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So glad to wake up to Friday. It would be even better if it was at the end of the day ... been a long busy week for me and I'm tired!! I've been madly trying to catch up on paperwork and of course I still have more to do so I think maybe I have put in a few extra hours this week. Such is life.
We are having the strangest winter. Rain, rain, and more rain. I'm beginning to think this is Seattle instead of Northern Idaho. The skiers and snowboarders are not happy. There is even talk of closing Schweitzer, our local ski resort, early. The dirt roads are a mess, potholed to the max and as I travel up to our home we have a mixture of slush, ice, and mud. Very springlike but much earlier than I've ever seen since I've lived here. We even have weight restrictions up on most roads.
Eating has been going well. I did indulged in a few bites of buffalo nachos at the Superbowl party ... but for the most part stuck to my WOE. I didn't even drink one beer!!! Okay, one sip of DH's beer but that was it. I don't know what has come over me!! I've been rewarded though with another dip in the scale. I also have stopped weighing every day. I was getting very discouraged. I'm always in such a hurry. My head knows that it is better to find a WOE I can continue with all the time so I still think this is a wise approach but my heart wants that smaller body back and I want it NOW!!! I think the best thing is about this WOE is that I can eat. Dinner last night consisted of three baked sweet potatoes. Yup. You read that right. I ate 3 baked sweet potatoes!!! No butter, nothing on them ... but sweet potatoes are so delicious all by themselves. Another dinner this week was a huge baked potato slathered in a spaghetti sauce DH made over the weekend. My comfort food needs are very easily met with this approach. My desire to randomly snack seems to be decreasing. I do notice I'm hungry more often and I try to pack my bag accordingly so that I can eat when I am hungry. And ... really trying to focus on water. The rule of thumb is to drink in ounces, half your body weight. That is an arduous task when you weigh over 200 lbs!!! I don't think I'm getting there but I'm working on it. The next hurdle will be to switch out my coffee for hot lemon water. I like the lemon water but I don't know if I really want to give up my coffee. We shall see.
In other news ... well gee ... I'm not sure I have other news. Everyday is a new opportunity for me to practice my mindfulness, being in THIS moment, and being kind to myself. Oh I finished DH's blanket I'd been knitting. I picked this thick yarn and it turned out marvelously. Silly but I thought ... if he does leave me sooner rather than later this blanket he used will bring me comfort when he is gone. Morose? Perhaps. Does DH know I was thinking that as I knitted? Nope. Strange the things we do.
Well that's about it. I think I can only wax poetic on the weekends. For now ... this is me ... putting one foot in front of the other, ever mindful of what I am grateful for and how much I have rather than what I feel I've been cheated of, lack, or still want. Have a fabulous Friday and take good care of yourselves.
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249.2 lb
Lost so far: 10.0 lb.
Still to go: 64.2 lb.
Diet followed 100%.
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losing 3.0 lb a week
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