The strangest things...

Well, I've lost 19 pounds so far!!! I'm so happy! I hope that the rate at which I'm losing weight continues. However, I hit a plateau this past weekend, so I had to change my routine a bit. Let's cross our fingers, and see if it works!

With this new eating lifestyle, I've had to cut out a LOT of foods I used to eat hamburgers (my friends and family all know how much I love those), pizza, french fries, hot dogs... basically fast food in general. And I have no regrets giving up those things. However, I keep having dreams that I am stuffing my face with them!! How strange is that?!? Eating junk food is my new nightmare! Never thought I'd see the day. Makes me miss my old nightmares a little bit. But, the first week in March is when I can add more variety to my eating plan, like cheese, bread, etc. Too bad I'll miss the age-old tradition of eating to excess this year for Fat Tuesday, but maybe I'll put some Paczki's in the freezer for later?!? ::angel face:: It's so funny. Everyone at work wants me to try their new dishes, and I keep telling them that I can't eat hardly anything until the first week of March. They were so sweet, and said they would freeze the dish for me until that time!! I was flattered! :-D

I came across an interesting website today that I think everyone should look at:

http://food.yahoo.com/blog/yahoofreshpicks/2738/the-best-and-worst-fast-food-french-fries/

It's basically an article about how much fat is in fast food french fries. They had another on about hamburgers, but I couldn't find it again. It really makes you think twice about getting fast food... everyday... for almost every meal... yeah I was at that point, people.

It's so scary to think of myself as "health conscious", but I'm really trying to turn my life around. I'm doing my best not to listen to the people who still have their doubts about what I'm doing and how I'm doing it, but everyday it's gets a little easier to ignore them... until one day I would have ignored them completely. It's times like these you really find out who you can turn to and count on for support...