Day 129

Hey all! Sorry for the lull this weekend. Believe it or not, I wasn't ignoring blogging because I was doing bad, I was just busy. It always is busier when my hubby is home. Anyway, overall I feel like I did really great this weekend. I "cheated" a little bit and had beans with my burger at a picnic, but I said no to all the yummy pasta salads and the homemade chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream cake made by my sister in law. Yeah, like homemade cookie dough crust and everything. I feel like I am getting into a good groove, yet everyday is still so challenging for me to find healthy things to eat and to not eat the unhealthy things. I feel like once I get under 200 I will get a whole new sense of motivation to keep going and get lower than I've been since I've had Benny. I weighed 205.2 this morning, so almost 4 pounds off since last Wednesday, and I'm pretty happy about that. I did make the mistake yesterday and bought salted cashews and they had vegetable oil in them too. It was not on purpose, obviously, cause I would never choose the extra fat, but I didn't realize it. Of course they taste AMAZING so I have eaten too many of those yesterday and today. Thankfully, my kids loved them too, so I made them finish them this afternoon so I don't have to resist them tomorrow! :-) I have been relying on protein shakes for at least one meal each day it seems. It helps to be able to grab something when I'm at work and everyone else is eating pizza instead of praying I can make it home to make something healthy for me without diving into the pizza box! I think it really has helped me this past week. I'm hoping to get all 4 days of my work out class in this week too, so they should push me! Next week is my TOM, so I won't work out and my motivation always goes out the window, so I'm trying to get revved up before then to try to make it through! Pray for me! Until tomorrow peeps ;-)