Holiday Weeks
My three readers may have noticed my absence over the past week. Apologies for that.
I did complete last week, though I neglected posting Friday’s menu. I simply got too busy. My aunt visited Wednesday and Thursday and then my best friend (who’s more like family) came on Sunday and left Tuesday.
I caved and pulled out my new scale and have been watching my weight (though not this week) and the two weeks I was following Weight Watchers, I was losing pretty well. It was motivating to see, even though I’m not keeping official track. The trick of emptying my house of certain foods worked, as well. I didn’t feel hungry like I often do when I know certain things are in the house. I guess just the idea of the food makes me want to eat, but when it’s not available, I don’t want it.
I have been keeping up with the exercise. I took Tuesday off this week, but have worked out every other day without fail, so as of this evening when I go running with a friend, I will have exercised six out of seven days. Because M was in town, my food intake was just too complicated to bother tracking, so I’m sure I ate more than I should have.
Easter dinner was whole wheat pasta with homemade sauce, garlic bread (not too much for me!), asparagus with hollandaise sauce, strawberry-rhubarb pie on whole wheat crust and crescia (an Italian cheese bread). I did well that day and even tracked, but M and I went to see a play and when we got back, I dug into the pie and crescia and I knew it was all over from there. Oops!
We had lunch/dinner out on Monday and lunch on Tuesday. Then it was Administrative Professionals’ Day on Wednesday and there were bagels and doughnuts at work. And last night, I broke and ate two bowls of ice cream.
The good news is, I start over tomorrow! Back on track and no major food holidays in my near future.
About The Girl Who Could (Formerly) Eat Anything
Most of my life, I could eat what I wanted, not exercise and remain thin. And then I couldn’t.
I’m five foot three and have been 110 pounds and 166 pounds. I’ve lost 35 pounds and gained back 15. I’ve tried to starve my body into submission. I’ve done Weight Watchers. I’ve counted calories. I exercise. I do it all.
Having been that “naturally thin” girl, learning to cope with my body’s changes has been a learning process and frustrating. I diet for a while (or change my lifestyle, as the politically correct term goes) and then get angry that I even have to diet and quit.
As I begin this blog on August 23, 2010, I weigh 145 pounds. My goal is 115 pounds. Past experience tells me I can reach that by December if I stay motivated. Since I can’t seem to stay motivated on my own, I started this blog to chronicle my efforts, my successes and my setbacks.
I plan to be brutally honest about my eating, my exercising and my inner struggles and feelings. I hope to be funny at times. I don’t promise to post something clever every day, but I will post on a daily basis what I eat and what physical activity I got.
I use www.myfitnesspal.com to track what I eat every day, then figure my point budget on the blog at the end of each day. So, here we go …
For those who are interested, I’m also a writer and have another blog dedicated to musings that have nothing to do with weight loss. You can explore the rest of my garbled brain at An Unexplored Wilderness.
My weight loss progress:
August 22, 2010: 147.5
July 10, 2011: 154.8
July 17, 2011: 152.4
July 24, 2011: 151.2
July 31, 2011: 152.8
August 7, 2011: 150.8
August 14, 2011: 149.4
August 21, 2011: 149
August 28, 2011: 148.4
September 4, 2011: 148.8
September 11, 2011: 150.2
September 18, 2011: 147.4
September 25, 2011: 146.6
April 22, 2012: 153.8
April 29, 2012: 152.2
May 20, 2012: 152.8
August 26, 2012: 153.8
September 2, 2012: 155.8
September 9, 2012: 155.8
September 16, 2012: 156
September 23, 2012: 156.2
September 30, 2012: 158.8
October 6, 2012: 155.4
November 25, 2012: 155.2
December 2, 2012: 152
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