Okay...So I GAINED four pounds....

Hello, friends!  I guess the three small changes thing didn't work this first week! AAUUGGHH!!!! I weighed myself two days ago and I was still 170. I thought to myself, "Okay...I'm sure I can lose a pound in two days...I'll just be careful! Well, I think I was careful...actually, yes...I WAS careful...oh dear!!! I got on the scale this morning and it said 174!! I figured it was a fluke(REALLY?!?!) and if I got on later in the day it would be back to 170. As Dr. Phil would say, "How's that workin' for ya?" The reason I'm blogging so late at night is that I didn't know how to write that IT DIDN'T WORK! That's okay, though...at least I've only lost a week. That's not much. I can turn this around.  My hubs-the eternal jokester-commented, "Well, I guess you can rename the blog 1.1 pounds a week instead! GRRRRR!

Although I'm writing the positive changes I make, I'm not writing about the negative things I'm doing or not working on changing.  I wasn't going to focus on the negatives-I was going to only talk about the good things.Well, maybe a couple confessions of my sins might be in order....

I love wine.  I have anywhere from one to three glasses a night before bed about 3-4 times a week.  It really stimulates my appetite and before I used to eat alot after I had a drink or two. I felt the appetite stimulation this week, but, knowing how hard I was trying with everything else I fought off the urge to eat. But now I'm wondering if all those empty calories in the wine itself are stalling my possible weight loss. I will have to rethink my wine drinking.

I love real half and half in my coffee (and I LOVE coffee)!!!! Hubs just headed out to the store and I asked him to get my some fat-free half and half. I know I'll be bummed out for awhile, but I just have to suck it up and deal with it. BECAUSE NOTHING TASTES AS GOOD AS THIN FEELS!!!! I would imagine that includes half & half, but I'm just not sure about that!!! That quote really helped me lose a ton of weight back in 2003.  (31 pounds in 10 weeks) My Aunt Joann actually picked up a magnet with the saying on it and it stared me in the face every time I went to the fridge!! Hmmmm.... where IS that magnet???

So, I come to you in shame, tail between my legs, sad that I cannot say my small steps worked....please don't give up on me...please keep reading! It inspires me so much to see there are followers and people leaving comments...We can help each other!!! And...I PROMISE.....PICTURES WILL BE UPLOADED TOMORROW!!!! I'm headed to church tomorrow to pray that the devil will not try to sabotage my weight loss....more about that tomorrow....Goodnight!!!!!