Back on!

Well, after returning from Haiti/Dominican Republic I have lost weight. Now to take advantage of the weight loss and continue. While I was there here is my menu for the day. I woke up and poured oatmeal into a cup adding then room temp water from my bottle. I had some dried cranberries or raisins on some days. I snuck in some tangelos from my tree and they were the best treat! I had some packages of crackers that I ate as a snack and peanut butter with some honey. There was an apple for dinner on two evenings and one afternoon I had rice and beans. My total caloric intake was way less than a 1000 cal/day. I was going from sunrise to way past sunset. I have to say that even with this low calorie intake my strength was strong. I never felt weak and the only thing I remember complaining about was my feet in the evening. By morning the pain was gone and I started it all over again. I had such a great trip and felt like I help so many people of Haiti. Check out my other blog for information and pictures from the trip! Now.....wt 136# and off I go. I want a gradual wt loss as to keep it off.

New Year Resolutions

It is that time of year when we review our year and make new goals for the following year. I have learned that just making them is merely wishful thinking. There is work to do. Steps to take. Now to revamp my goal of weight loss!

Weight loss!!!

Doing well on my weight loss. Had a few days of carb loading! Stress that is all I can say, stress! Back on track tomorrow.

KEEPING ON TRACK WITH THE WEIGHT LOSS.

I had a few moments of "letting go" today as I grabbed two , not one but two handfuls of yummy carmel corn with chocolate drizzled on it. The handfuls were more like three as they were pretty big. Now I could of had just on little scoop and left the rest alone. I was a bit stressed and tired so no self control. Back to control in the am. Hitting the hay!

Wahoo! I love the way the scale is moving!

The scale is moving, slowly in the right direction. Finally I think I got it. (I have cut down on calories a bunch.) I am willing to have an empty stomach. I try to keep myself aware of my feelings emotionally and physically in relation to wanting to eat and my hunger rumblings. Things have been a bit stressful, a time I usually try to eat everything I can find, but it seems to working on dropping the weight. I know this is not a good way to loose weight but ,hey, if it works right now, so be it! Riding my bike to tomorrow too.

So Back, so SLAP me now!

Back on track....diet first then an excercise plan!

Does anyone ever have a really 'bad" week!

OK, I have been so not into this whole weight loss thing. I really have had it bad. I had the scale show a few pounds and wham, there I was looking for anything sweet or "bad" to put into my mouth. No walking , no bike riding (my bike has been out of commission because of a brake problem) no "nothin". I do not even want to get on the scale and put my weight in to my graph. i love that I can start over....let me try again, let me give another shot. Wow, why is this really hard for me right now?