I’ve been sick and it’s been that lovely time of the month so I really didn’t expect much when I heaved myself up onto the scale this morning. I’d have been happy to have held steady. So imagine my surprise when I hit a new low!

Hoping that this week goes well, I’m really busy writing and my EDJ reorganized so I have a new boss and will have a bit of adjustment there.

252 – Start Weight
237.5 – Today
(14.5) – Net
97.5 – To Go

Well, not too bad overall but I was sick most of the week. That sucked. But I’m mostly back on track with the food issues. Wish I was losing faster but at least I’m losing. I’m getting near having another wardrobe malfunction with my favorite jeans, though. I noticed I keep having to tug them up at work.

Have to do some closet diving and find the next size down to see if I can wear them yet.

252 – Start Weight
241 – Today
(11) – Net
101 – To Go

Hmm – not much traction this week despite eating well. I think it’s mostly because it’s that time of the month and it causes issues with water retention and such. I just wish I didn’t have to have dreadful cramps on top of it all. I’m convinced Advil is necessary to life 1/4 of each month but has no redeeming nutritional value.

So, holding steady at:

252 – Start Weight
243.5 – Today
(8.5) – Net
103.5 – To Go

This next week will be interesting because the Morganator starts school and I’ll have to go to bed earlier so I can get up and get to work WAY earlier than I’m used to.

Oh – and Beta testing IE8

This week was considerably better. For the most part my carb cravings are gone and I didn’t even have to hide from bagel Wednesday at work.

I’ve done a lot better at drinking enough water (although I actually drink Crystal Light instead of plain water because I am competely unexcited by plain water). I’m also down to one soda a day – YAY.

I happily got a barrista at my Wednesday night reader group meeting that could manage to make me a coffee I could have – Americano with heavy whipping cream and sugar-free syrup. I was happy and really needed the caffeine hit, lol.

I made an online order for some low-carb things I haven’t been able to find locally: LC tortillas, LC BBQ sauce, flax hot cereal and some tofu noodles I want to try. There used to be several stores locally dedicated to low carb but they’ve folded so the best shopping seems to happen online.

252 – Start Weight
243.5 – Today
(8.5) – Net
103.5 – To Go

I decided I won’t include the weight loss ticker because it always displays the most current weight so all my posts would have that day’s weight If you’re curious, I have a small one in the sidebar of my blog and you can check it out.

Chugging along on low carb!

Anyone else want to check in?

As some of you may know, I have taken inspiration from my Soldier son and am now determined to work at losing weight and get in shape so I can take a run with him when he gets back after his deployment.

I’m a control freak and this gives me something to focus on that I have SOME control over and he’s a true inspiration to me.

Toward that end, I have consulted with my doctors and am now on a low-carb diet (I’m doing Protein Power) and have joined a gym. I’ll be starting at the gym no later than the first week of September when son #2 goes back to school, but hopefully sooner.

I officially started one week ago – on 8/10. My goal is to get down to 140 lbs and I’d love to do it by January 2010. But those are arbitrary goals set by me that may be refined over time.

This week was hard because one of my cats has been hospitalized. The first fears were hyper-thyroidism or diabetes, then when those were disproven it was a fear of cancer or lymphoma. It seems that he actually has an nasty, probably chronic, pancreatic infection. He went on IV antibiotics on Thursday and we’re really hoping he responds well to them. He’ll still end up on a long regime of antibiotics but he might make it through. At least it’s not the death sentence lymphoma is.

So it’s been stressful. Stressful at work as well with the addition of daycare closing for a while and needing to take time off work to “work at home” with my youngest’s help. I can tend to snack and nibble under stress but I managed to resist this week. Barely. I had to run away from my admin’s apple fritter – the carb cravings sucked and I really wanted it, lol.

It’s been really hot here and I’ve been short on water a few days. I swell up when that happens and I know it. Sigh.

We did have a picnic with Mr Maura’s company yesterday and I stayed away from the desserts and fruits but they had a good local bbq company catering so I had a whole plate of chicken and ribs. I did go light on the BBQ sauce though – it was a sweet one.

So, all in all, not a bad week…..

I’ve added a small ticker to my sidebar so anyone interested, if anyone is interested, can see how it’s going between updates.

Start: 252
Today: 248.5
Net: (3.5)
ToGo: 108.5