First Weight Loss Goal, Take 2

Back in June, I actually met my first weight loss goal of 20 lbs lost by August 30 (today). However, because I was not following the program I'd established for myself during the entire month of July and, quite frankly, through most of August as well, I'd lost some ground and gained back a portion of that weight. Last week, I was only within 1 pound of reaching that goal anew. However, after eating out several times last week, I stepped on the scale today and had not lost any weight. I'm thankful I didn't gain, but the fact remains that I still missed my deadline.

I was very disappointed about it. And then my wonderful, supportive husband reminded me how proud he is of me and my 19 lb weight loss achievement. My personal cheerleader encouraged me not to look at what I didn't accomplish but what I did accomplish. 19 lbs of weight? Gone. The 200's? Outta here. It is rather wonderful to  continually see that scale register a weight in the 100s. And that number will only get smaller as the weeks go by.

So I'm going to shake this one off and focus on meeting my next weight loss goal, which is a total of 42 lbs lost by December 30.

For last week:

(1) Logged in at MFP every day.
(2) Exercised 3 out of 7 days.
(3) 0 pounds lost.

Weekly Check-in

Into my daily schedule (that I'm trying to make a habit), I've incorporated at least 30 minutes of walking with the walking DVD. I'm planning to add the free-step on the Wii Fit in 10 minute increments periodically so that I'm doing at least 40 minutes of exercises each weekday, working up to an hour each weekday. So for each weekly check-in, I want to keep track of (1) how many days I exercised, (2) how many days I logged in on MFP (myfitnesspal.com), and (3) my weight.

(1) I only did 1 day of exercises last week
(2) I logged in 3 days last week
(3) I lost 4 pounds last week, bringing my new weight to.........198! Only 1 pound away from my goal of 20 lbs down by August 30! Yayness!

Checking In

Since August 5 (not remembering what day of the week that was), I have lost 2 lbs, putting me back down to 202. It's not a big loss. But at this point, with not a whole lot of commitment to the program during the last month and a half, I'll take it.

Now that things are getting back on track and I'm keeping track of my calories again, things should be improving. Hopefully I'll hit that goal of being down to 197 by the end of August after all! That's only 5 more pounds to go.

It's a Dance

Before our month in Indiana, I'd hit my 20 pound weight loss goal. Yay!

After a month of not keeping track of my calories (and making some poor diet choices), I've gained back 7 of those pounds, bringing me back to 204. Not yay.

So, in order to meet my goal again, I'm going to have to work extra hard. It can be done, but I'll have to work for it.

I guess sometimes this whole weight-loss process is a dance. Forward two steps, back two steps. Hopefully, the next step forward will be a bigger step than the next step backward a smaller one.