Working my way down!

Well it's Wednesday!  Weigh in day!  Went to my meeting really certain that I had gained this week.  I felt heavy and solid.  Didn't feel as "light" as I have felt the last 2 weeks.  I did ok last week but then the weekend came...  For some reason I had a rough time on Sunday again.  Ate bad food for lunch and then had a photo session in the afternoon.  Once we got done with that, we went out to eat.  It was a pub type place, with a menu of maybe a dozen items.  Everything either didn't sound good or really didn't sound healthy.  I settled for a burger.  It was on a thinner bread than a bun.  I opted out of the mango chutney (since I am allergic to them) and nixed the cheese and mayo.  Asked if I could have lettuce and tomato added to it.  It came with fries; I ate 5 or 6 of them.  The next two days leading up to today I tried to be really diligent.  This morning I wore the same outfit as last week, I stepped on the scale determined to own whatever it showed... "Down 1.4" the lady said with a smile.  I heaved a sigh of relief   I had this horrible feeling that I was going to undo the last 3 weeks worth of work.  That was my emotional side rearing its ugly head.  So with that 1.4 off, it's a total of 8 pounds in 3 weeks.  If I can keep my momentum going and keep losing about 10 pounds a month I can have the bulk of this weight off in no time.  Just don't want to get ahead of myself.

One thing that I have done to help along the journey is invested in an ActiveLink monitor.  Its a small device you clip to your body and wear 24/7.  It tracks your activity, tells you how much you have moved, how many extra points you have earned, helps you create your own activity plan and motivates/challenges you to reach personal activity goals.  Those that have it, swear by it.  What's unique about it is it's personalized to you and your own body.  Depending on the activity you do within the first week of assessment it then tells you how much activity you need to do to earn extra points.  Now extra points CAN be eaten, maybe if you are going to a party or out to dinner, you will have extra points.  But the more working out you do and NOT eating the points, the better your results will be on the scale.  That's what I'm goin for!

So not a great week, but not a bad one either!  I am excited for this journey!  I have the best support!  One thing a friend shared with me was something along the lines of "Don't let that the bad food you have wanted for an hour rob you of the body you have wanted your entire life!"  That is something I can relate to.  I have heard the saying "Nothing tastes as good as being skinny feels".  But those are just empty words to me, I have never been skinny.  Not YET that is......

Have a great week my wonderful friends!  Thanks for all your support!
~Chrissy