Goal #1 Photo

Here's what I look like at 126 lbs. This is my prepregnancy weight.

5 lbs in 3 weeks

If I keep up the same rate of loss that I have over the last 3 weeks (which was 5 lbs), then in 3 more weeks I should weigh 121. That will be 4th of July. 3 weeks later is the 25th of July and I should be 116. 3 weeks after that is August 15 and I could potentially be down to 111. I am planning on leaving for TX the week after that, so I could possibly make it down to 110 by the time I go to Texas. That would be AWESOME!

Really, it would be pretty sweet if I could just get down to 115 by then. Yeah. I'd be stoked.

Weigh Day - Week 4

126 today. Same as yesterday and 5 lbs lighter than when I started!

So my pants felt loose the other day and I decided to take my measurements again yesterday. Another 1/2 inch gone from my waist. Woohoo! That means I've lost an inch total from my waist and a half inch from my hips.

I did strength training yesterday and today I am sooooore. And my throat hurts, but I don't think that has anything to do with exercising. I also led our first Mom and Me hiking group yesterday. There were 3 of us with our kiddos (Misun was supposed to show, too, but didn't) and we hiked at the Fish Technology Center. It's actually a really cool place and I hope I remember it when I want to take Ellie someplace as a toddler. It was cool.

Ugh. I so don't want to be awake right now. I've been awake for an hour, but I'm still in bed. I think I hear Ellie starting to stir, though, so I'd better hop in the shower before I get her up or there will be no shower for me today! The joys of Miss Busy! =D

We don't eat peanut butter.

... So why, then, when I went to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch, did I find FOUR opened containers of peanut butter?

There was the Western Family brand creamy PB, the JIFF creamy PB (that my mom bought while she was here), the crunchy PB, and the all natural, organic, no hydrogenated oils PB that we keep in the fridge so it won't separate.

Seriously. Do we really need four different things of peanut butter? I ate some for the first time in months today. And I carefully measured out 1/2 a tablespoon. It's going to take forever to go through those jars.

First Goal Met!!

At 126 pounds, I am the same weight now that I was when I got pregnant with Eliana. YAY! My first goal was to lose the last 5 lbs of pregnancy weight. Mission accomplished.

Fat Free, Sugar Free Vegan Banana Bread

Sounds gross, doesn't it? Well, just for fun I tried it. I
made muffins from it. I don't know that I would make muffins
with it again, as it forms a hard crust, but I would definitely
try to make it into a loaf of bread. I might try sugar next
time, too, or half sugar (mmmm... brown sugar?) and half Splenda.
I thought it had sort of a weird after taste from the Splenda,
but Leif said he couldn't taste it. Anyway....


Here is a banana bread receipe from "Fat Free, Full Flavor"

6 ripe bananas
1 cup Splenda (or sugar)
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups (whole wheat) flour
1 tsp baking powder
.5 tsp baking soda

Mash the bananas, sugar/Splenda and vanilla together. 
Sift the flour, baking powder and soda together. 
Mix the liquid with the dry and pour into a loaf pan. 
Put into a preheated oven @ 350 F for one hour.

One inch smaller

I took my measurements today and am amazed to see that I actually have a bit of a loss in not only weight, but size as well! My original measurements (from when I started tracking weight loss) were:

Waist: 31.5
Hips: 37
Neck: 12.5

Now, my measurements are:

Waist: 31
Hips: 36.5
Neck: 12.5

So I lost an inch! Wooohoooo! Also, I am SOOOO close (.2 of a lb) to losing another pound. Hoping to see that progress tomorrow. I would love that.