minus 9.2

today was the BIG day, the day i've
been waiting for all week! the day that
i found out how much weight i've lost....
and the answer is........9.2 pounds!!!

WOOHOO!!! i'm 9.2 pounds closer to my
goal!! :)

on a downer....i didn't even win a "fave"
look on scrapjacked or one little word....
this makes me very sad.....no matter how
ingenius i think my work is, nobody else
seems to get it.....sigh.....not sure why i
even put myself through this torture.....

#100

i just noticed that this is my 100th blog
post! yay, me! i'm finally starting to blog
more frequently, so we'll see how many
more i have by next year this time! ;)

only 2 more days until weigh-in!! oh,
i'm sooooo excited!! i can't wait to see
how much lighter i am! :)

i've been feelin' a little hungry for
snack food today...but i'm being strong!
the kids even had ice cream earlier, but
not me...nope! i'm staying on the straight
& narrow...absolutely NO cheating!! and,
i'm finally starting to drink more water than
diet coke!! i'm limiting myself to ONE diet
coke a day, and usually by nite time i'm
realllllllllly craving one!

guess that's it for now...jesse's working, i'm
scrapping, and the kids are playing....peacefully,
for now. :)

friday, again!

yep! it's friday...the beginning of the weekend.
although, my days have been all messed up
since the kids got out of school on wednesday.
i kept thinking THAT was friday...not today!

so, this is day #5 on sbd, and i'm proud of
myself...absolutely NO cheating!!! this is the
best i've done on a diet in a LOOOONG time!!
i can't wait to see how much i've lost on monday!

well, the kids' summer break has begun &
so has the fighting....little man just slapped
his baby sister...so i grounded him until monday
from his phone & d.s. i sent him to his room & told
him not to slam his door...well, about 3 minutes
later this "BOOM" sounded & it was him slamming
his door after i told him not to!! oh no he din't!
now he's grounded for an entire week...doesn't
pay to misbehave!

day 2 of sbd

goodbye, cake
farewell, popcorn
so long, candy bars
you have only added temporary
satisfaction to my life &
long-term suffering!
i'm totally breaking up with you,
as my friend jen would say! :)

today i feel on edge, grouchy,
& a little out of sorts.

could be becuz:

1. i threw away the rest of daniela's
cake from her party.

2. we took her to see shrek 3 at the
theater today & i didn't have anything
except a diet coke!! *gasp* not even
one teensy weensy kernel of her popcorn!!

3. i haven't cheated once today!!!

who knew being so good could make
me feel so bad!! argh! but it's only
temporary...i will be so proud of myself
when i start seeing the results of my
willpower!!

*sbd*

what is sbd, you ask? it's the
south beach diet....i have to abbreviate
everything....guess my tongue (or fingers)
are too lazy to say the full name of just
about anything! ;)

today is our official start day of PHASE 1.
what is phase 1?? it's kind-of a purging
phase, designed to get you over the hump
of craving carbs & to give your weight-loss
a quick boost.

so, this week's meals will include.....
marinated flank steak
grilled chicken breast
lean pork chops
lean hamburger steaks
chicken salad
lean hamburgers (minus the buns, of course)

absolutely no fruit, sweets, breads, pastas,
grains, or carrots this week. wowzer. that
could be hard, but we're going to do our
best. the big key is going to revolve
around us NOT eating OUT!!! that is our
one HUGE weakness, and it will be helpful
to the wallet, as well as the waistline to
cut that out of our weekly routine! :)

so, i'll start journaling away & see where
this weight-loss journey takes me.....hopefully,
to a much smaller place. ;)