Day 77

Now, after ignoring the fact that my kitchen is a bloody mess you will notice that picture number 1 (40 lbs lost) isn't really the same as picture number 2 (20 lbs lost). The camera was further away etc. I know that I have lost weight, but I honestly can not see it. At all. I'm not saying that I am doing terribly, I know that I am doing well, I can feel the weight loss. Maybe I have some sort of mental block thing going on but I can't see it, and I have to admit that is a little discouraging.

Today was an off day, not off plan though. I stayed home and did nothing today. It felt pretty good, though I felt guilty for not going to the gym. I am going to the gym tomorrow before some extra Thanksgiving grocery shopping. I did not do a full grocery shop for the house this week either. Its going to be a cleansing week for our fridge, and our cooking is going to become quite creative I imagine as we use though all of our leftover groceries. It gets a little harder here around lunch time for me though because there isn't anything easy or anything that doesn't need to be thawed before it can be cooked. Excuses huh? I really could just plan ahead, and I should, so I think that I will.

Tomorrow starts a new week! It was been 10 weeks since I started Weight Watchers, and 11 weeks total on diet parade! I have learned that I can in fact effect my weight loss directly, and that while my body isn't always going to listen to me, I do have some power here. I have also learned that no matter how much we plan things can always go wrong and lets be honest...they usually do. I can make better choices. No, going to the Golden Corral twice last week (once unplanned) wasn't a good choice, but it doesn't specifically have to be a bad one either. Oh, and a big one: I have learned not to let myself get to comfortable here! I think I will be reminding myself of this quite often, but as I get more relaxed about diet parade I tend to slow down a bit, and become less diligent about counting my steps. This is too important to guess at or estimate, or give a just "par" performance for. I need to keep up!

So a huge YES to the gym tomorrow, and better food choices and staying alert on the journey. Thursday is the next big hurdle and as much as I want to hide under the covers until Friday morning I am going to cook, eat and have a great time. I need to come up with that red yarn bracelet, or tuck away a motivating image I can look at when I'm feeling vulnerable. I don't want to take back 11 weeks and let one day become a horrendous month long train wreck. I cant let that happen, and so I wont.

Today:
1 can soup: 3
1 serving cheese: 3
1 serving rice cakes: 2
1 serving sriacha: 0
1 arnolds sand thin: 1
1 veggie burger: 2
1/2 serving bbq soy crisps: 1
1 ww yogurt: 1
1 banana: 2
Huge serving steamed broccoli: 0
1/3 cup steamed potato: 1
1 serving cheese: 3
1 serving honey mustard: 1
1/2 serving light ranch: 1
1 bagel: 2
1 serving turkey breast: 2
1 serving pickles: 0
1 yogurt: 2
1 chicken nugget: 1
1 ww mini bar: 1
2 servings WW Chicken Jambalaya: 16
Total for the Day: 44/44 & 1/32