Thoughts for June 16th

I know I didn't write yesterday, but things were a little bit hectic. So I guess I'll start there. We had a birthday party yesterday. It was lots of fun, watching them open gifts and seeing how excited they were! I did really really well, seeing how ice cream is usually a weakness for me. They'd picked out Bryers peach ice cream, and it was really really good. However, believe it or not, I only had about a quarter cup, 1/2 a serving! I'm so proud of me. Moderate portion, but I still got to have some. I also had a little tiny piece of cake. It was half a piece, but it was too sweet for me, so I didn't finish it. All in all, I think I did really well, all things considered. I weighed again this morning, so I could start tracking things every Saturday. I lost a pound from yesterday! So not too bad. Today was good too, as far as what I ate. We had salmon patties for dinner,and family favorite. I always pig out of them, and eat at least four or five, if not more. Tonight, I only ate two of them! Go me! Go me! Go me! We wanted to go to the park today, and I was prepared to walk the track a few times. It started to rain as we pulled in though, so it was a no go. I looked around for that new pill Alli, but I guess AAFES isn't going to sell it. I think it's bogus, but it's cool. Instead I'm going to make a doctors appointment and ask about Orlistat. I know that Tricare covers it up, I looked it up last night. I'm not entirely sure that I'll be able to take it though. I'm on a fairly high dose of Wellbutrin, and they might be worried about drug interactions. I'd like to give it a shot though! It might be just the boost I need.

Okay, I've got some comments here, and load on my Yahoo! Group, about my 15 pound goal. Apparently they think it's a bad, and even unhealthy, idea. It's kind of funny, all those contestants on "The Biggest Loser" can lose over a hundred pounds in 12 weeks, but it's unhealthy for me to lose more than 3 pounds a week. I've changed my mind, and I think I'm gonna aim for 10 pounds by the first instead. That's still five pounds a week, and I know most of it will be "water weight" but that's okay. After the first, my goal is 10 to 15 pounds a month. I'd really like to lose a considerable amount by November. My husband will be coming home from Iraq then, and I'd really like to feel good about myself when he gets here. 10 to 15 pounds a month will be 40 to 60 pounds by the time he gets home! That would be really awesome! Is this goal realistic? I'm gonna need a lot of help and support from anyone willing to lend some! Even if it's BAD SARAH!!! NO COOKIES!!! Ha ha ha

Thanks so much!

Food log for June16th:

breakfast:nada.....I know this isn't good, but I'm just not a breakfast person! If I do have breakfast it just makes me really hungry all day long! I've got some oatmeal though, I'll give that a whirl.

lunch: 6 inch veggie sub (yummy)

dinner: two salmon patties, less than one cup mac n' cheese

snack: 2 homemade cookies (BAD SARAH! NO COOKIES! Ha ha ha)