lose five pounds

The last few days I’ve really been focusing on reducing my portions so I’m eating a normal amount a food. Before I woud eat 2nds,3rds, sometimes even 4ths at a meal. I’m eating much slower than I used to so less food is starting to fill me up faster. I eat before I get too hungry becuase if my stomach is growling before I eat, I always gorge myself. And I’m working on drinking lots of water and green tea to keep myself feeling fuller.

Since my previous entry in May 2008, I needed to repeat this goal, and I’m thrilled to say that I have re-lost those five pounds.

How this came about: I went on a cruise in late July 2008 with my husband and his family and I went overboard on the food. (Hmm, maybe overboard is not the best word when talking about a cruise. Hee.)

Instead of immediately attacking the pounds that I gained, they started settling in for the fall and winter. But in December 2008, I said enough is enough. My pants were too tight and I felt sluggish.

Since then, I made a concerted effort to limit my portion sizes and make healthy choices. And that is so much easier said than done! But thankfully, I managed to stick with this and see those pounds slowly melt off.

I still have five more pounds I’d like to say good-bye to. I’m happy to be motivated to do this, and I’m reassured that I know what needs to be done each day to accomplish this. Now I just need to implement my knowledge and enthusiasm to make it happen.

Now that the Mike and Ikes are gone, it is time to begin in earnest.

My boyfriend sent me a package.
I’ve been waiting for it for a couple days.
I was excited because I never get mail.
Sure enough, it was there when I checked today.
And guess what it was?
Candy.

I guess I have to wait until after I consume my special delivery…
I can’t let such a sweet gesture go to waste.
(Aha, punny)

No more candy.
I need to cut something out.
Wishful thinking only does so much.
Clicking my ruby-red heels is not going to help me with this.
I need to take action.

I’ll miss you…

The other day my friend told me my boobs would look bigger if I was skinnier. I was a little taken aback. I knew he didn’t mean anything by it and he wasn’t calling me fat nor does he think I am, but it still kind of hurt. It’s something I worry about a lot. But that’s the thing, I worry about it, I notice it. And that’s okay. But as soon as other people acknowledge it or mention it, it makes it real. I can’t just say it’s something stupid that I don’t need to worry about if other people start to notice it too.

I made the mistake of trying to lose weight during the holiday season – that’s practically impossible. I am going to try again when the New Year starts.

I have a goal weight set… I’ve got a bit of a way to go. Starting by losing five pounds by the new year will be a beginning, and I’m determined to meet this goal.

Weighed myself this morning and I’m down 5 pounds, woohoo!!! I’m going to see if it stays down for a few more days and then I will check it off.

After a week of not eating well and being lazy and my birthday weekend, I ended up gaining back everything I lost, which stinks. So far I’ve lost 1.5 pounds of the gain so thats good. Hopefully a lot of its just water weight and goes down by the end of the week.