Planning ahead.

So I'm sitting here at work thinking about Christmas and all the goody temptations that I'll be faced with and thought maybe i should come up with some sort of plan. Something to help me deal with these temptations because lets face it will power will only work for so long.
I have no idea what I'm going to do but it's definately food for thought. I've already taken precautionary measures and only baked things that I can freeze easily so the little temptations are not sitting around begging me to eat them.
I think my best plan is to come up with something I can eat so at least I have an option outside of "no don't eat that"

Undeserving

So after my shower this morning I jumped on my scale hoping to see the same result as last week. 197.5 I think and was delightfully pleased to see 195.
I completely undeserved 2.5 pound loss! A huge loss to! Mind you I'm just getting over that time of the month and that can attribute to the HUGE loss.
But getting back to my week in review it wasn't as good as I know I can do. I ate Chinese food twice and sampled to many freshly backed goodies as well as my overindulgence in cake the other night (I still completely regret that) And lets not forget last night....
My boyfriend took me out to dinner to Tony Roma's, I contemplated a salad but decided on Ribs and soup instead. The soup doesn't conform to my diet but I thought I'd have a little anyway. Well the soup was good enough for me. I ate that and was completely satisfied. I then ate the steamed veggies and was starting to get full. After that I shoveled in however many ribs and was so full I hurt. Now that was bad. I should never have done that. I'm still feeling the side effects now from stuffing my face so thoroughly. My stomach still hurts and I feel ill. I deserve that though I know better.

Bad Day...BAD BAD Day

So I've been doing pretty well lately. I've managed to even cut my portions down without feeling overly hungry. My method? I listen to my body. When I start feeling full I push whats left on my plate awayand stop eating. I know its hard but eventually you get used to. Soon I hope I'll get over the wasting thing too. That's gonna be a tough one, although now I try to estimate the excate amount I will eat so I don't make to much.
Holidays aren't going great but they aren't going to badly either. I've been able to freeze most of baking up to this point and I've only sampled everything. A bun here or there and a cookie....ok maybe two but they were really small. At least I've started cooking with Splenda, its more healthy with less sugar and tastes just as good.
Now comes my bad news dun dun dun.... I ate cake! Gosh darn it. Just when I think I've got temptation whipped and under some sort of control my mother goes and brings in this absolutely ginormous cake. I managed to say no the first two times. Thats partly because I was able to tell myself "I haven't had dinner yet" but after dinner was another story.
I caved and ate two pieces...and not small ones either.
So there we go I blew my day and possibly my week with all the sampling and chinese food that has come in my house oh and don't forget the banana bread....oh well its the holidays and I'll aim for maitenance this month. Aim for loss next month.

Gotta work on the posting....

Acck! The last time I posted was on the 5th and its now the 11th....completely unacceptable. I gotta get me ass in gear.
Week in review: I did well with my eating accept for sampling some cookies on Tuesday and I didn't drink my water like I told myself I would. I've been drinking coffee instead because I've been feeling more and more sluggish. I hate the feeling and wish I could shrug it off but I litter ally wanna take a nap at my desk. Oh well Coffee time...

So I jumped on the scale this morning and I can't say I was all to pleased to see 197. Its great, 1.8 IBS lost from last week which I should be proud about but I'm just not feeling it. I'm just not myself today, I 'm sooo tired....
Anyways I'm out.

Water water everywhere and I just don't want to drink it.

I'm having a hard time getting in the amount of water I need into my body. I literally have to force myself to get a cup of it every time I drink it. I'm sooo addicted to coffee and diet Pepsi and that's just not good for me. I've tried the little crystal lite things you can buy and put in you're water and I will still use them occasionally but it gives the water an acidic taste that I just don't like all that much. ( I only like Pink and regular Lemonade) I think one of the key factors to my great weight loss last week was that I drank so much water, keeps the body hydrated and constantly flushed. That's gotta be a good thing right?

With that said I'm in a size 12 dress! I'm uber excited because I cannot even recall the last time I was able to wear a size 12. I bought it at Sears where I tried on several dresses mostly 12's and one 14. The 14 was to big and one of the 12's was to small while the one I choose (a 12) is a little tight but smokin on me. I'm hanging on to the fact I tried it on when I was 5 pounds heavier and I don't get to wear it until Saturday which will give me a chance to be a couple??? (wishful thinking?) pounds lighter. *Crosses fingers* If not I do have a backup dress which is probably to big on me now but I'm sure I'll figure it all out.

Onederland!!!

I Did it I hit it I'm in Onederland! I haven't weighed this less since I was in high in junior high. I'm so giddy, Oh so happy.

I was hesitant at first to jump on the scale for my Friday ritual of weighing. I kept doing other morning chores and skirting around the scale. Finally I said enough is enough and I jumped on. Low and behold I'm 198.5! OMIGOD I wasn't expecting that! That's huge!, That's great! I'm definitely on the right track. Now I'm kicking myself in the butt for not taking pictures because I'm down 10 pounds and I have no comparison's. Oh Well I'll bask in the enjoyment of my onderland and get on taking pictures tonight when I get home.

One another note I was thinking last night just before I went to bed. I had been standing in the mirror... Naked...I was changing into my night time shirt. And it stuck me, I love my body! I mean it. I love the changes its making, I love the way its starting to look, I love the way clothes are fitting me and I love the way its responding to me. I just love it. Of course my body could drum up a little more energy for me but that comes in time and I'm completely willing and happy to let that happen when it happens.