I resolved, knowing that a binge holiday was coming up, to be much more diligent in my portions. I did pretty darn well if I do says myself. We had two celebrations to attend, one for lunch and one for dinner. At lunch, I kept it to one plate of food, a few small pieces of fruit and a very small piece of peanut butter pie (so incredibly good, I might add). At dinner, I was not as successful, as I had one plate of food, a piece of blueberry pear pie, and a dessert plate each of corn/green beans and beef & noodles and grazing on a few olives. All in all, not bad, especially considering the endless supply of food I had literally at my fingertips. I was really proud of myself.
I weighed myself at my dad's house yesterday. It read that I was up two pounds, but it was not long ago that I weighed myself last, so I'm not going to let it discourage me. I am going to chalk it up to natural fluctuation. If it continues to go back up or doesn't go back down, then I'll start worrying about it.
Happy Thanksgiving everybody!
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Sunday, November 20, 2011
In the right direction
There's two sides to this coin: I have not been exercising. Like, at all. Unless you count the hours I spent raking and mowing the yard last weekend...I don't, but only because back when I started the skinnyblog, I said everyday acts wouldn't count as exercise (taking stairs, yard work, walking around the store, etc). It had to be purposeful exercise, which this was not.
But, I have been doing admirably well on my portions! Even at the Thanksgiving yesterday for Ben's family, I only had one plate of food. I did graze a bit a little later, but not nearly as much as before. I'm really proud of myself. I've also lost nine pounds already since I started the portion control (about a month and a half ago if you're following along at home).
I've decided to do something nice for myself when I lose 10 lbs. Suggestions have been: an hour massage, a mani/pedi and something not on clearance (that last idea was mine). Don't get me wrong--the massage sounds amazing and the mani/pedi is really desperately needed, but someone said something about getting something not on clearance that struck home with me. They said I should get something that could be a reminder of the work I did to lose the weight. I like that thought. The mani/pedi and massage could be rewards for future weight loss. Do you have any other ideas for a weight loss reward?
But, I have been doing admirably well on my portions! Even at the Thanksgiving yesterday for Ben's family, I only had one plate of food. I did graze a bit a little later, but not nearly as much as before. I'm really proud of myself. I've also lost nine pounds already since I started the portion control (about a month and a half ago if you're following along at home).
I've decided to do something nice for myself when I lose 10 lbs. Suggestions have been: an hour massage, a mani/pedi and something not on clearance (that last idea was mine). Don't get me wrong--the massage sounds amazing and the mani/pedi is really desperately needed, but someone said something about getting something not on clearance that struck home with me. They said I should get something that could be a reminder of the work I did to lose the weight. I like that thought. The mani/pedi and massage could be rewards for future weight loss. Do you have any other ideas for a weight loss reward?
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