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It's been what seems like forever!

Today started out early (for me at least) at 11am. I made the Sugar Cookie Protein Shake recipe someone posted on here... it was interesting to say the least. If I make it again I'm definitely cutting down the almond extract. It was FAR too nutty tasting for me.

After that I went to get weighed in at my doctor's... 293! Down 5 pounds! I was sort of excited, but also kind of bummed... I went two weeks without good progress. The first week I GAINED a pound, and the second week I lost 0.2... I was expecting this week to be AWESOME. like 8 pounds+ to make up for the fact that I didn't lose the weeks before... But oh well, I'll take what I can get.

After that I went to the gym... I've been doing the 4:1 plan for about a week... the whole walk 4 minutes, run 1 minute thing. It's going pretty good, except for the LAST run minute... I always chicken out 10 seconds before it's over because I feel like I'm dieing. It definitely doesn't help that my pants are falling off and my shirt keeps riding up. No one wants to see my flab while I'm running on the treadmill! It'll get there though.

Then I went to go visit Daddy at work and talk to his secretary, who reassured me that playing Tennis is a great idea and that even though it is bad for your joints, it's only bad if you're playing SUPER competitively... like the pros do. I think I need to lose some more weight before I consider playing tennis for real though. Anyways, she always really helps me with new tricks for my workouts... so tomorrow I'm going to do 3:1 and see if I can handle it for the first 10 minutes, if not I'll just go back to 4:1 until I'm ready.

Next I showered, and went to the Support Group meeting with my parents. This months was A LOT better. Last month I felt weird because I was one week out of surgery, and the topics were all about things I couldn't really appreciate... this month they split us up so that people 3 months and under were in one room and veterans were in another. I got some answers to things like my insomnia and my questions about stages... Basically, I need to fix my sleep schedule (I promise I'm going to bed right after this!!) so that instead of going to bed at 7am and waking up at 2pm, I'll go to bed around 2 or 3 and wake up around 9am. I have my 6 week appointment with my surgeon on Wednesday, and hopefully he'll OK me to start taking melatonin before bed.

I think that this week I'm going to start putting together a binder of recipes that I find on here and on other sites. My friend is looking to lose some weight, but she doesn't know how to cook healthy meals... so I think that we're going to make healthy meals once a week to help her, and help me learn how to cook!


 

 So my one month measurements have been taken!

Chest: down 5 inches
Waist: down 5 inches
Hips: down 5 inches
Thigh: down 2 inches
Bicep: down 1/2 inch

I blame the slow biceps to the fact that I can't lift yet! ;p

Overall I'm pretty pleased. Can't wait to step on the scale on Monday... Hopefully I'll like it better than last week.

 So I really want to start playing tennis. It's pretty cheap considering most courts are free... racquets only cost like $40 or less (if you get the beginner ones) and a cannister of tennis balls is like $3 tops. It apparently gives you quite the work out. All I need is someone to play with! And... to learn the rules... but other than that I'm pretty excited!

 So I've been a bad girl and haven't been going to the gym lately... First it was because I got sick on the elliptical (too much, too fast... bleh) and now it's because I'm actually sick. My nose is runny and stuffy, my throat is scratchy... I just genuinely don't feel good. The day I decided to go back to the gym was the day I started to feel sick.

Anyways, it's rainy and gross outside and none of my shorts or capris fit me (yay for them being too big!) and my only pair of jeans that fit are WAY too long to wear in the rain. I was going to go to the grocery store today and walk it a few times while looking for some decaf tea and a few other things but I'm not feeling walking around in wet pants all day.

I know that I really need to start going to the gym again, I gained a pound this week. How is that even possible?! I was so upset when I found out.

Also, I've been an emotional wreck lately. I cry at pretty much the drop of a hat. I'll admit that I miss eating real food... But I'm happy that I made this choice, so why am I crying all of the time?