4 Weeks Down!

I am officially 1/3 of my way though my first 12 week HMR program and I am down 22 lbs!!! I honestly can't believe it! I don't think I have EVER lost 22 lbs on ANY program in my life....actually I am sure of it. Last week's weigh-in was followed by a trip home for Thanksgiving....pause for dramatic effect. This is the most dreaded of all holidays for anyone who is on a diet, let alone a diet where you pretty much can't look at anything on the typical Thanksgiving day dinner table. I developed a case of the hiccups on the way home that didn't go away until Saturday. I have no doubt that these were driven by the anxiety I was feeling towards the 4 day weekend that normally would have included mass amounts of food, alcohol, and "fat pants" that told me that it was okay to eat my weight in Stove Top stuffing.

So how did I do? I ROCKED IT!!! With the exception of not getting a workout in every day, I stayed "in the box" and hope to lose more weight this week. I had an HMR entree with a side of potatoes and corn (both are allowed). My dessert was a shake, made into a pudding, with pistacio pudding mix and crushed pineapple (also allowed). Try not to be jealous!!! JK

Suprisingly, the hardest part was not the formal dinner. My sister came home with chicken wings on Saturday night....I almost punched her. For some reason this has been the one food item that I have been craving since I started. Luckily they were BBQ flavored or I told her I would have probably licked the sauce off her fingers for her. Sorry, that was a little graphic! I still believe this was her way of distracting me so that she would beat me at Trivial Pursuit....damn you Tina!!! Then, on the 8 hour drive home, Jay decides to get a personal pizza from the gas station we stopped at. ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? Not only am I having to watch Jay eat my favorite food, I AM STUCK IN A CAR WITH IT!!! I cannot walk away. I cannot ignore it. The scent is wafting around the car and there is absolutely no way for me to avoid it. I told him I would never sleep with him again and ate my $4 gas station pineapple chunks...GO ME!

P.S. I am still acclimating myself to blogging, so I haven't added any pictures yet. I will try to update my previous blogs with some pics soon!