Day 47

This morning, after stepping on the scale, I have lost exactly 9 POUNDS!! Wooo Hooo!! That's 9% of my goal. Which is almost 10% :)

The weekend is coming up and this is usually the hardest part of the week for me. Plus the missionaries are coming over for dinner on Sunday and I am making chicken crepes. I love them so much, mmmm.

Lately I have been eating yogurt and toast with PB for breakfast, apple for snack, I had a big spinach salad for lunch, a small batch of popcorn (i'm cutting down my popcorn portion...) and for dinner Jon brought home a pizza from little caesars and i had 2 pieces and lots of water. I haven't been working out this week so I need to be extra careful, too, of my calorie intake. Next week I will start The Firm again. My nose is still pretty stuffy but my cough has subsided, so that's good. My throat always hurts in the morning but at least it doesn't last all day, plus I don't have the chills/don't sweat at night anymore.

So this morning I am in a good mood. Sometimes when the scale goes down though, I am so happy that I think I deserve a TREAT of a dessert or to binge on junk. That's my mentality. But I still have my 100 Link Chain and once I lose 10 pounds there is a prize. I just don't remember what I wrote down for it... (it is written on the inside of the chain, though) :)

My skin is starting to break out, so I need to be careful to drink more water every day. I really think my green water bottle (that mom bought me at walmart) really helps me drink more. Because this week I left it in the car on Monday and I keep forgetting it's in there (until Jon is already gone to work), so it's not just easy to sip from. I drink more out of straws than just a cup alone. Odd maybe, but that's how it is.