Before and After the Diet

Here are some pics that I will briefly post of before and after the 30 days. The difference is very subtle. But i can see it, and the clothes fit different. Hooray!

New photo

I changed my "author of the blog" photo (which also apparently appears next to my blogs). I made myself put the original one because it most accurately represented how I looked at the time. But I've lost 11 lbs since that picture darn it! so I changed my photo. :)

Diet- Day 26

So I'm at a 6 lb loss and maybe on the verge of an 7lb loss. I thought I'd have made more progress in the last 6 days. But, I definitely feel smaller and fit into things better. I really have a total loss of 11 lbs since Christmas, so I try to keep reminding myself to count this progress as well.

I can tell that the diet is winding down because I've gotten a little lax with a chip here or bite of the kids' food there, etc. But I'll hunker down and finish out the 30 days and not start over. Overall I've shown a great deal of restraint.

I still can't believe how hard it is to resist a cookie sometimes. I tell myself, "I don't do that any more." Other times I'm used to the sacrifice. I think the hardest times are while I'm cooking dinner and before bedtime. I can resist food in the morning and if I'm busy or not in the kitchen keep it up in the afternoon. Then when dinner time hits I'm starving!

Diet- Day 20

Oh ye of little faith... (I mean me!)

I'm down 6 lbs total. :) Weighing in every day has its drawbacks. And I ran 2 miles today!

Diet- Day Eighteen

Last night I felt like giving up on the diet. I went down a pound... after going up 2 over the weekend. I know the healthy way to lose weight is to take it slow and make lifestyle changes, but it's also more discouraging. In my past experience the scale has gone up and down as I lost the weight, but I was still bummed. Hmmmm.

But today I think that I can't go back. I must hang in there because my body can't slump back to where it was 2 1/2 months ago ever again. Ever. I must never weigh as much as my husband again. :) And if I hang in there I will be able to buy those new jeans I need so badly. Here's to self-denial, feeling better and healthier and new GAP jeans!

It Snowed In Buffalo Too!

So Ohio got the big press for 20 inches of snow. But the Buffalo airport got 20 inches and we think we got 2 feet at our house! Below are a couple of pics before we got the final foot of snow on Saturday night.

Diet- Day Fifteen

I have a net loss of 5 lbs! I've been staying away from the kids' scraps. Resisting the snacks and late night snacks (those damn pizza commercials at 8PM!) is easier overall but still really hard at times. It is a good feeling when I eat a normal serving at dinner and then don't go back and instead of feeling stuffed, I know i've eaten just enough. In normal Lauren mode I feel like I don't know when I'm full or don't "need" food because I'm hungry all the time (which i'm assuming is because I am eating all of the time). It's actually a good feeling to know you've had enough.

Diet- Day Thirteen

Well, it's been a little while since I logged in on this. So by day 3 I had lost 2 pounds. By day 6 I had lost 3 almost 4 pounds. Then I leveled out for two days and then gained back a pound (meaning a net loss of 2). I was a little discouraged after such a rocking start. I knew I was sticking to the plan and was getting exercise too. I think the one thing I need to watch is eating the scraps of leftover food off my kids plates whcih somehow in my mind didn't count as a snack or eating a second serving. Oops, I'll work on that. I had a few other times when I simply forgot to not eat the sample at the grocery store. But mostly I had been on track.

Then on day 11 I got my period (sorry for too much info, Josh). Ohhhhh. My cycle is still weird with the breastfeeding- two periods in Jan but none in Feb- so I clean forgot about this possible reason for weight gain.

Back on the scale day 13 and now I have a net loss of 4, almost 5 pounds. We'll see if that trend continues. I"m trying not to go hog wild on my "loop holes." I can only have one serving of food at a meal, but have no regulated size for this serving. So pray forme to have control in this area. This had been going well until the set back and the hormones this weekend. I want to get the most out of this 30 days.

So it looks like a weight loss of 5-10 pounds is still within reach at this pace.