God is good!

So, before I begin, I wanted to show you what the "old" me looked like. I hope to refresh my own memory by posting pics every now and then of what I used to look like! This was about 3 1/2 years ago at my aunt's wedding. Right?? Packed on the poundage huh?! It disgusts me to think that in the face of stress and worry while Jason was jobless and life was just not great, that I decided to turn to food instead of GOD and let it control my life in such a way that I gave up feeling good and feeling good about myself. Anyway, just a glimpse into my past soon to be future! Ok, now I'll blog.....

In the face of much temptation this week, God has really given me some mighty strength! Yesterday with the cookies and then today with cupcakes and ice cream (a bday party in my classroom)...and this afternoon I took the kids to CFA for ice cream and just the smell of that place makes my mouth water! I could eat it morning, noon and night! That and pizza....yum. Ok, back to that mighty strength....HAHA!

Last night, I did a no no, but for a no no I thought it was a wise choice. I buy "natural" peanut butter for myself because I can eat that during the maintenance portion of the diet. So, remember how I said that eating at 4:45 was a good thing and that I would eat nothing else all night? HA! I got hungry around 7:30 and since I had already had all my foods for the day, I was stumped. I drank tons of water but also had 1/2 an apple and a tsp of natural peanut butter. PB is not even on the diet! OOPS....BUT it beats having a doughnut or a nutty buddy bar (another fave...) However, when I got on the scales this a.m. I had lost another 2.2 lbs. for a grand total of 11.3!!!!!! I met my goal! And that was only DAY 3!!!! I am so excited!

Today, I had beef and tomatoes again for lunch and I'm gonna eat chicken and green beans for dinner. I was going to try my canned asparagus, but since I was already cooking green beans for the kids, I thought I would just wait on the asparagus. I had strawberries for my lunch time fruit and I am thinking a delish McIntosh apple for dessert tonight....minus the peanut butter!!!! :)

Hoping that this weekend I will be up to at least 15 lbs lost which should be a pretty reachable goal! Hope everyone has a great Friday night! Mine will be spent going thru my kids Winter clothing to see what is going to need to be purchased....fun times!

Thanks for reading!!! :)