Nothing is changing!

I would write a little song and dance number about the scale not budging past 129. But, it seems like so morose a subject.

Perhaps in a little while I shall see. I've been sick the past few days, and am feeling incredibly bloated.
By the way, it's impossible to find a low sodium soup (in whole foods) that also has no gluten, potatoes, peas, corn, sugar, fat, milk or cream. Seriously. the basic tomato soup (not cream of) had Cane sugar and milk or cream in it. All of them have any combination of those ingredients. Bah.

To do list, eat a galette, go for a walk.

Back on track!

Yay! 129.4
We have some sort of movement! Thank god, it was getting a little tedious. I know what the problem is, now that I am back to school I'm not getting as much excersize as before. I need to remember to go for brisk walks without them I am just not burning as many calories as I am consuming.

No matter, we have movement. Halleluiah!

Today is an odd one

Okay, so it's september 22. I should be very near my goal weight but the scale is very happily staying at 131. Which means, I am consuming as much calories as I am burning. Though, I should not weigh myself till after my cycle. It may just be water retention. True, I haven't strictly adhered to my diet, I don't have the galette every day and finding an hour to power walk in is difficult when you're a student. Plus, it's very rainy here now. Other then that I do eat only diet approved foods, just merrily following my regimen, but nothing has moved.

The other day I had some fun, I stepped on the scale at 7:30 am. It gave me several readings in a two minute time frame: 119, 123, 118, 122. That felt nice, but I know it's not true. Still 12 pounds to go. I can do this!

Say what?

Ok, I am confused, I ate strictly to my diet yesterday and today the scale says 133.6. I could be wrong, I wore different clothes and it's not 9 yet. Yesterday I did eat out, so there maybe the sodium is the issue. I'll be even more diligent. I can do this! This is a small blip on the road, right?

Will update again later.

Updates!

I suppose I should update. Now that school is getting underway I am no longer home at my usual weighing in time. I weighed myself at 7 am and found it read 134. Obviously there is a discrepancy due to water retention, or what have you. So I have no idea how much I actually weigh.
I did have my pumpkin spice latte. No whip with non fat milk. It was good, but I remember it being more "pumpkiny" last year... I also have eaten almonds this week. So that's pretty naughty of Me.
I weighed myself at 7 am a few days after the first attempt, it said 132.1
I am not giving up, I've just lost my stride a little.
On the pumpkin spice latte day I ate only protein and did not give into any carbs or sugar cravings, not that I had any.

Cranky Starbucks lady was there today. She always gets my order wrong, I didnt realize this before and so I suspect I've had regular sugar full lattes before. All without detriment to my diet. It's the almonds that are bad.

Day 60

Twenty days left!!
I realized why the weight loss was so pronounced, asparagus. I had it for lunch and dinner the other day and will do so again today.
I am still at 131.6! It didn't go back up! This is for real, real weight loss.
Yesterday I had my smoked salmon breakfast, a coffee, and 8 chicken thighs (between lunch and dinner) and two little silhouette yogurt cups. I also bought a large water bottle and drank two and Half of those.
I feel as though, other then the weight reading and what I ate, there is little else to write about. At some point in the cruise phase you just get used to it. There is not a lot of physiological changes that you're aware of.
I did notice that my lower back pain, which used to be chronic, has been absent for a while now. Maybe it will be a lot better now.
I lifted a 20 pound dumbbell to get an idea of how much weight I lost. That's heavy. Mind you, it was spread out all over my body, but it's still a lot and now it's gone.

Still dying for a pumpkin spice latte.

Scales go up and down!

I don't know if I want to believe this, at least, I question whether or not this will stay. The scale read 131.4 today.
Two pound drop in two days? Hmm... Well, if it goes back up it goes back up.
Yesterday was my first day back at school, it was a veggie day, but it will be interesting to see what happens when I have to coordinate all protein lunches, snacks, and dinners (yes, we practically live at school)

Breakfast today is going to be a smoked salmon benny.
And I work later, so the walking will b accomplished. I am closing in on my goal, this is so exciting. Let's see, should the skinny fairy come for Halloween, or should she come back with me after thanksgiving.

The day after yesterday

PSL's are IN! MWAHAHAHAHAHA....

How do I know this? Well, they were giving out samples at Starbucks. Beautiful little two ounce shots of delicious fall goodness. The question remains, am I above temptation?

Nope.

But actually, it's a good thing! Because the barista was encouraging me to have them which led to the conversation about my not being able to have sugar. Which was very lucky because the new till girl they had was inattentive, unfriendly and messed up my order. She called for a regular vanilla latte not skinny. We were lucky we caught it, the latte was saved, but it proved to be the tipping point. I've had a whole regular latte before (accidentally, of course) so I had one. Diet be damned! It's only two ounces. And I feel a whole lot better! Like a naughty youth who painted the town red. The beast inside is tamed. For now.

Yesterday I ate Cabbage rolls. All day. 8 of them. Lunch, dinner and late night snack.
Today the scale read 133.8 But I stepped on it half hour later than usual.

Day...what ever it is...

I lost track of the days. I'll go back and count later. For now, 133.4! 14.5 pounds left for my goal. I'm hoping, since 10 pounds extra on a short person can really look like a lot, these last 10 pounds will be what makes all the difference in appearance. You know, the difference between pretty and 'hot damn!'
I just want to wear stylish clothes and not worry about how wide my hips are or "I can't wear that kind of shirt I'll just look big all over".
Anyways, breakfast: two hard boiled egg whites, one galette, a coffee and two glasses of water.
By the way, I've noticed, on this diet, where others are warm or hot even, I am cold. Any one else notice this?

Goodnight!

End of the day and I have been much stricter on my diet today.
To recap:
Breakfast- 4 hard boiled egg whites
A glass of water and a skinny vanilla latte
Lunch- two legs and thighs of chicken. Water.
Dinner large chicken breast- roasted with tomato sauce. I'll have a snack later too. But it's ok, I'm not hungry. I'll finish up with some tea, too.

Day 52

I am happy to report that my weight has held at 134.0. This is most excellent. Mwaha.
Hopefully, in a few days, I can see this start to go down again. And, if it has been rougly 6 weeks since I started and I have lost 20 Pounds in 6 weeks, I think it may be safe to say that I can and will lose 15 in six more.
I have had the last few days off work and so I haven't done nearly as much walking as I normally would have, but today I go back, and this time I am bringing chicken! I have cold shredded chicken so that if I get hungry, I can come back and take a few bites. No more going 5 or six hours between eating. That's practically torture!

Last night I was feeling a bit bloated, and there fore down on myself. I really just wanted to be done this diet, to eat the things I enjoy eating, and enjoyed even before I got chubby. The whole 'no pumpkin spice latte' thing has hit me prety hard. My friends and I were out and they wanted to try a Pinkberry (frozen yogurt with fruit and other toppings) and I have never had one, but everyone I know is raving about them. I had a bite. A very small bite of the yogurt. I couldn't help it! I shall do two protein days as penance.

Must have pumpkin latte.
Must stop thinkning about having pumpkin spice latte's.


Also, I am wondering, I have been bending the rules of no sodium and low fat in this diet, how much faster could I lose the weight if I were stricter?