Post Cruise Weigh In Day

I was literally expecting a 20 lb. gain this morning. At least that’s how my body felt! I was surprised to step on the scale and see only a 5.4 lb. gain in 2 weeks time. I’m ok with that! That I can handle.

I weighed in at 213.9, which also includes gains from before I left, when all of the craziness was going on in life. I am up 12.6 lbs. from my lowest ever which, of course, is depressing, but so it goes. I have my work cut out for me and I am ready to conquer it!

I felt good on the cruise. I felt a lot more comfortable in my own skin, and that was a good feeling. I loved being able to wear cute sundresses. I loved being able to be active. And it made me realize how much I want to lose MORE weight—so I can feel even better and do even more. I didn’t even feel worn out and tired like I used to!

I also had a couple of experiences that made me feel pretty terrible. First, I bought a pair of shorts last summer that were slightly snug. I thought they would fit for the cruise, and leading up to the cruise, they did fit. But when I went to put them on one morning, I couldn’t even get them on. It was such a terrible feeling. Not only that, my pretty silver dress was definitely tighter than it was when I bought it. And that made me feel horrible. I don’t want to experience that any more!

I am FINALLY back to regular posting again! Yippee!! Life should be much more calm now. FIL is in a rehab center and making progress. So life should be a lot less chaotic and stressful.

For breakfast, I ate oatmeal with blueberries, and 1/2 cup of egg beaters along with skim milk for 7 points.

I knew I needed to do SOMETHING for exercise this morning, but just wasn’t feeling it. So I rode the stationary bike for 20 minutes. I rode 4.9 miles and burned 132 calories.

I’ve decided to start the Jeff Galloway 10K training plan over again today since I didn’t follow the plan during vacation. So today is day 1 with cross training.

And it was back to work today. That’s 11 days off of work and I enjoyed every minute of it!

While working, I sipped on Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee that I picked up in Jamaica…in my new Cayman Islands coffee mug. I added FF creamer for 1 point.

On my first break, I ate a banana and a light yogurt for 2 points.

For lunch, I made one of my favorite salads with lettuce, blueberries, strawberries, Feta, Teriyaki chicken wings, and light raspberry vinaigrette for 7 points.

So tasty and delicious! It’s also so colorful and pretty!

I finished it up with a No Pudge! brownie for 2 points.

On my last break, I ate Healthy Pop popcorn with diet Cherry Pepsi for 4 points.

I Loooooove my popcorn!

I have 11 points left for the day. We are going to visit FIL tonight and MIL invited us over for chili, so that will be delicious, I’m sure! I have had a good eating day today, so I should be fine tonight! Sorry, I can’t take pics of supper…so this will be the end of the post tonight!

It’s good to be back!