Another Pound Bites the Dust!

Did she or didn't she? Yes she did!!! I FINALLY broke the elusive 170 barrier! I weighed in early this week, due to my trip to Seattle. I was worried, but the result I wanted happened!

It's official...I am in the 160's! So I was thinking of what was going on the last time I was under 170 pounds. Here is my list:

1. The Berlin Wall came down.
2. I paid to see Cinderella in concert.
3. Cell phones were the size of large bricks.
4. I honestly thought that I would die alone surrounded by cats due to my strange addiction to Mojo Nixon.
5. A schoolmate of mine, Randall, did a report on something called "compact discs," and I thought he was crazy that ANYTHING could replace my trusty cassettes.
6. I had to go into the bank to make a deposit to my account.

Please post the lists of what was going on in your life the last time you were at or near or goal weight; I would love to read them!

On a separate note, this was my first week eating zero Optifast. Obviously, it went well as I lost two pounds of fat. I think the hardest part is weighing and measuring everything that goes into my mouth. However, I did relax a bit for my anniversary and I ate almost 1600 calories that day. It was the first time EVER I went over calories, plus I had a glass of wine (which wasn't very good, actually). Other than the wine, my calories were from excellent, nutritious food--so no guilt allowed. For those of you who live in the San Francisco Bay Area, check out the cafe at the De Young Museum (it's part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco). They have a lot of delicious and healthy food there that is locally sourced. Their coffee is divine!

A tip for those of you out and about on restricted diets: I started asking about vegan options (not vegetarian, which are often loaded with fats) for snacks and treats. Vegan food does not have any animal fats, which often makes it lower in calories. Like many vegetarian foods, some packaged vegan stuff has a lot of sugar, but no egg or butter. For example, a typical vegan cupcake has 150-200 calories, whereas a regular cupcake has 450-600 calories. Vegan food is surprisingly yummy (and I love me some meat, so I was expecting tasteless cardboard). In fact, I go vegetarian 3-4 days a week right now, as it helps me stay on my 1200 calories a day yet still eat abundantly.

Another tip for those of us on transition or maintenance... it turns out Subway does have numerous healthy options for a wide variety of diets (they pushed Subway RELENTLESSLY on the Biggest Loser, so it was sort of a turn off for me). However, while there, my poor hubby fell into the "healthy" menu trap, when he failed to notice that the calorie counts did not include all that makes a sandwich so yummy (like mayo). What's great about Subway is that they will make your food how you tell them. Yes, I paid a 4 bucks for what amounted to two cups of lettuce, a tomato, and one ounce of roast beef BUT I stayed on my plan;and that made the four bucks worth it.

Here are the numbers:

Starting Weight: 224
Current Weight: 169.5
Goal Weight: 140

Here are my goals:

Outer Goal: I want to run the 5K I signed up for the entire time....NO WALKING (and look like a young Elle McPherson while doing it...sigh... I can dream!)

Inner Goal: I need to feel my success and not dwell on my failures....and of course...world peace!

Peace out to you all and post some comments!