Day 117

Another loss despite going home to Buffalo for 2 days!

-1.8 lbs. : )

My totals now are: 38.4 lbs. lost and 25.25 inches dropped overall since April 2nd, 2011!
These are great numbers and I look forward to hitting the 210 lb mark next Sunday!

Days 114 & 115

I forgot to post yesterday : )  I was wallowing in my own laziness. Now I'm annoyed that I wasted a day, so onto doing lots of housework.

Since my visit home to Buffalo was full of food in ways I didn't want it to be, I charged myself all of my weekly allowance points (Weight Watchers) and am sticking just to my daily points for the remainder of the week. I thought this was going to be torture, but yesterday was ok. I even balanced my meals with all of my GHGs (Good Healthy Guidelines) so that I was satisfied before my points were up so I treated myself to a glass of Riesling from a wonderful Niagara County winery- Vizcarra Vineyards (part of Becker Farms). It is easily one of the best Rieslings I have had and was a terrific way to end the evening!

Today has been good so far and I am looking forward to heading to the store tomorrow to buy new pants for my return to school on Tuesday. All of my pants are now sliding down my backside... Good things!

Day 110

A correction from today's earlier update...

I was elated, but cautious about a 5.6 lb. weight loss this week. So, I went to the bathroom and weighed again. Mind you, I weighed and reweighed myself 4 times when I saw 210 this morning. I couldn't believe it! But this time the scale was more reasonable and gave me a more predictable number. It seems I actually lost 2.2 lbs. this week, which is still above me weekly goal. I'm still thrilled! But that damn scale... I moved it around a few times to different parts of my bathroom floor and got different results each time, but couldn't duplicate the 210, so I used the number that appeared most often, which is 213.4 lbs. I'm good with that though : )

Day 109

I snuck on the scale again this morning- not that this is really a "sneaky" move on my part, I openly jump on the scale every morning to keep myself focused and on track. But I'm looking good for weigh-in tomorrow morning. I spent pretty much all of yesterday pool-side trying not to bake but having fun with my boys and some good friends (and a bottle of Riesling). Today back down to earth and some household chores. Again, easy to not eat such heavy foods in this heat.

I'm excited for tomorrow, also, since I'll be heading home for a few days : )  My family in BFLO haven't seen me this weight in almost 5 years. I've lost almost 40 pounds since any of my family has last seen me and I"m very excited!

Tune in tomorrow to see my scale results!

Days 106, 107 & 108

Well, my internet service has been temporarily restored. However, the unbearable heat has not been fixed. Yes, I know, everyone is suffering right now and I equally sympathize with you all.

The heat makes my eating much easier- maybe some of you will agree- because my appetite diminishes to bare necessities when it's like this. I'll eat healthy with ease because heavy, processed foods make me feel weighed down and gross. Hmmm.... maybe I should remember that feeling even when it's not so ungodly outside. Something to ponder. I have been spending lots of time in the pool and outside gardening (where I yet again ran into chiggers and got eaten alive) so I'm getting plenty of activity. Need to focus on water intake, not just for weight loss, but for hydration in this heat.

I've enjoyed my time back home from vacation and am still amazed by losing weight during vacation. I do, however, have another trip coming up Sunday nite going home to Buffalo, New York. If you've read any of my earlier posts you'll know that going home for me is largely about the tastes of home; Buffalo is a big food and drinking town. I need to be cautious but I only have 2 days to battle, and since my Hubby has decided to join me and the boys, he'll help to keep me on track and focused. This time it needs to be about the people and the place. I need to remove the association of food with home. But oh, those REAL chicken wings : )  (If you've never had real Buffalo chicken wings, you must stop by when you are in the Western New York region. Just about any corner pizza place has wings, and they're the real deal. But for the best head to Duffs (click for info) and get a side of wet fries. Yum-o!

Day 87

Ah, one more day of classes to go and then I get to decompress for 4 GLORIOUS weeks!!! It will be good to not be tempted by the food at school. I will be going on vacation to Virginia Beach and then back home to Buffalo and these things always turn into eating fests. I think I've got my plan for Virginia down. Buffalo is a hard one- growing up there we do 3 things really well: eat, drink (the grown up type) and deal with large amounts of snow. REAL chicken wings, roast beef on 'weck, Theodore's Red Hots, and loganberry!!! Mmmmm. Yeah, Virginia's set- Buffalo I may indulge : ) I miss the flavors of home!