Slimming Down the Squirrel

It is Friday and it is my weigh-in day!  I weigh in every Friday and at 7am.  They say it is good practice to weigh in at the same time of day for accurate results.  I pick Friday as this gives me motivation for the weekend to stay on target and not go off the deep end.  I started 3 weeks ago at 179lbs. and with nothing more than my daily routine, 1800 calories a day, 19g fat per meal, and my alli weight loss pills.  Today I weighed in and the results were expected but a bit disappointing.

Last weekend my in-laws were in town and it went off the deep end in one meal and than this past week I have been fighting a bit of depression.  My daily activity level took a drop and I could tell no progress was made.  I am still a bit sad and not sure the cause or how to fix it but I did something proactive today.  I got up at 6am and by 6:20am I was out for my first walk in a very long time.  I haven’t been walking due to my knees.  I understand that part of my knee problems are my weight and it is too much for them to handle but the other part of my knee problems is sports.  Gymnastics is not good on ones body and your joints take the brunt of the abuse.  My knees creak and you can actually feel them grinding as I bend them.  Volleyball didn’t help my knees problems nor born being a klutz.

Today I walked and I had a bit of a dull ache but my iTunes kept my mind off the pain and kept me going in my figure 8 walk.  I walked for 30 minutes and I came home pumped and ready to go and get things done!  I think I’ll walk again tomorrow.

Last week I weighed 169lbs and this week I am still at 169lbs.  I didn’t drop any pounds but I didn’t add any either.  I am ok with that!

Off to do my housework!

to a size 12.  I am slimming down!  And I am loving it!  Frank bought me a cute top the other day and it is almost too big for me!  Want to see?  Of course you do, we are Nosy Rosies!

The other night we had pasta for dinner.

Since I am allowed 19 gram of fat per meal I went with a nice little option that was only for me.  But of course when I cook pasta Frank and West get spaghetti, Bradley and Kalleigh get spirals, and I get mine.  On their pasta I add some popcorn chicken and it was a total hit!

I had Barilla Tortelloni Ricotta & Spinach with Three Cheese sauce.  It was very god. It had 8g of fat for 3/4 cup serving and the sauce was 1g of fat for 1/4 cup.

Bradley loves to help me when I cook and I think it is good for him to learn.

Frank is even slimming down a bit since I am cooking health and just giving my better meals to the whole family.

I created this site as my outlet to vent and toot my horn when needed. I figured that people really didn’t want to read about it on my main blog or my HSMS blog. I figured that I could tell my progress, my non-progress, share recipes, vent, rejoice, share ideas, and exercise tips here. I needed a place to put it out there for ME, not anyone else! So, here it is! I recently got 5 new cookbooks to share with you all! I hope you will join me!