Feeling Almost Amazing

I promised myself last week that even though I did not see a lot of success on the scale, I knew that I was doing the right thing and to keep at it. 

I did keep at it and even upped my effort and I am starting to see the scale numbers fall. This morning I weighed in at 181.7. That number is GREAT, but even better is that it was lower on Saturday and Sunday!  So I know it's going in the right direction. 

What have I been doing? Really controlling my eating/snacks and no alcohol. The no alcohol thing is really just my vow to clean out the system from Christmas and the holidays. 

This last week I had a birthday party and was so good with my choices.  I had one blip with my eating and that was yesterday but it was a planned blip.  We had a planned night with friends to go to see Nate Bargatze perform.  We bought the tix back in October. I decided at the start of January that because the show as the 28th, I would allow myself a glass or two of wine as we had also planned to go to dinner with friends, but I was going to make sure I ate something light and healthy (ie salad) 

Here is the crappy thing.... the restaurant that we planned to go to, we could not get into. Or rather we could BUT... we would likely not make show. So that was not an option. We walked around vancouver in the rain for about 20 minutes before we settled on another restaurant. It was not busy but were told that the kitchen staff was backed up and meals could take awhile. We only had an hour!  So we decided to just order a bunch of appetizers rather than actual meals and then head to the show.  We ordered nachos, hot wings and some thai chicken bite things. It was all good BUT not on plan at all. I also had two glasses of wine. UGH... last night the heart burn kicked in and I felt like poop. 

So bad to the grind today. Although January is almost over and thus dry January comes to an end, I also think I'll carry it over to February. Yes, I had a blip yesterday but I much prefer how I feel when I don't drink. My sleep is better, my skin is amazing right now as well so I know what my body likes and doesn't like. 

I'm really proud of myself for my efforts in my exercise and my food choices so why stop now? 

Oh and my period finally arrived... 91 days since last one. Hopefully it doesn't stay for too long. 

Onto February! :) only 2.5 months till Hawaii!!!!