Beginning Weight: 244
Week Beginning: 234
Current Weight: 232.5
Week’s Loss: -1.5
Total: -11.5 lbs

I forgot to post yesterday! I was busy with other things while I was at work, and then I was gone most of the evening. In any case, I got on the scale yesterday morning to see 232.5. (Got off the scale, and back on just to be sure lol) So that’s a loss of another pound and a half. I’m not celebrating yet because I’m sure I undid that progress last night. Remember when I said I was gone most of the evening? I was at Texas Roadhouse celebrating my dad’s wife’s birthday… and boy did I eat my share of food! You just can’t resist those beautiful rolls with cinnamon butter. They ordered a Cactus Blossom too, and I picked at that. I don’t even LIKE onions, but deep fry them and give me fattening sauce to dip them in and apparently that’s all it takes!
On the positive side, I managed to complete three (and a half) workouts last week, while not the five that I had hoped to do, is better than the ZERO I’d been doing in previous weeks! So far, the workout count for this week is still at 0, but there’s time to change that.

I’m thrilled to be able to relate that I’ve been exercising again this week. And I’m hoping that by telling all of you that I am, I’ll be more inclined to CONTINUE said exercise program again.
You know, I hadn’t realized how much forward progress I had made when I was exercising the last time until this week when I started over again, and was back to struggling through. Back to looking at the counter on the DVD player and thinking, “Oh my goodness, are you SURE it’s only been 5 minutes?”
And I don’t know if you guys have realized the very best part of exercising… if I find that I’m not losing weight at the rate I feel like I should, I have a ready made excuse. Muscle weighs more than fat! So clearly, I am both losing fat AND gaining muscle, hence the barely moving scale. Okay, that might not always be the truth, but it makes me feel better…

Beginning Weight: 244
Week Beginning: 235.5
Current Weight: 234
Week’s Loss: -1.5
Total: -10 lbs

Shockingly enough, today marks 10 pounds lost so far! Apparently I did just enough this week to keep making forward progress. Don’t ask me how… I didn’t keep track more than I did, and Friday night was just scary. Sarah and I got pizza, and ate way too much. I paid for that one for awhile!
But it was kind of amusing. Saturday was the bridal expo, and Sarah is getting married so I tagged along with her. They had all kinds of samples of wedding cake, and meatballs, and the like, and I was just getting annoyed that they all had these gorgeous displays of fresh fruit with Do Not Eat signs on them. Cake available, and I wanted the pineapple! lol (Though they had some chocolate mousse cheescake in chocolate cups and they were divine. I told Sarah to just stack those in tiers and call it a wedding cake!)
I’m hoping to do much better this week. I did a workout yesterday morning while waiting on my laundry, and I hope to do one tonight and keep that momentum going. I also headed out last night to get some groceries so I could take my lunch, and hopefully even cook a few things. I’ve got a cooking light cookbook here with me now, so I’m going to go through that and see if I can find some recipes to try.
How did you do this week?

Beginning Weight: 244
Week Beginning: 236.5
Current Weight: 235.5
Week’s Loss: -1
Total: -8.5

I’m trying to tell myself that 1 lb a week (or 1.5) is a nice healthy weightloss.. but I can’t help but feel that I’m going to scratch out this weight loss with my fingernails. Don’t know if that makes sense to anyone but me! BUT I know that there are things I could be doing to help that along a little better that I’m NOT doing, so I’m not going to get discouraged. My goal for this week is to be stricter with writing down everything I’m eating. I’ve been keeping track in my head, but it’s easier to justify 2 points for chocolate when you aren’t looking at it in black and white.