And the Holiday tempting begins!

Welp. It happened. Today was the first day of inclement weather, freezing rain, but thankfully the roads stayed in good shape. And the holiday treats at the office just keep coming! Yesterday sugar cookies with sprinkles. Then Gingersnaps from Trader Joes. Then today .. the chocolate covered potato chips. When I first heard about them I thought ew. But oh they're amazing. I had one. And tracked it in my calories. But I only had that one. Big up  to me on that one (and for tracking the 1.5 sugar cookies I had yesterday, and not going over either day)! I like to take excitement/pride in the little things. I'm hoping they'll add up.

This Christmas is the first in awhile I'll be away from my dad and his side of the family. So I made him Cherry Mash Bars. He just loves 'em! Hopefully I can last the day without eating one before I send them on their merry way to my poppa. They are BOOKOO calories.


Also, I discovered I do not enjoy the stretch 40 of my Turbofire program. I definitely only did 10 minutes. So yoga-y I didn't know what to do with myself!

Today I wrote down ambitious weight loss goals for myself. As Chalene Johnson (created of turbojam/fire/etc) clouds my facebook with her status updates about to do lists, she also has some good posts about practical things. Write down your goals, look at them. A lot. When I was in school I wrote down all the due dates of papers, tests, etc. I would constantly check my calender checking those dates out. Why not do the same with my weight goals? Two pounds a week may be a little unrealistic, but I did it this week .. why COULDN'T I do it every week? The past week hasn't been terrible. I've never been incredibly hungry, never deprived myself of something I really wanted. I even went out to eat at Lonestar for lunch on Monday. I tasted the dip appetizer the ladies I was with got, and a tiny piece of the cheesecake the birthday girl received. I had a great tasting 6 oz steak and some yummy mashed potatoes. It's totally doable, and if I can see it screaming at me every time I look at my calender it should be that much easier. Here's to ambition!!