Thank goodness!!!

I am finally done with all of my events that I had to do in April. It was a lot of temptations. Today was the last wedding! I did not eat cake:) It didn't even look good. The big problem was that there wasn't water to drink, the only thing besides beer and wine to drink was punch. I knew there was a ton of sugar in it, but I was thirsty!!! I mostly put ice in my cup and about 3 0z of punch.  I still hated the fact that I was drinking useless sugar! The food was just snacky food and it was OK. We are waiting until tomorrow for date dinner so we just bought chicken for dinner. I bought some organic greens to eat with it. Let me say that that is the first time I have ever intentionally eaten dark leafy veggies! I know I have to try and put some healthier things into my diet. I have really struggled the last 2 times at Zumba because of a lack of energy.
Breakfast: 2 eggs, 3 bacon, sandwich thin
Lunch: misc. wedding food.
Dinner: greens w/ranch dressing and chicken.
Dessert will be berries and cool whip.
Have a great Sunday everyone! I really, really hope that I did not do damage to my weight loss!

-13.8! I am excited!

I guess my good choices have paid off! I was shocked when I got on the scale this morning. I even stood there long enough to show my husband! Yay!!! I LOVE BFC!!!

Another success!

OK, so I went to the birthday dinner and I was GOOD again!!! I did not like the food, but I ate it. I had chicken breasts done similar to Chicken Parm. It had a weird flavor. It was also 14.50 and it didn't even come with pasta or a salad! Holy cow!!! The dessert was little donuts that you dip in different sauces and I did not have one. I am  waiting for something to die for to eat my first sweet! They must have been good because the other gals sure liked them. It is kind of fun to be doing this. No one said a thing about my weight loss. I know it isn't intentional, I look the same most of the time, but it would be nice! I know I have lost a lot in my tummy!
Breakfast: 2 eggs, bacon, sandwich thin.
Lunch: cheerios and unsweetened almond milk.
Dinner: chicken stuff and I did have a diet soda because they didn't have fresh brewed iced tea. No dessert and it feels too late now to have my berries.
I truly can't believe I am talking about me not eating sweets! Unbelievable! BFC ROCKS!!!

Don't eat a big breakfast before doing Zumba!!!

OK, so I was up early this morning and I thought I would have my usual eggs, bacon, sandwich thin for breakfast and then go to Zumba. VERY bad idea!!! I was like a lead weight. Lesson learned. I have to learn things the hard way for them to sink in. I went without eating any breakfast one time and that was just as bad. Cheerios do the trick!
2 days in a row of eating out with my daughter and grandson. Tonight we went shopping and then to Boston's pizza and we shared an Ultimate Pepperoni pizza. I still only had 2 crusts:) My grandson who is 18 months old ate a whole kids size pizza!!! He was a hungry boy!
I was down to 152.9 this AM. Pretty cool. I wonder what tomorrow will bring. Remember...I am short!!! Tomorrow night is a late birthday celebration with friends at an Italian Restaurant. It's been a bad week for eating out! This is why I think I can stay with the BFC forever.....I can eat out all the time and still be within the program.
Breakfast: 2 eggs, 3 bacon, sandwich thin. Lead weights in my tummy!!!
Lunch: Hot wings and celery salad with ranch.
I really, really, really need to learn to like more veggies! I am going to have my berries and cream now:) I figure that at least is healthy for me.

We had snow again!!!

