Fridge Sign

Here's a quote for the fridge:

"Nothing tastes as good

As THIN feels!"

7 Habits That Keep Us Fat

And yes, I recognized one or two of these things in myself (I promise that I will try very hard not to eat your food again Casey).  Here are the bad habits along with the good habits that we need to--and CAN--develop to overcome them.  http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44063730/ns/today-today_health/

***Also, I've been asked several times for an update on my mother-in-law's progress on the 8-ounces-of-food-every-3-hours diet and as of 2 days ago she says that she is still doing it and still happy with her downward progress!

WoOt!

I know it's been too long since I've posted, but I've been reading everyone's posts. I found the last one particularly interesting.

I've been eating a salad a day for the last couple of weeks, as well as making sure at least 60% of my plate is vegetables rather than meat, and it's working!

I weighed in this morning at 205.2--I've lost 7 lbs!!!!

Oh, and I read a column in yesterday's paper, and Dr Oz says when you measure your waist, you're supposed to suck your gut in, like you're trying to impress someone. That was news to me. And a woman's waist is supposed to be 32.5 inches or less.

Just FYI.

Four Rules for Weight Loss

My mother-in-law was telling Casey about this yesterday and said that she had decided to try it , so she bought a food scale and began last Friday.  She's been sticking to it for 5 days and she's lost 20 lbs.  I'm just sayin'.

Almost...

Another .5 lb. and I will have lost a total of 10 lbs.  Unfortunately, it's Saturday morning and the weekends aren't usually that great for me, so we'll see where I am on Monday morning.  Wish me luck!

Sweets...

The past two weeks have been so bad for me. I made brownies on Tuesday two weeks ago for the kids I was watching and it's been all downhill from there. The Fourth of July was absolutely no help in starting out week number two with its grilled burgers and homemade gelato.

And leftover gelato.

Mike and I are usually really good about our rule to only have/make sweets over the weekend--foregoing any extenuating circumstances like a holiday. But on holidays, we have the sweets, then they're gone and we don't deal with it all week. But this has just been ridiculous.

And so for the next week, starting tomorrow, I am OFF the sugar. And I'm resolved to work out (really work out, not going for a leisurely stroll) every day. I mean, really, there's no excuse except that I tell myself I have far better things to do. And certainly some things are better, but not enough things to fill up 24 hours. It's all about priorities, and this is now a priority.

Report!

Okay--here's a quickie.  Lost .5 lbs. this week--everything downward is good!  AND on Sunday, after a very long dry spell, somebody actually said I looked very nice in the skirt I had on.  Okay--it was Eden, but still....