05/05/10: Dang "Work"

Who can complain about having a job?  So I won't. 

Just thought I'd check in.  This will be brief as I only have about 10 minutes left before I gotta get back.  Thank God the training center I am in is in my normal building and I can come back to my desk for lunch.  But between talking to my sweet hubby and trying to read blogs, 40 minutes are just not enough for reading my beloved blogs.  Dangit!

So I have a lot of reading to do and I suspect I may never catch this week up.  But I shall certainly try, over time.

My news is that today I put on a pair of size 18 pants and they fit.  And they even got me a "you look really good!" compliment this morning.  The girl who shared it with me followed that with that color looks amazing on you (about the blouse) and that was followed with you just look great.  Nothing about weight loss but I do think these pants are a bit more flattering than my oversized 20's are.

Size 18's are odd.  I have 2 pairs I really want to start fitting - and they don't.  They look good and feel good on the legs...but the belly is still in the way.  I have 2 pairs of pants coming from Old Navy right now and according to their size charts, there should be plenty of room in them.  If not, I'm not worried, they will fit soon and if it's not today, that's ok.  And then I have pants coming out of my closet that I was afraid to try and they fit.  But no matter how you cut it, I'm shrinking and I'm finally getting much needed and desired variations back into my daily wardrobe!

As for the so-called restriction that I may or may not have, well, I am still getting plenty satisfied on 4oz of food.  Yes, the tummy growls between meals, but I am not eating anything more than 3 meals a day (1 of which is a smoothie that is drunk).  I don't know if this is restriction, to be honest, this is also, in large part, me just making myself eat only 4oz.  I will be happy if a fill can adjust how quickly the tummy goes back to growling.  But I am very surprised that I have been able to make 4oz work at all.

Over the weekend we took the MIL and her husband to the steak house I raved about back in February to try dry aged and Kobe beef.  We ordered two ribeye steaks, 16oz a piece, for the table and then split those steaks up so that everyone ended up with 4oz of each.  I had no problems getting the steak in!  Woohoo!

I want to keep it this way!

Not much news on the weightloss front.  Basically, no news - scale has been the same since all week, so far.  Odd to not have weightloss when only getting in 700-800 calories a day.  But the walking has been not much this week...will pick it up tonight.

And that's about all I know.  I miss you guys!  I hope I get some time to read some blogs tonight; I think I will!  It's been a nutso week but I think/feel like the rest of the week will calm down a little, at least in the evenings.

Hope you're having a good week!