Day 15 - Weight 122.4 - Measurement Day

Weight: 122.4 (- 2 lbs.)
Bust: 34" (no change)
Waist: 26" (- 1")
Abdomen (read: GUT): 35" (- 1 3/4")
Saddlebags: 40 3/4" (- 3/4")
Left Thigh: 22" (- 1/2")
Right Thigh: 22" (-1")
Left Knee: 14 1/2" (-1/2")
Right Knee: 14 1/8" (-5/8")

TOTAL LOSSES for this week: 2 lbs., 6 1/8"

TOTAL LOSSES TO DATE: 6.6 lbs., 12 3/8"

I really can't believe how many inches I lost this last week. My weight did not reflect it and I thought the inches would look something like the weight lost. I'm so excited. Frankly, I don't care if I weigh 200 pounds if my measurements are what they should be for my body type! LOL! By the way, I don't think I ever published my height and I probably should have. I'm only 5'2" tall and wear a size 7 or 7 1/2 shoe. I'm pretty small boned - always have to have links taken out of bracelets or watches to have them fit my wrists, that kind of thing. When my son was about 4 years old, we could wear the same belt size. No kidding. I was on the largest hole and he was on one of the smaller ones, but still, most people could not share a belt with their 4-year-old. I'm not super skinny like Nicole Ritchie but I'm a fairly petite woman who isn't genetically supposed to be a size 8 or 10. Size 10 or 12 for a larger woman may be fit and fabulous. Size 6 for my frame and height is definitely too big, out of proportion, and not healthy for me going into the next half of my life.

Last night before I went to bed I took two Alka-Seltzer Night-Time Cold tabs, my over-the-counter med of choice for colds or flu. Beats Nyquil by miles! This infection has seemed to be moving into my head now and I really needed a good night's sleep. I slept great but when I woke up I felt both exhausted and disoriented. My husband had to get up and take Daphne out. Then I somehow thought it was Saturday (In reality, today is actually Thursday, the blog is a couple of days behind...) and wondered why dear hubby was up and taking a shower so early before I dropped back into a blissful deep sleep. At 7:00 a.m. when he walked over fully dressed in suit and tie, delivered Daphne to the bed and kissed me goodbye, I asked him where he was going. Only after he said he was going to work ("On Saturday?") did I realize that I was totally out of it. It was pretty funny and he laughed.

By about 7:30 I could tell that Daphne needed to get up and I got up and went about my day feeling much better and not tired at all. In fact, I really got quite a bit of serious work done around the house today re-organizing and transferring furniture between the office and the guest room and even doing a little bit of laundry. It felt so good to be accomplishing something.

By the late afternoon, though, I was getting pretty tired. I had overdone it. This is a commonly recurring theme for me in my life in general and particularly after I've been sick. (You just want to DO SOMETHING after you've been laying in bed for days!) Call me the "Queen of the Energy Burst."

LIQUID

• 2 liters water
• 1 C coffee
• 1 C black chai tea
• 1 C chamomile tea

SNACK

• 1/2 grapefruit

LUNCH

• Steak (recipe below)
• Tomato
• Melba toast

SNACK

• Apple
  

DINNER

• Steak Salad w/ Pre-cooked steak strips (for Hubby)
• Chicken Salad w/ pre-baked chicken (for me)
• WASA/Melba toast
  

I used the warm chicken "broth" as my salad dressing. Yum!



"INDIAN" STEAK & TOMATOES

• Steak
• Tomatoes, diced bite-size
• Garam masala, salt

Rub the steak with the garam masala. Place steak and tomatoes on tin foil and salt to taste. Wrap foil tightly into a sealed pocket. Cook over grill pan at high heat for about 3 minutes. unwrap immediately and serve.

Garam masala is actually a blend of spices. The name is derived from the the Hindi garam, meaning "hot" and masala, "paste." There is no one blend that makes up garam masala because it varies regionally throughout India. However, commercially produced garam masala often contains: pepper (black & white), bay leaf, cumin, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, coriander, and turmeric. The spice mixture is ground but not roasted and the flavors only truly come alive with heat. Indian food is known for slow cooking and the true fabulousness of the spice will not come alive in a three-minute dish. Still, I enjoyed the difference from a traditional grill salt or BBQ flavoring on the steak and the spice combination worked well with the tomato.

(This photo was taken from the Wikipedia site).