Saturday, November 29, 2008

10 pounds!

I forgot to weigh myself before coffee this morning, so the 10 pounds off even reflects the weight of two giant cups of coffee. And two days after Thanksgiving! Feeling really great. Even ate 2 cookies last night without craving more. Made a total of 4 batches of cookie dough. Baked off some samples for Jack, but made them small and I didn't even finish either cookie, I just wanted to taste.

Felt my throat chakra open this morning, which has been a goal for about a year now. Very excited about that as well.

Feeling festive today - decorating and building fence. Put up the tree yesterday and decorating it today. LOVE long weekends!!

Here's what I look like now:

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

8 pounds in 5 weeks!

Really feeling great. Renewing relationship with collarbone, hip bones, ribs. Occasionally feel vulnerable, exposed, having bones so close to the surface, as if someone could break them, but my core has heated up to melt off the excess. Watched Biggest Loser last night. One woman lost 10 pounds in ONE week. I have no idea how that is possible.

Home all day. Nibbled WAY too much, BUT finished the day off with the longest treadmill session ever. And I wasn't even connecting the two. I just wanted to go for two miles on an incline. 62 minutes and I am psyched. My knees are a little sore, but I was not ridiculously out of breath at all. I kept it slow to make sure I'd get there. Someone commented we might go back to Washakie Falls in the Spring and I want to be ready. A mile here and there won't cut it.

I plan to look much different the next time we do this:

Me, Carlie and Jackie, mid-hike. October 3, 2008

Invented new dessert today with my new best friends stevia and cool whip.
Add cinnamon, nutmeg and stevia to raw pumpkin. Stir. Fold in cool whip to desired consistency. Yum.

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I'm not worried at all. We are headed to the mountain with a Dutch oven dinner and a romantic meal that cooks while we hike and cut down our Christmas tree. Life is good.

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Galvanizing, 555

I can't believe how excited I am. I love getting on my treadmill, finding creative ways to eat well and feeling liberated from the prison of compulsive eating. My compulsion now is reading weight loss tips and success stories online. I feel vibrant, happy to meet the scale and energized to meet life's challenges. I am so glad I asked Annalaiya for a blend to help me over the hump. It is making all the difference. I look forward to meeting my bones and true frame. It is like encountering family I've never seen before!

Friday, November 7, 2008