Weight Update #2

Ok, sothis month was a little more disappointing. I lost only 3 lbs. I started walking for an hour (usually between 3 and 4 miles a day) each morning with Marcia so I thought the weight would just be falling off. But it wasn't until this last week in February that I lost any weight. It was very disheartening to see the same number staring back at you day after day. I guess I should be glad that number wasn't going up. Anyway, I was getting really discouraged and thought "I am eating right and I am walking 3 miles a day-What more can I do?"

One day my alarm didn't go off and poor Marcia had to walk by herself. I told Jason that day that I was done. Marcia talked me into going the next day and when I got up to walk, I stepped on the scale and saw my 3 lbs gone. I tried not to get to excited 'cause he could have just been a fluke day. But 4 days later they were still gone so I got a renewed motivation and have been going strong ever since.

People have told me that since I was exercising so much more that I was building muscle and that is why I was not losing weight quickly. I don't know if they were saying that to comfort me or what but I am ready for the muscle building to slow down so I can lose weight at the same time. But I hope to give an update at the beginning of next month with a little more progress. So far my total is 13 lbs!

Since I am on the topic of weight loss I have to tell a little story on my mother-in-law. She had us over for lunch after church on. So we went over and there was a lasagna and salad. I know there are alot of carbs in lasagna but I thought I would splurge and take a larger piece since I had been doing so well at watching what and how much I eat. Besides there are some healthy things in it too, plus I had a big salad. So after my lunch we were getting ready to go and I went up to tell her and let her know I really liked the lasagna. I asked her what was different since it didn't taste like your run of the mill lasagna. She said "I sent John to the store for a frozen lasagna. . ." I was disappointed since I know how many preservatives and other things go into frozen and boxed food. She goes on to say " . . . he just got noodles and not a whole lasagna. So I just took a whole box of microwavable Hamburger Helper single packets and put them all in the oven with some cheese on top." My disappointment turned into horror as I thought about the fact that each little serving packet has like 400 calories and my splurge was probably 3 or 4 packets so I got at least 1200 calories from that one dish instead of from my whole day like I usually aim for. YIKES!!! I guess I learned my lesson on splurging!