So far so good...

This is the actual scale I have; it's from Hammacher Schlemmer and it's awesome! Love this thing! My Dad got them for everyone for Christmas a few years ago; thanks Dad! And um... no I do not weigh 188.6!

I'm happy to report that the diet is going well. I had been eating so much dessert over the past few months, I was just positive I would not have the will power to stick with 20 points a day -- but I have done pretty well. I've gone over points a couple times but only by a little bit, even on the weekend! Only after about two days I realized that I was already in "the zone" ... I mean a good mental state -- dieting without really having to try TOO hard, and really not wanting to snack on junk all day. I have rediscovered an old fave of mine, SlimFast shakes! They must've reformulated their chocolate powder because it is so much yummier & creamier than it was several years ago. I blend one scoop with about 1 1/4 cups of milk (it's a little too rich with just one cup of milk) and I add a banana and 4 ice cubes. All in all it's 4.5 points, pretty darn filling, satisfies my chocolate fix and gives me a good serving of milk!



These past 5 days or so have really been full of other pleasant surprises, for example: a light beef hotdog on a regular bun is only 4 points! Salad can be kind of filling! I can bake 24 luscious cinnamon rolls and only eat one of them! I can bake 40 mini-cheesecakes and only eat... well I think 5 of them... okay so I didn't do so hot yesterday. But that's okay because I still lost... drumroll please...




4 pounds!


(Go ahead & cheer for me; I'll wait...)

Granted, my "starting weight" was a little high... on the high end of the ever-flutuating spectrum... so it's probably more like I lost 2 pounds... but that's still pretty good considering it's only been 5 days. I know that most weeks will be less successful than this one, but it's a great boost to lose a bunch at the start like this.

By the way, why on earth would I bake things like cinnamon rolls & mini cheesecakes when I'm supposed to be dieting? For one thing, I love to. And, the cinnamon rolls were for my friend Laura's birthday on Friday, and I gave some of the extras to Kate. The mini cheesecakes I made to bring to choir on Sunday -- I'm the choir director and I feel like I have to feed them sometimes. Really it's just a good excuse to bake fun stuff.

And P.S. -- I may give you weight loss updates from time to time, but this will not be the permanent new theme of the blog or anything. [sighs of relief!]