Weight Loss Update #6
Since my “Coming Clean” post a few days ago, I have kept the commitments I made to myself. I have written in my food journal daily, I weighed in on Thursday. And here I am, updating as I said I would.
As expected, I gained weight since I stepped on the scale 2 weeks and 2 days earlier. The gain was 1.8 lbs. I actually expected it to be more. But regardless, I am glad to be done with that weigh in, to be moving in the right direction again!
Journaling is so valuable when it comes to my weight loss efforts. Just tonight, as I was tallying up what I ate today in comparison to this past week, I realized that I am out of weekly flex points. This is not good, since I have 3 days left before a new week starts.
In the past, flex points have been very important to me psychologically. Knowing they are available tells me that I can eat a little more than my daily points and still be within the plan (and lose weight). When I have run out of these points early in the week, I have felt discouraged enough at times to give up for the rest of the week. That cannot happen this time. Despite my disappointment that the weekly allowance is gone, my journal allows me to know exactly where I stand, and I can plan for it. It is so true that knowledge is power.
When I realized the situation, I committed to exercise over the next few days so I can earn a few extra points, giving me the flexibility I need. We are leaving town in the morning, and I wasn’t planning to squeeze a workout into my schedule. But now I am planning to. If for some reason I don’t, Plan B is that I will just have to stay within my daily points! Not impossible. It just requires me to be very conscious of what I am eating and make the smartest choices.
It is very important to my weight loss success that I do what it takes to stay on track today, tomorrow, etc. Right now is a critical time because I am still getting back in the groove.
As always, thanks for stopping by and sharing my journey with me. Have a great day!
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July 21st, 2007 at 10:24 am
you go girl! Hey, I was going to ask you - do you want me to bug you every day and check up on how you’re doing? I only want to do what would help you.
Anyway - we all love you the way you are - I just know that for you personally the weight loss is important.
So let me know what I can do to help!
From your fellow blogger and mom.
July 21st, 2007 at 2:11 pm
Thanks mom! In answer to your question, no, I don’t want you to check up every day on how I am doing (well, not as far as weight loss goes anyway). That’s not to say that you can’t bring it up… of course you can ask me how its going anytime you want. But mostly, just be the way you are… really there is nothing you can do differently. You are already so supportive in so many ways. And giving me your new shirt with the tags still on always helps too! ha ha
So glad that we are now fellow bloggers! Can’t wait to see what you write next!