wooo, hoooo!

So the scale has been between 164 and 165, 165 today so that's my official weigh in. I've been really good about my eating and I know tennis is kicking my butt too! For a 160lb woman, tennis burns 215-265 calories/ half hour (doubles vs. singles) I've been playing at least twice a week for 1.5 - 2 hrs so that's really all I've been doing for exercise. I won't make it to practice this week so I need to get on the treadmill to keep my forward progress, I'd love to lose another 3-4lbs this week, I'd almost be under 160 which would be so cool. My diet is so boring but that's just how I have to do it. I know it works so stick to the plan. Plain oatmeal (2/3 cup) and egg substitutes (1/2 cup) for breakfast, lunch is some form of lean protien (chicken breast, salmon patty, etc) and green beans then usually something similar for dinner. I also have a snack usually 1/2 a medium orange and 3 oz of turkey deli meat and 6 peanuts. That's it, day in and day out but once I'm down to goal weight I can start to be a little more forgiving with what I put in my mouth, it's much harder to lose than to maintain.

time flies!

Wow, it's already the 8th of Feb! SO the past week has been pretty good overall. I have been making good choices more than bad and even had myself talked into a cheat day and decided it wasn't worth it (didn't last though...I'll explain). I really would rather eat good than not because my goal is more important than anything I could put in my mouth. Okay, I'm gonna do it...quote Kate Moss "Nothing taste as good as skinny feels" so really, this is true and I remind myself of it before I put anything in my mouth I haven't planned for.
I didn't make it to two full weeks with no off day. I actually had about 3 days in a row of "off" days; didn't measure, ate whatever, but I did try not to eat too much of whatever :)
The scale shows the tale I told...168, good cuz it didn't go up but not as good as it could be if I hadn't had 3 days of non-dieting! Oh well, onward I go, moving in the right direction. If I only loose one pound a week until we leave for AZ then I will be 160, I can do 1.5 lbs and be 156 and 2 lbs and be 152 so I'm very motivated :)