Status

Okay, so...I probably need to email this to Wendy but have decided to just share with my world...I have been eating clean almost 100%. I've had a couple of snack sized chocolates. Otherwise I've been clean. HAHAHAHA

I haven't been following the plan Wendy sent me to the letter but because I pretty much eat the same things every day have been able to rotate things in & out in the proportions she set up for me.

With this I FINALLY came to a really good place this week. I quit fighting clean eating & just embraced it. Really. I realized that I have always pretty much eaten the same foods (chicken breast, turkey, lean beef, lean pork, fresh vegetables); I would just go astray & binge on un-clean foods.

I am learning to look at "cheat" meals as treats instead. Cheating has a negative connotation to me & therefore, in my mind, fed my "addiction." If I look at going to The Cheesecake Factory on Tuesday or going to McCormick & Schmick's on June 1 as a treat, it is a positive & therefore allowed.

One of the things that I have done this week is to find snacks that are within my budgeted meal plan. For example, Wendy said I could have any whole grain starchy carb with less than 25 g of carb. I found Triscuit Thins. They have only 21 grams & 5 g of fat. I have always liked Triscuits with cheese. I have found that I like these little crackers with peanut butter (1 tbsp spread on 6 or 8). These may not be exactly on plan but they help my cravings.

Anywho...I said I gained 3 lbs while I was away but attributed that to Aunt Flo & 2 days of totally carefree eating. Today I got on the scale. I was probably more right about the weight being Aunt Flo.

Drum Roll Please

I'm under 150. JUST squeeking under but under! I could not believe it. I wanted to cry. I haven't seen the 140s in far too long.

I have 5 more weeks to get through & see where the scale takes me. I've got 2 big dates within the next 10 days. I'm going to be very, very careful on those nights but I'm also going to enjoy myself. If I can convince John &/or Erin to split a piece of plain cheesecake with me I will be very happy. Otherwise an entire piece is going to waste. I want only a few bites. I WANT only a few bites. I don't want to binge & feel sick & bloated after. I want to enjoy it.

I'm almost there. I'm not happy with the way my stomach & back fat look (back fat around my hips). I know I can't spot reduce but that's where the fat is hanging out. I know it will move as I continue to be consistent in my eating & exercise regime.

Tonight's workout was smoking; three sets of step-ups for two minutes on each leg. OUCHIE! After I finished resistence training I ran around the pool with the puppies for twenty minutes. How come they're crashed on their beds & I'm still ready to roll? LOL

I'll take pictures & measurements this weekend for Stacey. :)