Spoilers!!

A few days ago, Mark came home from work super-giddy and told me what he weighed when he got on the scale when he got to the gym that morning.  I really wish I could remember how much he weighed when we got married ... I think he's close!  So far (in just a month) he has lost 20 pounds.  That's even more than our cats!!  (Our cats are fat.)  I want to take a picture of Mark holding Tiber, with the caption of, "This is how much Mark weighed a month ago!"

I, on the other hand, lost 7 pounds in a week (how is it possible? I don't know. Going off carbs is crazy!) and then realized I shouldn't be losing weight that fast because I'm nursing.  I was supposed to be eating fruit, too.  And if you've got sugar in your body, it has energy it can access before your body starts shedding fat so even eating fruit will slow your weight loss.  At least that's what I suspect.  So now I'm down just over 10 pounds.  So between the two of us, we've almost lost a Carmen.  In a month.

I've been pretty bad the past few days, though.  I've been craving chocolate so I had several pieces of chocolate cake at a friend's house last night, and today I've been sneaking a bunch of Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies.  I promise I'll get back on track tomorrow!

One thing that was really fun about that first week was stepping on the scale in the evening and weighing less than I weighed in the morning, even though I had been eating all day long and never felt hungry.  Gee, funny, you eat foods that keep you full and you don't get hungry as often.  Hm!!

It makes me think that maybe that, instead of simply writing up how many calories are in a food item, if they wrote it in something like calories per hour.  You digest carbs faster than whole grains/proteins/fats, so although fat has more calories per weight, I bet if you ate more fat during the day you'd eat fewer calories overall.  Carbs last, like, three hours, then you're hungry again.  They also spike your blood sugar and make you even hungrier.  I noticed I could be not-very-hungry, then I'll have something with sugar in it, and suddenly my body will start craving more sugar.

Yup, here's a little something describing cravings vs. hunger.  This is why you have to do Phase I of the South Beach Diet.  It's what kicks the carb cravings.  The first 3 days are the hardest.
http://www.southbeachdiet.com/diet/hunger-versus-cravings


I've decided I also need to come up with some sort of official "goal" for my weight loss, instead of, "The doctor told Mark he needs to lose weight, so what the heck I'll do it with him because I'm fat."

Here goes, once it's public and people know they've got something to hold you to ... right?

Starting weight: 179
Current weight: 169
Pre-Mace weight: 165
Pre-Carmen weight: 160

In my wildest, wildest dreams I'd like to be down to 140 lbs (how much I weighed when I was 16) and have a 30-inch waist or smaller.  Actually, I'd just like to have a 30-inch waist, period.  (I'm already one inch down!)  Realistically, I'd like to get down to 150 lbs, which is what I weighed when I graduated from high school.  I have clothes I've been holding onto since I got married, hoping I'll be able to fit into them comfortably again.  (Problem is, many of them aren't nursing-friendly so I've hardly worn them since 2008.  BUT I LOVE THOSE SHIRTS SO MUCH I CAN NOT GET RID OF THEM BECAUSE I SWEAR I WILL WEAR THEM AGAIN SOME DAY! **stubborn**)

It's kind of embarrassing thinking those are my weight goals, because I have friends who are like 140 or 145 and want to get down to 120 and I'm thinking, "How is that even POSSIBLE?!  I haven't weighed that I was 13!  And I was not fat then!"  (Back then, I'm pretty sure was pure muscle, and I could probably beat the crap out of you, and I rode my bike everywhere.)

And there's your way too much personal information about Kamis for the day.  Now I will be super-embarrassed if Christmas comes around and I'm still 160something. "You did so great in August, then you gave up?!"