Starting Weight: 330 pounds
Weight Last Week: 304.6 pounds
This week’s weigh-in: 302.1 pounds
Oh glory, glory, praise the Lord, hallelujah! I swear, it’s like an emotional roller coaster every time I step on that scale (a whole other blog-post-worthy issue entirely). This morning was no exception as I ran the whole gamut of emotions.
On Wednesday, I snuck a peek at the scale and it was 302.5, so I was very excited for what my weigh-in might be. But I also knew that was no guarantee of what the scale would read come Sunday morning. Well, when I stepped on the scale this morning it read 307.1.
Wait. WHAT???
Yeah, that’s what I said too! I couldn’ believe it and I was so upset. I mean, I had basically gained five pounds in just a few days. I was so sad while I was putting my make-up on before church. Then, something in me just told me to step on the scale again (this was maybe 20 minutes later), so I tried again and it said 302.1. Always wanting to be accurate, I tried two more ties and it read 302.1 both times.
So I’m sticking with it! Finally, a good weigh-in! And I finally broke past that 304 mark that I have been stuck on. I sure hope this trend continues. I worked really hard this past week and I am not ashamed to say that I totally deserve that loss. Not one ounce comes easily for me, so I’m going to choose to claim it and be proud of it! The 200s are in sight baby!!!
I have to apologize to The Chick Magnet. I wrote so much about myself for my last weigh-in that my blog post got too long for me to give an update about him. Soooo…drum roll please…
Last week The Chick Magnet weighed in at 239. 6 and this week weighed in at 237. 2. He is only .2 pounds away from a total loss of 70 pounds!!! Unfortunately for him, he has to put up with my cooking when we go to visit him this next week, so he’ll probably see a bit of a gain over the next couple of weeks.
I also have to apologize to him for not doing my math correctly. In my monthly update post I said he had only lost 6.9 pounds last month, but it was actually 16.9. Sorry honey-you rock my world. You know that!
Some of my non-scale victories (NSV) this week include:
- Continuing to work on some emotional/mental barriers to weight-loss and it’s been eye opening to say the least. Yes, I will be sharing soon.
- I was VERY active this past week. While I will admit I did not set aside time for a structured workout, I did intentionally try to incorporate some active, everyday things into my week that I knew would burn some calories. I scrubbed all of my floors on my hands and knees, did lots of vacuuming, scrubbed bathtubs and baseboards with a toothbrush, raked leaves and moved lots of heavy stuff. Mainly I just tried to stay very active and had very little sedentary time this week. I know it contributed to my loss.
- I stayed well within my calorie goals, thanks in part to my sugar fast.
- I LOOOOVE that my clothes don’t fit me properly! What an awesome problem to have!
That’s the truth.
How was your weigh-in this week? Any new goals for next week?
What is your plan for the holidays? How do you plan to stay on track?
I am very proud of you sweetie! I always look forward to anything that you cook, and will not be sad (well.. ok not too sad) if I gain a little of my losses back. But again I am very pround of you!!!!
Thanks babe-so proud of you too!!! We have to be good next week. I am hoping that the warmer weather will help with our activity level. I see lots of outside play time in our future!
You’re doing really well. I always used to tell my WW members to resist temptation to weigh yourself every day. You can get those heartstopping moments like you had. Stick to once a week, or twice if you have to. But I think every day weighing just makes us crazy. Keep up the good work!
Thank you!!! I do try to only weigh once a week, but sometimes when I am having an especially good week, curiosity gets the better of me. But that has backfired before too-I have gotten my hopes up only to be disappointed come weigh-in day. Great advice!
Very well done. There is no easy route to weight loss but we have to slog on. Other weeks you will gain and its so frustrating but enjoy the losses. They help the motivation alot.
I totally agree-I feel on top of the world whenever I have a great week and it usually serves to push me further the next week. Unfortunately, the opposite seems to be true when I have a bad week, and I know how easily it can spiral out of control if I don’t keep the mind games in check. It is SO much more than just eat less, move more for me. 95% of my battle is in my head!