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Any of you have some healthy recipes I can steal?

Ok.  Even I know that I cannot be losing weight this fast….can I?  I think my thyroid problem is actually turning the corner and becoming overactive instead of underactive.  The increased synthroid medication must have something to do with this weight loss.  I want you to know that I do have a boost or a head start, if you will, with the synthroid.  And it’s a welcome change to the “gain, gain, gain” caused by the underactive thyroid and the party it’s been having with my weight.   With that said, I’ve lost another 3 pounds.  I am now just six pounds away from where I was before discovering the thyroid issue.  (BUT, believe me, 10 of those pounds were my own damn fault)……nevertheless..

It all must go.

And now that I’ve lost a good deal, and the energy is back, I’ve incorporated back into my life a routine of excercise.  At least 45 minutes of cardio, everyday, and 1/2 hour of light weight training 3 times a week.  Also ab exercises everyday.  Most of my weight is front and center, so it makes the ab workouts sooooo hard!!!!  But I feel so proud when I’m done.  

I’ve stopped taking my chantix.  This is a good thing.  The chantix helped me through the very difficult stage, but now my decision to no longer smoke is guiding me through the cravings.  I’m done with cigarettes and I’m done with chantix.  Moving on…

I just wanted to say thank you to all of you for continuing to read my about my progress and for always gracing me with your support.  Especially to my sister Frances and my brother Ray, for inspiring the change in me.   You give me strength.

Weighed in today. But before I get into that, I have to say that I am feeling very strong….no cigarettes now for nearly 3 weeks. Not only that, but I’ve got this eating thing down to a science….I have hit my stride in the routine of losing weight and cleaning up my lifestyle. I feel so good, I can’t even stand it.

When I actually started this weight loss goal back in January, it came on the heels of a pretty traumatic year for me emotionally and medically. In January, I weighed in at….(I hate to even reveal it…) 225 lbs. Today I am down to 209. That is a 16 pound weight loss over the last 6 months, with 4 of those pounds coming off over the last 2 weeks. My body is responding. I’m so happy.

See you at 155! Only 40 pounds to go.

So I weighed in on Tuesday….I was a bit overzealous in my weight loss prediction, BUT, I DID lose 2 pounds!  Yay for me!  And even better, I haven’t had a cigarette now in three days.  I had a severe vomiting attack when I started my second week of chantix.  (Apparently the dose gets much stronger).   I contemplated quitting the chantix, but after some serious thought, I decided to continue with half the dosage prescribed.  I haven’t vomited since, but it does make me nauseous.  Which is ok.  I can deal with that.  I am especially proud of this accomplishment of not smoking.  Even with half the dose, I get the urge for a cigarette, but I’ve resisted.  And I realized today, that I am also going through some serious withdrawal.  Withdrawal is NOT fun people.  So, Yay for me again. 

I’ve been feeling a very “now or never” attitude about the smoking and the weight.  I am determined.  In the past, I have been motivated to lose weight purely for aesthetics.  It’s much different this time.  I want to feel good.  I’m tired of not living.  I’m tired of being holed up in my house being depressed.  Life is short, and I want to live it.  This weight and these cigarettes are IN MY WAY; gotta knock’em out.

Knock out wishes to all of you!

Well hello there fabulous people!

Time to go through the food diary roll call…..FIRST UP…breakfast…didn’t have any, except for that rascally dry as a board granola bar.  I could skip today’s blog and just type REPEAT YESTERDAY and it would be much easier, but no.  We are going to do this the right way.

Ok, so…the granola bar and some coke zero (have you tried this stuff yet, it’s pretty darn good)…not exactly what I should be drinking for breakfast but a girls’ gotta get her beauty rest, ya know?  Only a second to spare on the launch out the door.  Lunch was again fairly under control despite mid-morning hunger pangs.  I ate a piece of french bread pizza and a generous helping of mixed veggies…broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, string beans…the typical Pennsylvania farm staples.  I drizzled a little tabasco sauce on those veggies and HOOWEEEE….thems were HOT!  8 oz diet pepsi soothed the fires nicely though…

Hmmm dinner….I wish I was as organized as my sister (she’s Frances).    I really don’t know what I’m eating tonight, but I promise not to foul it up too bad, K?  I got paid today, so I’m thinking about taking Mom out to that Thai restaurant I told you about yesterday….that food is YUmmmmmmmyyyyyyyyy.

