Today

195.5!

Woot!  Do you see that???  195.5!  :D   :D   :D  I'm honestly surprised to see that!  Now, if it will only hold out until tomorrow!  I'm not sure why I keep Sunday as my 'official' weigh-in day.  Sunday is sort-of the start to my week so I guess that is why.  I know a lot of people do it to try to keep themselves on track over the weekend, but I don't really have that much of an issue.  My days of cravings and cavings aren't tied around the weekend but rather when my hubby is off.  But even with those, I am managing to stay mostly on track and keep going.  I know that last weekend was rough because of the work and the temporary gain, but I am trying REALLY hard to make it about the big picture and not about the day to day changes that happen.  I look back 9mos. ago and I was 20lbs. heavier.  Even if it took me a while to get here, I'd still rather be on THIS side rather than have gained or not lost anything!

I know I've made mistakes along the way and stalled out, but so far, I HAVE made progress.  I may still be working on being more active and still tweaking my diet, but I'm still trying.  And like 2hotinhere, I plan on going into Fall with a BANG!  And by bang, I mean I am going to try my hardest to stay on a positive track.  I know I will have down times where I'm not feeling good about my body or my path (I have in the past!), but I am going to TRY!  Progress NOT perfection!  I am feeling good today, but I may need some support along this road should I falter.  I try to do the same for you all.  I do miss the ones who have fallin' off, but I sure hope they come back.  I hope it was mostly the distraction of the summer.

I haven't been posting my food because I've been just keeping track of each meal with the 400/200 still.  I feel like it's been a good balance, although I do change around when I eat.  I try to mostly eat when I am hungry.  And believe it or not, I haven't been eating the same things over and over!  It has varied from day to day.  The last thing I've been contemplating is whether or not 'frozen meals' are good.  I was talking to a lady in the grocery store the other day and she said that it made her nervous to eat those because they are 'pumped full of chemicals'.  I said, well, my hubby works an odd schedule, so it worked for me to have them for when he works nights because I HATE cooking a meal for one!  Not to mention, they've been on sale here and I've had coupons, so I've gotten some of them for less than $2.  I couldn't buy a meal at a fast food joint for that!  Usually I have a drink, a side salad I make from spinach, and then a Lean Cuisine.  I don't eat them all of the time, but I HAVE eaten two in the last week.  I think I talked about this once before...  Anyways, what do you ladies think?  And if you've tried some outside of the Lean Cuisines like the Healthy Choice and the Smart Ones, what did you think?  Like I've said before, I don't eat a lot of processed foods, so for me I feel like having them occasionally isn't a big deal.  The LC ones don't seem to be full of junk, but not sure how the others add up.  I've heard good things about the new Healthy Choice ones... just haven't tried them.  I think I will when they go on sale.

Sooo.... many of you have posted pics on here.  I've talked about it in the past... about progress pics.  But so far, I haven't brought myself to post ANY pics.  Partly because I'm embarrassed, and partly because this is the internet and I worry about some random kook stumbling across my page and then stalking me.  I'm not normally such a worry wart -- mostly because I try not to post too much info and I feel like, I'm no one important so why would anyone want to stalk me?  But you just never know, ya know?  So, I keep going back and forth on whether or not I should post any pics.  I could always not really show my face or only show certain things, but I feel somehow like that isn't being honest.  Does that make sense?  Aargh.  Just can't seem to decide...

Well, this day isn't going to go anywhere if I don't get up from here and get to work!  So far, I've taken care of the kiddos and cleaned the kitchen up a bit, but I need to do some more laundry, dust, and then try to clean the downstairs.  Also thinking of posting a few things to sell.  We've somewhat run out of room for stuff, so it needs to find a home.  Plus, the hubby wants to sell the couch to buy a new one.  I guess we will see.  Later chicks!