Friday Status Report

So it's Friday, weigh in day.  

I bought a scale on Wednesday in prep for this.
  
There are way too many options when buying a scale.  Some offer to tell you far to much information, BMI, your water content, percentage of height to weight and when was the last time you truly cried.  Others are rather basic. One of them had as its only perk an anti microbial surface.  Now I am suppose to be making a decision on a scale but I can't stop thinking about how gross feet are.  I went with a middle of the road model.  All I really wanted was it to be digital and not creak.  The one at my parents creaks in the same way chair subtly whines before it crushes under your weight. Let's not discuss how I know what that sounds like.

So I got a honey of a scale, stepped on it this morning and without further stalling here are the stats.

I am 5 pounds down since the first of the year.
And 13 pounds down since I gave up sugar in November.

Now if my math is correct, 100 pounds in a year breaks down to about 8.5 pounds a month.  If I loose three more pounds this month I should be on track. (that was like some sort of crazy dieting word problem just then)

I have had a few inquiries about the details of my weight loss plan.  I feel like this is kinda boring so I will keep it brief.

I gave up sugar in November and I defined this as "sweets".  In an effort to take this slow I still allowed myself to eat everything else.  One restriction at a time.  

In December I stopped eating bread, with small exceptions on Christmas day. 

And in January I started paying attention to added sugars and fried foods.

And perhaps next month I will take away rainbows.  It does sound like I am dropping everything that is fun to eat.  But I am finding some good alternatives.  I really enjoy fruit as dessert and the trick is if you are not eating sugar fruit get's a lot sweeter.  And one of my favorite treats is stevia and vanilla in coffee.

What really needs to happen next is for me to add a consistent workout plan.  But this is proving to be a confusing adventure.  

I'll tell you all about that tomorrow.  

Thanks for all your amazing support and encouragement!