Woo Hoo!!

Five pounds in a week!!!  I have learned some new things after weighing in today.  First of all, you need to eat more than just the packs of food.  You need to have extra protein and veggies.  I am going to work on breakfast.  I have the snack foods down pat. Salads with lunch are going well.  Mixing olive oil with all sorts of spices and vinegar or lemon for salads is working well.  I have a cookbook now and I am going to spend the next week checking it out.  Cookbooks and even the internet are really good sources of extra innovation for me.  I wanted to have a greek tasting salad so I checked out some recipes on the internet.  Oil, vinegar, a splash of lemon, oregon, basil and garlic.  Into my Jamie Oliver shaker-ma-doo and voila ... greek salad dressing.  It was great.  I let it sit for about half an hour beofre I used which made it even better.  Having lost the 5 pounds I feel a renewed enthusiasm towards my weight loss.  I want to be able to buy clothes in a regualr store.  I want to be able to go shopping with friends.  I have never gone shopping with friends.  What is the point when the only place I can find things to wear is Penningtons.  This direction of thought feels destructive so I am going to redirect.  I felt good this morning.  I was happy to get up and get dressed.  I felt a positive energy that I haven't felt for a very long time.  I am also very excited for this coming week.  I won't be here to blah blah blah about me as I am taking some time off and going to the lake with my daughter and husband.  So all of those reading my thoughts, you will be on your own for the next week.  Think of a comment or something for me.  Good Luck with your goals.  Hang in there.  Remember that you will only get out of life what you put into it.  So if you only give a half assed effort, you are only going to get half assed results!!  That is the pep talk....that is my favourite pep talk.  Go get em tigeresses!!