Ugh!!! This weather is making me crazy! Today was a fun day despite the slush that covered the roads. I got to visit with my friend that I met the first day of 6th grade, her son is getting married this weekend so they are in town. She is the only one of my school friends that moved away from home. She lives in Missouri and if you have been watching the news, she's hoping her house is still standing! Then I met my daughter and grandson at Target and shopped for awhile, then out to dinner. I am so PROUD of myself!!!! I got my usual french dip sandwich, but I took all the meat and put it on 1/2 the roll, then I ate 1/2 the 1/2 and took the bottom 1/4 that was left off. So I ate 3/4 of 1/2 my roll. It is my favorite roll too. French roll and grilled with butter. Yummy! My grandson who is 18 months old, just ate potato chips dipped my my au jus He is such a cutey!
Breakfast: 2 poached eggs, 3 bacon, sandwich thin.
Lunch: 2 burger patties (I was hungry and I had driven past my favorite chinese food at Safeway) chili with an SC value 5/2
Dinner: 1/2 French dip and about 4 potato chips.
Dessert: Berries and cool whip....I didn't like redi whip because it doesn't have as much depth. I rarely eat 15 sugars so I factor the sugar in.
I was so proud of myself for not getting lunch out and saving 10.00 and then my daughter announced I was buying her dinner, which was 16.00.  Life:)

Zumba:)

I did go to Zumba this morning. It is so strange how much easier things are now that I have lost some weight. Yay!
Weird day today. One of my school friends that I blog about all the time, her brother went missing. He didn't show up for Easter dinner and then didn't go to work today.They were able to get into his apartment and all of his things were there, wallet, keys, etc. I don't know how they got the police to move on it so fast, but it was all over the news today. Anyway...a good ending, he called his sister and he is fine, no other details. I am sure he has a good reason, but that kind of things makes the media reluctant to report quickly in the future. Sad:(
Breakfast: cheerios, unsweetened almond milk, truvia
Snack: 1/2 leftover pork chop
Lunch: pepperoni, ham, mozarella cheese and then grilled on a wheat/white sandwich thin, about 4 potato chips, and dill pickles.
Dinner: hot wings and celery with ranch dressing.
Dessert: warm berries and cool whip.
I am really going to try and work out more this week. Zumba 3x and then add something. Our weather was beautiful yesterday and today it is pouring rain again. This is the worst Spring weather on record:( Hate it!!!
I currently have my fireplace on to take the chill off. Ugh!
In case anyone wonders...I am 5'3 1/2. I want to weigh 135-140 lbs. When I had my women's gym I was typically right around the 145 range. When my daughter had her baby  18 months ago, I weighed 138 and I felt like I was OK, but my pants are always tight on the waist, always. I am just a shorty:) When I was down in the 138 range, 5 lbs made a huge difference in how my clothes fit. I am hoping by doing BFC that won't be an issue!

-12.1:)

So tomorrow will be the start of week 7 for me. I started this journey on March 7th. It has been relatively painless! I am going to be so happy when the scale breaks 149....I was 153.3 this AM. 4.3 lbs...2 more weeks maybe?
Breakfast: 2 poached eggs with 3 bacon on a toasted sandwich thin. (my food staple)
Lunch: Cheerios and unsweetened almond breeze.
Dinner: Shake n Bake pork chop, tiny bit of potatoes, gravy, and green beans.
Dessert: Warmed frozen berries and cool whip. Heaven:)
I am excited to have a good week. Thursday night I have another Birthday celebration with my school friends. We are going to a new Italian Restaurant. I know I will be able to find something to eat. Saturday is another wedding. Seeing my school friends 3x in 1 week:) I love them all dearly....but that's a lot:) We are more like sisters than friends, so we do have issues with one another every once in awhile:) 7 of us went to Maui for our 50th birthday and issues arose that we are still resolving! My husband said we haven't realized that we aren't 18 anymore. I say he is giving us credit for 5 extra years of maturity:)
Have a great week!

Weight is holding:)

Today my hubby and I went to a wedding reception of a dear friends son. They had actually gotten married in AZ so this was for the family that couldn't be there. It was amazing food!!! I was able to eat quite a bit with no guilt. There were fresh blueberries, raspberries, and black berries...that was yummy. I ate a little salad, cucumbers and ranch dressing, meat balls, and 2 slices of roast. I did not eat the rolls, or cupcakes. The cupcakes looked AMAZING and were all different flavors. My husband made up for what I didn't eat:) I had actually bought a new floral cardigan, new shoes, and new purse....so I felt like I looked OK. I could fit into my pants and that was great! Top that off with a manicure and pedicure this morning, and life is good.
Breakfast 2 eggs, 3 bacon, sandwich thin.
Lunch cheerios and unsweetened almond milk
Dinner...what I said above and some ham when I got home. I would love to see a weight loss in the morning. I have still not had any sweets since March 7th! World record for me:)
Happy Easter:)

