alrighty then

This week I celebrated the arrival of the 220's and with it the claim to a 70 lb loss.  Of course the day after I saw that, I was a pound heavier and I haven't been able to get back down to the  220 mark since.  It will happen, I'm sure.  I've been very careful about what I'm eating, I've been working out and I feel fantastic, so it's all good.
I did some shopping last weekend.  I'm between a size 16 and 18 in pants, shirts are an XL.  It is amazing to be able to walk into stores like Old Navy and the Gap and walk out with clothes that FIT... and clothes in an XL, not an XXL that FIT! 
Next up:  reaching the 213 mark, which is the lowest adult weight I can remember since college.  I hit this mark in 2006 by low carb dieting.  I wasn't exercising, just eating very few carbs every day.  I'm not sure how I did that, considering how much I love my desserts!!!

ugh

I'm not happy with my decision to make brownies for my students tonight.  It resulted in me consuming waaaaay more of them than I should have.
On the upside, I did have a great workout at the gym this evening.

weekends

Weekends are hard for me, especially long weekends, when it comes to staying on plan.  I have done pretty well overall this weekend, but there are some things I could do differently.  My husband made a turkey and we had a full turkey dinner Friday night and last night.  It was sooooo delicious.  I love cranberry the combination of sauce, stuffing and turkey.  I went for a long walk (75 min) yesterday which was nice.  My weight is up from Saturday, probably due to the added carbs and salt I've been eating.  I'm not worried too much, though I hate to see the scale go up!

bravo!

I feel fantastic and I'm seeing results again.  It feels fabulous.  I'm proud of myself again.  I don't wake up craving cookies.  In fact, strangely enough, at lunch today our sandwiches came with chocolate chip cookies.  I ate about half of mine and pitched it.  I just didn't want it anymore.  Weird but true. 
222.2 today.  New goal is to lose as much as I can by April 17, the five year anniversary of the day I hit absolute rock bottom and left my ex-husband.  We'll see how much I can take off by then!

I'm back!

After a brief holiday hiatus and a not so lovely gain of 7 lbs, I'm back.  Yep, the highest weight I recorded after the break was 228.  That puts me up almost 7 pounds.  To my great joy, a lot of it must have been water weight, because I'm back down to 223.8 today.  I'll take it!
I've worked out three times this week.  Today I did a 5k and beat my best time by a minute.  Next goal is to get that to under 40 minutes.  Totally doable!
I've started using the blender to have smoothies in the morning.  I put everything in them-- Greek yogurt, spinach, broccoli, flax meal, kale, a raw egg and berries.  They're actually really good.

final day of vacation

Today is finally the final day of my winter break.  I'm itching to go back to work.  I'm so bored and restless and ready to get back to the routine of work, working out and eating well.  I've had too much time to sit around the house doing nothing.  It results in massive snacking of not so good foods.  I'll have an official re-weigh on Monday morning, but today I was a 225.4.  That's like a four pound gain.  Not horrible and not at all surprising.  I can work with that. 

I've rediscovered how much fun it is to roller skate.  I went with my nieces on Wednesday and plan to go again today.  I haven't skated in over 20 years, and I was afraid I'd be horrible.  Once I got the hang of it, I was actually still good.  And it's so much fun!

In other news, I've been itching to go shopping, but I haven't because there's nothing I need.  I'd like some more new clothes, especially since trying on clothes is fun now... but I'm going to wait until I start dropping weight again.  I'm anxious to hit the 213 mark, which is the lowest weight I can remember being in a loooooong time.  Once I get there, I might consider some new things.

up

I'm way up.  4+ pounds up.  It's all good though.  I'll be back on track soon, and a 4ish pound gain over the holidays isn't awful.

a new year!

Happy 2012!  I'm starting the year off with a cold, which is no fun!  I had hoped to be out for a run today, but no such luck.  My lungs are burning and I barely have a voice.  I can't seem to keep away from the leftover cookies and cake, which isn't helping anything.  I was at 223.6 this morning; I'm surprised it wasn't more.  I've got another week off work, which is good.  Time to rest and get better.  My plan is to focus more carefully on diet and exercise when I head back to work.  For now, I'm just being gentle with myself.  I'm not one for making new years resolutions, so it's all good.  I don't feel like I'll really be making much of a change to anything anyway, just going back to what I was doing a few weeks ago before the holiday madness started.