Thursday, December 20, 2007

Thursday, December 20, 2007
Weight Loss: 5.8lbs lost
Mood: Happy

I got on the scale this morning and it finally went down! I am so happy. I guess I just wasn't being patient enough. I was really getting scared that it wouldn't move before I headed home for the holidays where my goal is going to be to maintain maintain maintain. I won't have my elliptical or my tapes and food is unlimited there (as my parents pay for it not me - haha) so I am going to be realistic and state that there is little chance for loss while I am there. BUT I am going to try super-duper hard to not gain a single pound while I am there either. Not even .1lb if possible.

I didn't exercise last night - which would normally upset me a little but I understand why I didn't so it's better. When I left work yesterday I walked to the bus stop and waited for one of the four buses which can take me home. And there I stood for 5 minutes less an hour. The 86, 111, 117 and 118 can all take me home and none of them came for almost an hour. It was ridiculous. To make matters worse the shelter which was heated was compeltely full and only had one or two working heaters anyways and since the doro kept getting opened it wasn't that much warmer in there - definitely not warm enough to counteract the loud children screams and wails - oh my! So I stood out in the unheated shelter freezing my butt off - hmm maybe this is where the .8 pounds went haha.

C helped me figure out what the email address was to post updates to the blog from any computer so as long as this works I will have no excuses for not updating this thing on a regular basis. I am hoping that having to update it every couple of days will mean that I a) have to be more accountable to what I eat and how much I exercise because it will show up on the internet and b) might delve further into my issues with eating as I will need to find some things to talk about to keep this thing interesting and not just the same report every time - haha, you know like my other blog.

I am back on track for reaching my London goal. I got some more supplies for the trip last night as my Christmas gift from D's parents. I really love them and it makes me want to be ready for the trip even more then I already did - every little jolt of extra motivation, etc is helpful really.

Today I plan on moving around the office more since I got a ride into work and will get one home as well - (getting a ride will knock off about 3000 steps to and from the bus stop). Drinking water should help accomplish that as I will need to go to the washroom more often (perhaps too much info - who knows) and it will also regulate my water intake. I do get all my water in every day. I am consistently drinking 1.5L a day and am trying to increase that to 2L but that will probably take another week or two to get consistent with that. The problem is that I drink about 800-900mL of that in one go (well at one meal) as I drink my entire Nalgene bottle at lunch everyday. I need to try and drink smaller amounts throughout the day instead of large amounts twice or thrice a day.

I think D and I are going to the movies tonight so I probably won't be able to go on the elliptical - or perhaps I will be able to go on but just not for very much, depends on what time we get home I suppose. I am also going to try to eat only a little popcorn while we are there - you know by not getting the massive combo pack that could feed a small country. That's basically the plan - walk around and not eat tons of popcorn at the movies.