Happy Friday:)

Thank you for the nice comments on my blog from yesterday. It felt good to actually acknowledge my sadness.
Today is a new day! I met my daughter and grandson Karson at the Nursing Home my little sister lives in for an Easter Egg hunt and to take pictures with the Easter Bunny. It was a fun morning:) He still did not like the Easter bunny, but he liked the candy. I did not have a mini candy bar even though they were totally calling my name. Especially the little butterfinger!
Today's eats...
Breakfast cheerios, truvia, and unsweetened almond milk.  I actually had to buy the shelf box of unsweetened Almond milk the last time because the refrigerated was out of stock. There is no difference in the taste:)
Lunch was grilled sandwich thin with smoked turkey and mayo. Dill pickle slices and 10 chili cheese fritos:) Yummy...
Dinner is going to be the Ultimate Pepperoni pizza at Boston's again. We just ate there last Sunday! I LOVE the pizza and like I said, I just eat 2 crusts and then all the toppings. It has worked so far! I feel like I get to eat so many of the things that I love, that I can continue my "sweetless" life! I have a wedding reception tomorrow. Will I eat cake?
Happy Easter weekend everyone!

I had to share....

13 days ago my daughter lost my future grandbaby:( It was a planned pregnancy so she could have the kids close in age,  and before they report to whatever base my SIL will be stationed (he's rejoining the Army as an officer because he couldn't get a good job) at after his officer school. I would get to see her pregnant all through the pregnancy, not just when she could come home for a visit. She lived in NC during her pregnancy with my grandson Karson. I was there the day he was born just out of a fluke. I had planned to go there a week after he was due so I would be there after he was born. He decided to wait for Grandma, so I got to be in the room and see the miracle of birth from another angle! I was so excited for my future grandbaby and then poof....it was gone:( I haven't been able to talk to Kayce about it very much because if I get too emotional, she gets upset. Today I read her blog for her family and I am sharing her words. I am so proud of the young woman that I raised!
So, today I met up with my good friend Karissa and new friend Kalie and we headed to a spin-off of MOPS called AIM (Adventures in Motherhood). I think God led me there for a reason. The talk was about God's faithfulness and the fact that we are never alone. One of the discussion questions was about what it would take to really shake our world... and I couldn't bring myself to respond because I didn't want to lose my composure in front of a bunch of women I have never met. The answer was so violently clear to me. I had lost a pregnancy. That shook my world, I was angry, sad, felt like a failure and didn't think I would be able to move past it. I looked to God, I had been pushing God to the side and going about my business worrying about work, Karson, keeping a clean house and all the other day to day things a Mom and a wife have to do and I forgot to allow myself some time for Worship and communication with God. He slapped me in the face rather hard to get my attention, but, by all means he got it. I want my son to know God. I want my son to say his prayers at night and I wasn't leading by a great example. Sure, I said my prayers but they were awfully selfish and self serving. I stopped asking God questions and I stopped asking for direction. I am not going to make that mistake twice. Don't get me wrong, I don't think God took my baby because I ignored him and wasn't making time for him, but I think this whole experience taught me that I need God EVERYDAY. Not just when I'm sad or when things are bad... I need to remember to say "Thank you" for the little blessings everyday. I was taking things for granted like hugs from my baby and him saying "Mommy", being able to miraculously pay our bills each month, being able to enjoy my family and being blessed with extra all the time. We are a very blessed family. I love my Husband and Son more then I could ever imagine loving anything and we know that we are able to live and be blessed with everything we have because of God. So, the jist of all of this is count your blessings. Remember that God doesn't leave your side even when you forget to include him in your daily life and that sometimes the things that "shake" your world are the things that God needed to get your attention again.





