Monday, April 12, 2010 (Day 79)

Today is my mom’s birthday!  I got on the scale yesterday morning and I’m down to 189!  I LOVE IT!  I am so excited about it!  The jeans I haven’t been able to wear for a LONG time are not getting loose.  I don’t have any smaller jeans – I threw them away a LONG time ago when I decided I’d never be able to wear them again.  Guess I get to go buy more in a week or two.  My Aunt Sue said yesterday at my mom’s birthday party, “Marcy, you’ve lost a lot of weight!”  I simply said, “Yep.  It’s not fun.”  I didn’t know what to say.  Then she said, “It’s noticeable.”  Awesome!  I love being to the point where everyone can tell I’m thinner.  It means I’m REALLY making a lot of progress.  Heck, I’ve made 36 pounds of progress!  I knew that we were having my mom’s party yesterday, and I knew the food we were eating for dinner and I knew I wanted it.  So I did 2 hours of Gilad.  That’s like burning 1000 calories.  I’m not exaggerating!  I didn’t feel bad about eating what I wanted AT ALL!  I had tri tip.  I had a lot of cauliflower salad.  I had noodle with cheese and ham salad.  I had green salad with nuts and craisins.  I was actually proud of eating well at dinner (minus the cauliflower salad that has a bunch of mayo in it.  And bacon.  I still felt good.  I didn’t eat a baked potato slathered in butter.  I didn’t eat any of Shirley’s rolls, slathered in butter.  But then, after games and presents and stuff, we went up for dessert.  I wasn’t planning to eat any.  But there was taco dip and chips left up there.  Yum!  So I ate more of that.  Then I sat down to talk to my uncle and there were plates of kids’ cake that they hadn’t eaten.  So I ate what was left (minus the frosting – I don’t even like frosting).  And I had strawberry shortcake.  Then I had 2 of Shirley’s rolls with butter.  J  Then when we got home I was craving more cauliflower salad – so I ate some.  Again, I feel completely fine about it.  I did good all week.  I ate like that and worse for 2 days last week and still lost a couple pounds.  And I did 2 hours of Gilad.  I woke up this morning and did an hour on my treadmill.  I’m back to my Slim-Fasts.  I’m happy that I’m not beating myself up over yesterday.  And I had an enjoyable time!