Mercy Me

Okay, so my official weighin day was today. I was really excited when I woke up because at this point I wanted any kind of loss even one pound. So I woke up and of course I jumped right on the scale. I loss two more pounds. So for the first week I lost 5 pounds. I have my first white *star* Thank you Lord. For a nano moment  I was disappointed because the first time I did the atkins I lost 14 pounds in the first week. 25lbs total for 2 weeks. But, I am in a different mind frame. Who wouldn’t love to lose 5lbs in one week. I am giving myself a min. goal of 2lbs per week which is what’s suggested any way. I have to look at this totally different and be realistic. I have to take this one day at a time or should  I say a pound at a time. Remember, “What you do today may inspire someone tomorrow.”

Okay, you know how when you first buy a soda and when you open it it has so much fizz. Then after the first couple of sips and you go back and the fizz has kind of disappeared from the first time you opened it. Well, I am losing some fizz.  I look back at some of my blogs and I was gung ho. It has hit me all of a sudden. How do I counteract this?  Yesterdays blog I stated I wasn’t in a pity party. Maybe I really was. Ok, I will purposely think positive. Tomorrow is my weighin day. I’m sure I haven’t lost anything. I have 6 more days on the induction. I had a good day at work. We had a meeting and they ordered pizza. I ordered a $8 chicken salad which was horrible. But, I did win 2 paid days off with pay

God’s grace has always surrounded me. He has given me favor even at times when I didn’t know what favor was. I know I am only on day 7 but I am strong. I am able to walk away from the few temptations that I’ve had and I thank God for that. I have to admit me losing over 100 pounds is so unreachable to me. I look at other peoples weight ticker and see the weight loss and wonder how did they do it. How can I do it when I can only fantaSIZE seeing myself looking great but when the fantaSEE is over I lose hope because I can only see the hard work. Yes, right now I am hopefuld but how do I get passed hopefulness and walk into my destiny?  Believe me this is not a pity party only my true feelings. I am committed, I do feel encouraged but how do I make this time different from all of the others?

I am absoulutely confused when it comes to forums. This site use to be user friendly for anyone even if they only used their computer for games. Well, I am completely lost with trying to figure things out on this new and improved site. I am having a hard time posting my weight loss on the Wild Cats Forum. Well, I guess I have to take Buddy Slim 101 or more like 098.

Hello all! I guess I should introduce myself. My name is Tanae. I joined B/S in 2006 but left for over a year. I had a good support system here but when I came back this year all of my consistent buddies were gone. I still have Jo thank God but I would like to extend my friendship and support to those of you who need consistent support. I depend on my buddies and I only have a few that blog everyday. Thanks Dee and Jo. I know I am starting over so I promise to support you through the good and the bad. Remember,”what you do today may inspire someone tomorrow.”

Ok, so I survived the weekend. I opened my big mouth and invited my hubby’s friend and his wife BACK over to cook for them. I cooked rib tips,green beans, mac&cheese out of the box.( I hope they didnt think they were going to get home made m/c and I couldn’t have any. I don’t think so.) I also made broccoli w/cheese and cornbread. I did not eat any cornbread or m/c. They also had Ice cold coors light. I am not even a beer drinker unless it’s cold and believe me I seen the ice blue mountains. Well, I feel good. I made a choice to not eat it. Although I forgot and put a tblsp of sugar in the green beans out of habit I did good. So, thank all of you for your blogs because you are who I think of when I make the right choices. Remember, “What you do today may inspire someone tomorrow.”

Ok, well I am completing day 5 doing the atkins. Usually day four I have a couple of my closest friends calling… Potatos, chocolate, Mcdonalds…..ect.My husbands friend and his wife came to visit and this was the first time I could not offer them food. They didn’t want broccoli lol I couldn’t have a margarita with them so really I found out it’s hard to entertain without food or drinks. I love to feed people and I felt out of sorts not being able to offer them any. Finally, I got so desperate I offered to take them to a restaraunt. But I guess by the time I went round and round trying to find something I could cook them they weren’t hungry anymore. So, when they left me and my family went to a buffet. I was not tempted at all by the wonderful rolls or sweets. I didn’t even look at them. Well, like a dummy I couldn’t just let our lovely visitors go home without feeding them so they will be back tomorrow for dinner. I should have just let them go home.

I am just checking in on this Friday night. I rented Harry Potter so I should have a relaxing night. We’ll have turkey loins, broccoli w/cheese and a salad. For dessert we’ll have sugar free jello with a dollop of whipped cream.  Very low carb night! Yea.

Hello all!  Thursdays are my day to weigh. Well, I weighed first thing this morning and I lost 3 pounds. Well, I took a nap woke up and weighed again and I lost another two pounds. I know it’s fluid but is there a specific time of day we should weigh in? I know the same day of the week but what about the time? I always thought in the am.  I didn’t count that loss on my ticker because what if tomorrow the scale shows a 2 pound weight gain??  Okay so enough of that. I went to bob evans for lunch and of course I wanted the pecan salad with cranberries and a sweet italian dressing. But I thought about everyone talking about choices lately. So after a couple of conversations with myself I made the right choice to eat an omolette.(low carb) I am glad I did. I’m in the induction phase and it’s vital to not cheat in anyway or you are doomed. Thanks for all of your amazing blogs. Remember, “what you do today may inspire someone tomorrow”.

As we travel down lifes highway, what makes us choose which route to take?  I am becoming a repeat of my mother. I can remember as a child my mother trying every diet there was. I remember her telling me with so much excitement “I’m gone lose this weight” and here I am telling my children the same thing. It’s getting hard for me to swallow as I write this. I know I have to change or this will be my daughter. She’s already overweight and it’s not her fault. She’s taking after her mother who took after her mother who took after her mother. My grandmother had diabetes, high blood pressure, multiple strokes and died of a massive heart attack. Sorry if this is depressing but I need to see this in writing for myself. My mother now has diabetes, high blood pressure, glaucoma which my grandmothe had too. This is my future if I don’t change my life and If I change my life my daughters will change also. How can people literally eat themselves to death? I wish I could answer that question for myself. I promise my blogs are really light hearted and funny but right now I am trying to “transition” myself to having a long healthy life.Remember,”what you do today may inspire someone tomorrow”….