R2P4D29- .2 loss

R2P2 Highest Loading Weight 165.3
Current Weight 143.7
LIW 143.5
Over LIW .2
Food Tracker (choose July 29th)
Exercise Tracker (yesterday): 25 minutes pilates, 40 minutes yoga, 36 minutes running (10:30min/mil)

Finally got my background back up, and my weight back down.  Im .2 above LIW.  Ive been trying to stick close to my calories limit of no more than 1550 plus the calories I burn during my workouts, so I should be good today, since Ill be swimming in an hour, and yesterday since I worked out hard.  Even though I had skinny cow ice cream sandwiches yesterday and today, and primo's hoagies too!

Sunday is the big day, my first tri of the season.  I have to get up at 4:15am Sunday morning to get down to the race site in Philly by 6ish and ready to race by 8.  Then it'll be all over by 10:30, and Ill get to spend the day with the kids at the zoo or at the Please Touch Museum (depending on the weather) before falling into my bed by 4pm, Im sure.  Im really looking forward to it...the race AND the sleeping.

Lots of things going on in my head, and soon in my world, even more than normal.  Im hopefully going to be traveling abroad for vacation in Sept or Oct, either to Italy, Costa Rica, or my favorite, Thailand.  Hubby has given me the thumbs up to leave him and the kids for a week so I can travel with a friend.  He's not really big into international travel, so its more desirable for him to have me spread my wings, and he can stay home and watch sports without being bothered :)...truly! 

I am also thinking of doing either yoga teacher training in Oct or getting a personal trainer certification.  Dont really want to do both at the same time, because I think that MIGHT be a little too much, and I dont want to overwhelm myself too much.  When I do the yoga training, I also want to make sure Im not distracted, and immerse myself fully so I get the most out of it.   It should be wonderful.  And since I cant travel for a month without the kids, I have to stay local to do the teacher training, even though it would be amazing to go to India and train.  So thats big.  Just gotta find the studio I want to work with.  Theres one in town that Im going to do unlimited classes with in Sept to see if its a good fit.

I also have something in the works that Im pretty excited about...Im thinking of doing a jewelry line (specifically bracelets for now) that relate to weight loss and would serve as a constant reminder of how important it is to be aware of what we eat.  I am having a prototype made right now, and if it works out like I hope, Ill be offering them for sale on my blog, and of course, having a giveaway for my bloggy peeps!  Anything you'd like to see on a bracelet (up to 6 words)-you're welcome to post it here:

Here are the sayings I've come up with so far (and Ive tm'ed the first one):
Every bite is a choice and a pleasure (thats the one Im making for myself and may mass produce)
Vote with your fork (for my food coop buddies)
Delicious, sublime, serene awareness
Slow and sure, you're doing it!

Wait till you see it, its going to be awesome, though it might take me a month or so...

In NJ for the next 3 days...

Made it to Short Hills without issue, as long as you consider getting lost three times within two miles of the hotel without issue. I did the map from my iphone and failed to check if it said the Hilton...it took me to the general location of Short Hills twice, and then I finally caught on. I wonder who lived at the houses my phone took me too :).

Have my scale with me but forgot my last syringe of HCG, so today is my last injection, and my LIW, that which I will forever be known is 159.4. Not too shabby. Hoping to keep that record in place I went to the sauna for 20 minutes at the hotel and drank tons of water. I also swam for the first time in about 4 months as well...only for ten minutes, but my shoulders are burning so Im not sure if that will add some water. I'm also planning on working out at least once while Im here in the cardio room (its huge and well equipped...yes, hubby, just like you...)

When I weighed myself this morning on the scale that I brought with me, it said 162, then 161, then 161.5...so Im going to equate anything within 1 lbs of 161.5 as ok for the days here at the hotel.

I talked with the meeting planner when I arrived (due to a snafu in the room arrangements), and she said she remembered my registration because I was so specific about the foods I needed: plain beef, chicken, shrimp with some type of salad for every meal. She laughed when I explained it, and said the funniest part was my comment about strawberries. But it looks like Im covered for lunches (theres a cafeteria there so I don't have to have a sandwich), and though the group dinner tomorrow night is at an Italian place, the meeting planner said she would bring the menu and tell the place to bring me exactly what I want since the dinner was prearranged with a menu...she is so accomodating! So good plan in place, and backup plan as well, since I brought three meal portions with me, just in case...and they are sitting in the frig (I had them empty the room minibar so I wouldnt be tempted and I could keep everything cold)...Im going to bring one tomorrow in case the cafeteria is not up to snuff, and I have my melba toasts, tomatoes, apples and strawberries (huge ones that I can only have two of, they're that big). I should be good...

Not sure how much time Ill have to post, but Ill be keeping tracking, and post when I can. Chat with you soon, my bloggy peeps!