Working toward 15 gone

As of last official weigh-in, I am down 11.4lbs. Whoohoo! :) I am slowly working toward getting 15 gone.

A couple days ago I was feeling a bit down and wanted to snack on something, anything. I wasn't hungry, just had one of those days. I didn't have time to snack and had to run out to go pick up my daughter from school. When we arrived home, she handed me all her papers. One paper was a letter informing the students and parents that the school nurse had passed away. She had lost her battle with cancer. She was a young mother and left behind a young daughter. My heart breaks for her family. :( After reading the letter, I didn't even want a snack; I wasn't even hungry, just bored, I guess. I can't control certain illnesses and diseases, but I can control my weight and weight related diseases. I can control what I put in my mouth, I just need to work on my willpower. I can control when and how much I exercise, and I will.

Yesterday, a friend of mine announced that she most likely has MS. I know she's devastated and I also know that there are treatments available now to help control the symptoms and what not. Still, it's not something anyone wants to deal with. She has 2 young boys the same age as my son. (He's 4.) I can't even imagine what she's going through mentally. My heart goes out to her and her family.

Though, upon hearing this news, it's motivated me even more to keep on my weight loss and exercise path, to not give up, and to put all my all into this. Again, I can control what I decide to eat and the exercises I do. Right now, I feel as if my life is passing me by because I feel so uncomfortable to do things being at the current weight I am, and that is sad. I let myself get here and I will get myself out of this rut.

That being said, I did notice a shirt that I wore yesterday wasn't as tight around my midsection as it once had been. That's a good sign, yes? Yes! If I remember correctly, my doctor had once said my highest weight recorded in their papers was 208 (according to my scale my highest was 201). As of my last official weigh in, I'm down to 189.6. Not that I want to catch a cold or end up with a sinus infection that requires me to see my Dr, but I'm sort of curious as to what the Dr's scale will show next time (hopefully not for a couple more months! lol).

I have been doing great journaling all my food intake and exercise on The Daily Plate as well as in my Diet Minder. I'm getting into the habit of jornaling my food as I'm eating so I don't forget. I am on day 9 of no soda or coffee. I'm not really craving either one, but sometimes the thought of having a quick pick-me-up does cross my mind. I took this morning off from going to the gym, my legs felt stiff when I woke up this morning. Though, I am planning on taking the kids for a walk later. I think if I had to rate my efforts for my food choices and sticking as close to my daily calorie goal, I would rate it an 8 out of 10, and my exercise rating would be 9 out of 10 so far.

I'm looking forward to November 10th as my "monthly" check in to see, exactly, how I'm doing. If I don't get a chance to check in before Sunday, I hope everyone has a great weekend!