OK, so the major victory is that I haven't had a soda in 6 days and have actually been feeling pretty good about it. The ultimate test was when I had a slice of pizza for dinner one night and didn't wash it down with my favorite Diet Pepsi. But I survived it and am headache free!
The downside is I weigh 158, as of this AM. I managed to gain 1/2 a pound this week, which stinks, especially because overall I was really good about my food choices (besides the slice of pizza). I ate a good breakfast every day, ate healthy snacks and cooked dinner at home almost every night this week. After doing some research on the Internet I think I figured out the culprit though-- I had been getting my caffeine fix at Starbucks in the mornings. I found out my favorite Starbucks beverage is 500 calories! So I sabotaged myself, but now I know. And the good news is that I haven't been craving my Diet Sodas the last few days, so I don't think that I will need a coffee drink to prevent me from drinking soda. I will just not drink coffee drinks next week, unless super desperate. At least I know where the extra calories came from!
Josh and I did make a decision about our couple goal. We want to lose 10% of our body mass by June 1st. When we accomplish it, our rebate check will get split 50/50 towards whatever we want. Should we fail, the money will go towards paying off our credit card. Either way, it's a win!
10% of my weight is 15 1/2 pounds and 10% for Josh is 23 pounds. So we will have to lose a combined total of 38.5 pounds, which will definitely be tough. I am hoping to lose a little more than my 10% goal, but 10% is a good first step. I am glad that he will also be trying to lose weight, it will make cooking at home much easier, when I want to try things like whole wheat pasta and he freaks out. Now I will have some leverage for healthy eating at home. =)
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I still want to know why the pounds leap on us, but crawl off. So not fair. You guys are one the right track though, keep going. I was down 1 lb. this morning, I think it's only because I've backed of such bad overeating and candy snacking at work. I'm still working on the evening eating issue, my hardest thing to change. I'm also still waiting for the "I'm ready to do this" mood to hit me, mentally I'm still not totally on board. Good job though Kari!
One night matt came home and I told him what I bought at the grocery store,I said, "and I found whole Wheat Pasta!" and he said, "Ok...Am I suppossed to be excited about that?" You know your brother :) I know how you feel, anything that is new and healthy he is very skeptical about it. Just don't tell him what's in the food until after he admits he likes it. That's what I do, the they can't deny they like the healthy stuff.
That sounds exactly like Matt actually! I miss you guys and can't wait until next month!
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