Overall Progress Report...

Yesterday, when I got on the scale, I had only lost 0.4 lbs.  Today, it showed, I lost 1.6 lbs, so I have a total of 2.0 lbs.  Since the beginning of January, I have lost a total of 24.1 lbs. 

I know if I were to go into the grocery store and picked up 6 - 4 lb bags of sugar, I know I would probably go "oof!"  In the process of staying positive, that is a LOT of weight.  I still have a lot more to go, but I am just that much closer to my goal. 

This coming week will be this month's second week of doing the meal replacement.  After that, I will get to prepare healthy foods for my breakfast and lunch. On one hand, the meal replacement has been saving me at the grocery store.  However, I do not necessarily like the fact that my blood sugar dips too low because of it.

Doing something that really feels good:

I have made it a point to focus on walking place each day.  No matter what time, (I do try to make it in the mornings) I make it a point to walk in place for 30 minutes.  I am trying to build up to the 45 minutes that was recommended to me.  Yesterday, I made my 10,000 steps before 10 PM, which is amazing for me.  I am still pretty spotty on getting my 10,000 steps, but I am doing better and better each day.  As I get more consistent, I hope to complete that goal by 10 PM each night.  That makes me feel good to be able to go to bed knowing I did it.

Today, I am going to the Dallas Stars game.  I have not been to a game in awhile due to away games.  This will be the last game to attend until the Winter Olympics are done.  Today will be a bit more special.  My friend and her son will be attending.  We will meet at Hooters in downtown Dallas, then head over to the AAC for the game. 

Here is the exciting part that really makes me feel good for my friend's son - my account manager was able to get us passes to the locker room area, so that we can stand out there and see the team as they go/leave the locker room.  I wanted to do this for my friend's son since this was his first hockey game.  I figured - how exciting that this would be?!  He is only 13 years old, his first hockey team, and he will get a fist pump from the guys as they are coming in/leaving the ice.  I am really excited for him and so very glad this worked out for today. 

I love the Stars to death, but something like this is really meant for the kids.  This was exactly how I felt about the autograph event.  I felt so silly standing there asking these men for an autograph - Good grief - I could be their mother!  For the kids, this is probably the most exciting part and I cannot really deny them that.  It is almost like Christmas for them.  The look on their faces and such is just amazing. 

I just wanted to do something special for someone who had never been to a game.  That way, my friend's son will really remember and cherish the moments.  I do not have any kids - I guess if you want to count Bo and Chloe as kids, but they get excited over doggy toys, so I can see that joy in their faces pretty easily.

Sometimes, it is fun to do something incredibly stupid.  I just did and enjoyed the laugh out of it.  :-)