THE (Trying Hard Everyday) Team - Week 22

Morning, all, even though it's afternoon for most of you. Finally dragged my butt out of bed, it's 10 am. And only because the kids are up, I had to get up. Spent the afternoon at losingits, had bbq. I had planned on the day being an entire bust - but I surprised myself in what I ate and what I wanted to eat. I didn't log it (yet) but as far as food, I ate mostly fruit and vegetables, and that's what I wanted. Some chips and dip early on. So the thing that would really put me over is the (whisper) alcohol. You guys probably think I'm a big drinker but really, this is the second time in about a month - and before that, it was New Years, and before that, sheesh, probably a year. But I learned how to make pina coladas and they are so good! So anyway I have no idea how much that ended up being but a lot, I'm sure. I haven't got the guts to go check yet. But I am surprised and happy at myself for not just pigging out on stuff. I had two servings of chips, of dip, but over the course of 2 hours, I stayed within reasonable limits for what I ate. I'm pretty happy with myself for that.

Deb, there's tricks to learning how much of something you're taking at a buffet, these aren't the exact measurements but I can't think yet, but like a spoonful of veggies (their spoons) is 1/2 cup, a piece of meat the size of your closed fist is 6 oz, etc. I have to look that stuff up. But good for you for not pulling up to the dessert bar and staying there all night! I'm not sure I could have resisted...

I'm groggy and tired today, not hung over, just we stayed up so late and then I couldn't stay asleep once we got home. But at least the kids slept in for a change, in fact, one son is still sleeping. Hubby was up earlier and went back to bed, not sure if I'll see him the rest of the day, LOL.

Hi ya'll, I"ve been AWOL today because the internet connection was down, it's fixed now (obviously). Lisa, you are in our hearts and prayers.

Now that I"ve learned how to make pina coladas with that Magic Bullet, I realize the smoothies I tried to make before I made completely wrong. So I am going to start making smoothies for the boys this summer, and myself. The ones I made before weren't that good... now I know what I did wrong. (and no, the answer is not alcohol, LOL).

I needed that slipper this morning, I set my alarm for 7 thinking I had to be at the gym to meet the trainer at 8:30, boys weren't up so I would have had to wake them up, well I rationalized myself back to sleep and blew off the appt. Except, it's tomorrow, not today! So I get a second chance to do it right.

I think I'm going to start weight training again, because that's not really "working" the body like cardio but I love losing those inches and I have a lot more inches to lose. It's actually hard for me not to do cardio, but now that my body is starting to lose weight again, I want to give it the entire time I planned off cardio so I don't regress into the plateau again.

A woman came over yesterday and bought some dresses I had that were now way too big, she was asking me how, and so I sat down and showed her this site. I also told her about THE Team, so she may show up in here sometime. Anyway she kept saying "it can't be that easy" (eat the right things, exercise how you can exercise, pay attention to what you're putting in your body). But it really is, if you're way overweight, it really is that easy. Her problem was she only ate about one meal a day, and didn't understand how she could not lose weight with eating so little. So I told her why... it's nice to know something that is true and not a fad or a pill or a diet but reality and how to get your weight down. I think she thought I was a salesman for the site or something, LOL.