Down another 3 lbs! I am pretty pleased with that. My official loss now is 12 lbs! Considering it has only been 3 weeks I am okay with the rate at which it is coming off. I am now starting to feel my jeans are a bit loose. They were getting rather "snug" when I started. As a big girl I do know that it takes a minimum of 20 lbs of loss in order to be down a size ( I know that slimmer people only need to lose approx.10 lbs and they go down a size)... Regardless - pretty soon I will be down to the next "stage" of jeans in my closet. Looking forward to that! ( I have many stages to get through!) I really need those size markers that they have in the department store - size 18, size 16, size 14 etc. etc.
So -- goal of 70 lbs to lose - down 12, therefore, I am already 17% of the way to goal. This commitment that hubby and I have made - for 12 weeks of dedicated weight loss, we are 1/4 of the way through that. It has gone by pretty quickly. Only 9 weeks to go! And then we will take a short break over Christmas and try to maintain and get back "on the wagon" in the new year.
We are definately craving carbs less. Still have the habit of wanting something sweet after dinner, but a cup of tea with Splenda tends to curb that and get us through until bedtime.
I miss drinking beer - not the alcohol even, but just the habit of relaxing after a day of work and sipping on an ice cold beer. I am now having a cold ice tea (5 calories - made from those instant flavoring packs with Splenda) - but it is somehow not the same.
I also miss the action of snacking. I am not hungry - those protein packs and the large amount of meat at dinner really DO fill a person up - BUT I find I am missing the absent minded snacking. (which I suppose got me here in the first place!). I have dug out a frayed edge denim quilt that I have been working on for years, and I dug out my knitting. Those things are helping some.
Until next time - kmac
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