June 24, 2013 Still losing

I got on the scale Saturday morning and had lost another 2 pounds... down to 183. I am so excited!! I kinda ate more than I should have on Sat and Sunday, but I am thinking that if I watch what I eat Monday to Friday and eat sensibly on the weekend, I can still keep losing... slowly and surely. Today I am leaving work at 2:30 and heading for Dallas to see my son and his wife for dinner. I am really happy to see them for an hour or so and then head back to Tyler. A great day!

June 20, 2013

Well, I am now down to 185, so I have lost a few pounds. I am eating cream of wheat for breakfast, and trying to have just veggies for lunch, and then eat a dinner that is healthy. I am also exercising by line dancing whenever I can. The last two nights I had a small bit of ice cream, and my weight stayed the same, so I figure if I didn't have ice cream and exercised I probably would have lost some more. Tonight I babysit a while but then will go line dance.. get in some exercise. But basically, I am just trying to eat less, better, and stay away from junk food. (need to stay away from the ice cream also).. but I am losing, so that is a good thing.

Problems 6 13 2013

Don't know what's wrong.. very frustrated.. gaining weight, am up to 188 again. Maybe I am not eating right. Today went off the low carb and am just watching what I eat, had cream of wheat for breakfast. I am thinking about doing the Fat Fast for 3 to 5 days to speed up my weight loss. Will let you know. As of now, I am very frustrated. I really want to lose weight. My birthday is Monday, but I have no plans. Was hoping to have lost weight but....?

6 days till my 63rd Birthday

Well, I got down to 186.2 yesterday and then made some low carb peanut butter bread (only 3 carbs per slice) and had 2 slices with meat and mayo for a sandwich. I was 187 again this morning, so I had gone up. NO more bread (even low carb) for at least 2 more weeks. My body doesn't know the difference, bread is bread. I did like the receipe though, and will make more in the future. So I had lost 3 pounds the first week, then gained one, but am back on today, but induction, no more bread. I thought keeping the carbs low would be OK, but it is not. No bread, rice, pasta, etc for me. I am finding all these great receipes now and look forward to cooking them as much as I can. Last night we did some line dancing and really enjoyed it. Tonight I babysit for my 4 grandchildren.. love spending time with them. Ginger (the only girl) is 9, Hayden is 8, Piper is 6 and Eli is 4. They are all precious and I am losing weight for them, to make them be proud of me. I want this more than anything. Talk to you soon.

This is IT!!! June 7, 2013

OK, I started back on my diet 3 days ago.. and this is for real. I feel it in my bones this time. 3 days ago I was back up to 189.5, but this morning I was back down to 187.6. I am reading and participating in a few websites about the Atkins diet, or just low carb eating. This is the best way for my body to lose and I just have to stay on it. My Birthday is June 17th and I will be 63, so it is time for me to lose the rest of this weight. After I had my weight loss surgery about 10 years ago I lost 100 pounds and was down to 167 and very comfortable there. Now in the past two or three years I have gained a few pounds. I am NOT comfortable and I am obese. I will work to change that now. My longterm goal is to get down to 120 pounds, but my short term goal is to just reach 167 again. That is 20 pounds and I will be able to do it, by the middle of August, 2013. So here we go.