This morning marks the beginning of a “Biggest Loser” competition between my husband, myself, and other couples from back home in PA.   To understand the momentousness of this, you need to understand that while I am not really, really, overweight, I do have weight issues.  I hate the scales.  I used to fear stepping on the scales because I didn’t want to see how much I weighed for fear that it might burst the bubble/scale in my head that had me weighing about 5 pounds less.  Right now, that scale in my head is reading about 15 pounds less than the actual scale.  Ugh.

 So anyway, I harnessed all of my inner strength and plopped on the scale this morning:  136 pounds. 

 To put it in perspective, I’m 5′4” so 136 pounds tends to settle on my hips, butt, and thighs – yep, every woman’s dream.  My most comfortable weight is around 115-120, so I’m setting 115lbs as my goal weight.  We’ll see how this pans out.   The competition is for about 40 days, I think, so I’m hoping the competition will help me to stick to a plan to weigh myself and to actually work each day on being more conscientious about what I’m eating.  I inwardly cringe when I typed that last sentence because, as a diabetic, I analyze each bite that goes into my mouth as it is, but I guess I don’t do it to the degree that would garner optimal weightloss or the maintaining of a lower weight. 

On the exercise front, I’m averaging about 4-5 days of exercise each week that usually consists of one of the following:  40 minutes on the treadmill doing intervals of walking and running; various cardio DVDs by The Firm; or walking outside at a semi-fast pace with my husband.  My goal is to become more consistent and to integrate pilates exercises into my weekly workouts.  I’m thinking these would be superb on the days that I come home later because they are very relaxing and involve more stretching and toning than my normal workouts. 

While I’m at it, I might as well log my food for the day on here too, for good measure.  Maybe it’ll help me to hold myself more accountable???  Let’s hope!   

Breakfast:  1/2 c eggbeaters, 2 slices light wheat toast with 10 sprays fat free butter, cinnamon, coffee with 1 tbsp fat free/sugar free creamer.

Lunch:  Spinach salad with mushrooms, cucumbers, and tuna with mustard; 2 slices light wheat bread; water; 4 midget tootsie rolls

Dinner: spinach salad with mushrooms, green peppers, 1 tbsp light feta cheese, 2 tbsp light italian dressing; green bean mix; steamed haddock; diet Dr. Pepper; light string cheese.

Snack:  celery, light string cheese