8 Pounds Down... 141 to go...

Yep, you read it right! I am officially 8 pounds (well, more than 8, but not quite 9) lighter! I came downstairs this morning, looked at mom, and said "I feel lighter". I knew it! They put my name and weight loss so far on the "brag board" in the center because it hasn't even been a week yet!

I picked up my "diet book", man does it feel better to know what I am supposed to be eating! I'm a little disappointed in some items that are not on my list of what I am allowed to eat (no carrots, no bananas... that's all I'm missing SO FAR.. oh, and peanut butter, but that's a major duh), but there's so much I'm allowed to have that I'm not really too disappointed. Plus, I know eventually they will be back in my diet, but right now they're gone. :(

Unfortunately I had to reschedule my workout for tomorrow with Brenda... I usually work out with her every Tuesday and Thursday, but tomorrow I have an interview/observation at a Montessori school! YAY! So I will probably go work out after that if I'm not too tired from being with kiddos again! But I have such an abundance of energy lately with my new diet, it's CRAZY! So workout is a must tomorrow! For sure!

Mom and I (with Gram in tow) took a grocery shopping trip with my food allowance. It was great! But the hardest part is that I'm not allowed to have a whole lot of sodium, so they say that when I go to get meat, it needs to be fresh and not injected with salt. Do you have any idea how ridiculously hard that is to find? Yikes... But we were successful, and I measured and weighed the chicken, then put it in baggies so that I can just pull out a serving when I need it!

This is good.. I have a great feeling! :) And tonight for a snack, I get one of my "nutrients" that I have to buy from the center, and it's chocolate marshmallow pudding with chocolate chips. YUM!

More to update tomorrow, I'm sure!