Betty's Progress

New Weight: 357
Pounds Lost This Week: 3
Pounds Lost So Far: 27
Pounds to Goal: 31

And so the slowdown starts... I'm happy with 3 pounds, because I know it could have been a lot worse. I struggled this week a bit with time issues - not taking the time to eat regularly. I had a couple days that I didn't even hit 1000 calories, which is NOT what I need to be doing. I think it was a combination of things, but one of the reasons was having the flu or some nasty cold bug. But regardless the reason, I know that I need to do things differently, and this week I am going to make an effort to not let that happen again.

Bam-Bamette lost another 3 pounds, which brings her down to 229. She's very happy with it - and I am very happy for her. I should say that she is only 17, and she has been struggling with weight issues for about the last 5 0r 6 years (coincidentally, about the same length of time it's been since her father and I separated). She's about 5'7" or so, so her weight range is 128 - 160. I think her personal goal is about 150, which would be fine for her, in my opinion. So she has a while to go, but she's being very responsible about it and doing a great job. She will typically have a protein bar for breakfast on the way out the door to school. At school, for lunch, she has a salad, then at night she has something we either make for both of us, or something she puts together for herself. She has some special dietary challenges - she is vegetarian for the most part. She'll eat fish (but says she's going to stop that at some point), so she always had been getting her protein from fatty protein sources (cheese). She's focusing more on soy/bean sources of protein, which is a good change for her.

At some point here, I (we) really need to start focusing on finding time for a bit of exercise. I was thinking that maybe once the weather gets a little better here we'll start out slow by walking. I'd really like to get up early and do that before work (and before Bam-Bamette, who we are going to refer to as BB from now on, goes to school), but that might be a little ambitious.

And so, we're off. We're changing it up a bit this week - instead of going for breakfast, we're going for lunch at a favorite Italian place...