Weigh in day 9/24/09, plus 9/14/09

Since I last updated I both experienced and then broke through a plateau. My weight loss has been going slowly lately, so last week I tried really hard to stay on plan and exercise. When I weighed in I was frustrated because I didn't lose a thing. So, at my cousin's wedding this weekend, I sort of let go and ate everything. I expected to gain this week but instead I've lost 2.4 lbs!

I also went to my Dr. back home for the first time since last November. She was thrilled with how much weight I've lost! I asked her to look back for my heaviest weight and she said in October of 2008 I was 225 lbs! It was really motivating to hear how far I've come. Hopefully I really have broken through this plateau and I'll have another big loss next week!

Weigh day 9/10/09 - just one pound?

I was actually excited about weighing in this week because I followed the plan closer than I have in a long time. With my boyfriend in Texas, I didn't go to a SINGLE restaurant. I used all my weekly points, but for the first time in a loooong time, I didn't use ANY of my activity points. Also, I got a lot of activity points by frequently doing a long and difficult bike ride. I was expecting a huge loss, but all I lost was a pound. It feels like a failure :(

Weigh in day 9/3/09 - How did I lose???

Somehow I lost 0.2 lbs! I was expecting a huge gain - I had told myself to expect at least 2 lbs of a gain, but I feared it would be even more. I mean, come on, while I was in Texas my bf and I went to restaurants every night, and we almost always got appetizers and desserts. Then when I got back there was a family reunion with a potluck of southern food, and then a birthday celebration for my mom and sister where I went to town on the cake. I was resigned to gaining weight. Like I said, I did work out every day that I was in Texas (except on the weekends), burning 600 or more calories each time, but I only thought that would reduce the damage. This is newly motivating for me - I was going down through the 180's pretty quickly until I started sabotaging my own efforts. I think if I recommit and stick with the plan I can burn down through the 170's.