Woo hoo! Today was my weigh-in, and I weighed 145. Also, knowing that my scale is a dirty, digital liar, I got on the scale again a few minutes later, and it said 144.5! So - I just stuck with 145, because hey - any loss is, after all, a loss! I couldn't wait to log it this morning.

Feeling good about myself today. I know that I probably won't show losses every week, but I'm really happy that my first two weeks with CK have begun to yield good results. I felt like I needed something to "tweak" the healthy lifestyle I've learned to live over the past couple of years, and CK seems to have done the trick. I just couldn't seem to lose those last fifteen or so pounds; I think I'm finally going to be able to do it now. It will be amazing to me when I can tell the world I've lost a total of 70!

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It's a rainy, gloomy Friday, and it's been the week straight from hell. I'm glad to see the end of it!

Friday is typically the day I "let loose" a little as far as eating is concerned. I started doing this about a year ago in order to not drive myself - and my husband - completely nuts. I've been cooking much more healthfully over the past year, and the food's been good and nobody's felt deprived or anything; I'm actually pretty proud of that. I've become very savvy when it comes to putting together healthy meals that actually taste good and are low in calories.

However, that being said... sometimes, a person just wants a cheeseburger, you know?

Of course, the key to lasting change to a healthy lifestyle is not total deprivation - it's about finding a balance that you can live with for the long term. I've discovered that part of that balance for me includes a no-holds-barred dinner one night a week. Just one. And it's just dinner. And it's not like I gorge myself, either - I watch calories closely during the day and make sure I don't starve myself. I find that doing this keeps me from being too hungry at dinner, which makes me eat too fast, which makes me eat too much. So even though it's more relaxed from a calories perspective, in reality, I'm actually not blowing it too badly. And, like I said, it's just once a week. And actually, I usually find that I can only eat about half of whatever "sinful" dinner I choose.

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I'm thinking that maybe I want to go to the gym tonight and, after a good workout, sit in the sauna for a bit. Mmmm.