This month was very difficult and now that our lives are beginning to return to normal (not quite there yet as my mother in law is having a bad allergic reaction still and barely eating as her mouth heals from the outbreak), I can look at this month and see it for the victory it really is.
Yes, I haven't exercised in 3 weeks. Yes, I have barely lost anything this month, but... I didn't turn to food. I didn't 'want' to miss exercise and I didn't want to give up. Life just got a bit out of control and I handled the curve balls as well as I could. I know that starting on Tuesday, I'll be back at the gym and doing what I was doing for months - just having to jump back in and moving on. I can still make my goal of 175 by my birthday too.
I cannot and will not beat myself up for this month of slow loss on the scale. Period.
Stats for 10/30/11:
Beginning weight: 255.6 Now: 181.0
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Halloween and the thinner body
Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays. We always dress up (I think I've not dressed up maybe 5 years total). However, being overweight on Halloween is very limiting. First, costumes are cut small, so if you want to go buy a costume at a store, their size large is meant for like a size 8-10. Plus sizes are sizes 14-16. Add to that, for some reason, women's costumes are mostly over sexualized. Who wants to see a fat, sexy Little Red Riding Hood? or a fat, sexy police woman? It's hard to feel good in a big, plus size, especially in store bought costumes that seem to be cut for a mannequin and not for a real body.
So, there is the "let's go to Goodwill". Guess what, again, it's hard to find plus size stuff. Gowns? Retro skirts? Nope. People used to be thinner, so it's hard to find fun stuff in the bigger sizes and then when you do, it's a man's suit or shirt and you feel frumpy and even more huge. At least I always did. Do you know how many times I went as a man? And it's mostly because I couldn't find fun women's costumes/clothes to wear.
One year our entire family went as characters from The Lord of The Rings. Me? I went as a peasant woman from Rohan. I found a bunch of wool skirts, cut them down and made 3-4 skirts into ONE that fit me - and I needed all 4 skirts to do it! The costume was great, but I wasn't the sexy Elf princess any other beautiful female character from the movie - nope, a fat, peasant woman - plain and blah...
Last year we wanted to go as characters from Toy Story. I got my youngest son a Buzz Lightyear costume off ebay (as it was way less expensive than a new one or making one). I got my older son an all blue jumpsuit an alien head piece for the Pizza Planet alien. We already had a felt cowboy hat, so I went to goodwill and found a shirt for my husband to be Sheriff Woody and then made the vest, added buttons to the shirt and a drawstring pull and fake cowboy boots. Last year for me, I was stuck. What could I be? The only thing I could think of was Mrs. Potato Head as she was the only round character. Me as Bo Peep? Nah... Me as Jessie? Nah... only Mrs. Potato Head would fit my body shape at all.
Well, last year, I didn't get to the adult costumes, so it didn't matter. My younger son wanted to go as Buzz Lightyear again this year so I decided to get the other costumes together. I beefed up my older son's costume a bit, did my husband's costume and then realized, I didn't need to be Mrs. Potato Head. I "could" be Jessie if I wanted to. Sure, I'm not skinny like she is, but I'm not rotund any more either.
So, I went to Goodwill to find a plain white shirt (I didn't have any) that I could work with and all the shirts I found were too big. Now I'm not tiny, but wow!!! That's a first! Then, I realized while looking around, I could fit into a lot of things now. I might not even need to buy plus size costume pieces. It's liberating!
Of course, when I was at the fabric store, I about choked when I looked at what size costume pattern I would need - a size 20!!! Yikes! But, that isn't considered plus sized. I picked up a pattern to be the Queen of Hearts next year (or some year). My husband can be the Mad Hatter (my own personal Johnny Depp). Yep, I can wear something like that now! And it feels great!!
Stats for 10/29/11:
Beginning weight: 255.6 Now: 182.0
So, there is the "let's go to Goodwill". Guess what, again, it's hard to find plus size stuff. Gowns? Retro skirts? Nope. People used to be thinner, so it's hard to find fun stuff in the bigger sizes and then when you do, it's a man's suit or shirt and you feel frumpy and even more huge. At least I always did. Do you know how many times I went as a man? And it's mostly because I couldn't find fun women's costumes/clothes to wear.
One year our entire family went as characters from The Lord of The Rings. Me? I went as a peasant woman from Rohan. I found a bunch of wool skirts, cut them down and made 3-4 skirts into ONE that fit me - and I needed all 4 skirts to do it! The costume was great, but I wasn't the sexy Elf princess any other beautiful female character from the movie - nope, a fat, peasant woman - plain and blah...
