Awesome!! See, it gets easier as the days go by!

Week one is down. Starting week two. I lost 6.3lbs in my first week and shaved an inch off my waist. It has been very helpful to know Kristina, Melissa and Tiffany have access to myfitnesspal account. It's helping me stick to it. I had to turn down banana bread, a strawberry roll, freshly baked coffee cake and lunch out at work this past week. It wasn't as hard I as I thought it would be but it is the first week. I did splurge and had one slice of pizza and an ice cream bar for dinner last night but still stayed within 1200 calories. I have cut up all my veggies and fruits for this next week. It may just be wishful thinking but I do feel like I have alot more energy and I dealt with alot less pain in my knees and foot. I spent almost three hours raking my yard up yesterday morning and normally that would have been too much for my left foot and put me out of commission today but it didn't! Besides the sore muscles, my feet do not hurt me today! I am so excited about that!

Yay Mindy! That's awesome!

Well done, Mindy! Keep up the good work!

So proud of you Mindy!!! I've look at your food diary here and there and you're doing great. I would so harass you if you weren't

Thank you ladies!

MelissaI wrote:

So proud of you Mindy!!! I've look at your food diary here and there and you're doing great. I would so harass you if you weren't

Please do! That is one of the reason why I say no to the bad stuff! LOL!

Congrats on surviving your first week and it does get a lot easier to say no to things and pass stuff up. When I was losing weight, I found it super hard when at work all the treats and baked goods were left by my desk but having a snack or healthy alternative in the frig. really helped me out. I also experienced the energy boost after getting rid of processed stuff and eating better. It's amazing how much better your body functions once you clean it of all the toxins processed food leaves behind! Good luck on your journey

Also EatingWell Cookbook I found to be a great tool for me to plan meals for the week also there are some pretty delicious desserts that are pretty good on calories. You can feel like you are splurging when you aren't

Good work on the first week! i spend sunday prepping all my lunches for the week and then i try to either cook extra on sun or monday night for dinners to cover me till wed or thur. it does get easy when you plan for it

Thanks Natalie and Jen! I do feel like I have tons more energy now. My boss bought piazza for us yesterday and I splurged and had a slice. Boy did that shoot my energy down quite a bit! I'm realizing the benefits of healthy eating.

So Fridays are my weigh in and I lost 2.3lbs this week and lost half an inch around my waist. So the totals to date is 8.6lbs and 1.5 inches lost!

NIce work!

Isn't it amazing how one little splurge affects you?

Yeah that stupid fat loaded donut I had the other day made me feel like crap! It even affected my run that night!

arooroomom wrote:

Yeah that stupid fat loaded donut I had the other day made me feel like crap! It even affected my run that night!

I'm hoping to remember that feeling when I start craving something bad. I really like the energy level ive been experiencing right now.