Day 48

I really thought i'd be better at updating this, but alas, i've had other things going on. This past week was a great one for me! I hit a couple challenges during the week though that I think I dealt with pretty well. The biggest one was when I went to visit a friend of mine and her new baby out of town for the day on Friday. Her husband was really nice and went and got these amazing sandwiches from a local place, and in a previous mind frame, I would've eaten my sandwich, a full cookie, chips, etc. I worked it out so i had the smallest piece of this HUGE sandwich with no mayo, and a HUGE glass of water. I was definitely satisfied, and I didn't have to feel guilty about eating something I knew was bad for me. Saturday morning I went to my meeting and I was down 2.6 lbs for a total of 15.8 in 6 weeks. I've never felt better!

day 41

This past week had so many challenges! Getting back to work after spring break, a 3 year old's birthday party, and a friday dinner with my boyfriend. I must've done something right because Saturday's WI showed a 1.2 lb loss! I've lost 13.2 lbs total, and i figured out that it's equal to:

• 53 sticks of butter
• My friend's 10 month old
• almost 3 bags of potatoes
• 1.5 bags of ice

So i'm feeling pretty good!! Thinking this way has helped me keep the motivation i need to stay on this plan and keep losing!! Even the boyfriend (who has told me a zillion times that i look great no matter what) said "you really look great, definitely smaller"... sigh...

Day 36

Wow, I've kind of sucked at updating this!! I've had a pretty succesful week though I'm pretty proud of myself, especially for doing well through holidays.

• I survived my family's Passover seder with only using 2 WPAs, and my mom was very accomodating of my new eating style. She made sure to tell me that there was almost no oil in anything she made!
• I survived Adam's family's Passover seder with only another 2 WPAs, and it was great because his aunt used to be on WW, AND his uncle is diabetic. There was no added sugar, and everything was very lean.
• A friendly barbecue was a bit difficult for me because I did NONE of the cooking. I counted my points, only used 8, and ate very well.
  
• Easter proved to be a bigger challenge since the woman who did the cooking is notorious for putting extra oil in stuff, and there was SO much candy everywhere. Since my points renewed on Saturday, I was able to use 14 points without feeling guilty.
  

It was back to work after Spring break today. I wasn't ready for it! I actually cried in Adam's arms last night because I didn't want to go back to reality. The thing that stinks is that I only get to see him on weekends, and I got spoiled this past week. I got to Adam's at about 4 on Wednesday, and didn't have to leave until this morning. I really love waking up with him!! In a nutshell, I think i'll gain this week. It's TOM, and no matter how hydrated I am, I always bloat. I also used more of my WPAs than I usually do, but we'll see what happens. In other news, one of my best friends from high school had her first baby today!! She and her husband were blessed with a gorgeous baby girl! I couldn't be happier, and I can't wait to take the road trip the 2 hours to go see her!!!

day 28

I had my 5th WI today...4th one since on core. I was down another .6 of a pound, so that makes a grand total of 9.8 lb of me gone! I'm planning on a hot dog and a beer at the Cubs game today, a small piece of b-day pie for adam's birthday, and that should leave a good 15 points for me to use at passover. shouldn't be too bad! I'm feelin' good! GO CUBS!

Day 27

I took the day off work today as an extra day of Spring break, and WOW did I need it! I spent it w/my boyfriend, and we went for lunch and then to best buy. I made a pretty good lunch decision but it came with a few things I wasn't expecting. It was an asian chicken salad, but it came with this sauce that wasn't the dressing, and peanuts. I had a hard time even finishing half of it, so I didn't feel guilty about it. Dinner was Bubble Up Pizza...and it's a great find! I put it in my recipes page, and I'm definitely making it again! Next time, i'm making it in a bigger pan and only doing one topping. I tried to appease the boyfriend and put pepperoni on one half and mushrooms on the other. Not worth the extra work! I'm weighing in tomorrow at 10, and then shopping for boyfriend's birthday present. I have the sentimental gift already, I just need the material one... not too difficult! Then it's off to the Cubs game! I should get a lot of APs just walking from parking to the game!

day 26

I can't even begin to explain how happy I am today! I'm sitting in my boyfriend's house on a thursday night, after having a great sushi dinner, and i know that i don't have to go back to work until a week from monday! I love spring break! Food's been a little difficult lately because money has been tight, so I've had to live only on what i had in the house. The only thing I missed really was my dairy, but I'll do better this week. I really appreciate all the help and encouragement I've gotten from people on the boards, and I appreciate even more the help and support from my friends. It means so much to be encouraged! I made good choices this weekend too, by bringing my own food to the boyfriend's house so i'm not stuck eating non-core food. The freezer is stocked with chicken breasts and steak, and the fridge has applesauce and mashed sweet potatoes! Here's to another loss on the scale!

Day 25

The last couple days have been a bit bizarre. The weather has been changing, and I'm finding myself with more and more energy, mostly from the better foods i've been eating and the increasing daylight. The days have been strange, though, because I'm getting annoyed at myself for not wanting to be more active. I come home from work and all I want to do is sit somewhere quiet. I can't seem to get up the motivation to go walking! Then, the days that I promise myself that I'll go, it's either rainy or I have to work until after it's dark. I've cooked some good dinners though, and I'm excited to see my sister next week to see if she notices my losses. I've found that my family's comments and compliments mean a lot more to me than others'. Maybe its because they know me the best, and don't serve to gain anything by complimenting me...

Day 23

Even though I'm on day 23 of WW at this point, its the first day of my WW blog. I figure that I need to keep track of how I'm feeling re: the program and myself in order to stay on track. I've found that if I'm accountable to someone or something other than myself, I have a much easier time sticking to whatever I'm trying to accomplish.

Today was the first day that I really had a hard time OP. I spent the weekend at my boyfriend's house, and while I did my best to keep enough core food in the house so that I could bring enough food for today, I underestimated how much I'd need for the weekend AND today. Breakfast was a banana and coffee, and stuck with me surprisingly long! Lunch was veggies with a little rice and 2 bottles of water. Dinner was leftover skillet lasagne (aptly re-named "coreburger helper" by Megs and myself). I'm satisfied, thats for sure, but I don't feel as good today as I normally do. I like being able to snack if I need to. Tomorrow should be a better day.

i'm down 9.2 lbs... that's 37 sticks of butter, or 3 bags of cat food, or a large newborn baby...when I think about it that way, I've really accomplished something!