I don’t like to do a weigh-in every week because the overall progress isn’t too important to me.  I know right now that I’m doing very well on my diet, I’ve changed my life around and now I know that I can handle living this lifestyle.

I started on my diet a little over 1 year ago, since then there have been ups and downs and instances of falling off the wagon.  I’m happy to report that I’ve finally met my  second goal, it took me over a year but I’m now 60 pounds lighter than I was last year.  I’ve hit the 200LB mark and my third goal is to lose another 25 pounds and meet my overall goal-weight of 175.  Now, I know it seems strange to want to stop at a ‘high’ number but I’m not doing this to be super skinny.  I like being curvy - hence the domain name , duh?

I’m doing this to be healthy and I feel that I’ll be at my healthiest by getting down to 175.  Only 25 pounds to go, I figure by the end of the summer I’ll be able to enjoy my 24th birthday with amazing confidence in myself!

I enjoyed a slice of pizza, I haven’t tasted it in a very long time and when I walked past the shop on the boardwalk my mouth instantly began to drool and the two miles that I had just walked (most of which was in the rain) made me feel as though I’d earned it. I had one small slice, instead of my usual crystal light I only drank water and I blotted off a lot of the grease as well. After eating I wound up doing an extra two miles to help work it off. I want to think that the heat helped a bit considering how badly I was sweating but hey, I’m fully content either way.

I’m more than likely going to be eating salads for the next couple of days. I’m going to be spoiled on monday with my anniversary dinner. My fiance is taking me to The Olive Garden, no matter how healthy of a meal you ask for unless it’s straight salad you’re bringing in a lot of carbohydrates with the pasta dishes. It’ll be well worth it though, it’s my once-a-year treat that even a diet isn’t going to stop me from.

I am down another couple of pounds, this brings my total weightloss since April up to 25 pounds, I have to update my sidebar when I put up a new theme later. I’ve been designing freebie themes to get up in the Templates section on both this domain and a few others. I should have those up soon.

I’ve been doing rather well at keeping myself on track. While I haven’t quit smoking, I’ve been cutting down quite a bit, I no longer go through my pack-a-day, I’m down about half which is a huge accomplishment for me. Baby and I have been walking a little more so I’m getting back into the swing of things there and I’ve been watching both my calorie and carbohydrate intake rather closely. Tonight I broke it a little bit but it was also in moderation. We ordered dinner from a deli in the area and I got myself honey maple turkey on rye with a little bit of mayo just to keep it from being so dry. I’ve been snacking on my 100 calorie packs (strongly recommended) and while I adore Crystal Light, I’m only drinking that in moderation as well.

I’ve been drinking a lot of water lately, it has me running back and forth to the bathroom all day but I also know it’s cleaning out my system in the process. I’m working on flushing myself out because I hear that helps weight loss, clearing your body of toxins and then refilling yourself with healthy food in it’s place. I go through so many articles online that naturally simple things are were I tend to look.

I’m not on any set diet, I’m just eating better and exercising more, nothing wrong with that, many people are also doing the same thing. A recent weigh in has me about 5 more pounds down, I need to get my sidebar updated about that. It’s safe to say I’m doing fairly well and that’s all that matters to me. I’m close to getting to my first 15 pound goal and working from there. I’m working in a series of 15’s to keep myself from stressing out. Losing about 15 pounds a month should be fairly healthy, a few pounds a week is what I hear is good for you so nothing has told me other wise on the matter.

I figured since it’s been a few days since I last weighed in, I’d hop on the scale tonight and do it. I was sadly surprised to learn that I’d gained 3 pounds. At first I thought it was just a fluke because I’ve been sticking to the diet, I don’t over eat, I don’t binge eat and I’ve avoided every ounce of sugar from here to california so it couldn’t get into my body. Baby is convinced it’s muscle because I’ve been doing a lot of walking lately but typically cardio doesn’t gain muscle it burns fat. At least that’s what I’ve been told. I guess it’s time to change my stats now.

Reaching my goal before September is really going to kill me. I can’t wait until the club house opens up here in my complex. There’s supposed to be a weight room and instead of doing two miles a day around the same gated area (I’m still new to the area so I really don’t trust it to walk outside of the walls just yet), maybe I can stay in one place and do more on a tread mill.