I've been so out of it, so stuffed up, congested, lightheaded and weird-feeling, and so loopy for the past week, I've felt like this...

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This cold is a common one, except for the occasional moments of heavy sluggishness and odd random appetite increases (as opposed to my regular reaction to colds where my appetite is off because stuff doestn't taste as good and some of it seems too heavy).  I've had a really hard headed week where there were cookies--more than 2, mind you--a brownie, a lot of granola bars (not nearly as "healthy" as I thought they were, darn Nature Valleys!!).  All I can say is my body's weird.  In the 7 days since my last weigh-in, I had 2 days of PT (both 2hr sessions) and 2 days of basic walking--for the entire week.  I thought I [i]gained [/i]a lb or 3 but I actually [i]lost [/i]4 lbs!!!!!!!!!!! :yay:  

It's back flip time!!!

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I'm doing better this week, though--those junkfood cravings seemed to come out of nowhere and I gave in--hard!  But, the difference is my approach.  I mean, yeah, I ate 4 cookies after my WW meeting [i][b]BUT [/b][/i]I counted the carbs and deleted it from the daily intake and filled some of the craving times with fruit and water and found that Kettle Corn Quakes are a pretty good alternative to cookies at 70 calories a serving (7 Quakes--honestly, I eat 2 servings and just count the carbs, now...).  

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I find that cherries and navel oranges fill in the gaps pretty well, too.  So, I expect to get to my goal in the next week or 2.  I lost 4 lbs this week and that makes 96. something lbs!  I'm so astonished and happy and giddy with pride!!    Just had to share!  Oh, I'm working on getting over my aversion to cooking and have been baking Cornish hens--1/2 of one is a serving and with lots of veggies, it's pretty filling!  Now, I have to work on sauteing...ugh!      Wish me luck!