This week I quickly lost the three pounds that I gained back and even lost an additional pound!!  Woo Hoo!!  That brings me down to 176 and I have held steady at that weight for the last three days.  I went to a workout class with one of my best friends on Wednesday and Thursday night.  Wednesday's class was called Booty Boot Camp!  OMG, that class was a killer!!  A lot of lunges and squats. Thursday was "Pole-Ates"  (pilates) and was for the abs.  We did a lot of work on a stripper pole and that was fun!  However, I have no upper body strength yet and couldn't hold myself up!  I'll get there though!! 

I did well with my eating.  I have been trying to stay away from anything fried and anything with sugar.  I pretty much already avoided all other white carbs since it's too hard to eat bread, rice and potatoes.  My friend, Rob, sent me some of his protein bars to try.  They are really delicious, and have 180-190 calories and 15 grams of protein.  I had one for my dinner after the booty boot camp class.  Perfect.  It was good for me and I didn't have to cook!  LOL  I love to cook, but not after a long day at work and a workout class! 

The weather has been really gorgeous here.  A bunch of us from work and my DH are going on a long motorcycle ride this Sunday (tomorrow)  YEAH!!  I love riding on the back of a bike.....it's so much fun!! 

Positive thinking never hurt anyone, right?  LOL  I am not TECHNICALLY a loser since  I weighed in at 179 AGAIN this week....however I will be for next week.  I already know this.  I know, because my mind set is changing.  I have a made a wonderful friend that had RNY a few months ago. He lost over 100 lbs doing Optifast BEFORE his surgery.  He is very dedicated and his attitude has infected me like a good disease.  LOL  I am really re-dedicating myself to eating only healthy foods and getting in some exercise.  

I am so close to goal I can taste it and feel it.  I am not giving up on myself!!

I am so stalled out with my weightloss.  Most of it is my fault.  My period just ended yesterday, so of course I allowed myself to eat like a pig for 4 days straight!  LOL I have also letting work get in the way of taking my walks at lunch.  No exercise + poor eating = weight loss stall.  I just can't give up on myself........I DO want to get to goal....at this point I might not get there by my selected time of July 4th....but I am still going to get to goal damnit!!    One of my very good friends at work has promised to start working out with me...might be the push I need.  If nothing else, I do know that I have a fill scheduled in June....not sure yet if I need it, but I will have plenty of time to assess that between then and now. 

My friend and I went to dinner last night, had margaritas, chips, salsa, chile rellenos......YUM.  Not low calorie, however, I have always said I don't want to be on a diet for the rest of my life.  I just want to be happily banded After all of Aunt Flo's damage, I was back up to weighing in at 179.4 this morning.  Not too bad considering!!  Hope to do better this week though. 

That is the question I keep getting from my co-wokers this week.  Have I?  Eh....technically, no.   I weighed in at 177.4 this morning.  This is the first week that I never went back in to the 180's though, which is great! When I talked to my DH he said he notices a difference in my waisteline, and thinks it's my skin tightening up.    Hmmmm, I really didn't think I had loose skin...but maybe.  He also put some lotion my horribly dry back and said, "Hey!  I see some bones!!"  LOL  He could see my shoulder blades and the top of my spine.  Since my back has been so itchy with the dry skin (live in a desert, people!) I can feel a difference around there and also my face area.  So.....not sure what's going on.  I weigh about the same as last weekend, however I do feel slimmer.  Maybe it's the water weight that comes and goes.  I just hope the scale get get moving again!!  I want to get in to those size 10 jeans I bought!!  

Everything else is going well.  I had my mid-year review yesterday and my boss is very pleased with my work.  She said some really nice things about me....I just love my job!! 

I got a card from Jamie's mom this week, thanking me for everything I have been doing.  I went to Jamie's "Myspace" page and it was last updated the day I looked at it, with "I'm annoyed!"  I am sure one of her sisters or other friends did that.......but it was almost comical.  I think that's exactly what she IS saying right now!