18 and 42

That's how much weight I've lost. 18lbs since June and 42lbs over all. And, I've lost four inches in my waist and three inches in my hips. So, yay!

I did fairly well with my no coffee zone last week. I ended up getting a morning coffee two days, just a plain drip coffee, not an iced Starbucks. I gave myself a pass on it because I was drinking it early enough in the day to "work it off." I did have coffee last night, though. I'm weak. lol

Other than that, though, I've done fairly well. I got a low fat, low cal half salad from Wendy's for lunch after church Sunday. I planned mostly no carb meals for this week. Last night's supper was a portabella mushroom pizza...as in, the portabella mushroom was the "crust" and the rest was just sauce, cheese, black olives, and pepperoni. I wanted the turkey pepperoni, but stupid Wal-Mart was out of them. Bleh.

I really liked it, except, I can't figure out how to make it without all the "juice" from the mushroom releasing and making it a wet mushroom. Maybe if I cooked it a couple fewer minutes?

I'm scheduled to have lunch out today with WBF for her early birthday lunch. The sliders are the $5 special today so I already know I'm going to splurge and get those--with water. Then tomorrow we're meeting at Starbucks for coffee. She gets a free one for her birthday and I have a free one on my rewards card for having spent half my take home pay on iced coffee the past couple of months. We're taking our coffee to Chick-fil-A for breakfast where I already know I'm getting the little skillet bowl that has only 21 grams of carbs as opposed to the 50-somthing in a biscuit.

It's all about planning ahead.

I brought my coffee today so that I could a) save that $1.27 and b) prepare it to the exact sugar to half & half ratio I need it to be.

One thing I do need to work on is upping my water intake. I just get busy and forget to drink! I'm considering putting reminders on my phone or my computer to remind me to drink a glass. It would also help me remember to get up and move on days when work isn't quite as active as it can be.

I hit over 10000 steps only one day last week and I felt like I'd been run over back a Mac truck. But I do need to make a more concerted effort to get my steps in. This morning was supposed to be a weight work out but...ugh...cramps kept me up most of the night and I just couldn't make myself get up and do them. Next time I need to make myself go ahead and do the work out. Maybe it would have helped me feel better. I for sure don't want to stop altogether.