Yayyyyy, no plateau!!!!

My "Triple 0"

Well, not yet.  BUT, after cutting out sugar and cream from my tea and coffee this past week, my weight loss went from a measly 2.5 pounds to a 4 pound loss.  Amazing that tea and sugar can do that much damage.  I replaced my brown sugar cubes which I usually use 1-2 in my coffee, sometimes one in my tea, depending on what kind of tea I am drinking, with liquid Sugar Twin.  It's a beauty, it really is.  I call it the "triple - 0" since the calorie/sugar/carbs count is all zero.  Plus, I don't notice the taste difference, if any, so it's a straight out bonus.  For cream, I just started using 1% milk.  It has obviously cut the calories out since I use enough creamer/milk to make my coffee a "tan" color, however, the taste is definitely NOT the same at all.  It's "do-able" but nothing to get excited over.  I picked up a fat-free coffee creamer while grocery shopping today, so we'll see how that tastes tomorrow.  I also bought a bunch of flavored teas - cinnamon apple, cranberry apple and some jasmine tea (one of my favorites).  I'm trying to get off the coffee.  Wish me luck, LOL.

So, here I am, 2 pounds away from ONEderland.  I am determined to lose those 2 pounds come next friday, dammit.  I don't want to plateau yet, or ever for that matter, which is unrealistic, but please!  Plateau gods, please wait until I'm at least in ONEderland.  I am going to keep pushing ahead following my coffee/tea requirements that I have established for myself for this upcoming week.  My slightly unrealistic goal would be to get down to 196 pounds (5 pound loss), but with things starting to slow a bit (I'm sure a plateau is near) I would be happy with getting down to 198 pounds.  It's still too early for me to tell if my weight loss has been hampered by the sugar/cream calories or if this is just the natural progression of the plateau (no one is immune to it my friends) or if I just really need to start getting some cardio/weights back into the mix OR, if there is some sort of mix of all things.  I'm sure the exercise is a big portion of it, either way.  I have found some resistance bands that I really like but will be ordering off the web next pay-day and I also discovered an at home work out with resistance bands in the "Oxygen" mag that I read.  So, yeah, I'm pretty excited to start trying that workout with my resistance bands when I get them.

I am still adjusting to my new job working between two new facilities; actually, I am learning four new jobs between two new facilities with different hours, so I am not sure if I am going to make it two the gym this week.  Going to the gym has been right at the forefront of my mind, like a rash on one's ass.  I know it's there, I haven't forgotten it's there and I'm sure as hell wanting to soothe it.  I have two more weeks of scheduled training and then another three weeks after that point where I feel I need it.  So, my schedule is going to be out of whack for another four to five weeks at least.  I'm going to try though...I'm sooooo close!