The Challenge to Weight Loss

So now that I am down to a trim 143.5, I am finding one overwhelming challenge that I didn't really consider prior to starting this whole weight loss plan. Clothing. On August 1st I was solidly filling out a size 10. By August 28th an 8 was pretty comfortable. Now, on September 11th, I find that some of my 8's (like my almost new GAP dress pants in grey AND black) literally fall off of me if I put them on, and some 8's (like my New York and Company black pants) are still a squeeze. I can get them on, but I need a larger top to cover the bulges....and I KNOW you know what I mean!! :) More complicated still, I have 2 pairs of pants in a 6 that fit fairly well now.

The challenge? Finding things to wear when I don't want to spend much money on things that are larger than I will end up. How do you handle these "in between" stages???

Chickpea Flour

One of my favorite fall treats has got to be pumpkin bread....make that bread, cake, bars, muffins, coffee....really anything. This is a really hard one to let go of this year. I have searched high and low for recipes that I can adapt to "sort of" meet my restrictions, and it is next to impossible. I did purchase Karen Hurd's Book "The Bean Queen's Cookbook" which included a recipe for pumpkin muffins using chickpea flour, and they. were. TERRIBLE! Total waste of the $12 it cost to buy the chickpea flour and xanthan gum.

This failure makes me feel very apprehensive about trying the yeast bread with chickpea flour. Any suggestions you may have on recipes that could be adapted to keep one of my favorite fall treats on the radar would be most appreciated!!

Sigh. Back to the drawing board.

Update- Week 4

It has been a while! Between my first week or so back to work, and the start of K4 for Addison, we have been wrapped up in a whirlwind of a week! I have a few meal ideas to share before the big reveal. First up, thanks to a comment on Facebook by Rachel over at Rachel's Ramblings, I decided to give pizza a try this week using a portobello mushroom cap as the crust. It was DELICIOUS!!! We flipped the cap upside down and scooped out the stem, spread on some sauce, cheese, and a little italian sausage, and grilled. AMAZING! Even if you are not into going no carb, it was fabulous. I highly recommend it!

I also tried BOCA black bean burgers this week. Another surprisingly good filler! I have never thought that I would be a fan of such a thing, but even out of the microwave it was tasty! (And I am VERY picky, so this says a lot!!)

I spoke with my nutritionist last night, and she is VERY pleased with my progress. I did have some questions about breakfast ideas, and she offered a few good ones. Feel free to comment if you have any suggestions on ways to have breakfast on the run, without carbs, but with beans. That's a head scratcher for sure!!

My numbers for this week????

145.6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am now down 14.4 pounds from day one. Yay me!! The biggest success? Not the number on the scale, but the number in my pants. I wore a pair of size 6 khakis that I bought in August of 2007, and haven't work since September of 2007. Not only did they fit, but they were comfy! Now I remember why I bought them in 3 different colors....