So the moral of this story is this....I have to lose weight, get fit and be healthy...because I want a lot more grand babies! I will be fit and strong and able to climb up bleacher seats to watch their sports!!! I will be in my late 60's watching football, baseball and basket ball games! God willing:) 

154:) Down 11.4!

I actually got up to 170 during the Holiday's! I am so excited! I am amazed that I can eat the food that I do and still lose.
Zumba this morning! I am finding that I can do so much more than when I started in January. I still look like a dork, but I can actually make it through without dying! Today I apologized to the gal in back of me that she had to look at my butt shake, she just laughed...then after the next song she said "you don't even have a butt!" It made my day. Unfortunately my butt was never my issue, my gut was!!! I have a wedding reception with my friends from H.S. this weekend. The last time we all got together I was in the 170 range. Pretty exciting! Unfortunately people notice more when I gain weight, than when I lose it!
Breakfast was cheerios and a piece of ham.
Lunch grilled sandwich thin with pepperoni, ham and mozarella cheese. Frito's and dill pickles.
Dinner, who knows...but for once I will have carbs still available! Maybe a chili burger with no bun. The chili is 5/2 so it fits the program:)
Dessert , warm berries and cool whip. I actually bought whipping cream because it was on sale and I knew it would make my coffee creamier, maybe I will actually whip it with some Truvia! Yummy!!!

How many people quit BFC??? My favorite meals!

I was searching on my facebook today for BFC people and found a "closed" group that I requested to join. I was added and a little disappointed to see that it was pretty inactive. I think maybe 2 posts since December. I wonder what leads all of us to give up and move on to another new idea? Dr. Oz believes you have to do something that you can live with for the rest of your life, I can do that on BFC. Interesting! I know that I get a little discouraged with how slow it seems to come off lately, but I also know that I am eating a lot of food and I am lucky to lose at all:) I absolutely love being able to eat bacon, hot dogs, chili cheese fritos, hot wings, pizza, whipped cream, etc. and still lose. It just feels so right. I have never been a fruit of veggie eater so I don't miss something I never really liked to begin with. I love the Almond Milk which is a huge blessing!
Here's my favorites:)
Breakfast: Sandwich thin with 2 poached eggs, 3 pieces of bacon and butter:)
Lunch: Sandwich thin, pepperoni, mozarella chees, and ham grilled. 10 chili cheese fritos, and dill pickles.
Dinner: Buffalo wings and celery salad with Ranch dressing. Yummy!
Dessert: Warm frozen berries, truvia and whipped cream.

Success again:)

Today I had a charity event to go to and again, I conquered not eating chocolate again! Woot! I have now been chocolate and sweet free since March 7th!
Breakfast 1 slice of my husbands whole wheat bread, (yuck) 2 eggs and ham.
Lunch 2 pieces KFC and gravy off the mashed potatoes. Diet soda, bad...but it tasted amazing!
Dinner ham slices and a deviled egg from yesterday. I know there was a little bit of miracle whip in there, that's bad too, but if I check the sugars I have had today, it isn't bad.
I plan to eat my berries and whipped cream. I have not been good about getting veggies or fruit in. Bad Kay!
I was complaining to my husband about not losing faster, he pointed out that I only exercised 1x last week. He is such a good tracker:) Whipping cream was on sale so I bought some today. I am curious if it will be creamier in my coffee than Almond milk? I am stocked for the week with good food so I am excited.
Blessings everyone!

Pre Easter Family dinner:)

