Ok... I Admit it...

It is hard to keep up this blog. I am officially beginning day 22. And it is hard to keep up this blog because it requires documenting failures... lots of em.

Failures in the form of

cheese

pumpkin rolls

and more cheese.

Omigosh! I knew I loved cheese but WOW!!!!

but the cool thing is, without this blog, I may have jumped ship.

There may be no one reading, but knowing that I've got to at least report here once in a while has kept me on track.

So, now that I have reported my failures, I also get to report my successes:

Success #1 - My workouts have been GREAT. I am the workout queen. I have not missed a workout. I thrive on it; I crave it and that's a good place to be. My body already feels different. Tom was hugging me last night and had his hand on my back and declared, "You Have a Muscle!" It was so funny. A muscle. But, in 12 years of marriage, that is not something I have ever heard.

Success #2 - My clothes are fitting... I am not squeezing myself into them like like a the last pickle in a pickle jar. Now, there is still an uncomfortable amount of spillage over the top of my jeans, but the point is, I can get into those jeans now. Woo Hoo!!!

Success #3 - I am losing weight. I am going to wait until next Monday (4 weeks) to tell you how much. But Tom noticed!!!!

Every Morsel

I am going to try this...

record every darn calorie that goes in my mouth today.

-4 glasses hot tea (green)
Is there such a thing as too much green tea?

-1 med. bowl oatmeal (nothing added)
-1 egg white
so far, so good


ok, for lunch (forgot my post-workout snack)

-Whole-wheat pretzels
-Yummy hummus
-1/2 protein bar


2:30 feeling the urge for carbs... but ignore it for the sake of the blog.

3:30 - a few cashews and peanuts in the car - just a handful

Here is where it gets bad! And I was doing so well!

5:30 -other 1/2 of protein bar
-3 large nachos chips piled with cheese, beans and chicken.
-random bites of chicken and cheese off my kids plates.
-slice of swiss cheese with a little lunchmeat.

I told you I like cheese!!! Darn it!

Well, I got on the scale, and the thing of it is, I am still doing better than I was with my OK Country Donut and Pepsi diet.

I lost another pound.

But the cheese has GOT TO GO!

-I also forgot to mention that I had some spoonfulls of Bleu Cheese and a couple slices of Pumpkin roll. NO kidding.

Day 8 - Worst Day to Date

It seemed like good food just swirled around me today in a mini-tsunami.

French fries.
Free popcorn.
Free pop.
Grilled cheeses.
Hershey bars.
The smell of Subway, which I usually don't ever notice.

And that darned Chex Mix.

Let's focus on the positive for a minute:

good leg workout.
drank lots of H20.
good breakfast.
green tea. loooooooooove it. I love me some mean green tea.
decent snack.
did not partake of the french fries, popcorn, grilled cheeses, Hershey bars or Subway.

Negatives:
The Cheddar Cheese Chex Mix did me in.
Plus a little bit of canned ravioli.
and a few random bites of stuff here and there.

Tomorrow is a new day.

My blog will be better tomorrow. Just wait and see.