Checking In, 5/8

Haven't weighed in a week because I fell off the wagon (again) last weekend and haven't fully climbed back on. I'm sure I've gained 2-3 pounds back. Here's my vow to get back with the program.
Only 3 weeks left to go until vacation, and I want to be the best I can be in Orlando. I don't want to be embarrassed at my pictures again this year.
Here's hoping for 3 straight weeks of dieting determination and stamina.

Checking In, 4/28

Weighed 199.8 today! Below 200 for the first time in a long time!

So far, so good on the eating today.

Been exercising well, too. 35 minutes on the treadmill yesterday. A lot to do tonight, so I will probably not get to do as much tonight. I'm hoping to do a little, though.

19.8 pounds to my next incremental goal.
Loss of 26.2 so far.

Checking In, 4/21

Super pumped about the progress I'm seeing!

Weighed 201.2 on the scale today!

So far, so good today with healthy eating.
Need to drink more water.
I even exercised a bit this morning!

I have lost 24.8 pounds so far.
16.2 pounds to my next incremental goal.
I am 27% of the way to my ultimate goal.

Checking In, 4/18

Here I am, on the far left. I was about 7 weeks pregnant with my son. I weighed 205-207 lb.
With me are my grandpa's wonderful wife, Evelyn, my husband and daughter (who was just past her first birthday then and is nearly 5 years old now), and my fabulous grandpa.

Weighed 202.2 on the scale today.
Breakfast at Chik-fil-a Saturday-- Chicken and cheese bagel and hash browns. And 3 polynesian sauces. Don't feel even a little bit bad about it.
Lunch was a potato/egg/green pepper/cheese casserole my sister made. It was so yummy! It had lots of green peppers in it, which I don't usually like, but this was amazing. Topped with a little Ortega taco sauce. Gracious, I'm getting hungry now, just thinking about it!
Dinner was an experiment: 1 serving of Ronzoni Smart Taste pasta and 1 serving of V8 sweet red pepper soup, with 1/2 c. water added. (Boy, is that a thick soup!) I topped it with a teaspoon of sour cream and around 1/8 c. shredded cheddar. Delicious. I'll be eating that for dinner tonight, as well, I think. Easy and filling.

Breakfast today -- Special K shake. Then I blew it and ate 4 Dunkin' Donuts munchkins! What was I thinking???
Lunch -- Country style pork ribs and rice. Not great.
Dinner will be more of that tasty soup and pasta concoction. Too bad I don't have some cooked chicken I could mix in. Or Healthy Choice smoked sausage.

I exercised last night, for the first time in a while. I'm so glad I broke down and bought new shoes and a fun pair of socks. Love getting the ipod going and getting to it!

Checking In, 4/16

Weighed 202.6 on the scale this morning!
Had a great day on the diet until dinner.
I ate a large slice of pizza at Sam's Club.
I have no idea how many calories and/or points are in that thing.
I don't care to know.
I've been so careful all week; I think a splurge was in order.
Tomorrow's breakfast at Chik-fil-a will be another splurge.

Weird . . . But . . . Okay . . . ?

After getting back on the bandwagon on Monday, I weighed yesterday. I did not weigh Monday; I didn't want to know how bad the damage was after not caring for 2 1/2 months. Nevertheless, I weighed in at 205 yesterday! That's down 2 lbs. from my last weight according to this blog! I have reached my first incremental goal! I now weigh what I weighed when I got pregnant with each of my kids!

This morning I weighed 203.8, so a loss of 1.2 since yesterday!

Weight lost so far: 22.2 lbs.
Weight to lose for my next incremental goal: 18.8

Back on the Wagon, 4/12

Really good day today. No excuse to have fallen off so very far. 2 1/2 months! YIKES! No excuse, at all.
I have gained back about 6 lbs. of what I had lost.
I have a long way to go, but it feels good to have started (again) and to have done fairly well.
I am trying to jump start my diet, so I'm going ridiculously low on points. I won't even say how little I've had.
I will weigh tomorrow, and again Friday. I will be using a new scale, so I won't report any progress or degress tomorrow. I'll just take tomorrow as a starting weight and go from there.
Too much school work to do tonight, so no exercise. A feeble excuse, maybe, but I don't want to be up till midnight working. In fact, the 5 minutes I spent here is about 4 minutes too long! Back to work!