Weigh in Day # 2

Weight: 265 from 269.2: 4.2 lbs lost
Chest: 45 from 46: 1 inches lost
Navel: 50.25 from 53: 2.75 inches lost
Hips:  41 from 42: 1 inches lost 

4.75 inches, and another 4.2 lbs lost: Not too shabby.
I started this journey at 306 lbs on thanksgiving day 2012 - so 41 lbs lost since I started being conscious of my diet and exercise!

This week was a rough week, lots of candy temptation around for Valentines day, activities like Kira's tea, etc. There was a lot of temptation, in fact I ate dinner last night...Heidi and I are going out of town for our anniversary today (that's right 20 years ago today we went on our first date) so we wanted to go spend an evening out with the kids. We decided to go to Heidi's favorite Mexican restaurant Maria Bonitas.  I ordered the vegetarian enchiladas, and except for the meat (yes I really had a big piece of carne asada in on, hahahahaha) they were amazing!!! Big pieces of multi colored peppers, onions, tomatoes all grilled together fajita style, all I can say is they were delicious. I was only able to eat about 1/3 of the portion though, I guess that is a good thing, last time we were there I would have polished them off and Kira's burrito that she wouldn't eat because of the red sauce.

So the weight loss has been slower this last week, but I am kind of happy about that. It feels like this is more realistic weight loss.  I have also been doing smoothies every day and a hand full of nuts, so perhaps I am no longer on a "juice feast" but I am just eating a more healthy, nearly raw plant based diet...since I have been a little more liberal with my food choices I also feel like this is pretty sustainable.  I ate dinner with family on Saturday and Sunday when we were together all day, and made a good vegetable based meals.

I do feel really good, and again Matt and I are the only ones who did not get the vomits this week, so that says something about how my body is liking my new diet. I have upped my pace significantly on my runs, and am now running easily for 5 min in the my old yellow zone. All in all I feel like things are going very well.  Time to keep on going.