After a weekend of nose-blowing and comfort food, I felt I needed a kick in the butt. Leanne suggested that we do the 6 Day Mini Makeover together and I quickly jumped on board.

I woke up and weighed and measured myself in hopes that there will be less of me to speak of come Sunday. I had turkey and grapefruit juice for breakfast, turkey and lettuce for a snack, chicken, rice & veggies for lunch, tuna and lettuce for a snack and another round of chicken, rice & veggies for dinner. Does this sounds like a lot of food to you? It sure feels like I have not stopped eating all day. I’m stuffed and still have 10 ounces of water to drink before bed. Blehck.

Has anyone else done this before?? Am I going to make it?? How are you doing Leanne??

I am still here.  I was at my parents for the weekend.  It was my sisters birthday party.  I had pasta for dinner both nights, but I said no to cake both nights as well.  (which as anyone knows, is the best part of birthdays)

So, I go to get weighed on Wednesday.  I might take a pass and just re-start. I will still be good today (tonite) but I know that I probably gained so why bother.   It’s only a number, but for some reason, I get depressed when I gained.   (Don’t bother, you know you feel it to)  I’m not talking depressed depressed, more like angry depressed.
And on that note,  I want to eat dinner and have no food.  Going food shopping.   For reals.

I have been struggling with getting in all my water for the day. I don’t drink a lot of anything throughout the day so getting in 8 glasses takes a lot of effort. My friend who is really into fitness told me to try to drink the first liter (I use two 1 liter bottles to keep up with my consumption) shortly after I get up and it will set the pace for the rest of the day. And it worked! I got up this morning and chugged the first liter and it was encouraging to know I was already half way done. Keeping that in mind, I’ve done better on drinking my second liter during the day. I’m almost done already and it looks like I’m actually going to go over today! :yahoo: Just thought I would post this incase it might help someone else get in all their water. Hope yall are having a great week!

Well, I’ve weighed in and lost 2.8 pounds this week. Yay!

I have been journaling and eating better for two weeks now. Last week, when I weighed myself, I GAINED TWO pounds and nearly passed out from the horror! I had company at my house for that weekend and didn’t make some great choices (apparently lots of salt) and water retention was a problem. Still, I didn’t think I’d GAIN TWO pounds!!! So, I was a little apprehensive about weighing in today. Thank goodness it all seemed to balance out this morning.

By the way, thank you to everyone for such a warm welcome. I feel really good about “meeting”  you and am quite jazzed about having such a fantastic support team. Thank you.

So, 2.8 down. 8.2 to go… ultimate goal: 18.2 to go.

I had my monthly weigh-in at my doctor’s this morning and his scales showed another 4.5 pound loss.  :clapping:  That’s 10# on his scales since just before Christmas — his weigh-ins and mine are obviously askew time-wise, but as for pounds lost, that comfirms my 10# I posted about the other day.  His scales usually weigh about a pound heavier than what I get on mine, so I’m hoping for an additional pound or two by Wednesday, my official weigh-in day for P2G.  My BP was also at the best it’s been for months!  Yay!

That’s always great motivation for me, because he was as pleased as I was.  I groaned because I thought 4.5 lbs wasn’t much of a loss for almost a month, but he thinks it’s a very good rate.  Being as impatient as I am, I’d like to lose that much a WEEK, but I know that’s not realistic.  So, he said to just keep doing what I’m doing.

So, I’m hoping to have a good week, and I wish the same for all of you!

Well, the evil between-the-toes corn seems to be under control.  Who knew such a small thing could be so painful?  I did very little cardio last week – 2 days on the bike after work.  I did, however, celebrate the demise of the corn by agreeing to play racquetball with the Very Important Male (VIM) in my life.  I have played r-ball a few times – I understand the rules, and I can play a decent game against someone of my same level (beginner).  The VIM is way beyond my level. He TRIES to go easy on me, but I spent an hour on Saturday and an hour and a half on Sunday running my hiney off.  I can’t believe I’m going to say this, but it was a lot of fun, and I can’t wait to do it again.

In other news, even though I’m weighing myself every Monday, and posting the weight loss here and at fitday.com, I find that I’m still not making the healthiest choices that I could.  I really need to dig deeper and find that inner-accountability.  It was missing on Saturday when I ate at the local Chinese Buffet.  Could there be a WORSE place to eat???