Later that day...

So we ended up running around all day. I fixed my car (had a check engine light on that I needed to be off before going in to take emission testing). So I went out around 1 pm to look at the car and by 2pm had decided I needed to go to the auto salvage to see if they might have an impossible to buy wiring harness connector that I needed. I wolfed down 45 grams of cheese before heading out to the salvage. They had what we needed plus a sunvisor clip that was missing from my car and we stopped off at the auto store to get some electrical connectors for splicing the connector to the existing wiring. Not even 20 minutes later we had the ATI sensor hooked back up and the check engine light off! I love it when an automotive repair job goes so smoothly and actually WORKS! We then decided to go get a new oil pan and change the oil in the car before getting it emission tested, so headed in to Walmart. Then decided to go BACK to the salvage to pick up a few more odds and ends that are missing from my car (20 years old and missing a few interior switch handles and such). Then went to goodwill and got a new (to me) pair of down-hill skiing boots ($10 on sale!!) and back home. Then back out to Best Buy to get a game controller. Finally made it back home after 7 pm. So needless to say, I had missed the pill I intended to take at 3-4 pm and I was starving. I went ahead and took a diet pill while cooking my dinner (because I plan to stay up quite a while yet tonight), along with my Metformin (1000 XR), birth control pill, biotin and centrum multivitamin. I then made a stir-fry that I've been eating a lot of recently. 3.28 oz of lean steak (all fat trimmed off) stirfried (in water) with 8.22 oz zucchini, 7.20 oz fresh mushrooms, garlic powder, salt & pepper and then mixed up with 40 grams of sour cream. This is a delicious stir-fry and has lots of good nutrition. I normally make two servings when I fix it and then just refrigerate the second serving for my evening meal (which I then just heat up in the microwave). A big part of making this diet work is having a bunch of go to meals (and keeping ingredients on hand in the freezer and refrigerator) that make it simple to throw together a meal when you are STARVING and TIRED. That is where I have often failed in the last 15 years. By not always being prepared. This coming week will make five months of consistently weighing all my food and making sure to keep plenty of fresh veggies on hand along with appropriate meats, sour cream, neufchatal cheese, unsweetened almond milk, etc, etc.

So right now, I feel really satisfied and hopeful that I can get back on track 100% and get down to 165. I feel AT LEAST 10 years younger at 190 lbs than I did at 245+ lbs. I just can't wait to get even a little bit more weight off. I am really happy where I am right now weight wise, but also know that it will only get even better.

I also wanted to mention that I ate "junk" (hamburger helper hamburger rice, canned refried beans, 6 chips ahoy chocolate chip cookies) last night and I just felt gross in my stomach. I find that when I stick to on plan foods (no grains, potatoes, etc), that I just feel so much better digestion wise. I can be quite full, yet still feel good (not bloated and gross). I also want to note that when I eat on plan, I almost never ever have any gas. (Sorry TMI). But I think it is worth noting, because I think gas is a symptom of an unhappy digestive track. Eating appropriately thus leads to not having gas.