Candy Corn

I want candy corn.

That's all, I just want candy corn.

Instead I'll have this piece of gum and bottle of water.

I get so sick of not being able to enjoy little treats. I understand it, and I don't actually want it, I just hate that I can't be like the rest of the stupid people in my office who can eat whatever they want and stay skinny and cute. And I KNOW it's not about being skinny and cute, it's about being healthy, but it gets a little old sometimes. Just gotta hold out till my next cheat meal.

UGH.

Well it's about time! - Christmas Challenge- Week 4

I FINALLY lost more than .8 this week. I lost 1.1 lbs!! YIPPY! I was worried I was going to have another 0. something loss, which is great, but it's so much better seeing a whole pound go! So, way to go me!!

Now I have to try and resist the pie my boss brought in for all of us today. I'll just enjoy this glass of water... mmm, I'm stuffed.

Nothin' Better!

I've been a little under the weather lately with a weird stomach ache, so I haven't been super great with the eating (mostly saltine crackers and soup) and I wasn't able to go to the gym on Monday because of it. Well I still wasn't feeling great last night, but knew I had to go.

Side Note: Does anyone else realize how quickly they can convince themselves that they don't have to go to the gym and how one day can easily turn into an entire week, even if you've been going everyday for the past 3 weeks?!

Anyways, I managed to drag myself to the gym and I had an amazing workout! While I was in the midst of this amazing workout, I saw an old friend from college that I haven't seen in about a year. Well, guess what the first thing he said was... "You look awesome!!" HA! I do!!! I've lost 35 or something pounds since I last saw him and it was so cool to have him rave about how I look!! If I was lacking on the motivation, that just filled my tank! I tell ya, there's nothing better.

Christmas Challenge: Week 3 Weigh In

Well thanks to it being my TOM (time of the month) I didn't get a really accurate weigh-in, but I am down .7 this week. I's hoping this Friday it will be a larger drop, but we'll see.

This weekend was tough. I ate too much and just couldn't stop. Brett bought some malt balls last week, and I have had no problem saying no to them, until yesterday. They were sitting there, next to me on the floor, looking longingly at me sayind, "Come on Tara, just have one..." Yeah right! I had 12. Sure that's not a whole serving, but it's still NOT good! Dangit!

On Saturday I went out with one of my best friends, thinking all I wanted was a cobb salad, minus the bad stuff and dressing. I ordered and as I was ordering, my friend said I should choose a certain muffin, (the meal came with one). Now, in my logical mind I said, "No, I don't want a muffin at all," BUT out loud I said, "OK! (I'll have that honey oat bran muffin, that I'm sure is at least 500 calories!!)" Stupid!! And guess what, I ate the whole freaking muffin, and barely had any of my salad! The muffin was a little taste of heaven, but still! BAD CHOICE!!

Why do weekends suck so bad when it comes to eating healthy?

Here we go!

I was getting a little embarrassed at the idea of having my friends and family read all about my weight loss efforts on my blog with my husband, so I decided to have a blog specifically for my weight loss efforts. Hopefully this will spare those that aren't interested in it from having to read all about it on BTS.

So here we are, now what...

I guess I can start with last night. I got home from work and wanted nothing more than to sit and eat M&M's and watch some good tv. But alas, I had to go to the gym. I fought with myself and called a few people for support, for a good 2 hours. Then I finally dragged myself to the gym. It was cardio night, I can't run because of my IT band injury, so I have to do the elliptical. I hate the elliptical. But I did it. Of course there was a running class going on at exactly the same time, so I tuned into it and felt sorry for myself for not being able to run. My knee started hurting about 20 minutes in, but I pushed through at got to 45 min. before I HAD to stop. Well, I HAD to stop because I wanted to leave so I could go to the store, buy some M&M's and stuff to make 7 layer dip and go home and watch the Biggest Loser (kind of ironic that I wanted to eat and watch that, but whatever). So when I got to the store, I started feeling guilty. I had just burned 600 calories, and I was going to give that all up for a moment of satisfaction. I don't think so! Instead I bought some ground turkey and made turkey burgers. I stayed strong. I did eat 2 breadsticks, that Brett brought home from work, but other than that, I stayed fairly strong. I'm totally annoyed that I can't eat chocolate right now, but I'd rather be fit... I guess. HA!