OK, today was BUSY!!! I wanted to go to the Macy's sale early this AM in case I found something I couldn't live without, I didn't:( Then we went to Boston's and I had my favorite Ultimate Pepperoni Pizza. I actually only ate 1 crust today and the topping off the rest. The crust was kind of burnt around the edges so it didn't bother me to not eat the other ones. They actually gave me a coupon for a free pizza next time. Then on to Costco, and home for dinner. Everyone actually got here at about 3:00 and stayed until I said "don't you want to go home yet?" at about 7:30. My 3 grandkids were getting tired and so was I!!! We had ham for dinner. My DIL made some cheesy potatoes and that is all I ate. My daughter made 2 different desserts, I didn't eat any....I bought the hollow chocolate eggs at Costco to hide for the kids and I didn't eat one. I am really on a roll. So I think my day was actually not that bad. I wish the weight would drop more rapidly when I have days of not eating my beloved chocolate!
Again chasing 2 kids around has to burn some calories. My 11 year old granddaughter was here too. She is pretty darn cool:) I am blessed!
My children think that when they show up at my house that they are done parenting for the day. The kids have free reign unless I chase them around. Karson is 18 months and Cy is just under 4. They love to run!

Bad food day:(

I went to Zumba for the first time this week and it was wonderful. It is amazing how much more I can do with just my first 10 lbs off! 20 more baby!
I went with my daughter and grandson to see the Easter bunny today at the mall. He did not like the Easter Bunny! We then ate at the food court. I looked around and ended up eating the general chicken and almond chicken from the Flaming Wok. That wouldn't be so bad, but I did eat some chow mein noodles. I was trying to teach my grandson how to slurp them up and they tasted good! Today I would give myself a failing grade:( I was so sick to my tummy after lunch that I finally ate a sandwich thin and some bacon and it is 8:00 PM. Not a good thing.
Tomorrow is Easter dinner with my kids. We can't all be together on Easter so they decided they would have dinner at my house tomorrow. It will be fun because all 3 of my grandkids will be here this time. Maybe I can get a new picture. 3 of my 4 kids will be here too. That is a good day for me:) I figure I will just eat ham and deviled eggs.
My daughter did buy a Cinabon when we were leaving the mall. It was nice of her to wait until she got home!

I didn't eat it!!!

OK so today I woke up and I thought I really, really needed to eat General Tso Chicken from Safeway. I looked in my phone app and it said for one cup would be 8/2. That wasn't too bad, but I knew I would eat all the noodle chow mein that came with it too. I went to a store near Safeway and bought some new cropped jeans and decided I would eat healthier instead so they will eventually fit!!! So tomorrow it will probably call my name again, we will see what I do then.
Breakfast cheerios and almond milk
Lunch sandwich thin and hamburger patty, dill pickles and chili cheese fritoes
Dinner teriyaki pork bowl, I did not eat even a 1/2 cup of the rice. It comes with celery/cucumber salad. Healthy? I know there is a lot of sugar in teriyaki, but there isn't that much on the meat.
I didn't have my berries and cream tonight. Good for me!
Next weekend I would really like to be 5 lbs thinner!!! Start laughing:)
I do have a question for anyone who wants to answer. Does cellulite start to disappear when you are losing weight? I really would love to have legs that aren't bubbly. Even when I weigh 140 lbs they still looked gross. Genetics...but it would really be nice to think it might start to go away?

154.9 today:)

Starting weight, 165.4. Cool! My weight around the Holiday's was about 170, so it feels good!
I just realized today that Zevia soda has carbs! Whoops....now that I love it, I realize that I never counted it.
Today's food:
Orowheat sandwich thin white with 2 eggs, 3 pieces of Costco bacon.
Lunch 1/3 banana, sandwich thin with mozarella cheese, pepperoni and ham grilled. 4 potato chips.
Dinner 6 hot wings and sliced celery with ranch dressing. Yummy....I know Jorge says 4 is a serving, but that doesn't make me satisfied.
Tonight I will have some berries and cool whip.
I realize how wonderful this plan is when I can eat the weird things I have always eaten (minus sugar) and still lose weight.
Good luck everyone:)

I got to 10:)

I haven't journaled any of my food since last Friday because of weekend dates, birthday dinner, and birthday lunch and dinner yesterday and I finally got to -10.1! Woot!!! That .1 is important! I am still too big for the majority of my clothes, but I can see the progress now. I just think about how exciting the next 10 lbs will be.
I have fun social things the 23rd and 29th. I would love to fit into some smaller clothes by then. I am kind of running out of time.
I still have NOT had candy, cookies, cake, anything with extra sugar since March 7th. Woot!
I am headed to get my hair cut and highlighted today, it always makes me feel better. I really need a pedicure but our weather is still crappy so sandals aren't really appropriate yet!
Have a great Tuesday everyone!!!

