This is the day.... slow and steady.

Measuring cups, check.  Food scales, check.  Calorie counting sheet, check.  Computer, check.  Food diary, check.  Vacation part 2, check.  Yep, vacation did not have to mean not eating yummy food.  If I couldn't find the nutrition facts on the menu, I would check it on line...  I'm finding what I need to stay away from, and what is okay...  and I haven't stopped eating anything...  if I want something I have it...   so this healthier eating endeavor has been fairly easy, and I'm liking the results...  well, let's see how it went the last week of vacation...  here we go...   WOOT!!!  -1 this week...  the determination is paying off...  and of course the accountability to everyone that reads this blog...  :)  Here we go...  off to kick this next week too.

This is the day... and so it goes...

I counted, portioned, measured all the time on vacation...  it wasn't very difficult really...  I guess I have gotten into a routine or habit to do it right.  Easter dinner was a bit difficult...  had to have a little bit of everything...  1/4 cup measure came in very handy...  2 ounces of ham, 2 ounces of pork roast...  oops 2 slices of sweet honey corn bread...  that was my downfall...  and then dessert...  homemade pumpkin pie, my favorite...  yes I had a piece of pie, a whole piece of pie at that....  but NO ice cream.  So, I will go and see what happened this week...  here I go...  -.5...  that is it...  and I am so good with it... 

This is the day.... even on vacation

Yes, even on vacation I am counting, measuring, portioning....   I packed healthy for the drive out and I brought things that would make it easier for me to continue on this quest.  So, on this Tuesday morning I did my usual exercises...  and I must say that stair stepping has become something I am doing a lot of as our bedroom is on the second floor and we use the shower and laundry in the basement so that makes it even more stair stepping.  Good for me, and the knees are doing really really well with it...  I think it has something to do with the weight loss...  no, I know it has something to do with it...  so, am I ready to go and check out how I'm doing?  Oh yes, I am...  so here I go...  wahoo!!!  -2....  down another 2 pounds?  YES!!!!  And we are off for another week of getting healthier... 

This IS the day... I'm on my way...

I thought the week before was hard, it was nothing compared to this past week.  Oh my, what a time I had.  Thankful that I could pack all the cookies and stuff into David's lunch box to get them out of the house...  I was so tempted, and it was so hard to NOT eat everything and anything that was on the counter in the kitchen....  it's not there now.... thankfully!  I had to really stick to the daily menu that I write everyday...  I really didn't want to measure and portion, but I did...  Stress was really doing a number on me, so I would pause and breathe, and remember that "I can do all this through him who gives me strength,"  Philippians 4:13
Oh, have I said how hard it was for me last week?  UGH!!!  I really need this vacation coming up.
So, here I go for my weekly weigh in...  Well, I did do what I needed to...  but I am still a bit apprehensive about stepping on those scales...     WOOT!!!  I must say, I am a bit surprised...  -1.5.  Hard work does pay off!  So, to keep on keeping on... 

This is the day... still going on

It's been a stressful week, and I have really had to watch myself as it would have been so easy to eat, eat, eat...  but I have been very diligent in my measuring and portioning...  climbing more stairs than usual for sure...  and a lot more weight lifting of cases of food in the pantry.  :)  So, now for the news of the week...  here we go...  WOW!!!  -2.5  these feet are just a dancing.  That's a total of 10 pounds...  oh yeah, I am doing this...  WOOT!!!   There is no more I think I can do this...  it is I am doing this...  onward to the healthier me...