Good results

The steak day worked. I lost 2.2 pounds, which was more than my gain.

I'm still not ready to say how much I weigh, because it's more than I want to weigh. However, I feel pretty good about my chances of losing the rest of my extra fat. I'm dedicated in my exercise. I have a renewed determination to eat only the foods that are best for my body.

A quick fix like HCG wasn't quite right for me. I'm still grateful for the boost it gave me. But since I always felt hungry on it, I've developed a mentality where I can't stand to feel hungry. So when I start to feel deprived on my strict eating plan (meat, veggies, eggs, a little fruit), I go overboard.

I have an intolerance to wheat. I know this. It drains my energy and makes me feel slightly sick to my stomach. Yet this past month when I've gotten hungry and didn't have a good snack ready, I'd have toast or cereal. I didn't care what it would do to me, as long as it ended the hunger. (Plus I love cereal. I could eat it three meals a day if it was good for me.)

So now I have to balance good eating with keeping my sanity. "Occasional treat" doesn't cut it. I need structure or I'll keep eating the things I shouldn't. I'm thinking of going to free Sundays. I'll eat the way I should all week, but allow myself some freedom on Sundays. That way the restriction of my diet won't feel so endless. If I want something, I'll just tell myself I can have it on Sunday--I just have to wait.

Holding steady

I've been maintaining the same weight for nearly a month now. I'd like to be losing, but I'm happy I'm not gaining.

I've been eating like a normal person. In order to lose more weight, I'll have to go strict again. Every time I gear up to do that, something happens. My latest attempt at strict eating lasted 3 and 1/2 days. Last night I was sabotaged by my husband. A good friend of ours was in town and my husband wanted to take him out to eat. But the friend had a time crunch, so we did fast food.

All my progress of three days was wiped away. But today I'm doing a steak day to erase the damage. I haven't done one of those in quite a while.