No Coke Zone

Things have been doing pretty well, but I thought I'd make a quick update.

My last few weeks have been mega-busy with work, the kids, and the Super Hero Dash race that I put on.  I'm glad to say it's over, and we had a great time raising money for a good cause.  Part of that meant a lot of work online, and that time took away from me posting on this blog.  The good news is, I'm still cranking it out, my calories are going strong and I'm at 38 days in a row of consistent logging of my calories.

I am also at 38 days of NO coke.  I haven't had a drink of coke in a while, and I was telling Melissa yesterday that I really don't even miss it.  I was staring at about 10 bottles of coke at our Super Bowl party where we were hanging out last night,   Looked right at them, wanted something to drink, and all I could think of was, "where's the water bottles?"

I don't even WANT coke anymore.  And for those of you who know me, you know that's a big deal.

So, that's a win.

Also, officially for January I lost 28 pounds.  I haven't weighed myself yet this month.  One thing I'm noticing though is, while I'm eating right and for about 95% of my days, I'm eating below my 2200 calories - I'm starting to eat bigger portions.  For February, that's kind of my goal.

Lately, I've really under eaten during the day (may it be because I'm busy at work, haven't thought about eating, etc), and then by dinner time I've only had 700 calories all day, leaving me 1500 calories for dinner, and then I feel obligated to eat bigger meals.  Kind of a weird thing for me.  Also, if I don't eat ENOUGH calories in a day, my LoseIt.com app lectures me - and I quote:

"Just a reminder that your minimum recommended daily intake is 1,5000.  Though limiting energy intake is an important way to lose weight, limiting too much can have a negative impact on your health'.

So, even my phone lectures me when I'm not eating enough.   Definitely not a problem I'm used to having.

So yeah, February is about eating right, eating proper portions and doing a bit better about PLANNING the meals.  Other than that, things are going good - I think I'll be signing up for a February race, and I really want to get a bit more exercise in to compliment the eating.  I want to get under 400, and I want to do it before my birthday on March 31st.