I spent time prepping a beautiful chicken for roasting today. The initial smell had me salivating within a half an hour after putting it in. I piddled about the house for several hours and noticed the chicken didn't smell anymore. Opened the stove and the chicken wasn't hot. Damnnnnm it!!!!!! Brooke had preheated the oven to make a casserole, but realized she needed to go to the store first. I didn't notice she'd turned it off, so the oven was hot and I didn't even check to see whether it was on or not...

This was a "special deal" chicken. It'd been in the freezer for two weeks and in the fridge thawing for 3 days. Now it'd been in the oven for 3 hours, not cooking. I turned on the oven and cooked it. In the meantime, I was HUNGRY, so I cut two pieces of cheese along with a handful of pecans. Instantly, the hunger was gone and I quickly realized my stomach felt heavy, almost queasy. I grabbed some graham crackers to try and rid the ick--I don't know why graham crackers, but it's the first thing that came to mind. Anyhoo, the aroma from the chicken really didn't occur the second time around. It was cooked, but it didn't look right. Stomach still feeling like *kitten*, I went ahead and made a plate along with some peas. I bit into the chicken and it was disgusting! So I ate just the peas. Then I had a bowl of Ezekiel cereal with banana and almond milk, and had two squares of 86% chocolate and felt better. Lol

Around five, I sat there stewing over my ruined meal. I really wanted a nice meal and it turned into a smorgasbord of whatever I could grab instead. Still pissy, even though I was FULL, I was determined to go and get a burger, so I hopped in my car... then turned around and came home.

You know why I changed my mind? I changed it because to get that burger would've been not because I was hungry, but because I was pissed off over something stupid. I would've had it for an emotional reason, just like the old days. I have no problem having something I want when I'm hungry, even if it's fast food. But, emotional eating has never done me any good at all. Emotional eating never made me happier when sad. It never made a good time better. It never solved a problem. It never made me smile, but it sure made me cry, made me feel sorry for myself, and greatly contributed to my becoming obese.

I'm so glad I didn't allow my emotions to get the better of me. Now, if I could just have that same attitude towards cigarettes, I'd be damn near perfect! Lol

minigrrll wrote: »

Ummm.... Hanging on the edge of my seat here... What happened!!!!!??????

Ugh, I didn't notice the post got cut off. Grrr LMAO

Friday's Weight and Inches Update: I'm so freaking happy today!! I've reached the 53% milestone for shedding pounds, dropped -.4 this week for a total of 48.3 pounds gone! Sure I would've shown a bigger loss on the scale, but it takes me 3-4 days to lose water weight and I don't regret overdoing it on my margaritas, only one full day between then and now. haha! :-)

I was also pleasantly surprised with inches lost, just over 26 inches in total so far, including the belly I've been griping about. I accidentally messed up my inches chart so I'm just going to write them down from last time I checked.

July 21, 2017 Measurements:

Neck...Bust...Waist...Hips...Thighs.....Butt (forgot add 3/5/17)
13.5.....45......38........44......23............45.5
13.5.....44......37........43.75...22.25......40.5

I always forgot to stretch old chart to include my rear end, but it started at 45.5 so, I'm thrilled I've lost 5 there in total so far. So I've lost 3 inches in total from all parts since July 21st. I'll start including my booty measurements from here on out on my measure days.

As you can guess, I really wanted an extra terrific meal today, and that's exactly what I have here... Buffalo Cauliflower wings with ranch and blue cheese dressing. A monster salad with bacon, queen monzilla olives, cocktail tomatoes, sweet onion, and homemade honey mustard vinaigrette (I had to move the salad to a bigger plate so the ingredients are there, just buried, lol. For dessert, a lovely berry bowl with pistachios. To drink, a blueberry mint Kombucha!

mistymeadows2005 wrote: »

AMAZING WORK DARLING! You're almost to my END OF AUGUST goal! Such great work! Also I'm proud of you for turning around, and not getting that burger. Your mindset is in the right place, and I'm sure once the irritation was gone you were so glad you didn't give in

Thanks so much, Steph! I'm going to be extra good this week to hopefully get to 173 before hubby gets back. I love surprising him. lol. If I don't, that's okay.

The wings were as good as they look! However, I had sweat beads on my forehead because I used a Buffalo Haberno sauce. Lol.