Family Day:)

I spent about 4.5 hours chasing my grandson's around today. I should have lost weight from that right? My daughter wanted chicken casserole for her birthday dinner and I ate a lot of it! It is a recipe from when they were kids, basically like mac/cheese with chicken. I know it takes 2 cups of milk,( that's lots of sugar), 2 cans cream of chicken soup and the pasta....I also ate a Braut and a burger. No bun, just a sandwich thin with the braut. That's a lot of food!!! I did not eat birthday cake because I am not a fan of funfetti cakes! 23 and she still wants a funfetti cake! She's 1/2 of the twins, that I was missing so much. Of course I was thanked profusely for all of her gifts, dinner, etc....NOT!!!
Tomorrow is my 54th birthday. I am not in the mood for a birthday. How sad is that? Maybe the scale will finally move down to the 10 lb mark and I will be happy. I don't even want to go to Zumba:( I need to have a birthday/pity party and invite myself!
Debbie Downer at your service. Oh...and the frozen berries that I have always paid 2.00 or 2.50 for at Fred Meyers.....3.99....double! A premixed bowl of fresh berries was 18.24. Really? But there is no inflation happening in our Country!
Have a great week everyone!!!

-9.8 Can we get to 10????

First the good news....I tried the Dr. Zevia and I love it!!! Thanks Rosie. It is actually on sale at a local grocer for 2.99. That makes me happy.
Now the bad news:( My daughter lost her baby yesterday. She was only 8 weeks pregnant and the baby had quit growing at 5 weeks. When she started telling everyone so early, I was the concerned Mom, because now she has to "un ring" a bell. I am broken hearted for her and my son in law. I know God has a plan, and so do they, so they will all be OK. They do have a wonderful healthy 17 month old! I stayed with my grandson until they got home at 12:30AM. I don't think I have been out driving at 12:30 in the morning in 20 years!
My Navy daughter is home for the weekend and we are celebrating her birthday tomorrow with dinner at my house. I was hoping to BBQ hamburgers, but of course that isn't what she wants. She is a tough one:( Thank GOD, I have a husband who is an amazing comfort to me in all of the ups and downs of parenthood.
Did everyone else kind of get stuck on weight loss at about week 4? I feel like I am doing everything the same as I did in the beginning and I am not getting anywhere?

We had an inch of snow last night!!!

If the weather isn't bad because it's gloomy, add snow to the mix. Crazy Inland Northwest weather!
Still no budge on the scale this morning. It kind of makes me wish I would have had that cookie at bunko:)
I have a new favorite sandwich. I put mozarella, pepperoni, and ham on a sandwich thin and grill it until it is crunchy! Yummy. I actually had it for breakfast and lunch today. I know it is high in calories, but with the snow on the ground, it sure lifted my spirits!
I was supposed to have a job interview today. I applied for a small boutique clothing and accessories store opening in May. Within an hour I had an email requesting and interview today. I called first thing this morning and  the enthusiasm from the previous email was GONE. I truly think they figured out from the times listed of my work history that I was "older" and they wanted a young funky girl. I get it, but 30+ years of experience isn't something they wanted? Ugh!!! I did not want the job, I don't want to work retail hours anymore, but I wanted to practice my interview skills! Maybe I think too highly of myself!
I had my 3rd can of Zevia soda today. I am getting used to it, I will buy it again. It is actually on sale at one of our local stores. Progress:) Now if the whole wheat tortilla's would just taste better!
Zumba in the morning! That's my exciting time of my whole week.
I'm having 3 of my 4 kids over for dinner this weekend. BBQ burgers! I can do this!!!

