Pleased.

So tomorrow is going to be a busy day. Dropping my dog off at his overnight camp early in the morning. As soon as I get back from Almonte (edit on 23rd ~ Make that Arnprior ~ always get the two names confused but make it to the right spot.), baking cookies from a new  recipe before the temperature rises and gets the best of me.  Hair Appt. at 11:00, followed by Grocery shopping and finding a 1/4" Masonry Drill Bit, to aid in next task... fixing bathroom light fixture. Then regular  house cleaning... quickly followed by ME, and then heading off  with the freshly baked (Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies with Cream Cheese and Peanut Butter Filling) to a Hog and Cobb. I'm really looking forward to it. 

Have to take it easy on the food and beverages though... Don't want my hard work to go for naught... 11.4 lbs lost to date... Goal is to still have 10lbs off by month's end and then lose another 10 in the month of August. It's achievable. Ahhh... but it WILL be so nice to have that beer X 2 that I've promised myself.... and Roast Pig and Roast Corn and all the fixings.

 Found a six-pack of Micro-Brewery (Barrie, ON) - "Hoptical Illusion" by Flying Monkey's Brewery. The label design needs to be seen to be believed.  States that it is an "Almost Pale Ale."



Don't think I need to worry about anyone else drinking my beer. Who'd get caught dead with this label in their mitt? LOL - I'll have a couple and give the rest away but I'll choose who they go to not have some little weasel/moocher steal them. Sorry for the blurry pic... but ya get the idea. If you get a chance to pick up a 6-pack... just reading the carton is a treat... Honest. Funny/Quirky/Weird.... What would you expect... even the phrase "Normal is Weird" is printed on it.  That was the final selling point for me!

Hope everyone has a great weekend. Stay cool!

1/10th ALREADY!

Well then. Not sure if this is supposed to be the hardest or the easiest end of the losing weight challenge but my willpower will not be outdone. I've managed to lose 5lbs. in my first week. Guess that shows how little I needed it.  I'm eating healthy... something I really don't enjoy. Nothing that is the colour of white has passed these lips Oops... Cottage Cheese is white... but you get the picture.. I've not eaten any chocolate nor drank any wine, for that matter any form of alcohol.

I've already made plans for my savings. First a Digital Weight Scale that will weigh me accurately. Mine is a 20-yr old dial type and when it gets down to the pinch, I know that if I lean left and slightly forward, I can cause the needle to move about 1.5lbs. in my favour. Kinda cheating but I know I'm doing it so I don't actually record those results but it makes my emotional side feel better... sort of nudging me to that goal sans the leaning. I've not had to do that so far but I've set an intermediate goal of another 5 lbs by the 21st... (2 weeks time).  It will get harder and harder to lose the weight. I understand but I will not cave. 

I already feel better. Now my stomach sticks out... just the way it used to WHEN I was trying to hold it in! Yup. It appears that that is where I lost most of the 5 lbs. It can't be the only place though because I've found it easier to get my watch done up too... I'll be damned if I'd put another link in it but the catch was pinching the inside of my wrist when I went to do it up. (Here's where I'd like to mention that although I'm tall (5'10-1/2") I'm small boned, and my wrists have always been small as with my long slender fingers. My rings were removed, unceremoniously, about 3 months ago because IF I got them on again, they'd not be coming off. But my watch was a requirement. It was part of the inducement for me to start back on the track of becoming me again.

I'm not exercising yet. I've decided to let the pounds  keep dropping off instead of exercising them and making them think they will be spending their final days hitching a ride on me. I will start exercising when I get down to my goal weight, unless I'm finding it impossible to get there without exercising. Way if see it, get the parts that I want to keep, fit... and don't put the added stress on my bones and joints exercising the junk I'm choosing to leave behind!

Will try to check in next week.
Ciao Chicklets
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50 X 50

Where has all the time gone?  I've decided to stop NOT CARING what I look like. This has been an issue with me for a couple of  years now.  I've been trying to be happy in my own skin and not care that the skin is holding more and more weight. Grey hair, I can live with - for now, but the weight was getting me down, especially since I could no longer fit into clothes, hanging in my wardrobe that I'm still quite fond of.  So... call me vain, but my appearance is still important to me.

I've decided to start caring again about what I eat... I'm not fond of the foods that are nutritious and good for me which is how I ended up in this predicament.  I caught the perfect angle for my profile pic so don't let it fool you.  I'm 49 as of June 9th, 5-10-1/2" tall, and weighed in at a whopping 198lbs (none muscle) yesterday.  My goal is to lose 50lbs by my 50th Birthday.  I believe I can do that... Keeping it off will be my problem. 

You see, I'm a Black or White, A-type personality. I can do anything I set my mind to. I want to lose weight?  I will put myself on the strictest of programs to do it. I won't veer off course for ANYTHING or ANYONE. I will throw out every foodstuff in my cupboards, freezer and fridge that does not meet up with my heathy-living program. (Actually I gave it all away... point is, it's not there to distract me.)

A friend introduced me to a website www.loseit.com and I've signed up. It's FREE. It takes into account my personal, physical, data (age, sex, height) and what my goal is and sets me out on a course for success.  My only issue is that I punched in the data and it is telling me that I'll be able to lose that amount by Christmas, Dec 17th to be exact. Took me 5 years to put it on... I don't think I'll have it off by Christmas.... but I'll be planning what to wear to our Company Christmas Party just in case.  Maybe a knock-off of a Duchess of Cambridge dress???

Yes, Kate left here less than two hours ago on her way to Montreal with the Prince. What a wonderful couple. NORMAL... whatever that is.

Well, time for another glass of water.  No more aspertame, caffeine, or alcohol. Gave up smoking in March.  See where my downfall will be?  I love coffee with cream, and Red Wine. To keep trim, means to stay away from them... Black & White... All or Nothing. 

Here's to finding my little patch of grey... my happy medium. Cheers (with the water :-)