Day 14 - Offically two weeks in AND my weigh in day!!!!

Okay... All I can say right now is since around 7:30 when I got up and weighed myself, I could not WAIT to get on here and tell everyone the awesome news. But, a fun story first!

So last night I talked bf into going grocery shopping with me. And while we were walking around the store, I was telling him about how I wanted to skip the junk and buy more healthy foods. And without any prodding or persuasion AT ALL he said he had noticed how differently I'd been eating and he wanted to join me. He wants to lose around 25 pounds. No where near how much I want to lose, but I absolutely LOVE that he wants to join me in this lifestyle change and I'm so excited he's taking an interest in his weight and health 100% on his own. So, I officially have a live-in diet partner! (:

We bought all sorts of fruits and veggies and did some healthy meal planning. We are going to incorporate more fish into our diet, less starches, and we are going to reduce our sodium. And of course lots more raw/steamed veggies. He's more interested in the sodium reduction while I'm more concerned about calories, bad fats, and sugars. But we are totally on the same page and I LOVE it!

After shopping and enjoying a healthy dinner, we were chatting on the couch and the mention of weight came up. I told him I hadn't weighed myself in two weeks and I was really excited to see how much it'd changed. And that if it didn't change... I refused to be upset and let it deter me. So he asked me what I started at, and of course I told me. (We are way past being embarrassed about things like that...) So he decided to go weigh himself, and I went with him.

Then he tried getting me on the scale. I am a stickler about weighing at approximately the same time, on the same day, so I was adamantly against it. He said he really wanted to see, because he felt he'd be more motivated to try if he knew it made a difference. So I told him I'd step on the scale and wouldn't look if he promised not to tell me. And that was the agreement.

And the it drove me almost completely insane the entire night that he knew what I weighed, after 2 weeks of (almost) perfect behavior. But I didn't cave, and this morning I finally got to see how my hard work has paid off... Now, I don't mean to build this up or anything. It's not like I'm halfway to my goal in 2 weeks or anything insane like that. But! And loss makes me happy (:

So...

SW as of 01/06/2011: 220

CW as of today at 7:30am : 214.2

A loss of 5.8 pounds in two weeks! I'm ecstatic. I don't care if it's water weight or real weight or if it's because I peed before I weighed... haha ew... I'm very excited and this has just fueled my drive and motivation. (: *does a little chair dance*

Now I can start weighing in regularly. Every Tuesday morning.

And if I don't see that big of a difference every time... So what? I'm a healthier person, regardless.

Now, I have to focus on some school work due on Thursday. I hope everyone has as wonderful a day as I know I'm going to have... And if you aren't, then just keep on going because tomorrow will be better!

Here's to hard work and determination,

-E

Day 4 - I'm Slowly Getting The Hang of this Blog

So I haven't been able to dedicate as much time to learning my way around this blog as I normally would when I start something. But I'm slowly figuring it out, I think.

Today was good and bad at the same time. If my new "Food Logs" page worked the way I expected it to, you should be able to go and look at what I ate today. It was good in that I had ZERO cheating and bad because I barely broke 1,000 calories. That's completely unacceptable, in my opinion. I'm not going to be one of those people who starve themselves. But I have trouble finding that happen 1,500 calories medium. I'm going to buy some 100 calorie packs to keep in my purse along with my emergency apple and almonds. (:

I had a very delicious baked potato with a little bit of cheese, salad, and no cal dressing on top for dinner. Ever since we came across this little restaurant that makes baked potatoes with absolutely anything you could ever think of on top, we have been imitating it at home. I like veggies. Bf likes meat and cheese. He's such a boy.

Speaking of bf, I think I'll call him M. While I very clearly state in my about me that I'm single, I do have a boy. It's just we've been together for almost 5 years and since we aren't married, I am technically single. Or unmarried. Whatever. We moved in together about a year ago. We moved like 2 hours from home, into a tiny apartment, to go to school. He's absolutely fabulous, minus the whole... still hasn't popped the question thing. But we will get there eventually. I need a year to get all thin and sexy anyway. :-p

I am going to explore this blog design thing a little bit more and go read some forums. I'm still sort of in, creep around the forums mode, because I'm new and still getting my footing. But soon I'll stop creeping and start participating! This had kept me so on track at night, my WORST snacking time.

Here's to hard work and determination,

-E

Also, after looking around at some of your blogs, I've decided to follow suit and include a current photo. My "before" picture someday! This was Thanksgiving 2011. I'd say I was right at 220.