Weigh in Tuesday

I almost didn't go to weigh in today. I've not been the best, although the last couple days I've been good. I did eat a whole large bag of Garrett's. I had chinese on Friday nite. I had a slice of Corsica bread on Sunday.
I weighed in 178.2, down 0.4, the same amount I gained last week. Marie asked me what I thought I needed to do, and I said exercise. It's been non-existent ever since I fell off the bike in August and ended up in the hospital. I need to pack my bag and take it with me each day so I can stop at the gym on the way home from work. That is the only way I will do it.
I also started taking the Dex C20 on Friday. Does not make me feel jittery, and I think it helps with my hunger. But, we'll see, i don't think it's a magic pill, and that is what i need.

The Evil Corn is Gone

When I left for work this morning, the rest of the Garrett's was on the kitchen counter. I had a good breakfast, shredded wheat, banana and sf/ff yogurt.
I was close to home at lunch, so came home and grabbed my planned lunch out of the lunchbox and brought it in. I had the ff cottage cheese with pineapple. Then I had some chicken off of a roasted chicken I bought at Sam's last nite. Then I ate the rest of the Garrett's......

So, it's gone. Yay.

On the radio yesterday was this woman who was on Big Brother. She was talking about her diet and how she's lost and kept off her weight. She kept mentioning this Dex-C20. It did sound like a commercial, and she is on their website. But I thought I'd give it a try. I will start that tomorrow and eat better. The ladies are going out to dinner tomorrow, too, darn.

Thanks for the support, I've got to get through this week....

Garrett's Popcorn

My job is an outside Sales Rep. A big portion of my territory is Chicago's O'Hare Airport. Usually I am behind the scenes, on the ramp, in the hangars, at the cargo building.... but occasionally I have to go into the terminals where the passengers are. Today was one of those days.

I knew I was going there. I planned it. I purposely did not go earlier this week or even last, because I knew I had a weigh in coming up. Well, yesterday I weighed, and the scale was up, not much, but still... So today, I decided to go to the terminal. Once I finished my business, I made a stop at the Garrett's popcorn stand which opened this summer. I even get a discount with my badge.

I decided to purchase a large bag. Figured I'd have leftovers to take home. Not for me, but for B and K. The only other time I stopped there I had bought a small bag and finished it in the van before I got home!

To anyone not from Chicago who is not familiar with Garrett's, let me explain. They do have buttered and plain popcorn, but I've never tried those flavors. They are famous for their caramelcrisp and cheese popcorn, and when mixed together, this is called the Chicago Mix. Words can not describe this delicacy! The shops are all located downtown, the airport location is new. So, when I worked downtown, we would purchase a bag of cheese and a bag of caramel and take alternate handfulls. Your hands would be orange from the cheese corn. The cheese would cut the sweetness of the caramel and vice versa. I would go wash my hands of the orange color, only to find myself diving back in to the bags a few minutes later! It is almost impossible to stop eating this stuff until it's gone. I've eaten it for breakfast. To verify what I say about tt his stuff, visit their website and watch the videos. Watch Halle Barry being given a can of it by Dean Richards. She displays the joy of a can of Garrett's Chicago Mix! It was also picked as one of Oprah's Favorite Things. Garrettpopcorn.com.

So, back to my day. The large bag. I ate from it almost all the way home. I ate at least half the bag. We went to dinner and I ordered some chicken stir fry even though I wasn't hungry. I ate half of it and brought the other half home and gave it to the dog.

I had to cut up a watermelon and ate some of that. Then I pulled out the popcorn again and had some of that. I then opened a container of Edy's Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream. At least it was the 1/2 fat slow-churned stuff, but still.....

So, I really lost it tonite. I have to be better tomorrow, but there is still Garrett's in the kitchen...

Tuesday Weigh In

I had hoped I would be closer to my pre-vacation weight. I really thought I'd see a loss, I've been pretty true to Core all week. I was surprised to see Marie write down 178.6. A gain of .4 lbs. Not a lot, I know, but when I expect a loss, any gain is not good. Now I'm thinking of switching back to flex for awhile. Although I know, I should get back to some exercise. Even if i just start walking each day, that would be better than nothing at all.

Here is a picture taken of me in February in Maui. Weighing about 190. I had lost 30 lbs. at this time.

This is a picture of me taken 2 weeks ago in Cancun, weight 177. Think I lost 12 lbs. in my boobs?

Coming down

We went on a week-long vacation to the Mayan Riviera to an all-inclusive resort at the end of Sept. I was both looking forward to it, but dreading it. I didn't want it to ruin my weight loss. Well, I was off-plan even before we left, and while there I ate and drank everything I wanted. Many strawberry daiquiris, lots of sugar. Before we left my weigh in was 177. I almost didn't go to weigh in when we returned. But we returned on a Saturday and I got right back on plan. Weigh in is on Tuesday, so I decided to bite the bullet and go. At least I'd know where I stood.
I was up 3.2, to 180.2. I didn't want to see that 180 ever again, but I didn't feel 3 lbs. was too bad of a gain.
This Tuesday I was at 178.2, a loss of 2 lbs. for the week! Only 1.2 away from my lowest weight, that which I weighed before we left. I've been doing core, although yesterday I had a cheeseburger and fries for lunch.
Hopefully next Tuesday I'll be at 177 or below! Wish me luck!

Here I am, in the cigar bar, having a Cuban cigar and a Modelo Mexican beer!