Made it through a major holiday and still on the wagon!

Wow, Christmas was a little harder than expected. But, I stayed on the wagon, for the most part. This week, my family has eaten a tri-tip roast w/carmelized onions (cooked in butter baby!), Phat Jacks BBQ Brisket, Spiral-cut Ham, & FILET MIGNON!!! I took a tiny little sample of everything but the ham. Oh, my. It was hard to behave. I think one bite was probably more than fine.

I did have my moth check up. All is well. He told me I didn't have to measure my veggies anymore. But I will to an extent- I'm a little on the retentive side sometimes.

My dinners have all been pretty compliant. Fish & veggies, and a few of the approved freezer meals. Tonight's was the best though- it was the SmartOnes Chicken Teryaki & veggies. I had to supplement the protein with deli turkey and was really full. I also had a little bit of oven roasted zuccini. I know, lacking in detail. If you need ideas, send me an email. :) I'll go back into detail when things calm down more.

Pictures coming soon.

If the scale is really right...

I'm really excited! Tonight, my home scale said 205.4. I am not quite sure it's correct, it's given me false weights before. But, it's still cool to see it go down.

DH, my parents and FIL all had a yummy tri-tip roast w/carmelized onions for dinner tonight. I had tilapia and brussels again and then a side of carrots (thinly sliced and cooked in a skillet with nonfat spray, Johnny's and butter spray). Oh, they also had a 20 year old wine. I took a sip, it was good, but it will feel even better to weigh in tomorrow. :D

Hitting the one month mark!

I'm kind of excited for my weigh in this Friday. It will make a month on Smart for Life! I honestly never would have thought I'd be so excited about stepping on a scale. It's got to be the results and knowing there will be some.

I've been able to resist the chocolate temptation...even after making oreo mint balls. It's that whole thing of getting to watch the scale go down and that I'm cheap. When I'm paying for special food, I'm going to get the best bang for my buck. ;)

I was lazy on dinner tonight. I had a Lean Cuisine (Baked Chicken w/stuffing and whipped potatoes) and had to protein supplement with fat free cheese slice (uhm, kind of ewwww and plasticy) and a small spinach salad with a sweetened djion dressing (a little bit of fat free mayo, dijon dressing, water and a little stevia).

Last night, I kind of cheated. DH roasted a turkey breast- first rubbed it with olive oil and seasoning. I ate a tiny bit of skin. I just couldn't help myself- it was Christmas dinner after all. ;) I tried a couple bites of stuffing, but it really wasn't hitting the spot. And, I had to servings of veggies- brussels and greenbeans.

The slacker blogger returns...

I have no clue why I didn't blog yesterday...must have been something to do with wrapping the kids' gifts. The chocolate has certainly been calling my name. I have resisted thus far. I keep getting encouraged by looking at the scale.

I got the coolest compliment today from a friend that didn't know I was dieting, "You look like you've lost weight!" It felt good. :D

Dinner tonight: Smart Ones chicken Santa Fe and a side of green beans...not impressive. Last night's was chicken with Italian seasoning, roasted zuccini w/seasoning and broccoli. Right now, I'm "snacking" on frozen sugar free jello.

And there was much rejoicing!

Down 6 more!!! Uh, yeah, much better weigh in today. You can tell in the pics that both me and the plant are much happier this week. :)

Tomorrow's weigh in!

I'm pretty sure I haven't lost much of anything this week, but I am in the process of going off the Lyrica and have higher hopes for next week. :D

Last night's dinner was tilapia and 2 servings of roasted zuccini.

Tonight was chicken, fileted in half with oregano, cooked in a frying pan with the fat free cooking spray, steamed broccoli and green beans.

I'd love to write more, but I'm way too tired.

Feeling ok and kind empowered

I know empowered is kind of a funny way to describe it, but that's the closest I can get. I talked to my doc's nurse today about weaning off the Lyrica. They didn't appear to have an issue with it. I feel really good about it though. It's kind of like, that I'm not a big diet failure. I don't know. I can't wait to see what happens when I'm off it. I almost thought about taking a break from Smart for Life until it's out of my system. But then it occurred to me that if this is what it's doing to my system while on Smart for Life, I'd hate to see how much I'd gain off it.

Today was fairly easy in terms of temptation. Probably because I'm cheap. I don't want to pay for something and not get the best bang for my buck.

Dinner was pretty good. Ground turkey cooked up with onions (1/2c) and bbq sauce (the zero cal stuff) and carrots sauteed with Johnny's. Seemed like a lot of food.