Last year we wanted to go as characters from Toy Story. I got my youngest son a Buzz Lightyear costume off ebay (as it was way less expensive than a new one or making one). I got my older son an all blue jumpsuit an alien head piece for the Pizza Planet alien. We already had a felt cowboy hat, so I went to goodwill and found a shirt for my husband to be Sheriff Woody and then made the vest, added buttons to the shirt and a drawstring pull and fake cowboy boots. Last year for me, I was stuck. What could I be? The only thing I could think of was Mrs. Potato Head as she was the only round character. Me as Bo Peep? Nah... Me as Jessie? Nah... only Mrs. Potato Head would fit my body shape at all.
Well, last year, I didn't get to the adult costumes, so it didn't matter. My younger son wanted to go as Buzz Lightyear again this year so I decided to get the other costumes together. I beefed up my older son's costume a bit, did my husband's costume and then realized, I didn't need to be Mrs. Potato Head. I "could" be Jessie if I wanted to. Sure, I'm not skinny like she is, but I'm not rotund any more either.
So, I went to Goodwill to find a plain white shirt (I didn't have any) that I could work with and all the shirts I found were too big. Now I'm not tiny, but wow!!! That's a first! Then, I realized while looking around, I could fit into a lot of things now. I might not even need to buy plus size costume pieces. It's liberating!
Of course, when I was at the fabric store, I about choked when I looked at what size costume pattern I would need - a size 20!!! Yikes! But, that isn't considered plus sized. I picked up a pattern to be the Queen of Hearts next year (or some year). My husband can be the Mad Hatter (my own personal Johnny Depp). Yep, I can wear something like that now! And it feels great!!
Stats for 10/29/11:
Beginning weight: 255.6 Now: 182.0
Friday, October 28, 2011
So this month of October
Hasn't been that kind to me. While I escaped the pneumonia, I did get a UTI that led to being put on an antibiotic that made me retain tons of water, I got a neck sprain that led to 2 weeks (or longer) of all day, daily headaches, I got traumatized at the lab with the phlebotomist unable to find my vein and had three pokes and lots of digging again and discovered my thyroid is completely out of whack again which might be why I have felt more tired and run down.
What else hasn't been kind is the scale. I showed my chart while it was going up and up with the antibiotic, but it's trip down has been slow and it never came completely down. I'm still more than 2 pounds heavier that when I started. I haven't exercised besides a couple of walks (mostly due to letting the neck strain heal - any movement aggravated the muscle), but I haven't been overeating.
Here is the chart for the last 30 days:
And, my caloric intake averages 1530 for the last month. I started the month weighing 182.8 and I'm at 182.2 today. No progress at all. And that has me a bit worried because I'm hungry. Every day I am fighting the demons of just stuffing my face. I think part of it is my thyroid. Part of it is the time of year (I always want to eat and eat in the fall) and part of it is the lack of exercise. By not exercising 5 times a week, I'm also not losing about 2000 calories a week. Exercising, for me, is also an appetite suppressant. If I exercise, I for some reason, don't feel as hungry. So, I haven't been exercising and not burning calories and I feel ravenous.
Ugh... there isn't much I can do and like with the rest of the journey, I just have to take it one day at a time and not get worried about tomorrow or next week or next month. I just have to do what I can do and that's that... but it does worry me about being able to lose much more and then being able to keep it off if eating like now is actually leading to a slight gain and I'm still hungry and 1530 calories a day is NOT a lot of calories.
And, with taking it one day at a time, today I'm doing a spinning class. I figured that would be a good jumping back in class as I can take it at my own pace. Wish me luck and no sore neck muscles!
Stats for 10/28/11:
Beginning weight: 255.6 Now: 182.2
What else hasn't been kind is the scale. I showed my chart while it was going up and up with the antibiotic, but it's trip down has been slow and it never came completely down. I'm still more than 2 pounds heavier that when I started. I haven't exercised besides a couple of walks (mostly due to letting the neck strain heal - any movement aggravated the muscle), but I haven't been overeating.
