221.8
So December... was a month of eating. And we are back on track now.
But what a wonderful month of eating it was, Matthew and I went to took a four night, five day vacation. We ate at a Waffle House and a Chinese buffet (boasting three hundred items on the buffet) on the way to our destination. Once there I ate and drank whatever my heart desired. On the way home I devoured bbq at Lawler's BBQ in Athena Alabama.
I went back on my diet again until the Friday before Christmas, my department at a team lunch at the Paula Deen buffet. Then the next few days I snacked around, on Christmas I ate whatever I pleased which included a boat load of Chuy's Creamy Jalapeno dip. Back on the diet again until the day before New Years Eve when my friend James and I destroyed the buffet at Ramiro's. Then New Years Eve it was a day of elation when I had jalapeno popper bacon dip. I've been back on my diet since New Years Day.
Someone commented on my pictures from New Orleans that I looked like I had lost weight, I admitted I had but that I wanted to wait a little longer before really acknowledging it on Facebook. Since July I have lost a little 45.2 pounds, since June of 2011 I have lost 59 pounds. The question is at what point do I want to say anything? Part of me thinks the fifty pound mark since July would be good and the other part of me says to keep quiet until I hit 200 pounds. Which is still a good ten to fifteen weeks away. But at 200 pounds I can declare 66 since July and 80 since 2011.
I am still going back and forth on if I want to just get down to 195 pounds or shoot for 190, maybe 180. Part of me thinks it will all go back to how many calories I am allowed once I get down to 195 pounds.
I have a task on my phone which saves what I want to eat on my next cheat day I have, or cheat days. There is no way I can eat all the things listed on there in one day. So spread it out over time. I'm not sure when I will do my next cheat day. I think it should wait until February since I had so much over filling food during December. Maybe a sort of Valentines
kind of cheat day - and I honestly think my husband would love a Valentines Day filled with chicken wings and chocolate milkshakes.
Currently I am 3 pounds more than I was the day I graduated high school. Is it bad I remember things by weight? I know my first day of seven grade I was 175 pounds. And it makes me mad I was called fat back then, for the love of cheese fries, I was 12 years old... had already had my period for two years and a C cup. I wasn't fat, I was a child in a woman's
body. I will never forget going to see Independence Day with friends and the line was said, "it isnt over until the fat lady sings." And a "FRIEND" said, "Amanda you better get to singing." RAGE.
All right, well, 26 to at most 41 pounds to go now. I just know my first goal was to create a lot of room between me and the 300 mark that used to be looming over my shoulder.
Starting weight: 280
Goal One: 260
Goal Two: 250
Goal Three: 240
Goal Four: 230
Goal Five: 220
Goal Six: 210
The Prize: 195
But what a wonderful month of eating it was, Matthew and I went to took a four night, five day vacation. We ate at a Waffle House and a Chinese buffet (boasting three hundred items on the buffet) on the way to our destination. Once there I ate and drank whatever my heart desired. On the way home I devoured bbq at Lawler's BBQ in Athena Alabama.
I went back on my diet again until the Friday before Christmas, my department at a team lunch at the Paula Deen buffet. Then the next few days I snacked around, on Christmas I ate whatever I pleased which included a boat load of Chuy's Creamy Jalapeno dip. Back on the diet again until the day before New Years Eve when my friend James and I destroyed the buffet at Ramiro's. Then New Years Eve it was a day of elation when I had jalapeno popper bacon dip. I've been back on my diet since New Years Day.
Someone commented on my pictures from New Orleans that I looked like I had lost weight, I admitted I had but that I wanted to wait a little longer before really acknowledging it on Facebook. Since July I have lost a little 45.2 pounds, since June of 2011 I have lost 59 pounds. The question is at what point do I want to say anything? Part of me thinks the fifty pound mark since July would be good and the other part of me says to keep quiet until I hit 200 pounds. Which is still a good ten to fifteen weeks away. But at 200 pounds I can declare 66 since July and 80 since 2011.
I am still going back and forth on if I want to just get down to 195 pounds or shoot for 190, maybe 180. Part of me thinks it will all go back to how many calories I am allowed once I get down to 195 pounds.
I have a task on my phone which saves what I want to eat on my next cheat day I have, or cheat days. There is no way I can eat all the things listed on there in one day. So spread it out over time. I'm not sure when I will do my next cheat day. I think it should wait until February since I had so much over filling food during December. Maybe a sort of Valentines
kind of cheat day - and I honestly think my husband would love a Valentines Day filled with chicken wings and chocolate milkshakes.
Currently I am 3 pounds more than I was the day I graduated high school. Is it bad I remember things by weight? I know my first day of seven grade I was 175 pounds. And it makes me mad I was called fat back then, for the love of cheese fries, I was 12 years old... had already had my period for two years and a C cup. I wasn't fat, I was a child in a woman's
body. I will never forget going to see Independence Day with friends and the line was said, "it isnt over until the fat lady sings." And a "FRIEND" said, "Amanda you better get to singing." RAGE.
All right, well, 26 to at most 41 pounds to go now. I just know my first goal was to create a lot of room between me and the 300 mark that used to be looming over my shoulder.
Starting weight: 280
Goal One: 260
Goal Two: 250
Goal Three: 240
Goal Four: 230
Goal Five: 220
Goal Six: 210
The Prize: 195