Monday Oct. 18

[audra]

Good Morning

I hope everyone had a great weekend.

I had a very nice weekend-I saw a lot of family member from my husbands side of the family. There were people there that I had not seen in yeaars, and it was so nice to see them. And then I ate a little off my plan both on Friday and on Saturday and yesterday.

It didn't hurt me too much cause I still lost a pound. Of course from what I have always heard what I ate this weekend want show up on the scales for 2 weeks. So i just might see it again in a couple of weeks.

Something great happened this morning that did put a big smile on my face. When I sit down in the bathroom, in the morning, the mirror is situated so all I can see is my head and when I stand up then I can see my torso and head. So when I stood up I pulled up my undies and removed my nightgown. and turned to leave the bathroom and get my bra and shirt and shorts. As I turned I noticed something different about my sides and upper tummy. So I stopped and looked at the mirror again and yep there was something different so I put on my glasses and stared. And I noticed that my sides where the love handles are was smaller. I was so pleased. and I have been smiling since.

I have finished my 4 mile walk and did 15 on the weight machine. I think I am going to do some laundry and straightren up and then when I get all that done I am going to play the playstation.

Menu for the day

breakfast-oatmeal and juice

lunch-salad

supper-leftover from last night -grilled okra, bbq pork, small salad, butter beans, Maybe some type of cooked greens,

snack-trail mix

exercise-4 mile walk and weight machine.

have a good day everyone and I will talk to you later

[Jasmine Bushstorm]

good afternoon. Audra, that's great about noticing being thinner! ;D ;D ;D I have the opposite problem. I noticed an area (right above my belly button) that appears to me to be getting bigger. I'm afraid I'm going to end up with a roll there! (I had surgery when I was little for a hernia I was born with. I've always had a thick scar across the top of my belly button, and I think that is what the roll is going to flop over. Yuck, yuck, and another yuck!)

I just finished my lunch. It has been a very busy day, work-wise. I'm glad to have it be winding down.

I had oatmeal for breakfast, then a couple of hours later, I had one piece of french toast leftover from what I made the girls for breakfast (princess had the day off today). For lunch, I had 1/2 cup leftover homemade mac and cheese, a potato skin, a cup of broccoli and a cup of beets. The girls want pizza for dinner tonight, which is fine. I am not going to have more than 2 pieces, and will have a salad to go with it.

I am going to do my exercising, though I think that it will be a little later than usual, since I just got done eating, and I want to leave a couple of hours digetion time!

Hope you are having a good day. Talk to you later!

[audra]

Hi Jasmine, and everyone else that is reading this. I hope everyone is having a great Monday.

I just finished up my supper. I switched my supper and my lunch. So I just finished my salads, it was very low calorie and it was so delicious. I love to put all kinds of stuff in my salads, Ususally I put in lettuce, sliced baby squash or suchini, chopped portabello mushrooms, chunks of cheese, 1 boiled egg, raisens, an apple, croutons, put my dressing on and it really is a low cal salad, with the low cal dressing I use I don't have over 300 calories in it but it is so filling and so satisfieng.

I really got not hungry but just wanting something to eat about 3 pm. So I had my snack then. Usually I have my snack about 8:30 -9:00 pm. I think I mentioned this before. I think I get the urge to eat about that 3 pm because that is the time my children would get home from school and they would be ready for a snack while we talked about their day. I think that is just a habit that I am finding a lot of trouble breaking.

I think I am going to get dhs supper out he is eating left overs too. And then fold the last load of clothes and then take a nice long bubble bath. Maybe light a candle and just relax in the tub. I deserve to treat my self, Hubby bought marshmallows yesterday and I did not eat any. I was so proud of myself cause I do like marshmallows and normally I would eat a few but everytime i looked at the package I would hear this voice say that is nothing but sugar. I think it is the same voice that told me some time agoo that the candies that I had substituted for cigarettes was nothing but empty calories. Those were very wise words.

I will check in later.