Starting weight:  285.2
Tuesday’s Calories/Carbs Goals (limits):  1600  / 40.0
Tuesday’s calories & net carbs:   1550 / 34.9
Yesterday’s Calories/Carbs Goals (limits):       1400 / 30.0
Yesterday’s calories & net carbs:    975 / 25.8
Tuesday’s exercise:    10 minutes elliptical + sorta ran to work
Yesterday’s exercise:    baby shower  =D
Weight Tuesday:: 246.0    Weight Yesterday:: 245.2    Today:  245.2
Change today::  +0.0 lbs.   Loss-so-far:  40.0 lbs. 

Yesterday morning I hit a particular milestone…

I’ve lost a total of FORTY POUNDS!  WOOOHOOOOO!

 Yeeeeeeehawwww!!!!  I was so excited!  The wonderful thing about having lost 40 whole pounds is how I FEEL forty pounds lighter!  When I lean down to tie my shoes, I’m not struggling (as much!) to lean past the padding that was constricting my ability to move and breathe.  I still have so far to go, but forty pounds of fat off my frame is without a doubt - significant!!  Yayyyy!!!!

I was out of town last night, this time for a surprise baby shower.  I put it down as my exercise for yesterday because the work it took to pull it off was strenuous!  We went shopping at Sam’s club and bought sodas and plates and coffee and a bunch of other stuff which of course also came in huge packages and I ended up hauling stuff from van to shower to van again and so that was my weightlifting/exercise for the day. 

We (my coworkers and I) had planned a lovely turkey dinner for the shower and I had decided that even though I am taking Thanksgiving Day off from the diet, I was going to stick to plan through this event.  We ate lunch at Bob Evans on the way and I was careful - ordered grilled chicken, green beans, and cottage cheese.  Then last night’s turkey feast was awesome and I had plenty of low-carb choices:  turkey, gravy, green beans, salad from Olive Garden, and deviled eggs.  Yum!  I skipped the mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, rolls, breadsticks, and cranberries (and the cake for dessert) but did not feel deprived at all. 

By the way, this (below) is the Puerto Rican turkey that I mentioned before!  And that is a sausage-based stuffing with plaintains.  I allowed myself a very small amount of that because it is just SO delicious!

Because I was out of town and the place where I stayed didn’t have internet access, I couldn’t track my calories!  So I was careful - lol a little too careful!  I partook in this wonderful feast - and only ate 975 calories the whole day!  Oops!

I’m slowly picking back up where I left off with the elliptical.  I put in only 10 minutes on Tuesday - but I made them count!  I went as fast as I could for that 10 minutes and actually worked up a sweat.  =D  Even though it was such a short workout that day, I did as planned and upped my limits by 200/10.  It felt really weird!

Then this evening I got on the elliptical and figured I’d go to 15 but I was cruising so fast and feeling so good that I went ahead and continued to the 25-minute-mark.  So far, so good - my knees aren’t hurting me!  (Crossing all my fingers!)

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