Obento gone is the weight

Or at least it's coming off faster and faster. I seem to be eating more and more healthily. I used to eat maybe a single meal plus a few snacks here and there every day. That meal was a quick dinner before I went off and partied. Healthy, right? Now, my big meal is lunch (fits right in with the bento obsession, doesn't it?) with very few snacks that I've not planned out the night before and fruit almost every day in good quantities. I sometimes get a dinner in there when I'm cooking, moreso now that I cook and pack the night before for lunch the next day (and sometimes dinner the next couple of days as well...).

I started off trying to lose weight and size when I hit 212lbs and was pushing a size 14. I was a size 14 when I was in High School (for most of my Senior year...) and a solid size 12 for the rest of it. This is despite me being exceptionally active in Marching Band and other activities at home that required me moving continually. But I weighed only 135lbs, max. I know that hitting 200lbs made me feel rather large. I think that hitting size 14 prompts me to feel FAT.

I'm now back to a solid size 10. It's a start. We'll see if I can get down to a 9. I doubt I'll ever get back down to the almost under size 8 I used to be. (All sizes I use are based on Levi's as they're pretty consistent.) Last night, after I ate, I weighed in at 201.5. Not bad, eh? This morning, for kicks and giggles, I decided to do a round 2 weigh-in. 199.5lbs!

Last night's dinner (, today's lunch and likely tomorrow's as well as Sunday's) was Shepherd's Pie. Mike's grandmom makes one with a gravy, beef, peas and carrots filling with a beautifully scored mashed potato top. That's a bit different from the one I grew up with. So I tried to make what I remember eating so many times. What we had at home was a drier beef, cheese (makes everything better), corn and mashed potatoes. I got close but missed a little on getting it to set up straight out of the oven. The meat was wonderfully seasoned. The corn crisp and light. The potatoes held together wonderfully and the cheese top browned beautifully and evenly. But it didn't set up firm til this morning out of the fridge. I think next time there will either be more of a cherry pie item going on with the potato crust or some sort of cheese glue. And maybe peas as well...

We shall see.