Greetings from the diet battle front ...hehe

Still hanging in there and still trying - It is hard and the way is fraught with many emotions.  I have been getting lots of compliments on how I look which makes me feel good but it boils down to me believing in myself, that is the power I need to win this war.  It is the hardest commodity to come by for some reason but I manage to have enough self-discipline to keep it up for now.    We had family over tonight for dessert only...boo!  I should have gotten myself something special I could enjoy but nooooo...haha I didn't do anything that smart.  Instead, I watched as everyone savored the delicious homemade banana chocoloate chocolate chip muffins my brother-in-law brought over (they smelled heavenly!!!!!) and a sundae bar.   Alas, I only snitched a bite of muffin that I was giving to my baby and it was sooooo good!  I then ate my graham crackers and milk like a dutiful dieter should.  It is hard to say no dang it!!!  And to compound matters, I had TTOTM...lol (that time of the month - thanks Jen!)  so that does not help matters at all :(  I usually come to a diet halt and have to wait a few days to start losing again.  I did work out today though while Sean went swimming with the boys.   I wished I could have been with them but working out was more important so I did it.  I found out today that I can fast walk a 17 min mile.  I wonder if that is good?  It burned 132 calories so that was good to know.  I am going to start trying to be more diligent next week and see what I can do to get in to the 220s.  I can't wait!!! What a feat it will be to be at halfway!!  YAY!!!  I hope it is this week!  I ate a salad at Wendy's tonight for dinner.   I tried their cobb salad the last time so this time it was the cranberry pecan chicken salad that I tried....Oh...My...Gosh - SO GOOD!!!  I couldn't believe how good it was!! I got the lowest calorie dressing they had but I didn't really need that much of it.  It had bleu cheese and apples and a delicious breast of chicken on it, my goodness it was well worth the 510 calories I spent on it.  I love salad and I am glad for that.  It is a big meal that you can usually make very tasty without a lot of calories.  I tried the same type of salad over at Carl's Jr and it was good but not as good as the one at Wendy's.  I will definitely be wanting to eat that one again soon!!!  OK, I am done now but I hope the next post will find me out of the 230s for good!! Thanks for reading and keeping up with me! Love you !!