Here is the chart for the last 30 days:
And, my caloric intake averages 1530 for the last month. I started the month weighing 182.8 and I'm at 182.2 today. No progress at all. And that has me a bit worried because I'm hungry. Every day I am fighting the demons of just stuffing my face. I think part of it is my thyroid. Part of it is the time of year (I always want to eat and eat in the fall) and part of it is the lack of exercise. By not exercising 5 times a week, I'm also not losing about 2000 calories a week. Exercising, for me, is also an appetite suppressant. If I exercise, I for some reason, don't feel as hungry. So, I haven't been exercising and not burning calories and I feel ravenous.
Ugh... there isn't much I can do and like with the rest of the journey, I just have to take it one day at a time and not get worried about tomorrow or next week or next month. I just have to do what I can do and that's that... but it does worry me about being able to lose much more and then being able to keep it off if eating like now is actually leading to a slight gain and I'm still hungry and 1530 calories a day is NOT a lot of calories.
And, with taking it one day at a time, today I'm doing a spinning class. I figured that would be a good jumping back in class as I can take it at my own pace. Wish me luck and no sore neck muscles!
Stats for 10/28/11:
Beginning weight: 255.6 Now: 182.2
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Even the best of plans can be thrown
I was so sure of my day today that I put in all my meals breakfast. I knew I would have an apple with jif for breakfast (and I did), sausage, eggs and hash browns for lunch as I didn't get to having them yesterday, (didn't happen again today). And I knew I was going to make a pork roast with cabbage and sauerkraut (that didn't happen either.) and, I was signed up to do my first class sincde I injured my neck. I was ready and looking forward to it. The plan for the day was to deal with Halloween costumes. Everything was all set. Or so I thought.
So, the day started normal, I had to cajole my teen outnof bed in the morning, packed lunches for the three boys and first sent my husband and older son off, and then a hour later, my younger son. I joined the little guy with breakfast. I dropped him off at school (driving today as it was raining) and camenhome and went upstairs to veg for a bit while my mother in law slept.
Then things changed. A few minutes aft getting home, my mother in law calls me and I can see immediately that she is not good. She is having an allergic reaction to something which we had gone through before about 18 months prior. That time resulted in a trip to the ER. So, this morning I spent time tracking down her doctor, the dentist (as it appeared to be a reaction to something done at the dental cleaning she had 36-48 hours prior on both those occasions). And dealing with a slightly freaking out mother in-law whith whom I can never tell how much is real and how much is drama.
When it appeared the antihistamine wasn't working, we called the advise nurse who wanted us to call the ambulance based on the description of the reaction. We could see the reaction was slow and not as extreme as it sounded, so we opted to drive into the hospital which is only a mile away.
Then of course, started the waiting. We were there for almost 4 hours for nothing. The ER doctors basically said that the reaction doesn't seem to be threatening and suspected the newer blood pressure medicines and not anything with the dentist. They released her and we came home and started our own investigating. We looked up cleaning appointments and then my others in law drove to the dentist (as they never called back) and got the info she needed and yes indeed, it seems to be an allergic reaction to the cloudier varnishbthey gave her this time and only once before. They even gave here a pamphlet which listed her actions as a rare case scenario.
Then it was deal with kids, and totally change dinner plans. Sauerkraut on a swollen and rashy mouth wouldn't be nice, so I came up with plan B of pumpkin, parsnip and pear creamed soup, apple chicken sausage and brussells sprouts. Lunch earlier was not a nice at home lunch either, but grabbed nutritional bars and cheese sticks. In the end I ended over my calories about about 200 for the day and no time for exercise. I was on the go from 6:30 am until now, 9:45 pm. Oh forgot, had to rush to take my older son to the doctor for his flu shot too. Just a crazy day.
And tomorrow I have to, like really have to work on those Halloween costumes as I need them for Sunday and if anything goes awry, I'll want the time on Saturday to get the needed supplies.
I thought we were over the whole drama of everyone getting sick, but surprise! Guess not.
Stats for 10/27/11:
Beginning weight: 255.6. Now: 182.0
So, the day started normal, I had to cajole my teen outnof bed in the morning, packed lunches for the three boys and first sent my husband and older son off, and then a hour later, my younger son. I joined the little guy with breakfast. I dropped him off at school (driving today as it was raining) and camenhome and went upstairs to veg for a bit while my mother in law slept.
Then things changed. A few minutes aft getting home, my mother in law calls me and I can see immediately that she is not good. She is having an allergic reaction to something which we had gone through before about 18 months prior. That time resulted in a trip to the ER. So, this morning I spent time tracking down her doctor, the dentist (as it appeared to be a reaction to something done at the dental cleaning she had 36-48 hours prior on both those occasions). And dealing with a slightly freaking out mother in-law whith whom I can never tell how much is real and how much is drama.
