Diet Daze

That’s right, today was perfect.  I know that this should be the norm and that the cheating days should be few and far between, but there you have it.  It’s been a while since I was 100% absolutely perfect.  Hopefully this will start a trend.  I’m not even hungry.  One thing I did today that [...]

Well, today started out really well.  It’s a tough diet these first four days.  The ladies at my center call it “the four days of misery.”  Basically what’s so hard about it is I have to eat a TON of vegetables.  Dinner is the worst where I have to have 8 oz. of salad veggies (lettuce, [...]

The weekend has always presented me with difficulty, and this weekend was no different.  I went to a baby shower on Saturday (I was one of the hostesses, so I had a bit of the food prep issue).  I did really well at first.  I got a big scoop of fruit salad (no added sugar), but [...]

Yes, you read that right.  I have actually lost 10 lbs. since Monday– that’s according to my scale and to the scale at MRC.  Go me!!
Also, I bought a couple of dresses just before I started (size 12– wouldn’t zip up), and I tried them on today, and they totally fit, zipped and comfortable.  So, [...]

Today went pretty well.  I had a graham cracker (just one square) and five pretzel sticks (the teeny ones, not the big ones) that weren’t technically on my plan, but I didn’t have my 1/2 cup of orange juice for lunch, so I figure it kind of evens out.  Once I start my real menu [...]

Today went fairly well again until the evening.  That is the time I struggle the most.  I never used to be an evening snacker, but I’m always hungry in the evenings, and I’m not as busy (I should be doing homework, but usually I don’t), and things are not as regimented for me as they [...]

Yesterday went pretty well.  I was really hungry at night, so I had an extra couple of spoonfuls of peanut butter.  The lady at the center told me I could have anything on that sheet as a snack, so I suppose it was okay.  I really wanted to do without the snacks, but oh well.  [...]

Tomorrow, when I get weighed, I’ll be updating my weight numbers, and on May 1st I’ll post another picture like I used to do at the start of every month.  I fear I will still be higher than I was with the last picture, but that’s just the way it is, I guess.  I think [...]

So, after about a six week absence, I’m back to blogging and back to dieting.  As you might remember, my big problems started when my husband got back from Iraq– celebratory eating out, visiting relatives with food, etc.  In that first week I gained a whopping TEN pounds.  However, the next week I really worked [...]

….not a bad food day, but a bad day.
After several things had already gone wrong this morning (burning dinner in the crock pot, leaving late, forgetting my ipod, etc.) I went to my workout only to find that the fitness company that my husband’s company contracts their gym staff out to has changed their policy [...]