10 Month Anniversary

On the beginning of February I started my goal to skip two slices of bread a day. I weighed 200 pounds. Today I weigh 150 pounds. That is 50 pounds! I have lost 50 pounds!

Weight: 150

I got the flu.

I lost weight because I didn't eat for 6 days.

Weight: 149

Ankle Weights Suck.

They hurt my bony parts and rub through my socks. I wonder if I can get my money back.

I think I have the flu.

Weight: 153

Weights

I bought 5 pound ankle weights for walking. I won't use them at work only at home.

Weight: 154

But I haven't cheated, I swear!

I only lost one pound but I have been very good. No chocolate or cake or cookies and I walk twice a day.

Weight: 155

1 Hour Twice

I leave right at lunchtime and walk for my hour so I won't be around all the good food in the breakroom and I walk every evening for an hour after dinner.

I think it's getting me over the hump. I am only 16 pounds from my target. If I am very very good I will be 140 pounds for Christmas.

Weight: 156

Fudge.

Snickerdoodles.
Zuccini Bread with Walnuts.
Macadamian Nut Cookies with White Chocolate Chips.


Weight: 158

It is so hard.

My coworkers are bringing in so many goodies now that it's cool enough to bake. It's time to make cookies and candy and everyone is doing it.

I walk twice a day but I only lost one pound.

Weight: 159

Stalled

I ate like a pig all week. But I walked every day. That's probably why I don't weigh 170 pounds!

Weight: 160

Hello.

My name is Patty, and I am addicted to Fry Bread.

4 cups flour, enough to keep dough from getting sticky
1 Tbsp. powdered milk
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1½ cups warm water
Shortening for frying

After mixing the ingredients, flatten the dough very thin and then fry it on both sides in an iron skillet in hot melted shortening.

The Lost Weekend

We partied Friday night. I think I had 2 pitchers of beer. Then we ate at IHOP on the way home.

I had roast venison with potatoes and chocolate cream pie on Saturday. I took home an extra pie and finished it off yesterday.

We all met at Perkins for breakfast this morning. I had a stack of pancakes and an omelette with sour cream.

Weight: 160

Tailgate Parties

We spent all day Saturday and most of Sunday in Missoula. The weekend menu was mostly pizza, beer, and fried twinkies with whipped cream.

Weight: 157

Thank Goodness

I wondered if I had stopped losing weight. I have heard of women who can't get past a target weight. I hope I'm not one of them.

Weight: 159

19 pounds to my goal of 140!

But I look Different

Last week I didn't lose any weight and this week I lost only one pound. I think I am starting to pay more attention to what I eat.

This started with me not eating a slice or two of bread every day but now I sometimes don't eat any bread or any pasta. I eat more vegetables than I used to and now I like salads.

I exercise more. I take the stairs and I walk every day at lunch. I still have 21 pounds to lose but I never thought I'd get this far. It's been 9 months since I started and I have lost almost 40 pounds. It isn't the weight that makes me look better. It's the inches I've lost in my waist and thighs. I have lost almost 40 pounds but it appears like I have lost more by my clothes and my energy.

Weight: 161

I Must Walk More

I weigh the same as I did last week. I ate all the same but I didn't lose any pounds.

The meeting at Helena was a blast. My dress was a success. I met so many people. Even the ones who ignored me last year came up and talked to me afterwards.


Weight: 162

Summer Clothes Are On Sale

During my lunch break, I drove over to to Herberger's and bought a new dress. I look two sizes smaller. I'm raising the hem two inches and replacing the faux buttons with clear crystal beads I bought in Hamilton at the bead show.

I already know which shoes will match. Look out Helena.

Must Be Something I Ate.

Last Friday morning, I only weighed 160 pounds, but this morning which is Monday, when I weighed myself for my records I weighed 162 pounds.

Sheila and I went to Top Hat Saturday night and I had a pint and then yesterday after church I had fried chicken, corn on the cob and potatoes and country gravy. Who would think that I could gain two pounds eating chicken?

Weight: 162

I don't mind.

This is a good time to remind myself that I would still weigh 200 pounds if I didn't cut down on bread and I didn't expect to weigh this much till October.

Weight: 163

Plateau II

Nothing happening up or down.

Weight: 164

Slipped A Little

I fed my calcium cravings this week by eating 3 bags of Cheetos.

Weight: 164

No Women's Sizes for Me.

It is official. I am too small for "Women's Sizes." I have been for a few weeks now.
You've seen those dress tags. They have big numbers like 22 with a big W behind them.

18W, 22W, 26W.

It's not bad enough that you're forced to accept a humiliating size 22 when you know you have the frame for a size 6? The manufacturer has to include the secret code for W I D E on the same label?

