34.5 inches smaller!

The numbers are in! I've lost 17.25 inches since October 17th! Apparently I'm one of those people who loses size rather than pounds, but I'm not complaining! This makes for a total of 34.5 inches that I don't intend to find ever again.

I've lost a little bit of muscle, but that's not a big deal. I got permission to actually work out again, rather than just doing my cardio, so that will take care of the muscle issue. The In-Body machine says I only have 52lbs. of body fat now as opposed to the 73.8 I had when I started, and my BMI is down to 24.7 which is in the normal range FINALLY. (for the record, it was 29.4 in August.)

I only have to eat 3 medifast meals per day now, plus my lean and green, an extra serving of veggies, fruit, and now I can have dairy!

Yay for progress! I'm gonna go shop for our thanksgiving dinner stuff now. Happy holidays, friends! =)

Cheater Cheater Pumpkin (bread) eater!

I'm in stabilization now and can eat one extra serving of veggies AND fruit! I'm weighing in at 143, which has been pretty stable for the past week or so. On the other hand, I've been cheating quite a bit lately... The following is my confession:

Saturday I went to Greek Fest and bought baklava. There is no resisting such things when they are so easily accessible. On the justification end, I've sliced them in half, so I'm not a total calorie hog.

Monday was my birthday, and Bobby took me to Cheddar's before flute choir rehearsal. We had a cookie monster just because it was my birthday and I wanted dessert. My not-so-bad action was to leave part of my cookie, the most of the whipped cream, and one whole scoop of ice cream on my half of the skillet.

Tuesday Bobby took me to Texas de Brazil, which is RIDICULOUSLY expensive. I didn't gorge myself, and I did well eating meat and veggies... but I did eat half a slice of carrot cake. I took the rest home and finished it off for lunch on Wednesday. (and there's my wednesday confession)

Thursday I went to a fancy jewelry store to try on a half-million dollar diamond ring. It was great fun...but I went with my parents who hadn't eaten and ended up eating a chopped brisket sandwich (minus the bread...see, I was sort of good).

Today, well, today was rough. We had a half day at school yesterday for parent/teacher conferences and when the kids came back today they were just wild. So at lunch, I went to starbucks and had a slice of pumpkin bread (hence, my clever blog post title) and a peppermint mocha.

I have my next in-body test tomorrow to see how my muscles and fat and water and blah blah blah are doing. Here's hoping for a good report. My size 8's are somewhat lose on me (but I don't think I'll EVER be in a size 6) and I've been working out more lately, so I don't think I have anything to worry about.

Speaking of working out... my trainer from this summer emailed me the other day asking if I've still been going to the gym. He said he hasn't seen me around and they have some good deals going on for training sessions if I'm interested. I'm almost tempted to sign up for one and rub it in his face that his workout plan totally did not "work out" for me. But then again... he was helpful as far as toning and building muscle and whatnot, so I don't want to be a complete jerk.

I'm off work for the next 9 days for fall break. Praise the Lord! The kids need to reset, and the teachers need a break from trying to reset them! I anticipate a fattening thanksgiving holiday, but at least now I know how to manage it.

Here's hoping I don't cheat too bad this week.