I’ve got some exciting news!! When I got my awesome Halloween costume in the mail and tried it on, I realized more than ever that I needed lose a few pounds to be comfortable showing off my stomach. I’m just that self conscious that I want to look my best if I’m going to show off that much skin, lol. While a weight loss pill is so tempting to try, I’m not going to stoop that low. While some of them might work, I feel like it’s cheating. Like you’re trying to get something you don’t deserve and you know you don’t deserve it. I decided to try to lose weight the old fashioned way and feel better about myself for being able to do it. They’ve done it for years without using pills, so I should be able to do it too.

Now, I HATE doing dishes. They are bane of my existence. And my room mate rarely does them, so they keep piling up. To avoid having to do them, and make her do her own, I’ve been eating out more. But a lot of the time it’s Subway food, so it’s not much more expensive than cooking it myself. But trying to lose weight complicates things, because fast food is far from healthy. Especially if you go to a burger place.

I know this might be hard to believe, but McDonald’s salads are actually rather good. So the past two weeks I’ve been eating a lot of those and microwave dinners. Less to clean up makes for a very happy Daniella, lol. But microwave dinners are not as satisfying because they are smaller portioned. Actually, they are the right portion, but as an American I’m used to eating too much, so at times I feel hungry mentally. I’ve gotten their Premium Southwest Salad when we go out, and it’s soo good!! And it’s healthy, around 400 calories, compared to their 800 calorie Angus Burgers, YIKES!

Where do I stand after two weeks, you ask? I’m proud to say I’ve lost 4 pounds!! YAY ME!!! At least, I think I lost 4 pounds. My scale is rather tempermental, so I’m not sure how accurate it is, I have to adjust it every so often. But it’s just a number. I know I’ve lost some weight, so I’m finally doing something right.

My goal is 20 pounds, the goal I never achieved while I was losing weight in high school. Although it still makes me feel fat hearing how some girls are 110 or less, I just have to remember that I’m a good deal taller than most girls, so my target weight should be more. So yes, losing 20 pounds is reasonable. Let’s hope I make it!

And yes, I realize Halloween is in 2 days, but alas, I have no plans, so I’ll just be wearing my costume around the house, lol. But I will be wearing it to a convention one day, so when that day comes, I want to look good.

Anything good happen to you lately?