Day 24: Slow and Steady!

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 Ugh, what a week. No school on Monday, Luke home sick on Tuesday, Pete home (not sick) on Wednesday, and now Pete home today with stomach flu. I spent the morning cleaning up the vomit on the floor of our bathroom that apparently didn't all make it into the garbage can. Poor kid had it coming out both ends. Never fun. You know what else isn't fun? Being the mom cleaning up the vomit that literally got into the cabinet and under the supplies stored in there. 

 Anyway, the good news for today is that my weight is down almost two pounds this week, down to 162.6, for a grand total of 13.4 pounds lost in just over three weeks. So, I didn't get down to 160 before the Hungarian Ball (which is tomorrow), as I'd wanted to originally, but that probably wasn't super realistic anyway. I tried on a dress I wore a few years ago, and it fits pretty well, so...I think I'll be fine. Let's just hope that 1) Peter gets better (as he is going and taking his also vomiting girlfriend), and 2) I don't get sick myself. The last time I missed a Hungarian Ball was ten years ago when Peter last had the stomach flu.  

 Also, now that the ball is just about here, I plan to modify my "healthy eating" plan a bit. I was trying to lose a lot of weight fast, but now that I've done that, I think it's more reasonable and healthy to lose weight more slowly. I've been sticking to 1000 calories/day (even on days I exercise like crazy), and I think it's okay to increase that 200 calories or so. Stay tuned for how that goes!

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