LoUiSiAna

Oh, how I love this state!

In no other state, would men wear dresses to honor their hometown team as they go to the Superbowl.
http://www.nola.com/superbowl/index.ssf/2010/01/photos_buddy_d_dress_parade_pa.html

In other news, today was weigh-in. So, 5 lbs didn't fall off instantaneously at any point today, but I did better than I felt. I lost 1.6 lbs, which is better than none, which brought my 3 week total to 9.2 lbs. I am well on track to my month-span goal of 10 lbs, or an average of 2 lbs/week. I am hoping, in fact, to bypass that entirely, and keep up with my current average of 3.06 lbs per week. :) That makes me feel good.

It gets pretty frustrating, because I have been doing everything just right, adding some exercise, finding more reasons to get outside and move around, playing ball with my students at school.. and it just doesn't come off as fast as I (in my mind) think it should. I know it is a physiological process, but somehow, I want quick results. I know I've said so before, but it's still irritating. I just have to keep reminding myself over and over that I didn't gain 40 lbs in a month, and they're not going to come off in a month. I'm also never going to have immunity or a 2 lb pass... I just have to keep doing it the hard way. (And trust me, hard it is.) Kind of like that girl on the biggest loser the other day... "I really feel like just sitting on my butt and eating a cheeseburger."

Well, my friend, sitting on my butt eating a cheeseburger got me here in the first place, so I think I should probably stick with it...

Here goes nothing, for week 4.