I’m feeling pretty good both physically and emotionally. I’m taking my serenity as scheduled and also getting in exercise and eating right. My weight has stayed the same the last two days, but weekends are always harder on me. I really do expect a loss on the scale in the morning. If not I can definitely say I’m losing inches. While I haven’t measured lately, I can feel that my clothes are loose in places.

I exercised for 45 minutes today on my treadmill. Worked up a good sweat and felt energized afterwards. I’ve ate very little today since I’ve had no appetite. (I LOVE KETOSIS!!) I’ve had a protein shake for breakfast, a small cup of Hood choco milk around lunch and will have some grilled cod and a salad for dinner.

I received my student ID card from NYIP today. I should have my course materials soon and I’m really pumped up about it. I can’t wait to start! I really believe God is going to help me through this schooling and help me launch my career. I have to give Him all the praise for taking me this far!

Hope you are all having a wonderful day and that the lbs are just falling off you!

Wow.. boot camp has been tough going.. but it is sure paying off! My weight stayed the same yesterday but today I got to see a new number on the scale! So after my weight bouncing back and forth the last couple of weeks due to my sticking to plan/not sticking to plan pattern, I’m now looking at progress! I kept losing and regaining the same 7 lbs because I wasn’t getting serious about it. Now I’m actually 1 lb ahead of the game. Down 8 lbs total, 4 of those in the last 3 days, 1 of those a new loss. I haven’t seen 195 on the scale in a long time. My goal is to end boot camp with at least another 10 lbs gone. Boot camp runs in two week sessions so I might be able to make it even though I started a couple of days late.

Can’t really tell you if the Serenity is helping yet. I can say I’m feeling better, but that could be due to a number of factors. I don’t expect to really notice anything for a week or so.

Walked on the treadmill yesterday for over an hour! Very happy about that. Since I’m a self proclaimed Queen of the Couch Potatoes, walking for that long is big news. What is funny is that about 20 minutes into it, my legs were aching and I didn’t want to go anymore, but I’d determined to get in 30 minutes, which is required in boot camp. When I hit the 30 minute mark I was surprised to find that I no longer ached and wanted to actually walk a little more. Before I knew it I’d gone 2 1/4 miles and just over an hour. I’m not sore today either and plan to walk at least 30 mins again. We are going to a museum this afternoon so I’ll get walking in there as well.

Looks like I’ll be pulling my “skinny” clothes out of the closet sooner than I thought! :0)

I’m feeling very hopeful today. It’s nice to feel this way for a change. My weight stayed the same, but I had a minor eating “mishap” yesterday. I accidentally locked myself out of the house when leaving to pick up my kids from school. So after I picked them up we hung out a Burger King while waiting on my hubby to get home and unlock. I wasn’t going to eat, even though I was pretty hungry, but the smell got to me. Thankfully they messed up my order and I didn’t end up eating most of it.. it just tasted bad. I don’t like Amercian cheese and they covered my hamburger with it. I couldn’t even peel it off the bun and just eat the meat like I usually do because the cheese was stuck to everything. *GAG* So I took a few bites and then tossed it. I also had a few fries.. but again out of desperation and hunger. I won’t let myself be in that position again. Ketosis kicked in very early yesterday and I had no appetite so I worked right through lunch. Then when I realized I was a little hungry and needed to eat, I was locked outside with my acceptable foods inside. And before anyone mentions a salad, let me say I can’t stand fast food salads. They just don’t taste fresh to me. Not to mention I don’t care for the dressings most of the time either. They tend to be laden with sugar and other junk. I make my own dressing most of the time.

Started my Serenity today. I’ll keep you updated on how it’s working.

I’ll try to check back in later today.