Daily Wahnsinn

My last few weigh ins have been kind of meh, but this week was a great success. I’m down 1.2 lbs from last week, now at my lowest weight ever of 148.8 lbs. It also marks my 10% goal, i. e. having lost 10% of my original weight since restarting Weight Watchers in May. Overall, I’ve lost 47 lbs since January and 16 lbs since May. I’m quite honestly just happy that my weight is finally reflecting some of the changes I’ve seen in my body. I’ve not been too concerned about the number recently because obviously, how you look and how strong you are is more important than the number, but I’m not going to lie, it is  nice finally seeing the number go down again a little.

Things that seem to have worked:

• I worked out more. I exercised every day, Tuesday through Monday. Running every second day, yoga or strength training in the days between. At least 30 minutes of exercise as a minimum.
• I continued eating well, except for that one day. I generally ate a little more, usually going over my daily points by 2 -5 to eat back some of the activity points I had earned. I felt more hungry and tried to listen to my body. I think that worked well this week.
• I cooked more myself. I spent a shitload of money at Whole Foods lately, but at least I have yummy, healthy things in my freezer now that I can take to work on days when I’d usually go out and buy lunch. I have green bean salads, stews, will make some squash things to freeze. More broccolini. It’s good.
• I indulged. I ate some cookies. And Luna bars. On the weekend, I ate a muffin.
• I was happy. Happy with my body, my accomplishments and the decisions I made.

I have Wednesday through Sunday off, so I’m sure I can get in some exercise. I plan on running tomorrow, Thursday and then some time during the weekend. The off days probably will be spent strength training at home. My goal for next week will be to maintain through Thanksgiving. I don’t plan on pigging out but I also don’t plan on restricting myself. Let’s see how that goes.