Fixed my scale - one of the rubber stops on the bottom was loose and causing it to be off balance. After my week out of town and dessert every day, I was a little nervous to get on the scale today. I was pleasantly surprised to see I was down 2.1 lbs from my last weigh 2 weeks ago. I have officially met my driver’s license weight goal and I am 3 lbs from my 10% which I am hoping to reach before going to Hawaii on Aug 14. My trip is 2 weeks away, but I still think I can do it.

I tried McD’s Southwest Salad and it is worth what everyone is raving about it. I calculated 6.5 without the dressing. It doesn’t need dressing because the chicken has a really great flavor to it already. I paired it with a small shake and was surprised to find out that was 9 points. Luckily I had earned a few activity points today.

Man, I am like a roller coaster. Yesterday was great after NSV at Old Navy, but today I just feel blah. I wore the size 12 capris I bought yesterday for half today, but ended up changing out of them because I felt so fat. Girls with belly fat should not wear low rise jeans. I haven’t been exercising well, and on top of that my asthma is flaring up because of all the forest fires near us so I can’t go for a walk outside even if I wanted to. My eating was horrible today. I cannot seem to control myself when I don’t prepare my own meals and we were at the in-laws for dinner. I wasn’t hungry at all after the tacos, but I promptly downed a full slice of cheesecake. I ate all my daily points AND all my flexies PLUS 20 points beyond that. I’m glad today is day 7 in my week. It’s TOM so I’m blaming everything on that. :p Sorry for the depressing post. I’m determined omorrow will be a better day and the start of a great week!

Tonight I stopped at Old Navy to try to find some shorts or capris for our Hawaii trip coming up (24 days!). SHOP has been a 4-letter word for me for a while. The last time I shopped for clothes was in the Spring. I remember trying on some jeans at Lane Bryant. I grabbed a size 16 from the rack and they fit nicely. Well, I realized as I took them off, they were actually 18’s on a size 16 hangar - the biggest size I’d ever worn. That was one of my many wake-up calls.

Well I am pleased to say that everything I bought tonight was a SIZE 14! That’s right. I tried on 16’s and they fit, but I thought for kicks I would try some 14’s and I was surprised they looked better than the 16’s! Then, I knew I was pushing it, but I saw some denim gauchos I liked and they didn’t have anything bigger than a 12 so I tried it on. Get this - They FIT! Ok, they don’t look great (yet) but they were on, and zipped, and I could breathe… so I got them. I think Old Navy is probably a little more generous in their sizing than some stores, but HEY - the tag says 12 and I’m stoked!

Recap of today:

I overspent my WP’s again. I’m not sure why I do this.

Yesterday I was at my long boring class all day and pizza was provided for lunch. Not just cheap pizza, but thick, cheesy, mile-high toppings PIE pizza. There were also cookies, chips and other not-good-for-me snacks. So, when I had 1 point left for dinner, of course I made a really sensible decision like EATING OUT AGAIN! I knew I didn’t have the points for it (not even flex, those were gone..) but I decided that is what I really wanted. I really want to lose weight and I know that eating that way and losing weight cannot co-exist. The sensible side of me says I’m sabotaging myself, but the emotional side says that it’s ok to splurge occasionally. AFter all, a few bad meals isn’t the reason I gained weight. It was the daily habit of eating that way that caused it.

So, for now, I am feeling netural about my choices this week. I know they were not consistently on plan, but each choice I made was conscious and cannot be blamed on anything other than wanting to eat and be lazy rather than healthy and active. Next week will be different.

Thanks to Roni for helping me with the table. I debated whether or not to post my menu, but seeing it in writing and knowing others can see what choices I made will hopefully motivate me to better choices.

I had not one, but TWO desserts tonight. First we ate out at Rumbi’s. It’s SOOOooo yummy. I checked out the points beforehand and decided on the Carribbean Salad. According to DWLZ it is 16.5 points. I ate most of it, but only half the dressing

and none of the rice. I counted 14 points to be safe. So then we had their FABULOUS key lime pie. I wanted a whole slice, but limited myself to 1/2. I am not sure the exact points on that, but counted it as 5.

Later we went to the city fireworks. We brought the mutt along. It’s the first time Indy has been to Fireworks and he did not like them. Poor thing - shook like a leaf the whole time. He seems to have recovered nicely though. Well, so we’re driving home and hubby says, let’s get ice cream. So we pull into a fast food place and I ordered the small Hot Fudge Sundae. This place is local, so no nutritional info, but I counted 7 points because that’s what McD’s sundae is.

Two desserts in one night. Definitely more than I needed or planned, but I used my weekly points and will spend the rest of my weekend guilt free.