Hooray!

Today is weigh-in day, and I got on the scale knowing that I've been doing something right. Yesterday I wore the blue striped pants that I haven't been able to wear in quite some time, and I've been sticking to the Zone and hitting the gym more often recently.

I got on the scale... and... I'm down to 151! Hooray!!! Two more pounds and I'm going to break the 150 mark. I'm losing an average of 2 lbs a week over the last two weeks, which was when I decided to stick to the diet and exercize regimine.

I'm also down to 36" around my hips and 28.5" around my waist. I've noticed that my hips are losing much faster than my waist is. I think this is because there's more there to lose.

My notebook gets updated every day at work with the previous day's WOD results as well as what I ate for dinner and that morning's breakfast. I'm working to keep my carb/protein/fat balance equal, and by doing so, my portions are much smaller. It's easy to turn down a cookie when you realize it counts for two carb blocks out of three for the entire meal.

I had forgotten to bring my notebook to the gym last night, so I had to recall the information for the WOD. It was "Helen", which was something I had done before at the buttercup level. I decided to pick the puppy scaling, but since I didn't have it with me, I mixed up the number of pull-ups required and ended up doing more than was necessary. Also, my side cramped up while running in the second round, and I pushed through it until the third round when I was forced to take a break. My total time was 11:02, which was still less than most of the posted times on the message boards.

Water. I need to drink more of it. To tell you the truth, I get lazy. I don't want to get up from my desk and walk the 100 feet to the lunchroom to get water. I know that's a stupid excuse, but if I drink more, it also means I have to pee more.

Not sure what the heck I'm going to do for dinner this evening. Jimmy Johns delivers and they have a killer lettuce wrap (instead of having the bread, which is a huge no-no), but I'm also trying to save money. I could kill for veal marsalla... I wonder how many blocks that would be ;)

On a side note, ever since Meghan took us on that brewery tour, I've devoloped a taste for beer. 4 oz of regular beer = 1 blk carbs. Again, 3 blks carbs in a meal, or 12 blks carbs total a day. That means that I really can't drink a lot of beer. Lite beer is 6oz to a block, so it gets a little better. If I have a mixed drink, one shot = 1 blk, or 4 oz wine... same thing.

At work until 8pm tonight. Moving soon! :D