Monday Weigh-in...Week 12 and still going!

The double weigh in was a success today.  On my two home scales I stand at 153, so another pound chipped off the old body.  On the official Dr. Scale I was 152.  I think, despite the extra pound, I will call myself 153 and keep working off my own scales moving forward.  But it's nice to know in the back of my mind I'm one pound less.

I am happy to report I'm feeling a lot better because I know I'm still losing weight while I've loosened up a bit on my restrictive eating.  I have been tracking a little bit less, which I do NOT really encourage.  I still account my most my success to being vigilant about counting and tracking all my eating.  I need to make sure I continue this practice because I think it's pretty easy to slip back into old habits.  But knowing I can "slack" off a bit during the week makes this process easier.  Especially knowing that I am about to enter the land of temptation, the deep South, makes me breath a little bit that I can eat here and there.  I do know that I am going to have to track much more than I have because I know this is the perfect time to completely fall off the wagon.  Nine days is a long time to be away from home and routine.  Throw in some travel days, and you can see how a diet can become derailed in no time at all.  On the plus side, I'm pretty sure that whatever calories I do ingest will be promptly sweat out within minutes of consumption.  Did I mention I am not a good hot weather person?  I was in FL in August once and I really thought I was going to die.

The big question now is how much more to lose.  I had arbitrarily set 20 lbs as a goal.  I am within 1 pound of that goal, but I still don't feel "done."  I think there is still some miscellaneous pudge and chub in areas there shouldn't be.  I am beginning to let go of the idea my stomach is going to shrink much more than it has.  I think shy of a tummy tuck (or at the very least some damn sit ups) I'm stuck with that fat roll.  But some clothes are still snug and I don't think a little extra weight loss is a bad idea.  In an ideal world I would get myself down to 145 (I haven't seen those days since early college).  I think that is a long shot, but it seems a good "new" goal to set.  The idea being that I would have a 5 pound swing, making 150 my ceiling.  It would be nice to not worry about a few extra pounds putting me above my goal weight.  I'd rather be under so I can go up and down depending on heavier entertaining weeks.  My Dr. thought shooting to be between 145 and 150 was perfect, even though she was A OK with my current weight from a clinical perspective.

So, that sums up another Monday.  That gives you a bit of an update on my new goal as I'm approaching completion of Phase 1!  I hope everyone else is having results and continued perseverance in their dieting.  All I can say is keep up the good work everyone.  One day, one week, one month at a time.  It adds up eventually.  So keep it up!  Until tomorrow, happy healthy eating.