I LOST FIVE POUNDS, Y’ALL.

Five pounds!!  One week!!!  & no, I’m not expecting to have those results every week, but it sure is a nice motivator to keep going.  But it’s hard to even describe the JOY I felt at kissing those 5 lbs goodbye so quickly. You can do this!  You ARE doing this!! I praised myself.  & for the first time in a LONG time (like…over a year long time), I stepped off the scale without giving it the finger.

It’s just not that bad.  No, really.  I don’t feel like I am dieting, which is a glorious thing.  The food really isn’t terrible.  I mean, it’s no butter-and-ham-on-white-bread-sammich, nor is it a steak smothered in bleu cheese & bacon…but I’ve had a few things (like the turkey dog & pancakes) that honest to God, made me lick my plate.  I love that there is no room for error as long as I follow the plan.  Since I have the self-control of a 2-month-old chimpanzee, it’s no surprise that other weight-loss programs were a challenge.  Sure, you can have potato chips.  You just have to calculate the calories & points.  Oh, crap.  You ate 30?  Well, that’s half of your daily point allowance.  So either munch on celery or kiss this week’s weigh-in goodbye.  Either way, your health just flushed itself down the nutritional toilet.  This way, I know what I eat – I select something that sounds relatively tasty from a box of food.  If it’s breakfast, I add an egg & a piece of fruit.  For lunch, a yogurt & 2 veggies.  Snack is an apple & stick of cheese.  Dinner is a Nutrisystem meal, 2 veggies, a fruit, & a lick of peanut butter (aka my “fat” of choice).  Then dessert!  Coffee in the morning, water all day, a Diet Coke if I get a mad craving, & a cup of hot tea at night.

Needless to say, I like routines.  I like knowing what to expect & I really like knowing what’s expected of me.

There are certainly still roadblocks, mostly those that I create for myself.  It is hard to watch my husband snack on delicious, salty, textured potato chips smothered in onion dip.  Washed down with my favorite winter lager.  Yeah, that sucks.  But I remind myself that this isn’t forever – this is for fast weight loss, then soon I can re-learn moderation & enjoy my favorites again.  & even make Pioneer Woman’s cinnamon rolls.

In moderation, Blair.  Note to self.

For now, I drink my fiber lemonade (shockingly delicious) & Nutrisystem BBQ soy chips when I have the urge to put my husband in The Sleeper Hold & whisk his chips away to a deserted island.

Goals for Week #2

• Work out
• drink at least 90 oz of water per day

I like to set small goals.  That may well be my goals for next week – usually these are the two things that are HARD for me to accomplish.  The water thing should be easier at work, just because I can pretend I’m knocked up again (HEAVEN FORBID!) & simply fill up my Nalgene every time I go to the work room.  Working out?  It’s sad that I didn’t do this before, because it’s about to get 1000 times harder.  Nate & I are set to do the 30 Day Shred together after Harrison goes to sleep – one of the reasons we cancelled cable, to make sure we had nothing else to do but work out after a 7:30 bedtime for the small fry.

One thing that is going to be very difficult this week – veggies.  I need ideas on veggies.  & not carb veggies – peas, corn, beans, avocado, etc. don’t count!

So how did this week go?  What did you accomplish?  What is your main struggle?  Or what are your goals for next week & your plan for achieving them?

p.s.  i’m still working on my mclinky settings, but with going back to work this week, that is a project that will wait until mcfatty week 3.  so just leave everything as a comment, or link back to your own website/blog so we can all read it!

p.p.s.  i won’t be taking a picture every week – how about every other week?