3/5/13

Hello!

So far, my chart is working out. I have been working out a lot, even when my intestines hurt. One day I was feeling too sick to go to the gym, but I still exercised at home.

Since Thursday, my weight has been going back and forth from 169 and 170. I just want to be steadily in the 160s! I know it is gonna happen if I stay on track. I am also going home on Thursday and staying there for a week, which could be a pitfall. I could rock myself back up into the 170s for a while if I binge eat at home for a week. I shall NOT! I will continue to count calories and exercise daily.

I am feeling good about how i look in the mirror. My skin and eyes and hair all look brighter, cleaner and healthier. I don't need to suck in my stomach every time I look in the mirror any more :) Also I can tell that my legs and arms have some muscle on them, and as I lose the last twenty pounds of fat those muscles will grow and show more.

I have been making Derek some batches of oatmeal cookies recently, because he likes to have sweets in the house. We used to get the Tollhouse sugar cookies that are caked with half an inch of bright icing and sprinkles. I figured, my cookies with raw sugar instead of processed, whole flour instead of refined, with raisins and oatmeal are better for both of us! That kind of cookie would be okay if I had a limit of one per day. However this week I perked up the treat with some butterscotch and it is WAAAAAY to delicious. It's hard to only eat one per day and I think that's why my weight is stuck. However, they are almost gone - Derek loves them and is eating them all. Next time, I will go back to a healthier version of the treat.

Sometimes I talk to Derek about his food choices, but I don't want to seem "holier than though". He has a metabolism such that he can eat ANYTHING and not gain weight; he is probably five percent fat, at most. Still, it's probably bad for his health if he eats too much sugar and sodium. I make healthy dinners and meals and he gets his own sweets to put on the side. In his family, his dad used to have a similar metabolism but it slowed down eventually. His dad has been dieting recently though and has slimmed down a lot since we met last year. (Just like me!)

Elizabeth