Theox: a friend of mine jokes about going on holiday to Mexico or Cuba at resorts. All the sunshine, drinking dehydration and "traveler's sickness", she comes back home 10lbs lighter
I'm glad and admire you're takingcare of yourself and not jumping on the weightloss wagon too fast, not being obsessive.
Lioness: Thanks for your level headed advice - rereading it made me smile. I'm curious about how it went with your end of month goal?
I had a great weekend without any exercise; Great food, some totally out of my "acceptable" zone, too many drinks, time with friends. No monday morning scale disasters. I'm looking forward to relaxing at home alone tonight! Bath and a book?
I finished doing my "math" and had a .5 lb loss/week in the last 2 weeks. Some lousy sleep in there, not too rigid in my eating or calorie counting - I want to focus more on macro balance and portions, not counting, as a maintenance strategy. I hate the obsessed feeling of counting cals - though they make people really successful
I got some compliments last week - my body is changing, less bloated, if the scale isn't.
This week's menu involves the usual egg-spinach omelettes with plain yogurt; carrot souffles; chicken breast with tandoori spice and balsamic, roast broccoli; cottage cheese & strawberries... There will be some leftover mushroom-romano-risotto in there as well as some other variation of curried chicken later in the week.
Do you have any goals for the month of March? I'm going to keep up my diet but work on reducing the small sweets and candies that sneak in during work hours; I'm going to bump up my "muscular" workouts - 20 min of moderate intensity as much as3x per week. (My 1 yr yoga video is long and feels intimidating, but 20 min I like. ) SLEEP is high on the list. I also want to to teach myself "Google Sketchup" by the end of the month! (I'm starting a new graphic design class in April!)