Healthy You - official Tuesday weight - 190.8

190.8 - Make that TWO POUNDS lost this week! WOOHOO! Doing the happy feet dance again.

Healthy You Check in

My weight has continued steady at 191.8 even after a few birthday indulgences. So I'm totally happy with that! One pound loss since last Tuesday. I'll edit the post if my weight goes down in the morning. ;-D Continuing with my activity and following the 3 rules of the Flat Belly Diet - eat four meals a day no more than 4 hours apart, each meal no more than 400 calories, and a MUFA at every meal. So easy. Oh, and an NSV for the week - I took my rings in to get sized down. WOOT! Need to go pick them up tomorrow.

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Activity level

I figured out how much activity I had in Jan & Feb. I recorded only the distance on the treadmill. The time includes treadmill and dancing. I had a while of not being very good at journaling everything and I had some down time from activity. My true determination began on Feb 9 when I started the Flat Belly Diet. My wrist surgery on Feb 24 had me resting for several days. I did start some abs work on the stability ball a few days afterward, but wasn't able to do much else. Started dancing again on March 5 the day my stitches were removed and the splint was off. Started treadmill and weight-lifting again on March 9th

January - 13.74 miles - 414.5 minutes - Weight-lifting - 3 days
February - 17.87 miles - 713.5 minutes - Weight-lifting - 9 days

Dress for dancin

OK, here it is on me. The first one turned out pretty dark, so we took a closer photo. We didn't go dancing tonight, just out to dinner for my birthday. This afternoon Ken and I went to my nail salon and got pedicures. The owner and her hubby fixed us mimosas while our feet soaked. It was quite fun. The kids each got me a Kohl's gift card so I'm going to get some new bedding.

Results of Flat Belly Diet

Thursday was officially my last day of the Flat Belly Diet, using the book to journal everything. Results - 8.4 lbs lost and 5 inches total lost. I'm using today's weight of 191.8 as the final. (Yesterday I only got 6 hours of sleep, so I'm usually up on the scale on those mornings.) I'm totally happy with that, though I bet I could have done even better without the 2 weeks break after surgery from lifting weights or much cardio. :-D I plan to continue with the eating rules of a MUFA at every meal, 400 calorie meals, and no more than 4 hours between meals. I may fudge a LITTLE today since it's my birthday! :-)

Yesterday I went to a business women's lunch at a country club and didn't eat the greasy croutons on the salad, ate very little of the pasta that came with the chicken, but DEVOURED the dessert. It was so yummy and elegant-looking, I couldn't resist. Paid for it later with a bad headache, approaching a migraine, so not sure what was in it. It was kind of a custard on top of a cookie with a thin slice of white chocolate with a gorgeous design on it, looked kind of like stained glass!

New dress!

I ordered a dress from a dance supply place. I loved the look for dancing the waltz. Got it today and I must say, it looks AWESOME! Quite a flattering style and nice and LONG, which isn't always easy to find when you are almost 6ft tall. I'll have to get a photo of me in it soon. I want to order one in every color to have a selection of dresses to wear for the monthly dance at the studio. :-)

Wednesday weigh in

This morning's weight was 191.2, I think. Weighed a second time to get the BF% and it was a little higher. I don't normally weigh more than once, so I'm taking the first one! :-D