Hey, wait!!! There goes the wagon...

I think I fell off. :-\ Hubby and I have been...how shall i says this...not following the plan the last couple of days. However, we are going to my FAVORITE restaurant tomorrow for date night. They have INCREDIBLE desserts. One last hoorah, and time to go to the grocery store, and we're back on Phase 1 Saturday morning. :)

Please hold...

I promise I will soon start updating more! We have a Pampered Chef party this weekend, so I may get a little off the rails with all that good food/refreshments. I may go back to Phase 1 of South Beach after that, just to restart. I've regained 3 pounds, but that's OK. We're gonna fix it. Thanks for your support! :)

I'm back...

Hey, I've had a couple of you tell me you're missing my posts. I really appreciate that, and I apologize for dropping off the face of the planet like that. I'll be honest, it's been really hard lately. I'm at that 2-3 week point (or so), where I start to slip (or want to slip). This is a real addiction, folks. I DID find something awesome yesterday, though - Mello Yello Zero. You know how awesome Mountain Dew is and how crappy Diet Mountain Dew is? Well, that is not the case with Mello Yello and its counterpart. It's actually tolerable - good, in fact. Gonna pick some up at lunch. ;) Better than sweet tea, right? Right. *sigh*

Saw one of my friends (hi, Tracie!) at the 5K sponsored by our church last night. I hope she did well, I'm sure she did. Hubby and I were working the registration table, and someone came up that had lost 262 pounds in a year (without gastric bypass) and was doing the 5K last night. He showed us a picture of him before he lost weight...amazing! I had a bad weekend (forgot my medicine Saturday), and I bawled yesterday. I don't want to sound like I'm whining, but it's such a strong pull between satisfying that craving and doing what I want (I know, that's immature) and knowing how good I'll look and feel if I lose weight. I've never known another struggle like this. Again, not whining, just saying. It's incredible the pull that food/carbs has, almost scary.

Someone help me...

So, someone brought cookies into the office today, all different kinds. I glanced, and one of them has M&M's in it. Wahhhhh! :( I honestly believe this carb addiction stuff. These things are SCREAMING at me to come eat them. It's absolutely a mental battle for me to sit here and not get up off my butt and go get one...half of one. Argh, see what I mean?! I'm not even hungry. Granted, I didn't have much lunch, but I had a protein bar when I got back to work. I've also had a couple handfuls of mixed nuts. At least they're not iced cookies. I would probably run screaming from the building. Like I said, though, this is a physical/mental struggle. My body wants those carby cookies REALLY badly...but I shall be strong! Hubby told me he heard they were made with tomato chunks, haha! That turned me off quickly. And, he reminded me of "Italy, Italy, ITALY" and 15.5 pounds. I can do this! It will not kill me...in fact, it may save me.

Fifteen and a half, holla! :)

So, I’ve lost 5 more pounds since last Wednesday, yay!!! I believe our scale is finally right – it seems to be, anyway. I have a bad habit of not blogging on weekends, but this weekend was crazy. Saturday morning, we slept late and then went to the Honda dealership. We had an “invitation” to a “special event”, ended up getting a new car, woohoo!  I cannot lie – I LOOOOVE this car, it’s awesome! Then, we went to eat dinner in NC with Mom and Dad yesterday at a place called Shatley Springs. It’s a family style, southern restaurant, and the only thing missing was mac and cheese (thank God). I had a little mashed potatoes, a little corn, and a little bit of cooked apples as carbs. I mainly had chicken and green beans…oh, and unsweetened tea. My dad had some chocolate milk and banana pudding. Thought I’d die, but I just kept thinking, “I’ll be able to walk around in Destin. I’ll be able to walk around in Italy.” Again, we’re hoping to have lost 50 pounds each by the end of September when we go to Florida. After you get used to it, it’s not that hard. I haven’t even really had a craving for sweet tea…I thought about it yesterday, but didn’t really crave it. This is just proof that carbs are what kept me hungry, and being hungry all the time led to serious weight gain. Yay for protein! :D

Crisis averted...

So, I really, really was thinking about Cheddar Rounds from Pal's this morning. I even drove by there on my way back from the post office, but I did not stop. Yay me! I came back to the office and ate the honey-roasted cashews I bought this morning at the convenience store. One of my friends from church has "Facebook-introduced" me to a friend of hers who she believes shares similar struggles and also blogs. Maybe I'll get some inspiration from her. Oh, and apparently, our scales -- if they're at a point where they'll work -- are 5 lbs heavy. They go to a certain weight, and I'm very close to it, so things are a little iffy as to its accuracy. Maybe I'll have more interesting things to say later. Have a great day! :)

Slow down, but don't stop...

So, the train has begun to slow, but that's OK -- it's still moving!!! :) Went to weigh today, and since last Wednesday, on this scale, I'd lost 3 more pounds -- total 10.5, Woohoo! :) First week was 6.5, second week was .5, today was 2.5 (again, all on this particular scale). It's kind of like this one stretch of highway on the way to middle TN to visit Steven's family. The speed limit keeps changing, 45 to 55, 55 to 45, etc. But, we continue to move. That's what's so important! I honestly think the biggest thing that's helped me the last 3 weeks has been actually HAVING a water intake and completely cutting out sweetened beverages. :) I haven't had a sweet tea in 3 weeks and 2 days, my friends! ME! How crazy is that?! And, you know what? I haven't died. Shocker. I may actually be down by 50 lbs when we leave for Destin in late September! :) Stay tuned, my friends...