So close, yet so far.

So I am roughly 5 pounds away from losing a total of 50 pounds, it seems so weird, and sorta unreal. I am not even sure if it is true. Maybe this is all one long dream, but if it was a dream, I wouldn't need to lose weight, (I would hope I would be a hot sexy babe in my dreams).

I am pretty excited, but I also know it is a long ways from my goal, another 50 pounds worth. I know how much work the first 50 was, I can only imagine the next 50 will be even harder. But I really want it, and I know what works. eating next to nothing, and the nothing you do eat is all healthy, I am aiming for less the 1,400 a day, that is a little, and I really should eat a little less than that. I use an app to help me track my calories and it can get pretty sad at times, just how many calories can be in things, even healthy things, like lean protein, or brown rice. And all those healthy fats, sure they are "good" for you, but they are still fats, still loaded with calories, like ground almond butter, I used two table spoons on some celery for a snack today, that was 180 calories right there, (190 if you add the celery). talk about suck a duck.

But at least the scale is moving down, I can wear all sorts of clothes that had been packed away for years and years. I have lots of clothes I need to take in, or pass along. So that is good, I am also in pretty good shape and I am the most flexible I have ever, ever been. That is pretty neat.

One of the other things that amazes me is just how much water I need to drink. Just when you think you have had enough, you need to double what you just drank.

I guess the point here, is that you just need to keep going, keep eating that whole wheat bread, eat that salad and baked chicken, it does a overweight body some good. Maybe if I am lucky, by the next time I post, I will be half way there. Whohoo!!!  We shall see.

I added a pic of my dinner, about 400 calories of fish and veggies that I steamed.  I couldn't finish it all, just means there are left over calories to add a sweet snack at the end of the day.