Morning Weight: 180.8 (Back down 2 ounces from yesterday)
So I’ve completed week one. I’ll be interested to see what the scale says my total weight loss was for the week when I step on tomorrow. But tonight, panic is setting in. No, not crazy panic. Just that little panic that wells up in my chest when I know I’m not going to lose 10 pounds next week. The panic that says, should I keep going or throw in the towel?
Usually I throw in the towel. This time, I’m going to keep going. Slow and steady wins the race, right? And slow and steady beats stalled with a flat tire any day in my book.
This week I had an eye opening experience. I ate better, though not perfectly. But I ate consciously. I paid attention to every morsel I put into my mouth, and I knew that whatever I ate would be laid out in front of me and every reader who happened to click on my blog. It made me pay attention. It stopped me from mindlessly snacking and it propelled me to go on.
This week I’ve gotten to know some amazing women, all with their own story to tell. What inspires me is their own journeys, their own struggles and desires to overcome them. Some days they, like me, fail. Other days they, like me, succeed. But finally, we’ve all found each other. And finding each other, forming a sistership of sorts, is proving to be the most powerful tool I know. Yes, it’s true we have to lose weight alone. After all, no one can hold our hand and spoon-feed us or take us directly to the treadmill. No one can solve those stressful problems that lead us to overeat. No one is there to cook us a meal of gourmet veggies when we have to get dinner on the table quick and the only thing in the cabinet is Macaroni and Cheese. But our online “friends” can be of amazing value. It’s so easy to feel alone in our struggles. It’s so easy to give in when we feel alone. My advice to anyone trying to lose weight, whether it’s 15 pounds or 150 pounds, is to find a friend, or two, or a group of people. Be honest. You’ll be surprised at the response you’ll get.
I exercised today. I felt great. Tomorrow I’ll try and increase the time. I’ll also try to increase my water intake and I will seriously stop eating the potato salad. Still, all in all, today was a good day. I didn’t over eat. I didn’t mindlessly eat. I just ate my meals, I moved, and I tried. That’s the best I can hope for. How did your day shape up?
Here’s how my day shaped up:
Breakfast: Fruit salad
Lunch: 1 ½ cups Mediterranean couscous from yesterday
Snack: Weight Watchers Snack Cake (1 point, not that I’m counting points, but for anyone who is)
Dinner: We ate at the pool at our complex again.—Grilled lemon chicken, leftover Turkish potato salad, tomato avocado salad (tomatoes and avocados with lime juice—a great filler without added fat)
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