BTW, Monday I’m getting on the scale.  I expect to have lost 3 pounds.  Wish me luck.

Break out the cheese, it’s whine time.

I hated getting out of bed today.  It’s getting close to TOM….and the bloating, sluggishness and pain has begun.  Getting up late and labored allows little time for a proper breakfast, so I grabbed a couple organic granola bars and some water on the way out the door.  Hunger pain ensued all morning, because regardless of how much protein and calories are packed into those little granola bars, they just in no way replace a meal for me.  By the time lunch rolled around I was ravenous.

Lunch could have been a trainwreck, but I managed to keep it in check.  I had 2 hard boiled eggs and 2 small tubes of fat free manicotti with some diet pepsi.  I work in a hospital, so drinking enough liquids throughout the day is next to impossible…probably one of the reasons I don’t keep up with the drinking at home.  I am conditioned to be thirsty all day.

Haven’t made it home for dinner yet, but I will eat another granola bar before heading home.  Dinner is going to be a salad again, with Gazebo Room dressing…

Didn’t make it to the gym yesterday and doubtful that I will go today.   Need some encouragement.

I’m posting yesterday’s meals today….

Let’s see…I started off with a half cup of oatmeal, took my chantix with the oatmeal and a slew of water and got sick to my stomach…(apparently not enough food for the chantix).  Anyway, got sick right in the middle of taking my car in for an oil change.  Made an emergency stop for food with Bryan.  Decided on the Bangkok Wok, which has THEE most delicious Thai food on the planet.  Had Hot and spicy lemon drop soup with fresh mushrooms, scallions and cilantro…..MMMMMMmmmm…..then topped it off with a plate of Pad Thai (lots of veggies).  Ate half the plate which was probably equivalent to a cup and half of food.  HUGE PORTION, so I saved the rest for dinner.  I drank ALOT today, had 2 cups of unsweetened thai hot tea at the Bangkok Wok, and one 8 oz glass of water.  Also had about 8 ounces of water with my oatmeal and chantix.  Had even more water with  my leftovers of Pad Thai, another 8 ounces.  Took my last chantix with some jello and reddi-whip topping and drank a glass of diet Swiss Green Tea (my fave).  Doing way better on the drinking bit, wouldn’t you say?

And here’s the killer.  I only smoked 2 cigartettes today.  Waahhhoooooooo!

Today has been a terribly low energy day.  I can feel my hormones going bananas…and with that, my appetite increasing.  Today I ate a half cup of fruit harvest cereal, and one chicken leg and a half of fresh tilapia.  I drank about a half cup of green tea.  Still not enough liquids….but I will drink some water soon.  Dinner is going to be a salad containing  cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce, onions and oil and vinegar.  Small yogurt, granola, fruit dessert.   That will be all for the day.

So far I’ve only smoked one cigarette today around 10AM.  I’m finding this rather surprising since it is after 5 o’clock and I’ve usually smoked at least 3 by now.  The chantix must be working it’s magic because I am not even craving a cigarette.  I am so excited at the prospect that I just might become a non-smoker.  I never thought I would be able to call myself a non-smoker, but I feel a certain freedom in that.  How exciting!!!!

It’s hard trying to balance the non-smoking and the less eating.  My mouth is bored..lol!  Tomorrow, back to the gym.  I can handle 45minutes of intense cardio on the eliptical to save my bum knee and ankle.  No weights yet.  Just some crunches.

That’s all for today.

Let me tell you something.  I do not like to diet….and I’m having a hard time starting.  It’s the starting and the finishing…the crap in the middle I can ace.

So today I started with about a half cup of fruit harvest cereal and a cup of skim milk.  I like milky cereal.  Wasn’t too hungry this morning.  Lunch was a different story.  I had a half cup of tuna salad, half cup of pasta salad and about 2 cups of wisconsin cheddar ale soup.  Vitamin water for my drink.

I came home and ate 1 oreo cookie and a half cup of low fat granola with a half cup of fat free yogurt and 1/4 cup of peaches.  I haven’t eaten dinner yet.  (But I’ll add that later)  I also have not had enough to drink (figured that out now that I am blogging everything I’ve put in my body today). 

I am totally not serious about starting this diet today.  Totally not.  But I will get there.

I did take my chantix

Peace out scout.