Zumba:)

I didn't make my 10 this morning, but I am totally OK with that. I can wait! I did go to Zumba this morning and when I walked in the gym, I realized I had forgotten to eat breakfast. That's a first!!!
Health Warning....Do not do Zumba on an empty stomach! I survived, but barely! I treated myself when I got home.
Good luck to all of my BFC friends:) I love getting comments!
The Chili that I eat is 5/2 for 1 cup. It is wonderful on these cold dreary days! It is another cold/dreary/windy day today!
I'm going to try my Stevia soda again for lunch. I hope it tastes better the second time. 5 more cans and I can try the one that tastes like Dr. Pepper!

Success:)

I had 2 challenges today and I survived them both with flying colors!!! I went to lunch with friends and had a small pizza. I ate 2 pieces and then ate the top off the rest. Very satisfying! Then I had bunko tonight. I am really weird about the kind of food I eat so there was only 2 things I put on my plate. A small piece of french bread with butter and a little wedge of what looked like lasagna. Since my plate was empty, I put a chocolate chip cookie on there to take the 2 bites and be done. Well, the lasagna wasn't bad, mostly hamburger, so I got a little more of that and had my friend eat my cookie. I didn't even take a bite. On the 7th of April it will be a full month since I ate anything with added sugar. Pretty amazing. She did have Robin's eggs and chocolate eggs just looking at me all night! The good thing to is I won 2nd place so I got a 30.00 gift card to Fred Meyer. I told everyone I was going to use it for my expensive fiber capsules! I have played bunko with this same group of women for 22 years. Pretty amazing!  We have all been different sizes and are always supportive of one another.
I am hoping that tomorrow I can hit the big 10. I would be really excited!
Thank you again for all of the encouraging words and advice. I may not thank you each individually, but I do love comments and suggestions!
Zumba tomorrow...and I am going to eat chili and hot dogs for lunch. I'm excited already:)

4 Full weeks sugar free:)

Today is week 4 of my BFC. I am down 9.6 lbs and I have about 20 lbs to go. This is so great! I do have some challenges this week. I have my first Bunko since starting and we have tons of food there. My favorite things have always been the cookies, cakes, etc. I guess it will be a "real" world challenge tomorrow. I will do my best to make good choices. I'm almost afraid that if I have one thing, I will go sugar crazy!!!
Today is a real bittersweet day. As I was lamenting before, it is my twins 23rd birthday today and neither of them are home. I am glad that they have found their wings and have flown the coop, but the empty nest is hard to take at times.
On to food news....I tried the Zevia cola today. I can't quite say that I like it, I'm not even sure that I will get used to it, but it was soda! It has a weird smell and after taste? Kind of like clove or something? Is there another flavor that tastes more like a regular diet soda?
My new favorite sandwich is to grill my sandwich thins with either ham or turkey inside. The crunch of the bread is so yummy. I eat a lot of hamburger dills for crunch too.
For dinner I am having chicken and gravy over green beans. I am trying to get some fiber and veggies in. The gravy makes everything tolerable!
It's nap time, I want to close my mind down!

Down 9.6:)

How fun it would have been to be down a full 10! I have been doing the BFC for exactly 4 weeks tomorrow. I am more than satisfied with my weight loss so far.
Today my daughter, husband and grandson came over for dinner. I made enchilada's with the smart balance tortilla's. I still can't get used to them, so I just ate out the guts! Getting enough fiber would be impossible for me without the fiber tablets. I try, I just can't do it yet.
I'm excited to try the Zevia cola that I bought today. I hope that it tastes a little bit like Diet Pepsi. I really do miss having soda with dinner. I used to drink a big glass of  milk too, can't do that anymore either. It was on sale for 4.59. I know there is a 2.50 coupon on facebook, but a lot of good that did me at the store.
Good luck to everyone through out the week! We can all do this! 20 more lbs and I will feel GREAT about my new body! 15 lbs and I will be back to the Ole me:) Woot!

