Slow & Steady...: Weeks 11&12

|Slow & Steady...|  I know most of you have heard of Aesop's fable of the Tortoise and the Hare.  Well, though I am not racing anyone or anything, I feel like a [weight] loss, whether slow or quick, is winning.  I haven't loss much since the last post but I haven't gained either.  This two weeks, my husband and I actually lost the same amount.  It wasn't even a whole pound, but it show that we are doing better with our cheat meals and not over indulging.  I use dessert plates at celebratory events now, and if I don't I make sure that I am able to see at least have of my plate uncovered; this goes for sauces as well.  If it exceeds half, I make it a point to choose the most unhealthy food to move to the other side of the plate.  I did this yesterday at Baby Brayden's Shower, but I did sneak a cupcake in.  We had a great time, too.  A LOT of laughs and love, the way celebrating life should be.  We haven't been great at working out these past few days.  Did I mention I hate the gym, but that seems to be what the hubby prefers.  I think I could get into going regularly if I could only be consistent.  We shall see!  I can say that my body now craves foods like asparagus and strawberries every now and again, but we eat what we have cooked for the week.

Updates:

I had two doctor's appointments this past week, one with my gynecologist and the other with my cardiologist.  One thing that I hadn't mentioned is that I began having pvc's (premature ventricular contractions) in my heart a few years ago, and I've checked into and found out that it's pretty common and is usually brought on by stress which I believe is true in my case as I was beginning my first go at grad school online.  This was a routine check up just to make sure everything is still going well, and it is! I went to see my GYN to talk about removing my birth control, and he convinced me to talk to my husband and be sure that we have a solid plan for when we would like to start having children and everything, and we can go from there with starting a pregnancy plan for me.  I go back to see him on June 1st for my annual and to get it removed. Actually, we will go together for my exam and to talk about our pregnancy plan.  I'll keep you all posted about that.  So, we are back at our initial date (well kinda).  We were suppose to remove the implant at the end of May, but now it will be the first of June, literally.  Afterwards, it's Happy Babymaking!!! ;)

Non-scale Victories:

So there are a couple of non-scale victories that I've had recently.  The first is that the pants I work on my birthday (when I started this journey) are a lot looser in the waist and a little loser in the crotch area.  I don't even have to unbutton them when I take them off!  Also, a pair of white jeans I wore once when I first purchased them, and decided not to wear them again because the knees were really tight, now fit without feeling like my knees are going to burst the seams.  They are actually very comfortable!  I wore them yesterday to the shower!  Before I left, my hubby says, "Those jeans look real good on you."  Though I didn't think they looked really good, but they looked decent.

We Pledge Allegiance to Our Health:

Our Facebook group is going well.  The ladies there are great a sharing their experiences and recipes that they love or want to try.  I have utterly enjoyed this group.  We haven't heard from everyone yet, but I think with time we will get more activity from them.  Again, if you are interested in joining please let me know.

Numbers Game:

I have only lost .6lbs in the last two weeks.  In total, I have lost 10.2 lbs, so I am 1/5th of the way to my 50-lb. weight loss goal, and more than half the way to my goal of losing 10 lbs. before William and Chauntay's wedding.  We will have to put in a LOT of work these next couple of weeks to meet that goal, but I'm pretty confident that once we get back into the gym that won't be a problem.

10.2 lbs. down 39.8 to go!

***Sidenote:

I am sorry if this turns into and weight loss, trying to conceive blog, but hey it's a part of the reason why I am doing this.