Chocolate eggs? No! Egg whites with no yoke, thank you

I'm happy to say that these are the only kind of Easter eggs I ate this Easter Sunday.

We cut them in half and filled them with low-calorie humus and not some mushed up version of the yoke and mayonnaise with loads of calories.

I really felt in control today. Came in at just under 1200 calories!!

Nancy

The significance of red nails

THE LADY WITH THE RED NAILS

This may be weird to some of you, but I'm so proud of the fact that I'm painting my nails again. It's been years since I did this. When I was thinner, I always painted my nails.

You see, when you feel like crap and look like crap, it makes you not give a crap about having painted nails! Well, for me, anyways. Can't speak for everyone, I guess.

This small act of painting my nails is actually a huge deal for me. What appears as a small change on the outside, is actually a HUGE change on the inside.

Lots of mental goodness has taken place since I started 12WBT five weeks ago. Granted, I've also had lots of self-doubt, depression, tears and anger along the way, too, but I've refused to let those things stop me like I have so many times before.

So, although I have a LONG way to go on the outside, the inside is shaping up quite nicely!

Nancy

Madness or clarity?

I think I had a moment of temporary madness this afternoon after I re-watched all of the Michelle Bridges videos posted on the 12WBT website.

(Okay, okay, I know Michelle wouldn't want me to call it a moment of "temporary madness," she'd want me to call it a moment of "complete and permanent clarity.")

Within minutes of watching her latest video today, I announced on Twitter and Facebook that I was upping my desired 12-week weight loss goal from 35 pounds to 38.5 pounds. That means I have 22.5 pounds to lose by May 22!

What was I thinking?

Not a problem in the diet department, as I've been absolutely flawless when it comes to sticking to 1200 cals or under. It's the harder workouts I'll have to do that have me a little freaked out. Because I've been losing weight so steadily from the beginning, I didn't think I HAD to make my workouts too taxing.

So there. I admit it. I haven't been giving the exercise the same care and concern that I've been giving the food preparation. To be honest, I think I've even been coasting a bit.

I think I need to watch that clip (again!) that I posted yesterday from "Facing the Giants," especially the part where the coach says, "Don't quit until you got nothing left."

That's the attitude I need to reach this very achievable, but very challenging goal!

Or, as the USMC says:
Ooo-rah!

Nancy