Saturday date dinner:)

Today was date day. We went to our favorite Mexican restaurant and I ate too much. I did eat 1/2 of what I would usually eat though, so that is progress. HUGE progress. We went grocery shopping afterwards and I came upon my first "OMG I WANT that!" I LOVE mountain bars....love them, have eaten them all of my life....there they were, 3 for 1.00....I did not buy one! I have now been sugar free for just under a month!
My husband mentioned that the butt of  my pants were saggy and offered to buy me a pair of jeans. I don't want to go there yet, I am afraid I would just get comfortable like I always do. I found my WW information today. My daughter and I had gone last August. I officially weigh less than I did when I quit going. Woot!
I really feel like doing this plan is something that I can easily do for the rest of my life. I remember when I was counseling women at my gym about which diet works etc. what Dr. Oz had said. In his book One, he had a list of diets and you were supposed to guess which one was best. The right answer was "the one you can live with the rest of your life".  I truly think I can live with this one for the rest of my life.
I did not reach my goal of working out 5 days last week. I guess I am just not ready to commit the time yet. I think it is the weather. It is so dreary and gray. I know that isn't an excuse. I am going to have to buy a cattle prod to put under my chair. My husband reminded me today that we did buy the Zumba DVD's and there was no reason that I couldn't do those at home. True words:) There is even a 20 minute one...I mean 20 minutes....Kay....get it together!!!
Anyone just watch Huckabee? He had on the little surfer gal that lost her arm when she was 14. They are doing a movie about her life called "Soul Surfer". Then they had on Andie McDowell that is in a movie about a 15 year old boy that died in a car accident. It is a true story called "The 4th quarter". His older brother played football and to honor his brother everyone would hold up 5 fingers in the 4th quarter of their football games. The parents were on too. They donated his organs because he was brain dead. It was so touching. What amazing people, to make good after a terrible tragedy. Faith is an amazing thing:)
Blessings, Kay

Good day:)

Zumba, Zumba, Zumba:) I know that is annoying, but it is fun and very physically demanding!!! I am proud of myself for keeping it up, even when I look like a total dork!!!
My breakfast was 2 eggs, *mostly yoke* on a 1/2 of sandwich thin 1/1 ham 1/0. (I know yokes are the high fat part, but I think the whites are gross)
Today when I came home, I wanted to eat some celery but not just cut it up with Ranch. I saw on Rachel Ray yesterday how good the leafy parts are for you too, so I cut it at a diagonal like she did. I then put 1 tsp of Cocktail Sauce with some ranch and ate it like a salad. I know you are thinking Cocktail sauce has a lot of sugar, but it actually calculates to less than 1 sugar....it was 10 sugars in a quarter cup....and there are 12 teaspoons in a quarter cup....I looked it up....So it made the celery salad kind of spicy and yummy. Who would have thought that it was ever anything that sounded good to me? The crunch was good and I felt like it was a bit of a treat!
For official lunch I had my yummy Chili with hot dogs 5/2. I just finished dinner which was a piece of steak and a  very small potato. I appreciate the advice of not eating carbs after 3, but Jorge does say to try and split up the meals 5/2, so most people do eat dinner after 3? I'm sure as I progress and get frustrated by not losing, I will realize that you were all right!!!
I have to say that I have been drinking diet soda when I go out to eat. I know that I have to give that up completely. I have cut down a ton. I used to refill my soda 3x during a meal. Now I have 1 glass. I do LOVE ice tea, but I like it sweeter than the 1 packet of Truvia makes it. It kind of makes it taste blah. Most of the places we eat do have good ice tea. I take the Truvia packets with me. We drank real sweet tea when I was growing up. 2 cups of sugar to every gallon!
I will have date dinner out tomorrow, and Sunday I am having family dinner. I hope I can find something that will be easy to make and everyone will like. Maybe I will make enchilada's with the tortilla's and see if I disguise them with enough sauce and ground beef! That's a plan:)
Again, thank you for the comments and advice. I so appreciate it! I am getting so excited to see another break in the scale. I am still consistently down 8.2, that's good right? Monday will be 4 weeks! If I could hit a 9 by Monday, you will hear my screams of joy all around the Country!
Woot!!!