Life has gotten a little too relaxed over the weekend. I was at a birthday party and there were only a few healthy options: a salad, a tomato & basil salad and that's pretty much it. I knew I couldn't survive from 7:30 am with only veggies and no protein or carbs so I sucked it up and had a piece of this sub sandwich on white, crusty, Italian bread along with lots of both salads. It was really good and helped me get through till I got home. I didn't have cake, but it looked amazing. It was one of those fresh, bakery, butter cream cakes with lots of layers and it looked out of this world good, but I couldn't do it. My weight loss has been at a stand sill for the past few days but that's pretty much par for the course from Fri-Tu so I am not overly surprised. I am now down 31 pounds. Holy cow, 31 feels amazing. I still have a ways to go but I am definitely noticing the difference now in clothes and in pictures. I had family pictures taken on Sunday morning and though I am very self conscious of my tummy, I am feeling much better about the rest of me. I had my hair done late last week and had it cut shorter and colored lighter and highlighted blond. I love it. The new me! I am actually wondering if I should finish up this cycle and go back to the basics of 1. I have become lax with the lemon water in the morning and the 3 cups of green tea, though I still drink TONS of water and several other cups of iced tea daily. I think I may need to go back. We'll see. I may just keep the proteins from C2 and cut out the carbs and follow c1 otherwise. We'll see what happens in the next week as I finish up this cycle and September begins. My goal for Labor day was 30 pounds. I have happily met that goal. I am hoping to lose 4 more pounds in the next 2 weeks to make an even 35 by labor day, that's 2 pounds a week, totally doable I think. I do have a wedding coming up over this coming weekend, but it's a buffet so I should have no problem steering clear of carbs and sugar. The wedding cake may be my only stumbling block. I know most people don't like it but I actually really like wedding cake and I am pretty sure the bride has a sweet tooth and really good taste, so I may need to make an exception and try it.
Today, Abby and I took an impromptu took to NYC and had the BEST day together. It was so wonderful to spend the day with my little girl and have so much uninterrupted time to really listen to her and just enjoy one another. We went to the museum of natural history and after had lunch at Isabella's. I highly recommend it and would absolutely go back in a heartbeat. I asked for a recommendation that was both kid friendly and had healthy options for moi. She got Wiki sticks and mac n' cheese and I got an amazing chopped salad with grilled shrimp on top and fresh summer gazpacho soup to start! FANTASTIC and so refreshing. I did bring some drinks and snacks for abby and myself but I don't think I had enough water through the day. I am still feeling pretty parched after having probably 4 big glasses since we got home. I also did a lot of walking in central park, which means I probably sweated out a lot of what I drank. In any case, today was a wonderful success but I did have a piece of whole grain bread with my lunch. That's bread 2 days in a row. So no bread Tu, weds or Th to make up for it. This is becoming a pattern of sorts that I continue on tomorrow, one meal and one day at a time.
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