Phase 2 - Day 12

Wohoo! After only 19 days, I've lost 9.8 lbs which pretty much takes care of the 10lbs I had gained through December and January. Gee, if I'd known that it would take such a short amount of time, I should have started earlier. And the true kicker that I'm choosing not to focus on, but it did cross my mind, is that if I hadn't gained back the 10 lbs to begin with, I'd be even closer to my goal. Oh well, I wasn't losing it in the healthiest way toward the end of last year anyway. I feel better equipped now to continue on and go all the way. Yesterday I ate out at both lunch and dinner. I didn't choose the healthiest of foods, but I did choose based on caloric content. I've noticed in a big way that when you choose the healthier foods, you can have a lot more food than when you choose the not so healthy foods. I was concerned that I'd get the munchies because it wasn't a lot of food, but I was kept too busy running errands, etc. to get the munchies. Today, I've already worked out, so I'm going to get some other things done, like clean out the fridge so there's room for all that healthy food! :o) I've noticed that I'm actually spending less by eating healthy. I always hear reports that people don't choose to buy the healthy food because it's so much more expensive. For the last 2 weeks, I've been $50 under budget each week. I've decided that, yes, the healthy food is more expensive, but if you make a menu and a list and everyone is eating the proper portions of the food, you're not buying as much food and in the end spend less. Hope that made sense. :o) Ok, I'm done chitter-chatting (as my 7yo says). Until tomorrow!