Finally a loss!

OK!  Today I finally have seen a loss of making sure I didn't eat anything too crazy yesterday!  I weigh myself in on my Wii Fit because it gives BMI and all that.  Now, technically when I weighed in yesterday, it said I gained .9lb.  So, I turned off the Wii before it saved the weight because I want to see a loss from the point I started at, which was 254.  So this morning I weigh in; a loss of 1.3lb!  So in all actuality, I lost 2.2lbs since yesterday by just changing my diet that little bit and I also was finally able to add another 15 minutes to my cardio.  I also drank a LOT more water yesterday.  I've drank about twice as much water today than I did yesterday and have kept my meals small and calorie conscious. It's definitely hard because my body is starving for food and it takes everything I have to NOT go and just binge eat.  I seriously have a headache right now from the lack of food in my diet today.  Crazy, because I feel like I've been eating all damn day!
I did make DH a pretty interesting meal tonight though.  I bought some couscous the other day, so I cooked that right up in about 5 minutes (super easy and a MUCH better alternative than white rice).  We're always eating white rice here, so trying to cut it out is going to be easier because couscous has almost the same consistency as rice and is better for you.  I'm also going to look for some quinoa(pronouced ken-wah for those of you who don't know) next time I go shopping.  It's similar to couscous and I've heard its pretty good as well.  These are great alternatives to white rice (because white rice is just bleached brown rice...and when they bleach it out it takes out all the "good stuff") or even pasta!  And you can pretty much do anything with it.
  I made my couscous tonight with a little bit of unsalted butter, a little black pepper and some Mrs Dash (I LOVE THIS STUFF...and it's salt free!) Garlic & Herb Flavor.  It came out REALLY GOOD.  Then, I baked some Asparagus Parmesan. Pretty much, you just toss fresh asparagus in some olive oil, arrange it on a baking sheet, sprinkle it with some parmesan and some bread crumbs (i used reduced fat parm and just a LITTLE tiny bit of Italian Herb Bread Crumbs), a little black pepper and again...the Mrs Dash Garlic & Herb.  Bake at 450 for 15 mins or until the asparagus is tender.  It was pretty dang good.  DH also opted to cook up a couple Boca burgers (meatless...pretty much made of tofu...taste like burgers you had from the cafeteria in grade school) to go along with it.  I also had some pineapple tidbits and a half cup of applesauce after dinner.  Which helped with the sweet tooth.
I don't know about other people, but sometimes it's hard for me to get my water intake because water is just soooooo boring to drink.  Granted, during workouts I'm chugging it, but during the day...B-o-r-i-n-g!  I found these Hawaiian Punch singles not too long ago.  They are sugar free and only have maybe 10 calories, so I just dump one of those in a cup (I actually use a big beer mug) and fill it up with water and voila!  I have a sweet drink that is helping me get my water in!  They have lots of flavors and I usually find them at Walmart (Kroger here never has them and I have no idea if Publix has them or not because they are just too expensive for me).
SO, bout to head off to the gym and kick some butt!  Gonna do some more cardio cardio cardio and some ab exercises!  It feels awesome to be active again and I can't wait for this weight to keep coming off!!
Later for now