Hi Bizi
 

Just do the best you can do Bizi. I think your effort in doing the right thing for yourself is wonderful. Don't give up or give in. Keep on keeping on.
Worked in the yard this morning pulling up mexican petunias. I hate that plant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:( they spred like any other weed, and the roots go down 8 inches. I think I got the last of them. Already inside ready for a shower, then I read my book. Good day, and I hope yours is too. ginnie

I lost 7 inches in one month!
 

Well I was afraid that my binging would have derailed my weight loss efforts but it did not.
I measured myself, in one months time I lost 7 pounds and 7 inches.
I think that is amazing to me!
I ended the month of May with 25 days alcohol free and 6 days of drunk days. sigh
I had my mammo gram yesterday and she called me thin which was really surprising to hear. I don't feel thin as I have this belly fat that makes me look a bit pregnant. But by measuring that number is going down as well. So my low carb dieting is working. Along with exercising: tred mill for 30 minutes interval makes me sweat.
June is a new month.
I am AF 4 days so far and hope to remain alcohol free until the end of june when we go on vacation.
my goal is to try to be moderate in my drinking then and not have any Drunk days(5 drinks or more).
Goal for today eat well and go to the gym. My yard is calling me, need to work in some yard time.
bizi feeling pretty good today!

When I got home from work hubby was not home yet. He went out with some buddies for a beer sampling tour. So I wondered what we were going to do for dinner. WE had not discussed this earlier in the day.I had forgotten to pick up my prescriptions so I went to the store and waited until they were ready. But I was fixated on these blue berries. I picked up a pint of them and ate them while shopping around a bit. I ate the whole thing. It cost $3.50. I figured that I would have spent that on a good beer so what the heck.
Came home and now jeffs car is here but jeff is gone. I look at my phone and see I missed a text from him. He is at another beer tasting gathering just down the street with some friends of ours.
These are our good friends that we always drink with. They invite us back to their house for a quick dinner.We agree to go over.Their daughter is fixing grilled cheese sandwiches and califlower and big tater tots.

So on my way over there I am thinking....
hmmmm
There still is some left over margarita mix from easter, when I drank a liter by myself.
I could drink that since I am blowing my diet to night.
Then I thought:

I don't have to drink.
I don't want to go back on my promise to myself that I would not drink until vacation. And one day of overeating is not going to derail my dieting efforts.
I drank water, no ice....and had a good time.
They all drank and it was ok....I was ok.
I survived.
bizi

celebrated!

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

WE closed on the refinancing!!!!!
Got a great interest rate: 2.625%, paid off the student loan, got out extra money so that we can work on the house a bit, change the bed room floor carpeting to laminate floors. Hoping to change up my hubbys bathroom and get some new curtains for the living room and dining room.

any way.
neither one of us felt like cooking so we decided to get dressed up and go to a new restaurant in town. Ruffinos.
It was delicious!
There was over an hour wait so we sat at the pizza bar right in front of the chef who prepared appetizers and salads. we could watch about half of the dinner preparations going on.
WE thoroughly enjoyed the view/entertainment.
the food was delicious!
She started us off with this crusty bread and olive oil and garlic paste and cheese, it was delicious. WE ordered the seared tuna with soy caviar served on a hundred year old salt block!
Then we ordered oven roasted oysters which were very good! Jeff ordered shrimp alfredo and I ordered the new orleans style BBQ shrimp, which was heavenly! It was a bit peppery and lemony enough sauce to soak up your bread which I ordered another loaf and ate by myself... Finished dinner off with complimentary cotton candy. What a treat and I am so full. WE will definately go back at sit at the "bar" again. I remained alcohol free.
No guilt just happiness.
bizi

I am hovering around 140 for a while now, still watching what I eat. going to the gym tonight.
have lost 10 pounds in 6 weeks and 10 inches, measuring 8 places.
I bought some new clothes for summer, had gift cards left over from christmas. Went to dress barn and then khols. Found a really cute dress on sale, everything was on sale at khols. not at dress barn, bought a pair of shorts and a top for $53.....khols I bought a dress and 2 tops and some chocolates for $52 dollars.
WE are going on vacation, leave this sunday be gone for 2 weeks. hoping not to derail my dieting efforts and hope to stay moderate in the drinking department. wish me luck.
bizi

I won tickets to an event from answering questions on face book. Our town has a summer long marketing campaign called "eat Lafayette" The kick off party was tonight. 73 local restaurants come together and promote eating locally. So they had this party tonight from 5:30- 7:30.
WE got there right at 5:30.There were probably 30 different booths set up with food samplings.
I did not sample them all but I did eat a lot.
There were crab cakes and crawfish enchiladas, stuffed mushrooms, BBQ ribs, tabouli, hummus, duck and sausage gumbo, pasteries, mahi mahi mango nachos, seafood crepes. WE ate for an hour. Needless to say I am very full. Uncomfortably full and it is 3 hours later and I am still full!
There were free alcoholic beverages there but I stayed away from those majitos....
I wore my new dress that I bought from khols on sunday. (I hate shopping but felt like I needed new clothes for our vacation so I had 2 gift cards left over from christmas, dress barn and khols) It was form fitting and I looked good in it, while I held my stomach in. By the end of the evening there was not any ability to hold my stomach in...so I looked pregnant. OH well.
It was delicious food. Fun for hubby and I and it was free!
22 days but who is counting? http://assets3.sparkpeople.com/asset...icons/e334.gif

What fun! If I still lived down there that sounds like something I would want to attend. I love love Cajun food! Now you've got me missing even more the homemade sausage I used to buy at Bourque's grocery store in Port Barre. Even after I moved to Natchez Mississippi I still drove down there for sausage.

Good for you, Bizi, for staying away from the free booze!

WEll I started drinking again and have not really been dieting and I see it in the scale this morning...143 up 3 pounds.
sigh
bizi

just got back from vacationing...very afraid to get on the scale.
much eating and drinking ensued.
bizi

back on the wagon again....and starting to reel it in. restarting dieting and not drinking today was my last drinking day. So july 22nd is day 1.
Still afraid to step on the scale!
bizi