so, i came down w/ the flu about 3 weeks ago.  i had been laid up for quite some time, and dieting was the last thing on my mind.  the last week, i had strep throat... it was terrible. 

anyway, i gained a few lbs back, but i think it's mostly water.  i started back OP yesterday, and already lost a pound, so i think it'll all come off this week. 

this seems to happen to me a lot... i get on a plan, i lose weight, doing good, feeling good, exercising, etc... then i get sick and it throws me all off.  it almost feels like my body rebels when i start getting close to my goal, or making good headway towards my goal.  maybe there's something buried in my subconcscious that makes this happen.  maybe i'm afraid to be thin... which i can definitly see that.  i've never been 'thin' or at my goal.  maybe that's the case.

i need to meditate on this.

I only got to go to that website once, and didn't have a chance to make anything, and now it's gone????

anyone know what happened?

so, today was my 1 mo aniversary weigh in... i've lost 15.6 lbs total!  i'm so stoked!  and i've been adding a few snacks here and there.  i'm so active, that i need more calories.  i must be doing something right!

the one thing that bugs me is that my clothes still pretty much fit the same.  there was 1 shirt that i noticed a difference in, but that's it. 

so, to celebrate my 1mo loss, my body decided it was a good time to get an upper respiratory cold, or whatever i have.  my lungs are on fire, i have a dry cough, ears are itchy, throat's sore, etc... i really don't have time for this right now.  i've stayed in bed all day to kick it.  i hate when i'm forced to lay around all day.  i'd rather make that choice myself.

i think i picked it up at the gym.  i had a 3 day free pass to a new gym that just opened and decided to take a class, and it was packed.  i work from home, so i'm not in contact w/ that many people, so i think i'm just not used to being around that many germs.  guess i need to get out more to build my immune system.

anyway, yay for weight loss: boo for sickness.  ya win some, ya lose some...

so, i just weighed myself today and i'm the same as i was on 1/27... but that's ok.  i had way too much to eat on sunday at a friend's brunch.  it was all low carb, but probably higher fat that i'd usually eat. 

i'm not mad tho, i've still lost alot this month.  so far it's 12.6lbs.  i was hoping for more, but i didn't get in as much exercise as i wanted to, due to weather conditions.  walking is my fave, and snow/ice isn't too condusive to that.

so, my next weigh in will be on 2/2, because i started on 1/2, and that will be a full month.  i really  need to amp it up this month, i have a big show coming up on 2/22, and my band will be being observed by a record label.  exciting but also nerve wracking.

until next time... keep on, keepin' on!

do i have to re-create a ticker every time i do my weigh in?  it seems that my ticker does not update w/ my new weight post.

am i missing something?

so, my friend invites me over for the Steeler game and dinner and tells me she's having turkey.  i said, "sure!" since i knew that i could eat that... i get there, pretty hungry, i might add, and sure enough she has decided to make ribs!  ugh... bbq ribs at that!  she also made a vinegar coleslaw which is totally on plan, so i was happy abt that. 

anyway, i am then informed that we'll be having dinner at half time.  she then proceeds to put out all kinds of snacks.  fortunately (and also unfortunately) the healthiest snack there was carrots sticks.  well, i'm totally starving so i have a few and ask for a cup of coffee.  coffee always helps when ur starving.

dinner rolls around and i see that the pork ribs are boneless and very lean.  thank god!  so, i scraped the bbq sauce off as best i could and had my little plate of pork and cabbage....

the moral of my story is for me:

just say no... i shoulda said no to dinner but i thought it woulda been on plan.  i did the best i could w/ what i had presented in front of me.  should i have had a little less french onion dip w/ those carrots?  probably.  should i have had a few less carrots?  probably.  should i have had turned my car around when i realized that i had forgotten my mf bar at home?  yes!  should i stop thinking about the whole episode?  yes!

this all could have been avoided if i had just said 'no'... i don't even like the Steelers or football in general.  too bad if feelings are hurt... my joints hurt from being overweight.... and the Steelers lost anyway!

   so, i weighed in again today and lost 1.6.  i know the first week you lose the most, and it's mostly water, but it does keep you motivated.  i'm hoping that i can get down abt 10lbs in abt 2 weeks.

     the reason that i'm weighing myself every day right now is to make sure i stay on the plan so i can keep moving forward.  if start losing less and less, i can take a look back and see what i ate or when i ate it that made the diffrence... hopefully...

    i really want to keep this motivation.  i'm getting alot of stuff done around the house and w/ my business.  i'm feeling hopeful and good about MF this time around.  i'm also hibernating to stay on track ;-)

     yay!  2012, year of the skinny!

lost 2 more pounds again this morning... woo hoo....

yay! 2012, year of the skinny!

   so, i stayed  on plan yesterday after a long time, and i totally lost 2.2.  i just had to weigh myself today because i was so disgusted w/ my weigh in yesterday.  the holidays had really gotten me.  now, after today, i feel like i'm back in the game.

yay!  2012, the year of the skinny!

so, the holidays are here and gone... i've gained 8lbs.  its my fault, i take full responsibility.  i wasn't strong enough to resist temptation all month long.  i'm probably the heaviest i've been since i was 24 yrs old... no wonder i feel so crappy!

but, today's a new day, and i'm back on.  there's no way in hell i spent all this money to fail again.  i told all my friends that i'm back on my plan and i'm hibernating for a while so don't even bother asking me to go anywhere ther is the temptation of food.  i need a good solid 2 months to keep this habit up. 

yay!  2012!  the year of the skinny!