1 week!!

 I made sure to get myself a few rewards for making it a week on my diet. Day #7 of 25! 17 days to go! 

Here's my rewards, new ankle black boots, and 3 new tops and 1 pair of leggings. I wasn't planning on buying so many rewards, but I found so many good deals at Marshalls. All things I need. 

Has my dieting been easy? Not that difficult since I'm still sick with Covid, day #6 of 10. The hardest part of the day is waiting till dinner or 4pm to eat for the day. I have to admit, it's getting easier to not want to eat in the afternoons. I've never been a morning eater, so lunch is more of a challenge. 

I stopped at the store and purchased yellow squash, mushrooms and parsnips to cook with Steve's homemade spaghetti sauce and meatballs. I'm skipping pasta and just loading up with veggies that are low cal. Lots of flavor and delicious! 

Still getting in cleaning exercise daily. Planks and lifting weights. Still need to do that today. I usually like to get in my exercises in the morning. Always have to move every day. Plus I did some shopping, walking and looking taking more steps for few hours to burn calories. 

Have I noticed some weight loss? Just in my tank top fitting more loose on my body. Could I have lost a pound a day with eating 500 or under calories for the last week? I sure hope so, or at least 5 pounds. I need to start measuring my waist, hips, thighs and arms. I need some type of base to see my weight loss progress other than just how my clothes fit. 

I have also been telling a few people I'm on a diet. Neighbor friends, customers and Steve. It helps to get support and keep me focused now that I've told people, I expect I'll need to have weight loss results in the coming weeks! 

Wish I would have been better at keeping the weight off. It's tough to have to lose all that weight again. I recalculated the time it took to drop a significant amount of weight. From the End of August (last week, to when we went on vacation to Florida, coming home on the 11th. Exactly 6 weeks to wear a swim suit. I kept losing to get to my goal weight through November another 4 weeks. to get down to 145. 12 weeks total or 3 months and 1 week. Right now I'm focused on just getting to day #25 Christmas. I'll set another goal after I reach that date with a little indulging allowed, but only due to being Christmas. Maybe a drink and taste of desserts. Nothing crazy as I want to keep dieting and lose the rest of the weight for spring. I want to fit back into my swim suit this summer and not have to cover up. I want all of my old skinny clothes to fit so I have more clothing options to wear both this winter and summer. Plus, I want to feel healthy and look better now that I'm approaching my mid 50's. This is the age where your health is most important. 

I also want to enjoy running again. I am still working on getting my feet fixed so they don't burn when I run more than 2 miles. I need to build up my miles again to 6. Maybe not every day I'll run, give myself 2 days a week rest.