This week's weight loss report

I lost 1 1/2 inches around my waist!

That's awesome considering that I kind of blew my diet this weekend. I had these hormonal cravings and was so tired and generally had the attitude of "It's the first few days of my cycle, it's early, I'm crabby and hormonal, yes, I'll have extra mashed potaotes!"

Not the best attitude, but again, we're talking lifestyle changes. These will not happen overnight, and hormonal attitude changes are probably the hardest to change.

If I can expect that for two days every month my diet will get a little wonky (just like I have to accept that for two days every month only the bare necessities will get done around the house) then I can prepare for it and do a bit of extra work a few days before and after.

I truly believe that cutting so much sugar out of my diet is really leading to positive changes in my life. I have more energy, the weight loss of course, and my skin is looking better. I calculate that by gradually cutting the amount of sugar in my tea in half, I'm saving over 10000 calories a week over what I was consuming before I started this.

I did have a blood sugar crash yesterday, but I truly forgot to eat breakfast. I made the kids oatmeal for breakfast, planning for myself to have a piece of chicken. Was feeding Aria, then getting ready to walk to the store so we could do it before it got too hot. Walking to the store was fine (downhill all the way). Immediately upon the walk back up I realized what I had done when I started getting that icky feeling. Made it home, had some juice, and was doing OK by lunch time.

My exercise bike arrived late last week. I've been on it twice and plan to get on when I get done here. Right now I'm doing three miles a day. Takes less than 15 minutes, start to finish. It would take me hours to walk three miles with the kidlets in tow. It's old and ugly and the timer doesn't work, but it does the job. With this being garage sale season, if you need something like this, now is a good time to look. Add walking to run any errands you can, and those become "bonus miles".

Everyone have a great week!