Bonjour!

Well, it's been an interesting 12 days... surrounded by friends, family, fun, and FOOD.  Lots of it.  In fact, I totally stuffed my face during our reunion.  Cookies, brownies, blondies, cakes, cobblers, ice cream... (tip of the iceberg, really).  I was pretty convinced that I gained about 10 pounds in the last twelve days.  Reality check as of this morning: somehow I managed to lose 1 (?!?). Don't get me wrong, I ain't complainin', but HOW did THAT come about?  Perhaps the fact that I was in Chicago for three days after the reunion, ate right and walked the city all day every day with a friend to make up for the lack of exercise I was getting before?  Whatever it was - I'm a happy girl. Yippeeee!

I've also decided to modify my goals: ideally I want to lose 20-25 pounds, but I will still consider it a victory if I just stick with about 15 more for now (happy weight vs. ideal weight).  It'll be a challenge because I haven't been 25 pounds thinner since high school, but it can be done!  Besides, for every pound I lose, that's 5 pounds less pressure on my knees... good for my right one, which has that infamous titanium bar in it. (What can I say? I am a bionic woman!)

Going grocery shopping soon. Haven't selected the recipes yet... going to do that now and make my list.  Recipe(s) to follow :)  Speaking of following, thanks for following me! :)