Dieting part 2

Well it is now the 26th of January and I am once again starting the diet. Right after I started last time about 2 1/2 weeks ago Scott got really sick and was home from work for a whole week at the same time mom went to bed because her leg was hurting and she said she couldn't get out of bed so I needed to be there to help with everything there. Then to make matters worse we had the big winter snow and ice storm that lasted the better part of a week. During the storm mom and dad lost power in their apartment and we had to relocate them to our house so they could be warm and someone could make sure dad was eating. All of these things made it easy for me to put off the diet. Now however I have bought the protein powder and my little blender to make my smoothie/shakes with and I have no more excuses so let the diet begin again. I am still at the same weight and I am going to let the measurements stand as they were the first of this month. I also bought and cut up 2 bunches of Bananas from Costco and put them in the freezer so they are ready to go in my drink and bought 2 bags each of frozen strawberries and blueberries also for the drinks.

I know there are going to be some rough times and I need to quit stress eating which has always been my issue. So it is the last Thursday of the month and I'm not waiting till Monday I'm starting today.

New Years resolution

Well I have managed to gain 25 to 30 pounds in the last 3 years and have decided it is time to get off the couch and do something to help myself get back to my size 6/8 clothes. Today is the 10^th of January and my goal is to lose 30 pounds by May so I can buy my dress for our vow renewal in August. I had a protein shake at 6am this morning with half a banana in it and it didn’t suck. At 10 I was getting a little hungry and had an apple. I will have another protein shake for lunch and then a healthy dinner tonight. I intend to keep this up for at least 90 days to see how I’m doing. I also only intend to weigh once a week so I won’t become discouraged. Later today I am going to do my stats and keep track of how many inches I lose. This is the thing I’m doing for me this year so I can live long enough to enjoy my husband’s retirement in six years.   

So I have decided that for the time being I am not going to share this with anyone but my husband. I have also decided that I will reach my goal by my oldest daughters birthday so May 8th is my target date. I weighted this morning and my starting weight was 165 pounds on our bathroom scale. I did take my measurements (by myself so they may or my not be accurate) and I am going to post them here. At some point I may decide to share these with my friends and family but for now I'm not willing to share. Pictures may or may not be posted at some later date but for now I've not taken any.

Neck                 13 1/2
Arms L/R          13 3/4 / 14
Upper Chest     40
Chest                42
Waist                38
Bellybotton       38
Hips                  42
Buttocks           42 1/2
Thighs L/R       24/25
Calves L/R       13 1/2 /13 1/2    

Today was fairly successful but not 100%. I did have a second protein shake at lunch time and an apple again around 2 but by 3:30 I was starving so I had a couple of small spring rolls. I made Chicken Yakosoba for dinner and used no oil or butter so it was fairly healthy at 280 calories for 3/4 cup and I ate about 1 cup. However at about 8pm I was again starving so I ate the last 2 spring rolls. I will have to try harder tomorrow.