Weight: 163

Making Lots of Dough

We spent Saturday in the kitchen. We made some homemade playdoh. I don't think the recipe is correct. The dough has pock marks. It reminds me of a woman with large pores. But it was very squeezable and shaped nicely. But I thought it would look like real dough.


Weight: 165

So Ahead of Schedule

I weigh 166 pounds.

Home Sick.

I was sick for the holiday weekend. I lost 4 pounds. I had to call in sick today. Everything I eat comes out both sides.


Weight: 169 lbs

Start Shopping!

I am wearing shorts! I bought 3 pairs of shorts at Macy's. I have knees!

Weight: 174 lbs

Back on Track

Everyone was in a good mood at work today. I probably lost half of a pound just laughing. I walk twice a day too. I walk at lunch and I walk after dinner.

Weight: 175 lbs

Temptations

Now I know why they call chocolate Devil's food.

Weight: 178 lbs

Plateau

Weight: 177 lbs

I hope it doesn't show up later.

I ate a bag of Lays Cheddar and Sour Cream chips waiting in Arlee. What a frigging terrible mess!

Weight: 177 pounds

I look different.

My body is a different shape. Walking everyday is firming my butt and my legs. My thighs are 3 inches smaller than they were in January. The pouch of fat that was building over my knees is gone.

I have broken the barrier.

I have now lost more than 20 pounds. I have lost 4 inches from my waist. I have lost 2 pants sizes.

Weight: 179 pounds

I cheated.

My cousin graduated from the UM and we went out and had pizza and beer and more pizza and more beer and more beer after that. I was too sick to exercise and pizzas are made of bread. I don't know how many slices they equate but I bet it's alot.

Weight: 181 pounds

I am ahead of schedule.

When I began my undiet and unplan for losing weight, I predicted that I would lose 2 to 3 pounds a month. According to a chart I made, I was to weight approximately 188 pounds today.

Today I weigh 182 pounds. I am 5 pounds ahead of schedule. I want to make a new chart but I am afraid I will jinx myself if I start counting my chickens too early.

3 POUNDS!

I have a walking partner. We talk and walk at the same time and the hour goes by much faster.

Weight: 182 pounds

2 Pounds Off Again

I lost two pounds since last week. It might look behind but I see it as getting back on track. I have lost more weight than I thought I would at this time. I only thought I would lose 1 pound every few weeks.

So this is all very good news.


Weight: 185 pounds

I Gained 2 pounds.

I weigh 187 pounds. But I have been scarfing down extra bacon in the mornings.

I am not going to quit. I see a set back but I am still lighter than I was last month and I am feeling more energy from walking more.

This Is Good

3 more pounds!





Weight: 185 pounds

2 Pounds More

I have lost 2 pounds in this week. I am starting to feel a difference in my jeans. And I will need to buy a smaller size panty now.

Weight: 188 pounds

Only 1 pound Lost

I have lost only one pound since last week.


Weight: 190 pounds

3 Pounds

I have lost 3 pounds in two more weeks.



Weight: 192 pounds

Lose 1 Pound

2 Pounds

I have lost 2 more pounds. My waist line on my jeans is loose. But not enough to wear a smaller size.

I am starting to anticipate my body in a smaller version. I am counting my jean sizes. I think I will fit one size smaller in 2 weeks. That will be 1 month since the beginning of my non diet.

Will I be a size smaller every month?


Weight: 195 pounds

3 Pounds

I have been on my diet for 2 weeks and I have lost 3 pounds. I don't even feel like I am on a diet.

Two slices of buttered bread is not something I am missing.

I am walking for minutes. I decided not to think about the number of blocks. I read on a blog that a woman lost 50 pounds in one year by walking during lunch. She timed herself by walking out from her place of employment for 15 minutes. Then she would turn around, and walk back for a total of 30 minutes.

I walk from my home for 15 minutes, and then I turn around and go back home.


Weight: 197 pounds

2 days

Monday is the start of my work week. And Monday is the first day of my Un-Diet.

I am sure I won't miss 2 slices of bread. I usually eat 8 slices in a day. My plan will be to not eat a slice for breakfast and not eat a slice for lunch.

I am not going to count on the butter calories. That is to be my surprise when I weigh myself.

Countdown.

2 and 10

I will omit 2 slices of bread from my diet.

Every Day.

In addition I will walk 10 blocks to the east and return 10 more blocks to the west.

Every Day.

Beginning February 2, 2009.

One Slice of Bread

If a person stopped eating one slice of bread every day, she would loose 23 pounds after one year.

This is not a new year's resolution.

I am not making promises to myself. I am not making promises to anyone.

I want to lose weight. I want to wear sleeveless shirts and tuck them in.

I'm Fat.

I'm not pleasantly plump. I'm not large. I'm not a big girl. I'm fat.

I'm 60 pounds overweight. I am fat. I am five-eight, and I weigh 200 pounds.

I'm fat.