When it appeared the antihistamine wasn't working, we called the advise nurse who wanted us to call the ambulance based on the description of the reaction. We could see the reaction was slow and not as extreme as it sounded, so we opted to drive into the hospital which is only a mile away.
Then of course, started the waiting. We were there for almost 4 hours for nothing. The ER doctors basically said that the reaction doesn't seem to be threatening and suspected the newer blood pressure medicines and not anything with the dentist. They released her and we came home and started our own investigating. We looked up cleaning appointments and then my others in law drove to the dentist (as they never called back) and got the info she needed and yes indeed, it seems to be an allergic reaction to the cloudier varnishbthey gave her this time and only once before. They even gave here a pamphlet which listed her actions as a rare case scenario.
Then it was deal with kids, and totally change dinner plans. Sauerkraut on a swollen and rashy mouth wouldn't be nice, so I came up with plan B of pumpkin, parsnip and pear creamed soup, apple chicken sausage and brussells sprouts. Lunch earlier was not a nice at home lunch either, but grabbed nutritional bars and cheese sticks. In the end I ended over my calories about about 200 for the day and no time for exercise. I was on the go from 6:30 am until now, 9:45 pm. Oh forgot, had to rush to take my older son to the doctor for his flu shot too. Just a crazy day.
And tomorrow I have to, like really have to work on those Halloween costumes as I need them for Sunday and if anything goes awry, I'll want the time on Saturday to get the needed supplies.
I thought we were over the whole drama of everyone getting sick, but surprise! Guess not.
Stats for 10/27/11:
Beginning weight: 255.6. Now: 182.0
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Begin to feel like myself again
After so much crap going around the house with sicknesses and then with being super busy and wearing myself out and getting a cold on top of it all (and that neck strain), I've kind of been in a rut. I wasn't ever giving up or going hog wild, but it was so hard to resist temptations and I did cave on a few sweet things. Things I can normally pass up with no problem were all of a sudden too hard to walk by without grabbing it.
But yesterday I did well. I didn't feel hungry. I didn't feel deprived and I felt good and strong all day. I even cooked mini pizzas and mini apple pies and didn't cave on eating any.
This morning, I can feel the same resolve. I don't feel that tug to grab an apple pie even though it's sitting on the counter - or sugar cookies or anything we have all over the kitchen that I shouldn't eat. It must mean that I'm well and rested.
I'm really in the mood to eat some eggs and sausage though. I think I'll make that for lunch. Feeling lazy this morning, I decided to look up how much a similar breakfast at McDonald's would cost me in calories. (I have frozen hashbrowns, sausage patties and eggs at home I could make, but I can't make those until my mother in law is awake and she usually sleeps until 10 am). I went to this link: http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/full_menu_explorer.html I can't quite figure out the number of calories in the exact combination of what I would eat, but it's definitely more at McDonald's than at home. I'm actually having a bit of a craving for a hotcake, so I looked up how many calories those were, have tempted to get the Big Breakfast with hotcakes (skipping the biscuit). That meal is about 1100 calories. I used to get that fairly frequently. Now it's true it would be my breakfast and lunch as it would fill me up for two meals, but I would then eat snacks and a huge dinner.
Breakfast foods - eggs and meat and veggies are actually not too bad in the calories department. It's when you add in the biscuits and hotcakes with butter and syrup that takes things over the top. An order of hotcakes at McDonald's is 470 calories and you know you would be hungry in an hour if that's the only thing you ate for breakfast. Not only that, the blood sugars always crashed when I ate pancakes for breakfast - even 'healthy' ones made with whole grains. Carbs are carbs as far as blood sugars react to them.
So, after reading that, I decided I did not need a McDonald's breakfast and will make myself eggs, sausage and hash browns for lunch. Two eggs, one hashbrown, one sausage and a slice of cheese with a dab of butter for cooking will be 556 calories - a good sized lunch (the time of day I'm hungriest). I typically eat an apple with cinnamon with 3 tablespoons of peanut butter for lunch. That combo is 375 calories and I always have to grab a 150-200 calorie snack about an hour after eating it (usually cheese). I won't need to grab a snack with this egg lunch. Might throw in some green pepper too which calories are negligible.
