I've officially busted that plateau to pieces!!!!

After nearly 2 months of not having any significant progress (or none at all), I've done it! The odd thing is, I haven't really done anything different! I am now 154.8 pounds!!!! The funny thing is, when I first stepped on the scale, it said 155.8, and I was shocked with that, so I stepped on the scale again! Then it said 154.8, and continued to say that for the subsequent 5 times I tested the scale! I have less than 10 lbs to go until my original goal of 145. I may choose to go lower at that point, possibly 130-135, but we'll see when I get there.

Hello Legs!

Wasn't feeling so hot today. Got the bloat thing going on. Also, I was ravenously hungry all day today. Still managed to keep to 1400 cals for the day, but it was not easy!!! Then tonight, I pull out these pj bottoms that are short shorts. Look in the mirror. I have LEGS. Like seriously defined, with muscles sticking out the sides of my thigh kind of legs. Yay!

Slooooooooooooow

The scale has refused to budge! I've only lost .6 lbs in 3 weeks. I did foresee this coming, it happens to everyone. Doesn't mean I have to like it! I admit I haven't run as often as I have, but I haven't stopped exercising. I still do the stationary bike and Pilates. When I do the bike, I burn waaaayyyy more calories than I do while running, so in that respect, its even more work! I just have to keep going and watching my calorie intake. Cookies on the kitchen counter will not get the best of me!!

Holy Stomach Batman!

Yesterday was my birthday dinner. I had asked for "Thanksgiving" so that's what I got: pineapple filling, potato stuffing, turkey, sweet potato's with the crumbly sugar topping, spinach salad, and jumbo biscuits. It was so delicious. Also, since there was so much, mom and I had made a lot of it on Saturday, so the food was around most of the weekend. This means that I ate it most of the weekend!

I ate so much. Yesterday, I ate more in one evening than I had since January. In addition to all of that food, I had birthday ice cream cake. And then later that night I had some more stuffing. My stomach HURT. It was more than just a normal queasy stomach ache, it was almost like stabbing pains. Not pleasant. I took some tums and just tried to stay as still as possible to let it feel better. It didn't really feel that much better when I went to bed and even this morning, I feel queasy, but its getting better. I think I've learned my lesson though!!!

Let's just say that calorie counting was not in my immediate concern this weekend.....I haven't weighed my self since then, and don't plan on it! Even if I go up four pounds or so, I don't think that's going to be a "real" gain. The food had a lot of salt in it, and I'm assuming that a lot of it is going to be water weight. So I'll reduce my calorie level for the majority of the week and fix that straight away. And lots of water!