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Made it to the weekend - whew!

It's Friday!


Woot!!

After consuming too many carbs during the Superbowl, I decided this week I would cut the carbs, and look to the weekend. Limit my carbs during the week, then eat some of my cravings on the weekends.
This was the wrong week to do that, lol... PMS week! It was rough. I was lucky that there was no chocolate in the house, and I was too lazy to go out to buy any. Because if it was here, I surely would've eaten it!
I felt like I was depriving myself of all that I so desperately wanted to eat. (I felt as dramatic as that sentence sounded, lol) and it was only 4 days!! haha!

But I drank my water, I tried to stay within my calories, and I ate chicken and veggies - NO STARCHES - for those four days. I still had my half of a bagel in the morning. And I was praying that after all that I actually lost weight this week, seeing as how it is pms week and I typically gain lots of water weight.
I had my Burton Nutrition vanilla protein shakes for lunch. I usually go with a banana peanut butter shake (yes, everyday, lol. I like the salty and sweet) but this week I went with a blueberry shake, and added probiotic vanilla yogurt - it was so good! Curbed my sweet tooth for the afternoon anyway.

Good news! I lost 2lbs! Whew...it was all worth it.

And now it's Friday. I'll watch the food today, but give myself a break if necessary. Same over the weekend (I'm eating one treat tomorrow, I am not sure what, but one thing I really want, I'm getting)
I am SO CLOSE to the next milestone weight loss, and I've been close for too long. I just can't seem to crack it and stay there. But I'm determined. If I keep this up, I'll get there.

So happy Friday (or weigh in day, if you use Fridays like I do), and let's start the weekend! Enjoy life, and enjoy food, but try to keep it real. Just don't go overboard and next week won't be as difficult as this past week was for me - LOL!


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