I have reached my first mini goal

I wanted to get back to where I weighed at the beginning of the summer and I have done it. I weighed in today at 146.8. My mini goal was 147. We also took my measurements today and I have lost 11.5 inches over all. I couldn't believe it. I already look much different that I did in my before picture.

I had to change my appt. this week by one day, which meant that I had to do the meals for the day entirely on my own. I was a little concerned, but I did very well. Definitely not ready to do that every day, now...I'll take my Jenny Craig menu, thank you very much!! :)

I hate to exercise, but...

I've been doing it. I have walked on the treadmill 4 times this week. It has really helped me that my JC consultant had me start small. One time a week, then two. Now I find myself wanting to squeeze it in. I did put my treadmill in front of the TV. Now, I can watch my DVR'd shows while walking on the treadmill. I am slowly increasing the amount of time I walk, and am now up to 48 minutes on a weight loss setting. As I get more used to that, I will increase my settings.

The other day, my son asked me to play kickball. Are you kidding?! My first reaction, was no way, but he really wanted to, so I gave in. I felt like it nearly killed me :), but 20 minutes later, he was happy, I was out of breath and I had snuck in another quick workout.

I'm 1/4 of the way to my goal!!

That's right, at my weigh in today I hit 149.8 lbs for a total loss so far of 10.4 lbs.
I am very excited!! I am still on Jenny Craig and doing very well. It has been very easy for me to stick to eating the JC food with added fruit, veggies and dairy. I find if the rest of the family is eating something that just draws me to it, like last night when they all got McDonald's after the baseball game. I had just one fry...that was enough, and when I got home, I had my snack for the day. It was the incredibly yummy lemon cake. I love to pop it into the microwave so it is just a touch warm. Soooooooo gooood!!

Something interesting that I have noticed over the past couple of weeks is that I seem to have a lot more patience with the kids. I am thinking that it has to do with the fact that I am taking in a lot less sugar than I used to. Never thought about it before, but the snacks in the pantry are being replaced a lot less often. I mean, what's up...there is a box of Devil Dogs in there that I bought a week ago and no one has even opened it. If I was allowing myself to eat that stuff, the whole box would be gone by now. Now, I digress, my new and improved extra helping of patience doesn't mean that I still don't yell once in awhile. I am Italian after all, and really we don't "yell", that's just the way we talk.