Well it's Day 18. I have no idea what I weigh, but I can tell you... my clothes are fitting much differently than they were 18 days ago. I have dropped a solid size in this 18 days. From a 12 to a 10, and I feel much more comfortable in my clothes than I have in a long time.
I have received several comments from people, ranging from "You're looking thinner" to "Dang, girl..." ha ha. My husband remarked the other day that I will need some new clothes if I continue on this path. He is definitely right about that. I only have a handful of items in size 7, and that's my goal. The waistline in my 10's is loosening up a lot too. By the end of next round, I'm hoping to have dropped another size. I decided that when I get down to a 7/8, I'll go pick out a dress for my son's wedding in December. I really didn't want to buy a 12.
I have had a couple of challenges this last week:
On Friday, I was so busy that I hardly sat down from morning until night, only to discover that the water heater went out. I never got a workout in, and it's a good thing, because there would have been NO SHOWER after. Yuck. Since I missed the workout on Friday, I did Friday's Cardio on Saturday, and Dirty 30 on Sunday, and then started the week with no rest day. I'm not sure if it was good for my body, but I figured I got my rest day on Friday.
On Saturday, I took a whole carful of kids to Knotts Berry Farm. It was a fun, exhausting day. Of course, when they got hungry, those teenagers went straight for that fry place that I LOVE! I ate one plain fry, and one chili cheese fry and then refrained from all other fries. I just keep thinking about my end goal... and that makes it a little easier.
On Sunday, we traveled to Alpine Village with some friends to celebrate a birthday. We ate at a German Deli, and oh... let me tell you, it was so good. I was really at a loss as to what to order. The menu was in German, and when I asked her about stuff on the menu, my German friend just said, "That's good; that's really good; that's SO good." She was so excited about authentic German food that I wasn't going to get a better answer than that. In the end, I picked a stuffed cabbage roll, with fried potatoes and marinated cucumbers. I wish I had taken a picture - it was SO MUCH FOOD! So I took a to-go box right off the bat and divided it up into two portions, and then I happily ate half my food and saved the other half for later. (Which I ate for dinner) Everett, Mariah and I took enough food home in that to-go container that we had a very complete dinner. I traded him the fried potatoes for the green beans for dinner. Amazingly, I didn't go over on carbs.
Also, with challenges, come successes!!!
I held a plank for 60 seconds today. That is a huge success for me. On day 1 I could barely hold 15 seconds. Plank is not for sissies. That is a hard exercise.
Pants: I have been wearing skirts every day because my pants were so uncomfortable. I'm happily wearing the black chinos, the regular jeans and the tan wranglers again. Makes me very happy.
I didn't take a single food photo this week... I really must commit to this blogging thing, huh? Sorry...
I leave you with this:
Be grateful for your many blessings!
Dawn
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