I did it!

I did it! Ten down! Now I start the next ten and call Savannah today for my facial! What shall I do at 20? (At this rate, I have a while to think about it...)

Down a Wee Bit More

OK - We're down 7.8. I'll take it! Ate at IHOP to celebrate - probably not in the manual under "grand ideas." However, I can almost smell my facial just 2.2 pounds away!

12% of Big Goal Down

I hit 6 on the official scale today, so I'm 12 % of the way to the big goal and 60% to the facial. Slow - but I'll take it.

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.

Like---No News

Wii Fit says I have lost 3.5 pounds.  The Phat Pharm says I have lost 2.4 pounds.  The official Tasty E scale says I have lost no more.  This may take a while!

I think I will just staple my lips together!

Tomorrow...

...is weigh and measure day.  Drum roll!

It's a Great Day - Down 3.4

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.  Woooooohooooo!

Down .6 - Woohooo!

Minutia to you - happy dance for me! Am I, like, weighing too soon?  too often?  If it keeps going down, I'll weigh every 30 minutes...