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Sunday, October 23, 2011

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Yipee! My plant strong eating blog is featured on Vegan Mainstreams weekend guest bloggers spot. Stop in and check it out or just see what I've been eating to lose 29 pounds since March at veggieteach.wordpress.com

It's so funny, because I'll be almost through eating something yummy and think--dang! I should've taken a picture! all you've get is a tiny pic of the leftovers. Pics all taken on my phone, but that's the way I roll for now. It gets the job done. Stop in and show your support or pass it on to your friends.

-29 pounds and 2 sizes--had to by 12 pants yesterday--yay!

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Fall Doldrums

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Whew--down to 154 (from 183 in March)!!! Dag, the 14s I just got before school started are getting loose. Feeling great. Eventually, I need to get back to exercising because the bumpy, jiggley, flab is really soft, floppy, and squishy now.

Stress load at work is huge, staying waaayyyy... too late doesn't help. Broke down and went to dinner last night at my fav Mexican restaurant. Veggie fajitas, fresh guacamole and a couple skinny margaritas veggieteach.wordpress.com

And I'm going to the movies this afternoon and plan to eat popcorn. I think the fall carb cravings have hit. Will recover with back to basics eating this week. Sometimes you just gotta give in to the comfort food in small doses. My will power to get back on track seems to be stronger now.

Had a rough patch around the 14th. Would have been Dad's 90th (doesn't usually bother me), cousin (who'd survived breast cancer) passed on from liver cancer, and friend had emergency surgery for ovarian cancer. All that coupled with being over tired and a spell of oh poor me, no one to come home to be comforted by, etc worked it's tentacles around my brain. Did I mention how I hate the shorter days with less light?....

This too shall pass. I enjoy my first graders, even if I do work too hard. But I am cutting back on doing things that sap my energy, like volunteering for the fall festival at school. Debating on passing out candy at school since it really goes against everything I believe about eating for myself. I'll look for healthier alternatives and decide soon.

Off to finish laundry then go to see A Dolphin Tale.

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Another one (2) bites the dust

Sunday, October 09, 2011

2 more pounds falling off despite my stress chip eating every night this week. I am in awe of this process. There is no more struggle. Is it too early to say Jack-Pot? I've hit the nail on the head - or maybe my head is finally in line with my body. My body feels happy, more at ease, like it's being fueled with the correct level of octane.

I went to a winery yesterday with a girlfriend. I made sure to drink my smoothie in the morning, had a veg chicken patty and brown rice for lunch before I went. While there we tasted about 7 wines, took the tour, sat and had a glass of wine and I broke with plant strong eating to eat some brie cheese and crackers. Came home, my son made fake mac n cheese (whole grain noodles) and veg ribblets with green beans, then I had an apple after dinner. Then dropped a pound today!? Amazing.

Wednesday, we are having a breakfast at school. I've been asked to bring a casserole I can eat. Great. So should I do baked banana french toast or polenta with veggie sausage?

OK--skipped out on church today. I have more school work to do - Boo. It's a beautiful day. I must get out at least to walk the dog!

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The pounds keep falling off

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Have to get someone to take a new picture of me. Full body since I've now lost 25 pounds! Not sure what I'm doing right other than staying focused and not giving in to cravings.

Have a full blown sinus attack. One more day of almost all day testing. Gotta get through it.

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MIA

Saturday, September 17, 2011

I haven't been into Sparks much lately. School is now in session. The first 2 weeks have involved 12 hours days. New grade level (1st) and there is so much that is new.

The up side is that my eating has been pretty good and I've continued to slowly lose. Down 23 lbs. since the spring and people at school are noticing and complimenting me.

And all this when I still have 15 pounds to get to the "top" of the healthy range. Each pound is a personal victory. I feel so much better now than 20 lbs. ago. Think of picking up a 20 lb. bag of dog food and carrying it around. When I think of it like that, I can realize how much I really have lost.

Haven't been exercising at all the last couple weeks. Today I finally made it back to Curves.



(note--this pictures was at the beginning of Aug.)

I can drink a smoothie for breakfast, have salad for lunch and a handful of nuts for snack at 5:00 and not get dinner till 8:00 without getting hungry.

I haven't forgotten my Spark friends.

Catch up on my veggie tales over at:
veggieteach.wordpress.com
(click on the tab that says Posts)
Vegan Mainstream is going to feature my blog in October.

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