Playoff Baseball

Almost one year ago I went to a playoff game between the Texas Rangers and the Ney York Yankees.  It was a great game and I had lots of junk(peanuts,  nachos,  garlic fries,  beer,  margaritas, & more).  Getting home the next day i felt so bloated and when I got on the scale the next AM my weight was 295.....almost 300 pounds(if I weighed sun night I might have been 300+).  It was the day that I realized I had to do something....not just for a little while but for life.  There have been days I fall off the wagon some, and times(like when I was sick this summer) when I can't eat and hydrate like I should but my day to day eating is very different now.  I usually don't eat salad dressing unless It's at home and I measure it and even then I often don't bother with it,  I eat less in general and if I'm hungry I try to drink or eat vegies, SF jello, or fruit rather than bread, cake, or candy.  I'm not perfect like some people are but I'm different and sitting at this years playoff game Monday between the Rangers and the Tigers I thought about it.

On Sunday I went shopping with a friend for a while and came home to have my dh say......tonights playoff game has been postponed due to ran to tomorrow afternoon and the tickets are cheaper, so I thought we might go.  We have a wedding in Dallas this coming weekend so he had decided we wouldn't go to a playoff game.  After discussing it over the next few hours(and watching the prices rise) it was decided to go.  Tickets were bought online and Monday at 9am off we went.  I wore the XL womans shirt I bought  at a game earlier this year....still a little tight but wearable.  Sitting in my seat I Thought about how much more room I had than last year(and I hope to be at a playoff game with even more room next year).  My Junk food this year.....2 large diet cokes and 3 hard pretzel rods in the extra innings when my anxiety was high and I was hungry(about 100cal for all 3).  We met a friend for dinner......I passed on wine and dessert this year....had a salad, chicken pomodoro with a little pasta, and more diet coke.......last year I had a dish with fried chicken in a creamy sauce, wine, and cheesecake, garlic bread....after all the junk at the game.  We got home about 2am.....my feet were a little swollen from all that sitting.  My weight today 243...which it was on Mon am also.  On Sat and Sun it was 242.....I followed my plan and in fact Sundays plan was just a little over 1000 cal and yet monday am I was 243......I'm following my plan and will see what it is on Fri.

Next Monday is Oct 17 2011,  which will be a year from when I started and I will have lost 50 pounds.  To me that is a major cause to celebrate.......with some new nail polish,  the Hawaii 5-0 DVD and maybe some CD's I want.......I will admit in the past it would have been a trip to a favorite restaurant or a lemon crunch cake.  I still have to finish losing what I gained when I was sick, but I know I will do it and I plan to have even more room in that seat at next years playoff game.