Me vs. the Scale

I waited about a week to step onto the scale again. If I stepped on everyday I think I would be more stressed out about the number, and fluctuations are bound to happen. I was 178.2! This means I dropped two pounds in a week! I am very excited and I am hoping the trend continues.

I have been doing very well with eating healthy. I feel like I just have a whole NEW mentality. Food is FUEL and that is it. I do not put things into my body that will make me feel worse, in the short or long run! My pants are fitting well again, so I must be about the same size as when I first purchased them about 4-6 months ago. Now to try and lose even more weight, I am excited and hopeful!

I guess the weight is not my BIGGEST concern, but I do want to weigh less. But some other goals that are important to me as well are more about toning up and increasing muscle mass while decreasing body fat. The main area of focus for me: my arms! I did not realize how they were slowly changing, they used to look strong and toned, now they have no definition.

In my toga picture is how my arms DID look a couple years back. In the other picture is how my arms look now. Ready, set, tone!

Vegtables can be fun

This is a picture or a carrot at my work. It grew like this naturally, I only took a picture to share it because I thought it was so funny. I know, at times my sense of humor can be immature, but it is healthy to laugh!! And my stomach hurt from laughing when I saw this.

The SCALE

Okay, got a crazy "Biggest Loser" scale. It will tell you your percent body fat, pounds of muscle, water retention, and BMI. It took a little time to set it up. I look at all the numbers, but the one I am most concentrating on is my weight. This morning I stepped on and it was 180.4 So that is my weight. I have not posted it yet, I am sure I was a little bit higher a couple weeks ago, but this is where I am now. I want to get my weight down to like 145 ideally, but I will start with a goal of 20 lbs.

I want to be 160 by June 1st.

There I said it. Now the real test will be if I can make it! Can't wait to keep you all posted.

In other news... guys suck. LOL. Most of my good friends are engaged, or planning on getting engaged in the near future, they are already with their future husbands. I feel like every week someone calls me or texts me telling me they are engaged. BLAH. I guess I am that age, 23. But I think it is young still for all my friends to be getting engaged already. Who knows, point being I am not engaged or planning on it anytime soon.

I met a guy I think is GREAT and I really feel a connection, and he told me so too, but I don't think it will work out. He goes out every night. EVERY night. I am young and love to have fun and go out, but not every night... oh well. So to make myself feel better I will go out with a girlfriend or two sometime soon and drink and flirt with other guys. LOL. Too bad with waitressing right now I work every Friday and Saturday night, the guys out on Sundays-Thursdays are slim pickings.

Beginning of March

I have not been on here lately, but things have been going well! I feel like my clothes are fitting better, which is always a good thing!

I did buy a scaled today, a Biggest Loser scale that measure body fat, BMI, and water retention I believe, but I have not figured it out and used it yet. More to come on that! I have also been doing well with drinking more water. I do not think I am up to 10 glasses a day which is my goal, but every day I try! And I am still not eating gluten, but the couple times where I did have a piece of bread at work or something because I was starving, I DID feel more bloated, especially the next morning. So I am still going to keep away from gluten.

Favorite on-the-go gluten free food: Jimmy John's lettuce wraps! You can get any type of sandwich in romaine instead of on bread! It is like I am eating a sandwich, there is variety, and they are delicious!!!

Big excitement: tried on a jean skirt in a size 8 and it fit! I can wear size 8 in skirts a lot of times, but never jeans! But it is a great feeling to fit into a smaller size than I normally ever wear. But, the skirt was cuter on the hanger than it was on me, I did not buy it!