Weigh in # 3

It has now been 3 weeks since I have officially changed my eating lifestyle, and I have now lost a total of 8.6 pounds! Steve has lost 9 pounds! But, even more awesome than that, I can now walk from my car into the school without being out of breath :-), and I haven't had to take a Pepcid in over 2 weeks. I am anxious to go and check my blood pressure to see what that is doing. I'm hoping soon that it will be too low on the medication and I can come off of it. I am a little nervous about my pulse though. I have been tachycardic (rapid pulse) for a long time now....my resting pulse was around 100, and this medication helps with that. I am really praying that the change in diet helps with that too.

Another thing I noticed yesterday is that my appetite is finally starting to go down. Keeping up with having smaller portion sizes is starting to pay off! So, push through those times you feel hungry and know that you've had enough! It will get better!

One day this week I was not expecting to be home for lunch, but was, and wanted to cook. I had some chicken and wanted to do something with it besides bbq sauce, since we had just had that. So, I looked around the kitchen, got a bowl, and put in some EVOO, balsamic vinegar, cumin, cilantro, and minced garlic, stirred it up and brushed in on the chicken, then threw the chicken on the grill. It was soooo good! Steve loved it! So, watch out...Nancy's getting creative!

Gotta go for now...it's finals stress time....BUT, I have not given in to the "stress eating"!