Second Verse...Same as the First

Anyone feel like when you are on a diet you have little variety in your life? I do have to say I am not nearly as discouraged as I was a couple of weeks ago. But, sometimes I just get sick of the same old packaged meals for lunch and boring water. I have come up with some alternatives.

My newest fav...Diet Limeade from Sonic w/ extra lime juice. Caffiene free, minimal calories (approx 10-20 - just from the limes) and lots of tangy, carbonated good-ness. I was finding myself dreaming of Coke again, so I thought I'd try another carbonated beverage and see if that "cured" me. It worked. And it will be a great summer drink!

So...I bet you're wondering how I faired through my days down in the dumps. I did gain. It was unfortunate. I think I went back up about a pound and a half. (165.5 lbs). But after a week back on track I weighed in this past Saturday.

2/28/2009 weigh in: 164!!! Woo hoo. It only took a week of recovery!

Total weight loss: 13 lbs

New goal: lose 6 lbs by April 2nd.

Ben has gotten us tickets to see Phantom of the Opera at the Music Hall here in Kansas City (my Valentine's Day gift) and I would LOVE to buy a new dress for the occasion. So my goal is to lose a little more and then find an awesome dress to flatter my "getting there" figure.

Here is a picture from this past weekend with my cousin, Brandi. She was cheering in a regional competition here in KC and we went to see her perform/compete. Her team got 1st and is going to Nationals! But you can see from this pic that the diet and exercise is starting to make a little difference!