And the decision is. . . .

Well, the news is in. . . I have to wait 3 more months to have surgery. My insurance is requiring me to have a total of 6 months with the dietician before they will approve my surgery. Which is a real bummer, but I guess I’ll just have to use that time to lose another 15 lbs.! I'm just happy I'm loosing.

I’m back into taking the stairs at work. While I was sick, I really slacked off of that. My next goal is to add some type of work out with it (i.e., Pilates or walking at lunch).

Today I was actually able to put a shirt on I bought after Christmas that was a little too tight for my liking. It fits perfect! That’s 2 shirts and 1 pair of pants I’ve been to get into that I couldn’t since I started this endeavor. I don't know the last time I even accomplished something like that. I was even able to suck my gut in and actually see where I’m sucking it in at! It’s the little things in life I love:)

Goal Tending: Week 2

Week 2 was marginally easier and yet not too much different from week 1. Here's the low down:

1) No Soda: only one soda this week - pretty darn good for a 6-8 soda a day girl! Oh wait, I forgot the 3 rum & cokes I had at Red Ball. Oh - but wait - those are counting in week 3. So - yeah this week, bummer for next!

2) Coffee: Kept right on this one all week, except the day after I only got 4.5 hours of sleep. Correlation? Heck yeah! Otherwise, I'm realizing many days I have coffee simply because it's habit. So, maybe I can cut this out altogether in March's goals??

3) Water: I really hate water! It's so PLAIN. And no fun at all. But, I'm trying! I can usually suck down two bottles, but sometimes it's a chore. Any thoughts on how to make this better/easier? And no, flavored water is just as bad (and usually has added calories and sometimes fake sugar as well!)

4) Sweets: So much better on this one - until Valentine's Day. That darn husband - trying to be so sweet and romantic and totally blowing the diet for that day and much of the next. *crying*

5) Workout: Getting better at this. I keep the handweights by the bed, so I can grab them on the way into bed or on the way out. Plus the 15 - 30 minutes or so on Sunday morning jumping around as I lead KidStuf is a definite workout! OH - and that sweet hubby from #4 above also brought in the treadmill finally - maybe he felt guilty over the chocolates...

6) Screen time: Still a challenge, but definitely better this week. Realized hanging out on the computer of boredom is no reason to be online. Books are better. Kid-time is best!

7) Sleep time: Better here as well. When I don't get tied up in a computer game or IM session, I get to sleep earlier! Go figure! I'm still a night owl though, so the thought of going to bed before midnight is just "wrong" somehow! But, I'm trying to switch to being an early bird...although worms suck almost as much as water... ;)

Thoughts on the water thing especially (and anything else you want to comment on) greatly appreciated.

February weigh-in

I went for my monthly weigh-in yesterday at Riverside. I am down another 5 lbs!! I really thought I had gained weight, so you can imagine how happy I was to see that I had lost that much:) That's a total of 15 lbs. since I went to the seminar in November 07 - and 10 lbs in the past 2 months. The dietician feels I'm ready to have the surgery now and was going to fax my paperwork in to the insurance company yesterday. They will either approve it or tell me I have to do 3 more months with the dietician. So keep your fingers crossed!

So now it's back on schedule for keeping my food log and getting my butt up to exercise. Which the exercise seems to be my hardest thing to get motivated on. If you have any pointers - please - let me know!

Reading the Scale

So, I may have cheated a little this morning. I first stepped on the scale BEFORE my shower and it read 169.4. The, I stepped on AFTER my shower and it read 168.8. Really? Tried again. 168.4. Ok. One more time - 168.4. So - best 2 out of 3 for me today.

The questions I have here are these: Did I really have a pound of crud on me? Or did I wash out a lot of hairspray and makeup? Or did I shrivel a little due to the extensive length and heat of the shower?

Any way around it, the official weight for today is 168.4 - down almost 3 lbs since I started this 13 days ago.

I can live with that!