Saturday, 02/28/11 (Lost .4)(Total 28.6 lbs lost)

breakfast:
starbucks, 1 sugar, 2 c ff milk (questionable on the milk....I think it was less)
cheese stick
banana/banana/blood orange
peanut butter crackers
raspberries/apple slices
subtotal: 12

lunch:
4 slices salami/1/4 c cheese/1 slice bread
chobani pomegranate
McDonald's caramel dipping sauce for apple
salami (again)
2 tbsp dressing (yeah, dressing on salami. Weird.)
subtotal: 16

dinner:
salad dressing and cheese
salad (0 point items)
slice thin bread/bit of butter
6 oz bacon wrapped sirloin
broccoli (tasted suspiciously good. Must have had stuff on it.)
2 ribs/a few cheese fries
3 mini crunch bars
popcorn
31

daily total: -29
activity: 2 hours dancing, earned 2, daily total revised: -27
weeklies remaining: 22

Feedback:
I was extremely happy to maintain the 5 pound loss and lose even more. Very, very happy. I go to the gym 6 days a week, I track, I stay within my points and weekly points, I hit most of the good health guidelines.......awesome!

I don't want anyone to think by not tracking well a few days this week that it helped me. I know it didn't, so please don't get that idea. I actually ran out of my 3 month tracker (had to buy a new one this Saturday) and I was tracking on the little weekly one they give you at the meeting, and on random sheets of paper. Maybe I lost one of the sheets. I know tracking is my success, so don't stray from it.

I'm also really proud I've been doing PointsPlus since it debuted on Nov. 29, 2010 and that is why I needed my new 3 month tracker at the end of February.

I love the control you feel when you track. You don't have to guess how you are doing, you just know. You don't have to over estimate or under estimate points, you just know. If you can't decide what kind of eating day to have, look at yesterday, and your week thus far, and you will know why you might feel deprived, or why you might feel uncomfortably full or cranky or have trouble sleeping.

I had my wedding dress fitting and it had to be taken in along the waist and hips. What an awesome feeling. To be the person I am on the inside. It's not just about "being skinny" for my pictures. It's about not holding back from living, all the things I was afraid to do or could not do before. I have way more energy now. I sleep better. I listen to my body more. I am more in tune with myself. I am more in touch with my emotions and I prioritize what I need to do for myself.