24

We had Salmon and a Naked Fruit Salad.
It was all good.
Naked fruit= just fruit, no saucy dressing

I cut up:
watermelon
cantaloupe
pear
banana

I feel satisfied!

Lunch 7/24

I made a delicious salad:

chicken (left over from my $4.24 chicken from last night)
@2 cups of lettuce
slivered almonds
2-3 slices of cut up apple
1/4 garbanzo beans

dressing:
1 tbl low fat Ranch
1 tbl miracle whip

It was SO good.

Sorry, no picture.