Well hello again chicks and man-chicks. Life is cruising along, as it does, hitting the occasional pothole and subjecting me to the usually metaphorical but sometimes quite literal feeeelthaaaaay rest stop loo, but all in all I can complain but shouldn't.
I'm at 165, been hanging out there for over a month. To be fair, I have not been dieting for that month either, so I am pretty stoked that I seem to be able to "maintain" with a minimal amount of tears and stress.
I have been in "the jeans", and they are a tad loose in the waist. Although - still a slim fit through them plush thighs of mine.
I am heading for 155, and will probably stop there and work on maintaining and toning. I am usually in 12s on the bottom, with a growing number of 10s added in. Tops are 8s or 10s with the odd 12 for the bubbies. I'm feeling happy enough about my size, and shape, and I just want to peel off a few more pounds and then work on looking better nekkid.
You'll catch up and then some in no time, I know it!!
Thanks for the "Howdy!" - it's nice to be back, mainly it's nice to have some time to "waste" online!
I am kind of on plan today. I was rushed at breakfast, so I had a low-fat flavored Greek yogurt. Not the best choice, not the worst choice either. I had my scheduled breakfast for lunch, which was two eggs, scrambled, with mushrooms (YUCK!) and mixed wilted greens, red onions and feta. I also ate a great deal of my seeds and nuts afternoon snack. And I'm chugging cold green tea.
I did a short, slower walk with a friend. I'll take socialization over really moving as fast as I want to. I also did 40 minutes of power yoga. The power yoga never fails to remind me that I am WAAAAAAAAY outta shape after my darling little Biscuit Keith Moon'ed the "hotel room". Yay, childbirth.
I will post my measurements shortly. I weighed in yesterday in the afternoon and again this morning to be sure, and I'm at 200. I'm eating about 2000 calories a day, still breastfeeding, and pretending that processed carbs like bread, crackers, that sort of delicious nonsense doesn't exist as much as possible. If I can hold my carbs like that to one meal a day, I am very happy. So far today my carbs are high because of the sugar in that yogurt. I'm planning on making stir fried beef with brussells sprouts for dinner, and I'll ignore the noodles I make for husband. We'll also probably have some vegetables on the side, maybe asparagus. And some dark chocolate and fat-free milk for dessert.
This time around I'm allowing myself dessert every night, if I want it, no matter what, and I'm off the "fake food" like Skinny Cow - so it's actually helping, because I'm getting into a square or two of dark chocolate and milk, which is healthful, and satisfying, and I feel peaceful instead of deprived at night.
The rest of the week was iffy, I didn't overeat badly but I also didn't track my food. I did walk Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and I did get my eating back on track and logged all my bites on Sunday. Phew.
So I'm off to the races today... except I'm all suited up to exercise, and my little darling is taking the world's longest morning nap ever. I don't have the heart to wake her. At this rate, we won't walk until after lunch!
So far, no WHOOSH! I'm holding steady at 198. My eating has been more on-point, although there is cake in the house...
My daily food diary is usually a really obnoxious chore, but recently I had not been logging all day and then, as I tallied my notes at night, I realized I hadn't eaten as badly as I thought I had... which was nice.
165, and back on track!
