Two months into my diet

So here we are, I'm two months into my diet.  Still making progress.  Officially down just over 12 pounds, which keeps me slightly ahead of my goal of one pound a week.  I think I've hit the "tough pounds" now though, as the past two weeks have seen a net loss of less than a pound total.  Now is where it is supposed to become a test of willpower and, wouldn't you know it, I'm leaving for vacation for our ten year anniversary this weekend.  We're going to Puerto Rico, home of fried pretty much everything, so the diet is looking rickety for a week.  However, we will also be going hiking in the rainforest and hiking all around the radio telescope at Arecibo, so it may not be a total loss - pardon the pun.

So far my favorite part has been moving down a notch in my belts and having some of my real fatguy pants get loose.  Now that I added lifting to my cardio, my next goal is to wake up without being sore - lol!

Anyway, my plan of losing slowly and making actual changes to my eating habits appears to be working, although I will admit I miss going to the grocery store without reading labels.  I am really surprising myself by not constantly cheating.  I really thought my sweet tooth would do me in, but I have found I can still eat sweets in smaller doses.  Favorite new treat is a sundae made with Baskin Robbins hard vanilla frozen yogurt, a small bit of chocolate sauce and plenty of whip cream.  The whip is lower in calories than the chocolate sauce and makes up for some of the flavor loss between ice cream and yogurt.  Good stuff.

Anyway, to the three people who read my blog, thanks for reading and I'll update again at month three.  :)