Thats awesome!!!! :carrot: Makes ya feel wonderful doesnt it?

My biggest challenge is the morning.... I often find myself wanting yummy's in the a.m. on my way to work. Today was one of those days, and instead of going to work passing many bagel shops / bakeries - i detoured a little bit out of the way - only a few minutes - and skipped all temptation!!

This will be my 1st food related NSV. While at work yesterday I was hungry and tired when I went on my break. Unfortunately the vending machines are very limited in health food choices. In fact, they have ZERO choices. Plus the fact that you cannot read the nutritional label. I knew I needed some protein. I will try to read the packages and try to make my decision based on the labels promise, "Reduced Fat", "50% less calories", "Fat Free". I knew peanuts were high in protein, so I chose a 75c package of salty peanuts (even though I stay away from sodium - but I figured oh well). When I received my peanuts I quickly read the label. 30g of fat (I can't distinguish between the good and the bad stuff yet, the label made no reference to unsaturated)! 340 calories. Sodium seemed low to me at 180g. Carbs 9g, fiber 5g, and a whopping 18g of protein.

This seemed like a perfect treat based on the protein and the high fiber, but I could not convince myself to eat 340 calories (heck my lunch of a Lean Cuisne meal and a Weight Watchers Yogurt, and a can of diet cola was only 280 calories!) and 30g of fat. I ate 1/2 the package, and thought of doing 1 of 2 things. 1) Save the rest, eat it later (grandma always said to finish the plate as there are starving kids in this world). 2) Throw it away and keep the wrapper to write in my journal later.

I happily poured out the contents into the trash! 37.5 cents is easier to replace then 170 calories/15g of fat.

Unfortunately due to the sodium I developed a canker sore.

Great job on throwing away the unwanted food. This is a tough, tough thing for me, but I think you're absolutely right about the 37.5 cents being easier to replace than the fat and calories! Just a quick rule of thumb on good fats vs. bad fats. If the source is plant food, then it's usually good fat. If the source is animal food, then it tends to be saturated fat. This is, of course, very general. For example, salmon has omega 3, which is supposed to be very good, and all plant fats are not the same, and mega-doses of any oil (like you'd get in french fries) are not desirable, but it does give you a general idea...

I ran half a mile.

It's not much (at all) but I'm getting there. I walk/jog three and a half miles every day before work and am working on being able to run it all one day.

It felt good :)

denial, that's wonderful!! Yay for running!! :carrot:

One of my students today told me how much he respected me as a runner, which was cool...especially because he's one of the best runners on our team.

Another former student passed by me and said, "Hey, Mrs. ________, all 102 pounds of you." Ha!

Even better, another teacher told me I inspired her to start walking and get healthy. She said she's going to stop making excuses because if I could make the decision to make time for it, then she can too. She kept telling herself that as a teacher she was too busy, but then she remembered that I'm just as busy but I made time. I told her you just have to decide that NOTHING is going to get in the way of your health. I love that she was able to get inspired by what I've done.

Lisa, those are awesome!

I've just had to drop my ring off to be resized. It's getting far too big that I was afraid I'd lose it.

WOW! This thread never ceases to amaze me! Many "unsung heroes" here!!! You all are so inspirational.

As for my NSV, I have suddenly had SO MANY people come out of the wood work and tell me how "skinny" I am becoming and that I'm just "dropping the pounds." LOL!! I usually just laugh at this because I don't feel as dramatically reduced as they usually say it, but it sure is a confidence booster nonetheless! :D

Also, I have had people come up to me lately that VERY RARELY talk to me otherwise and ask me "So, what is your secret?" or "Okay, you gotta tell me what you are doing to drop all that weight." It is SOOOOO funny to watch their faces as I tell them it is just good, old fashioned healthy eating and counting calories. I think too many are still looking for the nonexistent "magic pill." ;)

I did two, count 'em, two TurboJam sessions today (CardioParty and AbJam). AND I'm going to the gym after work with DH! I'm happy to be feeling motivated and fit. My endurance is through the roof too!

This is a goofy one.....we went to a buffet for dinner the other night, and the OLD me would have worn something with some "stretch" to it ~ I grabbed a pair of DH's size 38 Levi's and put them on, and off we went. I now still am a "volume" eater, but I now eat huge servings of vegies instead of the fattening stuff!

I just got an NSV 15 minutes ago. A coworker who doesn't see me often came up to me and said "what are you doing?" I said "right now I'm working on such and such" He said "NO" You look fantastic!! He said it 3 times. I could feel my face getting red cuz I thought he was talking about work.
I'm in my big ole T-shirt that hangs on me like a bag! (It's just too hot to dress up right now). Wait until tomorrow-I have to go to a conference offsite and I really have to dress up. Better get use to it fellas!

Today, I wanted pizza. I had it in my hand, heading toward my already-salivating mouth. And then I stopped. I fought it!:carrot:

I tried on my winter coat today, it's men's Nike XXL. It was so baggy!

I don't like women's coats because they tend to be too short, so when at Wal-Mart, I tried on some men's coats just to get an idea of the sizes. I usually always bought 3XL from there, even in the men's section. So I put on XXL thinking maybe it would be the right size. Nope! Too big! The XL fit perfectly.

I have walked through my service managers office no less than a dozen times today, there has been a cake with lots of yummy looking frosting, sitting on the counter for anyone to share. I have not touched it, but boy I'm I glad he has left and the cake is gone.

Last night I had dinner with my Red Hat chapter for the first time since June. As soon as I walked in one of the ladies said "Sharon I have a personal questions for you, how much weight have you lost? You look great." I have only lost 6 pounds since I saw her last but I think my body is still toning and catching up since I am working out each day. The compliments continued thoughout the evening. Oh, before I got there I stoped at a store to waste a little time, so I tried on some jeans to see what size I can fit into. When I started this journey I was wearing a Womens 24 or 26 and I fit into a Misses 16. I didn' buy them, they were too long, but they fit

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