"The adventure of life is to learn. The goal of life is to grow."

Date: 8-31-09
Starting Weight: 219.6
Current Weight: 208.9
Goal Weight: 175
Loss Since Last Weigh In: 4.7
Total Weight loss: 10.7
Pounds left to lose: 33.9

Day 13! I am almost two weeks going strong on my new diet. Oh boy this weekend was a test of my strength. Three parties in three days. I think I needed to make a “No drinks for me, I’m the DD!” T-shirt. I was offered drinks more times than I care to recall. Believe me it didn’t get any easier with each offering.

Usually Fridays are nights where I go out drinking and dancing with my friends. I didn’t want to miss out on any time with them, so I volunteered to be the designated driver. The night started off great. I had taco salad (minus all the good stuff lol). Lettuce, tomatoes, and ground beef with 2 tablespoons of salsa and a small portion of sour cream. I managed to make it through the night and get away with 3 shots mixed with diet soda. I felt really guilty afterwards. It almost didn’t make it worth drinking. Being 22 years old I can’t cut drinking completely out of my life. BUT I don’t intend to do it often. This weekend, although a small cheat was a huge difference than my normal drinking behavior on Fridays.

Old Friday night: about 8 shots of vodka, each shot mixed with a small cup of half orange juice and half Rockstar energy drink. Plus a few bomb drinks at the bar. By the morning I would have had 3 or 4 cans of energy drinks. Pretty bad for my body!

This is all a change and I don’t intend on drinking any more until my cruise in early November.
The hardest part of this weekend was driving everyone home from the bar. They wanted to stop at a local quickie mart to pick up some junk food munchies. I didn’t even go inside. I waited patiently in the car and when we reached the apartment I had bottled water and cleaned. I have never felt more tempted to cheat. I still resisted. I think if I can deny bean and cheese quick stop burritos, I can do this as long as I need to. Almost 11 pounds down I am on a good start to all this.
Today is a struggle in a different way. I have a pinched nerve in my back and it is causing me severe leg and hip pain. I can barely sit in my chair. This is something I have been dealing with regularly, but the pain hasn’t been this intense in a long time. It hurts so bad it’s all I can think about. I don’t feel hungry at all. My first two meals of the day were tolerable but I just don’t feel like eating. The pain is making me feel nauseous. I am just drinking as much water as I can and will chug along through it today.

Keep up the good work readers and read today’s heading quote. It has helped me though a lot of struggles this past year. Keep on growing and good luck in all your adventures.
<3 Tiffany