Day 5/ Week 1

Today has been a different day...
I got up and had breakfast and waited... waited... and waited...
I was waiting for my son to get up and/or my daughter to arrive.
Well I decided I couldn't wait any longer... so I started my work without either.
 My dd did eventually arrive but our plans didn't fully work out so had to go to Plan B.
My son finally got up and he met me outside in the barn where we had about 2 hours of work to do.  Once finished (he did an amazing job and had great ideas) we came in for a later lunch than I like to have...I had kept my water intake up while working outside..

BUT while I made my lunch... my son made pizza.

I am a pizza fanatic... It took everything within me not to have a piece - and boy did I want a piece!
My daughter had some and later my son had a friend over and they ate more... each time I opened the fridge I had to move it or get something beside it and OH MY it was difficult not to "just have a sliver". 
I was full, I didn't need to eat it... I kept telling myself "how am I going to explain this in my blog" and I could just take a piece and not count it or not say anything but I know I wouldn't be happy with myself and would be very mad about giving in.   I had very satisfying food.  My body got what it needed and I knew I would feel crappy if I ate the pizza.  You see I am sensitive to wheat - it makes me bloated and icky.. I don't like that feeling so I am trying to completely avoid bread... also tomatoes bother my stomach and give me acid reflux - so the sauce would have caused me grief.  All these things were going through my mind and YES I can say that I never had any of it... not even a sliver!
After I write this I am going to bed (I am aware that there are 2 more slices still in the fridge but my son will take them in his lunch tomorrow).
I told him not to make pizza around me and he said I needed to have some will power... I said it was like dangling a beer in front of an alcoholic... its not as easy as "will power".

After the barn work I went to town and later I got a nice dinner all ready... I ate dinner a little later than I would have liked but sometimes farming causes that. Our cows broke through a gate and we had to fix it and put them back on the right side of the fence.  Of course they don't do this at a convenient time LOL

I am still pleased with my day and even hubby has been stepping on the scale and he's been losing weight too.  
It is historical that if I lose weight my hubby gains and vice versa... but I think this time we have broken the spell - we are losing at the same time.

Well, part of losing weight is getting enough sleep (which I usually lack) so I better get myself off to bed.
Until tomorrow...

Day 4/ Week 1

Today was WI day... Normally I begrudge this day cause I know I haven't been following protocol.. but today I KNEW I was going to be down.  I could feel it (and I stepped on the scale the day before).  Yes the day before... my battery died on my scale over night so I couldn't weigh myself this morning.  Go ahead and laugh! I am! LOL

WI was funny... I was given my 'card' and when I got up to the scale knowing I had done well the gal says..somethings wrong.. this can't be you.. I said Oh, are you sure cause I know I did okay!? ... Then I realized that the gal who handed out our "cards" must have handed me the one that belonged to the girl behind me.  She had got them mixed up.   I said "hey either I did real good or she did awesome!" LOL  All of us had a good laugh cause the gal whose card got mixed up with mine (and is very humorous!) is quite a bit larger than I.

We traded cards and all was well... the meeting was good too.  I got 3 "bravo" stickers for my steps.  I had reached 3 more towns since my last count.   There were several weight loss awards too. 
I am "re losing" my weight so I don't get awards at this time for losing.  If I would have left WW (not gone to meetings for awhile) and then came back that would be different.  But when I have been in the same seat for several years and gained while sitting there - yeah I don't get awards for losing the same weight again.

Really, I don't want any awards for losing it until I have actually got my 30 lbs off (where I left off before gaining again!)... then any weight loss after that I am willing to get awards for.
If I got something now I would feel like I would have to explain myself.  Although there are new people attending and don't know how long I have warmed the seat at the meeting.  There are also people attending that are life timers and DO know how long I have been warming the seat.. and have seen me lose the weight and put it back on.

In conclusion to today, I guess I should tell you how much I am down :)

I lost 5.7 pounds!

My goal is to lose 10 by cruise time... I have 6 more weeks to lose roughly 4 lbs... but if I lose more - HEY who's complaining?