Day 16 - Backwards? WTF?

About Me

GRR ARGH!!!!!!!! I will kick my own butt! How frustrating! I have been beyond good and my damn body is being stubborn. OK, yes, I am being hard on myself. After all, I have lost over 15lbs in 16 days. What do I want? I don't think I could GAIN 15lbs in 16 days (well maybe if I ate nothing but icky fried fast foods - ala the film "Super Size Me")! (( sigh )) Yes, it happens - but I really want to get to my goal - only 20 more lbs to go! I have NEVER made my goal. I always fall short just shy of the goal. I am completely determined to make it this time (plus I have a pool party to go to on 8/15 ;-) There is great relief on one hand that I am not continuing the non-stop weight dump. The initial week was a little intense (but I have to admit - exciting). It looks like it's back to reality for me and the slow 1lb at a time that most normal people deal with during the weight loss process. Oh do I HATE being normal.

Come on body - let's kick some butt!

Statistics

Height - 5' 7-1/2"

Weight - For the record, I'm weighing in nude or next to nude on the same scale, around the same time every morning before eating or drinking anything.

DAY 01 - 173.4 lbs

DAY 02 - 167.3 lbs
DAY 03 - 165.0 lbs
DAY 04 - ? - I was away and couldn't weigh in
DAY 05 - ? - I was away and couldn't weigh in
DAY 06 - 162.8 lbs

DAY 07 - 161.6 lbs

DAY 08 - 160.2 lbs

DAY 09 - 160.4 lbs

DAY 10 - 159.2 lbs

Day 11 - ? - I was away and couldn't weigh in

Day 12 - ? - I was away and couldn't weigh in

Day 13 - 159.4 lbs
Day 14 - 157.6 lbs

Day 15 - 157.0 lbs
Day 16 - 158.2 lbs

Food

Breakfast

2 cups of coffee

1 banana
handful of walnuts

Water, water and yes, more water (will I ever learn to like this stuff?)

Snack

1/2 apple

1/2 cantaloupe

Lunch

- Salad - lettuce, sprouted chick peas, alfalfa sprouts, squash, black olives, peppers, avocado, scallions, dried apricots DRESSING: sesame oil, basil olive oil, rice wine vinegar

- 1/2 cantaloupe

- 1 cup of jasmine green tea

Snack

1 cup of cauliflower tabuli

1 orange

1/2 apple

Supper *** SUPER TREAT - THANKS KC! ***

- blueberries
- Awesome Foods "Raw Butternut Squash Crackers"
- Awesome Foods "Raw Unmeatball Sandwich"
- Awesome Foods "Raw Better Than Turkey Salad" <-- really, really good! (see www.awesomefoods.com for more on their awesome products)

Exercise
- 15 minute ab workout (Tamilee Webb "I want that body") in the morning

- 35 minute power walk at lunch
- BONUS!! 1-1/2 hour power walk before supper!