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Labor Day weekend was full of fun and food and wine and ...I worked out each day except Mon. and I had some treats but didnt go overboard. I definitely didnt lose any over the long weekend, but this past week I got back on the wagon and worked out hard and lost a pound which is better than having gained after a long holiday weekend. I started a new part time job which has screwed my eating schedule up. I have been eating small healthy meals every 2-3 hours, now with the new job I am going 5-6 hours without eating. I find myself light headed and slow and then when I finally do eat I feel like crashing afterward. I have decided this week to make sure I pack healthy snacks and get them in every 2-3 hours so my blood sugar isnt hitting the floor. I have so much more energy and motivation to eat healthy when I do the 5-6 small meals every 2-3 hours. Its really boosted my workouts too and my brain is so much more alert and awake. Anyway, I do the one cheat treat per weekend thing to keep me not going craving crazy---this weekend it was pizza. You know whats amazing, I always decide ahead of time what I have been craving and when and where I will have it on the weekend and when I do it I am never happy about it. When its over I swear I can feel my double chin growing back. My stomach gurgles from the sugar or grease, I usually get a stomach ache and cant sleep...so why? Why do I feel the need for the treat? Is it that culturally ingrained in me that I am missing something? I had hot dogs at a picnic 3 or 4 weeks ago w/ chili, cheese and onion topping...it tasted like a ball game on a sunny day going down...but didnt taste so good coming back up in the middle of the night accompanied by heart burn. I think I am getting over the weekend treat thing, I think I will switch to a reward like new earrings for a good week and stickin' to my plan. I am going on a hiking trip in 4.5 weeks and would like to try to drop 8 pounds before then. Small goal something to focus on. By Christmas I am going to focus on 32 pounds that is 8 a mo. I know I have it in me to attain that goal. Just need the support, the you go girl stuff from friends. O.K. this was long...
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219.0 lb
Lost so far: 1.0 lb.
Still to go: 74.0 lb.
Diet followed reasonably well.
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losing 0.6 lb a week
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