Week Three -- It's Working !!!

It's week three of my journey towards better health and I'm happy to report that progress is being made on the fat front...and the fat back...and, well, all those fat places.

Where's the proof?  I haven't been on a scale since Jan 7.  Scales usually let me down.  I'm always looking for better numbers than what show up and they depress me.  So I'...m going to weigh once a month.  I plan to weigh again on Feb. 4 and I'll let you know the results. On Jan. 7, I weighed in at 150 (there...I said it...or typed it as it were...)

Even though I'm not weighing myself,  I do know that I am losing some fat because I didn't lose consciousness when I squeezed into my jeans this week!  And my bras aren't horribly tight anymore.  I gotta tell 'ya...NOTHING bugs me more than a binding brassier !!!

I've been very consistent this week with staying away from the fat and the sugar through lunch.  And made five workouts this week, of about 40 minutes each.  I've upped the resistance on the elliptical and the crossramp setting.

Having these successes is motivating me to keep going.  This week, I'm going to tweak that afternoon snack.  Remember that one of my keys to my eating plan is to eat every three hours.  I do well until the afternoon, when it's more like eating for three hours !  The afternoon is my tough time of day.  It's not that I'm hungry.  I get tired.  I want the work day to be over.  I get this idea in my head that I deserve to eat...whatever I want.   Some days I do okay.  But other days  I graze through the afternoon.  A little chocolate...a little fruit...a little anything that gets in my way.   So this week, I'm going to try to nail that afternoon snack down to eating around three hours after lunch.  Finish my lunch then stay out of the food until time for snack.  I'll let you know how it goes.

So how is it going with you...my cohorts in crime?  Are you making progress in stepping towards better eating?  Have you made any workouts this week?  Think about your successes this week and try to build on them for next week.  DO NOT...DO NOT let yourself get trapped by negative thinking that says "I made no progress last week.  This is hopeless..."

You CAN do this!  WE CAN do this together!!!