My Weigh-In!! Keep your fingers crossed!!

Today is a new day! This is the only day that counts!

Yesterday was a rest day.  No exercise!  I had the grandsons until mid-afternoon.  I definitely was ready for a rest day. 

I took them to Barnes & Noble and they each purchased a book before we had lunch and we met their Mom and Dad.  The almost 10 year old purchased The Life of Pi, and the little one got a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Book.  He just wanted a book that had fighting in it.  He is obsessed with fighting right now.  

When I got home I sit down to look at some blogs and was asleep in the chair before I knew it.  Grandma was in dire need of some rest.

I am not too anxious to step on the scale this week.  I haven't been eating very well.  I was pleased with my exercise and I seem to be getting a routine going there.  I haven't been eating sweets which is my usual downfall, but I just haven't been eating all the healthy foods I should be eating.  I need more vegetables!  I need to eat berries.  

Okay here it goes!  Drum roll!  I haven't even stepped on the scale for a peek that last few days.  I was afraid I would get depressed and eat more. I do not expect great results.  Hopefully, I haven't gained too much.

Pick me up off the floor.  I lost 1/2 a pound!  Maybe I haven't been doing everything I should.  I could have lost more.  But this week I am ecstatic with 1/2 pound weight loss.  I hope to have a some better weeks, but even if I don't the scale is going in the right direction and I have been doing a good job of exercising.  My body is getting healthier and firmer.  So I might get a little discouraged with 1/2 pound a week after a while, but not if I can continue to look at it with a positive view.  

By the way, my scales weigh 3 pounds light.  So that means its actually 179.  My goal is 140.  I have 39 pounds to go.  If I can continue at 1/2 pound per week, it would take quite a while to get to my goal.  You know, though, it has been a while since I weighed 160.  So maybe, when I get to that weight I can revel in that for a while and be happy.  And then 150, woo hoo, I could be happy with that for a while, too.  

So I am not going to be upset if things go slowly, that may be the key to long term weight loss, at least that's what my doctor told me. Last spring, when I lost 18 pounds in a very short time and he told me to slow down, I thought he was crazy.  I don't think I learned to change enough and then when things weren't routine, I got off track, and then right back up on the scale.

Little changes are much easier to maintain long term.  Eating healthier is the main ambition.  I still won't be upset if next week the scale shows a 2 or 3 pound weight loss.  I am getting healthier each week.

How has your weight loss gone this week?  Are you okay with a small loss or is that discouraging to you?  Let's talk about it!   Your comment motivate me, and hopefully, I can motivate you!