Good Afternoon, LJ!!

[vg_ford]

Yes, it's Monday, but I'm in a super mood. Had a great weekend, got a lot done today (not as much as I WANTED, but a lot) and it's beautiful out. What more could one ask for?

I bit the bullet and weighed in today. I've broken 260!!! I'm so excited - my weight is currently 258 lbs. I only have EIGHT MORE POUNDS to go to hit my first mini-goal of 10%! Woohoo!

Now, you have to understand what I ate this weekend. Pizza. WHOLE MILK YOUGURT. Dessert Pizza. Beef Roast. Apple Caramel Pecan Crisp.

Yeah, I love this diet.

I did a lot of cooking this weekend - made the crisp, the roast and a homemade tuna cassarole (that's what I had for breakfast this morning, actually), and cleaned my kitchen. I will do my living room tomorrow - I mean it!!!

Also got about 500 words done on Sacrifice this morning - I've got Puck with me for lunch, so we're going to go out onto the patio and do another 500/1000.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

Oh, and Mom said I could have her bread machine!

Comments

[irysangel.livejournal.com]

Ha, that's great! What diet is this?

[scarlettarcher.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! This is so fantastic! *so so envious*

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

It's Weight Watchers, sort of - I'm just eating real food (trying to be as organic as I can afford), in smaller portions. Not eating low-fat, no-fat, processed stuff. Real food.

Books I'm reading: Real Food by Nina Planck is the best one on this. French Women Don't Get Fat is another one on my reading list (I don't have it in front of me right now, so I don't remember the author). It's just real, good, honest food.

Food my grandmother would recognize. I'm in HEAVEN.

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

You can do it too! It just means eating foods that our ancestors would recognize - not McDonalds, or Wendy's or stuff like that. Just honest food that you cook.

I mean, dude, you made a lamb roast!!! :) You can totally do it!

It's also taking time to enjoy eating - and stopping when you're about 80% full. It takes your brain a while to realize that you're full - when you stop like that, it gives your brain a chance to catch up with your tummy.

You can do it!

[scarlettarcher.livejournal.com]

Yeah I know what the idea is for your eating now... and it sounds fantastic. Fact is I'm not a kitchen person. I made the lamb cos I just rip it open and lather it in jam. Delish.

Also... I dunno... I think about doing it and I'm already expecting to fail. There's always the advice 'take it a day at a time' 'you just gotta be patient' 'keep at it for 30 days and it'll become habitual' etc but at the end of the day I feel pretty darn utterly hopeless.
I don't want to go on here, but I'm just so so happy for you and your continuing success.

[shanrina.livejournal.com]

Wahoo! Go you! Good luck on keeping up the good work!

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

Remember, it didn't all come on at once. It's not going to all come off at once.

You can do it. I wasn't a kitchen person either, believe it or not.

*hugs*

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[scarlettarcher.livejournal.com]

It's nice to have support, thinking someone else has faith in me when I don't! Sometimes we really need it.