My Food:
Breakfast salad with cantaloupe subbed for strawberries
Lunch: Head of romaine chopped and topped with taco lentils & rice, hot sauce
Dinner: Veggie Skillet - mix of leftovers from the fridge: potato, corn, peas, with fresh mushrooms and onion, chard, broccoli, okra added in from the freezer. I sauteed in vegetable broth and garlic and then topped with the leftover creamy mushroom gravy leftover from last night's dinner. An orange and decaf coffee for dessert
Exercise: A walk to the library with a couple girlies this afternoon; a walk downtown and back this evening with my guys
My Thoughts:
Today was good. Nothing exciting. I packed our dinner so David and could eat while the boys had their karate workout. It was a good, filling meal. I packed a LOT of veggies for us to enjoy. Then we took the boys out to eat at one of the only places in town (one of the three pizza shops) and watched them eat calzones while I sipped my coffee and we chatted. I do wish there was something decent on the menu to order there because it would be nice to enjoy eating with them. I just keep thinking how nice it will be when I meet my goal and I can enjoy a detour from the plan every so often like that. I did enjoy my dinner, so I'm glad I didn't compromise.
The scale was down by over a pound this morning. Tuesdays and Wednesdays are when I'm starting to see the lowest numbers of the week. That could be due to some dehydration. I've been working hard to drink a lot today so I'll see if that makes a difference in the morning.
Today Facebook kept flashing a memory from this day 2 years ago. I had posted that I was down 40 pounds from June of that year. I was trying to do the math and I think I'm pretty close to that same weight right now as I was then. That's kind of crazy and I'm trying to figure out how I feel about that.
It's a little disconcerting to think I need to start over losing the weight I lost already. It's also a little bit of a bummer that I'm still in the same place two years later. But, I *do* have an adorable baby to enjoy from those two years.
I'm also maybe a little frustrated that the weight seems to not be coming off as quickly as it was for me that year. Still, I'm just getting started, so maybe I'll see some momentum build.
I am encouraged to think that if I am in the same place and can lose at close to the same rate, I really could fit in my wedding dress by our next anniversary this summer. That would make me smile and is a great motivator. I was hoping to do that until I got pregnant that year so being able to do it this coming summer would be lovely.
I can relate so much to the struggle of realizing you are losing the same weight over again. That can be so rough. But yes, beautiful babies are worth it!
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