Good thing I ate breakfast already or else I would be drooling and torturing myself with writing about my lunch. I don't get a hankering for such a meal very often, but when I do, I partake as besides the cholesterol, it's a good meal. (especially when I throw in veggies. Though my diet is never lacking in fruit and veggies).
Stats for 10/26/11:
Beginning weight: 255.6 Now: 183.2
Total number of hours exercised: 282
Total number of miles walked in 2011: 832/1000
But yesterday I did well. I didn't feel hungry. I didn't feel deprived and I felt good and strong all day. I even cooked mini pizzas and mini apple pies and didn't cave on eating any.
This morning, I can feel the same resolve. I don't feel that tug to grab an apple pie even though it's sitting on the counter - or sugar cookies or anything we have all over the kitchen that I shouldn't eat. It must mean that I'm well and rested.
I'm really in the mood to eat some eggs and sausage though. I think I'll make that for lunch. Feeling lazy this morning, I decided to look up how much a similar breakfast at McDonald's would cost me in calories. (I have frozen hashbrowns, sausage patties and eggs at home I could make, but I can't make those until my mother in law is awake and she usually sleeps until 10 am). I went to this link: http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/full_menu_explorer.html I can't quite figure out the number of calories in the exact combination of what I would eat, but it's definitely more at McDonald's than at home. I'm actually having a bit of a craving for a hotcake, so I looked up how many calories those were, have tempted to get the Big Breakfast with hotcakes (skipping the biscuit). That meal is about 1100 calories. I used to get that fairly frequently. Now it's true it would be my breakfast and lunch as it would fill me up for two meals, but I would then eat snacks and a huge dinner.
Breakfast foods - eggs and meat and veggies are actually not too bad in the calories department. It's when you add in the biscuits and hotcakes with butter and syrup that takes things over the top. An order of hotcakes at McDonald's is 470 calories and you know you would be hungry in an hour if that's the only thing you ate for breakfast. Not only that, the blood sugars always crashed when I ate pancakes for breakfast - even 'healthy' ones made with whole grains. Carbs are carbs as far as blood sugars react to them.
So, after reading that, I decided I did not need a McDonald's breakfast and will make myself eggs, sausage and hash browns for lunch. Two eggs, one hashbrown, one sausage and a slice of cheese with a dab of butter for cooking will be 556 calories - a good sized lunch (the time of day I'm hungriest). I typically eat an apple with cinnamon with 3 tablespoons of peanut butter for lunch. That combo is 375 calories and I always have to grab a 150-200 calorie snack about an hour after eating it (usually cheese). I won't need to grab a snack with this egg lunch. Might throw in some green pepper too which calories are negligible.
Good thing I ate breakfast already or else I would be drooling and torturing myself with writing about my lunch. I don't get a hankering for such a meal very often, but when I do, I partake as besides the cholesterol, it's a good meal. (especially when I throw in veggies. Though my diet is never lacking in fruit and veggies).
Stats for 10/26/11:
Beginning weight: 255.6 Now: 183.2
Total number of hours exercised: 282
Total number of miles walked in 2011: 832/1000
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
And I missed another day, but this time I knew it.
I was so busy yesterday that I just never got the chance to sit down and write out my thoughts. I don't have much time this morning either, but wanted to put out a blip so that no one is worried about me.
Yesterday was 'cooking' day to prepare for the rest of the week. That included going to the grocery store (biked there) and getting all the stuff for cooking. Then coming home, doing school pick up and then making yogurt, and two types of bread (total of 4 loaves) and then dinner - lentils.
We were expecting someone for a meeting at our house at 7 pm. I was planning on making mini pizzas for lunches after that meeting, but that one hour meeting took over two hours, so it was after 9 pm when that person left and there was just no time.
Did some kitchen clean up - put away the breads and the leftover lentils and went upstairs about 10 pm. At that time I knew I could write in my blog, but I also knew I was exhausted and I didn't want to give up 30 minutes of sleep just to write a tiny bit for my blog. I haven't even touched my baking blog despite doing lots of baking in the last week! Time is just too scarce.
The good news is that my neck strain seems to be mostly heeled, so I'm going to try step class tomorrow to see if I can jump back into working out.
The bad news is without working out, I feel like I'm in a rut and I definitely make worse food decisions when I'm not working out. The last two days I've been eating too many carbs and eating at maintenance. I'm not pigging out, but I'm not eating how I should be either and I really think it's the lack of exercise.
