Weigh in - another loss

Last week's weight - 275.6

This week's weight - 273.0

2.6 pounds LOST

56.4 pounds lost since June 2010

Thankfully, another loss. I want to say with two losses in a row my plateau of death is over, but I probably won't officially make that declaration until I'm in the 260s.

I've taken the last 3 days off from formal exercise and I may do am doing the same today. Early last week I was feeling sore, sore, sore. My knees twinged with pain, my ankle hurt if I moved it a certain way and my body just felt tired. I had been at the gym in some form or another at least 6 days a week for the last 6 weeks and I just needed a break.

This week will be another week for a low amount of exercise, as I'm heading to St. Louis Wednesday to go to the Cardinals home opener and hang out with family and friends. I plan to do yoga Monday and walk Tuesday and probably get another walk while I'm in St. Louis, but I will focus more on my nutrition and portions rather than exercise while I'm there.

I'm 2 days away from being fast food free for 90 days! I hope to continue this through my trip to St. Louis. No point in stopping now, I figure.

My goals this week are to keep my daily calories right around 1,900, drink at least 75 oz of water a day and blog more often. I know I've basically been MIA, but hopefully breaking through this plateau will give me a bit more inspiration to write.

Have a great week!

No fast food for 90 days

In less than 20 days I will have been fast food free for 90 days.

It's not that I eat very much fast food any more. The days of eating it several times a week are long gone. But still, I do end up giving into cravings 1 or 2 times a month and have this stupid mental thing that road trips = fast food.

Case in point, on December 28th on my way back home from visiting family in St. Louis for the holidays, I stopped at Taco Bell. I can't remember exactly what I got that night but it was probably a bean burrito and a cheesy bean and rice burrito. That combination packs 860 calories, 31 grams of fat and 2410 mg of sodium. And normally I would have 3 burritos of different varieties as one meal from TB.

Since one of my items on my 101 in 1001 list is to be fast food free for 90 days and I decided 2 months ago this is the time. I will be fast food free until at least March 28.

Yes I've had cravings. I've wanted to drive thru for some french fries about a million times. Last night I just wanted to stop by Wendy's for a baked potato to go with my left over grilled chicken breast. After dinner last night, I wanted to binge on Arby's beef and cheddars.

But I didn't. I haven't done any of that for 71 days.

One of the reasons I wanted to do this is because I know even if I am making 'healthy' calorie choices at the drive thru window there is enough sodium in one a fast food meal to account for what a whole day's intake should be - or more.

Yes, I am on a quest to lose weight. But more than that, I want to be healthy. I want to eat whole, nutritious foods. Not processed crap with ingredients I cannot pronounce. Give me a choice between a large apple or pack of cheese crackers for a snack...

And I'll go with the apple please.