Almost 50!

Today I am 47.4 down. My weight loss has been slower the past two weeks, than before, so I may have hit a small plateau. In the past two days, I've lost 2.2 pounds, so I think things are picking back up again.

I did not get my period two weeks ago, but the scale and my hormones simulated me having my cycle. I don't know what that means for the future, but I will just wait and see what happens next month.

This past week I've been in a rut food-wise. I am getting tired of the same foods all of the time: turkey and cheese with crackers, soup, cereal and milk, cottage cheese, and yogurt. In the past few weeks, since I've been a little sick with certain foods, I think I tried to stick with things that I know go down well. However, now I'm ready to break out! Yesterday I started writing a blog, but it was so negative sounding, that I decided to wait until I was feeling a little more positive about things. After looking through my new weight loss cookbooks, I came up with a few recipes that I wanted to try this week to give me a little bit of variety--chili with bacon and cheddar muffins, fruity french toast, pot roast with mini potatoes and carrots, and garlic shrimp. These foods sound "normal" but they are made with certain ingredients which increase the protein and lower the carbs. I'm excited to try these things this week, and hopefully break out of my food rut.

I exercised 4 times last week, which is double the week before! Chris and I got up at 5:00 am, and went for a half hour. It felt great that we committed to it and did it! The upside is that I felt wonderful in the morning, and it got me going on the right foot all day. Also, I loved the fact that when I got home from school, I didn't have to think about exercise--I could put on my pjs and watch TV. :) The downside is that Chris and I were both so tired during the week. We need to adjust our bedtime earlier, so this will continue to work for us. Our goal is to go 5 days a week, and take a break on the weekends.

Clothes are continuing to get too big. Friday we had a pep rally at school, and I was trying to find a red shirt to wear (our colors are red and blue) and everything was too big! That is a nice feeling to have when you're getting dressed, and eventually I had to wear my Heritage t-shirt, and put a red sweater over it. I really don't like wearing clothes that are too big, so I guess I'll need to go shopping! ;) I've found that I'm a little colder at school than I used to be. I've been wearing lots of sweaters (like my co-workers) when normally before I was warm during the day.

I will post some pictures next week, a month after the last pictures I posted. My goals for the week are to exercise 5 days, try new foods, and increase my water intake. Have a super-dee-duper week! :)