Back on Track - Down 5.8

Boy, I feel like Edison with the light bulb.  I have found lots of things that don't work!  But I have lost today and I'm back on track!  Here's some of the stuff I have learned about my new lifestyle:

• My long term goal is too big.  I need short term ones - so here's the new ticker at the bottom.  I won't look at the other one unless I'm up to it.  I get something wonderful every time I reach a short term goal - the first of which is an Aveda facial with Savannah, the aesthetist.  Only 4.2 pounds away!!!
• Weighing every day is a killer.  I noticed that if I fluctuated up .4, I ate the rest of the day.  Now I'm just weighing on Monday until I am skinny and gorgeous and then I will weigh every day again.
• McIntyre's Bakery is not a good Atlanta destination for me.  It's like putting Miracle Grow on the elephant.
• Maggianno's, on the other hand, is acceptable.  We ate the family style lunch (AKA Italian gorge fest) and I survived.
• It's better to share your omelet and pancakes at IHOP than to eat them all yourself.
• The Tour of Athens (moussaka, spanikopita, Greek salad) at the Broadway Diner is enough for 3 healthy people.  Eating it all yourself, even with all the green stuff, adds tonnage.
• If I go to bed hungry, I lose weight.  If I don't, I don't.
• Don't be fooled by the Cascade Farms Sandwich Cookie (AKA Organic Oreos).  Eating the whole bag is really no better than slamming down the real thing.
• Portion control is a skill I have yet to acquire.

The Long Haul

I have lost and gained the same two pounds so many times I'm getting a bit weary.  

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can, I think I can, I think I can, I think I can...

Seems like I want to be skinny when I'm not hungry and the converse is also true.

Foods No Longer Allowed in the House

Peanut butter - - - don't ask...

Starting the Day Off Right

What I am hearing from you guys is that you think I should eat healthy stuff, drink water, walk, and exercise.  So here's a lowdown on what I'm doing.  I joined Inches-A-Weigh, a women's weight loss center.  I go every morning, usually six times a week.  I start with the seven toning tables that are making me long and lean and then I hit the bikes or the ellipticals for 20-30 minutes of cardio.  What makes the place really great are the friends I meet there every morning and the ladies who work there who try, Lord they try, to keep us in line.  It's really a great place.

I'm making better choices with my food.  I do drink lots of water.  I'm grocery shopping.  I'm cooking.  I can drive past a drive through.  All of these are new skills for me.

It's working.  I'm weighing in the morning.  If all this doesn't work, I can always staple my lips together!

The Microcellular Biophysics of Weightloss

OK.  I'm pretty sure I have this thing figured out.  I'll attempt to simplify:

Moving your rear end around in time and space makes calories jump out of your body (A).  Inserting food and yummy, sometimes alcoholic, beverages into your mouth makes calories jump in to your body(B).  Quite simply, if A is greater than B, you lose weight.  If B is greated than A, you gain.  Any questions?