Pattygirl63 thanks! Yeah I did read that on page 1 so its nice to know I can weigh if I want. I got to the part of the book last night that says to throw out the scale but I'm not ready to do that yet, maybe when I hit maintenance but I still have 15 lbs to lose before then so I want to weigh at least once a week still
Speaking of weighing, I did weigh yesterday (thurs are my WI days) and I didn't lose anything this week, didn't gain either so I pulled out the measuring tape and I'm down a half inch in my waist, yay! I'll take progress where ever I can find it
I probably didn't see that loss on the scale because I didn't exercise at all this week really.. tuesday I did a 12 min HIIT but that was it.. I need to get back to my every other day of C25K and hitting my steps each day again, I just feel better when I do.
So another accomplishment I want to share with you all:
Dinner last night, hubby makes my FAVORITE spaghetti.. I was craving pasta, so all day I listened to my body and ate light etc, dinner I was almost giving myself permission to just go crazy. So I get my bowl and sit down to eat, I eat about half and think I'm honestly fully now, I felt full.. so I thought you know I'll just eat the rest in a bit and put it in the fridge.. well maybe an hour goes by, I'm still smelling the house smell like spaghetti and I just WANT to eat more. I'm not hungry at all but I go get my bowl.. I sit down with it... I just HOLD it.. hold it.. hold it.. look at it and think, what am I doing? I'm NOT hungry... I probably held that dang bowl for two hours! then I threw it out.. I know this all sounds silly but this is HUGE for me! spaghetti is my kryptonite, most pasta dishes are but I just told myself if I get "real" hunger later I'll heat up another bowl.. well I never did get hungry. So before I went to bed I told myself if I wake up hungry I'll eat some for breakfast. I just keep reminding myself to get out of that "last supper" mentality that even if the kids ate it all etc we can always make another batch (we have plenty of leftovers but still, had to remind myself its not the last time I'll have spaghetti lol) so anyway, there is my accomplishment for yesterday.. I am taking it day by day for sure.
I do have a question.. do any of you enjoy a glass of wine etc still? I had a half a glass before dinner yesterday, normally I'd have a full glass so this too was a good thing for me, but it got me thinking, since wine has calories etc should we only drink it if we are hungry??? how do you incorporate alcohol?? The book hasn't talked at all about it yet, I read a few more pages last night, I've been going through it very slowly, making notes and highlighting passages that is gonna help me.