Not too bad...

I haven't posted in my blog for about a week. I've been too busy. A friend of mine flew into town to surprise me for my 30th birthday. I was so shocked and happy to see her. She stayed from Friday until Wednesday. Then on Friday, I flew out to visit her. :) During that whole time I wasn't eating my normal healthy diet. I was eating a lot of sweets and going out to a lot of restaurants. However, I was able to watch my portions and I never overate. In the past I would eat until I was bursting. This time, I was more conscious of when I was full and I made sure I stopped eating... no matter how tasty my food was. :) That's a big thing for me. In the past, I always seemed to have trouble stopping!

The best part of all this was what I saw on the scale this morning. I was actually DOWN 0.2 pounds. Which isn't a lot.. but when you consider my diet for the last week, that is amazing! It definitely helps me stay more focused. I am going to lose this weight! I can do it. AND I can eat treats every once in a while and I know that I'll be able to control myself. Control is a big thing for me! I'm definitely making steps in the right direction this time. :)

This is hard!

I have company over and we're eating sweets and going out for supper. It's getting very hard to stay on track. I am still choosing healthier alternatives and not eating as many sweets as I would in the past, but I am eating more than I would like.

I have to keep my mind focused on my goal!

I didn't go and exercise this morning. I was pretty exhausted since I didn't go to bed until 1 am and I have to get up to exercise at 6:30 am. I need to go to the gym before my husband has to leave for work.

I will go and exercise tomorrow!

What a Weekend!

Before I start talking about my weekend, I have to say that I lost 5.8 pounds this week! I did so great. I was really good. I didn't follow the diet all the time, but I didn't fall off the wagon either. I just restrained myself!

This weekend was my 30th birthday party. And I had the best surprise. My friend from out of town showed up at my party unexpectedly. I was so shocked. I swear that my jaw dropped open. The party was a big success too. There was a tonne of food, candy and cake. However, I ate a small portion of dinner and I only ate a little bit of candy and a small piece of cake. I did have a lot to drink, but I don't do that very often. So I was most impressed with how I controlled myself. Usually I use parties as an excuse to pig out!

I did get a lot of exercise this weekend. I was running around like a mad woman trying to get the house cleaned up in time and all the food cooked.

This last week was a really good week. I think it'll help keep me on track for this week as well. :)

I had the best dream last night!

I was out shopping for clothes, but I was at the weight I am now. When I was at the store some nameless good looking guy was helping me find clothes. He kept giving me clothes that were a regular size small. I said, "There's no way this is going to fit." He said, "Try it on anyway." So I went into the change room and took off my clothes and put the new ones on. And to my shock they fit. I looked in the mirror and I looked great. I wasn't fat anymore, I was at my goal weight. My stomach was flat! My arms weren't chubby anymore and my face was thin! I felt so happy. That happy feeling followed me out of the dream.

I think this new healthy eating lifestyle is agreeing with me!

Oh, I shouldn't have...

Last night I had a piece of ice cream cake. I shouldn't have had it. And my body agreed with me. I spent part of the night in the bathroom. I guess my body got used to the healthy eating and the ice cream cake didn't agree with me. That's a good thing though. Now I won't be tempted to go and eat the rest of it! :)

Overall, I did pretty well yesterday. I was only 57 calories over my maximum calories of 1600 a day. Which over all is pretty good. I was way over on my carb intake though. I'm trying to have a max of 130 grams of carbs a day. Yesterday I had 179 grams of carbs thanks to the ice cream cake. It's hard to believe that there is 60 carbs in one serving of ice cream cake.

I find that reading the nutritional information helps deter me from eating foods I shouldn't. In the past I always turned a blind eye to the nutritional information. I really didn't want to know how bad a food was for me. Now reading it helps prevent me from eating the food. Or if I really want to eat it, then at least I watch the amount I eat and make sure I'm only eating the recommended serving.

I still didn't meet my water goal yesterday. :P I'll try again today. I don't know why I'm having such a hard time drinking all the water I should.

Another day...

Well, I did pretty well yesterday. My hubby brought home my favorite from Luigi's last night for my birthday supper. Agnolotti in Gigi sauce. Unfortunately I ate the whole thing. But I did really well for the rest of the day, so I don't feel so bad. If I don't treat myself once in a while, I'm going to fall off the wagon.. and hard.

I didn't meet my water goal yesterday. So I'll try again today.

I started today off on a good note. I got up at 6:30am and went to Curves. I'm really trying to go a minimum of 3 times a week. I'd really like to work it up to 5 times a week before I go back to work in March. I don't want to set my goal too high. I figure if I start off slow then I have a better chance of achieving my goal.

OMG... I'm 30!

Well, today is my 30th birthday. I can't believe I'm 30. That kind of freaks me out. But I'm actually handling it really well today. I feel the same as yesterday and I don't have any extra wrinkles and my boobs aren't hanging by my knees. :) So I guess I don't anything to freak out about. :)

I'm going to try my best to follow my eating plan for today. I'll probably be eating something with higher calories for supper tonight since my husband will be "cooking" me supper. He actually doesn't cook. Not since he flooded the kitchen when he was making toast. (I'm not kidding.. he actually did that) I'm not sure what he'll be bringing home for supper tonight. I did ask him not to buy any chocolates though. So hopefully I'll be able to stay on track.

I did pretty well yesterday. I didn't drink all the water I was supposed to. I only had 6 cups of water instead of the 8 that was my goal. But I did do better yesterday than I did the day before... so I guess that's something. I'm going to try and do the 8 glasses of water today though. :)