Wow, it's been quite a few weeks since I blogged.
Life is always busy, but book deadlines took over my life...and I'm still not finished. Currently working on my February '10 release - Trail of Kisses. At first, I got stuck trying to tell the story, then writing madly, but not really going anywhere with the story. Lots of teeth gnashing, wringing of hands, hair pulling (bad habit of mine). I had to go back to the basics. Who are these characters? What makes them tick? Slowly I was able to flesh them out, packing on more backstory and gaining an understanding. Doesn't mean that the story telling is any easier, but at least, I'm understanding what and why things are happening.
On the Jenny Craig front, I was losing pounds, slow and steady, until I went off to Chicago for spring break with the kids. In that four day span, I ate at various restaurants for all meals, in addition to shoving nacho and cheese in my mouth at the movies, etc. The two temptations I said no to were desserts and alcohol--and after feeling umcomfortably full, I didn't want anything else. But I'd already done some damage, even without those calories.
At weigh in, my low .4 weight gain was counted a success because I worked out like a demon. I knew that I had veered off track for two of those days and I worked out with a brutal intensity for three days.
Once I got back home, I returned to the basics. I even had a writing conference last weekend and didn't have any cravings at meal times, and didn't want to try anything too calorie laden. The difference between the two experiences was the environment. At the conference, I had friends who were very supportive of my efforts and even suggested food items and didn't push when I said no.
So at weigh in today, I had lost 4 pounds and I'm .8 pounds away from one of my personal milestone.
Here's to a good week.
Michelle
Goal: 80 pounds to be kicked to the curb 19 pounds lost
3 comments:
Good for you, Michelle. Easter week turned out to be my downfall, and I'm struggling to get back up on the dieting/exercise horse. I haven't stopped but I'm not operating at peak effectiveness either. So I'm stuck at 18 lbs off.
Read No One But You recently. As a sorority member and romance reader, I loved it!
As long as you get back on and are doing something, even if it's not at 100%, that's a start.
So you're paused at 18 lbs. Get a photo of you when you were smaller and put it up in a spot that you'll say daily. I just got some photos from one of my first Romance Slam Jams and that just reiterated what I needed to do.
Glad you liked No One But You.
Michelle
I'm either terribly inspired or terribly jealous of your willpower, and I can't decide which one. Congratulations on your weight loss! I'm trying to get serious about losing weight after seeing my scale go up to a zero number that I've never seen before in my life. I've only lost three pounds so far, but I guess you have to start somewhere! My acupuncturist recommended green tea--one cup with each meal and one after lunch and dinner. I hate green tea, but strangely enough, forcing it down has started to keep me from snacking too much. Now I just have to give up the Diet Coke....
Post a Comment