Chubby Christian Chick: YAY finally scales movin'!

Beeepppp beeeepppp beepppp *hit snooze* (repeat 6xs)

Wake-up: 6am

I WAS STARVING!!!!! Have you ever woke up having your tummy growling…. I was famished! I blended up a quick protein shake with 1 scoop of vanilla whey and 1 tsp of orange SF Metamucil to chug down while driving to work.

This is the basic line up of my day: weight self, do small victory dance, fix hair, spackle on make-up, guzzle coffee, stare blankly into closet, pack food, drive while sucking on a protein shake, work, drive, gym, manage enough energy to walk out to car, drive, arrive at home, cook, clean, eat, blog, shower, and finally the grand finale BED!

Weight: 248.6! YAY!!!! Under 250!!! This is a 2.8 pound loss since Monday! I know! I know! I said I was going to only weigh-in once a week… I fibbed! I couldn’t help myself I had such a great work out and I was worried about that dang donut from yesterday so I had to see where I was at! I think as long as I don’t obsessively weigh every single day it is ok! I’m down 23.4 pounds total and almost to my first mini goal of 25 pounds!.... I’ll be rocking some pink feather hair extensions here real soon!

Setting goals: I’ve set several mini goals for this journey and for each goal there is a non-food related reward! I feel like that gives me something to look forward too. I know that the weight loss in its self is great and in a way is its own reward, but I really enjoy presents to myself too!

10 pounds - Pedi-cure

25 pounds – Pink feather hair extensions

50 pounds – nose ring

Weight of 200 pounds (I will be just shy of a 75lb weight loss) A bicycle! I’ve never learned and I want to now!

*After I get to that point I will start taking it down to smaller increments and set some new goals and rewards!

Breakfast: 1 Aldi’s Fit&Active turkey sausage sandwich… this was not splendid…. It was eh… I’m just not into the turkey ones… and it was odd the egg and the muffin were broken? How does that even happen? Weird! I also had a Dannon Light&Fit in strawberry! I’m finally almost done with the case of yogurt I bought a month ago! Then it’s on to my next yogurt adventure… or brand!

Snack: Quaker Graham and Pretzel Smash Bar + 1 cup of coffee with 1 TBSP of non-dairy creamer…

These smash bars are yummy! Here is the problem…. There is no real nutrition to them…. They are not filling and have no staying power… This is one of those cases where I am torn…. Taste wise they are great…. Beneficial? Not so much L I probably won’t be buying another box of these but it was nice to have something different to try!

Lunch: 2 97%FF Hebrew National Hot Dogs on 2 Lite Wheat Buns with ketchup and mustard… ½ of a sliced cucumber… and 2 cups of watermelon! Thank God I packed a big lunch today I was famished AGAIN! I’m guessing it’s going to be one of those days!

Snack: 100 calorie popcorn

Gym: 15minutes of upper body weight lifting, 30 minutes on the treadmill, and 20 minutes on the recumbent bike approx calorie burn:

Dinner: The grill was out of gas L lame… that will have to wait until payday… instead of grilled chicken we ended up with sautéed chicken. I also made a fresh cucumber, tomato, and Fat Free Mozzarella Cheese salad… I dressed it with Light Italian Dressing and some Salad Supreme seasoning.

Here’s how it looked:

I’m tired today emotionally and physically. There are some background issues that are going on that are causing me well to have very horrible feelings. Feelings of hatred, fear, and uncertainty. These are feelings I don’t deal well with. I know that situations like this are put in my life by the devil. He wants to put doubt and uncertainty about God’s love for me in my mind. To fill me with fear of uncertain times to come. It bothers me when I can’t control everything/detail around me the devil knows that and uses it against me when I hit good strides in my life. See I knew things had been going to smoothly. Some relationship issues I’ve had with my boyfriend were beginning to heal, I am losing weight, I am eating healthy, and most importantly I’m getting closer to Christ. He tests me with this situation to see what I will do. I was weak and I turned away from Christ when I knew I should have turned towards him. I’m trying now to recover from this mistake. I always tell people I’m new to Christianity and there are something I just haven’t learned yet. Forgiveness of others is certainly proving to be one of them. Please keep me in your prayers that I may learn this and lean on Christ during this trying period of time.

Herer's how my day broke down: