Danielle Blog

Losing weight the easy way

As you can guess from the title, I weighed myself this morning.

Guess what?

I’ve lost 20 pounds since I started my attempt at weight loss by changing my eating habits! That is 20 lbs over 5 months.

The only thing I’ve done differently is change what I eat for lunch and occasionally remember to eat less at supper (I’m eating less cheese for one thing). So, what have I done to my lunch? Well, I’m eating either Smart Ones or Lean Cuisines with a Stonyfield Farm lowfat yogurt each day. It might sound boring, but there are enough different types of meals that so far, I haven’t gotten tired of it. The main thing I have to watch out for is that I go to the grocery and buy 3 weeks worth of meals all at once – yep 15 boxes of food and 15 yogurts – and if I’m in the mood for a certain kind of food at that moment, I tend to buy all of that by accident. For example, the time before last, I was in the mood for creamy, saucy foods. So every dish was creamy/saucy and I didn’t have any Mexican or Italian dishes. Then this time, because I’d had such a dearth of Mexican and Italian dishes, that is practically all I bought.

The other thing is that as I wheel around the grocery and go to check out, I sometimes feel a wee bit embarrassed that I have a whole bunch of 2 types of food in my cart. But that feeling passes soon enough and then I’m glad that I don’t have to go back again for another 3 weeks. And then, of course, I have to fit all of that in our freezer. It is a bit tight, but (just barely) works.

So, that is probably more than you ever wanted to know about my food habits. But after 20 lbs, I figured it was worth mentioning in case anyone else wants to try it.

Oh, and at the beginning when I was trying to get used to eating less, I’d have a banana too or a random piece of fruit. Eventually, my stomach adjusted and I just got used to the smaller meal.

I’m excited. I’m down to a weight that I haven’t been since I was in college which was over 10 years ago. I’m about ready to try to buy another jean size smaller too. I haven’t quite psyched myself to go jeans shopping and potentially be disappointed that I haven’t actually gone down in size yet. Plus, it is a difficult time of year to buy jeans, since everything is shorts and capri pants right now.

I’m also thinking that I’ll fit into one of my favorite dresses again. The infamous red dress, for Texas Seestor and my parents. It really doesn’t go out of style, I think.

In fact, with tomorrow being Pentacost, I might try to see if I can wear it for church tomorrow. Although with wearing a choir robe, it isn’t really noticeable. But at least, I’ll know that I’m wearing red.

Watch out! I’m on a roll!