Wednesday, June 29, 2011
So I haven’t written in a while. I have been very busy. My eating has been rather boring and repetitive due to not having a lot of time to cook or plan new meals and because it has been so flipping hot! But, it has been good! It seems that I am back on track, and to that, I say, “Finally!!” As many days of the week as I can, I go to the gym and do weights for about 45 minutes, which is awesome because I actually LIKE doing it and the way it feels. (Also, the gym has air conditioning, which is neither here nor there, but that has a little to do with going also. Ha!) I am back down to 173.2, have lost 60.4 total, and only have 4.2 pounds left. I gave up on the goal of 165. It doesn’t feel right for me. I actually had a doctor’s appointment, and when I asked about it she said that 169 would be a very good healthy weight for me. 
Hooray to hearing that! So, not much farther to go now! If I get there and more happens to come off just by following the plan, then fine. But that is where I stand for now!
So, here is what I ate today:
Breakfast: 2/3 cup chocolate cranberry granola, 2/3 cup skim milk, banana, light string cheese stick
Snack: banana, 3/4 cup honey grahams cereal
Lunch: sandwich thin, Morning Star Farms spicy black bean burger, 1 slice 2% American cheese, a grape Tootsie roll pop
Dinner: 3 oz chicken sausage, hot dog bun, broiled curly mustard greens with 1 tsp olive oil, salad and veggies with 1 tsp olive oil
Dessert: 1/2 cup ice cream in a cake cone
Snack: 6 whole wheat crackers, watermelon
And awesomely enough, most of the veggies came from our own garden! Very cool.
Exercise: 40 minutes weight lifting.
Liquids: I’m not even concerned about this anymore. I can’t drink enough water!! I drink way more than 6 cups a day. WAY more. I just stop counting at 6.
A note for me to remember: I need to remember to be patient with myself. This is an eating disorder I am working with, not just battling weight. I will ALWAYS struggle to not eat too much. The only way I am able to control myself is this points system with Weight Watcher’s. I eat enough, but not too much. Left up to my own devices, I do ridiculous and unhealthy extremes towards both sides, either trying to eat 500 calories a day because I feel depressed and fat, or eating way too much because I feel happy and like living it up! But truth is, I’m much happier with myself, feel much healthier, and am far better able to enjoy my life in this “in the middle” area. So, cheers to feeling like a normal human being.
And just for fun, here’s my accidental Charlie Sheen impression.
You know….because I’m “winning”. And from here on out, I have only one speed: GO!
