Like this:

Yeah, the title pretty much says it all… I’m hungry and sugar-free jello only gets you so far.  It has been a few days already though so I think I’m nearing the end of what I like to call, the “diet hunger.”  Yesterday I promised myself that I would weigh myself today and weigh myself I did, so here it is, my starting weight:

Starting weight: 149 lbs

Goal weight: ideally, 125 lbs but realistically, I’d be pretty psyched to reach 130 lbs

Guess this means Wednesdays will be my weigh-in days.  Maybe watching the Biggest Loser on Tuesday nights will spark the desire to get a last-chance workout in before Wednesday morning

I must admit it’s better than the last time I weighed myself, so I’m hoping my healthy eating efforts of the last week or so are already paying off.  I’m walking around hungry so I must be doing something right, right  Don’t worry, I’m not starving myself – it’s very much the usual, I just started a diet and am watching my portions fake hunger.  At this weight, I’m only 1 lb above my post-partum weight loss so I’m feeling pretty good about that.  Though I am irritated by my dinner.  We had hot dogs for dinner last night with sweet potato oven fries.  I only had one dog so it wasn’t that bad a meal for me actually.  (The hubs had two, so not a great meal for him, but it was quick and what we had so there it is…)  Anyway, I bought whole wheat hot dog buns because I figure the introduction of whole grains is a good thing for both of us.  As I’m taking out the buns to warm them, I notice the package says “17% larger than ordinary hot dog buns.”  I was furious.  I mean seriously, only people on a diet or those trying to live healthier lifestyles are buying whole wheat hot dog buns and believe me, none of those people want a larger hot dog bun so I’m very annoyed at Arnold’s right now as Wonder regular buns probably would’ve been fewer calories!  This is one of the follies of Internet grocery shopping – the nutritional info is definitely there but I don’t always read it – involves too many clicks and I’m doing groceries on the Internet to save time as it is, but in the store, I would’ve checked and compared a few labels and ended up the lowest calorie hot dog bun that also had a decent amount of fiber.  I always read labels in the store, dieting or not.  Oh well, lesson learned – must read labels online too!  Also, next time I buy hot dogs for dinner, I already informed my husband that they will be chicken dogs and not Nathan’s natural casing.  We can treat ourselves when we’re happy with our weight!  He was less than thrilled, but knows it must be done.

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