Funny what a belt can do

Target update: OMG, the Missoni collection is pretty much already sold out online since I got up at 5am this morning. Everything I wanted to order is already gone. There are "limited" stock of a few items at my local stores that I will be checking out, but if you wanted anything you better get going ASAP. 

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Monday brought the heat back. And how! So I got another wear out of my favorite sandal/dress combo.




This time I wore a new fuschia Caslon cami under the grey Old Navy Dress, and added the belt from my jungle tunic on top. My Clarks mushroom sandals, a couple of burnished silver pieces of jewelry, and I was ready to go. I didn't think I could wear a belt with this dress because it had a self-belt with a string bow, but it actually works well with one. Duly noted!
 
I love how either Emily or George loves to be in the doorway when I do my morning shots. Such silly cats!


Daily Food Tracker: Monday
Breakfast: yogurt, berries and fiber one cereal
Lunch: BBQ Beef sandwich and half-order of fries
Snack: mini Reese's Blizzard from DQ. Have you seen the mini? It's about 8 oz, just perfect for a small indulgence.
Dinner: Hubby roasted a pork loin we had taken out of the freezer, but it was about halfway done when he tried to convince me to order a pizza. I stayed firm, reminding him that I not only had a Blizzard but a BBQ sandwich already today. So we had a personal first: he ordered pizza, I ate from the fridge. VICTORY!!!
I had pork loin, broccoli slaw, and a piece of seeduction bread with laughing cow cheese.
Snack: english toffee ice cream bar


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Not sure what to call the way I am eating now; it's not a diet, it's a new style of eating. Heh, a foodstyle. That's what it is. Anyway, my new foodstyle is actually going very well, and I am starting to see the results on the scale. Down four pounds since I began!

What makes me happy about this is that it most definitely is not a diet. There are days I eat well, and days when I don't. But I keep going, keep reminding myself to get more fruits and veggies in, keep eating smaller portions when I eat out, and so forth. We eat out about 50% less than we were, and we're both enjoying getting back into cooking. Luckily, both Hubby and I are pretty good cooks, and we have similar tastes in food.

So far, this foodstyle feels like the right move for me. More right than going back on any diet. I'm using a lot of the tools I learned on Weight Watcher points, on Core, even from Medifast. But it's real food, it's real life, and I'm not obsessing over eating all my points or getting all my meals in. I'm just eating, better and less.

I'm very pleased.