I am so sorry that I haven’t been around.  I have been a poor supporter.  I have been so busy learning my new job and working a ton of hours to learn my new job that I haven’t had time for much else. I promise to make a concerted effort to be more available and a better supporter!  Do you forgive me?

That said…I didn’t go to WW on Saturday because I had a killer migraine and I could. Not. Get. Out. Of. Bed!  So I don’t have a weight update for you, but something just as good I think. This weekend I went shopping for some new clothes for my job and I was able to drop down a size!  Yay!

I will be back to comment.  Sorry again that I got off track.

Chugga Chugga Chugga Chugga… still moving along. Slowly, but still moving. And that’s the important part, right?!?! I’m right around 10-12 pounds lost and hoping in the next week or so to meet my first goal of 15 pounds. I am just dying to go buy my new purse that I am planning to reward myself with!

Today was a fairly good day. I started off by going to my yoga/pilates class then had a nice healthy lunch, and drank plenty of water. I was a bit hungry between lunch and dinner but managed to not blow it with junk food. Instead, I just nibbled on a few pretzels and carrots. Dinner… did ok, we had gorditas. I usually have 2 but tonight, I only used one breading/shell and then put a little extra chicken and veggies and reduced fat cheese on my plate to fill me up a bit more. So I count that as a better-than-before-I-was-dieting meal! To end the day, I just finished walking a mile and (almost) a half on the treadmill. Would have gone longer but the cd I was listening to ended and I got bored!

The thing I’m finding the hardest about dieting is not constantly obsessing about food. Especially between meals when all I can think of is what I can snack on or what I’m having for dinner. Grabbing cookies or chips is not an option for me anymore (well, except for the occasional 100 calorie snack pack… but I make them last by only eating a couple). Keeping healthy filling things on hand is certainly a challenge not to mention expensive! My dream is to have a produce department/salad bar right in my very own kitchen… now wouldn’t that make this dieting thing a whole lot easier!??! :winking:

An excellent and (for me) timely article from SparkPeople today.

Today I feel strong. Today, I will eat on plan and I will not stray. Today I will move. Today I will get all my water in. Today is my priority and tomorrow will be my priority tomorrow.

If I get enough “todays” under my belt I know I will reach my goal. This is the first time in my life I have felt like I will actually see my “goal” weight/size. This is the first time in my life that I don’t feel like cursing how much I wish I could just wish this weight away. This is the first time I feel like I have ever realistically looked at the work it will take to get this weight off and been okay with it. Not overjoyed. But ok and willing to keep on keeping on, instead of giving up and giving in.

Today I feel strong.

Hi all! Happy Monday! (I think?!)

I spent some time yesterday removing inactive members (from last week’s sticky post). Those members are listed on that entry.

A lot of people have shown interest in the 6-day mini makeover program, part of Michael Thurmond’s 6 Week Body Makeover. I’ve modified the entry over on the recipe blog for anyone interested, now the “how-to” as well as every other body type menu is linked for you to save/print. The questionaire is also linked there if you don’t already know your body type. The 6-week makeover, if you want to review the whole plan, is here (but if you want to buy it, it’s cheaper here).

I also have a few new members in queue to setup, and I will get to those in the next couple of days. Thanks for your patience!

Well, it’s 7AM and I haven’t gotten into the doughnuts yet:) Actually, I froze them last night just to be on the safe side. I plan to keep being good because it is paying off ever so slowly and I don’t want to slide back into Weightgainland.

I weighed in this morning: 1.4 pounds gone! Total: 4.2 pounds gone; 5.8 pounds to go for the first major goal; 15.8 pounds to go for the final goal.

Hope you ladies have a good week!