OK, gotta run. I'm chaperoning my younger son's field trip today. Should be fun as we're going to the Science Museum. Little guy is pretty excited about it!
Stats for 10/25/11:
Beginning weight: 255.6 Now: 185.4
Yesterday was 'cooking' day to prepare for the rest of the week. That included going to the grocery store (biked there) and getting all the stuff for cooking. Then coming home, doing school pick up and then making yogurt, and two types of bread (total of 4 loaves) and then dinner - lentils.
We were expecting someone for a meeting at our house at 7 pm. I was planning on making mini pizzas for lunches after that meeting, but that one hour meeting took over two hours, so it was after 9 pm when that person left and there was just no time.
Did some kitchen clean up - put away the breads and the leftover lentils and went upstairs about 10 pm. At that time I knew I could write in my blog, but I also knew I was exhausted and I didn't want to give up 30 minutes of sleep just to write a tiny bit for my blog. I haven't even touched my baking blog despite doing lots of baking in the last week! Time is just too scarce.
The good news is that my neck strain seems to be mostly heeled, so I'm going to try step class tomorrow to see if I can jump back into working out.
The bad news is without working out, I feel like I'm in a rut and I definitely make worse food decisions when I'm not working out. The last two days I've been eating too many carbs and eating at maintenance. I'm not pigging out, but I'm not eating how I should be either and I really think it's the lack of exercise.
OK, gotta run. I'm chaperoning my younger son's field trip today. Should be fun as we're going to the Science Museum. Little guy is pretty excited about it!
Stats for 10/25/11:
Beginning weight: 255.6 Now: 185.4
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Oh my goodness I missed a day!
How did that happen? I even had to check now as I didn't believe that I missed a day. I haven't missed a day since I started this at the tail end of 2010.
I can understand it as every second of yesterday was full. I woke up at 7:30 am and dropped at 1 am - falling asleep instantly last night.
The good news is that I didn't go off my 'diet' (hate that word). I ate a bit more than usually as I was making a cake and not trying the frosting and batter is pretty much impossible, but I didn't go crazy and ended the day around 1600 calories for the day (target is 1400).
Yesterday started with me needing to get my older son up for school as he had his homecoming parade. Then I came home showered, breakfasted and then went to the parade. Did some laundry, made and ate lunch and then went to the pumpkin patch with my youngest and with my husband. After the pumpkin patch I went to the grocery store, made dinner and then started on this cake I needed to make for Sunday. Was making the cake and decorations from 7:30 pm until midnight. Then needed a bit of unwinding time and remembered a couple things I forgot with the cake, cleaning up a bit and then falling into bed.
This morning was a whir too - up, breakfast, cleaning the rest of the kitchen, off to Ethical Society, to a grocery store for items I can't get near me, home and soon, time to start dinner and so on.
So, I didn't miss a day because of being ashamed to come on and admit my shortcomings. The day just escaped from me - the entire day.
Water weight is still coming off, but taking it's time. Little by little, but at least it's moving out.
Stats for 10/23/11:
Beginning weight: 255.6 Now: 184.0
I can understand it as every second of yesterday was full. I woke up at 7:30 am and dropped at 1 am - falling asleep instantly last night.
The good news is that I didn't go off my 'diet' (hate that word). I ate a bit more than usually as I was making a cake and not trying the frosting and batter is pretty much impossible, but I didn't go crazy and ended the day around 1600 calories for the day (target is 1400).
Yesterday started with me needing to get my older son up for school as he had his homecoming parade. Then I came home showered, breakfasted and then went to the parade. Did some laundry, made and ate lunch and then went to the pumpkin patch with my youngest and with my husband. After the pumpkin patch I went to the grocery store, made dinner and then started on this cake I needed to make for Sunday. Was making the cake and decorations from 7:30 pm until midnight. Then needed a bit of unwinding time and remembered a couple things I forgot with the cake, cleaning up a bit and then falling into bed.
This morning was a whir too - up, breakfast, cleaning the rest of the kitchen, off to Ethical Society, to a grocery store for items I can't get near me, home and soon, time to start dinner and so on.
So, I didn't miss a day because of being ashamed to come on and admit my shortcomings. The day just escaped from me - the entire day.
Water weight is still coming off, but taking it's time. Little by little, but at least it's moving out.
Stats for 10/23/11:
Beginning weight: 255.6 Now: 184.0
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