Amazingly, I’ve maintained my weight this week. That’s all I’m typing because it’s hard type with one hand while your other is being pulled by a screaming toddler who is trying out for an academy award.
A Good Week!
I woke up this morning, ready to post, because it’s been a great week weight-loss wise!! I lost 2.5 this week, to bring me back down to 173.5, which is 6.5 lbs overall!
My new summer shorts fit much better already, and I’m feeling more motivated. This week, I’ve been keeping two things in mind:
#1: Over the weekend, I was mentioning to my mom how much fruit MAM was eating, and how I was a little concerned about all that sugar. She replied, “yes, but that’s natural sugar.Our bodies were made to process that kind of sugar.” Hmm. Good point, mom. So I’ve actually been eating more “whole” type foods, and not so much “refined”.
#2: Last week’s featured loser, Robin, made a point that is sticking with me–something to the effect of, “Now I try to see how little I can eat and feel full.” So last night, as I served myself some pasta, I fixed my plate with that mentality. “I bet this one portion will fill me up.” Guess what–it did!!
The scale is NOT cooperating!
So this is the last GAIN I hope to be posting during the May Day challenge for quite some time. Turns out, two cookouts, a birthday party and two family dinners at mom’s house the week after vacation does nothing to help detox from vacation.
So I’m up another 1.5 lbs, back up to 176.5, reducing my total weight loss to 4.5 lbs.
My declaration yesterday is helping me feel OK about this–I know I’m getting back on track. And our calendar is clear of social events for the next 10 days or so, so I know I’ll be able to drop what’s recently piled back on.
What’s crazy, is that if I hadn’t joined this weight loss challenge, I wouldn’t be owning a scale or weighing myself regularly. And I would have gained at least the 4 lbs that I have these past few weeks, if not more. But I would have been clueless, and this weight would be staying with me for much longer than I will currently let it.
I will report a loss next week, you can count on it!