Day Forty-five

2/10/2010

I can't believe this is day 45??!! That means I only have 15 days left before I finish this 8 week step one! Wow. It was tough to start but now it seems a routine.
Today I felt like a walking advertisement for MM and I believe I should get a commission or some sort of reimbursement for all the walking advertising that I did! Several of the books were ordered and I printed off shopping lists etc. for people as well as told them about the blog sites and message boards. I am a natural saleswoman. I had 3 compliments about my shrinkage :) which is the best confirmation and encouragement of all. Now if the scales and the tape measure will just show the same I will be perfectly happy! I have dropped 2 sizes at this point and am fitting in my old close better and my newer clothes are baggy. Went shopping and treated myself to a new outfit. An adorable bright yellow top and cute grey pants. The yellow top reflects my sunny mood and bright hope for tomorrow! :)
Breakfast was drive through eggmcmuffin (minus muffin) and large coffee with creamer; lunch was bunless burger from MCD and 2 bottles of water; raw almonds as snack in afternoon; dinner was salad from BK and grilled chicken as well as the guts of a steak sandwich. I had so much energy that I am having trouble falling asleep at night! No drugs for 2nd night though and I think I am almost over this whole respiratory infection thing--if I could just get my nose to stop running! Ugh. Well, I guess that's all for now folks...Good night!

Day Forty-four

2/9/2010

A full and busy day at work but highly successful. I managed breakfast of a boiled egg and 2 sausage patties in the breakfast room of the hotel. I brought raw almonds for snacks and an extra boiled egg and one of my cottage cheese packages for lunch. The day was splendid-I love the girl I am working with here and we are doing special computer training and I have my favorite corporate trainer. So, I loved today and dinner was fine--nothing special, just McD's. Having some struggles with getting in all my water and I am determined to do better with all that. I am starting to feel human again although my nose is like a faucet. No drugs tonight for bed-trying it without. Good night!

Day Forty-three

2/8/2010

Spent half the day at home cleaning and packing...laundry and more laundry!
My breakfast consisted of cottage cheese. I highly recommend the Breakstone individual 2% packages of cottage cheese-such a nice handy size and easy to pack! I did some roll ups for lunch and got on the road to MO a little after 3 pm. The trip was fairly uneventful and I grabbed dinner from a McDonald's (bunless burgers) before checking into my hotel. Roads were getting slick those last 30 miles and I was glad to be back in doors and off road. I nearly rear ended a semi truck without taillights, thankfully my dim eyes had noticed some sort of anomaly in the road and moved over just due to my intuition (thank you God for intuition). I am still trying to recover from this whole respiratory infection and needed my cough syrup to get through the night. Hoping to see if I can sleep without tomorrow. Good night!

Day Forty-two

2/7/2010

The meds are finally kicking in and although I am still coughing I was able to sit through church mostly quietly. We all went out to eat afterwards and I ate from the salad bar watching everyone else devour pizza but I did not feel deprived. I thoroughly enjoyed the company and time out. In the afternoon I had errands and then over to a friend's house to plan for an Alaskan cruise I will be taking in late July. That is something that will help motivate me in this whole diet plan! Breakfast was cottage cheese; lunch was salad; some peanuts for mid afternoon snack; dinner was hamburger patties. The most difficult part of today was resisting all the Superbowl food at my mom's house. I tasted the guac but that was about it...I adore chips and dip, so, resisting was a little harder but it is becoming a regular habit. My darling sister did a little shopping for me and helped get some of my essentials-she is such a godsend in my life and my biggest cheerleader. That reminds me how grateful I am for all my friends and family that are cheering me on. When I posted on FB my initial weight loss I was overwhelmed by all the well wishes and encouragement. Thanks God for using others to keep me on track. Good night!

Day Fourty-one

2/6/10

Still slow on the recovery and not sure that today didn't set me behind but things had to be done. Had to teach and had to host Bible Study. God gave me grace for it all. Diet is going fine but I am so tired of protein. Every carb sounds delicious. I popped corn for the group which smelt delicious and someone brought cookies. I also brought out a plate of candy I had frozen from Christmas. I enjoyed sipping on my coffee and half and half with some vanilla flavored Splenda. That was a nice treat for me. Food diary consists of the following: early morning snack of peanuts, egg and sausage later from breakfast (threw out the biscuits) and large coffee. Mid morning had a zero calorie and <5 carb drink from Sobee. Lunch was late but ate contents of some McDonald's wraps. Afternoon snack of peanuts. Dinner was 2 mozz sticks, mesquite roasted turkey. My beloved sister/roommate bought some veggies finally so, I have options for tomorrow. Bible study was uplifting and gave me hope since being sick has really brought me low in my diet. Will look forward to tomorrow and starting week seven. Almost there--good night!

Day Forty

2/5/2010

Spent the day sick and home. Very few food options so scrounging around. Really wanted some soup but the only one in the cupboard was Cream of Mushroom which had too many carbs. Drank enough hot tea to float a boat. Egg beater with salsa for breakfast; lunch with cream cheese/smoked turkey roll ups; Dinner was 1/2 grilled lemon pepper chicken breast and large bowl of cauliflower. Enjoyed eating dinner with my sis since she is home for the weekend. I confessed to her that I was so frustrated by my weight at the doc's office yesterday and that I just don't feel like I am progressing. I plan to go to bed fairly early since the cough medicine makes me sleepy and I need to be up early to teach tomorrow. Good night!

Day Thirty-nine

2/4/2010

I am so discouraged!!! I struggled through the last few days with all the intermittent fever and sudden carb cravings (blood sugar changes?) and stayed true. Finally deciding since the most critical pieced of work were accomplished, I would go to the doctor today since I cannot seem to recover and coughing all night is leaving me with ugly black circles under my eyes not to mention deprived my mental acuity. I go to the doc's office and they require a weigh in with each visit and I am appalled to see that since my last measurement at Curves, I have only lost 1 more pound? Are you kidding me?? Here I am over 5 weeks in and I can only report a loss of 14 pounds. Perhaps I am being stupid here but I can see why Diana recommends waiting the full 8 weeks, unfortunately I don't have that luxury and now I am disheartened by what appears to me to be a lack of progress.
I was sorely tempted after that to say, "forget it" and go to my old ways. I lost weight quicker on weight watchers for heaven's sake! Okay, now I am done with my ranting and raving but still discouraged. I don't know, I guess I better cut back on my protein servings, must be taking in too many calories. It's probably the darn nuts...too many nibbles on those. Somehow I managed to stick with the diet but I will say that I was so mad and sick that I truly wished I could quit. That still small voice is saying, "Peace, be still" so be still my soul, hope thou in God. Good night!