May 1: Monthly weigh in

Today's weigh in did not provide excitement.  I only lost two pounds in April.  I keep reminding myself that I had nearly a two week diet break, but it isn't cheering me up a lot.  There were also a couple of inches lost - 1 in the waist and 1 in the boobs (NOT where I was hoping to lose!)

So today begins a new month with a new plan.  I just began dieting again on Thursday, so I'm hoping the diet break did what it is supposed to do - I really want to get my weight loss kicked up to two pounds a week again.

Meal planning for this week: (planned leftover items)

Crock pot Mexican chicken, baked brown rice, veggies in their steamer bags, and roasted chicken breasts

I can put together lots of meals with those items.  I also need to restock on Greek yogurt for my yummy protein ice cream - so very delicious!

I've been trying, somewhat unsuccessfully to back off on the carbs a bit.  Carbs seem to be my favorite thing in the world though.  So I'm going to leave my carbs alone, make sure I get enough protein and keep the calories low.  This month I'm shooting for 120 grams of protein per day.

This weekend, if the weather clears up, I plan to do some gardening - that will give me a bit of a workout.  I hope everyone enjoys their weekend ~

April 1: Monthly Check-In

Well, I've done better this month than last month.  I didn't meet my goal of losing 7 pounds, despite my very best efforts.  I lost 5 pounds, which is better than February, where I lost 2 pounds.  So I'm starting April at 187.

My weight loss has really slowed down, which is very disappointing.  I haven't lost at all for over 2 weeks - the rest of the loss was crammed into the first part of last month.  Then this week, I lost another two.

I'm not as upset as I thought I would be.  I've done absolutely everything humanly possible this month (while still remaining healthy, of course), so I figure at this point I'm at least a very healthy fat person.  Yesterday I walked a total of 8 km throughout the day.  I eat very well, and I monitor my intake carefully.  I'm looking into some things like "refeeds" and "carb cycling" to kick April in the butt.  I've also submitted to a whole lot of blood work to make certain everything is physically okay for weight loss. 

If I keep working with the same determination, the weight will come off.  It may not come off as quickly as I'd like, but it will come off.

April is going to be a good month.