I had a slight setback today in working out; I forgot my shoes.  That’s right– I got all the way there and realized I didn’t have my shoes (I was wearing flip-flops, not allowed in the workout area).  They close two hours early on Fridays, so it was close, but despite having to go back home and grab my shoes, I still went, and I still did my strength training as well as a 30-minute, 400 calorie elliptical workout.  I had planned to go 15 minutes longer, but I couldn’t quite work that in.  30 minutes is better than nothing, though!

My WI also went very well today.  On Tuesday I was 168, and today I came in at 164.5, a 3.5 lb. loss in 3 days– not too shabby.  I’m now only two pounds away from my lowest weight ever.  I’m super excited to hit that because then the weight will be “real” weight loss and not just catch-up weight loss.  I suppose it’s real no matter when it happens, but you know what I mean.  I’m excited to make progress into previously uncharted territory. :)

Eating is a little odd today.  I made DH a chicken pot pie (the real homemade kind, not the canned soup, frozen veggies kind).  It was awesome– it was a Paula Dean recipe, so I’m not surprised it was tasty.  I normally don’t even like chicken pot pie, but I wanted to give it a taste since it smelled so good, and it was great.  I think it’s the canned mushroom soup that I don’t like from my mom’s recipe.  Anyway, I ate about four little tastes, so then I wasn’t hungry for lunch (I, of course, could have eaten, but why do it if you’re not hungry and are trying to cut calories?).  So, I just had “dinner,” and we’ll see if I get hungry tonight before I go to bed.  If I do, I’ll have a bar.  If I have the bar, my calorie differntial will still be almost -1,500 for the day, which is also great.

This weekend shouldn’t present too much of a challenge since we aren’t going anywhere, so I’m hoping make a lot of headway in these next couple of weeks before we visit family again.

On Monday I have a body test again with my trainer.  Since I’m within two pounds of my lowest ever, I could potentially also be again at my lowest ever with him– it’s a high goal to shoot for, but I suppose it’s possible.  If nothing else, it will give me a good bit of motivation to do well this weekend.

weight at home:  162.5

MRC weight:  164.5