2016 in review. Well the year was really crap in very many ways, from international news to elections to celebs dying and my mom ending up in the hospital with heart failure. Thankfully, she's had surgery and is recovering quite well.
As for weight loss - the end of the year report is that I ended the year down 21 pounds -- and that's despite gaining back nearly 15 over my stressful and busy fall and holiday season. So losing 21 pounds in a year is not a bad thing at all.
Bruce and I were totally ready to start the new year on track. We exercised yesterday and are about to go out and get more steps in a few minutes. We started tracking our food on WW again, as it's really the only thing that seems to work for us. We modify the WW principles to go along with 5:2 and find the combination works better than either one alone. So yes, we're going back to light days and carrying points. Yesterday was a fast day for us -- hangovers and fasting tend to go well together
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I'm enjoying the fresh grapefruit that is in season. I don't know if it's particularly good this year or it's just that I've been very hungry when I ate them today and yesterday.
I have another trip to Paris booked for April break. Bruce and I are going without the kiddo, as his grades were not good. If he manages to pull them up enough before the end of the year, we will take a family vacation to Ireland in August. Otherwise, we won't. So anyway, my goal is to lose as much as is reasonable by the trip in April. I'm currently wearing US size 14 jeans, and would love to get to a 12 or maybe even a 10 before the trip. I'm not sure if that's realistic. We will see
Onward and downward!