So things are keeping on keeping on around here.

On the weight loss/healthy eating thing, I have to give myself props.  I’ve stuck with it.  And there have been a few indulgences here and there but not as much as I would have expected.  In many regards, it has been as simple as making the decision and sticking with it.  But putting on my jeans from last year and having them snug?  Sorta was a wakeup call.  Time to lose some weight.

This weekend, what with eating out at fast food joints several times, it wasn’t as hard as I would have expected.  Kile has already been following healthy habits, so I simply deferred to him and told him to get me what he thought was healthy and still tasty.  I ate a lot of whole grain buns and grilled chicken with no mayo, but… dare I say it?  It was tasty.  And I lived.  We even had lunch at KFC the other day.  And I can hear you say:  KFC??  Grilled chicken sandwiches and salads with light Italian dressing.  Yesterday, we went to Sam’s club.  We split a ham and provolone toasted sandwich (again, no mayo) and shared a southwestern chicken salad with less than half the normal dressing on it.  And I didn’t have a single soda either.  Mostly lemonade that has been watered down to be less sugary.  Though at Sam’s Club I did have a bottle of water.

I’ve even only had ONE piece of Halloween candy.  The whole weekend.  And it was a plain milk chocolate fun-size bar.  The weirder part?  I didn’t really miss not gorging on candy.  I KNOW.  SO WEIRD.

I’ve switched to low calorie creamer and have been using about half of what I would normally have in my coffee.  No sugary cereal for breakfast.  No bacon.. I’ve stayed true to that!  When we went shopping, it was all low fat/low calorie tv dinners for lunches, whole grain bread, and things like that.

Turns out, making healthy choices isn’t that hard.  I think I may be able to actually do this.  It’s a hard time of year to start something like this (FUDGE!) but better now than later.

I wish I could say I had progress with regards to my knitting.  But no, just as slow as ever there.  Though I do have some great plans for when I reopen customs in the new year.  I hope it works out.  And I hope I can finally catch up on my current list.  You know, sometime this decade would be nice (see, I can say that because the decade ends in a little less than two months now!).

My mood isn’t so hot right now.  But I forgot my pills for a couple days this weekend and though I remembered yesterday and today, I still feel crummy.  Well, and it’s a Monday.  Which never helps.  But it’ll be naptime soon.  Oh please, let it be naptime soon.

Progress is progress though.  And I did have a good weekend with the family.  There’s no one else I’d want to hang out with more.