I'll be doing my actual weight check in later today, but I wanted to tell you the good news.

I did not buy any chocolate malted milk balls this week.

This is actually a big step for me and I'm proud.

Don't get confused though, it's still me hiding under twenty pounds of added skin and padding - I have eaten a lot of chocolate. I discovered a new cookie this week - Keeblers mint chocolate. Sigh.


But I've also eaten some grapes, apples and a whole cucumber sliced with salt and pepper for a snack yesterday. Yumm!


As you guys already know, I'm not on the loose five pounds a week diet or the biggest looser - spending every waking moment running and lifting. I'm on the gentler, lets see if this bod will pull back together before the Christmas photos diet.

Nice and slow, with results screaming success by how I look with clothes on; Not clothes off - thank goodness for some decorum!

Life always gets in the way of exercise every day, but I did manage to get to the gym four times this week.

My tip this week:

I’m switching milks. I don’t drink much anyway - a dab in my coffee in the mornings. I don't like soy or rice milk, although I have done both, but since I don't drink that much I stick with the dairy stuff.

Also, I’ve got this really cool espresso - cappuccino maker at home and I’ll a creamy frothy one every few days.

Luckily for me the steamer prefers low fat or non fast milk anyway, so I’ll be switching next time I buy milk.

Tip from Weight Loss Buddy:

2% Reduced-Fat Milk -- 2% reduced-fat milk is not that low-fat/low-calorie when you consider that whole milk is 3.3% fat.

Breakdown for 1 cup milk:
- Whole milk: 150 calories
- 2% reduced fat milk: 120 calories
- 1% reduced fat milk: 100 calories- Skim milk: 80 calories

Joy's Solution: Switch from 2% reduced-fat milk to skim milk - and assuming you have one serving each day - at the end of the year, you'll save more than 14,000 calories and drop 4 pounds!

Check back later for actual my results this week!

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