07/02/2012 @ 03:11pm (EST)

More good news today!

 

Weigh in day was yesterday and I’m down another few pounds!  It wasn’t as much as I wanted it to be, but I’m down a total of 10 pounds!   Jeff is also down a total of 10 pounds!

 

I have a sneaky suspicion that if I curb my love of ice cream bars, I might actually lose a little more weight…

 

A couple of new things have been added to the menu in the last week or so: Muffins and fish!  (Separately, of course).  :)

 

My dad used to make pumpkin muffins and Jeff spent all day in the kitchen on Saturday baking up a storm!  We had pumpkin muffins (some made with yellow cake, some made with spice cake) and also found a recipe for shortcake muffins. 

 

The pumpkin ones turned out great (though we will be using the spice cake from now on – It just gives it that extra kick) and although the shortcake muffins (made with blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, or raspberries) weren’t that bad, we decided that the next time those get made, we’re going to leave the fruit out.

 

The next thing we decided to do (mostly at my insistence) was to add more fish to the diet – We are going to plan on eating fish at least once a week.

 

Last week we had salmon and this week we had a light breaded tilapia.  It was fantastic!

 

I haven’t had real fish in quite a while and it was nice to eat something different again.

 

Diet is still going pretty well, as mentioned before though, I need to ease down on the ice cream bars…It is not acceptable to eat three of them in one night, even if they are only a point a piece for the latte bars.

 

Exercise is still going pretty well – My endurance is building up, my flexibility is better, and I’m able to keep up better.

 

According to the chart I downloaded a year ago from Microsoft Word, I’ve also lowered my BMI almost two full points!!!  That’s just by losing ten pounds!

 

So yeah…Things are good. Still nervous about the Irish Festivals and I know I’ll go over, but the key is going to be to eat only when hungry, not overindulge, and get right back on the straight and narrow the next day.

 

Until next time!